CHAPTER 1248: CHAPTER 507: REFUSE TO SHOOT? I’LL SHOOT ANYWAY! (PART 2)

His shot shattered the Lakers’ momentum on the floor!

The gap returned to 9 points, leaving only 58 seconds for the Lakers!

The Three Giants were not willing to give up, didn’t even call a timeout, quickly inbounded and rushed to shoot, the first round of their rush, Fisher, Kidd, and Kobe took turns shooting threes... Garnett snatched two offensive rebounds!

However, the last shot by Kobe did not go in either, and after this round of shooting, the Lakers lost the spirit for one last push.

After Perkins secured the defensive rebound, Felton took the time to the final shot which also missed, Kidd grabbed the rebound and decided not to attack again, with over ten seconds left, a 9-point gap, even if McGrady or Reggie Miller came, there’d be no show.

At 10:24 PM, the final whistle blew, and Tuhang Stadium became a sea of joy.

for 4 shooting, including 5 for 2 from three, plus 1 made free throw, Zhang Yang scored 11 in the final period, making 27 for 13 for the entire match, 15 for 6 in threes, along with 6 for 7 free throws, grabbing a game-high 38 points, plus 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, overpowering Kobe’s 30 for 13 shooting, 9 for 3 in threes, plus 7 for 7 free throws totaling 36 points.

to 97, Bobcats created an upsurge in the final period, defeating the Lakers and making the series 2-0!

After celebrating with the teammates, Zhang Yang accepted a post-game interview with T.N.T Sports, his words once again made Bobcats fans scream and cheer in front of the TV, making spectators feel like there’s more excitement to come.

"I apologize to the Charlotte fans, this will be your last chance to watch the finals in person this year, I will end the finals in Los Angeles."

This sentence was exactly the same as what Kobe said in his interview before the Lakers’ warm-up this evening! Not a word was changed!

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After finishing the post-game chores and therapy, the Three + Hill sat leaning against the wall in the therapy room, all looking relieved.

Hill said in a leisurely tone: "We’ve played the two most pressured games, the next pressure is on the other side."

Felton also sounded relaxed: "If we win one of the next two away games, the championship is steady! But Jack, it’s still tough wanting to sweep the Lakers for the title, tonight we almost got pulled apart, luckily you and Emeka hit three consecutive shots to suppress them."

Zhang Yang was puzzled: "When did I say I want to sweep them?"

Felton: "Didn’t you say you’ll end the finals in Los Angeles?"

Hill laughed: "Raymond didn’t you play the finals in ’07? The finals format is 2-3-2, we’ve finished our two home games, the next 3 games are all away."

Felton: "Oh, I remember, it seems like this, haven’t played the finals for too long, forgot... But this format is really odd, if we lose one home, isn’t there a chance of directly losing the championship away?"

Zhang Yang replied: "Yes, we won the championship in ’07 by grabbing the home-court advantage in G2, Boss think about it, if we didn’t win G2 that year, went back home, in 3 games we only won two, we’d be going 2-3 to San Antonio for two away games, just think of it as scary."

Felton: "Right! But we won that finals, no need to be afraid now, we’re the ones with the better record, kept both home games, as long as we can win 1 of the 3 away, our advantage remains big, if we win two, haha, we can end the finals in Los Angeles!"

"We can’t be careless, don’t forget ’06 Mavericks." Okafor suddenly threw a cold bucket.

No need for Okafor to elaborate, everyone remembered that greatly controversial finals.

In ’06, Mavericks led 2-0 at home but lost two consecutively away, the whistle was already biased, then had to play a mountain fight at the opponent’s home, Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson cursed directly, got fined 50k by the league.

Actually in the ’03 finals, Kidd complained about the schedule, but it did not cause much stir, the real eruption of public opinion came from the controversy-filled ’06 finals.

In his heart, Felton muttered ’Little Duncan is a buzzkill’, but indeed cooled down, puzzled: "This way I feel more the schedule is off, 3 games are all Lakers’ home next, if they win them all it’s 3-2 against us, our home advantage is meaningless."

Hill explained: "This is a historical issue, 60 years ago aviation wasn’t developed, tickets were costly, NBA divided the league into East and West, not just playoffs, regular matches were mostly within divisions, at that time East had 6 teams, West 5, only going to the opposing home for 1 match, 70 matches were shared internally, every year playing dozens of times... Finals require 7, to reduce ticket costs, arranged only two home-away swaps."

Felton: "Ah, yes, I remember in elementary traveling to Miami with my parents, they complained half the money was spent on flights, better driving there... But in college tickets had already dropped, now the ticket price shouldn’t be an issue? I remember freshman year seeing news, Clippers were the last to sign a charter deal, many teams even have their own planes, time-wise, finals being the last games, alternate plenty of home-away with extra rest days won’t hurt? Tourist bureau would thank them too."