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Chapter 143 145: Nash, is a good sword
145: Nash, is a good sword
"Lamar -- Odom --" the commentator's voice almost reached the highest point he could reach.After the bully got a technical foul, Odom seemed to let go all of a sudden. He succeeded in attacking the inside line continuously, even overshadowing the "king" Chris Webber.In the last second of the first quarter, Odom used Caron Butler's pick-and-roll to face Barbosa's defense and hit a three-pointer at the buzzer. The atmosphere of the scene was completely detonated by him. "Tonight, he is more worthy of the title of golden left hand than Derek Fisher. With a score of 28 to 36, the Lakers were able to lead by 8 points in the first quarter, and Lamar Odom contributed a lot."

In the first quarter, the Lakers led by 8 points, which broke the simulation game mode at the very beginning, and Qin Tao became more confident.After he briefly praised the players, he began to arrange the next tactics. "Derrick, you will play with Walton later to control the rhythm, Lamar, you and Kwame play inside, and Barnes, you pay attention to defense. Remember that in the second quarter, we will play positional warfare, and Stoudemire will definitely not play. Make good use of our inside advantage and hold on to the lead. Our pace can be slower when attacking the position, but if there is a chance to counterattack, let me run."

Don Anthony kept drawing with the tactical board. He drew a good tactical board so that even his mother didn't know the tactical board. "We have to pay attention to the speed of the counterattack. Joe Johnson, we will let you attack. What you have to do is not only to shoot, but also to break through and disrupt their inside. Kwame has already suffered a foul. He is not an experienced player. , you'd better beat him down."

Both sides changed players and used the rotation lineup.In the second quarter, it was the Lakers who made the first effort. Lamar Odom continued his good performance in the first quarter. He made an emergency stop jumper and extended the lead to double digits for the Lakers.On the defensive end, he successfully restricted Joe Johnson's breakthrough. Johnson thought that after shaking off Kwame Brown, he could easily use a throw to narrow the point difference, but was capped by Odom who came from the bottom line. one is right.

The basketball was touched by Odom and changed its original trajectory, from flying forward to straight up and down. Kwame Brown, who was shaken just now, just accepted the basketball easily.As for the Suns' backup center Steve Hunter, he was directly squeezed out by Kwame Brown's big butt, which basically didn't affect Kwame Brown's embrace of the basketball.As soon as he hugged the basketball, Kwame Brown immediately threw the basketball out as a shot put. His shot put is not about distance but accuracy.The basketball fell into the hands of Derek Fisher who had just started ahead of schedule.

Barbosa was easily fooled by Fisher because of his lack of experience, Xiaoyu dribbled two times under the crotch one after another.Barbosa was completely stunned, and Fisher dribbled the ball under his crotch again and took a step back. The space of two steps was enough for him to adjust his shooting action.Xiaoyu easily launched the basketball with his left hand, and he seemed to have eyes behind his back. Suns guard Jaxbin was just about to give him a big hat, and he shot it. The difference between the two was less than a second.It was this less than a second that earned Fisher another foul.

The basketball went into the net hollow, and the referee blew his whistle to signal a foul by the opponent's thug. "Obviously he came to me on his own initiative!" Jia Kebin complained endlessly beside the referee.At the Lakers' home court, the referee wanted to show Jaxbin the home whistle, and another "T" was given to him.

The last time it was Lamar Odom's three-pointer at the buzzer that ignited the atmosphere last time, this time it was Fisher's beautiful foul and the referee's whistle.Just when the referee blew the whistle to give Jia Kebin a technical foul, Qin Tao on the sidelines no longer pretended to be cool on the sidelines. He turned around and shouted at the cheering fans, "Champion! Champion! Champion! We It's the champion!!! The champion!!!!" He shouted while waving his arms, and the atmosphere of the scene was further promoted under his adjustment.What responded to him was even more enthusiastic and loud shouts from the audience, "Champions! Champions! Champions! We are the champions! The Los Angeles Lakers are the champions!"

In the neat shouts of the audience, Fisher made two consecutive free throws steadily, and the Los Angeles Lakers completed a four-point fast break.Affected by the noise of the home fans, second-year rookie Joe Johnson made a mistake in the breakthrough, and the Lakers once again seized the opportunity to complete the fast break.Three minutes into the second quarter, the Lakers gave the Suns an 3-8 win, and Don Anthony sullenly called a timeout.

During the timeout, he scolded Jax Bin and made two technical fouls, which was a huge blow to the morale of the Suns.Jia Kebin sat down on the seat next to the drinking fountain with his head down, and Tang Antoni changed the two of them.In this case, the core of the Phoenix people, Canadian Steve Nash and hacker Sean Marion are back in battle.Originally he wanted to replace Stoudemire, but the little bully who didn't rest for 1 minute in the first quarter still needs to continue to rest.

Even if the Suns have Nash on the court, they have a backbone, and their offense is much smoother.Even after the Canadian came on the field, he used a two-pronged "magic skill" of piercing the needle and turning the tide.He not only scored eight points in a row, but also sent three assists. He helped the Suns play a wave of 14 to 4, and the point difference was suddenly reduced to 6 points.

