?? Basketball is a team sport, but basketball in the NBA is a team sport that celebrates individual heroism.

Since the inception of the NBA league in the '40s, this strategy of highlighting stars has never wavered, because from the beginning, the NBA has been a commercial league that existed to earn money at the box office to subsidize the cost of the arena.

If you want fans to watch the game, in addition to the excitement of the game itself and the support of the locals, you need to establish the image of superheroes and superstars.

So from the very beginning, the rules of the game in the NBA were different from other basketball games.

For example, joint defense was not allowed, which was not lifted until April 2001.

Because the individual ability of the early players is average, the technique is not perfect, and it is relatively difficult to score goals.

If joint defense is allowed again, the individual performance of the players will be greatly inhibited, which is not conducive to highlighting the stars.

Therefore, joint defense is not allowed.

Later, the joint defense was allowed, but the defense was set up for three seconds, in the final analysis, it was to highlight the role of individual player ability in the game.

With the development of basketball technology, the physical fitness and personal ability of players are indeed getting stronger and stronger, to the point that one person can determine the outcome of a game.

James is one of them, and while shooting is his relative weakness, his self-confidence and personal ability allow him to kill opponents with any move at a given moment.

Including his shooting, which he is not particularly good at.

Last year's Boston Celtics were the devil.

Throughout the first half, James was looking for form, looking for the feeling of the game.

In the third quarter, that feeling finally came, and once it did, it would be very difficult for Mike Brown to call a timeout and interrupt him.

Because James is a very calm and rational player, even when he is in hot form, he will try to find the best opportunity to make every attack effective.

This season's Heat, the league's bottom in frontcourt rebounds, the last in offensive rounds, but a lot of points, relying on the efficiency brought by James.

After the timeout, Nash distributed the ball to Li Liang, Li Liang dropped the ball to Howard, and Howard received the ball and turned around and hit a hook shot.

Just seconds after the goal was scored, the Heat's counterattack came.

James took the ball all the way from the side to the half, and when he reached the top of the arc he slowed down and faced Ci Shiping sideways.

After observing the Lakers' defense, he suddenly turned around and accelerated, dribbling with his left hand to break through the middle.

Howard came over to help defend, and James pressed against Howard with a stop-and-go throw.

The ball swirled around the basket a few times before finally falling into the net.

Throwing is also not an offensive method that James is particularly good at, but he can score now.

James has scored nine points in a row.

Bryant was about to respond, he asked for the ball in the low post, and the Heat's bag came up again.

Kobe's score was given to Li Liang in the bottom corner, Haslem did not lose his position, he pasted it from the side, left the bottom line to Li Liang, and let Li Liang fake and then go to the bottom line to burst in.

Li Liang couldn't break too deep, Bosh had already blocked the bottom position, and Li Liang fell into the defensive trap.

He had no choice but to jump up and pass, only to be tackled by Wade.

The second mistake of this game, Li Liang's mistake tonight has exceeded the target.

The Heat's counterattack was still led by James, and the Lakers had no one to stop him.

James received Wade's high-toss pass, and the aerial relay dunked it!

James scored 11 straight points in the third quarter, suddenly stretching the gap between the two sides to 10 points.

10 points is already the largest point difference in the game, and the Lakers and Heat only scored about 50 points in the entire first half.

James scored 11 points in three minutes, and the entire American Airlines Center screamed for their king.

Of course, this king was airborne, which is equivalent to the British inviting a German to be the king, that is, George I.

At 51:61, the situation suddenly became very unfavorable for the Lakers.

Mike Brown certainly can't call a timeout anymore, and he doesn't do it very well anyway, mainly to give the players a rest.

The Lakers still need to rely on their veterans to solve problems on the court, and first they have to score.

After the start of the third quarter, it was Howard who scored a goal on the inside, and Kobe, Nash, and Li Liang failed to score.

Bryant received the ball from the backcourt and dribbled across half court himself.

Now what Lakers fans are most afraid of is that Lao Ko will be sudden, and there will be a bang.

If he really plays like this, the Lakers may be cold in the third quarter.

But Bryant didn't, and after dribbling past half court, he used his defensive appeal to move the Heat's defensive center to the right side.

Then a diagonal pass to Li Liang at the top of the arc.

