Chapter 172 On the Finals

In the Finals, leaping from a step in front of the free-throw line and successfully dunking over the opponent's center.

On the scene, in front of the TV...

After replaying Su Feng's "True-Meteor Dunk" in slow motion, almost subconsciously, fans watching the game blurted out...

In various language versions:

"Holy shit."

Maybe I'm not really a dog...

But you are definitely not human!

In the Mavericks' restricted area, looking at Su Feng after he landed, having released his right hand from the rim...

At this moment...

Chandler suddenly discovered an unacceptable truth.

That is...

Compared to himself, who had been hammered by O'Neal for two and a half quarters...

It seemed Kidd was the most miserable one on the Mavericks tonight.

No!

This must not be true!

On the court, after measuring the distance of Su Feng's jump, Chandler still couldn't accept that Su Feng had jumped from that position and dunked over him in a real game, on the NBA stage.

You know, as the victim...

From Chandler's perspective just now...

When completing the dunk, Su Feng didn't show any signs of descending.

So, do you know how much damage Su Feng's dunk just now caused to Chandler's young heart?

And what made Chandler even more uncomfortable was...

Su Feng even said to him before turning around to retreat on defense...

"Not bad defense."

On the court, let's not talk about the aggrieved, pitiful, and weak Chandler for now.

It's the Mavericks' turn to attack.

Under the boos of the home fans that could pierce eardrums, Kidd, who was responsible for organizing the team's offense, already had cold sweat on his forehead.

There is a well-known saying within the NBA players' circle:

Only after playing against a team with Su Feng...

Can you personally feel the pressure he puts on you on the court.

On the court, it was clear that Su Feng couldn't steal the ball from his hands from two or three positions away...

But at that moment, Kidd still subconsciously turned his body to prevent Su Feng from attacking.

"This feeling of being targeted by Su is extremely uncomfortable.

Because you feel like you are his prey...

You could be torn apart by him at any time," Kobe said to the empty sofa after smacking his lips in Los Angeles.

And in Boston, watching Kidd become more and more cautious on TV, Karl sighed and said, "Ray told me before...

If he committed a crime, he would rather go to jail than face Su on the court again."

Next to him, Bird, feeling the same way, nodded and said, "I understand Ray very well because in my era, the players responsible for guarding me thought the same way."

Karl: "..."

Good heavens!

That's you, Bird!

You can even seize the opportunity to brag about yourself?

American Airlines Center, under Kidd's patient organization, Terry finally found a chance to shoot one step inside the right three-point line.

Unfortunately, because the Heat's defensive rotation speed was very fast, Terry didn't dare to make too many adjustments after running into an open position.

Swish!

95 to 99.

On the sidelines, Brown, who had gradually noticed that the atmosphere on the court was completely different from before, said to Davis, "Fortunately...

Our players are not pushovers either!"

Hearing this, after a wry smile...

Davis said, "Dirk... can only rest for three more possessions at most."

"John, isn't this... a bit too early?" Brown asked.

"Early?"

On the court, as soon as Davis finished speaking, Su Feng dribbled the ball into the Mavericks' interior again.

As a defensive悍將 (han jiang, valiant general) who had been selected to the All-Defensive Team for many years in a row at the point guard position in today's league...

At this moment...

Jason Kidd was like a wooden stake, easily left behind by Su Feng.

Kidd, who had been active in the league since the 1990s, had seen all kinds of big scenes.

But...

Su Feng's unreasonable first step tonight...

In Kidd's opinion...

Even the peak Michael Jordan and Grant Hill were hard to match.

In addition, the most terrifying thing was...

In the following dribbling and changing direction, Su Feng not only didn't slow down, but...

He gradually increased the distance between himself and Kidd, who was trying to chase him!

And in the Mavericks' restricted area, Nájera, who thought he and Chandler could trap Su Feng with a close-out defense, at this moment...

Suddenly dilated his pupils!

Because Su Feng...

Like a flash of lightning, forcibly twisted through their defensive zone before he and Chandler could complete their close-out!

Bang, swish!

95 to 101.

On the court, after Su Feng gracefully put the basketball into the hoop, Nájera looked up at Chandler and said, "Is this the legendary 'Chinese Step'?"

