pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 672 As a Spectator
The game started on time, and the campers sat in rows in front of the TV, looking forward to the wonderful start of the game.

This is already the fourth game of the Finals. The Los Angeles Lakers took a "2-1" lead in the first three games. The Heat have no way out in this game. However, Mu Chenfeng's abandonment made this game even more difficult for the Heat, who were already behind.

The Heat made a change in the lineup, with Williams replacing Mu Chenfeng in the starting line-up. Such a change seemed simple, but it was painful.

Because Williams was promoted to the starting lineup, the Heat's bench was instantly emptied a lot. The previous rotations also needed to be changed, but Williams could not fully make up for Mu Chenfeng's vacancy on both ends of the offense and defense. This required other teammates to share more game tasks.

The Heat were suppressed by the Lakers from the beginning. The opponent took a fancy to Mu Chenfeng's absence and used Oscar to target Williams non-stop. In the opening 3 minutes, all the Lakers' shots were taken by Oscar. He also lived up to the expectations of his teammates. He made 8 of 6 shots and scored 12 points.

Williams was completely overwhelmed.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers scored 40 points.

The absence of Mu Chenfeng had a huge impact on the Heat. The temporarily changed tactics made it very difficult for the team to play. Except for Wade's 6 of 4 shots, the shooting percentage of other players was below 50%, especially Williams, who only hit 5 goal in 1 shots.

"Would the situation be different if Mu Chenfeng was here?"

This is everyone's doubt, but Mu Chenfeng will not be seen in this game.

The "tail combination" held up the banner of the Heat's offense. The two still cooperated tacitly and scored 18 points in practice. However, such a score was not enough for the Lakers' unsolvable offensive system.

Without the offensive threat of Mu Chenfeng, the Lakers' defense is much easier. This is the easiest time they have played in the past few finals.

James also got more rest time than previous games.

James off the court is even more terrifying than him on the court, because the longer he rests, the more physical he will be in the next game, and the worse it will be for the Heat.

James only played the first half and took a break. He scored 12 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists in only halftime. Compared with the previous games, such statistics are already very "mediocre".

The Lakers led by 20 points at halftime and created the largest halftime difference in this round of the series.

Mu Chenfeng, who was watching the game in front of the TV, could be said to be sitting on pins and needles. Naturally, he felt uncomfortable seeing his team being abused like this.

But he tried his best to hold back his emotions.

"How do you feel?" Louis asked Mu Chenfeng during the intermission.

"I don't feel it." Mu Chenfeng replied coldly.

"It's so tough." Louis laughed, "It would be different if you were there."

Mu Chenfeng shook his fist. Williams' performance is indeed not very good, both offensive and defensive ends are poor, if he is at least much stronger on the defensive end.

In the second half, the wind and rain changed suddenly, and Barrett blasted off a 10-0 attack wave with his own strength, bringing the suspense of the game back again.

After completing the wave, Barrett looked at James off the court. The opponent's expression was still relaxed, laughing and playing with his teammates, and he was not affected by Barrett's offense in any way.

"He hasn't played yet?" Mu Chenfeng looked at James in the camera and frowned. Didn't he reach his psychological bottom line?

"He won't play easily." Louis said slowly, "He believes that his teammates can handle it, just like your teammates trust you."

On the screen, the Heat players are still running unremittingly on the field, not letting go of any chance to score, showing a positive attitude towards the game.

"They don't need me at all." Mu Chenfeng no longer felt the slightest frustration and slack from the team members, and the impact of his absence was getting smaller and smaller.

"It's not like that." Louis retorted, "The reason why they work so hard is not that they think they still have a chance in the game, but that they know they can't win the game, but they still play hard. They want you to see their efforts. They need you."

Louis’s analysis made sense. The Heat’s chances of winning are slim. James off the court can get up and close the game at any time. The Heat’s players know that Mu Chenfeng will watch the game and express the team’s attitude to him through the screen.

Mu Chenfeng didn't finish watching the rest of the game, and got up to leave.

"Aren't you finished?" Louis asked.

"There are more important things waiting for me to do." Mu Chenfeng's tone changed, and his whole attitude also changed, gradually returning to the Mu Chenfeng familiar to Louis.

"Stinky boy." Louis smiled knowingly, and sent a message to Rondo.

The Lakers finally won the fourth game without any suspense, turning the big score into "3-1", and the Miami team was completely pushed to the edge of the cliff.

James didn't play a second in the second half, but the Lakers ushered in a 22-point victory.

After the game, the Lakers fans even chanted the "Lakers Championship". They did not believe that the Heat could create miracles from the strongest historical iron law.

After a few days of recovery training in the training camp, Mu Chenfeng finally recovered to about 80% of his normal level, which is enough. In the latest ranking, Mu Chenfeng ranked second, second only to Christine. Those players who once beat him are now vulnerable.

"The last qualifying match, Mu Chenfeng vs. Christine!" This is a duel between No.1 and No.2.

"Finally I can feel your true strength." Christine witnessed the recovery of Mu Chenfeng's strength with his own eyes. This is not his fully recovered state, and he has no opponents in the training camp.

"You don't have a chance to feel it. You don't need to do your best to hit you." Mu Chenfeng responded domineeringly.

This completely aroused Christine's desire to compete, and in the first attack, he showed his housekeeping skills. Unexpectedly, he was firmly blocked by Mu Chenfeng.

"It actually prevented it." This was Christine's attack with all his strength, and his body was stretched to the limit, but he still couldn't escape Mu Chenfeng's ten fingers.

"It's up to me." Mu Chenfeng said coldly after catching the ball, and then pointed to the 45-degree three-point line, which is where Christine beat himself last time. "I want to shoot there."

Christine didn't fully believe what Mu Chenfeng said, because if he was lying and he was fooled, the game would be over.

Mu Chenfeng looked at Christine's erratic eyes and emphasized again, "I won't lie to you, I will definitely do it if I say I will."

Mu Chenfeng was still the same Mu Chenfeng who had revenge.

Christine chose to believe his words, and Mu Chenfeng didn't lie to him. He really made a shot at 45, and he still made a shot against the defense.

After the shot, Mu Chenfeng turned around confidently and walked towards the outside of the court. The basketball flew in the air for a long distance before falling into the net.

"You're back, you're finally back." Su Mengyao hugged Mu Chenfeng excitedly.

(End of this chapter)