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Chapter 81 Advance to the Finals!
Great Western Forum.

On the court, Kobe ran without the ball and played a screen with Billups.

After receiving the basketball from hand to hand, Kobe suddenly twisted his waist, jumped up, was stuck in the air, and raised his hand to shoot a three-pointer...

The little general Johnson can only stare blankly. He is 1 meters tall, and his defense is really out of reach.

Swish-!
Kobe suddenly opened a three-pointer.

Li Mu's eyes lit up, are you here?
However, in the transition between offense and defense, Duncan caught the ball facing the basket, lifted the ball and swayed, and dribbled the ball to the baseline to break through.

Boom, swish!
Hit the board with a two-point shot.

Duncan's offense continues to be rock solid.

Big Ben can only be beaten.

The Lakers attack, Rice catches the ball, attracts the defense, and hangs the ball to the basket.

O'Neal received the ball, sat back, dribbled a step, and slammed into the basket.

Bang-!
After knocking David Robinson into the air, he immediately turned around and jumped up with a bang.

O'Neill is here too.

Looking back, the Spurs attacked, the general Johnson broke through with the ball, and played a pick-and-roll tactic with David Robinson.

Catch the ball, jump up, hit a two-pointer.

David Robinson didn't lose the chain at the critical moment and hit two points steadily.

Subsequently, David Robinson broke through with the ball, responded to the pass, assisted Duncan in the alley-oop, and the offensive firepower continued.

At this time, near the end of the game, the superstar players on the field attacked very efficiently, and no one could do anything to the opponent.

In the last minute of the game, Billups suddenly stood up to grab the show, one step away from the three-point line, and suddenly made a three-point shot.

He can't remember how many threes he missed earlier.

In this shot, he shot very calmly, without any stagnation in his shooting rhythm.

With the height of General Johnson, there is nothing he can do about it.

"The ball was so messed up.

Chauncey, this Tanhua is poisonous!
Dare to use the Lakers' worst three-pointer to decide the outcome? "

As soon as the commentator finished speaking, with a swish, a three-pointer went into the net.

"Wow wow wow!"

The originally somewhat dull atmosphere in the arena suddenly broke out.

Outside the stadium, the fans and audience cheered and applauded loudly.

Like, the dull sky suddenly rained.

Billups' key three-pointer opened the difference between the two sides to 5 points.

"Those three points are so crucial!

Billups really dared to vote, and he really dared to enter.

In front of him, he only made 8 of 2 shots and only 6 of 1 three-pointers.

With this hit rate, Billups can still hit, so lucky!
Of course, for the Spurs, this is too difficult, and there is not much time left for him.

Only 45 seconds until the game time! ! "

45 seconds! !

5 points behind.

Pop`Povic called a timeout and wanted to arrange an offensive tactic.

Li Mu let the team defend the Spurs three-pointer.

Then, guessing wrong, still hit Duncan and scored a quick 2.

Only 5 seconds passed, and the point difference came to 3 points.

Next, Li Mu continued to make mistakes, leaving Big Ben and O'Neal on the field.

Popovich let the players scramble for a wave. If they couldn't break the basketball, they immediately resorted to shark-slashing tactics and sent O'Neal to the free throw line for free throws.

Outside the arena, Li Mu's face was serious, but he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately.

It's not Big Ben, who is more pulpy at free throws.

The situation is not the worst.

Bang-dang-!
Swish-!
Sure enough, O'Neal did not disappoint Li Mu, and he hit [-]-[-] free throws.

2 of 1 free throws, the Lakers lead by 4 points.

Next, Li Mu continued to defend against the three-pointer. As a result, the Spurs still had a quick two-pointer.

The Lakers' lead became 2 points.

With only 19 seconds left in the game, Li Mu replaced Da Ben with Horry, but O'Neal still did not move.

Pop`Povic was naturally blunt, and he hit O'Neal with the idea of ​​fouling.

Another hacking shark tactic.

Standing on the free throw line, O'Neal's mentality collapsed a bit.

The first free throw was taken with a bang, and it was solidly struck.

