Chapter 210 The mission must be achieved Liu Han killed
In the fourth quarter, the Lakers replaced the bench and played for about less than three minutes before they had to continue to replace Liu Han and O'Neal and other main players, and these young bench players of the Lakers did not seem to play after the fourth quarter of the first round of the playoffs.
The Trail Blazers took advantage of the Lakers' unstable bench footing at the beginning of the fourth quarter to play a wave of 10-3 offensive spurts to overtake the score by six points in one fell swoop.
After Liu Han came on the court, he used the speed advantage to shake off Ryder and enter the inside, and in the face of the Trail Blazers' supplementary defense, a light throw scored two points, and the gap in the score was narrowed to four points.
The next game entered a stalemate again, the Lakers narrowed the gap to three points under the counterattack of Liu Han and O'Neal and the two veterans, and the Trail Blazers also took advantage of the physical disadvantage of the two veterans to score frequently to suppress the score, and as the game progressed, the Trail Blazers seemed to see the hope of victory.
With the final three minutes of the game, the Trail Blazers still had a four-point lead over the Lakers.
At the critical moment, Dell Curry showed his advantage in addition to his experience, he first made Stoudemire's offensive foul in defense, and then received Liu Han's breakthrough three-point shot in the offense, narrowing the gap to 1 point.
Stephen Curry, who was on the sidelines, jumped up for joy when he saw his dad have such a wonderful performance.
However, the Lakers' chase was hit again by the Trail Blazers, and it was Rasheed Wallace again, who received a pass from Stoudemire on the inside and scored the ball with a simple back-to-back jumper to bring the gap back to three points.
At this point, the time of the game has entered the last minute.
O'Neal tried to force the ball inside in the attack, but was pulled down by Trail Blazers center Sabonis, and O'Neal hit one of two free throws on the free throw line to narrow the score gap to two points.
Then the Trail Blazers' offense was fruitless, Stoudemire's impatient shot bounced out of the frame, and the Lakers seized the opportunity to counterattack, but were desperately stealed by Ryder, and the ball was finally touched off the sideline, and the game had 40 seconds left.
The next offense will be the Lakers' last, and if they don't score this time, they will likely lose this game.
The Trail Blazers had a bit of a hard time facing the Lakers' final offense, because the Lakers replaced O'Neal with Robert Horry, so that no one on the Lakers court had three-point shooting, which meant that the Trail Blazers didn't know who was going to shoot, so it was hard to guard.
The Lakers called a final long timeout, and George had to plan his strategy for the final offense. The Lakers' tactics are very clear, compared to others, Liu Han's shooting rate is the highest, and this is the last altogether, the Lakers want to play three points as much as possible, and it is not the Lakers' style to play two points in overtime, with so many pitchers, and the Trail Blazers have been forced to this point, the Lakers have failed this game.
George's tactics are Liu Han serving on the sideline, Horry covering Ray Allen, Ray Allen going around the outside to attract the attention of other players, and finally Dale Curry receives the ball and makes a shooting feint to attract the Trail Blazers defense, Liu Han enters the court at this time and runs to the weak side, and then runs back to rely on Horry's cover pocket to catch the ball, and finally Liu Han shoots three points. This is a very complex set of running tactics, the test is whether the Lakers players have enough tactical execution ability at the last moment, and everyone believes in Liu Han in the final shot, a super shooter who can shoot all 25 three-pointers in the All-Star Game is worthy of every player in the NBA.
The Lakers served on the sideline, the serving tactics were very successful, and Dell Curry received the ball smoothly, but then the Lakers' running encountered obstacles, and the head coach of the Trail Blazers, Dunleavy, bet on Liu Han for the last defensive "treasure", and he believed that the Lakers' last attack would definitely be Liu Han's shot, because he felt that if Liu Han was coached by himself, he would let Liu Han be responsible for all the last attacks.
The Trail Blazers invested heavily in Liu Han's defense, Isaiah Ledder needless to say, he must follow Liu Han, and the "little flying squirrel" Damon Studmeier was also hovering around Liu Han, when Liu Han tried to rely on the cover of his teammate Horry to come out to catch the ball, the Blazers have been unknown Brian Grant but blocked Liu Han's running line again, which accidentally caused the Lakers' tactics arranged by the chaos to fall into chaos, and Liu Han had no way to come out to catch the ball.
Veteran Dell Curry showed his experience at a critical moment, in the face of such a situation, he had a trace of hesitation but did not affect his next judgment, he passed the ball to the unguarded Ray Allen on the other side, Ray Allen was still a little stunned after receiving the ball, but seeing that Dale continued to ask for the ball, he passed the ball back to Dale again, which seemed unremarkable, but it pulled the Trail Blazers' defense very well. Rasheed Wallace ran to make up for the ball when Ray Allen received the ball, and when the ball was back in Dell Curry's hands, he made a shot.
Dell Curry has been known as a three-point shooter since he entered the league, although he has not received any famous glory, but it is undeniable that his three-point shooting is very stable, and the Trail Blazers have to guard against such a veteran three-point shot. Isaiah Ryder was drawn to Curry's shot.
When Isaiah Ryder ran over to defend, Dell suddenly withdrew his shooting hand and passed the ball in his hand to Liu Han, who was defended by only Brian Grant next to him.
Liu Han is very focused on the game, and he has a feeling when Dell Curry is about to throw, thinking that he will pass the ball to himself, and Dell Curry really passes.
Liu Han didn't make any more feints after receiving the ball, and pulled out his hand directly outside the three-point line, and the basketball plunged into the net with the arc as always, and the Lakers overtook the score with more than ten seconds left in the game.
Liu Han ran to Curry's side and thanked the veteran for his selflessness and the other party's trust in him.
Now the unfavorable situation fell on the Trail Blazers, who led the whole game but fell behind in the last ten seconds, and this contrast made the Trail Blazers players full of feelings of loss.
And the Trail Blazers are even more unfortunate that their timeout has run out, in the referee's seconds, the Trail Blazers tightly tense bottom line serve, but the serving Rasheed Wallace made a mistake, the ball he passed was a little more powerful, and Liu Han, who was already waiting for the opportunity to steal, was interrupted from Damon Stoudemire's hand, Stoudemire tried to pull down Liu Han at the first time, at this time the fouls were the most powerful, but Liu Han's speed exceeded Damon's imagination, and his pulling action only pulled to the air, Liu Han ran to the front court but did not shoot, just dribbled and ran, followed by a group of chasing Trail Blazers players, when the Trail Blazers players caught up with Liu Han and were about to foul, Liu Han suddenly shot, so that this foul must be free throws three times, because Liu Han is outside the three-point line, Liu Han was very sober at the last moment.
All three of Liu's free throws ended up in a solid one, giving the Lakers a four-point lead, with less than five seconds left for the Trail Blazers.
In the end, the Trail Blazers' three-point shooting failed, and the Lakers won their first game of the playoffs without danger, Liu Han scored 32 points in the whole game, and he scored 15 points alone in the fourth quarter.
On the Trail Blazers' side, Isaiah Ryder scored 29 points alone, in addition, there were four players who scored in double figures, and all ten players on the court scored, and they performed very well, but still lost the game, which made the Trail Blazers players very disappointed.
The Lakers' performance today is really not great, they are still a regular season team compared to the Trail Blazers, and the whole team was a bit chaotic throughout the game, which requires the Lakers to adjust one by one in the next games, but it is good to win in the end, although the process is not so smooth. (To be continued.) )