"Oh no!"
On the East bench.
Shaq, who was unable to play because of injury, slapped his forehead and shook his head in shock. "What was that? A behind-the-back layup? You can make a layup like that?!
And it actually went in!
How many absurd formless shots has Blake Su made tonight?"
Shaq was completely stunned.
Ray Allen, Garnett, Pierce, and the other All-Star reserves were all shaking their heads too. A shot that should have been blocked for sure had somehow turned into points for Blake Su, and they were all shocked by the way he had done it.
"Haha!"
Yao Ming laughed with an expression that looked ready to become a meme. "Once Blake Su is fully unleashed, even his formless shots go in no matter how he throws them up."
"That's right."
Yi Jianlian nodded excitedly. "With that layup, Blake Su has scored 5 straight points and cut the gap to just 1 with 47.4 seconds left.
It still doesn't look great.
But... the West still has a chance."
"Come on, Blake Su!"
Yoona, Jessica, and Krystal clenched their little fists, worried for Blake Su and silently praying for him.
"Blake Su, you have to win!"
Taylor Swift did not fully understand just how difficult Blake Su's last shot had been, but... she still wanted Blake Su to win.
Scarlett felt the same way.
Far across the ocean, Mia Quinn could no longer sit still. She stood up to watch the game, both small fists clenched tightly as she cheered Blake Su on in her heart.
"You have to win."
"You absolutely have to win, Blake Su!"
On the court, the game continued.
Only 47.4 seconds remained. There was no time to waste.
"Whoosh!"
As Wade brought the ball up, Kobe rushed out once again, applying the highest level of defensive pressure. But "The Flash" was no pushover either.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
The "league's best shooting guard" and the "second-best shooting guard" immediately collided. Wade forced his way past Kobe and drove into the paint, facing a double team from Kobe and Anthony.
"Swish!"
He battled Kobe in the air, avoided Anthony's block while hanging, and finished with an extremely high bank shot.
That shot... looked like it might kill the game.
A three-point gap.
34.6 seconds left.
Kobe took the ball and accelerated, going one-on-one against Wade. He drove, drew LeBron's help defense, stopped suddenly, and rose up against Wade and LeBron's defense.
Fadeaway jumper.
The shot was far too difficult.
"Clang!"
No good.
The rebound?
Under the basket, Blake Su, Howard, Anthony, and Stoudemire all fought for it. In the end... Paul picked up the loose ball and passed it out to Durant on the perimeter.
A three?
No.
LeBron immediately chased out to defend, so the chance was not good. At the same time, Blake Su had also circled out, and Durant swung the ball over to him.
"Smack!"
Blake Su caught it, rushed to the free throw line, and faced Stoudemire closing in. He stopped on a dime, drifted sideways, and leaned back at the same time.
"What kind of form is that?"
Stoudemire froze for a moment, but still calmly lunged forward. If Blake Su wanted to shoot a fadeaway, he had to give him the strongest possible contest.
The next instant.
Stoudemire's eyes widened.
Right before Stoudemire's shocked gaze, Blake Su, still drifting sideways and leaning back, fired the ball in a straight line. The ball flew incredibly fast.
In the space of a breath, it slammed into the backboard with a heavy thud.
The next second.
The ball bounced into the net.
"What was that?!"
Stoudemire was dumbfounded.
"An ultra-fast straight-line bank shot!"
Curry shouted.
"Hahaha!"
Steve Nash burst out laughing. Carter, still shaken, shouted excitedly, "Blake Su needed the quickest score possible, and he hit another formless shot with that high-speed straight-line bank.
That was incredible!"
"Another formless straight-line bank. It really went in!"
Parker was stunned too.
"Back-to-back makes!"
Duncan shook his head in shock. "Manu, I'm starting to wonder now. Maybe Blake Su making these shots really is because of his talent."
"Hahaha!"
Ginobili clutched his increasingly bald head and laughed. "Right? Another shot like that. Blake Su's talent tonight is terrifying!"
"Boom!"
At the critical moment, Blake Su caught Stoudemire off guard with a high-speed straight-line bank as a Formless Shot, once again helping the West cut the deficit to 1.
At this moment.
Only 17.3 seconds remained.
East ball.
Howard inbounded from the baseline. LeBron caught the ball, and Blake Su rushed over. Paul and Kobe rushed up too, immediately applying full-court pressure.
"Whoosh!"
Facing a double team from Blake Su and Paul, LeBron passed ahead to Wade. As Wade caught the ball, Durant darted out, fully displaying his elite individual defense.
And.
Anthony also came over to pressure him. With Durant and Anthony, two of the league's top small forwards, closing in, Wade had no move left.
"Whoosh!"
He could only pass again, sending the ball to Stoudemire at the top of the arc.
But at that moment, just as Stoudemire was about to secure the ball, a dark shadow flashed out from behind him and stole it cleanly.
Who was it?
Kobe!
He had redeemed himself for missing that fadeaway moments earlier.
"10.1 seconds left. The West trails by 1 but has the ball, and they have a chance to complete the comeback. Kobe is sprinting into the frontcourt. How will he attack?
Whoa...
Wade and Rose rush over, immediately trapping Kobe. They don't necessarily need to stop him. They're trying to burn time.
Kobe?
Kobe can only pass. He has to pass. He gives it to Paul at the top of the arc. Paul jumps to catch it and keeps the ball moving, sending a behind-the-back pass in midair to Blake Su on the left side.
Blake Su catches it. Only 6.7 seconds left.
Blake Su has no time to hesitate. He keeps accelerating, driving down the right wing. LeBron charges over and meets Blake Su head-on. Blake Su... stops suddenly at the free throw line.
Fadeaway jumper!
LeBron predicted it and stayed in position as he went up to contest.
Is this going to get blocked?
No... Blake Su's fadeaway. Wow! Blake Su's fadeaway is so exaggerated. To avoid the block, his whole body is almost lying flat above the floor.
Blake Su releases it.
But this shot is far too difficult."
Mike Breen's commentary came rapid-fire.
On the court.
Blake Su, almost lying flat in the air, avoided LeBron's block and launched an extreme fadeaway. LeBron's eyes widened in disbelief, and every fan in the arena was stunned.
"A lying-down fadeaway?!"
"How could that possibly go in?!"
At that moment.
Almost everyone had the same thought. At the same time... each of them held their breath, eyes fixed on the spinning basketball in the air.
They watched it fly toward the rim.
"Clang!"
It hit the rim, bounced high, then... fell into the net.
"Swish!"
Good.
With a lying-down fadeaway, Blake Su had somehow hit the shot in an unbelievable way under the block of "King James" LeBron.
The score was overturned!
"Boom!"
The instant the ball dropped through the net, the arena erupted with cheers like a tsunami and a typhoon, as if a missile had been detonated at the bottom of a deep well.
Waves of noise surged through the building, as if they were about to blow the roof off Staples Center.
The entire arena was boiling over.
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