unfinished glory

Chapter 271 Overtime
When the main lineup was fully on the field, Li Chongxiao still did not give up attacking the inside line.He wants to rely on his physical strength to defeat the Lakers' defense in one fell swoop.

The Gasol brothers were all on the court. When Li Chongxiao rushed to the frontcourt after receiving the ball, they immediately came out to pick and roll.

As long as Li Chongxiao forms a brief one-on-one, he will have a way to complete an attack, no matter whether Artest, Kobe or Yao Ming is in front.

Even if he is double-teamed, he can pass the ball to the right place.Although Li Chongxiao is not a master of organization, he is also the record holder of assists in a single game for active players, and it is easy to get two assists.

Relying on his wave of offense, the point difference was gradually smoothed out, and in the half of the game in this quarter, he even overtook by 5 points.

How could the Lakers let their opponents be presumptuous in their own home court? After calling a timeout to stabilize a bit, they launched a counterattack.

Under the double-teaming of the Gasol brothers, Yao Ming made a fake move and then turned around gorgeously. He made a backhand layup and won the applause of the whole house.

Under Li Chongxiao's close defense, Kobe almost lay down and made a three-pointer.Not to be outdone, Paul shook Thompson out of the way and scored two goals in a row.

A wave of 9:2 regained the lead and stopped the Grizzlies.

After returning to the field, the two sides formed a tug-of-war, as soon as a goal was scored, both sides scored, and if they did not score, neither side would score.

This state lasted until the last minute and a half, and the players on the field were almost paralyzed from exhaustion, almost all supported by willpower.

Phil Jackson didn't even dare to begrudge the timeout. Except for the last 20-second short timeout, all other timeouts were called, using the short time to give the players a rest.

The Lakers lead by 1 point, the Grizzlies have the ball, and Li Chongxiao controls the ball to launch an attack.He might be the most physically fit of the 10 players on the field.

The ball must have come by himself, and he would not pass the ball out. The physical strength of his teammates is almost the same, and open shots are problematic.

After several shakes, both Artest and Kobe in front of them couldn't keep up.However, Li Chongxiao did not dare to break through easily. When his physical fitness declined, his height became a great advantage. Even if Yao Ming stood still, he could interfere with his shooting.

Unable to find a suitable shooting opportunity, Li Chongxiao also decided not to wait any longer. He took a step inside the three-point line, made a posture of praying to Buddha, and then took a step back.

Caught off guard, Artest was knocked down and hit Kobe's leg, bringing his teammate down.

Li Chongxiao didn't even have time to pay attention to this. After taking a step back, he jumped up and shot, with a wide field of vision in front of him. He hit a three-pointer and overtook it by two points.

Artest got up first, pulled Kobe up with Paul, and said something ashamed.Kobe patted him on the shoulder, indicating nothing.

For this sake, everyone did their best.Artest undertakes the team's most important defensive work, and the physical exertion can be imagined.

In the next two rounds, neither side scored a goal. The four strikes of "bang bang bang bang" left the Lakers with 14.7 seconds to attack.At this time, they used up the last timeout.

Kobe dribbled a little past the middle circle, Li Chongxiao defended in front, and Battier stood aside.

Feeling that he had adjusted his posture, Kobe made a gesture, Yao Ming stepped forward to pick and roll, Li Chongxiao bypassed Yao Ming, and defended the three-pointer.

Seeing this, Kobe dribbled the ball to the free throw line, made an emergency stop to shake off Battier, and then shot a fadeaway jumper.

The ball fell straight into the basket and the score was tied.

With only 4.3 seconds remaining, the Grizzlies also called a timeout.After several times of blocking and counter-running, it was no surprise that Li Chongxiao received the ball.

Near the center line, three people came to besiege.Li Chongxiao took the ball to the right, seeing that he couldn't get rid of it, he simply jumped up and shot.

Except for Li Chongxiao and Kobe's take-off and landing, it was as if the pause button was pressed on the court. Everyone stood still and their eyes followed the trajectory of the basketball.

With a bang, the ball hit the front of the basket and bounced out.At this time, there was a sigh from the Grizzlies' home court.

Overtime!
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Overtime is not good news for both sides. The physical fitness of the players on both sides is basically exhausted.In this game, not only the players were tired, but the team doctors and trainers on both sides were also exhausted.

In order to relieve the fatigue of the players, they have to massage the players every timeout to squeeze out even a second of physical strength.

In this case, there is no doubt that the Grizzlies have a slight advantage.Their bench is deeper, and from the regular season to the playoffs, they have accumulated more physical advantages for the main players.

Although the Lakers adopted a superstar rotation policy in the regular season, the intensive schedule of the shortened season also consumed too much energy.The competition also triggered by the schedule is more intense, and the high-intensity struggle on the court also caused each of their players to be somewhat injured.The ankles of Yao Ming and Artest, Kobe's knee and shoulder, and Paul's left knee all need to be recuperated or even surgically treated.

Under normal circumstances, this small injury would cause major problems for a while, but in the current exhausted situation, every time I run or touch my body, there will be bursts of tingling pain.

Just a few minutes of rest time can only let everyone take a breather, but it can't relieve much physical exertion.

For Li Chongxiao, he recovered a little faster than others, and this time was enough for him to save some energy.On the court, he was also the first to regain his vitality.

Yao Ming jumped the height of a matchbox and won the jump ball, but Kobe's first attack was blocked by Li Chongxiao, who shot hard.

At this time, there is no need for flanking, and Kobe doesn't have much strength to penetrate Li Chongxiao's defense.

And Li Chongxiao, who returned to the offensive end, first made an emergency stop jumper to help the Grizzlies break the game first.After defending against Kobe's second attack, he made a breakthrough layup and opened the point difference to 4 points.

Kobe finally used the pick-and-roll to score a goal, but Li Chongxiao hit back with a three-pointer.

Yao Ming has been unable to attack, Kobe is also unable to recover, Paul wants to stand up and save the team.

He did hit the first shot, but soon the Grizzlies stepped up their defense.

Conley, who was beaten up by Paul before, made a contribution.Conley had a lot of rotations today and had a physical advantage, so he clung to Paul.

The Lakers' offense was destroyed for three consecutive rounds, and Li Chongxiao scored two more goals.

11:4, with less than 30 seconds remaining, it is not enough for the Lakers to chase points.

With Kobe's three-pointer missed, the last hope of the Lakers was shattered.Li Chongxiao spent the last 10 seconds with the ball and ended the game at 114:107.

In the overtime game, Li Chongxiao scored all 11 points of the team and scored 61 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists, which created a new topic for the media.

The Grizzlies eliminated the Lakers for three consecutive years and reached the finals again!
(End of this chapter)