unfinished glory

Chapter 269
Going to the away game with a score of 3:2, for the Grizzlies, they were almost forced to a dead end.

At this time, the tactics are exhausted, and the chicken soup is also boiled dry, so we can only fight with real swords and guns with real strength.

As soon as they returned to the home court, the Lakers showed an attitude that they must win. They attacked the Grizzlies inside and outside, and soon played a 14:4 attack wave, opening the point difference to 10. point.

Seeing that the team has no parry and his teammates' offense is not good, Li Chongxiao couldn't bear it anymore. He stopped thinking about motivating his teammates and just attacked by himself with the ball.

He first met Artest's three-pointer and brought the score back to within ten.Then he dribbled around with the ball, made a mid-range shot from the free throw line, and continued to score.

The Lakers also reacted quickly. Yao Ming received a breakthrough point from Kobe and dunked successfully.

Li Chongxiao used Gasol's pick-and-roll to break through to the inside line and failed to make a layup, but he grabbed the rebound and made a tip-up.

Paul passed Conley's shot and missed, and Yao Ming also made a dunk to score two points.The Lakers have maintained their offensive momentum. Although Li Chongxiao continued to score, they could not close the point difference.

He played the entire game in the first quarter and scored 21 points. Apart from him, only Gasol Jr. and Conley scored one goal each.

The Grizzlies team scored a total of 25 points, but the opponent Lakers scored 32 points.

Although the process of the game is different from before, the result has not changed much.The Lakers are still in the lead, and the Grizzlies are struggling to catch up.

In the second quarter, Li Chongxiao didn't take a break either, and went straight to the game.After rushing for half a quarter on the court, he finally took advantage of the opportunity of the Lakers' offensive efficiency to drop to close the score to 4 points.

At this time, the Lakers also felt that they had to take some measures to control Li Chongxiao's offense.The center of defense began to shift to him. For several consecutive rounds, as soon as Li Chongxiao passed the half court, he began to double-team, and then arranged other players to encircle him.

Li Chongxiao barely attacked for three rounds and only scored one goal.At this time, he had to make a change.

In this round, he called Gasol Jr. to come out for the pick-and-roll early, and then dodged and cut to the inside.Both Kobe and Artest came to help defend, Li Chongxiao walked to the left, and then made a long pass to the right corner.Thompson made a catch-and-shoot, and a three-pointer fell into the basket.

In the second round, he used the same method to assist Thompson in the horn position and scored another goal.

After two rounds of outside power, the Lakers had to restrain their double-teaming of Li Chongxiao and distribute some defensive energy to other players of the Grizzlies.

Li Chongxiao seized a chance to breathe and hit a three-pointer.Then through the pick-and-roll cooperation, he assisted Gasol to hit two points.

Through his continuous efforts, the other players of the Grizzlies finally caught up with the rhythm, and the offense became active.

By the end of the first half, the Grizzlies had a 5-point lead over their opponents.

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When the wind is down, if you say some words of encouragement, you can often get twice the result with half the effort.At this time, tactics and so on are secondary. Carlisle beat everyone in the visiting team's locker room and encouraged everyone to persevere.

The Grizzlies still maintained their offensive vitality and put pressure on the Lakers on the offensive end.On the offensive end, Li Chongxiao's attack with the ball decreased, and more through various cooperation.

In the second half of the third quarter, he tried to take advantage of his physical strength, increase the way of running and receiving the ball, and get a chance to make a move.

Although the number of shots has decreased, the shooting percentage has increased.Led by 18 points in a single quarter, the Grizzlies widened the point difference to 9 points.

Li Chongxiao has scored 53 points, but he didn't rest for a minute, and he still appeared on the court in the fourth quarter.

The games between the Grizzlies and the Lakers have always been hand-to-hand combat. Players on both sides consume a lot of physical energy in frequent physical contact.The Grizzlies' bench is deep enough to ensure the physical fitness of the players. This is also the confidence for them to win two games and form a stalemate with the Lakers.

For the Lakers, Kobe and Paul also had a lot of playing time, while Yao Ming had a little less time, but his task was the heaviest, not only to score but also to guard the entire interior.

When the game reached the critical point of the fourth quarter, the intensity further increased, and the court almost became a wrestling match.

Yao Ming was under a lot of pressure on the inside, and the card and position needed to be fought several times, and each attack had to be completed with a player.The same Grizzlies twin towers want to score goals, but also have to bear extraordinary pressure. When they cannot be squeezed, they are prone to mistakes.

The offense and defense in the interior consume a lot of physical energy for the players. Within half a quarter of the game, they are out of breath and unable to lead the offense.

It takes a lot of thought for the core outside players to take over the game.Kobe is the main defense of Li Chongxiao, Paul is also handed over to Conley, and Battier or Barnes take turns to help defend. At this time, they can only gamble and let Artest attack.

Artest really didn't have the energy to attack, he used all his energy on Li Chongxiao.

