Chapter 396: Horse Riding and Archery! (3/3)
The Clippers' attitude of provoking trouble at the beginning made the mentality of the players on the Lakers' side explode directly.
Without Wharton's explicit statement, the Lakers players went straight to a full-court tight defensive play.
The two teams fought so hard to defend each other, and I don't know if they scored more points or if they were just fighting there.
But Griffin is a player, and Coach Doug doesn't want to replace him right away.
Now the players on the Clippers' side are muttering to Lipin in their hearts. You're a little bit bad this time, brother......
I said before the game that I would try not to provoke the Lakers, because this team still has the combat power.
If you provoke an opponent, definitely don't provoke Kobe.
Because Kobe Bryant is the soul of the Lakers! In the last game, Li Feng took a leave of absence, and naturally when he was playing the Lakers, the Clippers felt very relaxed.
After Li Feng came back and won so many games, the Lakers returned to the top eight in the West.
Isn't that enough?
They can bully Zubac casually and guard against Luwe at will, but since the Lakers have Li Feng, the overall appearance of the team has changed!
Kobe Bryant took the lead, Li Feng controlled the rhythm of the whole court, and this game will be difficult!
It's like you can guarantee a smooth wind for the whole team, but you can't control the rhythm of the opponent in the late game......
Even if the other party is against the wind, he can only control the rhythm to a certain level, and he can still turn the tables against the wind!!
Paul felt like he was swallowing his teeth out.
Who made Griffin the main player of the team, Paul can only choose to put up with it.
Fortunately, in the next game, although he was fouled on his back, Griffin had already restrained a lot. But the Lakers' side has been thoroughly enraged!
In the first quarter of the game, even if Kobe Bryant didn't play, the anger of the Lakers players could be clearly felt by the teammates and coaches present.
But Wharton knew that if this continued, maybe they would really lose. The full-court pressing defensive tactic, while effective, can quickly drain the players' stamina.
If it's a team and the players are all fit and fit, there's not much to say.
But the Lakers are still in control now.
Wharton: "I know what you're thinking. But it's not the last quarter, and we're just playing the second quarter.
So who can hold out until the fourth quarter is the key! The other side's substitutes are also very good, you should be able to understand what I mean, right?
If you're angry, sprinkle that breath on your score! Defense: I'm going to control you deliberately.
In a long-distance race, the fastest runner at the beginning may not be the first. Don't be pretentious. I've got the news from Zubac as well, he's available now. But I told him to go home early for Christmas. ”
Although the young coach of the Lakers side spoke quickly, it calmed the mood of the players on the spot.
The most important thing to do at this time is to calm down.
The player who had just been brought up was drafted by Wharton, and the second quarter had already begun at this point.
The players on the Clippers' side are, in order, Speights, Griffin, Crawford, Paul and Felton.
After the Lakers players came on the court, the fans at the scene were excited again!
On their side are Randle, Nance Jr., Kobe, Russell and Calderon!
Randall is fine, his fitness is gradually coming up now.
He is a player who has been willing to train himself since the beginning of the Lakers.
At this time, the other players who played in the first quarter, including Li Feng, were resting off the court.
Ingram and Lore Deng felt like they were about to smoke in their throats!
24:17! The Lakers lead the Clippers by seven points at this point. In the first quarter of the game, it was like a 90s basketball.
Kobe Bryant: "You're going to win us today?" ”
Griffin: "Any comments?" ”
Bryant: "No. But the Lakers will give you a big gift too! ”
Griffin: "......"
When the two sides were facing each other, Kobe Bryant kept smiling at him. Griffin felt the wind on his back, chilling......
At the beginning of the game, Calderon quickly rushed to the frontcourt, and sure enough, Paul's defense against him began to increase its strength.
Basketball went to Kobe, who hit a 2-point jumper with a difficult step-back jumper between Crawford and Griffin!
Paul looked at the scores of both sides in the live game, and the difference was widened again.
So I don't look for teammates much anymore. Facing Russell's defense, he finally shot a three-pointer himself!
Paul's shots, in general, are timed to pull out an open position, or suddenly shoot on the time difference with the opponent!
Against Russell, who was weak defensively, Paul felt that it was not difficult to play.
Then Calderon passed the ball to Russell, who saw that the opponent's defense was very strong, and finally directly played with Paul, and was finally broken!
Crawford rushed straight out, took Paul's pass and hit a three-point shot shortly after the frontcourt!
26:22! Sure enough, Paul had a suppressive effect on Russell!
Kobe Bryant took the basketball directly, faced the defense of the Clippers, and finally broke through to score a layup!
Then Russell got Calderon's pass, and then Randle received Russell's pass, and he was about to jump and was directly pressed down by Griffin!
Paul got the basketball and rushed to the frontcourt! But he was caught up by Kobe Bryant from behind!
Paul immediately slowed down and eventually passed to Crawford, who hit a three-pointer under Nance Jr.'s defense and let Nance Jr. get a foul!
