Chapter 20: Three-Point Kill

Because of Kobe's absence, Harris temporarily promoted Byron Scott to the starter, although he does not have Kobe's impact, but he can provide stable output. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

His experience made up for Robinson's recklessness, and he then began to play at point guard, and Robinson was moved to the point guard.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers trailed by nine points, 20-29.

However, at the beginning of the second quarter, Toney's excellent play helped the Lakers set off a comeback craze, Tony blocked and Holly was able to run out of the open space outside the three-point line and hit it steadily. Then, Olajuwon hit Tony under the basket and was put down by Tony, Tony picked up the backcourt rebound and threw it to Scott, Scott threw the ball high into the sky, and Jones quickly went down to the air to relay it. Immediately after that, Toney took off Barkley's mid-range shot while helping to defend, and he grabbed the rebound.

The Rockets' return defense was very timely, and the Lakers did not find an opportunity to counterattack with a fast break, and Robinson missed a breakthrough layup, but Tony immediately grabbed the frontcourt rebound and made a dunk.

In just two minutes, the Lakers pulled the score to 27-29, a two-point difference, so that the Rockets' Tang Shuai had to call a timeout.

Tony's performance surprised the Rockets, and he improved from the last time he played.

The impersonated Barkley was obviously a little annoyed, and he definitely wanted to get this field back. Tang Shuai saw his thoughts, he decided to meet Barkley's request, and next, he developed several tactics around Barkley.

The Lakers removed Scott, and the veteran has come to the end of his career, and once he plays for an extended period of time, his efficiency will be greatly reduced.

Harris brought Robinson back to point guard and then sent in Corey Blunt. Then Jeromy Corsi was replaced by Hawley.

Hawley didn't do anything about Barkley at all, Barkley could easily clean him up, and instead of putting pressure on Tony like this, it would be better to send Corsey, who is about the same height as Barkley, to try it.

The game came back, and the Rockets had the ball.

They gave the ball to this Humpty Dumpty power forward Barkley. Barkley was a little dismissive of Corsey who was defending him, could the coach on the other side think that he was about the same height as me and could guard against me?

Barkley ran past Colsey like a gust of wind, and it didn't look like Harris's substitutions had any effect. Tony hurriedly came over to make up for the defense, but Barkley, who had already rushed up, was by no means something ordinary people could stop, and the two collided fiercely.

"Drop"

The referee's whistle blew and he called a defensive foul on Toney and Barkley made two free throws.

Barkley felt as if he had been fitted with a steel plate, and he couldn't even control one of his stumbles and almost fell to the ground. And Tony is definitely uncomfortable, he feels like his ribs are about to be broken, this Barkley's body is really perverted.

Rubbing his chest that was pretending to be painful, Tony was finally able to understand how Robinson felt at that time, which would indeed kill him.

Seeing Barkley hit both free throws, Toney's pain eased a lot, and the game continued.

Harris's coaching ability is obviously not comparable to championship coach Tom Janovic, the Rockets' tactics are very perfect, they are very smooth with the ball, and the Lakers' tactics without Fisher, so far, it seems that it is for Tony and Jones to XJBD.

Fortunately, Jones and Tony played well, and the Lakers were still able to bite the score at the end of the half.

At halftime, Tony had 11 points and eight boards, while Jones had already scored 20 points. For the Rockets, Barkley scored 13 points and 4 boards, Olajuwon scored 12 points and 5 boards, and Drexler handed over 15 points. The Lakers are still trailing by two points at 57-59.

"Give the ball to Jones!! Robinson, stop your stupid singles in the second half! Pass me the ball! "Harris was very unhappy with Robinson's performance, and his performance on 3-of-10 shooting at halftime was indeed very ugly.

Jones' performance in the first half was perfect, and even in Kobe's absence, he still carried the banner of the team's outside attack, so in the second half, Harris still decided to let Jones take over the game.

Jones is in charge of offense, Tony is in charge of defense, it's such a simple tactic, but because of Jones's super outburst, it has achieved good results.

At the beginning of the second half, the Rockets' defensive intensity increased sharply, and Jones's inexplicable singles in the first half no longer existed, and he fell into the iron.

However, to everyone's surprise, Hawley, who has been stealth in the Lakers' starters, broke out. With Jones heavily cared for in the second half, Hawley was given plenty of shots.

Throughout the third quarter, Hawley made three three-pointers, hitting all of them, and also had a shocking breakaway dunk. The performance of 11 points in a single quarter actually helped the Lakers overtake the score for a while.

Heading into the fourth quarter, the score was tied at 75.

This result was something that the entire Lakers team did not expect, not only the Lakers players did not expect, but even all the fans present did not expect this result.

After all, the difference in strength between these two teams is too big, one is a championship team for two consecutive years, and the other is very difficult to even enter the playoffs, it is such two teams, and it is a draw.

