Grant was a little excited, and after stripping off his training clothes, he walked straight to him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Billups didn't look at Mozgov and Stephenson again, and continued to set up his tactics.

Tang Shuai walked over and patted Stephenson's shoulder at this time, and didn't say anything, just pulled him to sit down.

Grant is a playmaker-oriented defender, and although he doesn't have as much impact as Stephenson, he is still quite good at stabilizing the situation.

After he went up, the bench didn't go any further, and Mike Dermott seemed to have a good hand in the game, hitting a three-pointer and a long-range two-pointer in the offense to help the team close some scores.

Billups was also decisive enough, seeing that Stephenson and Mozgov were not in shape, in the next game in the first half, he would rather replace Tang Shuai and their main players on the field in advance than send them out.

The increased playing time of the main players is a big test of fitness when the referees are loose on the scale, and the Timberwolves' players are all young, and this time shows their strength in this regard.

By halftime, the Timberwolves ended the first half with an eight-point lead at 59-51 thanks to a buzzer-beating three-pointer from Wiggins.

Excluding Game 1, it was the first time the Timberwolves had taken the lead in a series to end the first half.

At half-time, there was a thunderous round of applause, and the home team had done well enough in the first half to earn their respect.

And an eight-point lead is not much, but it is not too much, which greatly increases the odds of the home team winning the game.

In contrast, the Lakers' players were a little lonely, although Tang Shuai still performed well in the first half, scoring 12 points and 4 assists, but the absence of the bench lineup still put them at a disadvantage.

At halftime, I thought that Billups would get angry in the locker room, but I didn't expect that after returning to the locker room, there was no imaginary anger, Billups was still the same as usual, talking about tactics when it was time to talk about tactics, cheering for cheering, and there was no emotional change because of the performance of the players or the backwardness of the score.

But the more this performance, the more Stephenson's players who didn't perform well in the first half felt panicked.

This emotion reached its peak when Billups finished what he wanted to say and left the locker room.

"I think I have to apologize to everyone." Stephenson said suddenly.

Stephenson's words caught the attention of the others, who all looked up at him.

Tang Shuai also looked up thoughtfully.

"The night before yesterday, I went to a nightclub and played late, I thought it wouldn't affect today's game, but after the first half, I was wrong, I'm not a playoff recruit anymore, but my performance is really sorry for everyone's efforts, I'm sorry." Stephenson said and gave the team a deep bow.

The eyes of the team members were full of surprise, even Tang Shuai also looked very surprised.

Combined with what happened at the end of the last game, and seeing Stephenson's play in the first half today, he could more or less guess that they were going out that night, but what surprised him was that a person with Stephenson's character would apologize in person like this, which can be imagined the psychological pressure brought by Billups's abnormal attitude.

But soon, he was relieved, or it was this kind of character that made him his friend.

"Reims, we haven't lost yet, so let's try to play the second half." Gasol got up at this time and said, as the team's locker room boss, his statement at this time seemed very important.

"That's it, Lance, we don't lag behind much, as long as we work hard, we still have a chance." Batum also said.

"Lance, if you play so badly in the second half, you're really sorry for us." Tang Shuai got up at this time and jokingly said that he and Stephenson were friends, and it was not good to exonerate the latter too deliberately, this kind of relaxed words could ease the atmosphere a little.

Sure enough, his words immediately caused the other teammates to laugh.

He got up and patted Stephenson on the shoulder again, and this one was over.

The midfield came back and the second half continued.

The line-up of both sides was the same as in the first half, and there were no personnel changes.

At this time, even the Lakers players have to admire Garnett's perseverance, although he did not contribute much in statistics, he played 14 minutes in the first half alone, and started in the second half, which is definitely a shock for a 40-year-old veteran.

Coming back in the second half, the main players of both sides were still as inseparable as the first half.

The strength of these young people of the Timberwolves is not weak, and they are even more active and tough under the inspiration of Garnett's spirit, while the Lakers are also unhurried, and the two sides play back and forth wonderfully.

If the only deficiency is fitness, Billups did not see Stephenson's statement at half-time, he basically did not give Stephenson and Mozgov playing time in the second half, and the main players were physically exhausted much faster than expected.

Fortunately, these old ballwards of the Lakers are ready for a tough battle in advance, and after ensuring the shooting rate, they will not be said to be pulled away.

With the score from 59-51 to 68-61 and then to 76-71, the Timberwolves maintained a slight lead.

But at this point, the game entered a turning point, and Garnett was out of action.

At more than 3 minutes into the fourth quarter, according to the normal rotation, Garnett should have played, but at this time, Garnett could be seen still sitting off the court, and even the team doctor was helping him with leg ice, and it could be seen that the old wolf king was really fighting until he ran out of ammunition.

