lakers championship

Chapter 420 Bullfighting
Amid the excited cheers of the fans, Tatum stood at the free throw line.

Catch the ball and aim at the frame, raise your hand to shoot the ball, and hit it easily!

14 is better than 0!

Mike Malone was pacing on the sidelines, and waited until Murray took him to cross halftime before deciding not to call a timeout.

Murray crossed the ball at 45 degrees, Jokic waited with the ball at the top of the arc, and wanted to pass directly to the basket, but the Lakers followed up very well and couldn't get space, so they could only turn around and pass to the left 45 degrees Harris, hit back to Millsap in the low post.

Millsap received the ball with his back to Randall, turned to face the frame and put on a white threatening posture. At the same time, Harris and Chandler in the left corner ran to the basket at the same time.After the entire left half was cleared, Mirsa began to take a test step with his right foot. After three consecutive times, he dribbled and walked to the basket.

The basketball fell into the hoop, but unfortunately, it spun around and flew out again. The Nuggets still failed to score. Seeing this, Malone shook his head again and again, and returned to the bench to sit down angrily.

But as soon as he sat down, Randall made a long pass and threw the ball to the frontcourt. Tianyang caught the ball and picked Murray up and then jumped up and shot.

Beep, the referee blows the whistle, blows the violation of the cylinder, three free throws!
SkyOcean hadn't reached the free throw line yet, the fans were already impatient, and the shouts of MVP kept coming and going.

The first free throw was hit, and the DJ on the scene made trouble, and took the lead in shouting '15...5...5', and the ending sound was very long
The fans at the scene understood, and when the second free throw was hit, about two people played in the Staples Center and shouted '16...6...6' in unison

The third free throw was also hit, and the fans closest to the Nuggets bench made faces and shouted '17...7...7'

17 to 0, the score was nothing, but being defended was terrible. The Nuggets players on the bench either did not dare to raise their heads, or stared blankly at the front. Take away the soul.

Mike Malone's mentality was called out, he stood up from the bench, and rushed to the referee for a timeout.

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In the TNT live broadcast room.

O'Neal laughed loudly: "The Lakers fans also turned into villains! This game is really exciting!"

Ernie pursed his lips and smiled: "The Nuggets are at an absolute disadvantage now, what advice do you three have?"

Talking about tactics, O'Neal put away his smile and sat upright: "The best way is to slow down the tempo, understand every attack, ensure the success rate, slowly regain the feel and self-confidence, and forget about the immediate gains and losses for the time being."

Kenny nodded: "Yes, I agree with Shaq. Although it is difficult for the Nuggets to enter the playoffs, they are not the king's kind of team that will collapse at one touch. They currently lack the mentality."

Barkley shook his head, and tapped the table with his index finger: "Come on, it's useless to play slowly. The Lakers' defensive rotation level is tied with the Warriors for the first place in the league. No matter how the Nuggets run, they won't even try to get an open spot."

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On the court, the timeout ended, and the Nuggets made the baseline ball.

Murray slowly dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, used Jokic and Harris to pick and roll to the left, sideways to avoid Tianyang to take off, and threw the basketball to the hoop with his right hand.

At first glance, it looks like a shot, and it seems to cooperate with Jokic in the air, and it looks a bit like a shot.

In short, it's a bit different.

With a bang, the shot hit the iron, but McGee made a defensive error or was half a beat slow. He kept staring at Murray and did not get stuck, allowing Jokic to easily make a tip-up and the Nuggets finally scored two points.

Wharton called out a timeout. This timeout was really unexpected, and the fans on the scene showed doubts.

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Lakers bench.

Wharton did not pick up the tactical board, but pointed to McGee and said: "Don't defend with your back to Jokic. It's not realistic to always think that you can defend both outside breakthroughs and inside shots. We have to Be vicious, but don’t be too greedy, you have to trust your teammates and watch the ball sideways at most, understand?”

McGee nodded when he heard the words, but the expression on his face was still confused, and he didn't know if he understood.

Tianyang sighed in his heart. McGee's strengths and weaknesses are too obvious. Offensively, he can make mid-range shots and even three-pointers, and can quickly go down to the sky to eat cakes. Center forwards are not very good at passing the ball when they are double-teamed, and they are prone to low-level mistakes, and sometimes even block their teammates' progress. This is very fatal at critical moments, otherwise they would not be able to get a basic salary.

In addition, Wharton is also ruthless enough to lose two points. He must kill the Nuggets in the first quarter.

The timeout ended in a blink of an eye, and McKiji served from the baseline.

Tianyang took it to the right wing, handed it to Randall at the top of the arc, and ran to the bottom corner.

