Coach, I don't want to retire yet

Chapter 602 The player becomes too strong!

It was a fight between gods, a fight between gods. The game had already reached the last few minutes, and the strength and level displayed by the players of the two teams on the court had not only not declined, but even seemed to have become stronger.

This is truly amazing, so amazing that even many expert media commentators on the sidelines were exclaiming in amazement.

"This season, I have never seen any team that can compete with the Lakers with all their main players in the final battle. Now, I finally see it!"

"There is no doubt that Coach D has built an equally great team for us in just one season after leaving the Lakers!"

"No matter who wins this game or this finals, there is no doubt that the Lakers and the Bobcats are the two strongest teams in NBA history. No other team can stand in front of them!"

The fans on the sidelines were cheering, the commentators were marveling, and the players of both teams on the field were becoming increasingly quiet.

The opponent was very strong, extremely strong, stronger than they had ever imagined.

McCaw dribbled the ball across half court and came to the three-point line. Looking at Rose standing in front of him, McCaw did not pass the ball this time.

Rose gave him an open shot, and he could have taken the shot. If he was younger, he would have been very hesitant, conflicted and anxious facing such a situation.

In the NBA, you must dare to shoot when you have an open shot. Not daring to shoot when you have an open shot is more despised than not being able to make the shot when you have an open shot.

Faced with such a situation, many players who are not good at shooting and unstable players will grit their teeth and force their shots under the huge moral pressure unique to the NBA, and finally become the scapegoat for the team's loss. Of course, there are also players who break the shackles and hit the ball, but they are very few.

With such great pressure, even a sharpshooter wouldn't dare to hit an open shot, let alone those players with unstable shooting.

Rose is now putting pressure on him. Faced with such moral pressure, McCaw simply disdained it and did not even take a shot. Instead, he took the basketball in his hand and went towards Antetokounmpo who was running without the ball.

Seeing that McCaw was not coming towards him and not making any move, Rose immediately chased after McCaw.

But McCaw was so fast that when Rose caught up, McCaw in front of him had already blocked Thabeet for Antetokounmpo.

Antetokounmpo held the ball and played against a smaller player, and with a signature back turn, he passed Rose clearly.

After passing Rose, Duncan is in front of Antetokounmpo.

At this time, Yao Ming was already pulling outward.

Duncan had no way of following out and it was impossible for him to give up the basket.

Therefore, it was only Thabeet who immediately went to assist in defending Yao Ming who was outside the three-point line.

Antetokounmpo did not force Duncan to become a background board. When Yao Ming pulled outward to create distance between him and Duncan, Antetokounmpo passed the basketball in his hand to Yao Ming in the right corner.

Yao Ming came outside the three-point line and just received the pass from Antetokounmpo.

"Giannis' pass was awesome!"

The timing and strength are just right!

Popovich on the sidelines was amazed in his heart.

There is a reason why the players he brought from the Spurs, even Danny Green, didn't get much playing time.

The players trained by Coach D of the Lakers are really strong!

Take Antetokounmpo for example. Although his shooting is unstable, except for shooting, he is top-notch in other aspects.

Even if his shooting is unstable, he has actually started to have it now, but he doesn't usually shoot it. However, at the critical moment, if you really let him take it, his decisiveness and efficiency in shooting in open spaces are already very good.

McCaw is not as good as Antetokounmpo in this regard.

Yao Ming received the ball very comfortably and threw it out without any adjustment.

If Antetokounmpo's pass was not so comfortable, I'm afraid Tabeet's help defense would be in place.

When a player passes the ball to another player, it not only tests the passing ability of the passing player, but also tests the passing player's understanding of the receiving player.

It is not easy to find a 2-meter center who is in a good position to receive the ball. The Rockets spent so many years looking for someone to pass the ball to Yao Ming, but they couldn't find a suitable one. During Yao Ming's career with the Rockets, no one was suitable to pass the ball to Yao Ming.

Antetokounmpo's skill in passing the ball to Yao Ming deserves him a starting position in the Lakers. Even if he has no shooting ability, he can still be a main player of the Lakers.

Antetokounmpo passes the ball to Yao Ming, and he feels even more comfortable doing so than McGrady does.

So, when seeing Yao Ming's three-pointer, Tabeet was very helpless, and Duncan under the basket also stared blankly.

In fact, the Bobcats' defense had no problems this time. Duncan guarded the basket and Thabeet rotated to assist in defense. There was no problem at all.

But Yao Ming's three-pointer went in!

131 is better than 128!

The Lakers once again led by three points.

“Suffocating, this game was so suffocating!!!”