And on the sidelines, after a long sigh, Davis turned to look at Nowitzki and said, "Dirk, I can't wait even one more possession now."

On the Mavericks' bench, Nowitzki nodded.

After exchanging glances with Davis, the German tank immediately lifted the towel covering his head and walked to the technical table.

On the court, the Mavericks attacked.

Under Kidd's command, Howard successfully cut into the basket through off-ball movement on the right side of the court.

Slightly different from Nash's style of organization, Kidd belonged to the kind of commander who could direct his teammates on the court through gestures even if the ball didn't go through his hands.

For example, this ball...

Because he felt that Su Feng was likely to predict his passing route, Kidd transferred the ball to Terry's hands early.

In the Heat's restricted area, after receiving Terry's bounce pass, Howard hit a bank shot before Mourning's help defense arrived.

97 to 101.

Putting aside Kidd's character.

In Su Feng's opinion, this guy was indeed worthy of the title of the chief point guard.

Like himself, the data couldn't fully reflect Kidd's role for this Mavericks team.

Because in this game so far, Kidd only had 2 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists.

But...

If it weren't for Kidd's overall command on the court, this Mavericks team would have collapsed long ago.

"Sure enough, as long as you wear him down, this Mavericks team won't be so scary."

On the court, looking at Kidd's back, Su Feng stroked his chin and thought.

And in front of the TV, after noticing Su Feng's face, which seemed to have no expression changes, but was actually full of killing intent through a close-up shot...

Kobe had subconsciously sweated for Kidd in his heart.

Because as the person who understood Su Feng the most in this league...

Kobe knew...

Whenever Su Feng lost to him in one-on-one, he would often show such an expression.

American Airlines Center, it's the Heat's turn to attack.

Looking at Kidd, who was still "full of energy" after trembling with himself for more than 30 minutes, Su Feng always felt that he was "derelict" tonight.

And if Kidd could hear Su Feng's inner voice at this moment...

Then the already exhausted him would definitely question Su Feng:

Do you have a misunderstanding of the idiom "full of energy"?

On the court, after Alston and Ariza stood at the two bottom corners, Su Feng immediately summoned Mourning to screen for him.

In order to make Kidd slide a few more times when defending as much as possible...

Therefore, on this play, Su Feng deliberately launched a raid before Mourning's screen was completed, leaving Kidd plenty of time to go around Mourning's screen.

As a veteran with three championships, Su Feng was very clear about the meaning of consuming his opponent's physical strength in this evenly matched matchup.

In Su Feng's view, if Kidd still had the physical strength to walk back to the locker room after playing the first few games of this series...

Then he could really retire and drive a truck with Jordan.

On the court.

At the top of the arc, slightly to the left, Kidd successfully bypassed Mourning's high wall as Su Feng expected.

However, as Su Feng dribbled the ball and adjusted his center of gravity...

This time, Kidd could only watch helplessly as Su Feng started up in front of him.

In this life, even without experiencing the major injury in Su Feng's memory, Kidd was already 32 years old.

Therefore, when Su Feng could still offer such an unreasonable breakthrough in the fourth quarter...

At this moment, besides pinning his hopes on his teammates...

Kidd had no other choice.

In fact, on the basketball court, it's not a shame for a defensive player to be broken through by an offensive player.

Because the offensive side itself has a natural advantage.

And what's more...

At the moment when Su Feng completed the breakthrough, Kidd, this old stick, not only didn't give up, but he also successfully forced Su Feng onto a breakthrough line that the Mavericks' interior could always help defend through his tenacious defense?

Perhaps, in the eyes of fans with God's perspective...

In these possessions, Su Feng could be said to be doing whatever he wanted in front of Kidd.

But...

Only Su Feng knew how cunning Kidd's defense was.

If the breakthrough at the beginning of the fourth quarter was because he successfully caught Kidd off guard...

Then the last time and this time...

Su Feng knew very well that Kidd was deliberately letting him go to his left hand, that is, the outside of his right hand.

And friends who have played basketball should know that the time it takes to cut inside and cut outside on the court is completely different.

Especially many kids who can only dribble with their right hand can only break through with their right hand.

As long as the player responsible for defending you blocks your right-hand breakthrough, you may not even be able to play the ball.

Of course, for a dribbling expert like Su Feng, there wasn't much difference between his left-hand dribbling and his right-hand dribbling.

