Barkley felt that this was going to be an NBA ga that could never be replicated.
This ti there was no "poison milk"!
With only 3 minutes and 14 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Kobe, despite the pressure from Shaquille O’Neal, made a three-point play, bringing his score to 53 points for the ga!
A historic mont for the NBA was born.
For the first ti since the inception of the NBA, there were two players who scored 50 points in the sa ga.
But the historic mont did not end there...
With 2 minutes and 13 seconds left in the fourth quarter, as Su Wan made a successful basket, that historic mont was born:
Su Wan scored his 63rd point of the ga.
This broke the championship finals single-ga scoring record held by Baylor for a staggering 46 years.
And coincidentally...
It happened before the eyes of the Los Angeles people!
The glory of the "Purple Gold Dynasty" was stripped away in that mont.
At the sa ti, David Stern heard the real-ti online viewership numbers from his staff:
35.92 million viewers!
It’s broken!
It’s broken!
The NBA Finals’ highest viewership record was shattered at the mont Su Wan broke Baylor’s scoring record.
Standing there, David Stern couldn’t help but tremble.
Michael Jordan propelled this league to new heights and secured his position as one of the few at the pinnacle of Arican sports.
For a while, there was no one else!
He was the symbol of the "Arican spirit."
Now...
The rapidly developing NBA had finally reached a new height!
In David Stern’s view, this record should have been broken long ago.
After all, with the prevalence of television and the existence of the internet, the base of NBA viewers should have grown even larger.
But it took 11 years since Michael Jordan’s retirent in ’98 to finally break the record. The past two seasons had their hotly-contested finals which were also classic championship battles.
But the most important was this "match of the century."
Letting Kobe and Su Wan play with looser offensive and defensive restrictions, leaving the ga in the hands of these two, proved to be the right choice.
The two obstinate guys brought forth an extrely exciting ga.
"Toot!"
With the last 1 minute and 32 seconds left, Shaquille O’Neal drew Paul Gasol’s sixth foul of the ga and then arrogantly turned his head to shout at Phil Jackson on the bench, "You must really regret that Shark Cutting move now, huh? This is the price!"
Phil Jackson had no fxxks to give!
Amidst the long chorus of boos, Shaquille O’Neal smiled after making one of two free throws.
Though he only made one basket, the point difference had once again widened to 10 points.
Kobe beca more anxious, falling into the Pacers’ defensive trap, and when Su Wan stole the ball from him, any final suspense of the ga completely vanished.
Su Wan then passed the ball to Billups who slowly ran down the clock.
And one more thing...
He really couldn’t push forward anymore.
But with Paul Gasol gone due to fouls, the Pacers’ advantage in the paint was maximized, and even without him attacking, the Pacers could steadily score.
Kobe struck back, and this ti he scored.
But that only brought the point difference back to 10.
The final minute ran out amidst the exchange of attacks.
Su Wan didn’t score in the last 1 minute and 30 seconds.
He had little physical energy left, barely maintaining his "The zone" mode from fading. — There was no way out since leaving it might an he’d collapse right there on the court.
For instance, at this mont...
The buzzer sounded.
"The zone" mode automatically turned off, and Su Wan suddenly felt a wave of exhaustion hit him hard, causing him to involuntarily fall sideways.
Kobe was right beside him and, instinctively reaching out, steadied Su Wan.
Damn!
Had it co to this extent?
"You should work on your physical fitness, buddy, after all these years it’s still the sa!" Kobe’s words carried disdain, but his grip on Su Wan’s arm tightened to prevent him from falling over.
Su Wan weakly retorted, "Alright, Kobe, you can take the ’Best Physical Fitness’ award, I’ll just settle for the O’Brien Cup..."
Kobe suddenly felt the urge to let go.
Why am I holding him?
Why in the world am I holding him?
Would it not be better if this BYD fell to his death?
From the other side of the court ca Shaquille O’Neal’s bellowing.
He was excitedly yelling towards the stands, "As long as I’m in the finals, the Lakers shouldn’t even dream of winning the championship! This is what they get for not giving a big contract!"
Watching the Los Angeles people with ugly expressions leaving the court, he felt his whole body and spirit refreshed.
Now, he wanted to see who would dare say that without Kobe, he was nothing!
On the contrary...
It was his turn to have the last word.
"Kobe could win the championship; the luckiest thing for him was not having to face Su Wan and in the finals!"
Kobe obviously heard Shaq’s words, and his face turned gloomy. Seeing the other Pacers rushing towards Su Wan, he said, "Wait," and hurried off.
Su Wan was imdiately tackled to the ground by the other Pacers and then collectively hoisted up. Lying exhausted in the arms of his teammates, Su Wan showed an excited smile.
His fourth championship in his professional career was in hand!
Winning this championship ant he was now one of the players with the most NBA titles.
Sooner or later, he would remove the "one of" from that statent!
The big screen at the venue cut to a close-up of Su Wan.
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