lakers championship

Chapter 260 The Fateful Showdown
As Barkley said, the main players of the two teams are either at their peak or on their way to their peak. Tonight's game can be said to be a preview of the next five years. No matter who wins or loses, the rivalry is inevitable.

In the future, any match between the two teams will be played as a final, and even if the two teams don't care, the fans will mention it every time, the press conference will interview every time, and the TV will always be used for comparison.

why?Because it took less than a quarter and a half, the fans at the Oracle Center were so excited that they cheered uncontrollably. The players performed really well, their offensive and defensive levels were excellent, and their viewing ability was the number one in the playoffs in the past ten years.

On the major basketball forums, the number of postings and discussions has also increased exponentially. There are a large number of fans who are not interested in the game between the two teams. Under the bombardment of various wonderful GIFs, they turn on the live broadcast to watch the game.

On Twitter, the topic of the Lakers VS Warriors rarely surpassed Kardashian's pregnancy and became the number one most searched.

TNT official Twitter said that although the specific results have not yet been counted, the number of viewers who watched the Lakers vs. Warriors game through TV and live broadcasts was at least more than 2000 million, which is close to the number of 15-year finals.

It's so hot, it's a bit of a "revenge-like" reason to watch. After all, the Lakers and Warriors also took away their opponents 4-0 in a row in the first two rounds of the playoffs. There is no suspense at all.

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Perhaps due to the high attention off the court, the players performed even better on the court.

For the Lakers, Tianyang has always maintained a very high level. The offensive organization revitalized the team, the defensive command team restricted the Warriors, and tried their best to control the direction of the game. He was double-teamed by the Warriors several times but never made a mistake.

Randall suffered several consecutive losses on Durant and Curry, but he was not affected. Instead, he became more courageous, shot more decisively, moved laterally and defended faster, and finally played a super high defense level, reducing Durant's shooting percentage from 78 percent to 51 percent.

Ingram has relatively few chances to get the ball on offense. He still disintegrates the Warriors' defense by running without the ball, helping the team open up space for breakthroughs. As long as the Warriors dare to relax, they will receive Tianyang's assists and score.Defensively, the pressure against Iguodala is relatively small, but he always maintains an active defense, blocking the Warriors' backcourt shots with Randall.

Of course, the Warriors also performed extremely well. Even though Curry was targeted by Tianyang and Randall, he still found opportunities to hit difficult three-pointers several times to help the Warriors stabilize the situation.As long as Thompson receives the ball, he either assists or scores himself, never misses, and his efficiency is as high as 100%.Iguodala also successfully intercepted the Lakers' three fast breaks through superb defensive skills.

The two teams played inextricably. The game entered the last minute of the fourth quarter in a blink of an eye. The score was 1 to 92. The Lakers were behind, but they had the right to attack for the first time after returning from a timeout.

On the Lakers bench, Walton raised his right hand and waved it slowly like conducting a band, "Everyone take a deep breath, lower your heart rate, keep your mind clear, remember to watch the game time, and don't make impulsive fouls."

With Walton's gesture, the Lakers players slowly began to relax.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Walton quickly made arrangements: "Randall, you performed very well defensively and successfully restricted Durant. There are still 2 minutes left, we need you to continue to maintain; Boogie, your first priority It is to guarantee the rebound; other people act according to the situation, be bold, don't have any scruples, and use your strength like a training game."

The timeout ended, the game continued, and all Oracle Center fans stood up.

The referee whistled, the Lakers attacked, and Tianyang took the pass from the baseline to the frontcourt.

All the way to the right wing, Curry intercepted sideways, giving up space to go to the basket, and did not let go of the shot.

Tianyang took a visual look at the player's position on the field, chose to pull the ball back and circle to the top of the arc, and with the help of Randall's cover, accelerated to the left elbow.

The Lakers players on the bench couldn't understand why Tianyang avoided Curry and chose the most difficult breakthrough route instead.I saw Durant changing defenses, squatting close to follow, and at the same time raising his right hand to prevent shooting.

The two rushed to the left elbow area, Tianyang made an emergency stop and retreated, raising his hand to shoot.

Durant leaped forward, and Tianyang hit the ground and passed the ball from under his feet.

The basketball rebounded and flew very accurately into the hands of Randall who followed up in the middle. Green hurriedly moved from the low position on the right side to make up the defense, but Randall had already started three steps.

The two jumped almost simultaneously and collided in the air.

With a sound of "snap!", Green hit Randall's right shoulder heavily with his right hand, but still failed to prevent Randall from completing dunks. The Lakers 94 beat the Warriors 93, leading by 1 point.

The two also landed almost at the same time, but their right hands were tangled together, pulling each other, and neither of them wanted to let go first.

Fortunately, the bottom line referee stepped forward in time to stop the situation, and the situation was finally brought under control.

Green cursed and retreated to the baseline to serve with 40 seconds left in the game.

Curry took the ball to the top of the arc, and Durant stepped forward to pick and roll.

Randall switched defenses, quickly followed Curry, and also raised his right hand sideways to let the opponent break through.

