pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 716
This is probably the situation of many bottom-level players in the NBA.

There are more than 400 professional players in the NBA, but very few of them are truly dubbed stars or superstars.

More players spend their careers like Carus in a sloppy manner, earning a subsistence salary and living a wandering life.

Perhaps you will be awakened from a dream by a brief transfer message.

Maybe you'll be substituted in the middle of a game and told you're no longer part of the team and you're about to move on to the next city.

The NBA has always been an out-and-out business league. The bosses and managers here are good at calculating, while the players are just commodities with clearly marked prices.

Unless, you can bring him absolute benefits.

Speaking of benefits, James is well-deserved No.1 in the league. The value he creates for the team and the league every year is considerable, so he has a certain right to speak.

Carles is nothing more than a victim on the team's way to the championship.

Because his "entanglement" helped the team successfully limit the performance of the Heat's core Wade in the past 3 minutes, helping the Lakers re-establish a 10-point lead.

However, in the tight-paced finals, no one will remember the Kales who defended desperately to the point of leg cramps after 1 minute.

James successfully wiped out the audience's memory of Carus with a chasing block against Barrett.

It's no wonder that the audience's memory of Carles is so short, but the talent gap between him and James is too huge. James casually shows a little talent, which is a height that Carles can't even reach in his poor career.

What's more, James' chasing block can be called epic.

Barrett relied on his strong physical fitness to clean up Oscar. Facing the empty basket, he thought he could end the attack with a dunk that was enough to enter the top ten highlights, but James, who was five meters away, did not agree.

James started chasing from an "impossible" distance, and shortened the distance between him and Barrett in a very short time. With the impact brought by his huge body, he caused a strong pressure on Barrett.

Barrett is no exception. In order to advance the timing of the shot, he temporarily changed the dunk to a layup.

The result was that as soon as the basketball left his hands, James nailed it to the backboard, helping the team stabilize the double-digit point difference.

However, James also paid a lot of physical energy for this. The speed of this block is no different from a [-]-meter sprint. Although he successfully prevented the attack on Barrett, James gradually showed a state of fatigue.

"Damn it!" Barrett slapped the basket angrily, obviously this block made him a little embarrassed.

"It's not that we didn't gain anything." Mu Chenfeng came over to comfort him, "Although he tried his best to hide his exhaustion, it's impossible for him to make that kind of pursuit and defense without any effect." It turned out that Mu Chenfeng had a panoramic view of all James' reactions, including the one-second knee-stretching scene.

The difference from the Heat's "multi-core" lineup is that only James can afford the core position of the Lakers, and it will affect the whole body. If something goes wrong with James, the entire Lakers will be difficult to operate.

This is why James tried his best to hide his fatigue.

"Next, we will exhaust James at all costs. We will only have a chance if we solve the real boss."

The Heat have made clear the direction of the game for the entire third quarter, which is to constantly consume James' physical energy on both ends of the offense and defense. Even the "god" is tired sometimes, let alone James is not a god.

The Heat adopted a one-on-one marking strategy on the defensive end. Although this defense is balanced, it has no focus. For a person like James who needs multiple double-teams to defend, it couldn't be easier.

The matchup against James was Barrett, who had just been blocked. This was a matchup that Barrett requested on his own initiative.

"Just yourself?" James looked at the lonely Barrett with a somewhat contemptuous tone. For a person who is used to attacking the city in double-teams, it is difficult for even a strong defender to restrict him one-on-one.

Barrett said coldly, "To deal with you, I am enough." Apparently James' ridicule did not cause waves to the determined Barrett.

James didn't say anything more, but dropped the ball on the ground. It's useless to talk more, and he talked with basketball.

James broke through in the direction he was accustomed to, which was very easy for his old opponent Barrett to see through. Barrett moved sideways to keep up, but this was just a feint shot by James. Before Barrett's center of gravity was stabilized, James stopped suddenly, changed direction under his crotch and pulled the ball back, taking advantage of the situation to break through to the other side. The coherent movements seemed to tell everyone: This is his premeditation.

