Alston scored 23 points in the first three quarters, a new personal high this season. Shortly after the start of the fourth quarter, he hit back-to-back three-pointers with Petrus as the Magic started the quarter 13-4 and went up 91-83. But then their crosshairs were lost again, and the Cavaliers fought back with multiple missed shots, and after James hit a free throw with 1:05 left in the game, the Cavaliers scored eight straight points to take a 98-97 lead.

The Magic couldn't find the basket with their shots after that, and with 6.9 seconds left in regulation time, they possessed the ball and still had offensive opportunities. After a timeout, Lewis took the ball and hit a three-pointer with 4.1 seconds left in the quarter to put the Magic up 100-98.

The Cavaliers also called a timeout, and James drew a foul 0.5 seconds before the end of the quarter, and after two free throws, the score was leveled.

Although the Magic were ready for overtime, they still wanted to make a last effort, serving on the sideline and wanting to howard a direct air relay, but the Monsters couldn't jump normally under Vallejo's close defense, and the two sides went into overtime at 100-100.

Howard hit three straight baskets after the start of overtime, including two dunks, and then he made a steal and Petrus hit a three-pointer to give the Magic a 109-105 lead with 2:11 left in the game.

With 1:12 left in the game, Howard hit a layup to extend the Magic's advantage at 111-105.

The Cavaliers scored four straight points to tie the score at 109-111 with 39.3 seconds left in the game. Howard also drew a foul after that, hitting two free throws to give the Magic a four-point advantage.

Howard then pressed James' ball down, and the two sides formed a scrum. After the Cavaliers grabbed the ball, James missed a three-point attempt, and Ilgoskas made two free throws after a foul. With 7.4 seconds left in the game, the score was tied at 111-113.

Lewis also hit two free throws as the Magic maintained a four-point advantage. Not willing to rest on his laurels, James hit a three-pointer with 4.1 seconds left to close the gap to one point.

Lewis hit one of two free throws at the critical moment, and the Magic only led by two points. The Cavaliers did not pause the baseline serve, and James received the ball and made a long shot close to the midfield, but this time it failed to create a miracle, and the Cavaliers could only swallow the bitter fruit of the loss.

The Magic, who have won the match point in this way, will go to the Cavaliers' home court on the 29th for a crucial battle, whether the Magic will win and advance, or the Cavaliers will have come to the edge of the cliff and stand firm on their feet, ready to fight to the death.

Although the Nuggets bottomed out in the last game in the West and beat the Lakers by 19 points, everyone knows that in front of the strong Lakers, this victory of the Nuggets is not enough to survive, at best, this victory can avoid the Nuggets being swept away!

Kobe Bryant, who was tired but still tenacious in the last game, seemed to feel that he could not win on his own, so at the beginning of this game, Kobe did not take the initiative to attack, but kept running the ball to create opportunities, although the number of shots was reduced, but the Lakers' offensive was not very strong, but it was dominated by the Nuggets, and a wave of 8-2 offensive was played at the beginning, Kobe Bryant hit the first shot 3 minutes after the game started, and then he assisted Bynum, who scored a dunk in the air, The Lakers went on a 12-3 run to go 14-11. The first quarter was tied at 25-25.

Odom started well today, and the Lakers had the highest scoring and shooting percentage in the first quarter except for Kobe, so Huang Yu replaced Odom at the beginning of the second quarter!

Although the Nuggets' away scoring was not high because of altitude sickness in the first two games, the average of 18.8 points per game in this round of the series proves that he is not invisible! Although my altitude sickness has improved a lot after returning to Los Angeles, it is not a complete recovery in a short time! So the shooting percentage was not very high, and the first ball of the game was only hit in the 5th minute of the second quarter of the straight.

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The score between the Lakers and the Nuggets was deadlocked until the last two minutes of the second quarter, JR's three-pointer extended the advantage for the Nuggets, who led by one point, to lead by 5 points at 49-44. Scoring 3 points with free throws, the Lakers fought to catch up, knowing that there were 3.5 seconds left in the game to enter the halfcourt, Huang Yu received Kobe Bryant's breakthrough shot in the bottom corner and hit an empty three-pointer, and the two sides tied the score 56-56 into halftime.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Anthony turned on the competition mode and hit a big three-pointer directly, and then Kobe Bryant shook off the JR air cut after Gasol's wonderful pass, Kobe pulled up a dunk and scored!

