unfinished glory

Chapter 239 Fighting
In the locker room, the coaches of both sides began to mobilize the players for the second half.

At this time, skills and tactics are placed in the second place, and it is more of a psychological competition.It is necessary to let the players maintain the passion for fighting without being too nervous.

When the two sides were still waiting to play on the sidelines, the audience at the scene could already feel the tense atmosphere.The expressions of all the players were very serious. The two coaches were not in the mood to sit on the bench. One was watching from the sidelines with his arms folded, while the other kept walking.

The Grizzlies served the ball, Li Chongxiao took the ball, turned around and scored a goal through the pick-and-roll, 48:43.

Kobe took the ball and wanted to return one, but Li Chongxiao didn't dare to push it too hard, so he called Battier to double-team him.

The Grizzlies are also Kobe's most troublesome team. Since Li Chongxiao entered the league, he has quickly become one of the "Kobe terminators".It doesn't matter that he guarded Kobe strictly by himself, and even dragged other people to chase and intercept him.It was Bowen when he was in the Spurs, but he brought Battier to the Grizzlies.

Li Chongxiao and Battier's defensive combination can defend against other forwards and guards in the league who are miserable and frightened. They are better than Kobe, and they dare not be too arrogant. In this kind of critical game, they dare not catch a good opportunity. wave cast.

After being cautious, he passed to Artest, Battier went to defend, and the ball went to Yao Ming.

Yao Ming took the ball for a dribble, turned around and hooked his hand, the ball knocked on the rim, but still fell into the rim.

After both sides scored goals in the first round, the two sides fell into an iron battle again, and did not score for several rounds.

This time it was the Lakers who broke the deadlock first. Kobe singled Li Chongxiao and hit a difficult three-pointer.

Li Chongxiao was eager to return one. After shaking the outside line, he took the ball and resisted Artest. He hit the baseline, turned around and made a strong shot, but Kobe blocked the baseline from behind.

The Grizzlies reorganized after receiving the ball, and Conley broke through Fisher and missed a throw.Fortunately, after halftime, Odom's shot was also defended, and the score was stabilized at 48:45.

In the first timeout, Carlisle began to arrange tactics for everyone, mainly defensively.Now first of all, we must ensure that we do not make mistakes, grit our teeth and insist on not being broken, and then think about scoring goals.

As for offense, now the Grizzlies can only count on Li Chongxiao, and Carlisle also believes that Li Chongxiao can take on this important task.

Sure enough, after returning from a timeout, the adjusted Li Chongxiao hit a three-pointer, which opened up the point difference.

Although the Lakers did not score this round, they scored a goal in the next round.

The two sides entered a stalemate, scoring one goal and hitting two irons.

Now the two sides are fighting for defense, and Gasol is also desperately fighting at this time. On the one hand, he has to defend Odom, and on the other hand, he has to help Gasol Jr. defend Yao Ming.His energy was tied down, so that the strength of the attack was gone.

Gasol can't even defend Yao Ming, let alone attack. Being able to help him get an extra rebound is a very big help.

Conley's little ability is basically difficult to use at this time. As for Battier, there is no need to count on it. He will be exhausted by defending Kobe.

Li Chongxiao can only grit his teeth against Artest and Kobe. Although his current hits are not high, he can only bite the bullet and shoot, because now that he does not attack, no one can stand up.

In the third quarter, Li Chongxiao played a full game. He made 14 of 5 shots and made a few free throws. He scored 14 points, while the Grizzlies scored only 20 points.

The two sides scored 66:65, only one point behind.

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Li Chongxiao didn't rest for a second, and continued to play the fourth quarter.Gasol was too tired to play, and Ben took over.

Yao Ming also rested off the court, and the burden of offense was completely placed on Kobe. In the first round, he scored a layup after the confrontation, leading the score.

Li Chongxiao's eyes turned red, he took the ball and quickly broke through, pushing Kobe to the outside of the three-second zone. Before Walton, who replaced Artest, came to double-team, he turned around and scored with a fadeaway jumper, leading the score again.

Kobe took the ball and continued to play singles, misplaced to Matt Barnes to defend, and made a drift shot.

Li Chongxiao made an emergency stop jumper and scored two points, and returned the favor.

Two rounds, the confrontation between two superstars, the situation on the court became more anxious, and the atmosphere on the scene became more heated.

The tit-for-tat confrontation between superstars is always the most intoxicating scene in the NBA, not to mention the duel between the two shooting guards with the strongest offensive firepower in the league today.

Whether it is the audience on the scene or the fans on the screen, they all hope that this kind of offensive and defensive duel will continue.

But Li Chongxiao's goal is to win, and he will not disregard the interests of the team for a little bit of vain personal heroism.

The same is true of Kobe today.So after Li Chongxiao called out three people to double-team, which caused Kobe to miss the shot, after the Lakers lured Li Chongxiao into the three-point line, the four surrounded him, causing him to make a pass error.

Then Kobe's jumper was double-teamed and missed, and Li Chongxiao missed a layup while Odom was hanging.

Both teams have struggled, never having three successful possessions in a row.

After waiting for the substitute time, the main players of both sides returned, and the battle entered a fierce stage.

Kobe broke through with difficulty and passed the ball to Yao Ming. After receiving the ball, the latter made a fake move, picked up Gasol, and went to the basket.Gasol was a step late, grabbed Yao Ming in a hurry, and fouled early.

But Yao Ming had already started, he tossed the ball to the backboard, hit the box and bounced into the basket, the whistle blew and there was an additional penalty.

After scoring a free throw, Yao Ming also scored 24 points, while Kobe had already scored 30 points.Two people helped the team tie with 74:74.

Li Chongxiao scored 50 points, and the other players could only score sporadically.The Grizzlies' offensive focus is entirely on him, making the Lakers more and more unscrupulous in double-teaming him.

The team's second-in-command Gasol basically gave up on offense, only scored 7 points, and spent most of his energy on defense, causing him to foul 4 times, and there are more than 8 minutes left in the game .

Not surprisingly, the Grizzlies had the ball in Li Chongxiao's hands.Looking at the Lakers players who surrounded him, he was also quite uncomfortable.

Artest didn't wait for the ball to come over, so he clung to him.Kobe kept trying to get the ball on the side.

Facing two top defenders, Li Chongxiao was in a dilemma.Too deep will be blocked and surrounded, easy to lose the ball.It is far away and the hit rate cannot be guaranteed. Today's 38 of 18 shots are already below the average.

But the offense still has to be attacked, even if it is better for him to shoot wildly than not to shoot.With this mentality in mind, Li Chongxiao hit a few more irons, scored two goals, continued to entangle with the Lakers, and his personal score continued to rise.

With 3 minutes left in the game, the Lakers and the Grizzlies had finished, 84:81, and the final decisive battle was coming.

(End of this chapter)