Many Bobcats spectators and fans at the scene were so excited that their faces turned red with nervousness. Even Nash, Ham, Clifford and other assistant coaches beside Du Kang had their hands shaking with nervousness at this moment.

After the critical moment began, the Lakers' offense really didn't lose a single point!
Can you say the Lakers' defense has problems?

There is absolutely no problem. Duncan forced Yao Ming to attack hard, and Duncan forced Yao Ming to need Antetokounmpo to help him run outside and shoot three-pointers.

The Bobcats' defense has no problem at all, but the Lakers' offense can score points, and this is the strength of this Lakers team.

This situation where there is no hope of defending the opponent is indeed very stressful.

Especially the fans and spectators will feel very pressured.

Although the Lakers couldn't defend the Bobcats, if Rose and Yao Ming were both shooting three-pointers from outside, do you believe Yao Ming can win or Rose can win?

Of course, there are many more people who believe in Yao Ming.

So the current situation of the game gives people the feeling that the Lakers seem to have no chance of losing, and that is due to their strength. Yao Ming is indeed invincible.

The Bobcats haven't lost yet, so in addition to their strength, they also have some luck. Luck is something that really makes people feel at ease and reassured.

However, such emotions from the fans on the sidelines and media experts could not be conveyed to the Bobcats players on the field.

Even Coach D on the sidelines didn't look nervous at all.

After Yao Ming hit the three-pointer, Coach D encouraged and applauded the Bobcats players on the sidelines. Coach D looked very relaxed.

"There are still 2 and a half minutes in the game and the Bobcats are trailing by 3 points. This attack by the Bobcats becomes particularly important!"

The audience could see that this attack was extremely important to the Bobcats, not to mention the Lakers players on the court.

When the Bobcats' Rose dribbled the ball forward, McCaw pressed him all over the court.

It was not to steal the ball, but simply to disrupt the Bobcats' offensive organization.

Rose did not tangle with McCaw, but quickly passed the ball to Jordan who came over to receive it.

Although Kobe did not harass Jordan as severely, he was still harassing him.

Looking at Kobe's fighting and retreating posture, it seems that he is expecting Jordan to attack and challenge him one-on-one this time.

However, Jordan did not do as Kobe wished, as Thabeet and Beasley took the initiative to run over and set a screen with Jordan.

At this critical moment, the two strongest offensive players of the team were willing to take the initiative to take on the team's main offensive task.

Seeing this scene, the Bobcats fans at the scene all gave warm applause.

Even many commentators and experts on the sidelines were praising Beasley and Thabeet.

"At a moment like this, it is very rare to be able to take the initiative to stand up and take on everything. If it were James, he would have definitely dodged by now, leaving the most difficult shot to the role players around him."

However, in the end, it was Tabit who persuaded Beasley to withdraw.

Because Beasley is used to mid-range shooting, and Thabeet gave Beasley three fingers, this time Thabeet was going to shoot a three-pointer. If they could tie the Lakers directly, then of course it would be better to tie directly. Since Thabeet has the confidence to throw a three-pointer over Kobe, then let Thabeet do it.

And in this game, Thabeet seemed to have made a three-pointer over Kobe's head.

Thabeet and Jordan pick and roll.

After the pick-and-roll, Jordan went straight to the basket. Antetokounmpo had to switch defense and pass Thabeet to Kobe.

There was no way to double-team Thabeet because he was too tall, and double-teaming could not stop Thabeet from passing the ball to Jordan.

If Jordan really goes to the basket without any defense, regardless of whether Yao Ming can stop him, the Lakers' defense will definitely collapse. At that time, whether the Bobcats will get three points or two points will be up to Jordan and the Bobcats.

In the switch defense, it seems that Kobe is not at an advantage in defending Thabeet, but at least the Bobcats don't have the final say, so Kobe can still defend.

After Thabeet received the ball, Kobe tried to steal it.

However, Kobe's extremely sudden steal was broken by Thabeet with a very easy turn.

Kobe chose to take a risk in defense because he knew that he was too short and if he didn't show any aggressiveness, he would have to watch Thabeet shoot.

If the invasion fails, you can quickly return to the defensive position and continue to defend.

but!

Nima!

Fuck! ! !
"Oh my god!!! Thabeet didn't adjust, Thabeet didn't give Kobe any chance!!!"

"Thabit turned his back and broke through, then immediately stopped and jumped up!!!"

"Most NBA guards can't do this move so smoothly!!!"

And he is a 2 meter tall center!!!

Kobe was desperate as he looked at Thabeet in the air.

Because, this guy, fucking leaned back!!!