Then Crawford hit the serve to make it 3+1!
Wharton was about to take a timeout, and this time the referee found out relatively quickly.
I don't dare not pay attention to the head coach of the team, how many people are watching this game on Christmas Day?
Kobe Bryant walked back and pointed his finger at Li Feng.
Wharton nodded immediately, and then let Li Feng and Lu Wei return to the field to continue playing.
28:26! The Clippers made adjustments in the second quarter and immediately changed their scoring.
Seeing Li Feng come back, the Clippers were a little uncomfortable.
Then Li Feng held the ball to the front court, and Nance Jr. immediately received his pass, and according to Li Feng's instructions, he rushed directly to pass the ball to Kobe.
The latter immediately hit a 2-point jumper!
Paul then passes the ball to Felton in a quick move!
The latter suddenly retracted his strength when he pushed Lu Wei back by almost a meter!
Then jump straight up and hit a three-point shot! Paul nodded, then high-fived Felton.
The difference between the two teams is only 1 point at this time!
Li Feng looked at his teammates at this time, and everyone felt that this game had become more difficult at this time.
Only Kobe Bryant played well among his teammates, and at this time Li Feng could only play on his own.
made eye contact with Kobe, who also knew that Li Feng was going to start breaking out.
The ball passed, the basketball came back again, and Li Feng directly staggered Paul and hit a three-point shot!
The Clippers almost forgot that the Lakers still need a quarterback! It's just that Li Feng has been passing the ball.
Crawford immediately catches the ball and jumpers, no 2-pointers from long range.
After Kobe Bryant received the ball, he directly attracted the attention of two Clippers defenders.
But the ball was passed directly to Li Feng, and then Li Feng hit a three-point shot again!
The score difference that had just caught up was beaten back by Li Feng.
The players on the Clippers' side are a little panicked!
......
53:49! With a 4-point difference, the second quarter of the game is about to end.
But the two sides are still inseparable!
Li Feng quickly came to the front court with the ball, and Nance Jr. hit a three-point shot after receiving his pass in the bottom corner at this time!
Gradually, the Lakers' hand came out.
Paul's first three points still didn't work, Kobe Bryant went to the frontcourt, faced Crawford's defense, and finally scored points directly with one hand!
Then the Clippers didn't hit the player, and the Lakers' Li Feng scored another 2 points! In the last 10.1 seconds of the second quarter of the game, Paul finally hit a three-point shot!
60:52 The two sides enter the second half of the game!
In the third quarter, what made the Clippers desperate was that Kobe Bryant and Nick Young were in the guard position.
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87:73! The 14-point difference made the Los Angeles Clippers lose a lot of spirit today.
In the presence of the team's main player Jordan Jr., he was finally sent off, not to mention, the score difference widened a lot.
But even so, Doug didn't want to pause the substitutions.
Paul and Griffin had been sitting on the sidelines watching the third quarter of the game end.
After a break in the game, Li Feng's physical fitness has almost recovered.
And he also took a stamina candy as a supplement to the last section.
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99:93! In the fourth quarter of the game, what made the Clippers see hope again was Pierce's scoring!
The veteran didn't play until the last quarter, but it made a huge difference!
He felt that the game was far from over.
In the end, the difference was pulled back to 6 points!
Kobe Bryant had already gone back with his family for the holidays at this time.
By this time, the game was also coming to an end.
At this time, the players on the Clippers' side are Speights, Pierce, Bamot, Paul and Redick!
And on the Lakers' side, they are Randle, Lore Deng, Ingram, Li Feng and Calderon!
In the final quarter of the game, the Lakers didn't dare to stop for a moment!
It turns out that Coach Doug has been waiting for an opportunity tonight!
That's when the Lakers let their guard down completely! Put superstar Pierce on the field to save the day!
And that's exactly what the veteran did! He successfully dragged the Los Angeles Clippers, who were on the verge of entering garbage time, back!
At this time, Kobe Bryant has actually looked down on these, just one game, in contrast, spending time with his family is the most important thing.
Carrying one on his back, holding the hand of another daughter in his hand, and next to his wife is Bryant, Kobe Bryant at this moment is happy.
Pierce: "As long as we don't let up, we have a chance to finally beat the Lakers!! ”
Veteran Pierce feels that he is indeed no longer what he used to be.
At this time, he felt that his fatigue was coming up faster than in previous years.
But since he wants to win against the Lakers tonight, he has to fight until the end. Because he wants to win this game just like his teammates!
Ingram: "I feel like it's okay to deal with each other now. Maybe we'll win?
The winner may play some. But defense still needs to be done."
Calderón: "That's right. Now the Clippers only have Pierce scoring, and they can't hold on~"
Li Feng: "Completely wrong! Defend now and just give up!! Fight each other to score! As soon as the rest of the players meet Pierce, they pass the ball immediately! ”
The teammates on the field were suddenly stunned. The game is coming to an end, and now they are leading by 6 points, are they afraid that the Clippers will not succeed?
