pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 454 Winning Attack and Defense
The rookie challenge game has reached the last quarter. After Mu Chenfeng was injured, Oscar replaced him as the core of the offense. On the offensive end, the second-year opponents were evenly matched, and the scores were evenly matched.

After three quarters, the scores of the two teams have reached 132:132. This is definitely a very high score. Such a score can be seen in the All-Star game. In normal games, this is already the score of the whole game.

As the well-deserved core player of the second-year team, Thompson's personal score has reached 43 points.

The highest score in the history of the Rookie Challenge is 46 points created by Kevin Durant. Thompson is only 3 points away from this record. This is not the first time Thompson has challenged this record. In the Rookie Challenge last year, Thompson was infinitely close to this record. As a result, his score in the game was finally fixed at 41 points, almost breaking the record.

This year, Thompson's offensive firepower is even more violent, with the goal of breaking Durant's scoring record.

Since the reform of the NBA Rookie Challenge, which reduced the rookie years to participate in the game from three years to two years, some rookie records have become more and more difficult to break, especially the scoring record. Due to the offensive firepower of rookies developed by the previous generation and not adapting to the All-Star arena, it is difficult to perform super performance. Thompson is one of the few rookies who performed well in the Rookie Challenge in recent years.

The gap of 3 points, the game time of one quarter, it seems that the scoring record belongs to Thompson has become a certainty, the suspense is when Thompson will be in the game?In what way to break this dusty record for a long time.

As one of the best scorers in NBA history, Durant has created many classic scoring performances. His offensive talent was proudly displayed in his rookie season. If it weren't for the existence of Greg Oden, Kevin Durant would have entered the NBA as the No. [-] pick. Use your own scoring performances to make the world look good.

Years later, Thompson has become one of the most explosive scoring rookies after Durant.

Compared with Thompson's individual performance, the reason why the freshman was able to keep the score tightly was entirely due to the performance of the whole team. The Lakers duo Oscar and Felix sorted out the offensive of the freshman in an orderly manner. All 12 first-year players, including Mu Chenfeng, scored, far surpassing the 8 second-year scorers in this statistic.

The highest scorer in the first-year team was Oscar, who "only" scored 20 points, which was less than half of Thompson's score. However, 7 players in the first-year team scored in double figures, and 5 players scored more than 15 points, which completely offset Thompson's performance.

The game entered the decisive quarter, and Mu Chenfeng also returned to the bench. The swelling on his wrist has subsided a lot, but he still has a blush. He is still wearing the Heat team and sitting on the sidelines. He will appear in this game, but it is not the right time.

"Are you back?" The teammates felt a lot more relieved when they saw Mu Chenfeng on the sidelines.

"He still wants to play?" Thompson murmured seeing that Mu Chenfeng hadn't changed his clothes and was still wearing the game jersey.

"It's just right to come back, give me a background board." In front of the record, Thompson still gave priority to the record, and this year is his last chance to break the record.

The game time decreased little by little, but Mu Chenfeng still didn't make a reappearance. He was still sitting on the bench, and the score of the two teams hadn't been drawn.

Halfway through a single quarter, both teams scored 150 points. Thompson only took 2 shots in half a quarter, and hit 1 of them, which was one point away from the record.

"Huh?" Mu Chenfeng's brows gathered together, "Doesn't he want to break the record?" Seeing that the record was in front of him, Thompson suddenly slowed down his attacking rhythm.

"It's not that he doesn't want to break it, it's just that he wants to break it on someone's head."

This person is Mu Chenfeng. The reason why Thompson did not continue to make a move is because he has already determined that the record will be broken sooner or later, and if he wants to choose the best background for this historic moment, Mu Chenfeng is the perfect choice.

Thompson hooked his fingers at Mu Chenfeng who was on the bench. Mu Chenfeng was unmoved, and everything went according to the original plan. He wanted to play more than anyone else, but he could restrain himself. In order to win, he had to keep calm.

The record was in sight, and the first grade focused on Thompson's defense. After all, the opponent didn't want to have his name on it when some records were mentioned, and hi appeared on the "disgraceful" side.

The first-year defense was very effective, making it impossible for Thompson to hit the last goal. As time dwindled, Mu Chenfeng still had no intention of playing. Thompson couldn't wait any longer. He had to seize the last few minutes to break the record.

However, the defense has already been arranged in the first grade, and Thompson will be double-teamed every time he holds the ball, which seriously affects his shots.

"Damn it, get the hell out of here." This record-breaking moment did not come, and Thompson gradually became anxious. He fouled his elbow during the offense and lost the ball.

Thompson had every chance to break this record in the first half, but he did not choose to break it directly.

When he wanted to break the record in the second half, he encountered the strictest defense.

In order to get this last shot, Thompson tried many shots, but his anxious attitude made it difficult for him to guarantee the hit rate. All 4 shots were missed. If his teammates hadn't restricted the offense of the first grade, the score would have been opened long ago.

"It's time to play." Mu Chenfeng got up in the last minute of the game and walked slowly to the sidelines.

"Mu Chenfeng wants to play?" Everyone was stunned. When the two sides are playing fiercely, the score is the same. At this time, the most taboo thing is to substitute players, which can easily disrupt the player's game rhythm, especially when Mu Chenfeng sat off the court for a full half of the court. The little bit of touch that he regained through free throws may have long since disappeared. It is really puzzling to replace him at this time.

Phil Jackson acquiesced to the substitution adjustment this time, and he allowed Mu Chenfeng to play.

Dead ball, substitution, Mu Chenfeng returned to the field.

"Thank you." Mu Chenfeng said to Oscar, "The control is pretty good."

The teammates were stunned. No wonder the team couldn't widen the point difference when they were in good shape. It turned out that Oscar was playing tricks all along, and he was the core of the team.

The teammates were all "deceived", and no one saw that he had been acting.

"This is the result you wanted." Oscar was very satisfied with his "masterpiece", the score was just right.

"En." Mu Chenfeng nodded, he just wanted to come back for the last attack.

Point control! ! !When Thompson heard these two words, it was like a thunderbolt. He didn't expect that he would try his best to score, but he would be controlled by his opponent. If he didn't control the points, he might not have such a stalemate now.

The last attack of the first grade was given to Mu Chenfeng. This was the result Thompson hoped to see. Mu Chenfeng's hand injury is still not healed. It is definitely a mistake for him to execute free throws.

"One hand, you can't even control the ball stably." Thompson took advantage of Mu Chenfeng's weakness of only holding the ball with his left hand, and constantly harassed his left side, interfering with Mu Chenfeng's dribbling.

Such sphericity cannot be realized without thousands of days and nights.

Thompson was eager to complete the steal. Fortunately, Mu Chenfeng, who had the weakest defensive ability, hit a record-breaking goal. However, the more anxious he was, the more obvious his flaws became. Mu Chenfeng seized the time difference of an interference action by his opponent, started a breakthrough, and pulled back with one-handed control in advance to pass Thompson.

Because the chance of breakthrough was so good, the second grade was given 3 seconds to attack.

"Pass the ball quickly, Mu Chenfeng is their defensive weakness." Thompson urged his teammates. Mu Chenfeng can only defend with one hand, so his defensive strength is the weakest.

Teammates hurriedly gave Thompson a free throw.

"Whose defense are you saying is weak!" Mu Chenfeng suddenly stopped in front of Thompson, accurately grasping the timing of Thompson's catch and whereabouts, and with a light swipe of his left hand, he knocked the basketball to the ground.

(End of this chapter)