148: A lone hero!

For the first time, he felt so clearly what it meant to be outnumbered and outmatched.

Kobe's words, like a cold chisel, carved the cruelest reality onto his heart, which was burning after scoring 32 points.

"You can't play 48 minutes against the two of them like this."

Yeah.

Impossible.

Lin Feng looked up at the veterans around him, who were leaning on their knees and gasping for air.

Gasol's face was written with exhaustion.

Nash's elegant long hair was completely soaked with sweat, messily plastered to his forehead.

Even Artest, who was known for being a tough guy, had a somewhat vacant look in his eyes now.

And on the other side of the court.

Durant and Westbrook were still like two young beasts who didn't know fatigue, pounding their chests and laughing with their teammates.

This gap in talent was so intuitive and so despair-inducing.

The second half of the game began quickly.

The Thunder's strategy became simpler and more brutal.

They completely left the Lakers' other players open.

Using an almost crazy, cost-ignoring way to besiege Lin Feng!

Sefolosha stuck to him like a piece of dog-skin plaster.

Ibaka was ready to step up from the paint at any time to delay him.

Even Durant was watching like a tiger from a help-defense position.

They were going to use three, or even four people, to lock you down!

They told Lin Feng through their actions.

"If you're so capable, kill us all by yourself!"

Soon.

The Lakers' opportunity came.

Amidst a triple-team, Lin Feng used an extremely difficult behind-the-back pass to get the ball to Nick Young, who was completely open outside the three-point line!

A huge, wide-open shot that would make any shooter feel comfortable!

Nick Young caught the ball, adjusted, and shot!

His signature, confident shooting form was incredibly stylish!

The entire Lakers bench was ready to stand up and cheer!

However.

"Clang!"

A crisp sound of the basketball hitting the front of the rim!

The basketball bounced high!

The Thunder fans in the arena erupted in a huge, mocking cheer!

Nick Young shook his hand in frustration.

D'Antoni, on the sidelines, shook his head helplessly.

Lin Feng watched this scene without saying a word.

He just silently ran back to the backcourt to participate in the defense.

A few minutes later.

The same opportunity appeared again.

Lin Feng attracted the defensive attention of everyone on the Thunder under the basket.

With a bounce pass as if he had eyes in the back of his head, he found the unguarded Gasol under the basket!

The Spaniard caught the ball, facing an open basket.

A little hook shot that he had repeated tens of thousands of times in his career.

Under the high-pressure environment of the Western Conference Finals.

His hand stiffened.

The basketball limply slipped out of the rim.

Ibaka, under the basket, easily grabbed the rebound.

Chesapeake Energy Arena once again erupted in a landslide of cheers!

Every missed shot.

Every missed opportunity.

Was like a heavy hammer, smashing hard against the Lakers' already fragile morale.

Gasol clutched his head in pain.

He knew he shouldn't have missed that shot.

Lin Feng was forced to enter an even more difficult and tragic solo mode.

He stopped passing.

It wasn't that he didn't want to, but that he couldn't.

He knew that these veterans had no gas left in their tanks.

He could only rely on himself.

Every one of his attacks was like dancing on the edge of a knife.

Facing a triple-team, he made a shot with an extreme fadeaway jumper!

At the moment he was knocked off balance, he threw the ball toward the basket and drew a foul!

He was like a lonely hero, covered in blood.

Using his own flesh and blood to forcibly keep this tottering Los Angeles Lakers team alive.

The whistle for the end of the third quarter sounded.

The numbers on the scoreboard made everyone feel incredulous.

85:85!

A tie!

Relying on his own strength, Lin Feng scored a staggering 20 points in the third quarter alone, forcibly catching up the score!

When he walked off the court, all the Thunder fans went silent.

They looked at the figure wearing number 24 as if they were looking at a monster.

48 points in three quarters!

This man was really going to kill them all by himself!

But the cost was also enormous.

Lin Feng sat on the chair, feeling as if his lungs no longer belonged to him.

Every breath brought a burning pain.

His legs were like lead, so heavy he could barely lift them.

The Team Doctor rushed over and massaged his calves, which had already started to cramp.

The final battle of the fourth quarter finally arrived.

Lin Feng's physical stamina experienced a cliff-like decline.

His drives were no longer filled with the destructive explosive power they once had.

His shooting also began to become unstable due to the lack of leg strength.

During one drive.

He used all his strength just to barely squeeze past Sefolosha's defense.

But his jumping height was clearly insufficient.

The basketball he shot hit the front of the rim.

The Thunder seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

The ball was passed into Kevin Durant's hands.

The Reaper began to take over the game!

Facing Artest's defense, Durant had no extra movements at all.

A simple crossover, and then, a pull-up jumper!

The basketball traced an arc in the air that made all Los Angeles Lakers fans feel despair.

Swish!

Nothing but net!

The next possession.

Durant, in the same position and in the same way, hit another unreasonable three-pointer!

The point difference was instantly widened to 6 points!

The entire arena fell into complete madness!

"MVP!"

"MVP!"

The cheers for Durant resounded through the clouds!

The game entered the final minute.

The Lakers trailed by 4 points.

Possession was still in Lin Feng's hands.

Dragging that leg that had almost lost all sensation, he launched a charge once again.

Everyone knew he was going to shoot.

The Thunder's defense also collapsed to the extreme.

Lin Feng forcibly jumped from a step away from the three-point line!

His body twisted in the air due to exhaustion.

He pushed the ball out almost entirely based on muscle memory!

Under everyone's gaze.

The basketball rattled around and rolled into the basket!

The gap was narrowed to 2 points!

This goal exhausted his last bit of strength.

After landing, he couldn't even stand steadily and stumbled a few steps to avoid falling.

The Thunder on the offensive.

Westbrook's eyes were bloodshot; he wanted to use a drive to completely kill the game!

But he was too rushed!

Under the combined defense of Howard and Gasol, his layup missed the rim!

Kobe firmly boxed out Durant behind him and secured this crucial defensive rebound!

He immediately called a timeout!

Only 8 seconds remained!

The Lakers had obtained one last life-or-death offensive opportunity!

The timeout ended.

The eyes of the whole world were focused on the man who was leaning on his knees and gasping for air.

Lin Feng.

The ball was inbounded from the sideline.

Without a doubt, it was given to him.

He caught the ball and, using the last of the strength in his body, advanced rapidly toward the Los Angeles Lakers' half like a bolt of lightning!

The Thunder's defense instantly collapsed into a bunch!

Ibaka!

Durant!

Sefolosha!

The three of them, like three moving city walls, frantically converged on Lin Feng!

They would rather leave every player on the perimeter open!

Than let Lin Feng finish this final shot!

They were going to completely strangle this lonely hero in the most brutal way!

At the exact tenth of a second before those three walls were about to close!

Out of the corner of his eye, Lin Feng saw it.

In the right corner of the court.

A familiar figure was standing there.

Nick Young.

He was completely open.

Within five meters of him, there was no one!

In that moment, the words Kobe had said to him during halftime flashed through Lin Feng's mind.

And the golden rules written countless times in basketball textbooks also flashed by.

Trust your teammates.

Make the most correct choice.

Lin Feng made the most reasonable and correct passing choice on the basketball court!