Chapter 257: Victory

The fate of the Lakers is not only in their own hands, but also in the hands of their opponents. 23S. Update the fastest Bull team, this season has completely fallen. The ageless Nuo Tianwang will no longer be able to take the lead this season. Although Barnes went through the preseason iron frenzy, he came up with a stable 0+ level in the regular season.

But Barnes is still unqualified. The Bulls came to Barnes so that he could take over Nowitzki's squad and take on the responsibility of leadership. And Barnes's performance is hardly a leader. He doesn't have the temperament of a leader, he doesn't have the responsibility of a leader. He's more of a great scorer.

The Grizzlies' takedown of the Bulls is almost a foregone conclusion. All the pressure is on the Lakers' side.

The Warriors, three matchups, won completely. Zhao Wei: They are under a lot of pressure. Because it's one of the two best teams in the league right now. All four of the team's players are All-Stars. Zhao Wei and they will have to beat them in the next game if they can ensure that they make the playoffs.

This game can also be used as a preview of the playoffs. Because if the Lakers make the playoffs, then their opponent is still the Warriors.

The NBA playoffs are matchups for first place vs. eighth place, second place vs. seventh place, third place vs. sixth place, and fourth place vs. fifth place.

Season Use::1:1:1.Home field advantage over the top teams. It's a reward for a regular season record. But for the sake of the game to be more enjoyable. The hierarchy still arranged the games of this system to reduce the advantage of home advantage.

However, compared with the change rate in other rankings, the duel between the first and eighth places, there has been an eighth place elimination in history, which is known as the Black Eight Miracle. However, this example has only been seen a handful of times in decades of NBA history. Because since they can reach the first place in the regular season, their strength is very strong, and it is definitely not a team of the same level as the eighth place.

In the eyes of many, the eighth place was just a first-round trip to the playoffs. And the first place is the champion of the championship.

Already a lot of Grizzlies fans are starting to celebrate. In their opinion, the Warriors will not be defeated by a team like the Lakers.

The game is approaching, and it's impossible for the Lakers' young people not to get nervous. Luke Wharton has adopted a very different strategy from other coaches.

For young people who are nervous, many coaches keep gathering young people, and then keep giving them meetings, telling them not to be nervous and so on. But they don't know that this is another kind of pressure for young people. The more meetings you have, the more stress you will have for young people.

Luke Wharton is a young coach and a player-turned-coach, so he knows very well about that.

This also led to Zhao Wei and the others not seeing Luke Wharton until the start of the game, and even the training was carried out spontaneously by Zhao Wei and them.

And when Luke Wharton saw Zhao Wei, they just said a word.

"Whether you can win this game or not, you are all my pride. We've all been successful this season. ”

At the start of the game, the Warriors clearly didn't choose to rest because the playoffs were about to begin. All of their four King Kong will appear. It's no wonder that Cole has such self-confidence, and their four King Kongs don't need to rest. Because their four Vajra are too young. At the age of about 8 years old, they are in the year of fighting. So, Cole wasn't worried that their stamina would run out of energy. On the contrary, the game was able to maintain their form for them.

To change, this game Luke Wharton is giving a change. Although Zhao Wei still plays point guard on the offensive end, on the defensive end, Luke Wharton transferred Zhao Wei to the forward position. In this case, Zhao Wei's defender is Durant. LaVine became the opposite Curry, and Ingram was the opposite Thompson. This level of alignment is actually more of a strategy that Luke Wharton has been using for a long time.

Because Thompson was a pitcher overall. In the past, although he often killed a few inside, but after Durant came, Thompson's function was simplified, and he was more of a shooter who shot on the outside. This minimizes the disadvantage of Ingram's poor physical strength.

Curry's form is getting better and better as the playoffs approach, and his form is very hot. At the beginning of the game, Thompson and Curry cut off LaVine's dribble with a sudden pinch shot.

