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They've come this far, so it's going to be a must-win for them.

The second quarter begins.

Coach Callesimo also spotted the Trail Blazers' problems in the first quarter, but instead of changing the lineup, he made the team more competitive for rebounds, and he focused on Toney.

As soon as the game began, Tony felt the pressure from the Trail Blazers, and he would be taken care of by at least two people on the other side even if he grabbed a rebound, let alone participated in the offense.

In the Lakers' counterattack tactics, Tony is the most important link, once Tony is choked at this point and can't grab the rebound, then the Lakers' defensive counterattack will not be able to play. Therefore, the Lakers are in a predicament at this time, the Trail Blazers they continue to attack the Lakers restricted area guarded by Tony, consuming Tony's physical strength and energy as much as possible, in addition, in the fight for rebounds, they can be said to have directly given up the defense, putting all the focus on the rebounds, therefore, the Lakers' control of the rebounds gradually fell behind the Trail Blazers, and Tony became more and more powerless under the bombardment of the Trail Blazers, and Hawley failed to give him much support, and Tony's position gradually lost.

But fortunately, Clifford Robinson, who defended Eddie Jones, a man who can almost play center, Jones always relied on his speed to always be able to pass him and continue to score, and after coming to the positional battle, although the Trail Blazers had a greater advantage, the Lakers were not helpless.

Eddie Jones hit a three-pointer and he helped the team tie the score again.

Callesimo stood on the sidelines with his hands on his shoulders and no expression on his face, he knew Jones was a threat, but his approach to it was, let him shoot!

He didn't believe that Jones could shoot the Trail Blazers to death, the Trail Blazers were guarding the interior, Jones didn't dare to get into the interior even if he passed Robinson, and if Jones really had the ability to shoot the Trail Blazers by shooting alone, then he would consider himself unlucky.

In the NBA, no strategy is perfect, and sometimes luck can be a factor, and what he does is just minimize this uncontrollable factor.

But for the time being, the Lakers really relied on Jones' hot hand to bite the score firmly.

Of course, Harris can see that although the Lakers are close now, they are actually completely at a disadvantage, and it would be fine if Jones has been in such good shape, but he doesn't dare to hope to block one person.

Harris called a timeout.

"Give up the basket defense!" Harris immediately decided, and he said this to Hawley, "Robert, you will always be on the perimeter and shoot threes when you have the opportunity, Tony is under too much pressure, I need you to at least pull their power forward out and create space for Tony and Sabonis to go head-to-head." ”

Hawley nodded, indicating that he knew what to do.

'We're only four points down now, which isn't a big deal at all, two goals and it's back and everybody is defending with 12 points! GO! GO! GO!”

Harris knew that since he used the defensive counterattack to eat some sweetness in the first quarter, he was too entangled in this so-called defensive counterattack, and he did not play the role of Holly to stretch the front at all, but put him on the inside to help Tony, which not only did not have much effect, but also increased Toney's burden.

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Back on the court, the Lakers gave up almost giving up the offense under the basket, Hawley stood in the bottom left corner, Jones stood in the bottom right corner, and the Lakers sacrificed an umbrella position.

They relied on pick-and-rolls to constantly find players who were open on the perimeter, and the Trail Blazers' defensive strategy remained the same to stick to the basket, and they paid for it.

From that timeout to the end of the second quarter, Hawley hit three three-pointers in a row, and the Lakers instantly overtook the original deficit.

At the end of the first half, the Lakers led the Trail Blazers by five points at 55:50.

Harris also felt a little ashamed in his heart, he took this game too seriously, so that he cared about it, and almost for most of the first half, he was dealing with the Trail Blazers' lineup adjustments, which caused the Lakers to mess up themselves.

In fact, he doesn't need to make any changes, he just needs to let the Lakers play as usual, no matter how good the interior line of the Trail Blazers is, it is only two points, and the Lakers can return it with one three-point.

Thankfully, he woke up in time, and it wasn't too late.

At halftime, he didn't say much, now he has completely relaxed, the Trail Blazers have their advantage, and the Lakers have their advantage, now he just needs to leave his fate to God and let him decide the direction of the victory.

The second half began.

The Lakers were infected by Harris, and they completely relaxed, of course, this was just a strategic disparagement of the opponent, and their defense was still desperate.

Just two minutes into the third quarter, the Trail Blazers managed to chase the score back to one point, and Hawley hit another three-pointer to open up the gap again.

Finally, Callesimo couldn't sit still, and he called a timeout.

Hawley's three-pointer today was too accurate, of course, because the Trail Blazers didn't care about him at all. But now that Callesimo finally doesn't dare to let him go anymore, the Lakers have enough Jones alone, plus a Hawley, and the Trail Blazers may really be shot to death.

He had no choice but to let Wallace pull out to defend Hawley, but in doing so, he fell into Harris's trap.

Huo used the three-point threat to successfully pull the Trail Blazers' interior line out, so that only Tony and Sabonis were left on the inside.

Toney finally started to score, he had been waiting for this for a long time, and for the whole first half, he scored zero.

Tony's burst of energy, which held his breath, was terrifying.

Callesimo sadly found that although he blocked the Lakers' three-pointer, Sabonis on the inside was blown up by Toney.

But he still didn't dare to continue to pack Toney, he was scared by Hawley's three-point shot, and he would rather hope that Sabonis would suddenly open his mind than be shot to death by the Lakers' three-point rain.

However, Sabonis didn't open up, and Tony ruthlessly vented his anger at being caught by multiple people in the first half, and the Lakers also widened the difference.

By the end of the third quarter, the Lakers had built a 15-point lead, and most importantly, Callesimo was helpless about it.

At 109:96, the Lakers won the crucial game.

Their starting five Tigers all scored in double figures, Jones and Kobe Bryant both scored 27 and 20 points, and Tony had a total of 17 points and 8 rebounds, but his 17 points all came in the second half.

With everyone's excellent performance, the Lakers managed to step into the 50-win club of the season in the last game.

And, more importantly, they managed to take a one-game lead over the Trail Blazers, which gave them home-court advantage in the playoffs.