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Chapter 86 86. The Tragic Victory

Liu Ren was overjoyed, was it a physical foul?There is no one in front of him. No matter who the Thunder player fouled, it hindered the Lakers' unguarded fast break, which is an unsportsmanlike foul.

but!Turning around, Liu Ren saw that the person who raised his hand to signal his foul was Kaman with annoyed expression on his face!

Seeing the replay on the big screen, it turned out that after Kaman grabbed the rebound, he was about to pass the ball, but was intercepted by Lao Yu at a critical moment!In desperation, Kaman forgot that he had five fouls, and wanted to counterattack, but he didn't get the ball, and even fouled!

6 fouls, although he will not be expelled, but it is no different from expulsion, and he can only sit on the bench.

There were not many fouls by both sides in the fourth quarter, and the Lakers had no choice but to replace Thackeray, who also had 5 fouls.

Thackeray hugged Kaman comfortingly and walked onto the stage, looking at Kaman with sympathy.

Kaman thought that Thackeray was sympathetic to the six criminals, but he didn't think much about it.

When Kaman sat on the bench, he felt Thackeray's feeling. Why is the Lakers' bench so gloomy?Why is there a chilly feeling?
The Thunder continued to attack. Durant went it alone in the first quarter. In the second and third quarters, he fought with Wesley Johnson and Antetokounmpo for two quarters due to the anger of both sides. Throughout the quarter, my physical strength has declined a bit now, facing Wesley Johnson's long arm interference and missing a three-pointer!

But the Thunder are not disappointed. They now have an absolute advantage inside. Even Kaman, the former All-Star, is gone. The Lakers only have Thackeray, a meat shield center who can't jump. Don't look at Antetokounmpo. Gao, being stuck by the old fish and unable to enter the inside line.And they have Ibaka and Collison, two insiders with excellent physical fitness. Ibaka looked at the ball flying towards him and jumped high. He was already thinking about whether to make a dunk or take How about a layup?
It's better to lay up, and bump into the big stupid guy on the opposite side, maybe you can get a foul, Ibaka already cares about it - he will make a three-pointer next time to help the team narrow the point difference to two points up.

but!Just when Ibaka was about to touch the ball, and the ball was only two centimeters away from his fingertips, a white hand appeared above his hand and swung the ball away!
Liu Ren grabbed a defensive rebound over Ibaka, Collison and Thackeray!Then push forward and counterattack directly!

Durant, Westbrook, and Fisher were the first to react. Durant, who was on the perimeter, returned to his basket first, and Fisher and Westbrook also chased after Liu Ren.

Liu Ren's physical strength has also declined a lot, and he may miss in a one-on-three match. He took a glance and happened to see a familiar No. 0, and immediately jumped up and passed the ball to the top arc.

Nick Young!
Nick Yang received the ball from the top arc, dribbled the ball two or three times under the crotch to prevent Liu Ren from sending an assist, and then took a three-pointer!
Again!

113 to 105, the point difference came to 8 points!
Time is running out, and the Lakers' hope of winning is getting bigger and bigger!
The Thunder called a 20-second timeout!

20 seconds passed quickly, and Liu Ren didn't even move to sit down. The Lakers team was exhausted, and everyone was working hard. Now everyone is exercising their muscles, maintaining excitement, and sitting down. After the body cools down, it is difficult to tense up and exert force again.

Back from the timeout, the Thunder made the ball up front.

Westbrook can't run anymore. His physical strength is not good this year. He has been recuperating for a summer because of his knee injury. This season, he has been on and off repeatedly because of his knee injury.Durant's side is not much better. He will only choose to make a strong shot when he is given the ball.

But Coach Brooks didn't dare to replace the two. There was more than a minute left in the game, and replacing the leading star at a critical moment was tantamount to courting death.

Old Fish...At Fisher's current age, it's okay to play smart and command offensive moves. It's unrealistic for him to play as hard as he played against the Celtics a few years ago.

So, Coach Brooks gave Ibaka the key ball task!
The Thunder team opened up, with Westbrook and Fisher in two 45-degree angles, Durant and Collison in the two bottom corners, leaving Ibaka alone in the paint.

Originally, it was Thackeray who defended Collison, but Thackeray couldn't defend, so Liu Ren had to defend Collison, and Thackeray stayed inside.

Ibaka plays Thackeray in low post singles. In terms of strength, Ibaka is definitely not as good as Thackeray, but he has a middle-of-the-road shot, and he makes a false move to turn over and lean back. He tricked the inexperienced Thackeray, and then imitated The old third of the team, Harden, touched it.

Naturally the ball was not scored, but it was a foul!

Two free throws!

But this is not the point, the point is that Thackeray 6 committed a crime!

Just when the referee was about to make a gesture to let Thackeray off the field, he happened to see the Lakers bench, and he was embarrassed for a moment.

I saw only one person on the Lakers bench.

Moreover, the posture of this person made the referee want to expel him, but he couldn't do it.

That posture looked really sad for those who saw it. I saw Kaman lying alone on the bench. It felt like something was floating above the bench. There was a person lying underneath it. How weird it was, How pitiful it is.

The Lakers have no one to replace!

If the referee sends Thackeray off, the game will become 4v5!At the critical moment, when the score is stalemate, the game becomes 4v5?It is estimated that it will be sprayed to death by fans.

The cameraman also saw the referee's line of sight, and pointed the camera at the Lakers bench, wow!The cameraman was stunned, how desolate is this?
Liu Ren smiled wryly when he saw Kaman's situation. He seemed to remember that this kind of situation often happened in the team led by D'Antoni, but what could be done? Kaman just magnified the tragic scene to the extreme.

The most important thing now is to win this game, and Liu Ren has left all other things behind.

The helpless referee could only discuss with D'Antoni, and the final solution was to let Thackeray stay on the court, but every time he fouled, he would record a technical foul, that is, if the opponent hits a three-pointer, it will automatically become an additional penalty Two free throws for common fouls.

Finally, after a few minutes of a stoppage because the Lakers had no substitutes, the game resumed with Ibaka at the free throw line.

Too nervous, perhaps too excited as the main offensive point for the first time, Ibaka missed both free throws.

Looking back at the Lakers' offense, the Thunder still double-teamed Liu Ren, and Nick Young continued to go crazy, hitting the sixth three-pointer in the single quarter, 116 to 105, widening the point difference to 11 points!
It's just that what makes Liu Ren unable to complain is that this guy is shooting after dribbling, and he is not given a chance to assist.

With 49 seconds left, the Lakers led by 11 points. Durant missed a three-pointer on the Thunder side and fouled Antetokounmpo to the free throw line. After that, Westbrook's three-pointer still failed. In the middle, Thunder gave up struggling.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Thunder 117-105.

The picture of Kaman sleeping on the bench spread all over the world...

(End of this chapter)