Curry launched a fast break, and there was no one in front of him to defend him. But when Curry ran to the three-point line, he still stopped, faced an unguarded basket, and opted for a more inconsistent three-point shot. But people have such self-confidence. The knife fell, and the three-point shot hollowed into the net with Curry's signature splashing sound. The one-shot shot was a testament to the Warriors' recent hot form.

Green controlled the ball, hit the ground and ran back, and Curry made a three-step early shot to deftly dodge Porzingis' block. Curry's layup looks full of aura. It's hard to imagine how a guy can feel when he gets to the basket.

His whole movement is full of spirituality.

Green suddenly turned to Thompson, who had just run over at 45 degrees and was one step away from the three-point line. Thompson immediately took the ball and took a shot, and the whole reaction time did not take more than a second at all. What's even more terrifying is that the ball can drill into the basket with precision.

The two-minute performance has stunned countless teams in the league. But if you want to get up, the current group of the Lakers is all some newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers. You are powerful, and we will not obey you. We are younger than you. By the time we're your age, we'll probably have to get rid of you a few streets.

The Warriors' pain is their Pachulia on the inside. Pachulia wasn't that tall and moved super slowly. This Lakers' interior Porzingis is simply a gap between heaven and earth. The Warriors have not found a solution to this pain for a whole season. Pachulia is still firmly in their starting big center.

Porzingis is a winner in terms of speed and height.

Porzingis is equally fond of shooting threes. Porzingis gave the Warriors a taste of their own pain at the start of the game.

Porzingis pulled out back-to-back three-pointers. Pachulia simply couldn't keep up. Unguarded three-point shots, Porzingis shot very smoothly. And when Pachulia forced a save, Porzingis was able to pass Pachulia in one easy step with a shooting feint.

With a height of two meters and two, Porzingis broke through to the inside line, which was an earth-shattering dunk. Porzingis relied on the strength of one man to help the Lakers bite the score in the first two minutes.

The Lakers' originally somewhat frosty eggplant-like fans are now slowly starting to get interested. Because their team was tied with the Warriors in the opening period. And they used only one person. They have a couple of new stars.

The atmosphere at the scene also began to be lively. Laven liked the atmosphere the most. Pachuria's mistake, LaVine's steal and fast break, a ride. The big windmill at the free-throw line in actual combat.

Since LaVine lost to Zhao Wei in the slam dunk contest, he has had to stage two or three such shocking dunks in every game before he wants to stop.

But the most terrifying thing about the Warriors is not these, but their fluid offense that makes them rarely disconnected. They are always able to tear down the opposition's defence with their passes. However, in this game, the Warriors got to see another Lakers team. The five players the Lakers fielded in this game were all very fast-moving. So as long as the Lakers encounter a pick-and-roll, they will change defenses. Even Porzingis can keep up with Curry. But the Warriors can't do it with one. If Pachulia is allowed to follow Zhao Wei and Laven, he will be thrown off two streets.

But they have Thompson. Thompson was always able to pull off a game-winning three-pointer when the Lakers were taking a lead. Get the race back on the same page. Thompson did show a strong discomfort in the early days of Durant's arrival. Even during that time, there were a lot of rumors that Thompson was leaving the Warriors, but after not adapting. Thompson showed great adaptability and regained his shooting touch. Three-point shooting rate quickly picked up.

However, the Lakers and Warriors were tied in the first quarter, which was quite unexpected. At the same time, the Grizzlies on the other court already had a big lead over the Bulls. Winning is no longer too difficult for them to come.

But that's when all this happened, and people began to notice that something was wrong. Because the whole game was like a four-on-four. Two people seem to be missing. Only then did people sound Zhao Wei and Durant.

Zhao Wei and Durant haven't actually disappeared. The two started fighting from the first second of the game and fought until the second they got off the court. Zhao Wei is to prevent Durant from catching the ball.

Durant couldn't catch the ball at all under Zhao Wei's entanglement.

Durant's mood also began to fluctuate. You want to blow up the nasty son in front of you, but you can't catch the ball. You are aggrieved or not aggrieved.

