Chapter Ninety-Six: G4's Final Attack

In the previous life, the Lakers lost two games in a row at the Spurs' home court, and then won four games in a row to eliminate their opponents.

After the current Lakers have Sun Zhuo, they have avoided the embarrassment of being 2:0 at the beginning, if it weren't for Ginobili finding a way to get Sun Zhuo in the second game, I'm afraid it will be the Spurs who will lose two games in a row now, and then return to the Lakers' home court, and it is possible to be swept away.

On the eastern side, the series between the Heat and the Pacers also started, Artest saw that Sun Zhuo averaged more than 10 points per game in the playoffs, and the team also won on the road, which made him work harder in the game, not to mention that his opponent was Wade, who had a good relationship with Sun Zhuo, and this year their Pacers were the first in the East and were still qualified to wreak havoc on the Heat.

As a result, the Heat lost the first two games, and if there is no accident, the Heat will be eliminated by the Pacers in this series.

The third game between the Lakers and the Spurs will be played at the Staples Center Arena, the home of the Lakers, back to the home court of the Lakers, the Lakers' players are very happy, they stole a victory on the road, and then as long as they guarantee a win at home, they can easily get the match point.

In the third game, Sun Zhuo was not used to bring rhythm to contain the opponent, O'Neal and Kobe Bryant controlled the game from the beginning, especially O'Neal, after returning to the home court, he was "beastly and furious", and he turned over the river and the sea on the inside, the opponent couldn't stop it at all, it was simply a matter of taking what he wanted, and the most special thing was that his free throws today were also very good, four of the first five free throws, which made the opponent dare not foul easily.

Kobe Bryant is also eager to prove himself after returning to the home court, a year, Lakers fans have been waiting for revenge Spurs for a year, and they can't let Sun Zhuo, a rookie, serve as the leader of revenge, right? So Kobe Bryant was especially like a killer tonight.

After all, the Lakers are still an OK team, and as soon as Phil saw that the two cores had completely reached their best, he resolutely let the two attack, and Sun Zhuo and the others were lying down again.

The Lakers lead 2-1.

The fourth game of the series is more intense than the third, because the Spurs don't want to lose this game, once the Spurs lose the game, the Lakers will get the match point, once the Lakers get the match point 3:1, the Lakers with a strong dominant combination, the possibility of being reversed is almost zero.

Popovich knows this very well, so in the fourth game, his expression, eyes and the decibel of his speech are different from the previous games.

Similarly, the Lakers also wanted to get the game point early and end the series, especially Kobe.

Bryant went crazy tonight at Staples, he shot more times than O'Neal and Sun Zhuo combined, and of course, he shot well, with 55.6 percent two-point shooting and 50 percent three-point shooting, and he had scored more than 40 points in the fourth quarter.

However, Kobe Bryant's amazing individual play did not give the Lakers an absolute lead, the Spurs still bite the score, their team's Turkoglou, 5 of 8 three-pointers today, and three of them are in the bottom corner, quite a bit of a provocation to Sun Zhuo, plus Tony Parker also has three three-point shots, these eight three-pointers helped the Spurs not be thrown off in the score.

The fourth quarter has been more than halfway through, and will soon enter the decisive stage, and the score of the two sides has been tied by the Spurs, Kobe Bryant, who has been crazy for a whole game, shooting iron one after another, seems to have exhausted his physical strength, O'Neal's physical consumption is also very large, he has scored 28 points in the whole game, and 8 of 11 free throws, which is already a very good data, but he still failed to take the exact lead.

O'Neal and Kobe Bryant were sweating profusely, their eyes revealing confusion, it seems that the Spurs are really going to fight the Lakers until the last moment, in this case, it is difficult to say who wins and who loses in the end.

The commentator who is on the scene today happens to be the champion coach of the Celtics Doug Rivers, at the beginning of this season he was still the coach of the team, but because of the poor start - only 1 win and 10 losses, so he ended his first head coach job in the NBA, and then came to ABC as a commentator, but his commentator career will not be too long, and there has been news in the past two days that he will be appointed head coach by the Celtics.

