Chapter 389: The Battle of Winning Tianwang Mountain (Gagen)
The score is tied.
But Phil Jackson's face turned ugly.
Because Yi Jianlian scored!
When Yi Jianlian scored that three points, he felt that his chest was blocked, and the entire blood circulation was not smooth......
He is really not afraid that the hot state of the Bucks other than Yi Jianlian will chase the score so close.
The reason why many civilian dark horse teams in the regular season have not come back with a very good record after entering the playoffs is that they lack an absolute star as the core.
The playoffs are about the strength of the team, and the strength of the stars.
At critical moments, any tactics and any coordination can no longer ensure absolute goals, only stars with outstanding individual strength can improve the probability of scoring goals at critical moments, because their individual ability is outstanding!
The Bucks have three All-Stars in this All-Star Weekend, but in Phil Jackson's opinion, the one who is really qualified to be called a star is Yi Jianlian, and the other two are barely qualified to be All-Stars with the help of the Bucks' record, otherwise, they will not be able to enter the All-Star if they are replaced by any weak team!
It is precisely because the core of the Bucks team is only Yi Jianlian, so Phil Jackson is not afraid of how hot the other people are, as long as Yi Jianlian has been in the doldrums at critical moments, then they are actually equivalent to winning, after all, they have Kobe Bryant.
But now, Yi Jianlian has scored!
Don't really think that this goal was scored by Yi Jianlian, in the NBA, especially superstars, don't say that any goal scored is luck.
Phil Jackson has seen the situation of N hitting a ball suddenly after missing a shot, and then the whole state is bold!
"Huh!"
When Yi Jianlian was thinking nonsense, he hit another three-pointer!
Sure enough, it was the same situation again.
Yi Jianlian's state is starting to pick up!
Trouble!
Phil Jackson frowned and watched Yi Jianlian return to defense on the court.
The cheers at the scene were completely loud when Yi Jianlian hit the second three-pointer.
The other players on the Bucks court began to quickly settle down with Yi Jianlian's signal, waiting for the Lakers' offense.
"I can feel that the atmosphere of the whole team of the Bucks has changed slightly, after Yi Jianlian got back to form, I can't say, well, maybe, I can say this, the whole Bucks team is alive!"
"Wow, aa
As the narrator was talking, the cheers at the scene became louder again.
On the court, it was the Bucks who were launching a fast attack, and Yi Jianlian rushed to the front, and while rushing into the reasonable collision zone, Mo Williams gave the ball to the slope of the Lakers' basket.
"Phew!"
Empty catch the storm dunk!
"Ho!"
Yi Jianlian grabbed the basket to stabilize his center of gravity, and after landing on the ground, he raised his head to the sky and shouted.
The audience, which was already gaining momentum, was completely boiling with his shout!
Phil Jackson had to call a timeout.
The Lakers players walked off the court one by one helplessly, and at the back was Artest, whose face was more ugly than the others, because the Bucks' fast break just now was his mistake.
"Courtney, that steal just now was so cool!"
"Wow, you really are, that's amazing!"
"If the league doesn't select you to the All-Defensive Team this year, they're absolutely blind!"
It was Courtney Lee who stole Artest!
He suddenly showed his steal ability on the defensive end at this time.
Lakers fans looked at Courtney Lee, their minds were full of the "rattlesnake" in last year's Finals, if that guy was still there, this mistake might not have happened, and even, very likely, this fast break is the Lakers' fast break!
Ay~
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5 points difference!
With Yi Jianlian hitting the second three-pointer, and then Courtney Lee seized Artest's mistake and made a steal to launch a fast break, the Bucks scored consecutive points to lead the difference to 5 points!
If Yi Jianlian's first three-pointer is counted, the Bucks have played a wave of 8-3 in the latest minute and a half, and the Lakers only Kobe Bryant scored another three-pointer during this time, and everyone else's offense has returned with iron.
Phil Jackson was a last resort to call a timeout!
The Lakers entered the tactical deployment, and the Bucks did not fall silent in the excitement of the scoring tide, and Xiao K quickly began to lay out tactics, Yi Jianlian played for about 3 minutes, scored 8 points, and only missed the first shot, which is undoubtedly to find the state, and Yi Jianlian found the state It also means that the Bucks' various tactics with Yi Jianlian as the core can be re-taken out, as the head coach, Xiao K is very happy, and then he will be relaxed, and he can arrange tactics with his eyes closed.
Phil Jackson fell into a familiar tangle, should he defend against Yi Jianlian, or against his teammates?
Phil Jackson finally chose to defend Yi Jianlian, his state before the pause was too hot, if he continued to play, I am afraid that this state will be completely burned, this is absolutely not good!
The Lakers once again arranged targeted package tactics for Yi Jianlian.
But in this way, the rest of the Bucks players are much easier, they were in excellent shape today, Yi Jianlian's sluggish period was also their efforts to maintain the point difference, and even they chased the point difference back, and now the defensive pressure they are facing is further weakened, and they directly and completely let go of themselves, Bradley Arena rained three points for the rest of the second quarter.
With this three-point rain, the Bucks built a 12-point advantage before halftime.
With trailing by 12 points on the road and another battle of the Kings, even the Lakers players, who have made it to the Finals three years in a row, are inevitably nervous.
Under the tension, the Lakers players began to make various low-level mistakes in the third quarter, and the Bucks seized the opportunity to score easily.
However, the Bucks only maintained a 12-point advantage even with so many easy scoring opportunities, and Kobe Bryant responded almost every round!
He's the only player on the Lakers team whose mentality hasn't changed in any way, and even though the Bucks are now 12 points ahead, and even though the Bucks' courtside crowd is cheering all the time, he can drag the Lakers back and time again to keep it from falling into garbage time.
This is Kobe Bryant.
But......
Even Kobe Bryant Bryant can probably only do this!
The 12-point difference was maintained until the end, Kobe Bryant tried to score in the middle of the fourth quarter, but unfortunately Yi Jianlian, who found his form, responded with all his goals, and the Black Mamba was powerless to return to the sky and could only watch the game time slowly end.
In the end, 101-90, the Bucks defeated the Lakers by 11 points, won the crucial battle of Tianwang Mountain, and rewrote the score to 3-2, only one victory away from winning the championship!