Chapter 601 Never Give up, Never Bow Your Head!

Kobe had reserved space to avoid Sun Yue, but after all, there was Kidd in front of Sun Yue. The position was too tricky and he couldn't avoid it anyway.

Kidd had no choice but to switch defense, so when Lin Dong and Sun Yue's pick-and-roll was completed, Kobe was already defending Sun Yue, and Kidd and Wade were defending Lin Dong.

Moreover, one was in front and the other was behind, and there was no synchronous blockade between them.

Lin Dong held the ball and did not slow down and change direction, rushing directly from Kidd's side like lightning.

Over!

Countless fans in Wukesong Stadium stood up nervously, and Old K on the sidelines frowned.

Can't let him score this goal easily! It will not only affect two points, but also instantly pull back the morale of the Dragon Country team, which was hit by Zhu Fangyu's loss of the ball just now, and it is even likely to make outside shooters like Zhu Fangyu regain their confidence.

This is obviously Kidd's idea.

When he was at his peak a few years ago, he couldn't keep up with Lin Dong's change of direction. Now this old man can only sigh.

But he can't let the ball go in!

Kidd simply grabbed it with both hands, pulling the corner of Lin Dong's clothes with all his strength, pulling his jersey straight, and forcibly stopping Lin Dong's forward momentum.

But the next second...

While the referee quickly put the whistle to his mouth, Lin Dong had already jumped up on the spot.

The corner of his clothes was grabbed by the opponent with all his strength, so he couldn't jump high, and his center of gravity seemed to be in the opponent's grasp and was wantonly destroyed, but...

Huff huff huff huff...

Boom boom boom boom boom...

The breathing sound, the heartbeat... It was not Lin Dong's own, but at this moment, Lin Dong seemed to hear the tense breathing and heartbeats of all the players and even the audience.

The friction between the shoes and the ground, the pulling force behind him, and even the wind resistance on the basketball, all the subtle details on the court could not escape Lin Dong's perception, making him feel as if he had merged into the basketball in his hand and felt the breeze on his face.

At this moment, his inner balance formed an absolutely stable internal cycle. Lin Dong let his body be dragged back by Kidd, but the basketball in his hand had already been thrown steadily.

Beep!

Swish!

The referee's whistle sounded almost at the same time as the sound of the basketball entering the net.

"The goal is valid, the American No. 5 committed a foul, and one penalty was added!"

The Wukesong Sports Center, which had been suppressed and quiet for a while, suddenly broke out into a crazy noise and cheers.

——Thank God, it finally scored! 2+1!

——The score difference was pulled back! I was scared to death!

——MVP! MVP! MVP!

——Lin Dong! Lin Dong! Lin Dong!

Old K frowned. Kidd's defense just now had a big problem. Not only did he not give Kobe the space to make a mistake in the first place, but he also did not keep up with the opponent's speed even half a step after confronting Lin Dong.

After all, he is old.

Beep!

The American team made a substitution!

Old K is not Coach Jiang. If you make a mistake, he will be replaced. There is no reason to explain!

Jason Kidd is out, Kevin Durant is in.

However, Kidd did not choose to sit down after leaving the court. Instead, he looked at his fingers that had turned white due to pulling his jersey with some lingering fear on the sidelines. Looking at Lin Dong who was preparing for a free throw on the court at this time, it was really difficult to hide the shock on his face.

I have been pulling him with all my strength!

And after seeing Lin Dong jump up, I have realized that he will go for a 2+1. Since he has already committed a foul, I might as well commit it harder. I did not let go at all at that time, and even tried my best to use the pulling force to destroy the opponent's center of gravity.

But... can it go in like this? !

This is not a lucky ball.

Kidd could feel it, especially when he just pulled Lin Dong and felt Lin Dong's strange center of gravity.

Old K had always said that Lin Dong had improved his ability to integrate into the team in the past two years. Kobe and Wade had always believed that their tacit understanding and cooperation could lock down the former "last quarter Dong" in the fourth quarter, but...

Kidd's face turned slightly pale, and he looked at Old K who was staring at the movements on the court, and he hesitated to speak.

His current strength is not as good as theirs, but his experience is definitely not inferior to theirs.

There are probably few people in this world who can perceive the strong more than him.

This Lin Dong... is definitely no longer the so-called "last quarter Dong"!

He didn't say anything to Old K after all.

What should he say?

Say that Kobe and Wade can't defend Lin Dong? Say how terrible Lin Dong is?

