190: Chapter 19 A Deadly Strike Beyond Limits!

Back from the timeout!

The Thunder have the final possession!

Every viewer around the world watching this game held their breath at this moment!

In front of the Thunder's bench...

head coach Scott Brooks used his clipboard to cover his mouth, giving final instructions to Durant and Westbrook.

But!

Everyone knew!

At this moment, any tactic had lost its meaning!

This final attack!

Would inevitably be placed in that man's hands!

Kevin Durant!

"Beep—!"

The timeout ended!

The Thunder inbound the ball from the baseline!

Sefolosha caught the ball and, without the slightest pause, immediately handed it to Durant, who had circled out from the paint!

It was him, as expected!

Durant caught the ball!

Only 15 seconds remained on the clock!

He wasn't in a hurry to attack.

He simply stood outside the three-point line, steadying his breath.

In front of him...

Stood that figure with the number 24 on his back, also panting heavily, yet with eyes as burning and steady as glowing charcoal!

Kobe Bryant!

The Reaper versus the black mamba!

The two strongest scorers of this series faced off in a direct one-on-one duel at the final life-and-death moment!

Time ticked away, second by second...

10 seconds!

9 seconds!

8 seconds!

Durant moved!

He didn't choose to drive!

He knew that in front of Kobe, who had activated [Pseudo-ZONE], any fancy moves were redundant!

He chose his strongest and most unstoppable way to score!

The Pull-up Jumper!

With an extremely rapid crossover!

He forced open a sliver of shooting space that lasted only a fraction of a second!

Then!

Like the Reaper spreading his wings,

he soared into the air!

The shot was off!

And Kobe!

He was like the most patient black mamba, lurking throughout the entire game!

At the moment Durant released the ball,

he jumped as well!

His vertical leap was no longer what it was in his prime!

His body was already exhausted!

But!

His rich, textbook-like defensive experience,

and that never-say-die, obsessive willpower,

were pushed to the limit at this moment!

His hand didn't touch the ball!

But!

His outstretched hand was like a lingering dark cloud,

perfectly obscuring all of Durant's shooting vision!

The ultimate offense!

Versus!

The ultimate defense!

The basketball flew from Durant's fingertips!

The air in the arena completely froze at this moment!

Everyone's eyes were fixed, following that orange ball spinning in the air!

At the sideline...

Taylor Swift stood up nervously!

Yoona clasped her hands together and closed her eyes, not daring to look!

Scarlett Johansson slowly uncrossed her legs!

"Clang!"

A crisp sound of the ball hitting the rim

echoed throughout the deathly silent arena!

It's out!

Durant's Reaper pull-up, which could have ended the game,

under Kobe's suffocating defensive pressure,

missed the hoop!

"Rebound!!!"

The moment Kobe landed, he roared toward the paint!

The paint was already a chaotic mess!

Ibaka! Perkins! Gasol! Howard!

Four giants frantically jostled and fought for the crucial rebound that would decide the fate of both teams!

It's Howard!

Dwight Howard!

Relying on his superhuman, terrifying core strength and vertical leap,

he leaped high amidst the crowd!

And firmly grabbed the basketball in his hands!

He got it!

He grabbed this priceless defensive rebound!

"Pass it to me!"

A hoarse yet piercing voice came from the backcourt!

Howard didn't hesitate for a second!

He immediately hurled the ball toward the source of the voice!

Lin Feng!

Lin Feng caught the ball!

He glanced at the shot clock!

Only 7 seconds left!

His mind was a complete blank!

The side effects of overusing the [Eye of the Heavenly Emperor] erupted fully at this moment!

His vision was spinning!

He couldn't even clearly see the exact position of the hoop anymore!

But!

Just as he was about to collapse!

A primal, pure, beast-like combat instinct

surged frantically from deep within his body!

The blood in his body was burning!

His pupils, somewhat unfocused from exhaustion, were completely filled with a pure, destructive black current at this moment!

[Aomine Daikis Formless Shot · ZONE]!

Activated!

The next second!

Lin Feng moved!

He turned into a black bolt of lightning, almost impossible to track with the naked eye!

Instantly, he tore through the Thunder's hurried defensive transition!

"Stop him!"

Westbrook let out a desperate roar!

He chased frantically from the wing!

He reached out, wanting to use a tactical foul to stop Lin Feng's fast break!

But!

He was too fast!

Lin Feng's speed had completely surpassed the limits of human dynamic vision!

Westbrook's hand only met cold air!

He was blown by in a single step!

Lin Feng charged into the paint!

Only one final and most solid barrier remained before him!

Serge Ibaka!

The Son of Congo, the Thunder's Defensive Anchor!

Ibaka raised his hands high!

His long arms formed a defensive net under the basket that would make any driver feel despair!

He waited for Lin Feng!

He intended to use a world-shattering block to defend Oklahoma's final dignity!

However!

Just as everyone thought Lin Feng would choose a Pull-up Jumper or a pass,

he made the craziest, most unbelievable choice!

He didn't slow down!

Facing Ibaka's sky-blocking defense,

he forced a jump!

In mid-air!

With an extreme Double-clutch that completely defied the laws of physics,

he contorted his body into an unbelievable angle!

Slipping past Ibaka's underarm!

Then, using an extremely bizarre backhand motion,

he softly tossed the ball toward the hoop!

"Beep—!"

The moment the ball left his fingertips,

the buzzer signaling the end of the game blared sharply!

Time's up!

The basketball traced a high, spinning arc through the air!

Under the gaze of hundreds of millions of viewers worldwide!

It hit the inner rim!

Bounced once!

Bounced again!

Everyone's hearts were in their throats!

Finally!

That basketball, carrying the hopes and despairs of countless people,

slowly rolled into the net!

A Game-winning shot!

A one-point lead at the very last second!

The Lakers won!

And at the moment he completed this heaven-defying Game-winning shot that would go down in history,

Lin Feng exhausted his very last ounce of strength...

The darkness before his eyes completely swallowed him.

He fell straight down toward the cold floor!

Completely losing consciousness!

Kobe was the first to rush over!

He caught the young, unconscious body, pulling it tightly into his embrace!

With all his might, he roared frantically into his ear!

"You did it!"

"You really did it!"

"We're going to the NBA Finals!"