Chapter Thirty: The Furious Wolverine

  The NBA, after more than 60 years of development, is now a mature operating system with complete commercial packaging as a cultural brand. However, the league still has many hidden rules, some of which can even dominate the course of the game, such as the problem of referees. Perhaps it's a referee problem that exists in all competitive sports, but the NBA mainly has "star whistles" and "home court whistles".

  Superstar, James was taken care of by the league the most, "crab step" became his signature move, in 2006 playoffs he made a five-step layup to kill the game, and the referees all turned a blind eye.

  Home whistle, this is more common, under the incitement of home fans, it's hard not to affect the referee's penalty, Celtic's home advantage is evident.

  The referee's penalty affected Ye Feng's mentality, and Garnett's provocation was like pouring oil on the fire. In his previous life, he had a temper but didn't easily lose it; now it was different, he was on the verge of going berserk and vowed to fight back!

  Kobe received a pass on the perimeter and was guarded by Ray Allen. Kobe entered isolation mode, but his touch wasn't there yet, as he rushed a jump shot that missed badly.

  The continuous iron strike has a great impact on the morale of the inside players. After struggling for half a day, the ball still can't be passed to their hands. If this kind of attacking mentality continues, problems will arise. Baynes didn't even have the desire to grab the rebound in the frontcourt and went back to defend directly. Perkins was about to take down the rebound when Ye Feng rushed out from behind, jumped up behind Perkins, and lightly tapped the ball with his long arm, taking it away from Perkins' head. The two landed at the same time, but Ye Feng's second jump was much faster. When his hand touched the basketball, Perkins had just jumped into the air, his head reaching only to Ye Feng's shoulder...

  Ye Feng's right hand single-handedly plucked the ball from mid-air, grasping it tightly with both hands. The front row spectators could clearly hear a crisp "slap" sound! It was hard to imagine that this was the sound of snatching the basketball board, Londo originally wanted to dig the ball from below, after hearing the sound, he was relieved that his hand was slow, if he was faster, the ball might not have been dug out, and his fingers might have been injured.

  Yue Feng landed on the ground and observed the situation on the court with his peripheral vision. Perkins was right in front of him, and Garnett had already arrived at the other side of the basket.

  "Swish!" Ye Feng lifted the ball with both hands, assuming a shooting posture. Perkins hurriedly raised his hands to interfere, and Ye Feng pretended to shoot, taking one step deeper into the paint.

  This looks like a very foolish choice, he let himself be surrounded by Perkins and Garnett. Teammates are all outside the three-second zone to raise their arms for the ball, Ye Feng did not pass it, he jumped up with both hands holding the ball.

  Stupid rookie, what can you do in this position? Garnett jumped up to block the shot, he was fully focused on paying attention to every move of Ye Feng, finding the best timing to jump, and he believed that he could defend against this ball.

  Yue Feng jumped in the air, raised his hands and circled around his chest again, changing from two-handed to one-handed ball holding, dodging Garnett's block.

  Ganete saw the situation was not right, and hurriedly pressed his hand on Ye Feng's shoulder, trying to use a foul to stop him, but Ye Feng's right hand holding the ball had already aimed at the basket.

  All of a sudden, the ball was heavily smashed into the basket! After Ye Feng dunked the ball, he lost his balance and fell to the ground from mid-air. Many spectators couldn't help but gasp in shock. Referee Jia Wei was also stunned, blowing the whistle two seconds later before making the hand gesture, calling a foul on Garnett. People simply couldn't believe their eyes - Ye Feng had scored a 2+1 under the defense of both Garnett and Perkins, and it was a powerful windmill dunk from a standstill!

  Yefeng didn't wait for his teammates to come and pull him up, he used both hands to push off the ground, flipped backwards and stood up, clenching his fists and letting out a long roar towards the sky! His roar was even louder than Garnett's, covering the entire arena.

  Jia Wei considered whether to give Ye Feng a technical foul, but blowing the whistle again would be his second time and he would have to be ejected from the game. He hesitated for a moment and didn't blow the whistle. The arrogant rookie was bound to offend the referee, but when things go to extremes, the referee also became interested in Ye Feng and hoped he could stay on the court. Otherwise, the game wouldn't be interesting anymore.

  Ye Feng went to the free throw line and made two more free throws, 38-46.

  On the Lakers' bench, a group of players waved towels as "Zen Master" Jackson stood up and pumped his fist in excitement! The Lakers' momentum was reignited by this dunk.

  On the defensive end, Kobe started with a tight press defense on Ray Allen. The performance of Ye Feng was surprising, and Kobe, who had been proud for so long, naturally did not want to fall behind this newcomer, and he also used all his strength. In these two years, Kobe rarely used such a desperate way, even when Ray Allen didn't have the ball, he still used tight press defense, using his own movement to constantly change positions, giving the opponent no space to shoot, and trying to steal the ball whenever possible.

  Three giants were locked in one, Pierce was on the court again, and Rondo could only pass the ball to Garnett. Garnett received the high pass, raised it to his head to protect it, and prepared to observe the situation and respond with an attack. As soon as he turned around, Ye Feng came out from behind Odom and slapped the basketball out of Garnett's hands!

  This is a very unreasonable gamble, if it doesn't work out, Posey will be completely empty, but Ye Feng did so, he gambled that Garnett would stop at high position, he played like this several times, never been disturbed.

