Chapter 70: Away vs. Magic (III.)

"Beautiful!"

Harris almost flipped the tactical board in excitement when he saw Tony's key move, and he wanted to rush to the court to kiss Tony, but fortunately several assistant coaches stopped him. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Extra time soon began, and Toney won the jump ball again from O'Neal's head.

He has 13 points, 14 boards, 1 block and 4 assists in regular time, this is because he doesn't have much offense, and O'Neal only got 25 points and 10 boards under his limit, you know, O'Neal played a full 48 minutes, such data is not his normal performance at all.

The Magic's opening defense was very strong, and Tony couldn't find the person who came to catch the ball for a while, and in desperation, he had to dribble through the half court by himself.

O'Neal didn't step forward to press Toney, he stepped back to near the free throw line.

Toney dribbled the ball slowly to the outside of the three-point line, and when he saw that O'Neal didn't mean to come out to defend, an evil smile appeared on his face.

Isn't it guarded?

Tony Young threw his hand.

His three-pointer was completely open, and there was no difficulty in making such a shot.

O'Neal was stunned for a moment when Tony made a shot, and then he thought that Tony seemed to have the ability to shoot three-pointers, although he didn't shoot much, but he almost hit the shot. By the time he reacted, it was too late, O'Neal gave up the defense and ran back to the basket, and he could only pray that Tony wouldn't come in to grab the rebound, but things didn't go his way.

"Huh"

Toney hit a three-pointer.

He scored three points for the Lakers in overtime.

Kobe Bryant saw Toni shoot a three-pointer, excitedly stepped forward and high-fived him, this ball, completely caught the Magic off guard.

The Magic didn't panic too much, and there were more than four minutes of overtime left, and the outcome was still unpredictable.

In the next round, the Magic continued to give the ball to O'Neal, O'Neal was like a nimble shark under the basket, Tony stuck to O'Neal very hard, but O'Neal's near-power could make Tony take a small step back every time, taking advantage of this opportunity, O'Neal flexibly turned around, as before, he almost ran Tony's body and turned it directly, and then easily dunked.

Now he didn't make his signature two-handed frame pulling and slamming action, because even an iron man would be tired after nearly fifty minutes of playing time, not to mention that he was not known for his endurance, so now he can save a little physical strength, and he will not fight too violently.

The game continued.

But it didn't take long for Harris to frown, he could see that the Magic's defense was very aimed at Kobe, Kobe Bryant played very hard under the Magic's infinite change of defense, Kobe Bryant has been playing for nearly a season now, but his efficiency will be greatly reduced every time he encounters a constant change of defense, this is not a technical problem, but Kobe's body is still a little thin, and he will be very uncomfortable once he meets a player who is stronger than him.

Kobe Bryant's offensive efficiency is not high right now, and although the Lakers' defense is good enough, the team has been unable to pull the score away under his non-stop playing.

As a last resort, Harris could only take a chance to return to the Lakers' possession and call a timeout.

Kobe Bryant looked a little depressed, he wrapped his head in a towel and buried it deeply, although he is very tired now, he still will not refuse to take the responsibility of shooting, but such a low offensive efficiency makes him very crazy.

Harris comforted Kobe Bryant and encouraged him to continue shooting, which made Kobe feel a lot better.

There was a 60-second timeout in extra time, and both players took the opportunity to rest hard and try to regain some energy, and Tony was the fastest in the hand-to-hand fight with O'Neal, who was now gulping down Gatorade, his body rising and falling with a violent wheez.

Harris quickly finished arranging the next defensive task, he glanced at Kobe Bryant, who was sweating profusely, and after a slight pause, he whispered a few words in Jones' ear.

The one-minute timeout was quickly over and players from both sides were back on the pitch.

Lakers serve.

The Magic put almost all the defensive focus on Kobe, Kobe Bryant's physical strength has declined a lot in the fierce confrontation, and now that he is being taken care of by the opponent, his speed has also decreased a lot, and it has become more and more difficult to get rid of the opponent without the ball.

But at this time, Jones stepped up, Kobe Bryant made a no-ball block for him, helping Jones attract Scott's defense, Jones ran out of the vacancy, Fisher was quick, and he made a refined ground-hitting pass, and sent the ball directly to Jones, who cut inside.

As soon as Jones got the ball, he threw himself directly into the air, and O'Neal saw that Jones was unguarded, so he abandoned Tony and stepped forward to make up for it.

Jones made a shot in the air, but O'Neal's hand was almost on his face, and Tony was already unguarded under the basket.

"Oh! Oh, my God! Shaq missed Marles, and Jones only needed a simple pass to get the Lakers basically another two points in hand. The on-site commentator let out an exclamation, the stalemate of the game made his nerves very excited, and now any situation on the field can cause him to exclaim.

"Huh?! Jones didn't pass the ball?! He actually shot directly at Shaq's defense!! Shaq's hand is almost sealed in his face, can this goal be scored?! ....... Oh, my God! Jones scored!! He embarrassed and shot Shaq!! With only one and a half minutes left in the game, the Lakers are 4 points ahead!! The narrator roared loudly, but his tone seemed to be a little dissatisfied, after all, this is the home team of the Magic, and it is inevitable that the commentary will be tendentious.

Watching the basketball go through a wonderful arc into the basket, Jones roared loudly, and O'Neal's actions made his blood boil suddenly, he had actually seen Tony in the empty position, he originally wanted to pass the ball, but he remembered the task given to him by Harris, and then he no longer hesitated and threw this difficult ball firmly.

Harris threw an approving look at Jones, the current Lakers need such a momentum! Kobe Bryant is locked up, so it's up to Jones to create this momentum! That was the task he had given Jones, and it now seemed that Jones had done it perfectly.

With Jones's confident face and shot, the momentum of the entire Lakers team really increased sharply, and they forgot about their physical fatigue for a while and regained their strong spirits!

Rich Adubatu didn't hesitate and called a timeout, hoping to use this timeout to suppress the Lakers' momentum.

This move made Harris's originally relaxed face frown again, he knew Adubatu's purpose, but he had no choice, he could only hope that the Lakers' players could continue to maintain this momentum.

But to his surprise, one of the Lakers players stepped forward and gathered the players directly in front of him.

"Guys! Keep your anger alive! They're scared already, all we have to do is kick their ass and stock hard! Let's win this one! GO! GO! GO!”

The one who spoke, it was—Fisher!

Fisher's speech was so provocative that it was hard to imagine that a rookie would dare to gather the players in front of the manager.

Harris smiled, he didn't feel the slightest threat of his position being challenged, on the contrary, he was very happy, Fisher is a little guy, he definitely has the potential to become the leader of the team's locker room!

Back in the game, the Lakers still look imposing, and Adubatu's plan has fallen through.

......

With 10 seconds left in the game, the Lakers led the Magic by just one point at 108-107, and the ball was in the Magic's place, and they were not safe, and if they were not careful, they could be overturned.

But the Lakers' players were very cautious, and they didn't give the Magic too much offensive chance.

The Magic couldn't even get the ball to O'Neal, and in the end, they had to make a hasty shot from beyond the three-point line by Shaw.

"Bell"

Tony Roc spread his wings and grabbed the rebound, and the game was over.