With only five minutes left in the game, the Knicks led by two points, and the main players of both sides were back on the court. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

To be precise, the Lakers used a small lineup at this time, replacing starting center Chris Memem with power forward Brian Grant.

Maintain the attack power on the outside, and only need to defend on the inside.

Chaggy Atkins, who was shorter than him in Marbury, forced a break again to create a foul.

He made one of two free throws, and as one of the Knicks' longest-playing players, he was also a little tired.

After Kobe Bryant was guarded against the ball, he went directly to the low post to ask for the ball, and was about to single Li Hai to get his face back.

After Kobe Bryant received the ball and sat in it twice, he turned around and leaned back to shoot.

If Lehi can jump completely, it's not that he can't reach the position where Kobe Bryant shots, but he can't jump fully due to body contact when he is back, which is also an important reason why there is no solution to the back-to-back singles, and the defender can't jump like a frontal defense because of physical confrontation.

The ball perfectly avoided Lehi's defense, but the position was slightly off.

Kurt Thomas picked up the rebound and handed it to Marbury, who drove the ball forward quickly, and after halftime handed it to Crawford on the side, Crawford made a quick shot, but unfortunately missed.

The Lakers once again put the ball in Kobe's hands, and Lehi secretly added strength to Kobe Bryant, so that the opponent could not dribble too deep with his back.

With the same technical move, Kobe Bryant was full of confidence and turned over and hit the ball with a jumper.

When it was the Knicks' turn to attack, Marbury also hit the mid-range with his teammates covering.

The score stalemate is a very common thing in basketball games, both sides shoot when they shoot, both sides make mistakes when they make mistakes, and when the atmosphere on the court is too tense, players are easy to fall into this kind of strange circle.

At this time, that team can jump out first, grasp one more opportunity than the opponent, can break the deadlock, and is more likely to become the final winner.

The Lakers dribbled directly over half the court this time, and suddenly changed direction and accelerated in front of Lehi to rush to the bottom line, seeing that Lehi was not out of position, Kobe Bryant immediately turned his back to his body, sat down in it for a while, turned around and erased it in the middle, squeezing into the three-second zone.

Lehi kept following in the footsteps of the opposing team, jumping high when Kobe Bryant made a shot.

However, Bryant faked this time and slipped the ball through the crack to Odom.

Odom hit solid shots in the middle, Tim Thomas was unsuccessful in his defense, and so was the backup power forward, Odom was the type who was difficult to defend.

In the Knicks' offense, the player who defended Lehi was Butler, Butler's defense with the ball was not bad, but he couldn't keep up with Lehi without the ball.

Lehi didn't rush to the ball after receiving the ball, and also made a back-to-back singles stance.

He resisted twice inside and then suddenly turned and killed the inside, and as soon as the opponent came up, the ball in his hand was distributed to Kurt Thomas, who was unguarded and easily hit a two-pointer.

It's still a 3-point gap, and there's just over 2 minutes left.

At this point, Bryant did the point guard thing together, Chaki Atkins was focused on ambushing outside the three-point line, and Odom also pulled out, freeing up space inside.

Kobe Bryant dribbled the ball in front of Lehi at an average speed, and suddenly accelerated to erase it inside.

Even if Lehi knew he was going to speed up, he couldn't make the right judgment in an instant, and Bryant's ball handling skills only knew if he was going left or right after he accelerated.

Taking advantage of that momentary advantage, Kobe Bryant came to the side of the basket and started to throw.

Lehi jumped up and sealed it with all his might, no matter how realistic the previous feints were, when it came to the start, he was definitely going to shoot, and Lehi made an interception move without thinking about it.

The whistle blew and Lehi fouled.

There is no way at all, Kobe Bryant stuck together when he started, if Lehi didn't block it with all his might, Kobe Bryant's ball would go straight in, and it was no problem to dunk, but it was easy to foul when he jumped.

That's the price to pay for judging a delay of a few tenths of a second, and you will encounter such problems when playing against top strikers swing people, and it will not necessarily be successful if you put in more effort on defense than on offense.

Many people are reluctant to work defense because it is not easy to defend.

But Lehi is different, he likes to defend, just like the offense can break through the opponent's defense, he is not satisfied with only beating the opponent on the offensive end, he also wants to beat the opponent on the defensive end.

To be a real core player, that's how you should be.

At the critical moment, Kobe Bryant hit both free throws, and turned the score gap into an extremely unstable 1 point.

As the minutes passed, the Lakers' defense at this time also improved to the highest level, and Crawford had no chance to connect the ball under Kobe's marking.

Lehi could only ask for the ball with his back, but Marbury glanced at it and didn't give it, but forcibly erased it.

The foul was caused again, and Lehi's hanging heart also fell temporarily.

Most of the stars who are extraordinarily competitive like them believe in themselves more in the final moments, and the same is true for Lehi.

This time, Marbury hit both free throws, and the Lakers called a timeout.

"If Bryant is close to the three-second zone with the ball, he will make a pinch shot." Coach Williams admonished.

Lehi didn't have any opinions, and at the last moment, Kobe Bryant's strength was enough to enjoy such treatment.

After coming on the court, Kobe Bryant still wanted to solve the problem on his own, and when he received the ball and turned his back to the three-second zone, Crawford immediately came over to pinch it, and Kobe Bryant had to pass the ball out.

After two times, most of the offensive time was also consumed.

Odom went out at this time and held the ball at 45 degrees to make an offensive stance, Tim Thomas quickly pasted it, Odom dribbled a step forward, jumped up and threw the ball to Butler on the other side, Butler made a three-point shot, the ball bounced twice in the basket and fell, and hit a three-point shot.

104:104, in the last 30 seconds, the two teams were tied.

The Knicks took a timeout, and the coach drew on the strategy board a tactic that he had practiced many times before, "Don't rush, shoot the ball and we'll win." ”

Marbury received the ball and made a surprise move, and when he saw that the opposing defender was not fooled, he immediately stepped back two steps and controlled the time outside the three-point line.

With nine seconds left on the offensive clock, Kurt Thomas came up to cover, and Marbury instantly accelerated and rushed inside.

But the Lakers had anticipated Marbury's attack options, and the two players quickly caught up.

Marbury staggered and almost missed, but in the end, he was skilled, and when he leaned on the defender, the ball was thrown out.

The position was a bit bad, but Lehi's long arm still caught the ball.