Chapter 249: Unpredictable
When everyone was full of confidence in Yang Mo, the fourth quarter began. At the beginning of the first quarter, Yang Mo found himself being double-teamed. Howard actually sent Elsdon and Kevin Durant to double-team him. And they double-teamed him from the time he had no ball, as if they were determined not to let Yang Mo catch the ball.
They played so cruelly, probably because they wanted to become the villain in Yang Mo's legendary story.
No one wants to be a supporting role, and they are no exception.
Regarding their double-teaming right from the start, Yang Mo smiled faintly, stretched out his hand to signal and said loudly: "Next, let's play some tactics."
As he said that, he ran to the left side of the free throw line and stood there. He stood there motionless, and Al Thornton and Kevin Durant did not dare to relax. Their attention was all on Yang Mo, so... Derrick Rose was embarrassed, and quickly rushed into the inside, attracted a double team, and assisted Oden to score a dunk.
The sophomore team didn't care about Oden's scoring at all. They just wanted to control Yang Mo.
Yang Mo was not in a hurry either. Instead, he laughed when facing the double-team.
In the next three minutes, the freshman team used their chain offense to the fullest, with inside and outside shots, dunks and scores. In an instant... the score difference was narrowed to 10 points.
At this time, the second grade team vaguely realized that they seemed to have been fooled.
When they vaguely understood what was going on, Yang Mo smiled and said to Kevin Durant who was still double-teaming him, "Don't you know that 81 points is enough for me to go down in history? Now, you have ruined the victory. All my teammates have played at their own pace. Next, just wait to be slaughtered! Hahaha!"
Yang Mo laughed heartily, and Kevin Durant suddenly felt that he had taken the wrong path. If he had played the same way as before, the outcome would still be uncertain, after all, Yang Mo could not maintain a high level of shooting throughout the game. But now, his teammates had all played to their strengths, and the outcome was hanging in the balance.
Just when his mind was wandering, Yang Mo suddenly ran back to the three-point line, and Derrick Rose passed the ball to him very tacitly. Yang Mo took the ball and shot...swish!
The basketball went into the net.
The long-silent Staples Center suddenly erupted in cheers, and then, led by the DJ, everyone shouted out the number in unison: 84!
The director on the scene quickly turned the camera to Kobe Bryant. The three-pointer he just made broke the single-game scoring record for active players, although that was a regular season game and this was an All-Star Game mainly for entertainment.
Kobe Bryant was surprised at first when he saw Yang Mo make the three-pointer, but then he stood up and cheered loudly.
It seems that he was not unhappy about being surpassed. After all... this is the All-Star Game!
At the same time, Yang Mo rushed to the workbench on the sidelines again, pounded his chest twice, and roared to the sky.
He was greeted by a series of soprano screams, and it felt like a majestic king had arrived in his harem.
"Are you guys happy?" Yang Mo greeted loudly.
"Awesome!" All the girls and fans responded at the top of their voices.
"Me too!" Yang Mo nodded, looking domineering.
At the same time, Kevin Durant had already hit a three-pointer from the frontcourt...two points.
As soon as he scored, Yang Mo quickly ran to the frontcourt. Beasley, who was serving the ball under the basket, made a long lob to the frontcourt. Yang Mo received the ball and slammed it hard, then quickly rushed into the basket and made another magnificent tomahawk dunk... Boom!
As the basket was shaking and trembling from the powerful impact, the DJ on the scene led everyone in the audience to loudly call out a number: 86.
Everyone stood up involuntarily. Now they were only 14 points away from the NBA single-game scoring record that had been sealed for decades, and there were more than 6 minutes left in the game. Everyone was excited and hoped in their hearts: God, let me witness a record that will never be broken!
After the dunk, Yang Mo was very calm. He walked up to Kevin Durant who was running back to defend, and said with a smile: "Don't be silly. How could I let you succeed in your surprise attack? Do you think I am getting carried away by standing up and cheering? I am waiting for you to fall into my trap. Look, my dunk just now was so easy, there was no obstacle at all."
Yang Mo's words made Durant very sad. He hated the feeling of stealing a chicken but losing the rice. However, it was undeniable that he felt particularly uncomfortable from the beginning tonight. He always felt that he had no strength to use and was suppressed all over. And more importantly, it was hard to defend against. This annoying guy in front of him always found unexpected ways to score. It seemed that every move he made on the court was a conspiracy. He could always accurately find the weaknesses of others and beat them to death!
No matter what, Yang Mo is a formidable opponent for him. It was this guy who made everyone forget that he also scored 51 points tonight without anyone noticing. If Yang Mo hadn't shown up, his MVP award tonight would have been a foregone conclusion.
Unfortunately, 51 points is not worth mentioning compared to 86 points.
And tonight's MVP is obviously in Yang Mo's pocket.
At this time, Dwight Howard requested a timeout. As a head coach, he was very unqualified. Every tactic and every personnel adjustment he made was extremely passive, and Yang Mo was leading the game throughout the game.
If there was another coach, Yang Mo would never be so reckless. From the beginning, when Yang Mo showed his temper, he was still in the rhythm of the All-Stars. Yang Mo scored one after another, but he didn't react at all and still let Durant defend him alone, even though Durant had used two quarters to prove that he couldn't stop Yang Mo from throwing the basketball into the basket. When Yang Mo had already scored 81 points and tied the score, he finally reacted and used the tactic of two players to double-team Yang Mo, and then... the entire second-year team was surrounded by the other players of the first-year team.
Now, head coach Howard finally realized his mistake, so he gave the choice to the players: "Guys, now we have two choices. One, we give up the double-team and strive for victory. Two, we continue to double-team and limit Yang's score to less than 100, so that he will not make history."
This is a difficult choice for everyone, similar to choosing whether to eat shit or drink urine for dinner. No one wants to eat shit and drink urine, but now they have to make a choice. Either strive to win the game, let Yang Mo take the historical merit, and bear the laughing stock of the supporting role for all eternity. Or double-team Yang Mo, then lose the victory, let Yang Mo win the MVP and break the All-Star Game record, but at least he is not the first person in history.
After careful discussion, Durant and others finally made a decision: double-team Yang Mo to prevent him from completing the 100-point record, because they felt that this was easier than winning.
The moment they made this choice, the whistle sounded and the game started again.
After the game started, Durant and Elsodon still followed Yang Mo closely. They were now effectively giving up their own skills and concentrating on defending Yang Mo.
Yang Mo was particularly calm about this.
Back to half court, still standing on the left side of the free throw line, walking back and forth in the double-team circle.
Durant and Elsuton defended very carefully, and they almost held hands to trap Yang Mo inside.
At this moment, Derrick Rose broke through the penalty area and passed the ball to Beasley, who made a jump shot!
At the moment when Beasley shot, the two players' defense was a little lax, but Yang Mo took advantage of the slackness of the two players' defense and rushed in. As soon as he rushed into the restricted area, the basketball hit the rim and bounced back. Just as Horford was about to jump up and grab the rebound, a shadow fell from the sky and covered his head, and then... boom!
The bouncing basketball was shoved back into the basket by a hand, and he himself was ridden on by someone.
At the same time, Staples was overjoyed and the whole audience shouted: 88.
In response, Durant and Elsodon could only look at each other and smile bitterly with helplessness.
It’s hard to guard against!
Damn, how do you prevent this?