Even under Grover's whip back then, he had also developed a "no one can surpass" left hand.

Therefore, Kidd's letting Su Feng go to his left hand at this moment wasn't because he looked down on Su Feng's left-hand breakthrough.

It was because when Su Feng was in the left half of the court, letting Su Feng go to the outside of his body could give his interior players enough time to help defend.

The same goes for the reverse.

If Su Feng was in the right half of the court at this moment, Kidd would definitely choose to let Su Feng break through with his right hand.

As a top defender who had been selected to the All-Defensive Team many times in his career.

This was the choice Jason Kidd made at this moment.

That is, knowing that he couldn't completely defend Su Feng one-on-one, he would use the entire Mavericks team to fight against Su Feng together.

And if there were old Maple fans who could truly understand Kidd's defense at this moment...

Then he would definitely lament...

Su Feng had finally become the person he hated the most.

Because back then...

Su Feng also used this method to deal with Jordan.

But...

Since Su Feng was confident enough to dare to step into the trap Kidd had set for him, how could he not know Kidd's cunning schemes?

Sorry.

Chandler can block Su Feng's future successor.

But he can't stop the current Su Feng.

Heaven is to the left, the warrior is to the right.

No matter how far Su Feng had evolved today, he had never forgotten his original intention.

Because a warrior...

Should always move forward!

In the Mavericks' restricted area, after holding his dynamite pack tightly, Su Feng crashed into Chandler head-on!

And just as Chandler was stubbornly resisting Su Feng, preparing to use his height and wingspan advantage to block Su Feng's next shot...

What made Chandler doubt his life was...

Bro...

Why aren't you landing yet?

Chandler had his height and wingspan advantage.

But Su Feng also had his hang time and big hands advantage.

On the court, after staying in the air for a while, Su Feng then pulled back with one hand, sending the ball to the backboard.

And as Su Feng's beautiful one-handed pull-up hit...

Because there hadn't been a dead ball on the court for a long time, which prevented the Mavericks from completing the substitution, Davis also hurriedly requested a timeout in front of the technical table.

And at the American Airlines Center, at this moment...

The Heat fans on the scene already didn't know how they should describe their mood.

Because the shots Su Feng had made in the fourth quarter...

Each one was more outrageous than the last.

On TNT, Barkley said with emotion, "Looking at the slow-motion replay, Mr. Su...

May I ask, were you planning to dance a tango in the air before putting the basketball into the hoop?"

Next to him, Smith echoed, "This is the super goal that only a super player can complete.

I know that after tonight, there will definitely be many fans who will imitate Su on the basketball court.

But please forgive me for being blunt...

Even if you put in a thousand times, ten thousand times more effort, you won't be able to learn even one ten-thousandth of Su's skills.

Because since everyone is an ordinary person, why do you have to demand that you can do things that only aliens can do?"

On the court, after the timeout, the Mavericks replaced Nowitzki again.

At the same time, in front of the TV, Bird sighed and said to Karl, "After tonight's game, I'm afraid the Mavericks' players will have to receive psychological counseling."

"Why do you say that, Larry?" Karl turned to look at Bird and said.

"Because Su's physical condition tonight is really too outstanding.

If it were Michael Jordan, I might still have the confidence to defend him in a certain game.

But Su...

He is definitely the player in this league who is the best at using his physical talent of all time.

And...

Since you all say that Dirk's playing style is like mine...

Then, on the premise that I don't have the confidence to defeat Su on this night...

How can Dirk defeat such a Su?" Bird said word by word after pondering for two seconds.

Karl: "..."

Uh...

Although Bird's explanation sounded quite reasonable.

But I don't know why...

Karl just felt that Bird was using the excuse of analyzing the game to say that Nowitzki's strength was not as good as his back then.

"Do you need me to come back early? I'm in great shape right now."

On the Heat's bench, O'Neal took the initiative to stop Su Feng and said as the two teams' players gradually returned to the court.

Hearing this, after waving to Shaq with a smile, Su Feng said, "Don't worry, Shaq, I'll leave you some time to perform."

And on the sidelines, after Su Feng walked back onto the court...

O'Neal then lowered his head and said to Payton, "Maybe, this is why I will never be as good as Su.

Because he... is born to be a winner!"