Garnett's downfall did not have much impact on the strength of the Timberwolves, but it was devastating to the team's morale, and the team at the moment looked somewhat tragic.

The Timberwolves' offense, Aldridge and Towns' inside passes directly out of the court, the two looked at each other speechless for a while.

Tang Shuai noticed this change on the field, took advantage of the time when the referee went to pick up the ball, gathered the remaining players of the team together, and then said: "Brothers, take out your mailbox and your remaining fuel, it's time to end the game." ”

The team members all nodded vigorously.

At this time, the score on the court was 87-81, and the Timberwolves still maintained a six-point lead.

Tang Shuai advanced to the front court with the ball, beckoned Noll to block and dismantle, and after the defender was replaced by Aldridge, he saw that the Timberwolves did not have a bag, and directly lowered the center of gravity to dribble, and the continuous shaking left and right led Aldridge to the center of gravity, and after the center of gravity was unstable, a sudden acceleration rushed in.

Aldridge stumbled on his feet and nearly tripped over himself.

By the time he stabilized himself, Tang Shuai had already accelerated and rushed past him.

After waiting for Aldridge, Tang Shuai took a step forward and made a low-handed layup.

At the critical moment, Downs showed his amazing talent, because Gasol was behind him, he didn't dare to defend in advance, but he used his strength at the moment of Tang Shuai's shot, and he actually interfered with it.

Tang Shuai raised some shot height, and the angle was a little off.

"Bang"

With a muffled sound, Tang Shuai's shot hit the iron.

But at this moment, Gasol jumped high to grab the offensive rebound, and got up directly to dunk.

At this time, Aldridge returned to the defense, jumped desperately, and successfully interfered with Gasol's shot.

Gasol's shot was also in vain, and the basketball hit the front and bounced again.

At that moment, a figure rushed from the outside into the inside and flicked the ball to the right.

It was Deng, the veteran who successfully predicted the landing point of the basketball, and after getting rid of Wiggins' pursuit, jumped to the rebounding point.

The rebound hit Tang Shuai's hand, Tang Shuai waited until Deng flew in front of him, followed by a quick jump, and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand with his right hand.

There was an explosive cheer at the scene.

It was not easy to score these two points, but the whole team of 4 people participated in the offense and grabbed 2 offensive rebounds, which is enough to show the team's hard work at the moment.

In contrast, the momentum that the Timberwolves have been maintaining gradually lost after Garnett's departure, like a sword slashing down, and the edge of the sword gradually dissipated after failing to kill the opponent.

85 to 89.

90 to 92.

96 to 93.

101 to 95.

The Lakers caught up with the score little by little, and then pulled away from the overtake, and by the time the game entered the last 4 minutes, they had recovered the score and pulled the score away little by little.

The fans at the scene have been shaking their heads, and the Lakers bench is extremely excited, as long as they maintain this rhythm of the game, the team wins this game, and they will advance to the second round!

"Little wolf cubs, try your best!" At this moment, Garnett stood up from the bench and walked to the sideline to shout at the Timberwolves players on the court, his steps staggering a little, but the tone of his shouting was unusually firm.

The fans in the front row couldn't help but be moved, what kind of will can make a 40-year-old veteran make such a shout.

The Timberwolves players on the court stood upside down, and Towns beckoned the players to his side at this time, without saying much, just letting the players fold their hands and shout cheers.

It was this cheer, but it was like a burst of stimulant, making the Timberwolves' players' eyes red, like angry wolves.

The Timberwolves' offense, Wiggins broke through the defense and hit the iron from mid-range, but Towns grabbed the offensive rebound from the bag of Gasol and Knoll, and then scored a dunk under pressure.

The audience at the scene instantly roared like crazy.

The Lakers' offense, Tang Shuai encountered the bag and divided the ball to the vacant Batum, Batum started to shoot, and the "bang" was a little unlucky, and the rebound was grabbed by Gasol, but he was directly blocked by Downs by the shot after playing.

After the basketball was blocked and landed, Aldridge and Noll scrambled, and Aldridge called a timeout with the ball in his arms.

The game went to the dead ball, and as soon as he got off the court, the Timberwolves team doctor came to help Aldridge stop the bleeding, and in the scramble just now, his arm was cut by Noll.

Aldridge didn't frown when he dealt with it, and the other team members didn't go over to ask, but focused on stopping Thibodeau's tactical arrangement.

In the final moments of the game, the wolfness of the Timberwolves' wolf cubs was yelled out by Garnett. (To be continued.) )