Curry was not in a hurry, and continued to go to the right, Thompson lifted from the bottom corner, and then made a pick-and-roll.

Nick Young switched defenses and had little threat. Curry adjusted his posture and made a three-pointer.

Hit!The Warriors 96 beat the Lakers 94, leading by 2 points, and the Oracle Center cheered everywhere.

With 20 seconds left in the game, Walton raised his hand to pause.

After some arrangement, the Lakers replaced Nick Young and replaced McGee as a double center.

After the timeout ended, McGee moved to the sideline near the left wing, and Tianyang, Randall, Ingram, and Cousins ​​lined up from the left wing until they reached the 45-degree position.

In the TNT commentary seat, O'Neal narrowed his eyes, "What is Wharton doing? There are too few tactics at the critical moment. Why are there layers of cover? It's impossible for the Warriors coaching staff not to see it?"

On the field, Cole kept gesticulating on the sidelines, seeming to guide the players to defend.

After the voice fell, the referee blew his whistle and started timing.

Randall was the first to move to cover for Tianyang, followed by Ingram and Cousins. The Warriors also rushed out to intercept in advance, forcing Tianyang to make a big circle before rushing to the top of the arc.

All the audience's attention was focused on Tianyang, but Ingram suddenly blocked Durant, Randall made an air cut to the inside with a lunge, and McGee immediately passed the ball.

Who would have thought that Wharton didn't play his cards according to the routine, and in the end he didn't arrange for Tianyang to attack.

Randall's speed is fast, the basket is empty, and the Warriors fans are half-hearted.

Iguodala rushed up desperately and grabbed Randall's right hand, but failed to stop Randall from making a move.

The referee whistled, but fortunately the basketball did not fall into the rim, only two free throws, and the Warriors fans raised their arms and shouted.

Randall stood on the free throw line, bowed his head and took a deep breath, and the Oracle Center booed loudly.

In the first free throw, the basketball hit the rim with a 'bang', swayed around, and fell into the rim.

Tianyang stepped forward to give him a high five, while reminding him in a low voice not to be stressed.

In the second penalty, the flight trajectory of the basketball deviates greatly from the ring, and it bounces off the board and flies into the paint.

The 10 players on the court looked at the basketball together. McGee was smart enough to block Green and Iguodala with his long arms, Randall blocked Durant, and Cousins ​​easily got the rebound.

Allowing the Lakers to get an offensive rebound was far beyond Cole's expectations, and he couldn't put down his raised right hand for a long time.

The Warriors swarmed towards Cousins ​​from the inside, and the Lakers bench yelled for a dunk, but Cousins ​​turned around and passed the ball to Tianyang on the outside.

In the TNT commentary, O'Neill slapped the table and shouted, "WTF!"

The basket was basically wide open, and the probability of Cousins ​​scoring a dunk was higher than Tianyang's outside attack. No one could understand what he was thinking, and the Lakers fans watching the live broadcast felt suffocated.

With Tianyang holding the ball, the Warriors didn't dare to bet on fouls, so they could only let Curry defend alone.

At 13 seconds, Tianyang bent down and began to dribble the ball under his crotch, and Curry squatted and spread his hands.

At 9 seconds, Tianyang started, rushed to the high position on the right side at high speed, stopped suddenly, turned around, and started back hitting.

In 6 seconds, Tianyang swayed left and right but did not turn around and shoot a jumper. Instead, he retreated to the three-point line after one step and made a dry shot.

Curry was tricked into jumping on the spot, and the basketball flew to the hoop without interference.

'Shua', a hollow hit, the Lakers 98 lead the Warriors 96 by 2 points.

Cole finally called a timeout, with 5 seconds left before the end of the game, enough to set up a three-point lore.

The timeout ended, Green served from the right sideline, and the Warriors gathered in the right half.

The referee whistled, Thompson blocked Tianyang, and Curry started from the right wing and rushed to the top of the arc.At the same time, Iguodala and Durant rushed to the basket. It was difficult for the Lakers to judge who would catch the ball for a while, so they could only chase them all.

With only 2 seconds left before the service violation, Durant suddenly stopped and ran back to the right corner, but just after he received the pass, Randall was already standing beside him, and McGee also slipped over from the sideline to stop the pass. He passes.

The shooting environment is very bad, but he is Durant, relying on the advantage of his increased wingspan, he can take off in a big loop.

"Crack" and "crack" sounded one after another. First, McGee patted the basketball with his fingers, and then Randall slapped it down.

The basketball landed and rolled to the short corner on the right. Cousins ​​grabbed the ball and held it tightly in his arms.

The Warriors yelled a foul at Green, but when Green reacted, the whistle sounded at the end.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Warriors 98 to 96 and won their first victory in the Western Conference Finals.

Five of the team scored in double figures, and Tianyang scored 5 points and 32 assists.

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The post-match interview was over. According to the agreement during the timeout of the first quarter, Wharton treated guests.

The whole team set off in mighty strength, and Randall was the only one missing.

Tianyang asked the reason, and Wharton said that Randall was in a little trouble.

(End of this chapter)