Capítulo 1344: Chapter 538: The New ‘Green Formula’ (Part 2)

Dragging their exhausted bodies from the relentless attacks since the second half, Curry and Durant still managed to keep the score close, not allowing the Lakers to widen the gap and continuously maintaining the possibility of a comeback win with just one thrilling surge.

However, Zhang Yang, Harden, and DeRozan were also in their element, growing more and more courageous as they fought!

The better the opponents played, the more excited they became. Although they didn’t directly bury the game, they kept the possibility that the opponent could always come back to just that – a possibility until the game ended!

At 10:22 PM, the final buzzer sounded.

The pace of the last quarter for both teams was significantly faster than the first three quarters. The Warriors shot 26 times and made 14, utilizing their mini-lineup well for cutting opportunities, but they didn’t attempt many threes, only 5 out of those 26 shots, making 2 out of 5, along with 5 out of 6 free throws, scoring 35 points in total.

For the Lakers, they shot one fewer attempt than the Warriors but made two more shots! Shooting 25 times and making 16, including 2 out of 4 from three-point range, and 4 out of 5 free throws, they blasted 38 points!

Under Zhang Yang’s leadership, the Lakers withstood the Warriors’ final assault and tightly suppressed the possibility of a Warriors’ comeback, securing the victory until the very end!

First quarter 9 points, second quarter 6 points, third quarter 14 points, final quarter 10 points, Zhang Yang played 41 minutes tonight, shooting 24 times and making 14, including 5 out of 9 from three-point range, with 6 out of 7 from free throws, scoring 39 points.

Just 1 point shy of having 40+ in the first Western Conference Finals game, the on-site fans felt slightly regretful, but looking at the data of the other two giants, that little regret vanished.

DeRozan scored 6 points in the first quarter, 6 in the second, 12 in the third, and 8 in the final quarter, playing 37 minutes overall and scoring 32 points!

Harden scored 4 points in the first quarter, 6 in the second, 10 in the third, and 10 in the final quarter, playing 35 minutes overall and scoring 30 points!

The Compton Three Giants accumulated over 100 points in a single game!

This overshadowed the 41 points from Durant, the 26 points from Thompson, and the 32 points from Curry!

150 to 139, the Lakers won this crazy offensive battle by an 11-point advantage, taking the lead 1-0 in the series!

‘Three Giants’ showdown, 99 to 101… The elementary schooler looked at the big screen: How could this be? Old Man’s strategy, outlasting the dummies and ironsmiths until retirement, welcomed the backpack kid, expecting double joy, feeling the championship trophy already in reach, why is it like this?

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‘The correct way to unlock the Three Giants’ became the hottest topic after the first game of the Western Conference Finals.

This game’s offense was ridiculously aggressive, surpassing the offensive performance by the GDP+Zhang Yang in the 2014 finals, and it wasn’t just one-sided dominance but rather both sides being incredibly ferocious all through the game, with both teams maintaining a shooting percentage over 60% by the end.

Seeing Zhang Yang’s 24 points and 4 assists in the second half, Harden’s 20 points and 5 assists, DeRozan’s 20 points and 3 assists;

The Warriors scored 72 points in the second half, which was impressively strong, but those three led the team to score 81 points in the second half, insisting on suppressing the Tsunami Combination;

People suddenly realized that the Three Giants could cooperate like this.

A Yahoo Sports column article attracted a massive wave of attention.

The article stated that this group of ‘hometown basketball Three Giants’ from the Lakers is an uncopyable existence.

In the summer of 2003, when DeRozan returned to his hometown Hidden Mountain for summer vacation, he encountered the overbearing rich second generation Zhang Yang, who was brimming with energy and actively courting others’ partners. With a strong sense of justice, he risked being beaten to death to bring Zhang Yang onto the basketball court, allowing Zhang Yang to channel his misplaced energy into basketball and opening a new world for him;

As a child, Harden suffered from asthma, which has a high mortality rate in America’s lower class. Even growing up, many suffer from frail health, compounded by widespread corn syrup consumption, often leading to obesity. As an earliest childhood friend in the same slum, DeRozan persistently took Harden along to exercise, helping Harden overcome obesity and showcase his extraordinary basketball talent…

The experiences of the three of them are unique in the entire history of sports, and their eventual return to their hometown was a predestined event. The basketball they played was also something others could not replicate.

The next day at noon, the three gathered around a pad at the UCLA Health Center, reacting differently to the news.

DeMar: “Am I that great?”

Hat-Harden: “I remember it was my brother who became a barber at 16, saving up enough money for my surgery to cure my illness, but indeed, it was DeMar who took me to exercise every day…”

Zhang San: “Did I really become an outlaw?”

The only one whose reputation was once again damaged by this column article was Zhang Yang.

But compared to the even worse ‘Urban Legends of California’ he’d heard about himself, this was actually pretty good. In his own timeline, he’d even seen versions where he allegedly seduced a fan of Iverson’s girlfriend on the basketball court and got arrested, only released on a bail of hundreds of thousands.

Why is it that of the three of them, it’s always him, Zhang San, getting twisted tales?

Although DeRozan is truly honest, Harden is different, playing quite the wild card. Though Zhang San is not as honest as DeRozan, he’s not as extreme as Harden either, tending more towards a middle ground.

This was something he actually pondered about and eventually realized it was a societal issue.

Both DeRozan and Harden are Black, and for those who emerge from the lower classes, putting such stories on them would be saying it’s a normal experience for most Black nouveau riche families’ children, which shouldn’t be mentioned.

While he, Zhang San, purely Chinese, has in recent years replaced the Soviet Union and Russia as the foreign villain in films, in America, such a background is almost to be expected. The media environment, in fact, is even harsher than for someone ranked 80th in their league.