Randall: "Listen to Li Feng!" I'm going to fight exactly as Li Feng wants! ”
In the second half today, Lan Dou's inner anxiety was rising, and at this time, he felt that this game was even more difficult to win.
Li Feng's words just now are like a life-saving straw! Indeed, as Li Feng said, this game is already very dangerous!
Seeing that he had Lan Dou's support, Li Feng nodded. And use his attitude to make the other teammates around him dare not slack off this game.
Paul saw Li Feng holding the ball to the front court, and immediately rushed in his direction!
The basketball passed to Calderón, and he passed the ball decisively when he saw that Pierce was more than two meters away from him!
Such a move did not allow Pierce to expect it!
With Ingram's three-point shot! The score came to 102:93! But soon Paul threw a three-pointer in the frontcourt!
Immediately Li Feng hit a three-point iron, Pierce seized the opportunity, and he received a pass from Speights, and he scored another three-pointer in the half!
The opponent's consecutive three-point shots made the Lakers players who were playing haha just now dumbfounded.
The Lakers passed the ball quickly, and in the end, the ball in Calderon's hand was cut off by Paul! Redick rushed to the frontcourt, didn't even think about it, took the basketball and got up with a three-pointer! 102:102!
Wharton is about to take the last timeout of the game!
Ingram: "What's going on?" This ......"
Calderón: "......"
Neither of them knew what to do when they went back.
Wharton: "It's the end of the game, I don't plan anything.
It's up to you to play this final game. Don't be nervous about coping. It's better to wait patiently for the opportunity and the flaws that appear in the other party. ”
With that, Wharton left the sidelines and went back to sitting.
Li Feng: "Time is running out. Give me the ball! Ingram goes to serve, we have to score now!! That's it! ”
The whole team listened to Li Feng's command at this time.
I don't know why, Li Feng at this time especially wants to win this game!
Ingram passes! Li Feng seized the opportunity to rush in, but was unexpectedly stopped by Speights!
With a wave of his arm, he directly knocked Li Feng to the ground!
Then the referee's decision caused dissatisfaction among Walton and the fans!
Li Feng felt that he really experienced the feeling of "my head is buzzing now......
In the end, the referee did not change the decision. Clippers fans shouted excitedly.
Li Feng stood next to the free throw line, and the first free throw, the basketball directly touched one side of the basket.
Wharton didn't give Li Feng a malicious foul for Speights, and he was so angry that he walked back and forth on the sidelines at this time.
The referees also suppressed their anger, Wharton's temper is too hot! If it weren't for Christmas's sake, you would have been expelled from the game at this point!
The second free throw, Li Feng dribbled the ball for a long time, and finally scored!
Pierce: "Keep the rhythm down!!" This game is ours!! ”
Li Feng: "Dreaming!! ”
Embarrassment from Pierce +233!
After a few seconds, Pierce shook his head with a smile and didn't say anything to Li Feng. The player is still too young to talk to him.
Later, in the entanglement between the two sides, Redick made a decisive move, but finally looked down and realized that he had shot a 2-point shot on the line!
Calderon passed halftime, and with less than 40 seconds to go, the Clippers' thinking was to get through the round right away.
It's better to guard against the Lakers! Then there was a chance that the game would go to extra time.
But the scales of victory are already in their favor!
In the continuous passing, when the round reached 20 seconds, the basketball passed to Li Feng, and in the face of Redick's defense, Li Feng directly jumped and hit a three-point shot!
9.6 seconds!! Enough for the Clippers to complete the lore!
But there was no timeout in Doug's hands!
Pierce: "Give it to Reddick, not to Paul in the distance!! ”
But Pierce said this too late at this point! Bamot threw the ball at Paul, a teammate at the farthest distance!
Li Feng suddenly ran back!
When he finally got the basketball, he rushed over like crazy!
In the exclamations of the fans at the scene, in less than 3 seconds, Li Feng directly made the action of riding a horse and shooting arrows!!
Because the distance was a little too far, and Li Feng used too much force, Li Feng rolled directly on the ground before getting up after throwing this ball!!
The basketball flew through a somewhat flat arc in the air, and finally hit the board into the basket crisply!!
109:104! The next second after the basketball went into the basket, the Lakers fans on the scene suddenly shouted!
Wharton excitedly bounced straight off the bench!
Bamot's fatal mistake allowed the Clippers to directly lead to the defeat of this game!
Pierce was still standing on the sideline of the backfield at this time, looking at the dumbfounded Bamot, leaving only a wry smile.
Doug watched the final moments of the game with his head in his hands......
When the game was over, Doug slowly recovered from the nervousness he had just had.
Wharton: "Your team is great! I'm almost going to be killed by you! Just now my heart was in my throat~"
Doug: "But we still lost. Merry Christmas!! You guys had a great game for Los Angeles today! ”