Chapter 210: Invest in Labor Again
The sixth game of the Lakers vs Warriors started at the Oracle Center, and in this game, Kobe Bryant finally broke the iron drought of the first two games, and the Lakers relied on Kobe Bryant's score to bite the score tightly with the Warriors.
Phil Jackson said after the game that he asked Kobe to reduce his shooting, but Kobe Bryant still did it alone in this game, the difference is that he felt very good in this game, and he has scored 30 points in the first three quarters.
In the final quarter, the Warriors replaced Crawford in order to strengthen the offense. The Lakers' defense of Crawford has always been problematic, and Fisher is even more obvious when he is on the court, unable to keep up with the pace, except for Fisher, the other two benches are unable to control the tempo well.
Crawford stepped up at a critical moment, and Li Zhi was a little lucky. He had a bad hand today, reaching 5-of-19 from the field, scoring 13 points on free throws, and in the fourth quarter, he could no longer find his hand unscrupulously, and he would now rather be a blue-collar defender. As long as they win this pizza, the Warriors will advance.
The Warriors fielded O'Neal, Milicic, Rich, Barnes, and Crawford. Nelson arranged Crawford's singles, which was to make a big fuss about the slow pace of the Lakers guards, and Nelson also knew that Li Zhi's hand was problematic, and Li Zhi was not arranged to play alone in the fourth quarter, even Jordan had times when he played abnormally, and Nelson did not complain about Li Zhi.
O'Neill and Milicic both played Crawford's pick-and-roll, and Richmond waited for opportunities in the low post, giving him a pass whenever Crawford attracted the defense. Rich's current role is very much like Barnes, and even if he doesn't score, he can help the team win.
While everything was developing steadily, the unexpected happened, and the Lakers knew that the guard line could not guard Crawford, and took a vicious foul on Crawford. By all indications, it was all pre-arranged.
When Crawford dribbled through, Vujasic, who was in charge of defense, had an obvious kick, and Jackson and Barnes' foul on Kobe Bryant was only an intimidation and did not cause substantial damage, but Vujacic made Crawford fall to the ground in pain. Crawford held his calves in his hands and couldn't stand up for a long time.
Vujacic's foul was clearly directed towards the man, and Barnes immediately rushed forward, and the players on both sides argued again.
Barnes went over and shoved Vujacic and knocked him to the ground.
The referee came over and directly gave Vujacic a second-degree malicious foul and ejected him. Barnes was impulsive and received a technical foul. Barnes has been whistled for a technical foul before because of his excessive defensive Kobe Bryant, and now he is going to be sent out.
The Lakers used a piece of scraps to fight out the two Warriors generals, and the Oracle Arena immediately resounded with earth-shattering boos. When it came to the critical moment, the Lakers chose to survive in this way.
Barkley was angry and said: "Phil Jackson is so bad, if he can't beat it, he orders the players to scrap the opposing players, what rubbish!" ”
Kenny Smith also said: "This is really excessive, Vujacic has no professional ethics at all, he should be suspended, but it's a pity for Barnes, now the Warriors are missing two big men, I don't know how the next game will develop." ”
Many fans who were watching the game also voiced their opinions, many NBA forums denounced Vujasic's villainous behavior, and many Lakers fans also stood up, which made them feel disgusted.
Without Barnes and Crawford, the Warriors replaced Nick Young and Jackson, and it is still a mystery whether the two of them can help the Warriors at this time.
After the substitution, Li Zhi continued to defend Kobe Bryant on the outside, Kobe Bryant relied on blocking and dismantling to get rid of Li Zhi to catch the ball, and then the Lakers covered second, and Kobe Bryant faced O'Neal.
In the face of the old enemy, Kobe Bryant did not break through, but chose a pull-up jump shot to score two points.
Bryant had already made four mid-range shots in this way, and the Warriors shot iron, and the Lakers took the opportunity to overtake the score and lead the Warriors by 7 points.
Nelson was in a hurry on the sidelines, asked for a timeout at a critical moment, and without Crawford, Li Zhi had to step up. Nelson arranged for Jackson to defend Kobe, the point guard was replaced by Morrow to ensure outside firepower, and only O'Neal was on the inside, and Gerald Green was on top of the No. 4 position.
Nelson didn't know if this approach would work, and he was now on a desperate gamble. On the defensive end, Li Zhi only needs to defend Ariza, and the rest of his energy is all focused on offense. Even if his attack was not good today, but the team needed him, he had to step up.
Compared with the panting O'Neill, Li Zhi is obviously a little more sure.
Fans lament that if it weren't for Crawford, the Warriors would have been able to win the Lakers. Now that they're on the board, everything is uncertain.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for activating the hidden quest: Mr. Section 4. Requirements: Reversal of the game in the fourth quarter. Quest Punishment: None, Quest Reward: Unknown. ”
Li Zhi clenched his fists, even if there was no systematic task, he would stand up, and now he had more reasons to stand up. Now, all Li Zhi has to do is score, equalize, and overtake.