  Garnett bent down to pick up the ball, but Ye Feng was faster and flew forward with a single hand, poking the basketball out. Garnett was also tripped by Ye Feng and fell on his body. This steal was too crazy, even the referee didn't dare blow a foul, and the game continued. Kobe picked up the ball and rushed towards the Celtics' half court. Garnett and Ye Feng got up at the same time and stumbled again, falling to the ground.

  Both of them were furious, but each backed down once after committing a technical foul, neither daring to make another move lest they be ejected.

  Garnett sat in the basket, Odom cut empty to receive Kobe's pass and scored, 40-46, Lakers came back.

  The Celtics' continuous offense was frustrated, and they urgently needed to score a goal to boost their morale. Garnett ran to the low position to single-handedly attack Odom. Odom's defensive ability was underestimated, and before Yao Ming arrived, he was the hardest one in the Lakers' interior line. Garnett backed down with the ball, turned around at the bottom line, and jumped up for a shot, but he was not accurate today either. The ball bounced off the frame, and Yao Ming grabbed the rebound in the backcourt.

  Kobe passed by Ye Feng's side and shouted: "High position cover opportunity!"

  Ye Feng hadn't gone crazy to the point where he couldn't hear others speaking, and when he arrived at the front court, he immediately set a screen for Kobe. After switching defenses, Bao Xi followed up one-on-one with Kobe.

  Kobe dribbled the ball to the left and passed it back to Ye Feng in the high position. Ray Allen was right in front of him, but Ye Feng directly ignored him and shot with one hand.

  He can't guard me, I just need to find the rhythm! Ye Feng said to himself in his heart. He made a decisive move, but Lei Allen hesitated for a moment, jumped late, and could only raise one arm symbolically, watching the basketball fly towards the basket, hitting the inner frame and scoring. 42-46.

  Rivers was forced to call a timeout as the Lakers went on a 7-0 run that quickly stunned the Celtics, and the person leading the charge wasn't even Kobe.

  At this time, Maxwell on the commentator's seat loudly shouted out the most classic comment of the game. "Who is the Lakers' boss? Is it Kobe or that wolf?"

  The Lakers' bench players all stood up and high-fived Ye Feng to celebrate, at this moment, no one doubted his ability anymore. Jackson called him over and said, "You did a great job. Next they should send Pierce, you have to defend against him like in the second quarter, pay attention to control your emotions."

  Ye Feng calmed down a bit. "Coach, Garnett pulled my arm earlier and I got excited and yelled at the referee. Next time I'll hold back."

  "Jackson patted him on the back and laughed: "I think it's a good thing that you dare to yell at the referee.""

  The referee has double standards in the game, and rookies are the objects that referees like to find fault with. If he shouts a few times, the referee remembers Ye Feng, and maybe later he will take him seriously. Being bullied but not making a sound will only make the other side more reckless and increase their ferocity.

  The game restarted, the Celtics replaced all their main players, Garnett's high-position jump shot didn't go in, and his hand felt cold. Turning back, Kobe rushed to the top of the arc for a three-pointer and made the Lakers' first three-pointer of the game. 45-46.

  The Lakers were still trailing, but they had already taken control. The rotation of Ye Fung and Odom guaranteed the defense against Garnett and Pierce, and with Bynum holding down the basket, the Lakers' defensive compression occupied the three-second zone. Fisher took a defensive strategy of preventing Rondo from breaking through but not defending his shooting, as Rondo's shooting was poor in 2007, and his reliable attacking method was only to attack the rim.

  Under tight defense, Rondo couldn't pass the ball out, and with no one in high position to pass to, he jumped for a shot but missed. Odom grabbed the rebound and made a long pass to Kobe.

  The Lakers' offense still focuses on Kobe. The Celtics' three men quickly returned to defense, and Kobe didn't calm down the rhythm. He drove the ball into the three-point line and directly crashed into Pierce, who was closest to him. This was a smart attack. Pierce's feet were not steady, and as soon as there was physical contact between the two sides, the referee blew his whistle for obstruction. Kobe took advantage of the situation and threw the ball out, which bounced off the board.

  Pierce looked innocent and said he couldn't dodge even if he wanted to, it wasn't a foul, but the referee didn't buy it.

  Seeing this attack, Ye Feng gained some insight. Many people think that outside players just want to avoid opponents and shoot, but sometimes it's better to face them head-on.

  Kobe made both free throws, 47-46, Lakers finally overtake the score. Rivers' adjustments failed to limit the Lakers' crazy offense**, they have already played out 12-0.

  The Celtics attacked the mute fire, and Ye Feng also played a crucial role. Pierce often had a physical advantage at the three position, able to back down opponents in the low post and guarantee success, but Ye Feng was faster and stronger, limiting Pierce's killer move in the deep position.

  Ray Allen hit a jump shot off Garnett's screen for the Celtics' first points in three minutes, 47-48.

  The good times didn't last long, as the Lakers immediately returned fire. Kobe got the ball at the high post, Ye Jianhua ran to the weak side, and Bynum unexpectedly set a ball screen for Ye in the low corner. Ye used his speed to shake off Perkins, who had switched on him, and threw down a dunk!

  He dragged the basket and turned his body half a circle before falling to the ground, fiercely pounding his chest again with another angry roar!

  Lakers lead 49-48 and are unstoppable!

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