The gap between the Suns with Nash on the court and the Suns without Nash was too great. Qin Tao sneered in his heart, and he also started to change players.He continued to use Kobe to limit Nash, and at the same time let everyone pay attention to the double-teaming of Nash. After all, Kobe still has to spend part of his energy on offense.After replacing Kobe, he also replaced Kwame Brown who has been playing since the beginning of the game. Chris Webber's experience can well limit the bully Lamarre Stoudemire who plays again.

The game continued after the substitutions between the two sides. There were 4 minutes left in the first half. Qin Tao's request was to widen the point difference to double digits before the end of the half.This is the fourth match between the two teams. After the first three matches, Qin Tao has already faintly grasped the Sun's weakness.Their offense relies too much on Nash, but just having someone to mark him won't limit the Canadian's performance.They also have the bully Stoudemire inside, and the pick-and-roll cooperation between the two of them can definitely rank in the top three in the league, or even rank first. This is the core lineup of the Suns.The core of two people is indeed difficult to defend. The average team has something that can limit Nash but can't do anything with Stoudemire.After all, few teams are as defensive as the Spurs and Pistons.

However, the Los Angeles Lakers are precisely able to limit both Nash and Stoudemire.Kobe's defensive ability can be ranked among the top five in the league, and Chris Webber can also do a good job defensively with his body and experience after changing his defensive attitude.Even with one defense and one Lakers, they can limit the Suns' two offensive cores, and with the help of others, Qin Tao is confident that he can limit the Suns' offense after landing.As for the counterattack, the Lakers are no weaker than the Suns.In fact, at the end of the day, it's all about feeling and rebounding.

For the remainder of the second quarter, Nash was bogged down by Kobe's defense and Stoudemire was entangled by Chris Webber.Although both of them are struggling to break free from the quagmire, how can Kobe and Chris Webber form the quagmire if they want to break free?Positional warfare is not good, the Suns want to speed up the pace, but their inside strength is not as good as the Lakers.Chris Webber can be regarded as the player with the strongest rebounding ability among active players. The Lakers with him have too much advantage in rebounding inside.

What the Phoenix people like most is to beat others without a firm foothold, but the Lakers try to avoid such a situation from happening.As long as Nash has the ball, Kobe will immediately appear by his side.Qin Tao once fell into a misunderstanding. He always asked Fisher to defend Nash. He didn't like to let Kobe participate in the defense. But judging from the current situation, Kobe's defensive ability must be used.With Nash pinched, the Lakers' fight went much smoother.

At halftime, the Lakers led by 11 points.In the third quarter, the Lakers once again ushered in the 5 minutes that the media called "the moment of convulsions". The 18-point lead made the Phoenix people almost desperate, although Nash and Stoudemire never gave up, they wanted to help the team reverse.But Kobe wants to prove that what he showed in this game is not only his defensive ability but also his offense. He took over the game in the 4th minute of the fourth quarter.A wave of attacks led by Kobe himself completely defeated the Phoenix's running and bombing formation.At the last moment, Nash also wanted to save the team by scoring himself, but even if he made three three-pointers and made two jumpers after two breakthroughs, Nash also made four free throws at the free throw line.This is the performance of scoring 17 points in a row, but it was completely covered up by Kobe's 21-point report card in a single quarter.

In the end, amid the tsunami-like cheers of all Staples fans, the Los Angeles Lakers, the great purple and gold team, ushered in their third victory in this round of the series. 115 to 119, the Lakers maintained their advantage until the end.At the moment when the timer was reset to zero, Qin Tao raised his hands high and let out a long howl that seemed to be able to penetrate the shouts of the fans.

"Match point! This is a head-to-head victory. With this victory, the Lakers can shut everyone up!" The live commentator shouted excitedly.Before the game, the media criticized the Lakers' victory as immoral, and the unscrupulous victory made all Lakers fans feel uncomfortable, but today's victory is enough to crush anyone's doubts.

Qin Tao, who was in a good mood after the game, took the initiative to find Tang Anthony, "Mr. Tang Anthony, I won."

"The series isn't over yet." Don Anthony's complexion wasn't too good, but it wasn't too bad either. Qin Tao didn't know what was waiting for him next, but it was a fact that the Lakers won the match point. "See you in Phoenix, Mr. Qin Tao." Don Anthony said again.

"We'll meet again, and I'll be the winner." Qin Tao stared at Tang Antony closely, refusing to give up half a step in his momentum.

"Not necessarily." After Don Anthony finished speaking, he disappeared into the depths of the player tunnel.Qin Tao, who was in a good mood and broke the result of the controller simulation competition, accepted the interview for the first time. Although he only said one sentence, it was enough to fill up the pages of the major media tomorrow.

Facing the question "What is the magic weapon for the Lakers to win this game?" asked by the Sports Illustrated reporter, Qin Tao smiled and said, "Steve Nash, he is a good sword."

(End of this chapter)