It only takes one goal and the Lakers are invincible.

Taking a deep breath, the moment O'Neill made a free throw, he felt like he was about to miss it.

"Grab the basketball!"

O'Neal rushed to the basket.

At this moment, the basketball slammed and bounced out.

"Shaq screwed up and all it takes is one free throw and the Lakers have their destiny firmly in their hands.

what!
what?
The basketball is back in O'Neal's hands.

God favored the Lakers. "

On the field.

O'Neal took the basketball flying to the middle, landed, and forced a basket, under the nets laid by Duncan and David Robinson.

With a bang, the whole body hangs from the southeast branch.

"Beep-!"

At the same time that O'Neal dunked, the referee's whistle sounded.

At this time, everyone looked at the referee, and saw that the referee stretched out two fingers and pressed down, and the penalty of two points was valid.

Moreover, David Robinson was punished for a thug foul, and O'Neal got a 2+1 chance.

"Shh-!"

O'Neal made a free throw and made it steadily.

The scores of the two sides were stretched to 5 points.

"The circumstances of life are so wonderful, full of surprises everywhere!" Li Mu never expected that O'Neill would end his opponent with a self-introduction and a 3-pointer.

hum~~
Following Cole's missed three-point shot, a buzzer sounded on the scoreboard, and the game ended.

With a score of 91 to 97, the Lakers narrowly beat the Spurs by 6 points and won their first victory in the Western Conference Finals.

Duncan played 47 minutes, made 29 of 11 shots, 14 of 12 free throws, scored 34 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. He used all the energy in his body without leaving a single drop.

大卫罗宾逊11投6中，罚球8中7，拿到19分6板5助攻。

The twin towers performed well, but only two other Spurs scored in double figures. Johnson had 13 points and 8 assists, Elliott had 11 points and 4 rebounds, and the rest of the support was far from enough.

On the Lakers side, O'Neal made 19 of 13 shots, 15 of 7 free throws, scored 33 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 rebounds. Just looking at the data, the matchup beat David Robinson.

科比24分7助攻4篮板2抢断1盖帽，同样打爆马里奥埃利。

Billups made 9 of 3 shots, 7 of 2 three-pointers, 4 of 3 free throws, contributed 11 points, 8 assists and 3 rebounds.

Big Ben was blown away by Duncan, but scored 6 points, 13 rebounds and 3 blocks.

Rice had 17 points, 3 assists and 3 rebounds, and his three-pointers were very powerful.

Bowen... The data is not obvious, and the help on the defensive end cannot be ignored.

In other words, only looking at the data of both sides, the Lakers are the most team-playing team.

Of course, this team refers to a 'star team', the kind that kills opponents.

At the press conference after the game, Popovich and his disciples all expressed that they were not convinced by the loss of the game.

They had the opportunity to drag the game to overtime, and then, with their rich experience, beat their opponents.

The Lakers also generously admitted that they were lucky to win this game, and they only showed a mediocre performance.

And I hope that in the next game, I can show the undeniable strong performance of the regular season to stop the Spurs' dissatisfaction.

……

Los Angeles, Great Western Forum.

July 5, night.

G2 of the Western Conference Finals will still be held at the Lakers' home court.

As soon as the game started, O'Neal immediately ravaged the basket, showing an unstoppable state.

Duncan and David Robinson each tried a single defense, but when they couldn't defend, they immediately resorted to the twin tower attack tactics.

O'Neal didn't mess around and sent the basketball outside.

Bowen made a three-pointer from the bottom corner, received O'Neal's points consecutively, and made a precise three-pointer.

Kobe's off-ball tactics, connecting Billups and Big Ben, also played the offensive power of the Iron Triangle.

Big Ben hit the basket frequently, Kobe could shoot and pass, and became elusive, flashing the demeanor of the "Philadelphia Magician".

The Lakers, the outside fire broke out, and the Spurs couldn't find the north.

In other words, the loss of the last game affected the Spurs a lot. Duncan couldn't find his form for a long time.

