When Bryant hit another three-pointer to narrow the gap to just four points, McHale was in a hurry. What a victory, it can't be ruined like this. So he called a short timeout, not for anything else, just to replace Howard and let Da Yao replace him for a while, at least for half a minute.

On the Lakers' side, D'Antoni was a little uneasy when he saw Da Yao playing. In the past, McHale didn't trust Da Yao too much, and he would not let Da Yao play at every critical moment. But today, at this time, Da Yao was dispatched, which on the surface was McHale's helpless move, but from another side, it also shows that McHale's trust in Da Yao has reached a certain level.

And D'Antoni, who has always liked to play and shoot, is extremely afraid of Da Yao's soft touch. What he was most worried about at this time was not Harden's breakthrough, not Parsons' three-pointers, but Da Yao's touch.

However, his worries were obviously unnecessary, and Harden had no intention of passing the ball to Da Yao at all. He dribbled through the half court himself, faced Bryant's defense, and shot from outside the three-point line. With a loud bang, the basketball bounced high and was taken into Gasol's arms.

"It's not good, Harden's brain is hot," Yang Yi said in the live broadcast room, "Obviously, he wants to snatch the title of first quarterback too much." So Kobe Bryant hit a three-point shot on his head, and he was going to hit a three-point shot on Kobe's head as well. ”

"It's really Harden who succeeds, and Harden who loses. He played very well in the first half of the day, but in the fourth quarter, when he fought Kobe Bryant, he was too impatient to handle the ball. Ke Fan said.

Zhou Lingan thought for a while and asked, "Then why don't you let Wen Hao play?" Didn't he feel good just now? ”

Yang Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "McHale himself doesn't trust Wen Hao very much, how can he let Wen Hao play at this time?" ”

While the three were talking, Gasol passed the ball to Kobe, who dribbled to the frontcourt, directly faced Harden, and opened his hand to shoot another three-pointer.

"Oh......"

When the basketball popped off the rim of the basket, the audience resounded with regret. Harden was secretly happy when he saw the ball flying towards him, so he waited there and opened his hands.

But at this moment, a yellow figure flew overhead, and the big No. 24 flashed, and the rebound had been taken into his arms, and he directly went inside.

Seeing this, Da Yao hurriedly made up for it. Bryant didn't force a shot this time, he forced a turn in the air and distributed the ball to Nash at the top of the three-point arc.

Nash couldn't wait for anyone three meters in front of him, and after receiving the ball, he adjusted it and calmly shot.

"Huh."

Another three-pointer narrowed the gap to 1 point. Staples, who had just been silent, finally rejoiced, and the fans kept raising their arms to give their biggest cheers and applause to the Lakers players, to Kobe Bryant and Nash.

"Don't forget, Nash isn't just a playmaker, he's a great shooter." Bigmouth Barkley said with a laugh.

"One minute, chasing 6 points, narrowing the difference to 1 point in one fell swoop, the magical Kobe, the magical Lakers." Miller also spoke.

At this point, McHale called another timeout. With two minutes left in the game, the Rockets only led by one point, which was not safe at all. He told the Rockets: "In the last two minutes, the success rate of the game. Now everyone knows that James and Kobe Bryant are fighting each other, and they will definitely single Kobe, and their attention is on James. So after we get on the court, we have to hand the ball to Da Yao and let Da Yao kill the opponent from the inside. ”

At such a critical moment, handing the ball to Da Yao is enough to show that Da Yao has gained enough trust from McHale.

The monster next to him looked sour, but he couldn't help it. Who made him shoot too badly.

McHale then said to Harden, "James, calm down, now is not the time to be aggressive. Victory, what we want is victory, no matter how good the data is, if you can't get victory, everything is empty talk. ”

McHale's two words made Harden feel a pang in his heart, just now he was really too obsessed with fighting, but put the team's victory in a secondary position, which is putting the cart before the horse.

Thinking of this, Harden nodded, "I see, boss." ”

Wen Hao watched the coach arrange tactical play for the team, and he felt uncomfortable. After all, being pressed on the bench at such a critical moment still shows that he does not have the full trust of the coach.

But he didn't show any emotion on his face. After the last setback, his mind has matured a lot.

After the timeout, the Rockets served, and after Harden dribbled the ball again over the halfcourt, faced Kobe's defense, shook it twice, and suddenly hit the ground and passed the ball to Da Yao on the weak side.

The Lakers didn't expect Harden to pass the ball at this time, and they were caught off guard and scored by Da Yao's easy dunk.

Back in the day, the Lakers' Kobe Bryant passed the ball to Gasol, who still missed the shot. The rebound was picked up by Da Yao and passed to Harden.

Harden faced Kobe Bryant at this time, directing his teammates to run with his right hand, and seemed to be going to single Kobe. But when Da Yao was about to be in place, he passed the ball to Da Yao again.

Da Yao leaned his back against Gasol and easily advanced into the penalty area.

Seeing this, the Lakers inside line was busy stepping forward to attack, but it was too late. Being pushed into the three-second zone by Da Yao is equivalent to giving him points.

Da Yao made a simple half-turn hook and hit another two-point shot.

What's worse is that when Blake tried to cut the ball, he slapped Da Yao's left hand and was judged to have a foul, and Da Yao had a 2+1 chance.

D'Antoni only hated it wasn't Howard who was at the free-throw line. Da Yao's free throw shooting rate is 85%, and sending him to the free throw line is equivalent to death.

Sure enough, Da Yao hit a free throw steadily, so the Rockets once again widened the difference to 6 points. At this time, there is only 1 minute and 30 seconds left for the Lakers. Time is running out.

At this time, the camera was given to Kobe. If anyone can save the Lakers in such a short period of time, it is Kobe Bryant.

Nash dribbled to the frontcourt and handed it to Kobe, who didn't say a word and took the ball and shot. Unfortunately, the goal was missed.

Turning back, the Rockets are in the frontcourt. Harden barely made a shot when he was running out of 24 seconds and missed the shot, but he had achieved his goal and quickly retreated.

At this time, Kobe dribbled and quickly advanced all the way to the frontcourt, and was about to shoot three points.

Seeing this, Harden hurriedly jumped, but Kobe Bryant didn't get up at all, but lowered his center of gravity and killed Harden. Before Da Yao came up to make up for the defense, he threw a shot.

Harden in the back was not reconciled, and after landing on the ground, he went to pick up Kobe's ball with his backhand, but only hit Kobe's arm.

"Huh."

"Toot."

With a two-point hit, the referee's whistle blew again.

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