In the fourth quarter, Toney took the lead in shooting, he received the ball after blocking and dismantling in the high post, faced the defense of Olajuwon and Barkley, completed a mid-range shot, and as the basketball playfully bounced on the basket a few times before willing to enter, the Lakers successfully overtook by two points.

The fans at the Forum Arena went into a frenzy, which gave them a glimmer of hope for victory.

However, they didn't have time to be excited for too long, and the Lakers made consecutive mistakes, and the Rockets seized this opportunity to take the opportunity to complete the comeback again.

77:79

Hawley missed a three-pointer, Jones scrambled for an offensive rebound, and he assisted on a dunk by Colsi.

79:79

Olajuwon was stealing the dribble by Toney, and Jones drew a foul on Mario Erie with a quick lay-up, making one of two free throws.

80:79

Olajuwon squeezed Tony away and forced a dunk.

80:81

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The scores of the two teams kept alternating and the game was extremely exciting.

There was only 1 minute 03 seconds left in the game, and the Lakers were 4 points behind at this time, as long as the Lakers' three-point shot was prevented, the Rockets were basically stable in this game.

The Lakers called a timeout.

Harris looked a little at a loss, he just kept telling his players to run more, to defend better, and to shoot when they got the chance. Clearly, he doesn't have what it takes to direct the team to finish games.

Lakers serve.

The Rockets' defense is very targeted, and they know that Jones and Scott both have three-point ability, and in addition to Olajuwon guarding the inside, even Barkley came to the three-point line to defend the Lakers' free throws.

Four people posted three people, Holly couldn't serve the ball at all, and when he was about to serve for five seconds, Holly suddenly saw Tony outside the three-point line in the bottom right corner.

He made a quick decision and immediately passed the ball to Toney.

Olajuwon didn't dare to get too close to Tony, he still needed to guard the scenic spot, not to mention, he didn't believe that this big man with muscles and tendons could have any three-point ability.

But what made him dumbfounded was that Tony actually made a move.

In this critical situation, Tony actually chose the most outrageous offensive method - three points.

Jones couldn't help but be anxious when he saw Tony make a move!

"Huh! Don't vote! ”

"Huh."

"Ahh Strike! ”

Toney hit a three-pointer.

The Rockets were dumbfounded, they worked hard to defend the Lakers' three-pointers, but they never expected that they would miss Tony!

However, they quickly adjusted, and Matt Maloney was firmly in control of the ball and he began to press the clock, in which case a one-point lead was not a big deal.

With 39 seconds left, Drexler missed an outside jumper.

The Lakers erupted in earth-shattering cheers all over the court, but the next second came to an abrupt end, and Barkley grabbed the offensive rebound!

It's so critical, this rebound!

He passed to Maroni again, and the attacking time was reset, and Maroni still began to control the ball steadily.

There are 18 seconds left in the race!

Drexler strikes again!

Still missed!

Fierce scramble! Olajuwon grabbed the offensive rebound!

Toney is forced to foul.

It was so lethal that the Rockets grabbed two offensive rebounds in a row, and if Olajuwon's free throw didn't come out of the blue, the Rockets would have a three-point advantage, and the Lakers were hanging.

As if God was joking, Olajuwon, who shot 71 percent from the free-throw line in his career, hit one of two free throws at the most critical moment.

With just two points ahead and 15 seconds left in the game, the Lakers had no timeout.

The Rockets adopted a full-court pressing strategy, Robinson was limited in height, he did not dare to pass, and when he advanced past the half, it had already used up 7 seconds, and the Rockets' pressing defense forced the Lakers to almost violate the 8-second half.

With eight seconds left, Robinson finally stopped going undercover and safely passed the ball to Jones, who came to pick it up.

It was too late, Jones forced a breakthrough through Drexler, and even a foul was earned. However, the Rockets' defense was clean, and they didn't give the referee a chance to blow the whistle.

Jones looked at Olajuwon and Barkley, who had come over to interfere, and he fell into despair.

Where did Tony die? Can't he just pester Olajuwon for a moment?

That's right, Tony! Jones suddenly discovered that there was no sign of Tony on the inside.

Out of the corner of his eye, he immediately noticed that Tony was in the same position where he had just shot a three-pointer.

Damn, this guy really thinks of himself as a defender?

With two seconds left in the game, Jones simply had no room to shoot, and time was not for him to think.

Jones had no choice but to choose a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and with a flick of his wrist, the basketball flew towards Tony.

With a second left, Toney caught the ball.

The fans in the stadium immediately held their breath, and the Forum Arena was so quiet that even the sound of a pin falling to the ground could be heard.

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Tony lifted his hand and was shot.

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Olajuwon pounced with all his might.

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Tony made a move.

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The basketball arced gracefully through the air.

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"Huh!"

The crisp sound of entering the network sounded.

In an instant, the fans stood up, and they raised their fists in the air and celebrated wildly!