Nourish!There was a short and powerful screeching sound of sneakers rubbing. Barrett stabilized his center of gravity in time, kicked his left foot hard, and sent himself out with strong friction.

Barrett actually kept up with James' speed.

"It's quite capable." James sneered, then turned around and disappeared in front of Barrett.

"Disappeared?" Barrett was a little surprised.

It's not that he disappeared, but that James' turn around was a bit exaggerated. With a big step, he withdrew to a position two meters away from Barrett. Coupled with the standard backward movement, it gave Barrett the illusion of "disappearing".

James' continuous offensive moves are smooth and skillful, showing strong basic skills and amazing offensive talent.

However, that's exactly what the Heat want to see.

"The offensive moves have increased significantly." Mu Chenfeng said.

Although James' offense is gorgeous, this is not the style of play he is used to. Compared with the straightforward offense in the past, these offenses are indeed too cumbersome.

The increase in movement is accompanied by more physical consumption.

Barrett kept causing trouble for James on the defensive end, allowing him to show off his unparalleled "offensive talent" as much as possible, scoring more beautiful goals and more difficult ones.

On the offensive end, the Heat extended the time indefinitely and handed the ball to the players facing James. However, under James' strong defensive strength, the offensive efficiency was not ideal.

One ebb and the other, the point difference gradually approached 20 points.

Faced with the ever-expanding point difference, the Heat acted as if they were possessed by evil, and never made any changes in tactics.

"What are the Heat doing again? Is this going to give up the championship?" Some fans wondered.

"If this goes on, it will be spent."

"The Lakers can celebrate the championship early."

!!!

More and more people think that the Lakers are about to win the championship.

A reversal of 20 points behind is almost an impossible task.

Call ~
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Both James and Barrett were gasping for breath at the same time, and James no longer tried to hide it, nor could he continue to hide it.

The two played extremely high game intensity in the last 7 minutes, which brought huge consumption to both of them. Both of their legs became heavy and were no longer as light as they were at first.

"You are so difficult." James actually smiled.

"Sorry to disappoint you." The corner of Barrett's mouth also rose slightly.

James glanced at the scoreboard. The 19-point gap did not meet his expectations. He still dribbled the ball and made the last attack in the third quarter. He wanted to give the team a 20-point lead at the end of the third quarter.

"Stop him!" Rondo ordered from the sidelines. 19 points and 20 points are completely different points.

"Yes!" The Heat responded in unison.

James is pressing the time, he wants to compress the time to the last second, not to leave a chance for the Heat.

"He wants to attack at the last second, everyone pay attention." Mu Chenfeng reminded.

The Heat shrink their defense with all members, which is bound to prevent James' last shot.

Barrett is still James' first defender. James dragged his heavy body to start at full speed, obviously at a much slower speed than before.

In the penalty area, James and Barrett jumped up almost at the same time. The height of the two who were also in a state of fatigue both decreased significantly, but James was still slightly higher, and the shot point surpassed Barrett's blocking height.

"Just a little bit!" Barrett said unwillingly.

"And us!" Behind Barrett, Wade and Gaia jumped up and built a double barrier.

"It's up to you!" James didn't make a shot, and tried his best to adjust his body in the air, so that his body leaned back, the angle was almost parallel to the ground, his arm retracted, and the ball was thrown.

The basketball almost didn't spin at all, and went straight up past Wade and Gaia's fingertips.

"I am the king!" James roared the moment he shot.

"The ball hasn't been scored yet!" Suddenly, Mu Chenfeng's voice came from behind Gaia and Wade, his fingers were higher than those of the other two.

Mu Chenfeng's exaggerated vertical jump height scared everyone dumbfounded.

"You guy." James looked at Mu Chenfeng's blurred outline through the gap with tired eyes.

Mu Chenfeng flicked the basketball in the air with his fingers.

(End of this chapter)