That would only make Old K think that he was making excuses for the "mistake" just now, and it would not help the current American team at all.

In fact, he didn't make a mistake at that time!

If he gave way to Kobe, he would not be able to keep up with Lin Dong at the speed after Kobe was blocked. His mismatch was definitely the best choice.

At the same time, the first step after the mismatch was not because he was slow or old. Kidd still remembered his feelings at that moment. He felt that his state seemed to have returned to the peak, but he just couldn't keep up. He was passed by the opponent inexplicably in one step!

This guy spent two years, and it was not just his team skills that improved...

We... will lose!

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102:90, as Lin Dong made a steady free throw, the difference between the two sides came to 12 points again.

Looking back, it was the inside defense tactics of Longguo.

Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian and Zhu Fangyu had already chosen to return to the defensive position under the basket as soon as Lin Dong finished his free throw.

It was a pity that the US team, which seemed to have an advantage in the inside line such as Duncan and Garnett, did not plan to fight a positional battle with Longguo. Instead, they used Wade's speed to quickly break through the midfield, and then passed the ball to Durant, who shot against Zhu Fangyu's defense outside the 3-point line.

3 points scored, 102:93, the difference between the two sides returned to the single digit of 9 points.

Longguo team was not panicked. The opponent's offensive in the fourth quarter was very fierce, which was expected. The three inside players were now suffering from physical loss and could not keep up with the large-scale transfer and running. They just hoped to use Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian's rebounds to stop the US team's second attack, but they directly shot in, which was naturally unavoidable.

When the ball returned to Longguo, the fangs of the US team were completely exposed.

Full-court pressing reappeared!

Didn't you let Sun Yue hold the ball so that Lin Dong would be less double-teamed?

Then I'll block you, Sun Yue!

Either you are blocked, or you let Lin Dong hold the ball for the whole game and increase his turnover rate. Otherwise, in front of this American team, when Chen Jianghua is already tired, the other players of Longguo are not worthy of holding the ball!

In terms of defensive experience, Durant is definitely not as good as Kidd, but after all, he is young and strong, and his height and wingspan are better than Sun Yue, and he has an absolute speed that is difficult for a player of this height to have.

He was originally the reserve force that Old K put behind to support the team, and he was given a special tactical training before the substitution.

At this time, he blocked Sun Yue in the backcourt, and the aggressive defense learned from Payton plus the two long arms, and the more fatal thing was that the physical strength consumed in the first three quarters made him no longer flexible. All this made Sun Yue play very uncomfortably.

Under the high pressure, the physical strength problem of the Longguo team was also completely exposed at this time, and Sun Yue couldn't even control the ball across half the court.

Fortunately...

A figure came up in time and took the ball from Sun Yue.

No. 13, Lin Dong!

At the same time, Kobe Bryant and Wade also appeared in front of Lin Dong.

This was in the backcourt, the court was too wide, there was no pick-and-roll, and Kobe and Wade's double-team was not as tight as in the frontcourt 3-point line.

Do you think this is what happened when Lin Dong played against Ryonan in Xiangyang?

The purpose of the double-team is to prevent Lin Dong from scoring. Double-teaming can be done in the half court. The purpose is to try to keep the ball in Lin Dong's hands to face the double-team, not to prevent Lin Dong from receiving the ball.

So if Lin Dong was in the backcourt and let two super giants double him, what would it be like... It's useless, it's easy to reveal flaws, and they can't afford to lose that person.

At this time, Lin Dong had just passed the center line with the ball, and the two people's defense was already perfectly in place.

Lin Dong's figure paused slightly, looking at the two challengers who were once closest to him, and stopped with the ball.

Finally, they faced off...

The two American superstars with the strongest personal skills faced off against the God of Basketball!

The Wukesong Sports Center, which was still worried about Sun Yue just now, suddenly became quiet.

Anyone who knows basketball, anyone who has paid attention to Lin Dong in the past two years, knows the fateful origin between Lin Dong and these two people.

The emotions of the three people in the matchup were even more complicated.

"Come on! Lin!" Kobe's eyes were full of passion, and his body center of gravity was bent down, and he slapped the floor hard at Lin Dong.

He had been waiting for this moment for too long. Although he no longer wanted to replace this man, he still wanted to defeat him! Even with the help of teammates, even with the help of others!

As long as he could defeat the opponent in front of him, it would be the greatest honor of his life, even more important than this Olympic gold medal!