In the past, Li Zhi admired those fourth quarter gentlemen, they turned the tide on the court, BA's most famous key Mr. is the peak Maddy, 35 seconds and 13 minutes to overturn the Spurs, Kobe Bryant was also ruthless at critical moments, Wade turned the tide in the finals. Now, Li Zhi has the opportunity to be one of those people.
Li Zhi has yet to prove himself in key moments in the playoffs, and this playoffs, he exists entirely as a role player, although he also scores a lot and has a good defensive effect, but his presence is not high.
The game resumes, and the Warriors possess the ball. Li Zhi let go, they must win this game, as long as they win against the Lakers, the Rockets are not a problem.
Richie held the ball on the outside, and then O'Neal's block broke through to the inside and shook off Ariza. Odom defended up, and Richmond Alexander, his heart was pounding, and his legs were full of energy. Now at a critical moment, the whole world is watching him...... Spelled
He's going to be efficient, he's going to try to score, and Odom has already committed four fouls and can't be coaxed himself. Li Zhi took the ball to the bottom line, Odom continued to follow him, Li Zhi was framed, and Odom looked at the basketball under Li Zhi's eyes directly.
Odom was ruthless and suddenly made a move, trying to steal Rich. Behind Li Zhi is the sideline, you can't retreat, and there is only a dead end when you retreat. At this time, Li Zhi suddenly threw the ball out of Odom's crotch, and his body flashed Odom's impact, grabbed the basketball and rushed to the basket.
Odom didn't expect Li Zhi to make such a move, lost his center of gravity and fell on the bottom line.
In front of Li Zhi was an empty basket, and he pulled out his hand directly. This position is Richie's sweet spot, taking a step inside the three-point line in the bottom corner, where he has made countless mid-range jumpers.
Enter, enter!
The fans shouted in their hearts, but the basketball bounced out of the basket at this time, and Li Zhi's hand was so bad that he got rid of the defense and didn't shoot.
Bynum took the backcourt rebound and passed to Kobe Bryant for a fast break, and after entering the three-point line, Kobe suddenly stepped back and made a three-point shot. The three-point shot was scored, and Kobe Bryant turned his head to look at Li Zhi, his eyes were cold.
This is a common move used by Lee Chi Ching, a fast three-point attack, and now Kobe Bryant is using his way to give the Warriors a fatal blow.
At 88:98, the Warriors trailed the Lakers by 10 points.
The Warriors were silent, and everyone felt Kobe's terrible, although they scolded Kobe and ridiculed Kobe's shooting rate, but when Kobe turned into the black mamba, he was incomprehensible.
Richie got the ball again, and he's in the same shape as James in the '07 Finals. Li Zhi witnessed the final battle, James did not feel good, but his teammates also did not feel good, he especially needed the help of his teammates, but his teammates also needed him.
Passing?
No!
Li Zhi broke through with the ball, Ariza pounced, Li Zhi turned around and dodged Ariza, and now he has a bad hand and can't jump shots, so he can only kill under the basket. O'Neal was stuck with Bynum, only Odom alone helped defend it, Gerald Green covered to death, Odom pushed Green angrily, but Green didn't know where the strength came from, so he blocked Odom to death.
Lee makes layup, 90:98.
Richie high-fives O'Neill and Gerard Green. When he returned to defense, Li Zhi thought of O'Neal and Green's firm eyes just now, he clenched his fist, his teammates haven't given up yet, and I can't give up either.
Kobe Bryant finally missed, Jackson tried his best to jump and interfere with Kobe's shooting, O'Neal won the layup, and Li Zhi received the ball for a fast break. Against Ariza, Li Zhi hit a layup. 92:98
Ariza had a small defensive move just now, and he pulled Li Zhi's jersey with his hand, but the action was very secretive.
The situation of the Lakers is the same as that of the Warriors, except for Kobe, everyone else feels cold, on the Warriors' side, Morrow has a three-point threat, and can also help Li Zhi reduce defensive pressure, but Kobe is not so lucky, he is facing the Warriors' toughest defense. In this attack, Kobe Bryant's jumper missed.
The Warriors attacked, Li Zhi broke through to make fouls, Odom made five fouls, but Phil Jackson did not make substitutions, and the Lakers were unavailable. With Mbenga, he is worse than Odom.
Lee hit both free throws to give the Warriors a four-point trail.
On the defensive end, the Warriors tried their best to bite Kobe, Kobe faced Jackson's mental and physical double attack, and finally made a mistake, Jackson hugged the incoming ball and scuffled with Kobe on the ground.
The referee came over, looked at the scene, and let the two sides fight for the ball. Jackson picked up the basketball and waved his arm at the fans, and the Warriors fans gave Jackson a huge round of applause. This man, like '07, used his tenacity to bring passion to the whole team as always.
