When the Lakers played the first quarter of the fourth Western Conference Finals game with the Mavericks, Lakers fans had happy smiles on their faces. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

33-26, although only seven points ahead of the Mavericks, but this is one of the few times that the two teams ended a quarter of the game with the Lakers leading in the Western Conference Finals, and more importantly, the Lakers seem to be playing very imposingly today, they suppressed the opponent to a certain extent, the Mavericks except Liu Han, the others have almost no play, and even Nowitzki quickly fell silent after playing smoothly for a few minutes at the beginning.

"Good job, guys, good job, it's the game we want, keep it up, keep it up and keep the focus we had in the first quarter."

During the break, Phil Jackson said to his players that he was satisfied with the game in the first quarter, although he failed to completely prevent Liu Han, but at least the Lakers maintained a good offensive posture, as for the Mavericks' poor state, Phil Jackson felt that this was his luck, he knew that it was actually difficult for the team to completely prevent the Mavericks' offense defensively, and now the lead is actually due to the Mavericks' own problems.

"I said, shot, yes, it's a shot, but I don't want you to shoot meaninglessly against the opponent's defense, find a gap, and then run over, don't stop your steps, stopping means failure, it means that we are going to be equalized by the opponent."

Compared with Phil Jackson's calmness, today's Nelson is finally a little uncalm, after all, the team's situation is very unstable now, this is not the team he wants to see, and this state will encounter trouble even in the Finals.

"Liu, can you hold on to your physical strength? I hope you can play more today, the team needs you now. ”

"No problem, coach, I can guarantee efficiency. Guys, don't worry too much, play like we used to play, I'll pass the ball as soon as you get out of the open slot, you know, I'm not that greedy guy. ”

Liu Han, as the leader of the team, naturally has to do more at critical moments, he knows that his teammates are actually a little nervous today, and they didn't encounter much resistance in the first two rounds of the playoffs, which makes the Mavericks players inevitably a little too proud, and now they have encountered the Lakers' stubborn counterattack, and the Mavericks players will naturally be a little nervous.

"Sir, I don't have a problem with my stamina, I can play a little longer, please trust me."

To everyone's surprise, Nowitzki, who has always been relatively low-key today, also suddenly spoke, he has never been strict about his playing time, Nowitzki was discovered by the old Nelson, so the Germans have a natural fear of the old coach, and the old coach asked him to do whatever Nowitzki never resisted, and he did it seriously.

"Dirk, are you sure?"

Nelson has always felt that his protégé is actually a little weak, but he didn't expect that today he finally had the courage to speak out.

"I'm sure, sir, I can handle the situation on the field."

"Well, then, Dirk, I'll give you a chance, don't let me down."

Old Nelson glanced at Nowitzki meaningfully, and then turned his gaze to Liu Han, who also understood what Nelson meant, and nodded lightly.

"Boys, work hard, get them done, and let's go back to Dallas with a win."

After the start of the second quarter of the game, the Lakers did not expect the Mavericks to replace the two main forces, Liu Han and Nowitzki's appearance allowed the Mavericks to take the initiative on the court at the beginning of the second quarter, especially Nowitzki, because the Lakers did not have O'Neal and Malone in the bench lineup at this time, he played a beautiful offense on the Lakers' inside.

Lakers' bench interior players, whether it's Medvidenko or Brian? Cook was no match for Nowitzki, and the Mavericks not only started the second quarter with a very efficient offense, but also a headache for the Lakers defensively.

Seeing that the Mavericks didn't let Liu Han and Nowitzki rest, Phil Jackson didn't dare to let O'Neal rest off the court anymore, without O'Neal sitting on the inside, without Finley to defend Liu Han, relying on the bench lineup alone couldn't resist the Mavericks' offense.

Less than two minutes into the second quarter, Phil Jackson put O'Neal and Finley back on the court en masse.

However, what everyone on the Lakers didn't expect was that Nowitzki, who fell silent after only a certain amount of play at the beginning of the first quarter, suddenly broke out in the second quarter, and he did not pull the outside shot in the offense, but tried his best to grab the position with O'Neal.

Liu Han had attracted most of the Lakers' defensive attention after holding the ball on the outside, so O'Neal sat behind the inside, and O'Neal's foot movement was not as flexible as it was back then due to weight problems, and it took more effort to defend Nowitzki in front of him, so he could only push Nowitzki out as much as possible.

Liu Han hoisted the ball to Nowitzki on the inside, Nowitzki suddenly turned around and stepped back after taking the ball, and it was still the signature golden rooster jumping independently, but Nowitzki was really playing with his life at this time, his two-meter-one-three body was almost pulled into a diagonal line in the air, which made O'Neal unable to block at all, and Nowitzki's shot arc was very high, which made O'Neill even more difficult to defend.

Nowitzki's basketball shot went headlong into the net, scoring in the first two offensive shots of the second quarter, and with this time, the Mavericks were now 33-32 and only one point behind the Lakers.

Liu Han went out of his way to meet Nowitzki after scoring the difficult goal and high-fived Nowitzki, and the German finally showed his tough side.

Back to the Lakers offense, the ball is the backup point guard Derrick? Fisher, the Lakers gave the ball to O'Neal after advancing to the frontcourt, but the Mavericks' defense really moved at this time, and almost the moment O'Neal received the ball, the Mavericks' lineup shrank suddenly, and O'Neal suddenly lost the space to move, and he had to distribute the ball to the baseline Karim? Rush in his hands.

Karim? Rush was the surprise man of the Lakers' last game, scoring 18 points on 6-of-7 three-pointers in the last game, but he faced Liu Han as a defender today.

Karim? Rush also wanted to catch the ball and shoot directly like in the last game, but as soon as he received the ball, he found that Liu Han had made up the defense in place, and he lost the space to shoot, and in the face of Liu Han's defense, Karim did not dare to play strongly, so he passed the ball to Rick, who received it at a 45-degree angle? Fox, but his passing strength was a little smaller, and Xue Yuyang, who came off the bench, suddenly dodged and cut off, and the Mavericks' fast break was about to be staged again.