And beside him, Wade puffed his big cheeks with a meaningful smile on his face.

The matchup with Lin Dong in this international arena reminded him of the World Youth Championship that year, when he was standing on the international stage, representing the American team, and standing in front of this man.

That time, he lost and his legs cramped.

But now, his physical strength is still extremely abundant, and his skills have been polished to the pinnacle.

He is stronger and faster, and even has a super teammate with the same goal and strength as him fighting side by side!

This time, no matter who it is, don't think about stepping over him again!

"Come on!" Wade also shouted, focusing all his attention on Lin Dong.

Two to one!

Lin Dong smiled, feeling that the scene in front of him seemed familiar.

What is coming will eventually come.

This Dragon Country team is worthy of all his efforts for them in the past two years. They have done everything they can. It is an indisputable fact that the overall depth of the American team is stronger, so when the Dragon Country team has supported him to this point, the last hurdle will eventually be faced by himself.

Kobe and Wade...

At this moment, whether it was Lao K, Lao Jiang, the other team members, or the audience, or even the eyes of the whole world, they all seemed to be focused here.

Ace vs. Ace, the result of this three-person duel may be the final result of the match between the Dragon Country Team and the American Team!

Lin Dong looked at the two people in front of him.

The two of them obviously had training and cooperation with each other. The four super-long wingspans directly covered and blocked all their breakthrough directions at the moment of unfolding. The overall defensive posture was natural, but...

Huh!

Lin Dong's mouth curled up slightly, his body suddenly lowered, and at the same time, he controlled the ball with his left hand and switched to his right hand, and actually made a big pendulum movement in front of the two people.

As we all know, although the speed of the big pendulum movement is fast, if it is done in front of the defender and in a close distance, it is equivalent to putting the ball directly into the defender's stealing range. The opponent can steal it as long as he reaches out, or at least disrupt your ball control rhythm.

Two people defending one person and being made such an obviously error-prone move by the opponent is too disrespectful to the defender.

Can this be tolerated?

Frankly speaking, in terms of mentality alone, Kobe and Wade can really tolerate it. Facing this biggest nightmare in their hearts, there is nothing they can't tolerate.

But what they couldn't bear was that the dribbling route of the ball was right in front of them and within reach. For any professional player, they would inevitably have a habit of reaching out to grab the ball at this time.

If it was a one-on-one, Kobe and Wade might be able to bear it.

After all, Lin Dong's "flaws" are often accompanied by traps, which have long impressed them.

But this is two-on-one defense.

The defense range is large enough, and there are "enough" hands!

Even if I reach out to grab it, I will not leave room for the opponent to break through because of "missing an arm to defend".

Like a completely instinctive reaction, Kobe and Wade stretched out their left hand and right hand respectively, and at the same time grabbed the ball towards Lin Dong's dribbling route. This route is too obvious. In their judgment, this is a ball that must be stolen.

But...

Snap!

The sound of the basketball hitting the ground can be heard to be quite loud, which means that the power is full, and it also means that the ball control speed will be far better than the normal speed.

Lin Dong didn't even look at the hands of the two people, and the basketball had already passed through their palms with super fast ball control speed.

Kobe and Wade's big hands were empty, and the next second, a sudden back-to-back turn, the attack intention was directed at Kobe on the right!

This step was extremely fast, and after turning back, at this moment, he was actually facing only Kobe.

The speed and skills are indeed not inferior to the peak level of Lin Dong in the NBA. If it were Kobe in the past, or Kobe defending Lin Dong alone, I'm afraid they would be a little overwhelmed.

Frankly speaking, Kobe knew he had lost.

But...

Although he just caught the ball and it was empty, causing the center of gravity to be somewhat biased to the left, on the one hand, Wade was guarding on the left, and his defensive awareness was biased to the right.

Secondly, he also has a much better speed and control over his body than before!

Kobe's eyes flashed with a gleam of light at this time. After two years of hard training, although he still couldn't surpass Lin Dong by personal strength, he was also getting closer to him.

Third, with Wade on the left, there is no reason why he can't stop him!

What is the honor of a basketball player?

Is it victory? Is it a championship? Is it enjoying the admiration of thousands of people? Or is it being called the best in the world?

Frankly speaking, Kobe Bryant thinks that is none of them.

It is just an honor as a "person" in this society.

The honor of a real basketball player is not personal gains and losses, not applause and cheers, but in himself!

No matter who the opponent is, no matter how much stronger the opponent is than you.

Never give up, never bow your head!