At the beginning of the scrum, Kobe Bryant skipped Jackson, but Li Zhi ran out of the crowd in an instant, dared to get the basketball before Fisher, and ran towards the basket, Fisher chased after him, but Li Zhi distanced himself from him in three steps and made a successful layup.
At 96:98, the Warriors are now only 2 points behind.
Phil Jackson called a timeout, a two-point gap, and in the final 57 seconds, players on both sides were nervous.
Jackson laid out the tactics, and they adopted a man-to-man tactic and put Li Zhi alone. Odom was put back on the field by Jackson, and Odom was put on the power forward by Jackson at this time, and as long as Li Zhi entered the penalty area, Odom had to defend Li Zhi strictly. Offensively, Jackson didn't have a tactic, he just drew a few times on the strategy board, and then said: "You must let Kobe get the ball, everyone else will open up the space, open the space and let Kobe play alone." ”
Kobe Bryant's face was expressionless, and Jackson said again: "I believe you, the Lakers dynasty shouldn't stop here, we still have a longer way to go." ”
Kobe Bryant snorted, all he could think about now was getting the ball and winning the game. Phil Jackson has to admit that although he sometimes doesn't like Kobe Bryant playing alone, but at critical moments, Kobe Bryant's most trusted person.
When the game restarted, everyone held their breath, some hoped that the Lakers could win the game, and some hoped that the Warriors would defend the Lakers.
Bryant had no choice but to play. Gasol's injury has been evaluated again, and he needs to rest for two weeks, which means that Gasol can return as long as the Lakers can make it to the Finals. This game was won, and the Lakers were united, and next time they returned to their home court to tie seven, they had a good chance to continue.
Kobe Bryant took the ball on the outside, and Li Zhi did not defend closely, but waited for Kobe Bryant one step away. Bryant didn't rush to attack, he had to consume time and wait until the last few seconds to attack again. Li Zhi didn't put pressure on Kobe, and a steal was not a good option at this time.
Kobe Bryant watched the time on the timer get less and less, and silently calculated in his mind, and in the last 7 seconds, Kobe suddenly moved. Li Zhi took a deep breath and followed Kobe Bryant.
Kobe Bryant held the ball in his right hand, dribbled the ball under his crotch to his left hand, and then gave the ball to his right hand after making the next move, Li Zhi followed with small steps, he could not foul, but to give Kobe a fatal blow when Kobe broke through.
Kobe Bryant really chose to break through, dribbled to the halfway line, and made a quick stop and stepped back to shoot a jumper.
The arc of Kobe's shot was not high, and Li Zhi and he did not lift their bodies, but opened their hands to grab the basketball. Bryant looked horrified.
This guy won't catch a basketball!
A second later, Kobe Bryant laughed, and the basketball was about to fall into the basket. Li Zhi felt a heart-piercing pain from his fingertips, and turned to look at the basketball.
Boom...... Boom......
The basketball slammed twice in the basket, swung around again, and suddenly jumped out.
"Rebound!"
Kobe yelled and rushed inside, O'Neal pushed Kobe and Bynum alone, Richie rushed into the penalty area, Odom wanted to jump, but Gerard Green instantly came to Odom and stuck his position.
The rebound was held in Lidge's arms, and Nelson immediately asked the referee for a timeout.
There are 24 seconds left on the clock, which is exactly an offense, and it takes a few seconds to grab a rebound.
Nelson gave the last chance to attack Lee, who held the ball outside the three-point line, and the same choice as Kobe Bryant, consumed time.
The Lakers did not adopt foul tactics, Phil Jackson did not believe that Li Zhi could shoot, he had a bad hand throughout the game, and the scoring relied on layups and free throws.
Time passed second by second, 8 seconds, Li Zhi accelerated a step, shook off Ariza and rushed towards the three-point line, the Lakers did not help defense, they could accept Li Zhi to the restricted area to score two points, so that the Lakers had a few seconds, and they still had a chance to kill.
But Kobe Bryant's eyes widened in the next moment, and Li Zhi suddenly stopped at the three-point line and shot without hesitation.
"Bang!"
The audience sighed and didn't enter!
Phil Jackson had a smile on his face, young man, it's still too arrogant, don't give you two points. But his smile stiffened in the next moment, and a hoarse voice came from the audience.
"Stinky boy, aren't you TM three-pointers? Invest in labor and capital again. ”
O'neill! It's O'Neill! He threw the basketball out of the inside line, and it just fell into Li Zhi's hands.
O'Neal had a chance to make a layup, but he pulled it out.
Bryant shouted, "Stop! Ariza suddenly came to his senses and pounced on Li Zhi, but it was too late, Li Zhi had already shot, and it was still the Ray Allen three-point shooting bag that had shot countless times.
"Huh!"
Entered!
!!!
We won! Lore! The timing was just right!
"Old man, isn't it just a three-pointer!" Li Zhi looked at O'Neill and said lightly.