Chapter 277: Hitting the Playoffs Eighteen

Zen Master Phil. Jackson's concern was unfounded.

Most of the Lakers are in Kobe's hands, and, at this time, he is not willing to trust his teammates, and if he doesn't trust his teammates, he must rely on himself.

Kobe Bryant feels good, it's good to say, once the hand feels bad, then the Lakers are finished.

Taking advantage of Kobe's hand, Cao Jian once again led the team to counterattack.

Attacking with the ball, he still encountered the Lakers' side, and in the middle of the crack, the ball was handed to Boozer, who hit the mid-range shot again.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant came to attack, and everyone else became spectators.

It's okay to say that if you don't shoot, then the Lakers are finished.

Kobe Bryant is Kobe after all, far from being comparable to some players, and his self-adjustment on the court is extremely tough.

After two consecutive offenses failed, Kobe Bryant also stepped forward again, directly outside the three-point line, and the ball went in.

Narrow the difference.

Kobe Bryant's hand has been restored to some extent.

Knights ball possession.

thought that Cao Jian would choose to organize his teammates this time, but after Kobe Bryant shot a three-pointer, Cao Jian shot outside the three-point line and opened the difference again.

The Lakers are still Kobe Bryant.

As the game progressed, the Lakers' offense also showed Kobe Bryant or Kobe Bryant's offensive mode, while the Cavaliers' side played team basketball, team-based, everyone can attack, everyone can score, and Cao Jian is the director behind all this.

He's mainly responsible for stepping up when the Cavaliers aren't scoring and organizing his teammates to attack.

So to speak. The reason why the knights can have such results is that the most important thing is Cao Jian, and Cao Jian's outstanding performance. Otherwise, it's no fun.

It turns out that a person, a player, no matter how tough and awesome the player is, he can't fight a team.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant is playing alone, while the Cavaliers' side is the whole team.

As the game progresses. On the Lakers' side, as Kobe Bryant got into offensive trouble, the Lakers' rhythm stalled for a while.

On the knight's side, it is under the leadership of Cao Jian. It's getting smoother and smoother, and the rhythm is surprisingly good, extremely smooth, very smooth.

And so on. Then the score is gradually pulled away.

And the third quarter ended the game. The Cavaliers extended the margin to 15 points.

In this battle, the Cavaliers' hope of winning is still quite big, but at the time of the pause in the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers' side played against the Lakers bench, and the Cavaliers' side was a little unable to parry.

At one point, the score was reduced to single digits.

As a last resort, Cao Jian also returned to the arena again, Cao Jian came back, and the game was also anxious for a while.

Fortunately, at this time. Kobe Bryant waited for the main force to come back, and the Cavaliers had a chance to fight back.

At this time. Kobe's role is a bit like Dengo, Denggo when the Rockets played the Clippers.

The Cavaliers also relied on Kobe Bryant to win.

This is not to say that Kobe Bryant is not strong, on the contrary, Kobe Bryant is strong.

The thing is that he is strong here.

Kobe Bryant is true, but in fact, he is not as strong as he imagined.

Kobe Bryant waited for the main team to come back, and the ball was back in Kobe's hands again.

However, the ball was in Kobe's hands, and the team still couldn't chase the score closer.

In the Lakers, Kobe Bryant is competitive, and Malone and Payton are not competitive.

At the critical moment, the shark with absolute authority was not there, and none of these people obeyed anyone.

In the first three quarters, Malone could have let Kobe Bryant mess around, and Payton could have done it, but at this critical moment, they still wanted to keep the ball firmly in their hands.

In this way, the Lakers contradictions are once again shown, and their own problems cannot be solved, how to defeat the enemy.

On the Cavaliers' side, Cao Jian relied on his excellent organizational leadership skills to twist the team into a rope, and the team was united with the outside world.

In such a comparison, the Cavaliers led by 20 points with the last 3 minutes left before the end of the game, in fact, the outcome of the game has been locked in advance.

Sure enough, the game was over, and the Lakers couldn't turn over, and in the end, it was the biggest upset of today's game at the Cavaliers' home court.

At the Cavaliers' home court, the Lakers lost by 21 points.

