Chapter 233: Attack and Defense (I)
A day after the Celtics' game against the Pistons, the Western Conference Finals also kicked off, and on their home court, the Lakers completed a 20-point comeback in the second half to win the first game. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
It was the first playoff time since 2004, when the Spurs were devastated by Fisher's 0.4-second final strike, but the Lakers failed to win the championship that year, and then with O'Neal's departure, they began to decline, only to return to the Western Conference Finals this year.
The Spurs have won two championships in the three years that the Lakers have been silent, and the two teams have won seven championships in nine years, and their encounters are interesting.
The key word of this game - character!
Bryant was not in a hurry to attack after the opening, and he rarely took a shot under Bowen's defense, but Bryant assisted his teammates four times in the first quarter.
Defensively, the Lakers were underwhelming, trailing 18-27 with 1:31 left in the first quarter.
Gasol then hit a three-pointer with a free throw, and Odom hit a three-pointer to tie the score at 24-27 after the first quarter.
Bryant didn't score a point in the first quarter, but Radmanovic scored 10 points on 5-of-5 shooting.
Bryant still had few shots in the second quarter, and the Spurs kept widening the gap. With 1:47 left in the quarter, Duncan hit a shot to give the Spurs a 10-point lead at 49:39.
It wasn't until 1:29 left in the quarter that Bryant scored on a layup, his first of all game.
The Lakers shot just 7-of-18 in the quarter and trailed by eight points at 43:51 at halftime.
The Lakers missed five consecutive shots at the start of the third quarter until there were 7:52 left in the quarter when Kobe Bryant hit a shot. The Spurs launched another onslaught, and after Duncan hit a hook shot, the Spurs took a 20-point lead at 65:45.
Kobe Bryant, who had accumulated half-court character, finally began to explode, strengthened his attack, and with 4 minutes and 32 seconds left in the quarter, he hit a three-point shot, and then forced a breakthrough to cause a foul, two free throws and two hits, Kobe Bryant then completed an aerial relay with Gasol twice, and the Lakers played a wave of 14:0 to chase the score to 59:65.
The Spurs didn't score a point in four minutes, and their 20-point advantage narrowed dramatically, but they still led 72-65 after three quarters.
Bryant scored 11 points in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, he continued to strengthen his offense, and the Lakers closed the gap several times. With 7:58 left in the quarter, the Lakers trailed 75-78 after Bryant hit two consecutive shots. After Bowen hit a three-pointer, the Spurs missed another series of shots, making just 2 of their first 14 shots in the quarter, and with 3:18 left in the game, Odom scored on a layup to tie the game at 81-81.
The Spurs made a mistake after a timeout, Kobe Bryant forced a foul, and after two free throws and two hits, the Lakers took the lead for the first time in the game. The game entered the most intense moment, 23.9 seconds before the end, after Kobe Bryant hit a shot, the Lakers led 87:85, and the Spurs still had a chance to make a final shot, but Ginobili missed three points, and after the Lakers grabbed the rebound, Vujacic made two free throws to seal the win.
The Finals matchup between the Pistons and the Spurs is definitely a nightmare that fans will never forget, and the media is good about it, they always plan the topics of their coverage according to people's needs. The Pistons and Spurs only got one loss, and in the media reports, it was as if they were out, and they began to help fans look forward to the "yellow-green battle" that they hadn't seen for many years.
What "half a century of the strongest giants battle", "the NBA's most watched Finals in a decade" and other reports frequently appear in people's field of vision, but the second game between the Pistons and the Celtics was still held as scheduled.
Without a solid defense, the Pistons would not have gotten their championship ring, or even make the playoffs, and defense has become the team's biggest obsession.
The victory of the game depends on the defense, and the loss of the game, they will inevitably find reasons in defense, although they have coveted the defense in the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals with the Celtics this year, but after the loss of the game, they still found many flaws in their own defense.
"yes, we didn't work defensively, we allowed them to score too many points, hit too many shots, and that's why we failed."
That's what Billups said after the first game, so at the start of the second round, they showed how hard they put in during the three-day break.
They strengthened their defense!
The game went even wilder, with both sides in trouble, and neither team was able to break the deadlock in the first three minutes of the game.
The Pistons are a traditional defensive powerhouse that relies on tight tactics and high-intensity physical confrontation to disrupt the opponent's offense.
And the Celtics defense is also excellent, they have the best defensive player Garnett, there are also single defense good Rondo, super interior blue-collar Perkins, who has been underrated defensively, but definitely above the level and can defend Hamilton's Ray. Allen, and Pierce, who can transform into an outside defender with the right attitude.
The Pistons were tighter and the Celtics were more talented, so neither of them could help anyone, and it wasn't until the three minutes and seventeen seconds of the game that the Celtics had Ray. Allen made a free throw and scored two points.
But immediately after, Rashid's inside breakthrough layup caused Perkins' defensive foul, and the same two free throws were all hit, which made the offense of both teams slightly better.
In this case, it is impossible for the two teams to open up the point difference, but this is the most frightening part of the Pistons, as long as they bite the score, as long as their defense starts to work, then in the final game, they can make the opponent's score more difficult, so as to win the game.
The Pistons are one of the opponents that the Celtics have focused on this season, and now they are the last opponent to enter the Finals.
Shi Lei's physical fitness, in the first game, caused a lot of trouble for the Pistons, Rivers hopes that he can use his super impact and super confrontation ability to help the team get some scoring advantages that are enough to give him peace of mind.
Living up to expectations, Shi Lei hit the Pistons' interior line on the court and helped the team take a two-point lead! (To be continued.) )