Reborn in the 96 golden generation

Chapter 613 The existence of the ceiling
After the crisp sound of "swish", Nash took advantage of the Lakers' unsteady foothold and made another emergency stop and made a mid-range shot!

"31:28", the Cavaliers lead the Lakers by three points.

After finally seeing the hope of overtaking, and then disappearing like this, the mood of the Lakers can be imagined.

The Lakers' new round of offense is still dominated by Zhou Yu, but this time, he chooses to pass a good ball for his teammates.

In the process of breaking through to the inside, Zhou Yu sent Zhang Jinsong an exquisite through ball from between people. Zhang Jinsong caught the ball and walked up three steps, attracting enough attention from the Cavaliers, and took the opportunity to distribute the ball to one side Li Nan in the bottom corner.

Seeing the opportunity, Li Nan transferred the ball to Fisher near the top of the arc. Fisher immediately made a three-pointer and missed it.

Although Nash's offensive and assist abilities are amazing, his defensive ability is relatively average, and he is not a star who combines offense and defense.

Fisher's three-pointer successfully avoided Nash's block and fell straight to the basket. Unfortunately, the basketball finally bounced out of the frame and failed to help the Lakers tie the score smoothly.

James once again exerted the power of the "all-around fighter", struggled to grab the rebound, and handed the ball to Nash in the first place.

The Cavaliers launched another fast-breaking counterattack. The ball was passed back and forth between Nash, James, and Hughes, and the Lakers' defense quickly appeared loopholes.

James received a wonderful pass from Nash, walked up to the basket in three steps, used his strong body to meet Zhang Jinsong and succeeded in a layup, and caused a thug foul by "Desperate Saburo" and an additional free throw.

With James' additional penalty hit, the score between the two sides was rewritten to "34:28", and the Cavaliers led the Lakers by as much as six points!

In the next competition between the two sides, the Lakers are still overwhelmed by the Cavaliers. They have to admit that the power of the "Big Three Cavaliers" is too powerful. They can be fast or slow, inside or out, and the Lakers always seem to follow their rhythm.

Although Zhou Yu was very anxious, he was a little powerless. In addition to being responsible for scoring, he also had to take care of defense and assists, which caused serious physical exertion.

Although there are many difficulties, Zhou Yu knows that he must not fall down, and he must grit his teeth and persist until the last moment.

In the next game, Zhou Yu continued to send good shots to his teammates in order to save energy appropriately, so that the overall offense of the Lakers looked orderly, at least they would not be opened up by the Cavaliers all at once.

When the two sides battled to the end of the second quarter with 3 minutes and 19 seconds left, the long electronic sound of timeout suddenly sounded. Obviously, it was time for the substitute to come on the bench.

At this time, the score between the two sides has been rewritten to "39:33", and the Lakers are still six points behind the Cavaliers.

After the timeout, substitute players from both sides made their appearances one after another, but the Lakers added an absolute main player, Zhou Yu, to the bench.

Seeing that Zhou Yu was still on the court, Duncan immediately became unhappy, and walked quickly to Cavaliers coach Mike Brown to ask for a fight, and also wanted to stay on the court.

Brown straightened his glasses, facing Duncan's irrational behavior, he lowered his face and said indifferently:

"Duncan, calm down. The reason why Wang continues to stay on the court is because the Lakers cannot do without him for a moment, but our Cavaliers are 'strong and strong', so we don't need to fight them for a while."

Coach Brown's words sounded right, so Duncan had to sit back obediently, panting heavily.

"Duncan, the coach is also doing it for your own good. After all, none of us have won a championship, but Wang Zhizhi's championship has already been softened. He can mess around, but we can't afford to mess around. We still focus on winning the championship. , don’t argue with them for a while.”

Nash spoke kindly from the side.

"However, Wang Zhizhi is such an abominable kid. He repeatedly shattered my dream of being a champion. If I don't teach him a lesson, it will be hard to get rid of the hatred in my heart!"

Duncan clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

"Don't worry, Duncan, James and I will definitely help you get rid of that arrogant Wang Zhizhi, just bear with it."

Nash continued to persuade.

Duncan snorted coldly, stopped talking, and immediately covered his face with a white towel, feeling mixed feelings in his heart.

The real thought in Duncan's heart was to defeat Zhou Yu by himself, but it was inconvenient to say this in person, so he could only sit on the court and swallow his anger.

The game continued fiercely on the court, and it was the Lakers' turn to attack.

After Duncan left the court, Zhou Yu’s defensive pressure was reduced a lot. Facing the Cavaliers’ backup power forward who was far inferior in defensive ability and experience, how could Zhou Yu easily miss the great opportunity, and quickly took the ball inside and hit the basket. .

Continuously turning around and cutting in to catch the "dream footsteps", the Cavaliers' substitute power forward was quickly shaken by Zhou Yu, who couldn't find his way. Zhou Yu took the opportunity to layup easily!

"39:35", the Lakers caught up with two points, only four points behind the Cavaliers.

Duncan, who was watching the game from the sidelines, was so angry that he wished he could rush to the court to compete with Zhou Yu immediately.

Due to the great efforts to introduce Duncan and Nash, the strength of the Cavaliers' bench lineup can only be described as average, but the strength of the Lakers' bench lineup is not much stronger. However, due to the addition of Zhou Yu, the strength of the bench has increased significantly.

In the next round, the Cavaliers' substitute had no choice but to shoot from the outside because he couldn't get inside. However, he missed the shot and the rebound was grabbed by Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu made a strong long pass and accurately threw the ball to Jack, who was in the front position. Jack quickly advanced with the ball, and while the Cavaliers were not getting a firm foothold, he made a sudden stop near the free throw line and made a shot, and the result was a steady hit!
"39:37", the Lakers are only two points behind the Cavaliers!
After coming off the bench, the Lakers chased four points in a row, and the momentum of chasing points was very strong.

Duncan couldn't sit still anymore, he threw the white towel on the ground fiercely, and was about to get up to challenge Brown again, but was stopped in time by Nash on the side.

"Dude, calm down and let me do it."

Nash immediately got up and walked to the coach's bench.

"Coach, I want to play early. Our offense looks a bit chaotic. I need to go up and sort it out."

Nash said earnestly.

"Nash, I can understand your feelings, but the more important the game, the more you should remain calm and fully believe in the abilities of your teammates."

Brown put his arms around his shoulders and said calmly.

Nash complained for a while, thinking to himself, what's the use of believing in the abilities of my teammates, but I don't believe in the scores on the big electronic screen.

"coach……"

Nash wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Brown in time:
"Nash, this season is the best time for our Cavaliers to rush to the championship. Although the Lakers have achieved the glory of 'nine consecutive championships' before, this season is already at the end of the season. The age of the players is seriously aging. As long as we are more patient, we will surely Win the championship.

In addition, Wang Zhizhi, the absolute core of the Lakers, is our biggest threat. He is in his prime, and his comprehensive ability has reached the peak. If he wants to win the Lakers, he must defeat Wang Zhizhi.

Although we have suffered a little loss at the moment, it's nothing, as long as the three of you maintain a strong mental state, we will definitely win the game, do you understand? "

"Coach, is Wang Zhizhi really that powerful?"

Nash asked a little unconvinced.

"Yes, his strength is really terrifying. I have watched his game video repeatedly, and all his skills are like a ceiling. We can only defeat them in one fell swoop if we accumulate energy and strength."

Brown nodded.

(End of this chapter)