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Bryant quickly retreated while directing his teammates back to defense.

Finally, near the three-point line, Ci Shiping used a sudden grab to stop the Mavericks' fast break.

Butler passed the ball back to Kidd, and the Mavericks moved into position to attack.

Kidd lowered his center of gravity, while observing the Lakers' defensive formation, while directing his teammates to move.

After about 5 seconds, he was completely near the bottom line, stopped and started quickly, throwing off Kobe's defense.

This is the first time in this game that Terry used off-ball running to get rid of Kobe's defense!

Kidd was overjoyed, flicked his wrist, and passed the ball.

Terry makes a decisive shot after receiving the ball...

After the basketball left his fingertips, it spun at a high speed, drawing a beautiful arc in the air...

"Shu~"

Hollow into the network!

At 94:85, the point difference came to single digits.

After the ball was scored, Kobe raised his right hand, indicating that it was his problem just now.

The Lakers generals of course chose to forgive him.

The game continues.

After Fisher dribbled the ball over half court, he handed the ball to Gasol in the low post on the left.

The sister-in-law held the ball in front of her chest, watching all directions, ready to pass the ball at any time.

Behind him, Chandler looked vigilant and kept waving his right hand, trying to interfere with Gasol's line of sight.

At the same time, with the help of Odom's pick-and-roll at the top of the arc, Kobe suddenly started to throw off Marion's defense and rushed to the basket.

Gasol passed the ball in one hit.

Chandler was shocked.

Once the ball is passed, Kobe will go up to the basket!

But with his lateral movement speed, it is impossible to make up defense.

At the critical moment, Kidd on the side reacted and rushed to Kobe's path.

If it was a few years ago, Kobe might have tried to buckle in this situation.

But this time is different from the past. In the blink of an eye, he decisively distributed the ball to Fisher who was emptied from the outside.

The old fish drew his bow and arrow, and shot decisively...

"duang!"

The ball hit the side of the rim and bounced out.

Gasol and Odom take off at the same time, competing for offensive rebounds.

But Nowitzki, at this moment, leaped high in a rare sight and protected the rebound.

Fisher, who missed the golden opportunity, looked annoyed.

There has always been a saying in the nba-when you fail to grasp the opportunity, your opponent will punish you severely.

This sentence has also been fulfilled in today's game.

In the fast break, Kidd once again demonstrated the demeanor of a passing master.

He was facing left while he was marching, but he flicked his wrist to the right, a freehand no-look-pass, which successfully helped Nowitzki fly in.

Nuo Tianwang made great strides and made an empty basket!

At 94:87, the point difference was quickly narrowed after entering the fourth quarter.

Phil Jackson finally couldn't hold back and called a timeout.

During the meeting, the Lakers' bench became extremely silent.

Shannon Brown didn't dare to show his breath, and lowered his head, afraid of meeting the eyes of his teammates.

"Actually, the difficulties we are encountering now are all foreseeable and acceptable."

"If the Mavericks were so easy to beat, we wouldn't have to work so hard to get to Game [-]."

"So you don't need to be depressed now, the advantage is still with us. The most important thing is how to play the rest of the time well and keep the advantage."

Phil Jackson said unhurriedly.

"But coach, Dirk is a little bit overwhelmed..."

Odom said frankly.

After the start of the fourth quarter, Nowitzki's state has improved significantly.

Odom's defense became more and more difficult, and it was already a bit too much.

"Then double-team, Ron, Bean, the two of you will be the main defenders.",

"Others speed up the defensive rotation and try not to give the opponent an easy shot."

Phil Jackson arranged.

Kobe and Artest nodded.

Double-teaming is actually a helpless move.

Because once this tactic is adopted, the original defensive system will no longer exist.

This is the value of a superstar.

They can rely on their own strength to change the opponent's defense and create more opportunities for teammates.

The Lakers players are well aware of this.

Because Kobe used his restraint in almost every game to create many simple shooting opportunities for them.

"In terms of offense, let Kobe take the lead."

"The ball passes his hand now, and whoever has a chance to make a shot must make a decisive shot."

The Zen master continued.

"Hold those few minutes and we'll be in the Western Conference Finals."

"For the three consecutive championships, for the Lakers dynasty, everyone must hold on!"

Fisher finally made a strong statement.

After that, he stretched out his right hand and placed it among the crowd.

All the Lakers responded one after another and folded their hands together.

"o. three!"

"kers!!!!"

............

