Chapter 887: I Just Put the Ball In

Moreover, the perimeter defense collaboration of Alan Houston and Larry Johnson was really superb. Even though Zhang Hao had made six consecutive shots before, the fans at the site were still anxious, closing their eyes and not daring to watch the final scene.

As Zhang Hao released the ball, just when the ball reached its highest point, the sound of the final buzzer had already sounded.

Other Lakers players gave up trying to chase the rebound and didn’t dare to look at the ball.

The Knicks players, on the other hand, kept their eyes on the ball, hoping to see an airball or at least the ball hitting the rim.

They had already given their all; at this moment, all they wanted was victory…

Then, they saw the ball dive into the hoop…

From the moment Zhang Hao released the ball, causing the fans at the site to exclaim, to the ball reaching its highest point when the buzzer sounded, and then the ball falling into the hoop, the site fell silent for a while.

The fans who resisted the urge to close their eyes watched the ball drop into the basket, initially not daring to believe it until they saw the referee signaling towards the technical table, confirming the basket, and showing the three-point gesture… From extreme silence to frenzied screaming!

Other fans who closed their eyes opened them, seeing the change in score on the big screen and the technical table, listening to the cheers and screams of the surrounding people, feeling incredibly upset for missing out due to closing their eyes because of fear, but immediately joining the crazy cheers!

Seven consecutive hits!

After the official timeout in the fourth quarter, Zhang Hao made seven consecutive shots, scoring 17 points, and ultimately hitting the buzzer-beating game-winner, helping the Lakers snatch an 87-86 victory from the Knicks, completing a comeback victory!

Lying on the floor, Zhang Hao closed his eyes; at this moment, the feeling was too exhilarating!

The Knicks really “cooperated” well, continuously overturning the score, and he kept enjoying the sensation of his hand heating up to the extreme!

The Knicks players seeing the ball go into the hoop had a mental breakdown.

They collectively turned to look at Zhang Hao, who was lying on the ground, nearly at a 60-degree recline, with his eyes closed.

Despite having closed eyes, Zhang Hao’s face was calm, making it unclear whether he had closed them after shooting or after hitting the shot… Anyway, they felt Zhang Hao had anticipated that he would surely score when releasing the ball.

This time, the Knicks’ assumption was correct.

When he shot, Zhang Hao felt like he was on fire!

Players on and off the Lakers rushed onto the court right when the ball fell into the basket, staring at Zhang Hao lying on the floor but not disturbing him, each celebrating excitedly.

Zhang Hao opened his eyes, wanting to grab a teammate’s hand to stand up… only to find no one paid him any mind!

This really is… a habit…

Zhang Hao silently climbed up.

In his previous life, back then, his personalized signature on his QQ space contained a line he can achieve now — “Always maintain a poker face.”

Zhang Hao glanced around. His teammates were celebrating excitedly, while the opponents showed expressions of exhausted management systems collapsing as they turned sorrowfully, along with the cheers from the fans…

Prove himself?

Win the game for the injured O’Neal?

Team victory?

Perhaps those thoughts existed as well, but they were not the deepest thoughts in Zhang Hao’s mind.

At this moment, he truly felt how much he loved seeing the excited faces of the fans, how much he loved hearing the cheers for him!

As his strength increased and his lifespan entered a “balance state” while accumulating more lifetimes slowly… In pursuit of the core goal of surviving, he had another target…

Hear the cheers from the fans!

Ambition always gets bigger bit by bit.

A not so apt example, Zhang Hao now, just like players during the early age of online games, simply wants the best gear, to defeat the strongest bosses… the goals and ambitions are simple…

Due to the concern over potential conflicts with the muscular style play of the Knicks, during halftime, the Lakers arranged security personnel to standby at the sidelines, ensuring a brawl didn’t break out, though the media was held back for a while.

But they still couldn’t help the major media from getting a chunk of bail deducted, as Zhang Hao was still enjoying everything happening tonight when he was surrounded by the media again.

“Aix, after the official timeout, you didn’t miss a shot, scoring 17 points to complete the victory. How did you do it?”

Time to… no, it’s time to speak the truth!

Zhang Hao shrugged and responded, “Just throw the ball.”

“…”

This answer made the reporter want to smack him!

But thinking about Zhang Hao daringly facing Larry Johnson, Coleman, and Malone hard…

He might look thin and youthful, but he’s actually a hardcore guy!

After some thought, Zhang Hao felt he should say more, continuing, “I said before, no one knows better than me how to overtake the score, but they didn’t believe it. They just had to lead us, so I could only throw the ball in… They should give up, their efforts didn’t work.”

Speaking in such a calm tone about something so heart-wrenching…

Indeed, even reporters from the Sports Illustrated and American Cable TV Station, media friendly to Zhang Hao, wanted to stand for the Knicks…

No more talk about the match itself, it’s really infuriating!

The way Zhang Hao acted naturally as if it was justifiable, yet he really did it, even if not a basketball player, felt irritating.

“Aix, with O’Neal out injured, was your performance in the last quarter meant to let him rest assured in his recovery?”