Such a great opportunity, Louis. How could Williams have missed? He immediately took two steps, jumped in the direction of the basket, and sent the basketball to the basket with a low hand.

Fearing that the layup would be blocked by a defender, he deliberately used a pull-up layup.

However, he could never have imagined how much trouble his one-lever action would cause him to delay his layup time by about half a second.

At the moment when he made a layup, a figure slapped his horse from his side, jumped up sharply, and directly struck Louis Brown. Williams' dunk top plate pressed against the rebound.

It's Wang Feng!

The Master of Adventure badge activation!

"Not good!"

James, Leonard and others' faces changed greatly, but they didn't expect Wang Feng, who was still holding James just now, to catch up with Louis, who had already cut into the basket. Williams.

This block not only crushed the Clippers' offense, but also allowed the Lakers to get the ball directly.

Because the Clippers have been deliberately pressing the time, there are only 26 seconds left in the game at this time, and at this moment when they are stunned, the time has passed another 2 seconds.

"Hurry back to defense!"

James didn't have time to think about it, and immediately shouted.

After the Lakers' 24-second offense, the Clippers will be left with 2 seconds of offensive time, as long as they can prevent the Lakers' offense in this round, trail by 1 point, and then complete the final kill in 2 seconds of offensive time.

That's the tactic James came up with in the middle of the fire.

The Clippers quickly returned to defense, while Leonard approached Wang Feng to prevent Wang Feng from holding the ball and attacking directly.

But at this time, Wang Feng will not choose to attack quickly, he will also save time until the last moment like the Clippers just now, and not leave too much time for the Clippers to attack.

Slowly dribbling over the half, standing in the top arc position, Wang Feng made a gesture to pull away the singles, and the four Lakers players on the court all pulled out to the outside, because the center Lopez has the ability to shoot three-pointers, the Clippers had to follow all of them, completely emptying the inside.

In this way, a heads-up situation between Wang Feng and Leonard was directly formed.

In this game, Leonard has defended Wang Feng many times, but the defensive effect is not very good, although he successfully reduced Wang Feng's outside shooting, but the mid-range jumper and breaking through the basket offensive frame are what Leonard can not do.

At this moment, everyone held their breath, and the fans in the stadium all stood up, looking nervously at the field, everyone knew that the next attack was likely to directly determine the outcome of the game.

The minutes passed, and soon, the offensive time entered the final 6 seconds countdown.

As if pinching the time, Leonard suddenly approached Wang Feng at the moment of the 6-second countdown and used his best close pressing defense.

In the face of Leonard's pressing, Wang Feng was not in a hurry, calmly turned his body sideways, protected the basketball to one side, and at the same time relied on Leonard's stronger strength and explosiveness to rush towards the Clippers restricted area.

While breaking through with the ball, Wang Feng's eyes were also looking at the situation on the field.

The moment he broke through, James on the other side moved, and he directly gave up Ingram, who was in charge of marking, and rushed towards Wang Feng.

James is gambling, betting that at the last moment, Wang Feng will not choose to pass the ball even in the face of the bag defense, but continue to do it himself.

At least in all the video recordings of Wang Feng's game that they have watched before, Wang Feng rarely takes the initiative to pass the ball in the last 2 minutes.

James was right, with the blessing of the key scorer badge, Wang Feng would not trust anyone in the last 2 minutes, not even his teammates.

Wang Feng, who rushed to the basket quickly, suddenly stopped with a sudden brake, and then immediately jumped.

"Another pull-up jumper?"

Leonard, who was on Wang Feng's side, immediately jumped with Wang Feng, stretching his arms as much as possible to try to block Wang Feng.

On the other side, James also rushed to the horse and jumped from the other side of Wang Feng.

The Clippers' duo defended Wang Feng at the same time at this time.

But even so, Wang Feng still made a move.