Big Ben's sweeping and basket protection allowed the little general to break through, break through, break through, divide the ball, break through... Such a style of play is not efficient.

Coupled with the strong perimeter defense and mobility on the perimeter, the Spurs' offense stalled.

After the first quarter, the score was 32 to 19, and the Lakers led the Spurs by 13 points.

In the second quarter of the game, Duncan hadn't returned to his state, and he was exhausted in the last game.

Li Mu went straight to chase and let O'Neill continue to play, with the four major shooters on his side.

The offensive firepower continued from the outside line. Curry performed amazingly with three-pointers. Rice and Horry rained three-pointers and played a wave. The Lakers led by more than 20 points.

Next, Li Mu maintained the strength of the lineup and adapted to the Spurs' counterattack.

In the second half, Duncan returned to form and beat Big Ben, Horry and Brad Miller.

It's just a pity that in the offensive confrontation, the Lakers' firepower is not weak, and they have played back and forth with the Spurs.

hum~~
Full game time is over.

With a score of 118 to 94, the Lakers beat the Spurs by 24 points, making the series 2-0.

Returning to the home court in the third game, the Spurs twin towers broke out.

邓肯轰31分12篮板5助攻3抢断，大卫罗宾逊轰下27分6篮板3助攻，带领马刺队以115比97的比分，击败湖人队，将大比分扳成1比2。

The key to the Spurs' victory is defense.

Duncan and David Robinson flanked O'Neal, and the efficiency was very good, only allowing O'Neal to score 24 points and 10 rebounds.

Of course, the Spurs also restricted the Lakers' outside shots very well.

The Lakers only made 19 of 4 three-pointers. Under the rough defense, the Lakers couldn't shoot well and could only swallow the defeat.

Fortunately, in the G4 game, Kobe broke out.

In the first three games, the key link in determining the outcome of the game was the duel between the core of the inside line, and the outside line was only used as a support.

In this game, Kobe started in a superb state.

Facing Mario Elli's snake tactics, he didn't run without the ball, and he hit the three-pointer directly after catching the ball.

Later, Eli didn't believe in this evil, thinking that Kobe's "four leanings and three irons" is the norm.

Unexpectedly, Kobe's face was cold, like a killing god devouring blood, he continued to raise the knife and hit the second three-pointer.

Next, Eli, 36, collapsed.

He mainly defended Kobe's breakthrough, put Kobe inside, and used Duncan's powerful rim protection to sweep and lure Kobe in to suppress him.

But, tonight, he ran into Kobe who was feeling explosive.

Three points! !
Break through the emergency stop and pull back.

A three-step layup breakthrough.

Turning his back and shaking his shoulders, he turned around and pulled the ball up.

……

Kobe played a kaleidoscope of offense, but he never missed a shot.

The Spurs' defense was overturned by Kobe and could not flank O'Neal.

Then, the Spurs continued to be beaten.

In the front, he was beaten by Kobe alone. As soon as the defense changed, the "OK combination" immediately beat the Spurs together.

In the end, the Lakers were all soldiers, and the Spurs were stretched and had no temper.

Kobe scored 41 points and 5 rebounds, and O'Neal scored 28 points and 11 rebounds, leading the Lakers to a score of 123 to 105, defeating the Spurs and scoring a big score of 3 to 1. The Lakers won the match point of the Western Conference Finals.

……

Los Angeles, Great Western Forum.

July 6, night.

Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals moved to the home court of the Lakers.

From the first quarter of the game, the Lakers led the score.

Kobe and O'Neal hardly had much time to rest. They played more than 43 minutes and scored 57 points together. With a strong lineup, they played against the Spurs who had been falling behind and never gave up.

hum~~
With the beeping of the scoreboard, the game time is over.

103 to 119! !
The Lakers beat the Spurs by 16 points, eliminated the Spurs 4-1, and entered the NBA Finals.

At this time, Li Mu was standing beside him in a suit and leather shoes. The OK team held up the Western Conference championship trophy.

click -!
The camera lights flicker and the picture freezes.

……

　Chapter 81, next, it's time to put it on the shelves.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)