No one would have imagined that the Lakers would be able to win the Heat on the road in Game 2.

No one thought that the person who sent the lore in the end was not Kobe, not Nash, not Li Liang, but Ci Shiping.

Ci Shiping has degraded too much on the offensive end this season, and his three-point shooting is still not on the crosshairs after losing weight.

He has a three-point shooting rate of more than 30 percent this season, a low-post offense under the basket that doesn't stop a while, an occasional breakthrough that shows his grandeur, and his slow counterattack with the ball.

In short, after the rise of Li Liang and the new positioning of Gasol, Ci Shiping's role and role were weakened a lot.

But Mike Brown still trusts Ci Shiping very much, and his playing time has not decreased, often allowing him to torment Lakers fans on the court.

As an experienced veteran who has made great contributions to the Lakers' championships, Ci Shiping can be trusted in the playoffs.

That trust has been rewarded.

After the success of the lore, the referee watched the video replay and determined that the game time would not arrive until after the shot, and the goal was valid!

After the Lakers players hugged on the sidelines, they frantically ran back to the locker room to celebrate.

The last time Ci Shiping made a similar stunner was back in the 2010 championship season, when he grabbed a rebound in the final game against the Suns and helped the Lakers win a crucial matchpoint victory.

The rebound tonight was not grabbed by Ci Shiping, it was ordered by Li Liang, and Ci Shiping was undoubtedly prepared.

In the locker room, Ci Shiping hugged Li Liang and yelled and cheered, after this game was won, the Lakers took a 2-0 lead on the road, and in a sense, 90% of the championship has been bagged by them.

The Heat and Lakers will then play three games in Stamps, and winning two of them will lift the O'Brien Cup.

It's a good thing for the Lakers.

Li Liang's performance in the two games was a great achievement.

He scored 30 points in the first game and shot a three-pointer to beat the Heat.

In the second game, he made 4 of 5 three-pointers and scored 18 points, and in the final moment, he rebounded and assisted Ci Shiping to make a stunner.

After the game, social media went crazy again.

Among them, in the discussion about the MVP of the finals, the call for Li Liang to win the FMVP is getting louder and louder.

After the game, a large number of reporters poured into the Lakers locker room for interviews, and Li Liang was the most crowded in front of him.

Normally, this treatment tends to be Kobe's, and tonight it was different.

In the face of the reporter's question, Li Liang answered very concisely, as long as there is no task, he is so plain and elegant.

After the press conference ended, everyone took the bus to the airport together, and Li Liang danced happily on the bus.

At this time, the emotions of the others had calmed down, and they looked at Li Liang as excited as a fool.

Mike Brown reminded: "Two more wins, boy, two more. In the playoffs, it doesn't really make much difference whether it's home or away. ”

Li Liang said: "Mike, I hope you don't call a timeout when the team is leading in the future, and hand over the game to us, okay!" “

Mike Brown scratched his head and stopped talking.

The team flew back to Los Angeles overnight, and the next day, when the team practiced, the entrance to the Toyota Sports Center was packed with Lakers fans who had come to welcome the team back with two wins.

Before the start of the finals, judging from the comparison of the strength of the two sides, many people are still optimistic about the Heat.

After the first game, there were still many people who thought that the second game of the Heat would definitely come back.

Who knew that the Lakers were 2:0 away, this huge advantage made the championship within reach.

The last team to win the first two away games in the Finals was the Chicago Bulls in 1993.

They won both away games against the Suns and won the final series 4-2.

There was only one day between Game 2 and Game 3, and on June 11, U.S. time, Game 3 of the Finals was played in Stamps.

After a day of repair, this night in Stamps, Lakers fans are looking forward to another victory for the Lakers.

If the big score becomes 3:0, there will be no suspense for the championship.

The game was scheduled for 7 p.m. Pacific Time, and 16 championship flags hung from the ceiling of the Staples Center, beckoning the arrival of the 17th.

The Miami Heat's players were all calm, and James didn't show any expression on his face from the moment he entered.

Two defeats in a row at home were too big a blow to the defending champions.

All they're thinking about now is trying to bring the series back to Miami.

The game started on time, and it was still Howard who took the lead in winning the ball at the beginning, and the Lakers attacked.

In Game 3 of the series, there is still room for adjustment between the two sides.

Mike Brown is right when he says that in the playoffs, there is not much difference between home and away.

The real powerhouse of the NBA, the players have been through a hundred battles, whether home or away, they have played many games, and they are very mentally prepared.

Moreover, there are players who are more focused and stronger the more away from home.

For example, Kobe Bryant, when he was in the Western Conference playoffs, his away score was higher than his home team.

And Michael Jordan also said that he prefers to play away and likes to fight in adversity.

Many players have played their playoff career masterpieces on the road.

For example, Michael Jordan's 63 points at Boston Garden, 56 points at Miami Coliseum, Charles Barkley's 56 points at Oakland Coliseum, Nash's 48 points at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, etc.

The more adversity there is, the more these superstars are able to burst out with tremendous energy.