Li Liang dribbled and took a step inside, Bosh came over to help defend, and Li Liang hit the ground and passed the ball to the inside.

[One shot into the soul!] 】

At the critical moment, Li Liang used his skills, no look pass, and the ball flew into the inside line from under Bosh's crotch.

Howard catches the ball and dunks it with both hands!

The ball was quite thirst-quenching, Kobe Bryant was calm, Li Liang's pass was excellent, and Howard scored the ball steadily.

And on the Heat's side, James' performance is not over.

This time he chose the low post, received a pass from Wade in the low post, and turned over without dribbling to shoot a Golden Duck independent step-back jumper.

The ball arced high, the ball knocked on the basket, bounced into the net, and hit again!

scored 13 points in a row, James was completely into the groove, and he would not normally shoot such a ball.

Because he generally needs to adjust the rhythm and pace of shooting, and adjust to the most comfortable level before shooting.

Like this, without making any adjustments, shooting directly in the air is the strength of natural pitchers such as Kobe Bryant and Ray Allen.

James can do it now, it just shows that he feels too good.

It's still 10 points.

Bryant continued to possess the ball, and he seized the opportunity of the Heat's unstable defense, holding the ball to make a foul under the basket and go to the free throw line.

Bryant is still very experienced, and he knows that scores are very valuable and important at this time.

10 points is a hurdle, if you can get through this hurdle and keep it, the Lakers will have a chance in the future.

If you can't survive it, you can't hit two goals, and the Heat will pull up to more than 15 points, and it will be really difficult.

Hit both free throws, still 8 points.

James then took over the Heat's offensive end, and he either scored on his own or the ball came out of his hand and passed to a teammate to assist in scoring.

The Heat's originally sluggish offense suddenly became smooth, and the score rose slowly.

And such high efficiency hardly gives the Lakers any chance to fight back.

That's it, the Lakers didn't get further widened by the Heat in the third quarter.

The reason is that the Lakers play very team.

First of all, as the boss of the team, Kobe Bryant did not panic, did not play a few blind games by himself, and wanted to fight against James.

If it were Kobe Bryant two years ago or even last year, it would probably be 15 of 40 shots.

Naturally, the Lakers will also hit the block early.

But this year's Kobe Bryant is really different, and he is even more different when he reaches the finals.

He is no longer the selfish ghost of '04 who ignored his team and teammates for the sake of personal glory and statistics.

He was 35 years old, and Michael Jordan won his last championship at that age.

Kobe Bryant knows he won't be as good as Jordan, and this year could be his last chance to win a championship.

He doesn't want to give up every game, so he has to stay calm and correct to lead the team out of the situation.

Throughout the third quarter, Kobe Bryant did not get off the court, and he and Nash became double controllers, struggling to maintain the Lakers' offense, otherwise the team's offense would collapse.

In the third quarter, the Lakers' final attack, they trailed the Heat by 11 points, 70-81.

The Heat scored 31 points in the third quarter, while James alone scored 19 points and had three assists.

Bryant held the ball on the outside and faced Wade one-on-one, and he was pinching the time.

Bryant has played this ball countless times, and in the final moments, it was completely dependent on individual ability.

This is also partly due to his low shooting percentage, whenever there is no time for the offense, or when the quarter is about to end, the ball is handed to Kobe Bryant to throw.

If you shoot three or four, five or six of these balls per game, the hit rate will naturally be pulled down.

Kobe doesn't particularly care, Tieduo doesn't press down.

In the last five seconds, Bryant started and dribbled Crossover's change of direction.

His speed is no longer there, but the skill is still there, after changing the direction of the strong burst, Kobe Bryant suddenly dribbled and closed, a step outside the three-point line, and he was about to force a shot when he jumped!

Wade reacted extremely quickly, pounced on the block, and his hand almost touched the ball in Kobe's hand.

But Kobe Bryant suddenly changed his posture in the air, and a long pass went straight to the inside!

Li Liang didn't know what had slipped under the basket, received Kobe's through ball, and made a quick layup!

The ball hit the Heat inside behind a back, and the moment the ball went in, the third quarter ended.

At 72:81, the Lakers are still behind.

But 9 points, it's not that you can't chase.