In order to avoid being blocked, Wang Feng deliberately raised the height of the shot, and the angle of the basketball shot was very high, but even so, when the basketball rose to the highest point and began to fall, it still fell accurately in the direction of the basket and entered the net.

"Huh!"

In an instant, the audience cheered thunderously.

"Pretty quasi-lore! Wang Feng faced the defense of James and Leonard and forced a shot, as if telling the other party that even if you play together, you are not my opponent! In the CCTV sports live broadcast room, Yu Gui's tone was raised and he shouted passionately.

With this shot, the Lakers' score has come to 117, three points ahead of the Clippers! With only three seconds left in the game, the Clippers had one foot on the edge of the cliff and had to fight for a three-pointer to tie the score before they could continue to battle the Lakers in overtime. ”

The Clippers called a timeout.

Neither James nor Leonard had a very good expression.

I fought hard for the whole game, but it was the result now.

But it's not over yet, they still have a last chance to fight!

"The Clippers will definitely shoot threes next, we only defend threes, let them break through the basket, they only have 3 seconds to attack, they don't have much opportunity to adjust their shots!"

Lakers head coach Walton was also nervous at this time.

At the moment when the Nets' main point guard Irving is reimbursed for the season, the Clippers are the strongest opponent on the Lakers' road to winning the championship, as long as they can cross this mountain, whether the opponent on the Finals side is the Nets or the Bucks, the Lakers' winning rate is very high.

No matter what, the opponent's three-point attack in this round must be defended!

……

After the timeout, both teams that returned to the court made changes to their lineups, with both teams replacing their center with a more mobile perimeter player.

The Clippers' goal is naturally to enhance the team's three-point shooting point, while the Lakers' side is to have better mobility to defend.

Clippers Harrell serves on the sideline.

James and Leonard both stood inside and ran toward both three-point lines at the same time.

Wang Feng did not hesitate and chose to chase after Leonard.

Neither James nor Leonard are excellent three-point shooters, but there is still a slight difference in three-point shooting percentage.

James is shooting 34.9 percent from three-point range in the regular season this season, compared to Leonard's 36.6 percent, the latter is better, and given the physical impact of physical exertion, Leonard, who is younger and more physical, is more likely to be the perfect pick.

Of course, the Clippers are more likely to have Wang Feng defend against someone and let the other one shoot a tie.

But in this case, Wang Feng can't help it, he won't shadow the doppelganger, so he can only choose the one with a higher shooting percentage, and then bet that James will miss the shot.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if James shoots a tie, it doesn't matter, because the key scorer badge will also take effect during overtime, and he is still the bug of how to shoot.

In contrast, James's physical fitness is no longer enough to support his efficient performance in overtime, how can Leonard alone be Wang Feng's opponent?

The Lakers have actually won nine out of nine.

Harrell really chose to pass the ball to James, and in 3 seconds, James only had time to adjust his posture, and then immediately jumped up and forced a shot against Butler's defense.

The basketball flies to the basket and ...... "Bang!" ”

James' three-point shot missed, the basketball bounced high and the whistle blew for the end of the game.

At 117:114, the Lakers defended their home court in the first game of the Western Conference finals and won a three-point victory over the Clippers to get off to a good start.

It's worth mentioning that the Lakers haven't lost the opening game of the series in the playoffs since the beginning of last season.

"We're a little bit unlucky, we can't help it."

James, who couldn't make a tie shot, shook his head helplessly and sighed.

In this game, James actually played very strongly.

With a big triple-double of 36 points, 13 rebounds and 14 assists, James's performance is no different from Thanos Zhan during the Knights in previous years, but those who have watched the game will understand that James is indeed old.

is also a luxurious big triple-double data, and James in the past was obtained under the high-intensity defense of the opponent's multiple people.

But in this game, James's scoring was mostly "stolen" unconsciously, such as the Lakers' fast-break score after a mistake, and the score of a teammate's block and a layup.

