189: Chapter 189 Imperial Power! Twin Stars Shine!
Lin Feng's world fell into darkness.
His brain felt as if it were being gripped tightly by an invisible giant hand, squeezing out every last drop of energy!
Intense pain!
An indescribable, sharp pain surged frantically from his temples to every part of his body!
He felt as though his soul was being forcibly stripped from his body!
His body lost all its strength.
The court before him, the blinding lights, and the frantic figures all turned into a swirling, blurry, chaotic mess of colors.
He almost fainted right then and there!
This was the price of pushing the Eye of the Heavenly Emperor to its limit to forcibly activate a double Pseudo ZONE!
It was a gamble that was enough to completely drain him dry!
However!
At the very last moment before his consciousness faded!
On the court!
A sudden change occurred!
Kobe, who was being tightly hounded by Durant in the corner!
Gasol, who was engaged in a brutal physical struggle with Ibaka in the paint!
Without warning, an invisible yet very real and astonishing aura erupted from both of them!
It was the aura of a returning king!
Kobe's eyes, which had been slightly dimmed by fatigue, reignited at this moment with black flames!
His body seemed to break free from the shackles of age and injury!
Every movement was once again filled with the elegant and lethal beauty he only possessed during his peak!
And Gasol!
His gentle, almost soft gaze also became as firm and reliable as a rock!
He was like a divine tower in the paint that had been slumbering for a thousand years!
In this moment, he was completely awakened!
"What?!"
Durant, who was defending Kobe, was the first to sense something was wrong!
He felt that the Number 24 in front of him had changed!
He was no longer the 34-year-old veteran struggling to hold on through sheer willpower!
He was a proud black mamba at the absolute peak of his power!
At that moment, the basketball was passed into Kobe's hands!
Kobe caught the ball!
Without the slightest hesitation!
Faced with Durant's long arms that seemed to blot out the sky!
He made a move that caught everyone off guard!
A fadeaway!
An extreme fadeaway with an angle so large he was almost parallel to the ground!
His body stretched out in the air like a perfect, powerful bow!
He shot!
The basketball was softly flicked away from his fingertips!
It sailed over Durant's desperate, reaching fingertips!
Under the incredulous gaze of nearly twenty thousand spectators!
Swish!
The basketball snapped through the net!
Nothing but net!
72:84!
The deficit was narrowed to 3 points!
"Roar!"
After the basket, Kobe didn't celebrate!
He simply thumped his chest hard in Lin Feng's direction!
His eyes were filled with the most primal trust and fighting spirit!
Kid!
I've received your bet!
Now!
Watch me!
Thunder offense!
Westbrook was completely infuriated by that shot!
Like a mad bull, he once again launched a desperate charge toward the Lakers' paint!
He wanted to respond to Kobe's provocation with the most brutal score!
He blew past Nash!
He shook off Artest!
He charged to the basket!
He leaped high into the air!
Preparing to use a tomahawk dunk to completely end the Lakers' ridiculous hopes of a comeback!
But!
At the very moment he was about to slam the ball into the hoop!
A massive white figure rose from the ground!
It was Pau Gasol!
He was like a divine tower descending from the heavens!
Perfectly anticipating all of Westbrook's layup paths!
That long hand opened up in the air!
Like a giant white net blotting out the sun!
"Get out of here!"
Smack!
A loud bang!
The ball was slammed hard against the backboard by Gasol!
A chasedown block!
A humiliating, devastating block against the glass!
The entire Chesapeake Energy Arena fell into a deathly silence!
All the Thunder fans were like ducks with their necks being squeezed!
Not a single word could be uttered!
Turnover!
Lakers fast break!
Lin Feng, relying on his last shred of remaining willpower!
Staggered over and picked up the loose basketball!
His vision was still a blur!
He couldn't see his teammates' positions!
He couldn't see the opponents' defensive formation!
He simply relied on a player's most primal instinct!
He passed the ball toward that purple and gold figure he trusted most!
Kobe!
Kobe caught the ball!
The Thunder's defense immediately collapsed onto him!
Durant!
Westbrook!
Ibaka!
The three of them pounced on Kobe like three hungry wolves!
They wanted to use the most suffocating double-team to completely snuff out the Lakers' last glimmer of hope!
However!
Just when everyone thought Kobe would choose to force a shot!
He once again made a choice that no one expected!
He didn't look at anyone!
His eyes remained locked onto the basket!
But!
It was as if he had eyes in the back of his head!
An extremely subtle no-look pass!
It threaded through Ibaka's armpit!
The basketball, like an obedient elf!
Landed precisely in the hands of the white figure who had already cut toward the basket from the other side in perfect synchronization!
It was Gasol!
Gasol caught the ball!
No one was in front of him!
He held the ball high!
Then, using all his strength, he slammed it down toward the rim!
"Clang!"
A massive sound that made the entire arena tremble!
The dunk was successful!
74:84!
The deficit was down to just 1 point!
Only 3 seconds remained!
Beep—!
The Thunder finally called their last timeout!
Durant and Westbrook stood on the sidelines.
They were gasping for air.
The expressions on their faces were no longer those of confidence and cruelty.
Instead, they were replaced by an unconcealable fear!
And disbelief!
They didn't understand!
They completely didn't understand!
Why!
Why had the situation on the court undergone such an earth-shattering reversal in just one minute!
Why did that 34-year-old veteran and that soft the spaniard suddenly become so invincible!
Back from the timeout!
The Thunder had one last chance to attack!
Every spectator watching the game around the world held their breath at this moment!
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