Chapter 260: The Transformed Lakers
"Don't underestimate the heart of a champion!"
This is not just a slogan, but a motto!
To this day, to the finals, to break out from one strong opponent after another, no one wants to fail. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In the third game, the Lakers began to really rise up, they lost the arrogance of their "aristocracy", and devoted themselves to an important game related to life and death honor.
The Lakers are terrible when they put down their stature, they have this potential, and when they are willing to use that potential, they are undoubtedly a team with a lot of talent.
After the opening, the Lakers' aggression increased significantly, and Kobe Bryant and others continued to break through to the basket.
Although Bryant missed two dunks, they took advantage of free throws to start the game 9-2.
It's not all they've changed, it's not surprising offensively, they've got the ability, but defensively, they've surprised everyone.
After hitting their first shot, the Celtics didn't score a point for nearly five minutes after the Lakers finally elevated their defense to Finals level.
This is true, but not all, despite this, the Celtics still pulled the difference to 20:20 after the first quarter, relying on tenacity.
The Lakers shot just 5 of 18 in the first quarter, but they held a 14-2 advantage on free throws, and Bryant scored 11 points in the quarter.
The Lakers are suitable for playing tailwind, Kobe Bryant scored 11 points in a single quarter, which made the atmosphere here extremely enthusiastic, and after the main players were rested in the second quarter, the benches followed suit, and Vujacic and Famar hit three-pointers one after another.
The Celtics' bench couldn't find their form at all, Posey and Cassel missed consecutive shots, allowing the Lakers to play a wave of 6:0 in a short minute, and at the critical moment, Shi Lei stole Famar's pass and scored a fast-break dunk, so that Rivers, who was about to call a timeout, sat down in the chair again.
But with Shi Lei alone, he can only do this state, the Lakers players feel hot, although Shi Lei blocks left and right, and it is difficult to break through, but he can only barely maintain the balance of the situation on the court, unable to help the team take the lead.
When more than halfway through the second quarter, the main players of both sides returned to the court, and the Celtics still trailed the Lakers by two points.
After coming on the court, Gasol received an assist from Odom and hit a goal to extend the margin to four points.
Garnett missed a layup next, and Kobe Bryant scored a fast break to continue to extend the lead.
The Celtics still couldn't find a sense on the offensive end, and with 4:01 left in the quarter, the Lakers took an 11-point advantage at 40-29 after Kobe Bryant hit a shot.
Ray Allen hit a three-pointer just before the end of the quarter and the Celtics tied the score at 37-43.
However, in the third quarter, the Celtics had a chance to turn around.
Shortly after the start of the third quarter, Rondo went off injured and House replaced the in-form Kassel to join Ray Brown. Allen hit a three-pointer in quick succession.
After that, the Celtics were stirred up to build on their efforts and took a 54-50 lead with 4:45 left in the quarter.
With 2 minutes left in the section, Ray. Allen drew a foul on Bryant from beyond the three-point line and made all three free throws to give the Celtics a five-point lead at 61:56.
Thunder. Allen scored 10 points in the quarter and the Celtics led 62-60 after three quarters.
Under the tight defense, both teams had a low shooting percentage, but after the fourth quarter, the offense of both teams turned on, first Vujacic hit a three-pointer, and Ray Brown. Allen immediately hit a three-pointer to keep the Celtics in the lead.
Pierce, who exploded in two games, was in a sluggish state today, only 1 of his first 10 shots, and with 8 minutes and 56 seconds left in the fourth quarter, he committed offensive fouls, and his personal fouls reached 5, only to be rested on the sidelines, and Shi Lei came off the bench.
If you want to defend a superstar like Kobe, you must make a trade-off, Kobe Bryant's hand is too rebellious today, Shi Lei focused on his outside shooting, but he seized the opportunity and broke into the inside layup one after another, and caused Perkins' defensive foul.
After this foul, Perkins' personal fouls reached four, and Shi Lei had no choice but to adjust his defensive strategy.
In fact, it is very good to strictly guard against Kobe's shooting and force him to break through, Shi Lei is confident that under his defensive intensity, Kobe's physical strength will be reduced to the critical point of his body, but now, Shi Lei can only give priority to protecting his inner line.
Some people can only let him defend himself, but how can Perkins fall into fouls too easily!
After Shi Lei adjusted his defensive strategy, Kobe Bryant gave him a slap in the face, hit a three-point shot from the outside, and completed the overtake of the Celtics with 6 minutes and 55 seconds left in the game.
The Celtics "Big Three" only Ray. Allen played well, Pierce was out of form and went to rest, and there was also an out-of-form Garnett on the court, and at the critical moment, he received a pass from Shi Lei and shot wide.
Gasol got the rebound, which is an inside line with strong scoring ability, and he distributed the rebound directly to Kobe, and Shi Lei could only use fouls to organize Kobe's fast down.
After the Lakers hit Kobe Bryant's free throw, Fisher caused another defensive foul on House.
Bryant and Fisher each hit two free throws as the Lakers scored seven straight points to give the Celtics a five-point lead at 73:68 with 6:05 left in the game.
Since then, Shi Lei has strengthened his personal breakthrough, but the biggest threat to his breakthrough is his destruction of the opponent's defense and the passing after attracting the defense. But today the only normal thunder. Allen was closely monitored by Kobe, Shi Lei sought to pass the ball to no avail, and after two consecutive dunks, he still couldn't save the team's decline.
Shi Lei, who lacks scoring explosiveness, is now not enough to kill his opponent with his personal score.
However, Shi Lei's continuous breakthroughs still allowed the Celtics to maintain their hope of victory.
With 2:41 left in the game, Garnett hit a shot to tie the score at 79:81.
The Celtics had chances to equalize after that, but after Garnett missed a layup, Vujacic hit a three-pointer to reextend the deficit to five points.
Garnett missed the basket after that, and Fisher made two free throws after Fisher drew a foul to give the Lakers an 86-79 lead with 1:33 left in the game.
House finally ran out of position with one minute left in the game, and after receiving a pass from Shi Lei, he hit a three-point shot, and the Celtics trailed by four points at 82-86 and still had a chance.
Kobe Bryant deceived Shi Lei's defense with a feint, turned around and hit a layup, and the Lakers sealed the win! (To be continued.) )