Murray chased after him closely, but Tianyang made an emergency stop and ran back. He entered the inside line from the middle, received a pass from Randall, and used a European step to sway Jokic who was defending the defense, and scored two points with a throw.

After landing, he immediately ran to Murray for close defense, and Jokic had to pass the ball to Harris.

Harris dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, passed it to Murray and ran to the left elbow area, waited for Chandler to run from the right, took advantage of the cover and ran to the right 45 degrees, received a pass from Murray, and then used about Keech blocked Hart's gap and strode to the basket.

For the Nuggets, everything looked perfect, but McGee seemed to have taken a stimulant and blocked the route before Harris layup. Harris naturally refused to accept it and chose to force it.

The shot was shot from the board, the position was wrong, the angle was deflected, and the basketball fell off the frame.

Jokic swooped in from behind McGee to fight, and grabbed with Randall, the basketball went out of bounds, the referee whistled, and the backcourt ball.

Tianyang took the ball to the top of the arc, passed it to Hart at a 45-degree angle, and then passed it to Randall at the left elbow.

Randall pushed Millsap with his back, squeezed the space, turned forward and rushed to the free throw line, throwing a shot.

Hit, the Lakers 21 to 2, Mike Malone rubbed his face with his hands.

Jokic serves from the baseline, Murray catches the ball and takes it to the frontcourt, cooperates with Chandler on the right wing to hit the short corner, attracts Tatum and Tianyang for double-teaming, and passes the ball from behind to Mirsa general.

When Millsap caught the ball, there was nothing in front of him, and Tianyang spread his hands and shouted: "You shoot!"

Arrogant, very arrogant, Millsap shot decisively.

Dang, the shot hit the iron, the basketball rebounded and flew to the short corner on the right, Tatum caught it, and made a long pass to the left sideline.

Hart received the ball and passed it to Randall. Randall dribbled two steps and stopped on the left wing of the frontcourt, using both hands to pass the ball to the right low post.

McGee caught the ball and hit Jokic on the back, and the fans stood up and shouted!
Once, twice, three times, McGee still failed to push Jokic away, but still turned forward and shot with a hook!
The basketball hit the ring, bumped a few times, and finally fell down.

23 to 2, the Lakers led by 21 points, and Mike Malone sullenly called a timeout.

In the TNT live broadcast room, O'Neill went crazy with joy.

Kenny spread his hands: "The luck that the Lakers lost in the past three games has all been recovered."

Barkley shook his head: "The Nuggets are also unlucky. Either they are defended by the Lakers, or they miss their shots."

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After returning from the timeout, Wharton replaced the main force.

According to him, it's not just forgetting it like this, but the physical exertion of the starting players is relatively high, and a group of more passionate players will go up and play hard.

As a result, Kuzma and Rondo led the team. Although the defense is not as sharp as before, the various exquisite cooperation on offense still helps the Lakers maintain a lead of about 20 points.

After the third quarter of the game, Walton really felt that it was interesting enough, and sent a third team to let Thomas Bryant and Zubac practice their hands.

I once thought that the Nuggets didn't know how to praise, so they didn't withdraw the main force tacitly, and took the opportunity to chase points.

Wharton didn't care, and when he was only leading by 5 points, he sent Tianyang and others one after another.

In the last 14 seconds, the Lakers led 122 to 116, and Tianyang dribbled the ball to the top of the arc.

Murray still put on a single-defense posture. Tianyang had an idea and retreated to the center line. The fans thought he was going to press time, but he actually pushed the ball forward and sent it directly to Murray's arms, and then spread his hands call out.

"Come on! Show off your extraordinary skills!"

The big screen at the scene was also involved. Immediately, Murray took advantage of Tianyang's back to pass the ball. About 2 fans collectively booed and shouted "Murray rubbish".

Murray reacted from the bewilderment, his face was livid, and he accelerated towards Tianyang with the ball.

Tianyang kept smiling all the time, and when Murray approached, he suddenly turned sideways to dodge, and incidentally made a movement of a bullfighter waving a red cloth, and the Staples Center was bursting with laughter!
In the end, the Lakers won the game 122 to 118.

Murray did not participate in the post-match handshake and returned directly to the locker room.

Immediately after the game, Bill Simmons updated his tweet.

"Well, I admit that Tianyang is eligible to be elected as the best defensive player. In this game, he successfully restricted Jokic and ended the three-game losing streak with a beautiful victory. Congratulations to the Lakers!"

SkyOcean didn't know about this, but some fans relayed the matter on his Twitter.

Tianyang replied to the fans: "Who is he? I need him to admit it? A joke!"

　After watching the Spurs game today, I feel that Rondo and Finsen will be unhappy in the future.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)