Chapter 818 - Sign First and Exchange Later
In the final quarter, there were more and more empty seats in the Staples Arena, and many fans left the stadium disappointed.
However, the Lakers didn't give up on themselves.
The Warriors' opening layup was blocked by Gasol, Fisher, the old fish, suddenly came back to light, he cleverly planned a long-distance cooperation, Odom quickly entered the restricted area, and the old fish came to a super long pass from half court distance.
Odom got the ball and shot very quickly, hit!
The Zen master finally broke the jar and started to play a small lineup, Gasol stepped into the center position, and Odom and Artest took control of the forward line.
After that, after Fisher slipped the bottom line and broke through the ball, Bryant returned the ball again, and Fisher entered the penalty area and hit it under Chamberlain's nose, fully proving the wise saying that the most dangerous place is also the safest place.
The Lakers began to counterattack, but at this time, Chamberlain was whistled for a walking violation, he took the ball and wanted to crush Gasol, but the latter retreated suddenly, he couldn't contain his inertia for a while, so he took a step and was blown a violation by Crawford, who had been staring at him.
Although the score gap was still 15 points, the Lakers were very patient, they quickly attacked the frontcourt, and after finding that the Warriors had set up defensive tactics, they kept passing.
Finally, in the last two seconds, Fisher's open opportunity came, and he almost hit a three-pointer to stretch the gap to 12 points.
There are 10 minutes left on the clock, and the score gap is 12 points, which is not a very exaggerated point difference, and it is difficult to say whether the winner will be lost.
Old Nelson immediately asked for a timeout, took out the tactical board and deployed a series of tactics on it.
Returning to the court again, the Warriors played very patiently, that is, let Chamberlain seek opportunities on the inside, pull away from the outside, and Ibaka responded, for this tactic, the Lakers, who lack height and strength on the inside, are helpless.
With Chamberlain's shot, the Warriors scored two points solidly.
Fifteen seconds later, Chamberlain followed West into the basket, and the two made a combination, passing the ball twice in a row, and finally Chamberlain handed the ball to West again and helped him block Gasol, who was switching, and West dunked.
The two sides were entangled until the last three minutes, and the Warriors still maintained the advantage of 15 points, at which time, the Zen master finally announced that he would give up the game and replace Kobe Bryant from the court.
When Kobe Bryant left the game, there was no expression on his face, and his eyes flashed with a cold cold light, as if he was a piece of pig iron!
Chamberlain, on the other hand, was a blazing flame, greeting every team-mate, laughing loudly with the caddies, and asking him to sign autographs from close proximity.
After winning this game, the Warriors regained the initiative, and the home court advantage behind them was theirs again.
After the game, the "California Sports Newspaper" rushed to the article overnight, and the undisciplined media ignored the fact that they were still advocating Kobe's invincibility the day before, this time changing the name to "Warriors Capture Los Angeles, Chamberlain Makes Kobe Bryant Lose Face".
The media is afraid that the relationship between the two teams is too good, and they will use whatever words are sensitive.
In this game, Chamberlain played 43 minutes and scored 31 points, 21 rebounds, and 9 assists, just one assist away from setting a record for his first triple-double in the division finals.
Chamberlain has a very indifferent view of this, he still has a chance, let his teammates show off now, and he will dominate the field in the next few seasons.
If Oxlade-Chamberlain insists on being there in the last three minutes, then he has no problem brushing up an assist, but why is that necessary?
The Warriors pulled one back to lead the Western Conference Finals 2-1. In the East, the third game also began on the second day, after the Magic had lost two games in a row, and now Cleveland is looking forward to their 4-0 sweep.
As a result, Howard finally got into a fight, and when he returned to his home court, he won a game.
In this game, both cores of the Magic team woke up, with Dwight Howard's 25 points and 16 rebounds and Jamal Nelson's 20 points and 14 assists, beating James' 35 points to win the victory.
Because of the return to the home court, Howard changed the hard look of the previous two games, and in the post-game press conference, he said confidently: "Now, we have overtaken each other in momentum, and all we have to do is maintain this momentum so that we can get the final victory." ”
When the Magic lost two games in a row, almost no one believed that they could pull off a miracle, but judging by this game, if they can maintain the home effect in the next game, it will not be a problem to play 2-2.
Nelson Jr., the team's No. 2 man, excitedly told reporters: "The shape shì has turned around, we hope to make history and believe that we can win this series." ”
Compared to the bayonets between the Warriors and the Lakers, the game between the Magic and the Cavaliers was like wrestling, and Vallejo, the royal guard of the Little Emperor, received two technical fouls in a row on Howard, and was sent off the court before the game was halfway through.
The most unlucky is Big Z, when he carried Howard hard in the fourth quarter, he elbowed the monster in the face, and the director had a concussion, and it is unknown whether he can play in the next game.
There's also Mo Williams, who also had a concussion, and Howard is still the culprit.
When he learned about this, Chamberlain almost laughed, what are the two teams in the East doing? Is the underworld in a hurry? Howard was also too ruthless, he thought it was too much to buckle Bynum, but compared to Howard's two elbows and two concussions, he was a gentleman enough.
These two elbows of Howard pushed him to the forefront, and Cavaliers fans directly called him the 'Orlando Butcher', and the media mostly criticized him, "This is the arena, not the slaughterhouse!" ”
Howard was also aggrieved, explaining, "Our intention is not to hurt people, but basketball is an intense sport. Happy laissez-faire allows others to play hard, so we can't show weakness either. ”
The explanation is useless, and because of the competition between Howard and Chamberlain, he is not very popular in China, and some fans specially made a video and posted it on YOU-TO-BE, the name is 'Huo Jiaquan'.