However, at this time, Anthony entered the scoring mode, and even the sudden shooting expanded the difference between the Nuggets and the Lakers, and the Nuggets once led by 7 points at 73-66, but after the substitute Shannon Brown and Huang Yu came on the court, the Lakers started a fast-paced offense, Huang Yu first scored a three-point shot, and then Shannon Brown launched a fast attack continuously, and the Lakers' offensive score was almost recovered, and the two teams tied again 76-76 in the third quarter, and the first three quarters of this game were tied by both teams, And it was the Nuggets who narrowly and narrowly caught up with the Lakers.

Soon after the start of the fourth quarter, Kobe Bryant broke through the ball to Odom, who received the ball and dunked with one hand, causing Nene to foul for the fifth time, although he was helpless, he could only raise his hand, and scored 3 points with free throws, and the Lakers hit frequently, starting the quarter 11-0 and taking an advantage of 87-76 in one fell swoop. The Nuggets hit their first shot after playing nearly five minutes in the quarter.

After the once lost Nuggets found their touch, although they chased the score to 89-93 with 3 minutes and 38 seconds left in the game, Huang Yukong cut and received a pass from Gasol at the critical moment, made a layup and caused a foul, and the Lakers gained a 7-point advantage.

After the Nuggets closed the gap to five more points, Bryant made another clever pass to Odom, who not only hit a three-pointer, but also successfully sent Nene off the court who was ready to make a last-ditch fight, and Bryant also broke through and caused two fouls and two free throws, and the Lakers took a 10-point advantage at 101-91 with 43 seconds left in the game to seal the victory.

Unless the Nuggets can perform a miracle of 35.13 seconds, and the Zen master has to replace Bynum and Powell for the Nuggets, maybe they can have a chance to play overtime with the Lakers!

But this can only be if, the Nuggets' closest season to the apex in recent years is over! They lost the series 4-1 overall, and the Lakers had at least a two-day advantage to prepare for the Finals against the winner of the Cavaliers Magic, but if the Cavaliers were working harder, maybe the Lakers had a bigger advantage.

In the playoffs on the 29th, the Cavaliers played against the Magic, and sure enough, the Cavaliers did not disappoint, and the strong offense hit the approaching Magic with a heavy punch! The Cavaliers led by James, with a 50 percent three-point shooting rate, played the Magic in disgrace, although Big Z and the Magic took the lead in 6 fouls in the battle, but the Monster was followed by James's breakthrough and was also punished with 6 fouls!

In fact, the Magic were able to win this game, but they did not seize the opportunity, in the case of the Cavaliers taking a large lead at the beginning, the Magic did not lose the desire to fight back, although they fell behind by 17 points in the first quarter, but in the second quarter they took advantage of the Cavaliers' shooting rate to decline, and the difference was smoothed out.

The Magic started the third quarter on a 9-2 run and went up 64-56 in one fell swoop, with the Cavaliers scoring for the first time after nearly three minutes. After a big upset in the first half, the two teams entered a tug-of-war. The two teams alternated leads several times, with Gibson hitting a three-pointer before the end of the quarter as the Cavaliers trailed 78-79 into the final quarter.

The Cavaliers' outside firepower was no less than that of the Magic, with Williams hitting a three-pointer at the start of the fourth quarter and Gibson hitting a three-pointer to start the quarter 8-1 and take an 86-80 lead.

After the Magic took a 90-89 lead again, James scored three points with a free throw, and then he hit another shot to score four points in a row to give the Cavaliers a four-point advantage again.

James then hit a lot of shots, grabbing an offensive rebound, scoring a layup and causing a foul with 2:22 left in the game, sending Howard off the court and scoring back-to-back free throws to give the Cavaliers a 102-93 lead.

After the Magic closed the gap to six points, James returned to color from mid-range, and Vallejo also "hit a three-pointer" after that, and with 1:07 left in the game, the Cavaliers led 107-96 and sealed the victory.

The victorious knight is not off the edge of the cliff, but he has bought himself a chance to live, as long as they can grit their teeth and win again from the end of the Magic in the next game, then they still have hope for this round of the series.

However, the Magic did not give the Cavaliers a chance, the first few games have been started from the outside, and gradually handed over the ball to the inside, or handed over to the Warcraft, but the Magic who sat at home in this game changed the play at the beginning, and launched an attack with the Warcraft as the center, and the magic tactics with obvious advantages on the inside played a role, and the Magic Beast hit the first shot in the opening game, and then he shot 5 of 9 in the first quarter, and scored 13 points alone.

