Chapter 340: There is not much time left for the Lakers
The Clippers got two free throws out of thin air. This was an unexpected surprise for Fan Xi, just like picking up a lottery ticket on the road and scratching out the first prize.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Two free throws were made, and the Clippers established a 3-point lead.
Then, the Clippers continued to serve.
Although D'Antoni repeatedly emphasized defense, defense, defense on the sidelines.
But Butler still easily passed the basketball to Fancy, who passed Kwame Brown's screen and shot directly from the three-point line... Whoops!
hit.
The score difference suddenly reached 6 points.
Beep!
D'Antoni requested a timeout.
He was a little anxious.
The situation was still evenly matched, and I originally wanted to wait for the Clippers to make mistakes and defeat them in one fell swoop.
Then I thought the Lakers would collapse before the Clippers collapsed.
Kobe was livid, he was very angry, he returned to the bench, he said to Howard: "When you are guarding Jack, why do you jump up, you just need to block his path. Don't always
Thinking of blocking him and making big news..."
Before Kobe finished speaking, an angry Howard couldn't help but talk back. He muttered: "If I didn't jump up, he would dunk over my head. As soon as I widened out, I lost the inside line. You can't rely on defense."
I am alone, and at least Gasol has to work hard."
Howard often criticized Gasol for being inactive on the defensive end and unable to help himself.
Kobe's face froze at that time. He didn't expect Howard to contradict him at this time.
But he suppressed the attack, knowing that what he needed at this time was stability, and quarreling was of no use.
"We must attack and defend fully. We cannot blindly pursue positional warfare or blindly play the so-called advantage points." Chris Paul put forward his opinions to D'Antoni at this time. He hoped to increase the rhythm and let the team
Work hard to chase points and overtake, because there is not much time left for them.
Kobe still wanted to stick to his attitude, but D'Antoni made a decision. He agreed with Chris Paul's idea and made a new deployment. He asked all players to move, but still stipulated that Kobe Bryant's scope of activities should be the first.
attack area.
Kobe didn't object anymore.
Because there has never been a debate about 'wrong versus right' in the world, it has always been a debate about 'right versus right'.
With a 6-point difference and three minutes of game time, the Lakers must attack with all their strength.
Beep, the whistle sounded.
While the Lakers made new arrangements, the Clippers changed to a new lineup: Fanci, Arenas, Butler, Nowitzki, and DeAndre Jordan.
"Let's go do something crazy."
Fanci said to his teammates before going on the court. Before that, coach Mike told them: You need to grab points, rush into the Lakers' house like robbers, and pry open all their safes.
Therefore, these two crazy guys, Arenas and Butler, were put into the lineup.
When Chris Paul increased his rhythm and dribbled the ball across half court, he found that the person in front of him was Arenas.
Arenas opened his arms, stood in front of Paul, and spoke in his unique accent, like a street ganster: "Come on, man, let's have a big show, let me see if your butt hole is black.
"
Arenas beat his chest, as excited as if he had just taken medicine.
Paul didn't tangle with Arenas. He quickly changed directions and used his favorite crossover from left to right. He didn't want to communicate with this down-and-out former superstar like a street gangster.
He thought he could easily kill Arenas, who had lost a lot of his explosive power.
But…poof!
As soon as he completed the change of direction, Arenas collided with him: he lost some of his explosive power, but not his strength.
Arenas's bull-like collision caused Chris Paul, the confrontational point guard, to lose his position. He stumbled, but Arenas pounced on him like a mad dog.
Chris St. Paul, the Little Steel Cannon, was subconsciously panicking. He passed the basketball out as if on conditioned reflex, intending to hand it to Kobe.
When Kobe saw Paul being challenged with great intensity by Arenas, he was already prepared, but when he took a step forward, Fan Xi also pounced on him.
Seeing the basketball coming quickly, the two struggled with each other. At that moment, Kobe gained the upper hand.
A figure flew out from the side, and Butler threw the basketball directly at him like a football goalkeeper.
His body hit the ground heavily, but he immediately threw the basketball over.
Arenas took the lead and rushed forward after getting the basketball.
Paul chased after him, but Arenas made an emergency stop one meter away from the three-point line... At this time, the front court was deserted.
