Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 227
Arenas and Kobe played against each other in these few rounds, and the wonderful scenes emerged one after another, making the audience hooked.
However, Timberwolves head coach Philip Saunders felt a little worried. Arenas scored several fairy goals in this wave of personal shows. The game fell apart, but the Lakers still maintained the lead relying on Kobe's personal offense.
"The Timberwolves have concentrated all the possession of the ball on Gilbert alone. The Lakers must take advantage of this and cut off the connection between him and his teammates. His touch cannot be so hot throughout the second half, and once he feels it Decline, other teammates have no sense of participation for a long time, it is difficult to find an offensive state in a short period of time. On the other hand, the Lakers, although most of the offense is terminated by Kobe, but the transfer of the ball and the involvement of the defense are the whole team. Yes. For example, in the air cut cooperation just now, Kobe only needs to use the cover to run back, and he can get the opportunity to attack the basket easily." Bill Walton analyzed the situation on the field during the timeout.
Back on the field, the Timberwolves' offense really stagnated. Under Kobe's entanglement, Arenas forced a three-pointer and missed.
The Lakers immediately counterattacked, and Billups, who had been silent for half of the game, received a long pass from Garnett and made a signature chasing three-pointer.
Back then in the Timberwolves, Billups' chasing three-pointers were criticized by the fans, and they often ended up hitting the iron, wasting hard-won fast-break opportunities, but in the two seasons of the Lakers, the Lakers instead vigorously trained him to shoot. The ability to chase three points.
To put it bluntly, strong teams have a higher fault tolerance rate. If this kind of goal is scored, it will go smoothly; if it is ironed, it will not have much impact.
Billups is wearing a Timberwolves jersey and throws a chasing three-pointer. The fans are desperate. Now wearing a Lakers jersey as the Timberwolves' opponent, the fans are still desperate, and the basketball goes into the basket.
Arenas was unable to defend in time, and hammered the basket angrily.
Jermaine O'Neal pulled the frustrated Arenas, said a few words, and patted him on the head.
Arenas dribbled downfield and Jermaine O'Neal came up to set a screen that was quality and kept Bryant well behind.
Malone couldn't defend, and Arenas was about to shoot a three-pointer. At this time, Kobe had already broken free from Jermaine O'Neal's entanglement, and flew over to interfere.
With more power, the three-pointer hit the back basket and bounced far away.
Jermaine O'Neal reacted quickly, grabbed the offensive rebound, and took advantage of the momentum to get up and score.
This is the second half of Timberwolves other than Arenas to score.
This is good news for the Timberwolves. Arenas' touch fell, but his teammates continued to fire.
But in the next round, Kobe assisted Garnett, took off and dunked, and poured cold water on the hearts of Timberwolves fans.
Arenas consciously sought cooperation with Jermaine O'Neal, but Malone, who had been robbed of an offensive rebound just now, was well prepared this time, stuck Jermaine O's down route, and made an offensive foul.
Back, Billups assisted Artest in the bottom corner and made a 3-pointer.
Madman stormed Artest, caused a foul, and made two free throws.
Malone assisted Garnett in an air cut, Yan dunked Nesterovic, and scored two points and added a penalty.
Arenas made a dribble error and was intercepted by Kobe. The Lakers made a quick break and Artest made a layup.
The Lakers are in full bloom, and most of them are easy to score, while the Timberwolves seem to be very difficult to score every point.

The point difference returned to more than 10 points, and Sanders requested a timeout.
Szczerbiak was sent on the field, and if the third quarter can't bite the score, then the fourth quarter is meaningless.

Sprewell and Szczerbiak's consecutive scoring gave the Timberwolves a glimmer of hope for victory, but the 6-point difference is like an insurmountable gap. The Lakers always have various ways to put the ball into the basket. Maintain points difference.

With Wade's fast-break layup in a race against time, the Lakers led 78 to 71 into the fourth quarter.

Sanders kept four starters, Szczerbiak stayed on the floor in place of Hassell, and Jermaine O'Neal looked set to play the entire game.

The Lakers' lineup is Billups, Wade, Battier, Nene and Garnett, allowing Kobe and Malone, who have heavy offensive and defensive tasks in the third quarter, to take a break.

As soon as he came up, Arenas couldn't control his prehistoric power. When he broke through Wade forcibly, he knocked over Battier, who was filling in, and got an offensive foul.

Conversely, Garnett singled Nesterovic face-to-face, relying on flexibility to easily break through his opponent and hit a layup.

Jermaine O'Neill punched Nene hard, turned around and prepared to dunk with one hand, but Nene did not show any weakness and served spicy hot pot.

Wade quickly grabbed the floor ball with his hands and eyes, and quickly left Sprewell and Arenas behind for a fast break dunk.

The continuous offense was blocked, and the morale of the Timberwolves quickly dropped to freezing point. Except for Sprewell's two mid-range shots, there were no other sports scores within 5 minutes of the opening of the fourth quarter.The Lakers' shock wave of 18 to 6 completely put the victory in the refrigerator.

With Arenas's desperate three-pointer, Sanders replaced the main force and announced that he would give up the game.

科比砍下42分5篮板3抢断，加内特18分17篮板，马龙表现不佳，仅得8分9板。韦德则是依靠突破大量制造杀伤，12次走上罚球线命中了8球，全场得到19分。

The Timberwolves tried their best, Arenas scored 40 points, and Jermaine O'Neal did not rest in the first 45 minutes, scoring 21 points, 13 rebounds and 6 blocks.Sprewell also scored 20 points, but others did not give them much support. Except for Szczerbiak and Hudson, the others only scored 4 points in total.

The Lakers defeated the Timberwolves 114 to 102, leading the total score 3 to 1.

Two days later, the two sides will move to Los Angeles for the fifth battle.

After losing two home games in a row, half of the Timberwolves are already outside the cliff. Szczerbiak is in a sluggish state after being demoted to the bench. The madman is no longer as brave as he used to be. All Des cards have been exhausted.

On another field, the Kings, who have been defeated in the Finals for several years in a row, exploded with amazing energy. Webber gave up his organization and devoted himself to the offense. He made 21 of 13 shots on Duncan and Rasheed Wallace. He scored 28 points, 9 rebounds, and only 1 assist, while Bibby remained stable, scoring 20 points and 12 assists.

邓肯拿下19分20个篮板，拉希德·华莱士17分11篮板，但吉诺比利和帕克表现不佳，两人分别只得到7分和5分，国王85比81险胜马刺，将总比分扳成了2比2平。

(End of this chapter)