Halfway through the quarter, the Magic led 19-12, and although Gibson and James had to make quick threes to close the gap, they were unable to overtake and trailed 25-30 in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the confident Monster continued to attack the basket, and the Magic began to open up the gap again, and with 6 minutes and 17 seconds left in the quarter, the Monster hit a hook shot, and the Magic took a 12-point advantage at 44-32.

After the Cavaliers also scored a shot, Mr. Lewis hit a three-point shot, followed by the Cavaliers' missed shot, and then the Magic position battle Monster dunked again, and the Magic continued to expand their advantage. In the first half, the Monster scored 21 points and six rebounds on 8-of-12 shooting to give the Magic a 56-40 lead over the Cavaliers.

James and Warcraft, the two high school champions, led their teams to fight on the court, and the title of high school champion will not appear in the future, and the league has banned high school students from participating in the draft since Warcraft.

And the last high school student champion Monster Howard, today's limelight overshadows James, who has entered the league and is the pride of the sky. The Monster continued to wreak havoc, and with 2:20 left in the third quarter, Alston hit a three-pointer, and a minute later, Howard grabbed an offensive rebound and dunked to give the Magic a 16-point lead at 84-68. Howard scored 31 points in the first three quarters as the Magic led 86-70.

Petrus hit a three-pointer at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Howard also made another basket, and the Magic scored five straight points to take a 21-point advantage at 91-70, although James and the Cavaliers have been trying to catch up, but the Cavaliers have not been able to close the gap to within 14 points, and can only watch the Magic enter the Finals.

With 18 points and 8 rebounds, Michael Petrus 14 points, Ralph Alston 13 points, Heaton Turkegrew 10 points, and Dwight Howard Falway chipped 40 points and grabbed 14 rebounds.

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The Magic defeated the Cavaliers 103-90 at home, thus advancing with a score of 4-2, and entered the Finals again since 1995, and will challenge the Lakers in Staples on the 5th, that is, on June 5th. The last game was lost at home because of a long break, so this time the Lakers' coaching staff did not give the Lakers players too much rest, but continued to simulate tactics.

Although the 08 rookie who entered the finals still has Magic's Courtney Lee, a rotation player, obviously not as much attention as Huang Yu, but Courtney Lee's average of 8 points per game in 16 starters in the playoffs is also very good, but it is still far from Huang Yu's average of 19.5 points per game!

However, although Huang Yu is very good in terms of data, but there are a lot of people, and now many media are not optimistic about his prospects in the Lakers, thinking that the Lakers are planning to make Huang Yu's data more beautiful, and use it as a bargaining chip in the summer to strengthen, after all, the Lakers' current congenital deficiency is still in the position of small forward, Huang Yu's defense is generally a weakness, although Odom can reduce Huang Yu's defensive pressure, but Odom seems to have a soft spot for substitutes in recent seasons, and he will score high scores or double doubles every time he comes off the bench.

And after the start of the playoffs, Odom's characteristic is even more obvious, even the Zen master has constantly adjusted the lineup because of this situation, and Huang Yu's starters have also increased a lot!

Seeing these comments, it is impossible to say that Huang Yu has no psychological fluctuations, defense is not something that can be practiced in a day or two, at least Huang Yu thinks so! So he will have a choice of attributes doubled to maintain the lack of experience, as the saying goes, the body is inexperienced to make up! Although he was broken through or flew in defense for the first time, he had strong physical fitness to make up for the loss, and even blocked continuously!

But even if Huang Yu doesn't soak anything in the system for a day, how many S coins can be swiped! It is because of this that Huang Yu's defense is sometimes good and bad! For this reason, Kobe Bryant also talked to Huang Yu for the first time, although in the next game with the Magic, the player Huang Yu wants to play against is not the kind of guy with outstanding personal ability! But if the defensive quality can't keep up, once it's shot, it's also a disaster for the Lakers.

Although Kobe Bryant said in the conversation that as long as Huang Yu continues to improve, then the Lakers will always have a place for him, but Huang Yu just smiled! Although Huang Yu has made some achievements in the NBA, he plans to do what he wants to do, maybe he will be tired of staying in the NBA after 5-6 years, so he will retire to do something else, although he said that he is not the material for making movies or singing, but the memory of leading for so many years is always unique, and he will have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime when he sells copyrights!

But the day after chatting with Kobe, Huang Yu saw a message, and suddenly felt that he was really right to be so passable, in the chat he could feel the greed in Kobe's tone! The desire for the championship, all the stones in front of the championship will be kicked away by him! And he has no sense of crisis at all, if it weren't for Bill Duffy, he would probably be the last one to know the news, including Aunt Sweeping the floor!

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