Coach Lee

Chapter 596 The Embarrassment of Deng Daidai (10)

When the main players of both sides came back, the fight on the field became more intense.

In this fierce scramble, the Lakers slowly narrowed the score.

At the end of halftime, the scores of the two sides reached a tie.

51-51
The 6-point lead that the Nuggets' rotation lineup won for the main force was exhausted at the end of the half.

half time,

For the Lakers, Kobe scored a game-high 25 points, shooting 15 of 8 from the field and 10 of 8 from the free throw line.

O'Neal scored 16 points and 7 rebounds, and made 4 of 3 free throws.

掘金队这边，李南拿了20分4篮板3助攻，5罚5中。

Hamilton had 18 points, 2 of 1.
What many people haven't noticed is that there is a gap between the free throws on the scoreboards of the two teams at halftime.

The Lakers made 22 of 17 free throws, and the Nuggets made 7 of 6 free throws.

In terms of the number of fouls, the Nuggets also had many main players with 2-3 fouls.

In the first half, these were not very obvious, but in the third quarter, the game changed its taste.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Nuggets suddenly accelerated and caught the Lakers by surprise.

As soon as it came up, the Nuggets played a wave of 8-4, leading by 4 points.

The Lakers quickly called a timeout. Once the timeout came back, the Nuggets still fought back, and there was another wave of small punts.

10-4.
The Nuggets' leading score came to 10 points.

At this time, the Lakers were a little overwhelmed.

Obviously I played according to the coach's arrangement, slow down to play, slow down to play the success rate.

However, the Lakers' offensive efficiency is not as high as the success rate of the Nuggets' fast break.

On the field, Li Nan suddenly intercepted Fisher's pass to Kobe.

Seeing that Li Nan took the ball and was about to rush to the frontcourt to go one-stop.

beep!
The whistle sounded!

Referee Crawford pointed at Li Nan expressionlessly,

Foul by grabbing the ball and charging someone!

Li Nan and Kobe did have physical contact just now.However, is such physical contact considered a foul?Is it a foul for an all-air pass where neither man takes position?
Li Nan smiled lightly and gave the ball to Crawford.

beep!
Li Nan's heart skipped a beat.

Then, what should come still came.

"T"

Joe Crawford inexplicably gave Li Nan a technical foul.

The reason turned out to be: Li Nan's laugh disturbed him, and he thought Li Nan's behavior showed disrespect for him.

"Hen~ that's fine too." Li Nan smiled and shook his head.

Then, beep!

T!

Everyone thought that the technical foul was for D'Antoni, the head coach of the Nuggets.

Because D'Antoni has stepped into the sideline and is looking for trouble for Crawford.

However, it is not.

Crawford gave Li Nan the technical foul.

Evicted!
"Digging!"

Why did this embarrassing thing about Nima Deng dumbly happen to me?It's really, um, unbelievable.

Li Nan continued to look at Crawford and smiled, and even approached him and said a few words,
"So against me, what if they still lose?"

Crawford blushed, but he became angry and pointed to the outside!

"Get out!"

After a while, a group of people from the Nuggets surrounded Crawford and asked directly in front of Crawford, "Why?" "Why?" "Why?"

"Go away! If you don't go away, I will punish you too!"

Crawford's threats were useless.

The head coach of the Nuggets, D'Antoni, also rushed in and asked tightly, "Joe, tell me clearly, why are you doing this? Are you targeting us on purpose? Right?"

Crawford stepped back.

The other two referees also came over to block the Nuggets.

It took a while for things to stop.

Li Nan's two technical fouls were not recovered, and he was sent off.

"Come on, you can do the same without me, defeat them!"

Li Nan gave his teammates a thumbs up, but waved his hand, turned around and left.

sidelines,

"Li, alas~~~"

Kobe came up and wanted to say something, but couldn't say it.

This game was played, it was really, unspeakable.

Li Nan patted Kobe on the shoulder and said nothing.

At this time, is this the only way to stop our Nuggets from winning?
Thinking of this, Li Nan smiled and walked into the player tunnel with a smile.

The moment he walked into the player tunnel, Li Nan also thought of what he said before the start of the season:
This season is really not easy!

. . .

In the commentary seat, the three of them suddenly didn't know what to say.They didn't boldly comment on the right or wrong of Crawford's penalty, and they seemed to be worried about something.However, this is a live broadcast, so it doesn't seem too good not to say anything.

"This, this, Charles, what do you think the trend of the next game will be?"

Ask Barkley if you don't understand, and Ernie passed the crisis smoothly.

Barkley also swallowed and said: "Uh, Li Nan was sent off, which has too much impact on the Nuggets. Next, the Nuggets will have a difficult game."

Is it really difficult?
In the game on the court, the Nuggets lost Li Nan, and Reed was ordered in a critical situation. The familiar Western Conference finals game was staged again.

I thought the Lakers could easily get the score back, but they didn't.

The Lakers encountered strong resistance from the Nuggets.

O'Neal ate Lauderdale's two big caps in the paint.

Bryant was hard pressed by Reed.

The Nuggets are obviously angry, and the more they fight, the more brave they are.

Seeing that the score was about to increase again, the referee sounded his whistle.

Beep!The Nuggets fouled and the Lakers made free throws.

Beep!The Nuggets fouled and the Lakers made free throws.

Beep!The Nuggets fouled and the Lakers made free throws.

The constant whistle directly disrupted the Nuggets' chasing and fast-break style of play, and it also caused the Nuggets players to get into legal trouble.

Before the end of the third quarter, Fortson received his sixth foul and sent off,

At the end of the third quarter, the score between the two sides became 86-87, and the Lakers went ahead by 1 point.

In the fourth quarter, the referee's penalty was more "strict".

Kobe moved and stuck to Reid, and then, beep, the whistle sounded.

O'Neal's inside elbow lit up and hit Lauderdale in the face, and he still called Lauderdale's defensive foul.

The Lakers' offensive efficiency is not high, basically relying on free throws to score.

And the Nuggets also played very tenaciously, like Xiaoqiang who can't be beaten to death.

Hamilton and Reid were sent off one after another. At this time, Wang Dazhi stood up.Three consecutive three-pointers from outside the three-point line directly put the Lakers fans in a cold sweat.

Crawford's eyelids twitched violently, and he simply kept on doing nothing.Another excuse for physical contact was found, and Wang Dazhi also left the scene with the sixth offense.

Now the Nuggets are empty, right?

However, Crawford was wrong.

and also!

Billups, who has been steady today, stepped up, Ben Wallace stepped up, 19-year-old Arenas on the bench, 40-year-old Patrick Ewing stepped up, 36-year-old Tim Hardaway stood up, and even several other substitute players who didn't have many opportunities to play also stood up.

At this time, the Nuggets players seem to be wearing buffs. Whoever gets on will be in a hot state, which is the kind of hotness that can't be stopped.

The Lakers made free throws in a row, the opponents did nothing, and their own offensive state was ruined.Kobe failed to score several layups in a row, O'Neal forced Ben Wallace to fail, the OK combination failed to score, and others who didn't make many shots felt cold.

"This"

Crawford looked at the Lakers, who were shooting poorly, and shook his head. The forced smile on his face was uglier than crying.

Why did I accept this job?
(End of this chapter)