After the end of the third quarter, the Lakers' bench position was filled with low pressure, and their strong unwillingness could be felt from afar. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoBut what's the solution? They still have to chase 18 points in the remaining 12 minutes to hope for a win, which will require them to improve their offense and defense, scoring their own points while preventing the Trail Blazers from scoring, but this is an almost impossible task from the performance of the first three quarters.

Looking at the score on the scoreboard, Phil wanted everyone to give up the game directly, but when he saw the eyes of the players breathing fire, he couldn't say this sentence at all. To avoid embarrassment, he coughed dryly and asked, "Do you have any thoughts on the last section?" I'm not talking about tactical, I'm strategic, and I don't know what kind of mentality you have right now, but I can work out the tactics for the last section based on your attitude. Now you can speak your mind, I'll give you 30 seconds, and I'd advise you to agree as soon as possible......" he paused and continued, "at least I think we should give up this fight." ”

Before Phil's words fell, Kobe Bryant stood up and said loudly: "Coach, we all want to fight again, when we can't see the hope of winning, when will we choose to give up." It's almost 20 points behind, but it's not hopeless and we don't want to end the game like that. ”

Phil bowed slightly, looked at the others very seriously, and asked, "Is that what everyone thinks?" Everyone nodded their heads, joking, the boss said so, who would dare to do it? Not to mention that most of the players are really unconvinced, the few who want to give up the game see that others support Kobe's opinion, so they follow the crowd, at this time it is definitely right to stand with the team boss, no one will be stupid to say that they want to give up, it is not shameful enough.

After unanimous opinions, Phil hurried to take out the tactical board to set up tactics, after all, there were only two minutes between the third and fourth quarters, and it had already taken nearly half a minute just now, so the tactical arrangement should be faster. Compared with the tense atmosphere on the Lakers' side, the atmosphere on the bench of the Trail Blazers is quite relaxed, too, 18 points is already a big point difference in the playoffs, and it is not a bad thing to loosen the tight strings a little at this time, and there is also McMillan to vaccinate the players, so as not to let everyone relax too much, and the whole team of the Trail Blazers is full of confidence in the fourth quarter.

The break passed quickly, and the referee walked over to signal to both sides that the fourth quarter was about to begin. In order to let the main lineup have enough time to rest, McMillan naturally sent the team's rotation lineup, because this game is heavy back to the starter, so the rotation lineup is very lacking inside, so McMillan sacrificed a pair of short inside-Huo Ershu + Cunningham, both of them are not more than 2.08 meters tall, he doesn't expect these two people to make much contribution on the court, as long as they can hold on for at least two minutes. As for the outside line, it is still the usual combination of Bayless + Fernandez + Batum.

But the Lakers didn't send a rotational lineup to go around, they just let the starting five continue to play, and it was clear that if there was a chance to win, it didn't matter if these five men lasted the entire fourth quarter. The five people on the Trail Blazers obviously didn't expect their opponent to be the Lakers starters led by Kobe, and they panicked for a while, not only did they miss shots repeatedly, but they couldn't stop Kobe. That's right, at this time, Kobe Bryant once again took the offensive responsibility on himself, and in his opinion, he was the only one who turned the tide and led the team to a reversal and victory. Fortunately, Fernandez, who was opposite him, was completely a colander, which also made Kobe Bryant play well.

The Lakers have succeeded in attacking four consecutive rounds, and the Trail Blazers only hit one mid-range shot by Uncle Huo, and the other attacks were to give rebounds to the Lakers' interior. With Bryant hitting another mid-range shot to cut the gap to single digits, McMillan quickly called a timeout. Before he could speak, Ye Feng said, "Coach, I want to play, I believe I can buy more rest time for others." The others he was talking about were of course the four team-mates who started with him. McMillan asked solemnly, "Are you sure?" Ye Feng smiled: "I don't know, but this is the best way to use it now." ”

McMillan thought carefully for a while, and had to admit that what Ye Feng said was right, in fact, judging from the current state of the starting five, only he and Aldridge had enough rest, and Roy could too, but generally speaking, McMillan would not let him force him to play early, so as not to increase the risk of injury. Thinking of this, McMillan immediately decided to replace Batum with Ye Feng to control the team's offense, hoping to expand the difference to double digits again.

After his debut, Ye Feng did not take the initiative to make a move, and the object he chose to cooperate with was Cunningham, which was a little puzzling. However, Ye Feng has his own ideas, Cunningham is the most athletic of the four, and it is no problem to attack the basket with his height, so Ye Feng frequently uses his threat with the ball to attract the Lakers' defense, and then sends the ball to Cunningham in various ways to bomb the basket. You must know that Cunningham has been sitting on the cold bench for most of the time this season, and suddenly Ye Feng gave him the opportunity to show his face, of course, he must take advantage of it, and for a while he simply became the brightest star on the field.

Fernandez on the outside also got a lot of open shooting opportunities, Bayles looked a little hard, because his three-point shooting rate was not high, when Ye Feng passed the ball to him, he could only take a few steps into the three-point line, and then shot, but Ye Feng didn't care much, anyway, the black cat and the white cat catch the mouse is a good cat, as long as you can score, who cares how you send the ball to the basket? Of course, in addition to breaking through the score, Ye Feng himself also fired frequently outside the three-point line, and maintained a high level in the first three quarters, the Lakers are very painful, except for Kobe, other people's three-point shots are unreliable, even Kobe Bryant only suddenly exploded in this game or even this quarter of the game, you must know that he has not always been a three-point shooter.

Three-point-for-two points are no pressure on the Trail Blazers, and even if there are no shots from beyond the three-point line, Cunningham can attack the basket directly, which greatly improves the team's offensive efficiency. When the Trail Blazers stretched the margin to 12 points again, the gap between the two teams has been going back and forth between 10 and 12 points, but this kind of tug-of-war is what the Trail Blazers like to see.