Chapter 156 Turn on the offensive mode, 1V1 men fight!
"Well done! Boys! Keep fighting like this and don't give them a chance to breathe!"
During the break, Suns coach D'Antoni kept clapping his hands to encourage his players.
Entering the fourth quarter with a lead is very important for the team, it is a mental advantage.
Mustache did not let Chen Yan be the main attacker in the next tactical deployment. The score tonight was very close. He deliberately let Chen Yan conserve his energy to prepare for the final attack.
The fourth quarter of the game started quickly, and both sides continued the lineup from the second half of the third quarter.
The Lakers attack first.
Garnett held the ball in the high post to provide support, and Stoudemire had to follow him. This position was within Garnett's shooting range.
Kobe walked around to Garnett and pretended to pass the ball to him.
Suddenly he accelerated and ran away!
He deceived Laga Bell and then cut to the Suns penalty area without the ball.
Garnett handed the ball to Kobe with a very comfortable hit, and the latter easily scored with a one-handed dunk!
93 to 95.
The high school duo successfully connected!
Kobe is still the same boy he used to be. As long as he can dunk, he will never dunk!
Garnett and Kobe returned to the defensive half after high-fiving. After two months of running-in, the two have become more and more cooperative. This is what Lakers fans want to see most.
Winning the championship is not accomplished simply by stacking stars. The entire team must play like a team, and the players must have chemical reactions with each other.
Otherwise, even the Lakers F4, which was as strong as it was back then, would still not be able to win the championship.
Sun attack round.
Diaw made a quick shot from the bottom line. After passing the half court, Nash looked left and right. After distracting the defensive players, he suddenly shot a cold arrow and hit a three-pointer!
"Whoa!"
93 to 98.
This is the way Nash is good at scoring. When everyone thinks he is going to shoot, he passes the ball. When everyone thinks he is going to send an assist, he suddenly shoots.
In the next two minutes, Nash led the team to an 8-0 offensive climax, directly stopping the Lakers!
‘Zen Master’ Phil Jackson was forced to call a timeout.
On the bench, Phil Jackson kept shouting: "Guys! Slow down the tempo! Slow down the speed. We have to make good use of our advantages and use positional warfare to wear down the Suns' patience! Don't always think about the point difference and play hard.
Attack every round!"
After Phil Jackson laid out the tactics, Kobe stretched his hands into the air: "One! Two! Three! Win!"
Then all the Lakers put their hands on Kobe's and shouted together: "One! Two! Three! Win!"
Phil Jackson's deployment and Kobe's mobilization had an immediate effect. After the timeout, the Lakers immediately responded to the Suns with a 12-2 shock wave.
After a back and forth, the score difference between the two sides returned to 3 points.
In the last 5 minutes of the game, the Lakers suddenly exerted their strength and suddenly increased their defensive intensity!
The Suns seized the opportunity to counterattack, and Laja Bell caught the ball and drove to the basket.
"boom!"
Kobe denied Raja Bell's scoring request with a chasing spike!
In the Suns' next offensive round, Stoudemire almost made a mistake under the Lakers' high pressure, and finally panicked and shot from distance.
This is a drawback of the run-and-gun tactic. When the opponent drags the rhythm into a positional battle and increases the defensive intensity, it is easy for mistakes or a decline in offensive efficiency.
This is why the Suns have been successful in the regular season in recent seasons, but the playoffs are always a bit boring...
"Whoa!"
Coming back to the game, Kobe used the screen to hit the mid-range shot steadily!
107 to 108, the Lakers chased the score to only 1 point!
The Suns hit the baseline quickly, and Nash rushed into the Lakers' paint like a jumping elf!
With no chance to take a shot and no good chance to distribute the ball, Nash circled around and returned to the top of the key.
The game has come to the positional battle mode that the Lakers are most familiar with!
The Lakers increased their defensive intensity, and the team fell into a state of offensive stagnation. Chen Yan knew that he had to stand up and attack at this time!
On a reverse run, Chen Yan received Nash's pass one step outside the three-point line.
Instead of dribbling in a hurry, Chen Yan grabbed the ball with one hand and put it behind his back, waiting for Stoudemire's cover.
Stoudemire is very mobile and immediately reached beyond the three-point line.
Stoudemire acted as a wall, and Chen Yan continued to dribble with his back, constantly going around the screen while looking for an offensive rhythm!
Stoudemire transformed into a tool man and stood motionless. Whenever he moved, he would move to cover.
But Stoudemire was not the one who suffered the most on the court, the one who suffered the most was Kobe.
Chen Yan kept going around the screen and Kobe kept going around Stoudemire. The two of them had a sense of peek-a-boo.
There were 8 seconds left in the attack time of the round. Chen Yan suddenly lowered his shoulders and lowered his body, taking a sharp step forward!
Just when Kobe thought he was going to use the screen to break through, Chen Yan bounced up at the speed of light!
The iconic pull-up jumper with one short step beyond the three-point line!
Kobe was a step too late when he stepped forward to interfere. Whether the ball can go in or not depends entirely on Chen Yan's own touch.
Chen Yan's shot was like writing poetry, and the basketball drew a wonderful parabola in the sky above the American West Arena.
"bnag!"
Water splashes everywhere!
106 to 110!
After hitting the key three-pointer, Chen Yan maintained his shooting style and returned to the defensive half.
He likes to use this posture to accept the cheers from the fans in the audience!
In the Lakers' offensive round, Kobe hit a difficult three-pointer when the 24-second attack time was about to end!
"Oh! Kobe also returned a three-pointer!"
Zhang Weiping and Yu Jia had a tacit understanding and shouted at the same time!
"The game looks great now! Let's see if Chen Yan will respond!"
As soon as Yu Jia finished speaking, Chen Yan completed the connection with Nash!
Chen Yan went around the corner, and Stoudemire blocked Kobe in front of him. There was a loophole in the Lakers defense, and no one was there to cover Chen Yan!
Facing a super open position, Chen Yan adjusted for one second and then took action!
"for-three~~~"
The on-site DJ shouted and aroused the atmosphere of the fans at the moment Chen Yan took action!
"Whoa!"
No mercy, Chen Yan hit another three-pointer!
113 to 109!
As soon as the goal was scored, the cheers of the fans in the audience went up a notch higher, and the Suns' bench was also waving their towels crazily!
The situation for the Lakers is getting more and more difficult!
But the more difficult it is, the more powerful players like Kobe can burst out!
Kobe and Garnett played hand-in-hand and then started taking advantage of the situation, holding the ball and heading straight to the basket!
"Beep!"
When the referee blew the whistle, Kobe scored hard!
and-one!
The moment the ball was scored, Kobe gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, so fierce!
Walking to the free throw line, the fans in the audience burst into loud boos, putting as much pressure on Kobe as possible.
However, a player with a strong heart like Kobe has always been unafraid of external interference. After adjusting his breathing, Kobe steadily made the free throw.
113 to 112, the score is still tight.
The last moment of the game has turned into a 1v1 men's battle between Chen Yan and Kobe!