The time-out is over and the game continues.

The Lakers serve from the baseline.

In the first attack they came up, they took out their trump card for the past two years-the Kobe Gasol pick-and-roll.

Bryant got the attention of Butler and Nowitzki after he went around the screen.

I saw the wrist of No. 24 of the Lakers flicked, and a high lob sent the ball to Gasol who was going down.

The sister-in-law held high and hit, hit the basket and made a layup.

96: 87!

In the transition between offense and defense, Nowitzki immediately encountered a double-team when he received the ball in the low post.

Nuo Tianwang was calm, found Marion who was in the open position, and passed the ball.

After the hacker received the ball, Fisher quickly made up the defense.

But his arrival did not stop Marion's footsteps.

The latter lowered its center of gravity and passed the old fish cleanly with a single acceleration.

Then, Marion rushed to the Lakers penalty area without hesitation, eventually causing Odom's foul.

Marion walked to the free throw line and, amidst the cheers of the fans, sent two free throws to the basket steadily.

96: 89!

The Lakers attack.

Kobe Bryant repeated his old trick, continuing to play pick-and-rolls with Gasol at a 45-degree angle on the left.

And Butler had the experience of the last time, this time he decisively chose to squeeze through the screen and continue to defend Kobe alone.

But after all, he is a forward player over two meters, and squeezing the pick-and-roll is a natural weakness.

No matter how good the lateral movement is, Butler can't quickly squeeze past the screen set by Gasol.

Kobe seized the vacancy of a few tenths of a second, and decisively stopped and shot a jumper...

The basketball draws a rainbow-like arc and hits the net!

98:89, this is a long two points on the line!

The next few minutes became the time for Nowitzki and Kobe to fight each other.

As a result, the scores of the two teams rose alternately, but the Lakers always maintained a 7-9 point advantage.

In this way, the game came to the last 3 minutes.

After a dead ball, the Mavericks called a timeout.

At this time, the score was temporarily fixed at 105:98.

Players from both sides went to the bench respectively.

From the heavy footsteps of the players and the exhausted body language, it can be seen that the physical fitness of both sides has reached the limit!

Not only that, foul trouble also found several players.

Bear the brunt of the Lakers' Odom.

When defending Nowitzki, his static talent is at an obvious disadvantage.

In order to be able to limit the German tanks, Odom sometimes had to "up the body."

But aggressive defense is often accompanied by fouls.

Even if the referee whistles in the spirit of "let the players decide the game".

But they can't turn a blind eye to some obvious foul actions.

So 30 seconds ago, after Odom was pointed up during the defense and knocked down Nowitzki directly when he fell, the referee whistled the former's sixth foul.

Odom fouls out!

Phil Jackson smiled helplessly on the sidelines and sent Bynum to replace him.

The Sharks performed very mediocre in this series.

It is foreseeable that the Lakers' ability to protect the frame will be improved after he plays.

But at the same time, defending Nowitzki has become a big problem!

This is also the reason why Zen Master waited until Odom was sent off before replacing Bynum.

Also troubled by fouls is Butler of the Mavericks.

Coincidentally, he also fouled repeatedly when defending the opponent's core player-Kobe Bryant.

After picking up his fifth foul, Butler became restrained on defense.

Seeing this, Carlisle replaced Terry, who had been resting for a long time.

After such a change, the Mavericks have more space to attack, but their defensive ability has also relatively declined.

Marion "leaves" Ci Shiping and goes to defend Kobe again.

Kidd went to the third position on the defensive end, facing Metta Shiping.

It is worth mentioning that Artest, who had an eye-catching performance in the early stage, has reached a bottleneck in physical fitness at this time, and is almost invisible on the offensive end.

Kidd is more than enough to defend him now!

After the substitutions, both sides have returned to the starting lineup at the start of the game.

Playing on behalf of the Lakers are: Fisher, Kobe, Metta World Peace, Gasol, Bynum;

The Mavericks sent: Kidd, Terry, Marion, Nowitzki, Chandler.

............

During the timeout, the Rockets generals in Houston were not in high spirits.

In their view, the Lakers have suppressed the Mavericks for a whole game.

Moreover, regardless of the lively fourth quarter, the point difference between the two teams has not changed much.

People like Lowry, Birdman Anderson, and others even feel that the Lakers are sure of winning.

Just then, Mark Jackson's cell phone rang suddenly.

"Hey, boss, what are you doing?"

Mark Jackson said hello.