The video uses Jay Chou's song of the same name as the background music, which selects Howard's elbow strikes or boxing opponents' small movements since high school, often close to five minutes, and became a hit after appearing, ranking first on Youtobe's daily click list.
The Cavaliers are much more urbane on their side, and James said simply in an interview: "After the first two rounds of the playoffs, we let our guard down a bit. The wins in the first two games, once again made us let our guard down, and it cost us dearly. Fortunately, we woke up in time, and I believe that small actions can only win for a while, not for a lifetime, so we believe that it will still be us who will stand on the battlefield of the finals in the end. ”
As one of the people with the biggest mouth, O'Neill naturally couldn't shut up, he pushed the little emperor and said: "We believe that we can win this series, they only won one, just like stealing a winning Goliath in front of David, and the next game will be back on track." Besides, the pressure is still on the opposition side and they have to be ready and after two games, they can go home. ”
The divisional finals are a feast for all, and not only are the games exciting, but fans prefer to see players fight each other.
Among the active players, there is one person who seems to be too quiet, and that is the other protagonist, Carter.
Carter's table in the first two rounds of the playoffs was okay, but the Eastern Conference finals table was too bad, and the whole Magic team was breaking out in this game, but Carter made one of nine shots and only scored 3 points.
Magic boss Richard DeVos held a high-level meeting again, and the blonde secretary of the black silk sorted out Carter's table in the Eastern Conference Finals for him, Devos looked at the meeting twice, and threw it directly to the ground angrily:
"Is this the ****** No. 1 scoring guard in the East? UFO? Demigods? Damn it, are you kidding me? Who pushed me to sign Carter in the first place? A salary of 20 million a year, what the hell! ”
Devos's roar was recalled in the conference room, and Stan Van Gundy sighed in his heart, the old man has done a good job of maintaining his health, this voice, this lung capacity, it is a pity not to go to the home stadium to cheer for the team.
Don't blame Devos for being angry, Carter's cousin is indeed too angry.
Before the Magic team was in a downturn, Carter's table xiàn can still say in the past, and the Magic team table xiàn in this game is slightly more normal, which seems to be Carter's big problem.
Carter became a failure for the Magic, and the failure shots were everywhere, especially in the final quarter.
With 8 minutes and 03 seconds left in the fourth quarter of this game, Carter appeared again, when the Magic withstood the Celtics' counterattack and achieved a 4-point advantage, but just after Carter came on the court, he first wasted an empty 3-point meeting, and then an offensive foul and a passing error, helping the Celtics play a small climax, tying the score and playing with momentum!
After experiencing this impact, Carter was completely depressed, he didn't even dare to shoot in attack, and he could only simply follow in defense, and his mental strength was quite unfocused.
With 3 minutes left in the game, Carter was substituted, and Carter had the same expression as the Lakers when they replaced Kobe, hard as a piece of steel, but Kobe won the applause of the audience, and Carter only booed.
Van Gundy is actually very optimistic about Carter, Carter's firepower he knows very well, as long as he can find confidence and regain his touch, then he is still the most fierce and fierce gun on the outside of the Magic team.
With 1:33 left in the game, Carter was back on the pitch when they had a two-point lead; It was only then that Carter "let go" in defense again, and was suddenly passed by Pierce, who made a layup and won a foul to tie the score.
In the 3 minutes of overtime, it was Carter again, and he actually made a low-level mistake in the pass when he rarely defended Pierce, but fortunately Pierce missed the shot. More fortunate is naturally the Magic's Howard and Nelson broke out in overtime one after another, otherwise Carter's pizza can only be described as a nightmare.
These contents are all organized in Devos's folder, which is why DeVos is angry.
Jacques Vaughn concluded by summing up Carter's performance, saying: "Since reaching the Eastern Conference Finals, except for a slight rebound in the first game, Carter has been mediocre in the remaining two games, especially his non-passing nature has affected the operation of our team in a large way, and we all know that Turkoglu likes to pass the ball, and we need someone who likes to pass the ball. ”
In addition, in this game, Carter was a breakthrough point for Ray Allen and Pierce in defence, and he always needed to attack with the ball in attack, repeatedly breaking the momentum that our team had just built. If he can't change his style of play with the ball, which is not compatible with our team, in the next game, the future of the team is still not optimistic. ”
Vaughn's words made Smith, Martins, Van Gundy and others very unhappy, what the hell are you trying to provoke us, right? Lao Tzu finally won a game and had a good time, why did you run out and disgusted people again?
Van Gundy was tough-tempered and said bluntly: "Even if we don't go far enough this season, we don't want to get Billups because we have Nelson Jr. who has more potential. ”
Vaughn laughed, "Then why not let little Nelson and Billups coexist?" Obviously, our team has no shortage of firefighters and interior players, what we lack is people who can make the ball fly, and this is not enough to rely on Nelson Jr. ”
"But Billups still has a contract with the Warriors, and he can't just go, and besides, why would the Warriors trade Billups?" Smith retorted.
Vaughn still smiled: "It's very simple, as long as Billups is willing to come, the Warriors will let him go, and according to my internal information, Billups is already tempted, and he is willing to come to assist Howard." In addition, another factor that allows the Warriors to let go is that we can trade Carter. ”
"Idiot, Carter's contract expires, and he's free this summer." CEO Martins sneered.
Vaughn ignored his bad attitude and shrugged, "Sign before you change, we can sign and trade, guys!" ”