"There's a kind of one-on-one let's do." Durant is vicious.

"You're stupid. Aren't we just one-on-one now? You can't even catch the ball, you've already lost. Zhao Wei said arrogantly. All he had to do was provoke Durant.

"If I want to catch the ball, I'll beat you." Durant continued to speak harshly.

"Oh, I'm so scared. Do you think you're still second in that league? You're a thigh-hugging guy right now. Zhao Wei continued to hit Durant arrogantly.

The two of them trembled all the time, and they didn't know whether they won or lost. Durant is not involved in the Warriors' offense. Zhao Wei also couldn't participate in the Lakers' offense.

Originally, the two sides could have held on like this until the last moment to decide the winner. However, Lakers fans were happy early. These young people are too young after all.

The Lakers' offense suddenly lost power. At this time, the Warriors are missing Durant, and they still have three powerful guys. Curry and Thompson bombarded the basket under Green's delivery shells. It's too easy for a three-pointer to pull away from the score.

Three three-pointers, the difference came to nine points.

Zhao Wei, who got Luke Wharton's signal, had to temporarily give up the grappling with Durant and focus on the offense.

With Zhao Wei's assist, the Lakers' offense finally stabilized the situation. However, it was not the Lakers' main force that turned the game around, but the Lakers' bench.

Kerr didn't schedule a rotation, but the huge consumption of the playoffs, especially the pain of losing the championship last year, still kept reminding Kerr. Kerr inadvertently arranged for his bench to play a few more minutes.

But it was during this extra period of play that the Lakers' bench seized the opportunity. The Warriors' starters were too tough. So they don't have that much money to get good replacements. The Lakers' bench is dominant. Especially on Clarkson and Nick Young.

Nick Young seemed to have taken a doping today, and his three-point shot became more and more accurate. Cast the other side of the pitch with Clarke, who had been fantasizing that he was Curry.

Nick Young alone threw in seven three-pointers. And Clarkson kept hitting the basket. Although McGee is physically hot, McGee's brain is really not very good.

He can interfere with Clarkson's layups, but he also has a super steal Black next to him. Blake grabbed back-to-back rebounds in the front court and completed a two-handed dunk under the basket.

The Lakers' bench put the score in the lead.

When the game came to the fourth quarter, the Lakers actually led by 10 points with the efforts of the bench.

However, such a point difference is not safe, for Curry and Thompson, it is only a matter of three or four three-pointers.

However, Curry and Thompson did not show very strong offense in the fourth quarter**. On the contrary, Durant, who had been depressed for a whole game, began to play. Because of Zhao Wei's entanglement, it was difficult for him to catch the ball. So Durant chose to receive the ball in the midfield position.

Durant continued to single-handedly pick up Zhao Wei. His scoring ability is very strong, and his shooting, even with Zhao Wei's physical fitness, is difficult to block Durant. But Durant's offense is what Zhao Wei likes. Because he himself is back to the way he was when he was with the Thunder. His singles disrupted the Warriors' fluid offensive rhythm, and the Warriors' offense became jerky because of Durant.

Zhao Wei is constantly provoking Durant, so that Durant has no time to observe the situation on the court. The thought in his heart was to completely blow up the hateful son in front of him. It's just one game, and even if they lose, their record is still the best in the league, and it doesn't hurt.

Durant forgot, forgot Kerr's reminder that the Lakers couldn't make the playoffs. By the time Kerr realized Durant's aberration, it was too late. At the last moment, Porzingis suddenly felt again. The Warriors could no longer suppress the Lakers' momentum.

In the end, the victory was stolen by the Lakers.

Both sides emerged victorious. The Grizzlies, who had just won the victory and had not had time to get excited, received the news that the Lakers were also victorious. Countless fans lamented that the Warriors were deliberately releasing water. These are all afterthoughts, and the Lakers are now truly stepping into the door of the playoffs.

The gang was greeted by a brutal playoff game. How will they behave? (To be continued.) )