He didn't give him any chance to steal the ball. In fact, he was ready to suddenly jump sideways to block the shot.

However, Tabeet actually leaned back and drifted to the side, which was basically a way to defend against him!
In the end, Kobe was so desperate that he didn't even jump because he didn't know how to jump and couldn't reach it at all!
Empty seat!

Three points!

Lean back!

There was a brushing sound!
The entire Charlotte Arena seemed to explode!

"Withstand the pressure, Thabeet withstood the pressure and hit another three-pointer!!! Oh my God!!! Thabeet!!!"

A big center, like a guard, used a fadeaway three-pointer to tie the three-pointer made by another center!

"It's incredible, Yao and Thabeet's performance is incredible!!!"

Almost at that moment, all the cameras at the scene were aimed at Yao Ming and Thabeet. Unexpectedly, the final duel of the game became a duel between Yao Ming and Thabeet.

And although both of them finished with three-pointers, the content and form of their three-pointers were completely different.

Yao Ming's shot was indeed a center-style three-point catch and shoot.

And this one by Thabeet is a completely guard-style one-on-one three-pointer.

They are both centers, and even the strongest centers, but their styles are so different!
"Coach D is really a great coach. I originally thought that Yao Ming was the final answer for NBA centers. Now it seems that Thabeet may also become the final answer for basketball centers. In this year's draft, the market for tall, thin, fast-running center players is booming!!!"

When a player opens a new template in the NBA, the popularity of players of this template type will skyrocket in the draft. Jokic and Embiid became the No. 1 and No. 3 picks under the banner of Yao Ming II.

Now they are all typed out.

This makes NBA teams believe more that the template Coach D creates for players is replicable, rather than unique like the Larry Bird template.

Except for Larry Bird, all the other players who followed the Larry Bird template actually failed. Although Nowitzki was considered successful, his path in the end was not at all like Larry Bird's.

The morale boost brought by Thabeet's three-pointer is huge.

The atmosphere among the fans at the game was completely different.

Fighting against the invincible Lakers at crucial moments, the Bobcats actually held on for almost three minutes!
But looking back, Kobe once again took advantage of Yao Ming's pick-and-roll, broke through one step, and hit a mid-range jump shot!
133 is better than 131!

The Lakers once again lead by 2 points!
At this time, there were only 2 minutes left.

Because both teams scored in their attacks, the opponents were not given any chances to fast break. Every attack was a positional battle, and both teams had a 100% hit rate in the positional battle, which was truly amazing.

Even James, who was watching the TV, was stunned and his hands were shaking.

The ten players on the court, Yao Ming, McGrady, Kobe, Antetokounmpo, McCaw, Thabeet, Beasley, Jordan, Rose, Duncan, each of them has beaten him before.

The gap between me and them is even greater than when they beat me back then.

This feeling is despair.

For James, who wants to make a comeback, this feeling is hopeless.

James gritted his teeth and clenched his hands tightly.

And at this moment, Tabeet once again challenged Kobe outside the three-point line!
This time, Kobe did not take any risks, but pushed Tabit's lower body and blocked Tabit's lower three-way defense, which is a classic method of a small player defending a big player.

then!

"Another fade away!!! Thabeet stood on one leg outside the three-point line and hit a three-pointer against Kobe!!!"

"What a daring shot! At this moment, Thabeet really dares to shoot like this!!!"

Kobe was dumbfounded.

He actually saw the Mamba Mentality in a big center!!!
No, he even saw the shadow of Jordan at his peak in Thabeet!!!
Asian Jordan, do you think this is a joke?
If this hand can't be stronger at the most critical moment, how can we call it Asian Jordan? !

What’s more, he was facing such a familiar Kobe!

There is a big difference in offense between this Kobe and the Kobe in the dream, but in terms of defensive movements and habits, they are almost 99% similar.

It’s easy, really easy!
134 is better than 133!

Finally overtook!!

Just as Kezi was staring at Tabit, Maizi came over.

"Bryant, you can't beat him, let's switch, give Jordan to me."

Maizi's words are still so painful, but...

Finally, Kezi nodded.

This kid Tabit is really weird!
A big center actually trained himself to be like Jordan?
Kobe couldn't even think about it!
It's even better than Maizi training himself to become Duncan.

Become too?

Kobe looked at Thabeet, then at Maizi, hmm...

"Indeed, these people are all perverts!"

Almost at the same time!

A group of netizens on the Internet went crazy!
"NBA Legendary Player Rankings have been updated. Thabeet has moved up to second place, surpassing TMC and taking second place, second only to Yao!!!"

(End of this chapter)