Salehi recovered a lot after the pause, although he looks giggling on the surface, constantly changing various supermodel girlfriends every day, but in fact, Salehi is a very introverted person in his heart, only those who really understand him know that this is actually a very fragile person, his cynical and championship-seeking appearance is used to hide his fragile heart.

In the past, when he was in Europe, Salish conquered everyone with his talent, which made Salehi feel that he was the greatest talent in the world.

However, when he arrived in the NBA, he found that he couldn't even get into the second rate here, and he was even willing to accept a lower salary than he was in Europe for a stable playing position.

Salish, who was devastated by the blow, was already suffering from psychological problems, and he was afraid of failure, especially for himself.

Wang Lei has actually discovered this flaw of Salish a long time ago, so he will not let this now more and more famous player hold the ball at critical moments, but in the usual games, Wang Lei has been trying to adjust Salish's mentality.

Back in the game, the Runners made a slight adjustment to the lineup, Toby Syves, who had excellent defensive awareness, was replaced by Stephen Chambers, who was more powerful on three points, and what Wang Lei needed now was that the team could continue to maintain the lead and maintain the pressure on the Lakers.

Turgun advanced to the front court with the ball, the Lakers changed their defensive strategy at this time and changed to joint defense, Van Laudway did not dare to still use man-to-man defense at this time, the previous game showed that Turgun still has a huge deterrent even if he does not shoot, and it is difficult for man-to-man defense to limit Turgon's play, so now the Lakers use joint defense to let Turgun try to shoot, but he must not be allowed to get close to the basket.

Turgun didn't attack either, he pressed the game time, and when there were ten seconds left on the offensive time, the Runners players all moved, and Salish used Erwin's cover to get rid of the Lakers players who were defending him after two consecutive off-ball changes from the baseline.

Sallich, who pocketed from the right corner to the left corner, was not able to fully secure the open spot, and the Lakers' defensive rotation was very fast.

However, Turgun still made a quick pass to Salish, and the Runners' attack time was running out, less than five seconds.

Salish, who received the pass in the bottom corner, silently recited what Wang Lei said just now, he is a man, a man who dares to take responsibility, he wants to shoot, brave and determined.

The Lakers' defenders pressed up immediately after Salish received the ball, but he was a little slower, and Salish did not hesitate at all after receiving the ball, and shot three points directly and crisply, and the whole action was done in one go, exactly like daily training.

The basketball slid through a beautiful arc and crashed into the net, and the Runners re-established a seven-point advantage.

It is unknown what will happen to Salish after that, but Wang Lei and everyone in the Runners know that this handsome European guy will definitely develop well in the future.

The opponent has re-established a seven-point advantage, and the pressure is now all on the Lakers' side.

However, Van Lauderway has done a good job of revamping the team recently, and the Lakers players are really experienced, and they are still in good shape at this time, especially the two core players.

In this offense for the Lakers, they took advantage of the Runners' expansion of the defensive area almost after Stelle Carter received the ball in the high post.

After receiving the ball in the high post, Sterry did not have any stagnation, and the direct and coherent turn action shook off Elwin, who was close to him, and also caused a foul by Stephen Chambers, who came up to the defense, to make it two and one.

Stephen is mediocre except for his three-point shot, but his defensive attitude at this time is still commendable, at least he makes up for it, and although he makes mistakes in defense, it is much better than the rookie who watches others score.

Next, Turgun dribbled the ball through the half court and played with Erwin to block and dismantle, and Erwin, who formed a misplaced attack, was sent directly to the free throw line by Charles Mobley, who had switched over.

Under pressure, even though Erwin's fundamentals were solid, he still made mistakes, hitting only one of his two free throws.

With less than two minutes left before the end of the normal game, the Lakers were running out of time, and they finally lost their breath.

Van Lauderway called a final timeout and the team needed some special tricks to chase the points.

After the timeout, Charles Mobley pushed to the frontcourt, and he saw that Turgon's defense was not too close, and he shot a three-point shot that bounced off the front of the basket and then luckily fell into the net.

The Lakers unexpectedly narrowed the gap to two points.

The Runners players who were preparing to serve from the baseline were met with extremely tight full-court pressing from the Lakers, and Sallich, who served from the baseline, had to call a timeout when the five seconds were approaching, and he was a little more experienced than the other young players on the Runners, and if it were other rookies, the ball might have changed hands.

The short timeout ended quickly, Wang Lei did not arrange fixed tactics, he knew that Turgun would have his own choice, and he also believed in Turgon's choice, and Wang Lei estimated that the Lakers were likely to use foul tactics at this time, so he did not arrange offensive tactics for the team, but replaced the team with the most accurate free throws in the team, and he was also the strongest player.

Sure enough, it was not unexpected by Wang Lei, as soon as the runners served in the middle, the Lakers immediately adopted foul tactics.

Turgon, who received the ball, was directly held to death by the Lakers players, and the referee immediately blew the whistle.

Van Lauderway knew it was too early to foul with less than two minutes left, but he really didn't dare to let the Runners attack like this, and if the opponent came directly to make a three-pointer, the game would be completely out of suspense, so he let the team use foul tactics early and then look for opportunities to overtake the score.

Turgon, who walked to the free throw line, hit both free throws steadily, did not give the Lakers any chance, and the difference between the two sides returned to four points, and the Lakers still retained the hope of winning.

But then the Lakers players finally couldn't hold the string in their hearts, the Lakers players who were four points behind were too eager to shoot three-pointers in their offense, although this was indeed an empty shot, but the Lakers players' three-point strength was still slightly worse, and Van Lauder still lacked some time to continue to transform the current Lakers team.

Elvin, who struggled to protect the rebound, was fouled by the Lakers players at the first time, and this time he withstood the pressure and made two free throws, and the game completely lost its suspense.

The much-anticipated Christmas game ended in such a simple way, as the Runners secured their lead in the West by beating the much-changed Lakers without a major general, and the Lakers learned more from such a game, at least as Lakers head coach Van Lauderway said after the game.