Paul never dreamed of it.
Arenas opened his hand and shot.
Paul's face was filled with disbelief.
This is the Western Conference Finals.
Are you worthy of your teammates fighting so hard?
Just take action like this?
Aren't you afraid of being scolded by the coaching staff?
Don’t need to organize it?
Question marks gradually filled St. Paul's head.
He is still too young. When he first joined the league, Arenas's nickname was General.
Is there any ball he wouldn't dare to shoot?
Whoosh!
The basketball fell into the net accurately.
9 points!
Instantly, the Clippers led by 9 points.
Two lunatics and one normal person destroyed the Lakers' goal to stabilize their morale.
The entire Staples Center was stunned. Suddenly the fans were not expecting it. They originally thought that Fan Xi had gone to the extreme of madness. However, they did not expect that the Clippers could have such a pair of unique talents.
One is having a cerebral convulsion, the other is dying.
"Steady! Steady!"
After Paul brought the ball over, Kobe reminded him. Even though he was 9 points behind, he still wanted to make a run, base his defense on, and play steadily. In Kobe's basketball philosophy, defense wins the championship.
But for Paul, time waits for no one.
St. Paul finally accepted being defeated by Fan Xi, but he did not accept that the old, weak, sick and brainless Clippers were showing off their power over him one by one.
Howard also holds the same view.
Howard moved up to cover Paul, and then dropped quickly in two lanes. Their double lane rush was very lethal. Paul's path was full of changes, and Howard was as powerful as a dragon, unstoppable.
It was Arenas who was still defending Paul. He chased Paul from behind and did not give him a chance to complete the emergency stop.
Howard ran wildly from the other direction, he was like a wild horse, and Jordan was a very athletic center, but he was still accelerated by him.
Seeing that Paul couldn't solve the problem on his own, he quickly passed the basketball to Howard who was running wildly on the other side. Howard got the basketball and his legs used strength again. He was about to complete a powerful dunk.
But he found a figure standing straight in front of him... Poof!
He inevitably bumped into it.
Jimmy Barrett flew out like a kite with a broken string... Howard's collision was as powerful as a football player.
Beep!
The referee blows the whistle.
Although this ball is very detrimental to the Lakers.
But he is undisputed.
It's an offensive foul.
Video playback showed that Barrett stood in front of the reasonable collision zone, motionless, like a pine and cypress clinging to a green mountain. A second before the head-on collision, his expression was calm and his eyes were clear.
There was no dodge at all.
"A real ganster! So ruthless, so powerful." Charles Barkley gave him unprecedented respect on the TV station.
In fact, not just Barkley, but everyone watching TV was infected by Butler's tenacious spirit.
Defending Howard, who is accelerating and rushing wildly, is definitely not something that can be done with a little courage, let alone standing there straight and waiting for the impact to happen.
Howard helplessly slapped the basketball on the ground.
At this time, he saw Butler standing up from the ground with difficulty. This guy actually didn't let Fan Xi and Arenas pull him up. He stood up by himself.
After rubbing his sore chest, Butler looked at Howard calmly and showed a smile that made Howard feel oozing: "Dwight, do you dare to do it again?"
Butler's expression was very serious. He was not pretending. He clearly told Howard: If you come back again, I will still wait for you in the same place.
When others say this, Howard may think it is just a pretense, but when Butler says this, Howard absolutely believes it is true.
The two rookies selected by the Clippers, one has the best defensive talent in the league, and the other has an unparalleled fighting spirit.
Found a treasure.
The Lakers lost the ball.
"They are gone."
Kenny Smith made an unceremonious judgment: "This is the Western Conference Finals. As long as you fail to seize one round, it will cause a domino effect and a crushing defeat."
"The same thing happens to the Clippers, and the result will be the same. Their strength is only 50-50."
Kenny Smith said.
The game continues.
Vansh controls time.
He is neither sick nor slow.
On the contrary, the Lakers kept forcing him to attack early, but Fanshie was rock solid. He finally passed the pick-and-roll with Nowitzki, entered the paint area, and completed the battle with a buzzer-beating floater amid restless defense.
The Clippers extended their lead to 11 points, leaving little time for the Lakers.