Lakers vs. Cavaliers This battle, although the Lakers lost, but no one thought that the Cavaliers were superior in strength, and the Cavaliers defeated the Lakers, on the contrary, some media and experts believe that this is the Lakers dying.

Originally, the Lakers' victory over the Cavaliers was a piece of cake for the Lakers, without any pressure.

However, in the end, the Lakers players were naturally indispensable to the saliva of the media and experts.

Especially Kobe.

Even though Kobe Bryant scored a game-high 52 points in this game, it was still the same.

Brush.

Kobe Bryant is also known as a brush.

On the Cavaliers' side, although they won, they didn't get the respect they deserved.

By the skin of one's teeth.

The media and experts also used luck to summarize the Cavaliers' hard-won victory.

In fact, they ignored a lot of things, for example, Cao Jian was second only to Kobe Bryant's 47 points with a game-high score of 52 points, and they also ignored Cao Jian's 12 assists and Cao Jian's adjustments in the game.

In other words, some so-called basketball experts and the media still look down on the Cavaliers, and look down on such a team composed entirely of newcomers.

Therefore, in the Cavaliers' victory over the Lakers and the next day in the Cavaliers' home court against the Timberwolves, the media and experts are still not optimistic that the Cavaliers can win.

Even, they didn't think that Cao Jian could have the upper hand when dealing with Casal.

In fact, Casal is no better than Davis and Francis, whether it is physical talent, or organizational talent.

Cassal's result is largely due to his play at Garnett, or Timberwolves, to be exact. Moreover, the Timberwolves are still the first in the league and the first in the Western Conference this season. Therefore, as the main point guard of the Timberwolves and the number one master next to Garnett, Casal's identity and status will definitely rise, and he will go up.

Before the Timberwolves vs. Cavaliers began, the media focused on the Cavaliers, who have been on the rise in recent times. What does Cao Jian, who has made rapid progress, think?

"He's reached heights that are hard for ordinary people to achieve, but. This is already his limit. As for the Cavaliers, Casal said, "The Cavaliers should be the most improved team this season, but. They've pushed the envelope. They couldn't have done better. Because, they will lose to us. In other words, against the Cavaliers, the Timberwolves will definitely win, and they must win. ”

Kassar said this not without reason.

The Timberwolves are now first in the Western Conference in the regular season, but they are not safe. Although the Lakers lost to the Cavaliers, they are now only 1.5 wins away from the Cavaliers.

This game is like the Timberwolves losing to the Cavaliers. Then the difference between wins will come to 0.5 games, and then on April 15th, the final battle will become their battle for the first place in the West Division.

If there is an opponent that the Timberwolves least want to encounter right now, who is it?

Then the Lakers are definitely number one.

Although the Timberwolves have been ahead of the Lakers this season, they have lost all of their previous regular season games with the Timberwolves.

The final game was held at the Lakers' home court, which was a big challenge for the Timberwolves.

However, the battle between the Timberwolves and the Lakers must be carried out.

Moreover, for the sake of home advantage in the playoffs, this game cannot be lost.

You can't lose.

However, the Timberwolves don't have the strength to beat the Lakers.

I heard that in the final battle, the Lakers will still pay for the game.

With a full lineup of Lakers, it is not a simple matter for the Timberwolves to defeat it.

Then the best way is to defeat the Cavaliers in the battle against the Knights, so the Timberwolves will also have no worries.

Therefore, the battle against the Cavaliers, the Timberwolves also call it an unloseable battle, or in other words, a game that must be won and must be won.

And for the Knights, this battle is also a battle that must be won, a battle that must be won.

You can't lose.

The Lakers won.

It's also a step closer to them fighting for home advantage.

The Lakers are so tough, they have all won, are they afraid of anything else?

After the Cavaliers' victory over the Lakers, they have confidence.

However, faith alone is not enough.

On the Timberwolves' side, Garnett, with Casal and other main players, it is not for nothing that they have been able to stand in the first position in the Western Conference for so long.

It will be difficult for the knight to defeat it.

However, at this juncture, the Cavaliers want to go further, and is there any other option than to beat the Timberwolves?

The knight had no choice, and neither did Cao Jian.

War!!!

The battle against the Timberwolves also kicked off as scheduled.

