261. Western Conference Finals 16
Kobe Bryant took the ball in Liu Ren's hand, broke out at a critical moment, and forcibly squeezed Ginobili into the inside line, Ginobili couldn't prevent it from falling to the floor with a bang, and the referee completely ignored Ginobili's fake fall at this critical moment, Kobe Bryant entered the inside line to face Duncan and Dior to assist in defense, turned around and stuck the two behind him, and hit a small hook. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
97-99, the Lakers are only two points behind!
Ginobili got up and clenched his fists, this game can't be lost!
Spurs attack!
Walking on his old arms and legs, Ginobili took a strong European step, as a left-hander, his steps were too weird, one step to pass Kobe Bryant into the interior, and another step to shake Whiteside and Gasol to easily pick and shoot.
Kobe Bryant and Ginobili, the two key gentlemen, began to fight against each other at a critical moment!
At this point, it's up to the superstar's individual abilities! All human abilities are almost at the limit, and the referee will not interfere too much in the game.
Kobe and Ginobili are both key gentlemen who can be ranked in the top five in the new century, and the last two minutes have become the stage for the two to perform, Kobe Bryant made a turnaround jumper, and Ginobili immediately made a weird layup with a twisted body.
With 26 seconds left, the Spurs possessed the ball, and the Spurs still maintained a one-point lead, just Kobe Bryant beat Leonard a 2+1 to narrow the gap to one point!
A key goal, the Spurs basically won, the Lakers returned to Los Angeles with a series record of one win and one loss, and if they did not enter the Lakers, they had a theoretical counterattack chance, and it was possible to return to Los Angeles with a 2-0 away record, so that the possibility of the Lakers winning the Western Conference Finals skyrocketed!
The division final was led 2-0, a rare precedent in history to turn the tables!
At this time, the difference between the two coaches can be seen, D'Antoni is yelling at the defense on the long side, but Popovich is sitting on the side steadily, giving the Spurs players a lot of confidence.
After Parker dribbled for more than ten seconds, the Spurs started to run!
Danny Green has had an explosive year, both in terms of running and shooting ability better than last season, and this time he once again took advantage of his teammates to get a three-pointer gap!
The Spurs have always been quick and precise in their passing, and the ball was in the hands of Danny Green just when he was in position.
Like a cold-blooded killer, Danny Green hit a three-pointer before the 24-second timer went off!
At 111-107, the Spurs led by 4 points and only had 4 seconds left for the Lakers!
The Spurs were caught off guard, and D'Antoni sat on the ground in frustration, not even calling a timeout, and trailing by four points with four seconds left, unless someone in the Spurs' brain smoked a foul when the Lakers shot a three-pointer and the Lakers had to shoot to equalize.
But that obviously won't happen, and in the end, Nash missed a three-pointer from beyond the arc, and the Lakers lost 107-111 to the Spurs on the road.
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In this game, Popovich used strategy and team strength to knock down the Lakers' high morale, and both players and fans could see that D'Antoni was not Popovich's opponent at all in terms of on-the-spot reaction and overall view.
Winning is only part of the story, it's the morale of the Lakers that counts!
With one win and one loss in two games, still at home, the Spurs looked a little disadvantaged from the big score, but Popovich achieved what he wanted.
After the first Lakers victory, the media's wind was one-sided in favor of the Lakers, and the psychological pressure on the Spurs players was huge, so Popovich must win the second game, not seeking a big victory, but beating the Lakers at a critical moment to regain the team's concentration and confidence.
The Lakers' two leading scorers scored 45 points in Game 2 and played well at a critical moment, both defeating the Lakers in this case, which was a huge bonus to the confidence of the Spurs players, and in turn the Lakers were a little shaken, especially questioning D'Antoni's positional command ability......
The second game is the turning point of this series, the Spurs are better than the Lakers after all, both in terms of strength and coach, maybe the Lakers are more talented in this group of young people, and the veterans are also very experienced, but the young ones are still too young, and the coach is not useful, although Kobe Bryant has a certain coaching ability, he is a player after all, and he can't do the focused planning and tactics like Popovich.
The 1-1 away record did not give the Lakers any advantage, but allowed the Spurs to focus on playing the Western Conference Finals as the Finals.
At this time, Popovich no longer hid his strength, and hid the Spurs for a season, and the rhythm change of play was completely sacrificed, and on the 23rd, the Spurs defeated the Lakers away to snatch back the home court advantage.
It was thought that it would be another tight game, but unexpectedly Spurs won a big victory!
Popovich studied the Lakers thoroughly after two games, the Lakers team has too many young people, lack of experience in the playoffs, and only Kobe Bryant and Liu Ren, Gasol, and Nash really play their strengths, Popovich easily found a way to beat the Lakers and expanded the advantage in the second game.
Coming back from the road 1-1 to 1-2 at home, being robbed of home-court advantage is a huge blow for the Lakers.
On the 25th, the Spurs scored another game, defeating the Lakers 97-90 and expanding the score to 3-1!
Objectively speaking, this season's Spurs are the strongest in Spurs history! Even the Spurs led by Duncan at their peak were not as good as the current team!
On the 26th, the Lakers came to San Antonio again, and the original spirit was gone......
At five o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, the game started immediately, and Liu Ren looked at the Spurs Arena with black and white as the main color, feeling a little bitter.
Although he has long known that this season's Spurs are as strong as a hanging, to the extreme of the team's peak, he does not admit defeat and wants to beat the Spurs.
After the first game, he was even more confident of winning the series, and in the second game he worked very hard, but he didn't expect it to be the trap of the opponent!
After the third and fourth games, Liu Ren fully understood that Popovich deliberately let him keep playing singles, constantly consuming his strength, using the overall strength of the Spurs that is difficult to come after him to consume, and disrupting the Lakers' offensive strategy, and then defeating them.
I wanted to trap my opponent with a trap, but I didn't expect to be caught in a trap by my opponent with a bigger trap, Liu Ren's current mood can be described as bad.
The media is the grass on the wall, a week ago they also boasted that the Lakers were going to overturn the Spurs, and after the Spurs regained the home court advantage, they praised how good the Spurs were, and even compared the previous championship teams with the Spurs, they found that the Spurs' offensive and defensive efficiency, overall strength, and scoring balance can be ranked in the forefront of the entire NBA history, and some even rank first in history!
A Spurs craze is spreading in basketball circles all over the world, and no one is optimistic about the Lakers.
"I don't care if they're a team that can be compared to the OK in '01, whether they can compete with the Bulls in '96, whether they're the best team in 20 years, I have to win! Certain! ”
Liu Ren is different from other teammates who were beaten by the Spurs, and he is now angry like an angry lion!