June 9, Amway Center, Orlando, Florida. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The third game of the 2008-09 finals was lit here. This time, Ye Feng and Abby didn't buy a very conspicuous quasi-VIP seat, the two sat in a very inconspicuous corner and whispered, completely ignoring the two teams that entered the warm-up. And they weren't talking about basketball, let alone the game, but about the Disney theme park on the outskirts of Orlando, which was their next trip.

That's right, Ye Feng and Abby took a plane to Orlando on the morning of the 8th, but the schedule is like this, the third game is June 9th, and the fourth game is June 11th, which means that they will either go to play together on the 10th, or they will have to wait until after the four games. But before coming to Orlando, they searched the Internet for some information about the Disney park, which also made them add it to their itinerary as soon as possible. But now, it's better to watch the game first, although it seems that the Lakers have a crushing advantage, but until the last minute, how do you know who wins and who loses?

Both sides felt good in the first quarter, with Lewis and Alston on the Magic side relying on Howard's super dominance on the inside, frequently firing outside the three-point line, while the Lakers still scored with Kobe's Gasol, the core of the inside and outside. Obviously, the Lakers have many more scoring points than the Magic, although the Magic's main scores are also scattered on Howard, Turkoglou, Alston and Lewis, but these four plus Courtney Lee form a center + four shooter configuration, that is, as long as Howard is on the court, the Magic's system will remain the same, far less than the Lakers' changes.

However, the Lakers also led by only four points at the end of the first quarter. Abby said with some concern: "It seems that the Magic game has become different, is this the bonus of the home court?" Ye Feng muttered: "Yes, basically the vast majority of teams and players can get different degrees of bonuses when they play at home, which may come from the support given to us by the home fans, or because we are more familiar with the environment of the stadium, and it may be the referee's default home whistle or something." Regardless, home advantage is still important for a team, especially at a crucial time like the Finals. ”

Sure enough, amid the shouts of Magic fans, the Magic led by Howard became more and more courageous, the outside three were separated early, and a series of three-point rain made the Lakers dizzy. The Lakers seem to have become unable to shoot except for Kobe, and Gasol on the inside has no sense of grabbing rebounds in front of Howard, allowing the "Warcraft" to cut a quasi-double-double of 10 points and 7 rebounds in a single quarter, which is already considered a poor defense of the Lakers. The Magic's efforts on both ends of the floor converted into a score gap, and they scored 32 points in the second quarter while allowing the Lakers to score only 23 points to take a 59-54 lead at halftime.

Looking at the madness of the Magic fans around him, Ye Feng was very glad that he didn't chat loudly with Abby just now, if the Magic fans knew that he was a die-hard fan of the Lakers, even if he didn't come up directly, verbal cynicism and trash talk would be inevitable. Abby doesn't seem to be unhappy, she is not a real Lakers fan after all, just because Ye Feng likes the Lakers, she just likes it. Strictly speaking, she is not a fan of any team, and the reason she gives herself is that she can only write the most objective comments if she does not think of herself as a fan of any team. Well, that's fine......

In the second half, Phil decisively changed his style and directed the Lakers players to play high-intensity defense. The Magic also responded defensively, but their defensive system looked rather monotonous, basically a routine of letting Howard solve the problem after the outside line. Although the Magic's perimeter players are heavy on offense and light on defense, it is still possible to harass Lakers players to give up outside shooting, and as long as they break through the interior, it is Howard's defensive range. The third quarter turned into a defensive battle, with the offensive efficiency of both sides plummeting and the game being sliced apart by the continuous whistles. But the Magic still withstood the Lakers' tricks, and still led slightly 22-21 in the single quarter, which also made Fill's face quite ugly.

In the last quarter, the two sides finally returned to their most familiar style of play, the Lakers' offense was basically Kobe Bryant's shoulder-to-shoulder, and occasionally let Gasol respond in the high post, Magic still uses a combination of a center + four shooters, and if there is a basket on the outside, shoot on the outside, and give the ball to Howard in the low post if the outside feel is too poor, so that he can use his non-human physical fitness to solve the problem. In the end, the Lakers still failed to tie the score, losing 104-108, and the big score became 2-1. Howard scored 21 points and 14 rebounds in this game, and four other players scored double-doubles, and the Lakers lost not at all.

But just when the Magic were ready to win two home games in a row, the Lakers used their strong strength to tell them: don't start daydreaming if you have nothing to do. On the evening of the 11th, also at the Amway Center, the Lakers fought back in the third quarter after experiencing the decline of the first half, directly filling the 12-point hole dug in the first half, and by the way, they also surpassed by 4 points. But the Magic gritted their teeth in the final quarter to tie the score in the final moments, and the key shot came from Lewis's three-point shot from the outside. However, the Lakers didn't want to return to Los Angeles with a draw, and they won 12-4 in overtime against the Magic to grab a match point on their opponent's turf.

Bryant recorded another near-triple-double of 32 points, seven rebounds and eight assists, while Gasol, Ariza and Fisher combined for 44 points, and no one else from the Lakers scored in double figures except for the four of them. Bynum, the star hopeful, has arguably met his biggest nemesis, and he is arguably the worst starter on the Lakers' Finals journey, with only six points and two rebounds in this game, and the rebounds are not as good as Fisheldo, who is a point guard. Howard had 16 points and 21 rebounds under his "defense", and the Magic's team-high scoring was Turkoglou's 25 points, Alston had 11 points, and Petrus off the bench had 15 points. But their performance was still not enough to lead the team to victory, and the Lakers' championship momentum looked unstoppable.