As soon as they heard that it was Shen Fei's call, the rocket generals also focused their attention.

"Should you all be watching the game?"

"I don't know what you think of this game now, but in the next few minutes, you must cheer up and watch it carefully."

"It is very possible that the Mavericks will come up with something different in the last three minutes."

Shen Fei said straight to the point.

Everyone was surprised.

Mark Jackson reacted faster and said yes again and again.

After Shen Fei hung up the phone, Lowry couldn't help but sighed: "Boss is still so optimistic about the Mavericks. Since the first time I met him in the training hall, he has repeatedly emphasized that the Mavericks will be the biggest on our way to the championship." opponent."

Yao Ming nodded with empathy, and said suspiciously: "But this year's Mavericks are indeed very different from before. But the problem is that today they are so severely suppressed by the Lakers and consume a lot of physical energy. Is it a storm?"

McGrady smiled and jokingly said: "Your analysis is very reasonable, and I also think the Lakers have a great advantage. But since the boss has spoken, the Mavericks will definitely counterattack. I don't say this because I trust the Mavericks. It's what the boss said, so I didn't miss it."

The corners of everyone's mouths turned up after hearing this.

But after laughing, they all took a serious attitude and began to watch the game.

Soon, the timeout is over, and the final battle is about to start!

............

The Mavericks serve from the sideline.

Nowitzki got stuck at the free throw line and asked for the ball.

With a flick of his wrist, Kidd delivered the ball accurately to Nuo Tianwang.

At the moment Nowitzki received the ball, Fisher stepped forward to help defend.

But this time, Nowitzki did not pass the ball immediately, but used a pass fake to directly deceive Gasol and Fisher.

When the two looked in the direction of his false pass, Nowitzki suddenly turned in the opposite direction, and then accelerated towards the penalty area.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Bynum quickly shrank the frame under the basket.

It has to be said that the talent of the little shark is very outstanding.

He is about two meters tall and has a super long arm span...

When he stands under the basket, he gives people an invisible sense of oppression!

Nowitzki didn't mean to slow down.

The narrow road meets the brave to win!

Nuo Tianwang took three steps, actively looking for a physical confrontation with Bynum when he took the second step...

"Boom..."

"Beep!"

The whistle sounded and the Lakers made a defensive foul.

Not only that, but Nowitzki threw the ball to the basket before losing his center of gravity.

The ball bounced off the backboard, bounced a few times on the rim, and finally fell into the net with luck.

"and. one!"

Nowitzki, who was sitting on the ground, immediately raised his arms and shouted after seeing the goal.

When he got to the free-throw line, there was only one voice at the American Airlines Center——

"mvp!!!"

"mvp!!!"

"mvp!!!"

......

Listening to the deafening cheers, Terry was worried that it would affect Nowitzki's serve, so he hurried to the sidelines and pressed his hands down.

The fans knew what he meant, and the audience immediately became silent.

Nowitzki took a deep breath, and then let it out slowly, only then did the basketball in the referee's hand begin to serve...

"Shu~"

His extra penalty was hollowed into the net.

105:101, the Mavericks are only 4 points behind!

In the transition between offense and defense, Kobe directly advanced with the ball from the backcourt.

After halftime, he first signaled his teammates to pull away, and then looked up at the timer.

Obviously, Kobe wanted to squeeze the time as much as possible and hit the success rate.

With 8 seconds left in the attack time, the black mamba moved!

Facing Marion's defense, he first dribbled the ball to his left hand, then suddenly sank his center of gravity, stepped out with his left foot, and made a small but extremely realistic crossover.

Marion couldn't react in time and was staggered.

As soon as Kobe succeeded, he wanted to speed up his breakthrough.

But for some reason, his first step after activation was not too fast, instead giving Marion a chance to make amends.

Three seconds later, Bryant was forced to a stop near the free throw line.

At this point, there are defenders in front of the other Lakers players.

Not only is it difficult for them to catch the ball, even if they receive the ball, it is difficult for them to have good shooting opportunities within the limited offensive time.

If you pass the ball forcibly at this time, it's a bit like throwing the pot away...

Of course Kobe couldn't do that!

I saw him using his left foot as the axis, making consecutive fake shots.

But Marion has rich defensive experience and was not shaken.

In desperation, Kobe could only force his shot...

The moment after he threw the ball, Marion's fingertips had an "intimate contact" with his fingertips.

Fortunately, the basketball has been thrown!