Zhiba NBA

Chapter 62 (61) Lore and anti-lore
On April 4, the Spurs played their second game at home.This time the person who broke out in F20 was replaced by O'Neal. O'Neill made 4 of 21 shots and showed a domineering 15+32. Unfortunately, he only made 15 of 7 free throws.But the Spurs still maintain a rock-solid team defense, and the offensive end seizes Payton's aging weakness, with Gilbert Arenas as the core to seize and hit hard. "General" Arenas contributed a team-high 2 points, leading the Spurs to win again with 30 points.

After 2-0, the public opinion flocked to the Spurs, especially Arenas' excellent performance caused a lot of saliva.Some media even took the moral high ground and turned over old accounts, accusing the Spurs of using loopholes in the rules to forcibly steal people from the Warriors, winning the ball and losing morality.

McGrady is also excited about this.We are about to run into our old enemy, the Spurs, and this time we must give Bowen a little color.Try to score 40 points on Bowen's head, no, 50 points!
This state of excitement was also brought into the second day of the game. McGrady was completely different from the previous game. He sent assists to his teammates again and again at the beginning, and finally hit a triple-double of 20+10+12.And Jefferson and McGrady cooperated seamlessly and became the biggest beneficiaries.He scored a game-high 31 points. 91:105, still winning by 14 points, the Rockets took a 2-0 lead at home.

火箭这边打得轻描淡写，湖马这对宿敌则不会如此简单。从1999年马刺4比0淘汰湖人，到2001年湖人4比0复仇马刺，再到2002年湖人4比1再胜马刺（史上还有2003年马刺4比2湖人）。近年多次交锋，互有胜负，这次也许就是宿敌仇怨的终点。

On April 4, the Lakers finally returned to Staples.Changed the venue, and the fate was completely different-the Spurs were beaten silly in the first quarter.O'Neal scored 24+10 in a single quarter, Kobe also scored 6 points, and the OK combination scored 9 points higher than the Spurs.And Duncan only made 19 of 2 shots, 0 points, 0 rebounds and 0 block.Then the Spurs counterattacked several times, and the Lakers used the superstar's personal ability to beat them back several times.In the end, the Spurs suffered a big defeat 1:81. This game lost more points than the previous two wins.

The Lakers also used this to declare to the world-we are the strongest, and we just took a nap before.

On the same day, the Rockets did not take a nap. They defeated the Nuggets in an away game and celebrated their three-game winning streak in the playoffs.

April 4, this day belongs to OK.Kobe played a dominant performance, contributing 26+42+6, O'Neal also had 5+28, and the two together scored 14 of the Lakers' 98 points.Another strange thing about this game is that Ginobili made two free throws more than 70 minutes before the end of the game and made it 2:90. At the last moment, both sides failed to score, and this score was maintained until the end.

On the 27th, the Rockets finally took a nap.They narrowly lost to the Nuggets by 2 points away.Andrew Miller hit a crucial quasi-lore goal to avoid the shame of the team being swept 4-0.

On the 29th, the battle between the Lakers and horses, the rivals of Tianwangshan, kicked off at the SBC Center Arena.Unlike the first two games of this series, the Lakers showed high fighting spirit in the away game and took the initiative from the beginning.But the Spurs played the solid defense they are famous for, always forcing opponents to score smoothly.After the three quarters, the score was quite low 62:53. Although the Lakers took the lead, they played like a quagmire, which was extremely difficult.

As the fans expected, the Spurs launched a fierce counterattack in the fourth quarter, while the Lakers' offense became more and more sluggish. After playing 5 minutes in the fourth quarter, the score was 65:63.Only O'Neal scored 3 points in the half quarter, and no other players could break the deadlock.Although the Spurs didn't score many points, they steadily narrowed the point difference.

Finally Kobe made a 2-point jumper, breaking the scoring drought.Malone caused Holly's foul again, making two free throws and one, and the 68:63 point difference slightly widened.

The Spurs gave the ball to the core Duncan at a difficult moment, Shifu missed a shot but grabbed the rebound himself, and O'Neal made a defensive foul.Duncan calmly made two free throws.

O'Neal strikes the iron, and Shifu hits a short mid-range shot with no expression on his face. 68:67 Only 1 point away!