It's not that this kind of scoring isn't important, it's just that when the game gets to a critical moment, James can't step up and turn the tide like he used to.

James' dual-core partner Leonard scored 44 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, and his performance was not inferior to James, with a total of 80 points, 23 rebounds and 19 assists, which was very exaggerated, but even so failed to win for the Clippers.

Because Wang Feng's data performance on the other side is even more exaggerated.

Relying on scoring 9 points in the last 2 minutes, Wang Feng played a full 44 minutes, scoring 50 points, 16 rebounds and 15 assists.

A 50+ large triple-double is also extremely rare in the history of the league's playoffs.

On the Lakers' side, in addition to Wang Feng, Butler also played more than 40 minutes, although he mainly defended Leonard on the court, he still showed his ability to attack at critical times, cutting 27 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

In addition, Ingram scored 18 points on the Lakers' side, and Kuzma and Lopez did not score in double figures, but they used their range on the offensive end to play a good role in pulling space.

These are all big reasons why the Lakers were able to win the game.

……

The loss in the first game did not cause much setback for the Clippers, on the contrary, many fans expressed acceptability for such a result.

Although they are all in the Staples Center, it is the home court of the Lakers after all, and the court is full of Lakers fans, and it also has a certain home court whistle advantage.

But even with these advantages, the scores of the two teams have been stalemate until the last minute, if it is not for Wang Feng's super play, and the Clippers missed two chances at the last moment, it is difficult to say who will win and who will lose.

If you can play like this while sitting on the road, wouldn't it be more advantageous when the Clippers are on the home court?

Times are no longer the same.

In the past, the Lakers and the Clippers played, whether it was home or away, the results were no different from the Lakers' home court, as the most popular team in the league, the Lakers' fan base is quite terrifying, and the fans are all over the world, in contrast, the Clippers' background is so poor that even if the two teams derby is the home of the Clippers, most of the fans who are there to support are also Lakers fans.

But with the arrival of James last season and the arrival of Leonard this season, things are different.

As the league's most appealing top star, James alone can be as hot as several NBA teams, and Leonard is also a rare top superstar in the league, the two have brought a large number of fans to the Clippers, which also makes the Clippers face the Lakers, the home court can also be slightly supported.

And in an important game like this Western Finals, it is not difficult to gather more than eighty percent of the home fans.

It's just that the Clippers want to make Staples Center their home stadium, and they must first survive the remaining road games.

As it turned out, it wasn't easy.

On May 16, G2 continued to fight, and after the two teams of G1 staged a fierce battle, the Lakers defeated the Clippers again 116-111, and the total score came to 2:0.

In this game, the Lakers won a little easier than the first game, the main reason was that Leonard had a bad hand in this game, shooting only 8 of 22 from the field, shooting 36%, and getting 24 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

James cut 29 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists quasi-triple-double data, which is also a slight decline from the data in the last game, but this can't be helped, in the case of Leonard's bad hand, the Clippers have to rely on James who was marked by Wang Feng to attack, which is a difficult thing in itself, and can face Wang Feng without the help of his teammates to cut 29 points with a shooting rate of nearly 50%, in fact, it is already an excellent performance.

On the Clippers' side, it was not Wang Feng who scored the highest score on the team, but Jimmy, the No. 2 person. Butler, who scored 33 points in the game, is not only the Lakers' top scorer on the offensive end, but also very good at marking Leonard on the defensive end.

Regardless of whether Leonard was in poor hands or something else, at least he looked like he was being held down by Butler during the course of this game.

This also made many Butler fans raise their eyebrows.

Now when it comes to small forwards, the league's general rankings are Wang Feng, James, Brother Alphabet, Durant, Leonard, George...... Butler is ranked after these guys, and even Zion, who is new to the league and hasn't played a game in total. Williams, ranked above Butler in some media magazines.

In this game, Butler countered and suppressed Leonard, which can be regarded as proving that his strength is definitely not inferior to these top forwards.