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Chapter 63 Intercepting
2009年2月15日，晚8:30。
Phoenix, American Airlines Center.
The third quarter of the All-Star Game.
The second half began with the Western All-Stars unleashing their full offensive power.
Shaquille O'Neal dominated the paint, while Kobe Bryant and Chris Paul reigned supreme on the perimeter.
West 80 : East 60
The point difference widened to a full 20 points.
The Eastern Conference All-Stars looked like a disorganized mess, lacking any decent teamwork except for the suffocating "two-man show" between James and Wade.
Although Li Xiangbei was substituted into the game, he remained the spectator watching the show from the bottom corner.
His hands were even tucked into his shorts as he coldly watched Wade dribble past half-court.
"Haven't you had enough fun yet?" Li Xiangbei muttered to himself.
Just then, the fuse was lit.
Wade reacted quickly and intercepted Kobe's pass to Yao Ming.
He launched a fast break like lightning, with only himself and LeBron James in the frontcourt, facing a wide-open space.
This should have been an easy scoring opportunity; a simple layup would have been enough to score.
But in order to show off his skills and create a classic moment at the All-Star Game, Wade didn't shoot after driving into the paint.
He deliberately slowed down, tossed the ball high into the air, and made a gesture of looking back at the moon.
Behind him, James was already following like a tank with a full tank of gas.
He leaped into the air, arms outstretched, ready to catch the pass and ignite the crowd with a powerful tomahawk dunk, securing his place as the top play of the night.
"It's here! The James-Wade connection!" Kenny Smith shouted excitedly from the commentary booth.
However, Li Xiangbei, standing in the bottom corner, narrowed his eyes for a moment.
"Are they going to pull this stunt again?"
"Do you really think I'm just for show? Do you really think this sports field is your private playground?"
……
The basketball traced a not-too-high arc in the air, flying towards the basket.
James had already spread his arms in mid-air, his large hands about to touch the basketball.
A confident smile, like that of someone about to complete a powerful dunk, had already appeared on his face.
But in that very second...
A black lightning bolt, accompanied by a whistling wind, suddenly shot out from the side!
That's Li Xiangbei!
He used his faster start and more incredible running jump to catch the ball just before James's fingers touched it—
"Smack!!!"
He stretched out one hand in mid-air and intercepted the ball!
Ambushing them halfway!
Steal the ball from your teammate!
This scene was so shocking, it was even a little eerie.
James was still in the air in a dunking pose, but he dunked in vain.
His hand slammed into the air, and then, due to inertia, he ended up hanging awkwardly on the rim.
And Li Xiangbei.
He caught the ball with one hand from a position higher than James and landed steadily.
The brains of 20,000 spectators collectively went blank.
In the commentary booth, Barkley literally sprayed water from his microphone, and his headphones even tilted to one side.
"What? What the hell is that?!!!"
"Li Xiangbei stole the pass from Wade to LeBron?! Wait! My God! Aren't they on the same team?! Is this the All-Star Game or WWE?!"
After James landed, he stared blankly at Li Xiangbei, completely unaware of what had happened.
Wade's mouth dropped open, the ball-throwing motion still frozen in mid-air.
But Li Xiangbei didn't give anyone time to think.
He didn't pause after landing, nor did he choose to dunk to humiliate James.
He dribbled, turned, and drove straight out of the three-point line.
At the top of the arc, turn around and jump.
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Shot.
The basketball traced a perfect arc.
"Whoosh!!!"
Hollow into the network!
After scoring, Li Xiangbei was tracking back to defend when he happened to pass by James, who was still in a daze.
He shrugged.
"Your jump is too slow, LeBron."
……
Eastern Conference head coach Mike Brown was furious on the sidelines.
He wanted to call a timeout and replace this unruly troublemaker.
But at this moment, the entire audience was chanting Li Xiangbei's name.
The current momentum is too strong; if he were to be replaced now, he would be condemned to death.
Li Xiangbei knew that after what had just happened, those two arrogant guys would be even less likely to pass the ball to him.
"If they won't give it to us, then we'll just take it."
He turned on his true bandit mode.
Garnett missed a mid-range shot.
Under the basket, Howard used his strong physique to hold the position, spreading his arms to grab the defensive rebound.
"Mine!" Howard shouted.
But to his surprise, a figure rushed in with terrifying speed!
Li Xiangbei jumped before Howard could, and by judging the situation, snatched the rebound right from Howard's fingertips!
"Snapped!"
Howard snapped, "Hey! That's my board! Are you crazy?!"
Li Xiangbei completely ignored him, and after landing, he dribbled directly out of the three-point line.
Turn around and face the basket.
"Now, it's a three-pointer."
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Hand up and down!
"Whoosh!"
Another three-pointer!
This is not over yet.
In the next few minutes, Li Xiangbei completely ignored the so-called tactics and his so-called teammates.
He only does two things on the court: rebound and shoot three-pointers.
Kobe missed his shot, and Yao Ming prepared to grab the rebound.
Li Xiangbei emerged from the crowd, using his anticipation of the ball's trajectory to steal the front rebound.
If you get a shot, shoot it; if you shoot, it goes in.
In just 4 minutes.
He was like a tireless machine, turning this star-studded All-Star game into his personal showcase.
Li Xiangbei then made his sixth sure-fire three-pointer.
East 98 : West 97
They've overtaken them!
With Li Xiangbei scoring a whopping 23 points in a single quarter (7 of 8 three-pointers, including 6 sure-fire hits and a putback dunk), and grabbing a whopping 7 rebounds (5 of which were offensive rebounds), the Eastern Conference not only filled the 20-point hole, but even took the lead!
A multitude of beings.
On the other side of the West, Kobe stood with his hands on his hips, watching the figure still running all over the court, and shook his head with a wry smile: "This guy... he's a madman."
Meanwhile, in the east...
James and Wade looked at the scoreboard with extremely grim expressions.
They won the points, but lost the honor.
They deliberately isolated Li Xiangbei, but he didn't need their passes at all and carried the game all by himself.
That feeling of powerlessness and shame was even worse than losing the game.
"beep--!"
The western region requested a suspension.
Li Xiangbei walked back to the bench alone.
He didn't high-five any of his teammates, nor did he even glance at James.
He stopped as he passed by head coach Brown.
He picked up a towel, wiped the little sweat from his forehead, and said coldly:
"Coach, do you see that? That's what efficiency is."
Even if there's no pass, even if the teammates are just there for show...
"I can still fix this broken car."
Mike Brown opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.