Even though he knew that the Cavaliers played against the Timberwolves, the Cavaliers' chances of winning were very small, but the Cavaliers' home arena was also crowded with Cavaliers fans, cheering for the Cavaliers.

According to the data given by the Cavaliers' senior management, in this game, the fans who came to the scene to watch the game were also directly full, and the tickets were also sold out 30 minutes before the game started.

Cavaliers fans are still fantasizing about miracles.

But is it really that good to happen?

Miracles that occur every day cannot be called miracles.

For this battle, even Cao Jian has little confidence, but he knows that this battle must be won.

The game begins.

The main forces excluded by the Timberwolves are:

Centre: Olovo Kandi

Power forward: Garnett

Small forward: Trenton

Shooting guard: Latril

Point guard: Casal

On the Cavaliers' side, the team's lineup hasn't changed much from before, as usual.

The player position, Garnett and the big Z jump shot, Garnett first came out on top for the Timberwolves.

The basketball came to Casal.

Casal dribbled past half court, Garnett asked for the ball with his back in the low post, and singled Boozer with the ball.

Compared with Garnett, a talented and historical-level power forward, Boozer is really weak.

Garnett also turned around, directly threw Boozer away, stepped directly, bent his knees, kicked the ground, and directly pulled up from the ground and directly buckled his hands.

First of all, he won the first place for the Timberwolves.

On the Cavaliers' side, Cao Jian was outside the three-point line, and the three-point shot was shot directly, the basketball rolled out from the tip of Cao Jian's index finger, the basketball pierced the sky, and finally, smashed into the basket, with a crisp sound of "shabu", the basketball directly stirred up a layer of gorgeous waves on the basket.

Timberwolves ball possession.

The Timberwolves are a team that relies heavily on Garnett.

At the beginning of the game, it was handed over to Garnett, and Garnett played Boozer, for Garnett, it was as simple as eating and drinking, and the ball just now was like this, and so was this goal.

turned his back and turned around directly, in fact, Boozer already knew what Garnett was going to do, and he also went out to defend in advance.

However, how could his short arms and legs be Garnett's opponent?

Garnett's ape-like arms are not something ordinary people can cover when they are raised, and in addition, Garnett is still a first-class existence in the alliance.

There's a rumor in the league that Garnett, who is in his prime, can get his hands on a coin that sits on the edge of the basket, and it's conceivable that he's bouncing like this.

Don't say Boozer defends him, even the top power forward in the league can't do anything to defend him.

Garnett turned around and shot directly, ignoring Boozer directly, pressing his wrist lightly, the basketball rolled and flew out, and the basketball fell into the basket again.

Here, you have to sigh that there are geniuses in this world.

There is no doubt that Garnett is this kind of genius, with a demonic physical fitness, and with a little effort, he can achieve things that others cannot achieve in a lifetime.

Many times, as an ordinary person, you can't help but complain that this God is unfair.

Boozer is in that mood at the moment.

What's even more odious is that Garnett, who is a super genius, is still unusually diligent and desperate.

Talent is so awesome, he doesn't just rely on physical talent to make money, but his delicate skills.

It's a thing that a genius is still working so hard, and that's something that makes people collapse.

When Boozer met this kind of person, all he could do was surrender.

It's no wonder that Boozer is going to deal with Garnett.

After another goal from the Timberwolves' side, the Cavaliers had the ball.

It was Cao Jian who attacked with the ball, and Casal also came up for the first time to defend Cao Jian.

Just let Cao Jian score a three-pointer This time, Casal also stepped on the three-point line to defend Cao Jian, not allowing Cao Jian to have a chance to shoot.

This time, Cao Jian didn't think about shooting, and directly distributed the ball to James, who held the ball and went straight to the Timberwolves inside the restricted area.

When Casal saw Cao Jian choosing to pass the ball, his eyes were also full of disdain when he missed him, and he sprayed at Cao Jian, "Do you dare to make a shot in front of me?" ”

Cao Jian didn't pay attention to it, but was ready to retreat, because he found that James failed to hit the attack, and James, who rushed into the inside, was chased and intercepted by Garnett, and James's shot was also directly disturbed by ~dry~.

Timberwolves ball possession.

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