Kobe Bryant still missed the attack, Arenas broke through Payton's defense, and handed it to Duncan in the face of the help defense.Shi Buddha turned around and hit the board with a hook, leading the way at 68:69!

Home fans are crazy! The SBC arena is not considered a big hall in the league, it can only accommodate more than 1 people, but it is one of the arenas with the highest attendance rate.The Holy City fans love the Spurs team deeply, and they also love Duncan, a great superstar.

Ginobili steals Kobe Bryant, runs a fast break and passes the ball behind him, assists Arenas and hits a layup, 68:71.The Lakers failed to score for another 3 consecutive minutes. There were only 2 minutes and 14 seconds left in the game, and it would be very dangerous not to score.

The Spurs have superstars, and so do the Lakers.This time O'Neal stood up, he received a pass from Payton, turned and hit a hook.

This time Arenas missed a shot, and Ginobili stealthily stole the key offensive rebound, but Hawley missed a three-pointer.Malone protected the rebound.

Payton failed to find an opportunity after several attempts, so he had to hand the ball to Kobe. Kobe didn't even look at the defense and directly made a three-pointer, but it was a pity that he bounced out of the frame.With only 50 seconds left in the game, the Lakers are still 1 point behind.

The Spurs tried many times and failed to find opportunities, and finally handed over to Arenas to play hard, but the ball failed to hit.

But this time Kobe did not live up to the trust of his teammates, he made a strong two-point shot and succeeded! 72:71 The Lakers took the lead, with 11 seconds left in the game.

Popovich called a timeout and arranged tactics.But this time Zen master anticipated the enemy's opportunity and made some targeted deployments.

After the Spurs served the ball, Arenas wasted time holding the ball, intending to complete the final attack and not leave time for the Lakers to counterattack.Arenas was about to start attacking when Fisher suddenly stepped forward and fouled.

The number of fouls by the Lakers has not reached the number of free throws (note: the defensive side has 4 fouls in a single quarter before the offensive side can make free throws. Violations and violations during shooting are excluded)!The Spurs re-sent the ball in bounds, and there were only 5 seconds left in the game!

Popovich's face darkened, and he was slapped again by the Zen master, the old fox!There is no way, the last 5 seconds can only be called a pause and rearranged.

An attack in the last 5 seconds is difficult, and the defensive players must be highly focused.Duncan was forced to go beyond the free throw line to receive the serve, holding the ball high with his back to the basket, and O'Neal loomed close behind him.

Immediately after Ginobili served the ball, he cut inside around Duncan, intending to fend off the defenders to form an open space, and distract O'Neal's attention by the way.At this moment, Duncan had already made a decision in his mind. He turned with his right foot and turned to face the frame. Then he dribbled the ball sideways and took two big steps to the top of the free throw arc. O'Neal followed closely, and Malone immediately double-teamed him.Duncan was forced to choose a big fadeaway jumper, which was so wide that the release point was almost beyond the three-point line.

Hit! 72:73 The Spurs miraculously overtook the score!With only the last 0.4 seconds left in the game, the Lakers immediately called a timeout.

With a calm expression, the Zen master arranged a bold tactic.

The Lakers served in the frontcourt, and finally made a super difficult attack of 0.4.You must know that if you shoot the ball within 0.4 seconds of touching the ball, you are doomed to not be able to pose in a standard shooting posture, so it is difficult to score goals.

The Lakers players gathered in the middle, suddenly O'Neal cut inside, Kobe pulled outside the center circle, and Fisher ran towards the server Payton.

Kobe took away two people, and O'Neal took away one person, so that the space in the middle for receiving the ball was vacated.Fisher catches the ball, he turns and jumps as he catches it, half tosses and half throws the ball.This final blow of despair - actually entered!
The referee carefully watched the replay and judged that the ball was valid.Fisher raised his head to the sky and roared, the superstar F4 was on the field at the same time, but it was a role player who scored the lore!The little fish Fisher turned the superstar OK into his foil, and turned the quasi-lore of the superstar Duncan into his stepping stone to victory!

(The classic series of the Lakers used real data in history, but replaced Parker with Arenas)
　This may be the most exciting anti-lore ball in NBA history. When I write this paragraph, I am still quite excited when I think about it.In addition, I'm sorry Parker, when you were supposed to be brilliant, you were sitting on the bench with the Rockets. . . . . .

　　
　
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