In fact, hand-to-hand combat is the defensive method he is better at. Now that the pace of the game is slow, Li Chongxiao's room for movement has also been tightened, and his flexibility has been reduced a lot, so he is not so easy to get rid of in defense.

Li Chongxiao defended Kobe, and he hit his wrist twice; Kobe and Artest double-teamed him, often holding hands.It is also very common for players from both teams to be squeezed.

The more you play behind, the slower the pace of the game, and the decline in physical fitness is a problem encountered by both teams.Li Chongxiao was slightly better, but not much better. He played too long today.

But his consistent consistency paid off, and every shot, while difficult, was rewarding.Later, he added some breakthroughs, trying to win some fouls.

In this fierce competition, the superstar advantage of the Lakers was reflected. Paul scored a few goals silently between Kobe's goals, and the Grizzlies except for Li Chongxiao, other players could not respond.Finally, in the last minute of the game, the Lakers overtook the score.

At this time, the score on the court was 105:103, and the Lakers led by 2 points.

Today is the perfect embodiment of the importance of superstars to playoff teams.The Lakers' 84 points were all scored by the Big Three, while in the Grizzlies, Li Chongxiao scored 61 points.

In a critical round, Li Chongxiao dribbled the ball continuously outside the court, trying to get rid of the defense of Kobe and Artest, but they were all unsuccessful.Little Gasol worked up his strength and came out to make a single block.

Li Chongxiao got rid of Kobe. Although Artest was still on the side, he suddenly broke out, rushed over with one step, and then wiped McRoberts in another disguise, and went straight to the bottom of the basket.

There was no room to dribble, so he could only forcefully take off and threw himself into Yao Ming's arms. Artest grabbed his right hand and passed through Yao Ming's armpit with his left hand, shaking the ball up with difficulty.

Li Chongxiao was hit and pulled, and fell out of the field after landing.The referee finally gave a foul.

The basketball also lightly touched the backboard upwards, landed on the neck of the basket, knocked twice and fell into the basket.

This 2+1 was scored, and the Grizzlies took the lead again, 107:105.

After the Lakers timed out, Bryant had the ball.Yao Ming had to guard the inside and couldn't come out to pick and roll, Artest and Paul blocked the position for Kobe.The latter slanted in and shot in front of Battier.

With a bang, Kobe hit the ball.There was chaos under the basket, and when Yao Ming couldn't even jump up, he used his height to push the ball out.

Kobe received the ball again, and this time he stepped into the three-point line before the Grizzlies players closed in. Only Li Chongxiao caught up to defend.

Kobe leaned on Li Chongxiao and squeezed two steps inside, turned around and shot a fallback jumper, the ball brushed Li Chongxiao's fingertips and flew into the basket.

After Kobe hit the ball, the Lakers overtook the score 107:106 with 15 seconds left.

After landing, Kobe didn't dare to celebrate, and immediately stuck to Li Chongxiao.Yao Ming had to hold on to the dropped basketball and not give the Grizzlies a chance to break fast.They didn't relax until the referee blew the timeout whistle.

After re-entering the field, Li Chongxiao ran across the frontcourt with the ball by himself, bent over and pressed it inside the three-point line.Artest stood in front of him, and Kobe stood in ambush.

He looked up at the inside line, Artest scanned the surrounding area from the corner of his eye, and Kobe surrounded him.

At this time, Li Chongxiao jumped up suddenly and shot a three-pointer unexpectedly.The ball crossed a beautiful arc and fell into the basket.

According to the previous game situation, Li Chongxiao would not take such an early shot, usually he would run out and then shoot at the buzzer.Therefore, the Grizzlies rarely have overtime games, and when they are one or two points away, they either lose or win, and there are almost no draws.

But today's game is too important, he was also discouraged, and he shot in just over 9 seconds.Set aside some time, even if you miss, you can still play foul tactics.

In order to paralyze the opponent, instead of shooting two points, he chose three points to help the team take the lead with 109:107.

The Lakers used a timeout, Kobe missed two points in motion, the rebound was taken by Gasol Jr., and then quickly gave it to Li Chongxiao.This made the Lakers very uncomfortable, but they had to foul.

Li Chongxiao made 2 free throws and the Grizzlies scored 111.

The Lakers used up the last timeout, Kobe caught the ball and faced Li Chongxiao's single defense, but still missed a three-pointer.But Yao Ming got the rebound, Gasol Jr. fouled, and Yao Ming made two free throws.

The Grizzlies sent a sideline kick, Li Chongxiao got the ball from behind, waited for the Lakers to foul, and scored 2 more free throws, bringing the total score to 70 points.

At this time, there are only 1.7 seconds, and the difference of 4 points makes the game meaningless.Kobe caught the ball in the half court and had to make another shot, but it missed, lowering his shooting percentage in vain.

The Grizzlies defeated the powerful Lakers 113:109, thus chasing the big score to 3:3.

(End of this chapter)