The Heat really came to a desperate situation, and one more loss would end the series early.

So at the beginning of the game, the Heat were extremely aggressive.

Wade, who played average in the first two games, scored six points in a row in the opening game.

At 11 years, Wade was still the sharpest knife for the Heat.

After 12 years, it fell slightly, and this year it fell a little more.

After all, he had already removed his meniscus in college, and he used this knee without a meniscus to play in the league for ten years, winning two championships and an FMVP.

Now he has water in his knees, and he has thick knee pads tied to his legs.

But Wade will still step up and score for the Heat with his mid-range and open cut when needed.

Wade's back-to-back offense sparked Bryant's fighting spirit, and the two began to compete in the first quarter.

The two sides tied 25-25 in the first quarter, with Wade scoring 11 points and Kobe Bryant scoring 12 points.

But in the second quarter, the situation began to gradually turn in favor of the Heat, and the Heat's defensive strategy was significantly adjusted compared to the previous two games.

The Heat began to be unpacked, one-on-one, appropriately relaxing pressure and stickiness, and enhancing defensive continuity and toughness.

Obviously, although the oppressive defense in the first two games is still effective, a large number of rotations still allow the Lakers to find a gap, let the Lakers play more and more, and the team offense is working.

So Spo learned his lesson and decided to add one-on-one single defense, even if he was killed by the Lakers one-on-one, it was better than letting their team's offense play out.

At the same time, Spo narrowed the rotation, with Joel Anthony being DNP, increasing Anderson's playing time and reusing Rashad Lewis.

The Heat are going to play offense, and they want to divide some of the energy they put too much effort on the defensive end into the offense.

In the first two games, neither side scored more than 100, the first game was 90:86, and the second game was 93:91.

As a result, the Heat lost.

Spo realized that the Heat were pushing too hard defensively, and they still played according to the rhythm of the Eastern Conference finals.

The Lakers' offense and defense are more balanced, and in the fourth quarter, the team's offensive cooperation is completely out of feeling, and the critical moment is to score, the Lakers can score through cooperation, but the Heat cannot.

The defender is passive after all, and the Heat are completely led by the nose.

So this time, the Heat want to use offense to get the initiative back.

In the second quarter, Heat James began to score consecutive breakaways.

James's breakthroughs in the first two games always have to be left in the third quarter or even the fourth quarter, and this one he can't keep it anymore, and he can score points by himself.

After the Heat took the lead in the second quarter, they maintained a lead of about five points.

It's the same as the second, but in the second game, the Heat led on defense, and this one on offense.

Whenever the Lakers have a momentum to chase points, Wade or James will score one-on-one singles.

After all, Kobe Bryant's defensive end is not enough, and Nash is even more unlikely to come over to help, and the outside defense can only rely on Li Liang and Ci Shiping to make up for it.

Can you put James? It's okay to let him shoot, but it's okay to let him break through.

At halftime, the Heat led the Lakers by three points at 61:58.

If it weren't for Li Liang's last-minute three-pointer in the second quarter, the difference would have only been even greater.

The Lakers' offense didn't score less, and Bryant scored 20 points in the half.

But he still lagged behind, because he couldn't prevent Wade and James.

The Lakers are not as aggressive as the Heat on the defensive end, they still mainly use one-on-one marking, Howard guards the interior, and Li Liang checks and fills the gaps, the strategy is relatively simple, but also more coherent and tenacious.

The Lakers rarely play a counter-attack climax against opponents, and the defensive formation is not easy to collapse because there is no formation.

Combo is occasionally used, but no more than three rounds are used.

This is the defensive plan that Mike Brown has devised after a season of fumbling around is best suited for an older team like the Lakers.

There are many details in it, such as the backcourt rebounding protection, the protection of Nash's point, the differential treatment of the center and the wing, etc., Brown has done a lot of work to ensure the stability and toughness of the defense.

And this time, the Lakers' defense actually didn't have a big problem, the problem was that the Heat changed their thinking and started to attack the Lakers.

In the third quarter, the Heat's offensive momentum was still the same, and Rashad Lewis and Ray Allen, the former supersonic twins, hit consecutive three-pointers.

The Lakers are also scoring, but they have to chase points, and two points are a bit insufficient.

Li Liang stepped forward at this time and shot three points to narrow the difference.

But Li Liang hit two three-pointers, turned around and made a layup for a layup, and then James made a three-point shot.

James hit this three-pointer all over the game, but it just right suppressed the Lakers' momentum of chasing points.

In the fourth quarter, the Lakers couldn't catch up, and led by Wade and James, Bosh also played the best performance of the playoffs.

With 20 points and 14 rebounds, Spo let Bosh target Leung and Haslem misplaced to defend Howard.

Bosh didn't let Li Liang grab the frontcourt rebounds in this game, and protected the backcourt rebounds very well.

The first two losses of the Heat were lost in the frontcourt rebounding.

In the end, the Heat 108:103, suppressed the Lakers from beginning to end, won a difficult victory on the road, and pulled back a game.

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