NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 177 The ugly drama is about to begin

The Kings' three-point shooting percentage dropped in the third quarter. Changing from the previous game, there must be a certain amount of panic within the Kings.

But now, everyone has a peaceful mentality, because everyone has a clear positioning. Three-pointers are a tool for grabbing points, and the Kings have a new anchor in addition to inside offense.

Mid-range shot!
At this point, the two teams no longer care about rotation or not.

Kobe and O'Neal took a break of 4 minutes in the first half and the third quarter combined, so they came straight into the game at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

The Kings were even more ruthless. Webber didn't rest for another minute and continued to play at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

When the moment comes when the bayonet is red, why should we rest?

After being eliminated, I went fishing, which was a bit of a break!

tired?
Grit your teeth and hold on!

After preventing the Lakers' first offense in the fourth quarter, the Kings took the lead in changing their rhythm. The Bibi Divac and Bibi Weber pick-and-roll that had made the Lakers very uncomfortable appeared again.

Divac, a veteran, felt great today. He hit two three-pointers in the first quarter. This time he caught the ball in the mid-range after the pick-and-roll.

O'Neal took a step outside and wanted to rush out to defend, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw Lu Yuanzhi leaving Fox behind and rushing inside.

You can't leave. If you pounce at this time, the inside line will be empty.

O'Neal took a step and then braked decisively.

Divac saw Lu Yuanzhi's restraint on O'Neal, no longer hesitated, and slowly took action.

Fisher, who came over from defense, jumped up hard, well, it went over Divac's knee, but it didn't affect Divac's shooting at all.

"brush!"

Another two-point hit!

At 84:79, the Kings once again opened the point difference to 5 points.

Looking back, Kobe shook Christie away, but his shot hit the target again.

"Retreat and retreat!"

O'Neal looked at the ball crookedly, and instead of fighting for offensive rebounds, he rushed toward his own basket like a big truck.

This ball was not blocked by Divac, and the direction of the ball was good. If O'Neal went for offensive rebounds, he really had a chance to get the ball.

But what if you can’t get it?
The Lakers, who are empty inside, will be chased and beaten, which is equivalent to giving the Kings two points in vain.

At this point, the Lakers can no longer afford to gamble, they must seek stability.

Bibby quickly advanced to the frontcourt and saw that the Lakers were already in position, so he was not in a hurry to launch an attack.

After two failed screens with Weber and Lu Yuanzhi on the outside, Bibby continued to dribble in the middle without any hurry.

There are 10 seconds left in the attack time. Normally at this time, the Kings will give the ball to Webb and let him go to Horry alone, so O'Neal habitually takes another step inside, ready to defend Webber at any time.

But the Kings went uncharacteristically and continued to beat Bibi Divac's pick-and-roll screens.

Yes, Weber's single drill is our trump card, but the newly developed Bibby-Divac pick-and-roll is an offensive option with a higher success rate.

Hit, hit to death!
When Divac saw O'Neal leaning inside again, he didn't hesitate and pulled directly outside. After covering Bibby at the free throw line, he continued to open the corner.

Fisher almost wanted to curse!

How to prevent this?
It's two against one every time!

I couldn't keep up with Bibby. Bibby shot an open shot from close range, just like a free throw.

I followed Bibby, and Divac shot an open shot from close range, and it was still the same!
But he didn't dare to yell at O'Neal. O'Neal didn't want to come out. What could he do?
Let it be cold!
Try your best to show your defensive attitude!
People can be unpredictable, but there must be no problem with attitude!
This time the Lakers' defense has changed.

O'Pang was finally willing to leave his warm and comfortable basket and dive out, while Horry took the opportunity to take a step back, preparing to block Divac's passing route to Lu Yuanzhi.

Sure enough, after Divac saw O'Neal save, he gave up the shot. With a flick of his wrist, he passed the ball directly to the ground, breaking through Horry's blockade and giving the ball to Lu Yuanzhi who rushed to the basket.

Hori also wants to curse!
Why is your Divac passing so bad?
Are you still a center?
Even our point guard can't pass this kind of pass. Why can you, a center, do this?
But after cursing in his heart, Horry had to make up for the basket to face Lu Yuanzhi's impact.Horry and Lu Yuanzhi are both 206 centimeters tall, but Lu Yuanzhi is younger, has stronger athletic ability, and has a few steps to jump higher.

Horry had no confidence in guarding Lu Yuanzhi.

However, as long as we don't send two plus one, as long as it can affect Lu Yuanzhi's layup, it shouldn't be a big problem.

Lu Yuanzhi received the ball and was about to push forward and run over, but suddenly he felt his arm being pulled.

It's Fox!

Fox, who was half a body behind, took advantage of the moment when Lu Yuanzhi caught the ball and adjusted his steps to catch up.

Originally, in the sixth game of the Western Conference Finals, everyone was making big moves. It didn't matter if they were pulled. Lu Yuanzhi would not care about whether Fox committed a foul or not, and would continue to attack the Lakers inside without O'Neal.

But the ball was wet with someone's sweat. Lu Yuanzhi exerted force and the ball almost slipped away.

After such an incident, Lu Yuanzhi could not forcefully attack the basket, but it was not a big problem. Weber had already followed up from the side.

Lu Yuanzhi found a gap in the double-team between the two, stretched out his long arms, and directly passed the ball to Weber.

"Good news!"

Weber received the ball under the basket and jumped directly for a dunk.

Another two points!

86: 79!

The Kings took advantage of the Lakers' low shooting percentage at the beginning of the fourth quarter and used their strength again to widen the point difference to 7 points.

But Lu Yuanzhi's attention was attracted by something strange.

After the referee standing on the baseline touched the ball, he did not give it to the Lakers players immediately. Instead, he found a towel from the courtside staff and wiped it carefully.

Yeah!

It must be very slippery!

Even the referee thought it was too slippery, but what happened to Webb, like he was just fine?
Forget it, stop thinking about it, go back and defend yourself!

In this attack, the Lakers still had trouble with their hands. O'Neal had already shaken off Divac's defense and made a small hook in a wide open space. The ball looked like it was going to go into the basket, but it spun around a few times and came out again.

Still not in!

The Lakers made three offensive starts in the fourth quarter, but none of them made a hit.

Especially this ball, the ball actually spun out terribly.

What's even worse is that after Divac got the rebound, he flicked his wrist and the ball went directly from the backcourt to the midline. Bibby received the ball and quickly advanced, and other Kings players also began to sprint forward!

O'Neal can't get back under the Kings basket!

Bibby broke into the inside, and Kobe and Fisher had already defended him, but Bibby did not hesitate to pass the ball to the right corner.

Lu Yuanzhi and Christie ran to the bottom corners left and right, and the ball found Lu Yuanzhi.

When Lu Yuanzhi saw that Weber had followed up from the middle, he no longer had any worries and quickly drew his gun.

"brush!"

The ball crashes into the net!
89: 79!

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Kings had a 7-0 spurt, quickly opening the point difference to double digits.

Phil Jackson saw that the situation was not right and immediately called a timeout.

When the players returned to the bench, the three referees stood together, looked at each other, and nodded to each other.

The good show, no, the ugly show, is about to officially begin, nearly 5 minutes earlier than expected.

(End of this chapter)