At this point in the game, Doug Rivers looked serious, and his demeanor was surprisingly consistent with the players and coaches, as if he was also the coach of one of the teams at the moment, Rivers said: "Today's G4 is the strongest matchup in the real playoffs, the Lakers and Spurs have shown their strongest posture to fight, and it is difficult for them to distinguish the winner all night, frankly, I am really worried about the Lakers, they have been relying on Kobe Bryant all the time, but Kobe is now exhausted, he can't hit the basket anymore, Shaq can't take over the game at crunch time, he'll be sent to the free throw line as soon as he threatens the Spurs basket, and Sun is just a rookie, Manuginobili defends him well, I guess he can't hit the basket in crunch time, and the Lakers can only pray that someone else will step up, but I'm not optimistic about that. ”

I don't know if it's the relationship between the upcoming Lakers' archrival team, the Celtics, Doug Rivers is still slightly biased towards the Spurs in his words when he is commenting today, and when it comes to the most critical decisive moment, he is not optimistic about the Lakers' ability to make key shots.

Rivers is indeed right, Kobe Bryant's current physical consumption is huge, but even so, the key ball still has to be handed over to him.

Time passed minute by minute, and finally it really came to the last minute, and in the last 15 seconds, the Lakers and Spurs were still tied scores!

Fortunately, it was the Lakers who attacked.

"I have the impression that the Lakers and Spurs did not play overtime in the playoffs this year in the previous life, and it seems that my appearance has made the Spurs more tenacious."

Sun Zhuo feels that the Spurs are stronger than the 04 Spurs in his impression, perhaps because the Lakers have Sun Zhuo, which makes the Spurs even more insecure, knowing that once the opponent gets the match point, there is no chance of reversal, so this desperate fight must hold the score.

Popovich did think so, and now he still needs to let the players hold the last 15 seconds, if there is no accident, the last attack will still have to go to Kobe, they just need to defend Kobe.

The two sides tied 103, the Lakers had the final ball, and the Lakers at this time were easier than the Spurs, because they had no possibility of losing after 15 seconds, only two possibilities of winning or playing overtime.

However, it can be seen from Phil Jackson's serious expression that he sees this last attack as a life-or-death goal if it is not successful.

"Kobe Bryant's consumption is too great, he can't last overtime, Shaq, Karl Malone, Gary Payton and these old guys can't do it, even if it's Sun, a rookie, the physical fitness looks a little overrun, I have a bad premonition, once it enters overtime, it will enter the rhythm of the Spurs, and this offense must be successful!" Phil Jackson watched seriously from the sidelines, and he handed over the last attack to Kobe, who had the hottest hand.

Kobe Bryant dribbled the ball, slowly consuming time, he wanted to shoot a three-point attack this time, in fact, he could kill the opponent by shooting a two-point shot, but he felt that the opponent must be more strict with his two-point shot, it was better to throw three points directly, today he has cut 45 points, for him who feels hot, three points or two points, the difference is not very big.

In the last five seconds, Bryant began to slowly dribble from the top of the arc to the left, and Bryant's dribbling rhythm was seen through by Popovich and the opponent, and Popovich shouted: "Defend his three points!" ”

The two instantly pounced on Kobe, Kobe was a little flustered, his idea of shooting three points was actually seen by the opponent! Under such circumstances, Kobe Bryant didn't dare to make a move.

At this time, he found Sun Zhuo, who was near the bottom corner on the left side, raising his arms high and asking him for the ball!

"Sun's bottom corner is okay." Bryant didn't hesitate to pass the ball over.

Sun Zhuo received the ball in the bottom corner of the left side with only three seconds left, but there was a defender standing in front of him, a player who could always find a way to deal with Sun Zhuo.

Manu Ginobili!