lakers championship

Chapter 428 End All Controversies

Hit!The Lakers regained the lead, and the Staples Center applauded.

How can this kind of ball be defended?Who would have thought Tianyang would make a move?
Towns shook his head helplessly, turned and walked to the baseline, took the ball from the referee, and sent it to Butler.

O'Neill nodded with satisfaction: "Ingram finally played momentum, I hope he can continue to maintain it."

After the words fell, Bart had already stopped the ball on the right wing, observed a little, and passed the ball to the top of the arc.

Towns catches the ball and waits with his hands up.

Wiggins made a big circle from the bottom line. With the help of Gibson, Teague, and Butler, he rushed to the right 45 degrees with difficulty, took the ball and took off directly.But Ingram chased fast enough, bypassing the obstacles, and suddenly appeared in front of Wiggins like the Flash, and both of them jumped into the air like a spring.

Bark!Ingram swiped his thumb to the basketball, and the flight trajectory of the basketball completely changed.

Three do not stick.

Randall picked up the rebound and handed it to Tianyang, and the Lakers made a fast break.

The Timberwolves retreated quickly, and the two teams fought fiercely. Tianyang handed over the ball at the top of the arc and also used it as a screen.

Ingram dribbled the ball to the right, used Randall's pick-and-roll to make a breakthrough, saw Wiggins quickly bypassing the wall to catch up, suddenly pulled the ball to change direction, entered the inside from the left, and stopped at the free throw line. CIC shot.

Swish!With two points scored, the Lakers once again led by 4 points.

Tianyang took the lead in applauding, and was very happy to see Ingram regaining his confidence and suppressing Wiggins on both offense and defense.

...

In a blink of an eye, the first half of the game was over, and the Lakers returned to the locker room.

"The goal has not been achieved!" Wharton deliberately put on a dejected expression, sighed and said: "We failed to lead by 20 points, you have to work hard in the second half, there are still many spectators waiting to see Kobe play!"

"Fuck you." Kobe waved his hand. "Having said that, we really need to work hard. Once the Timberwolves build up their confidence, it will be much more difficult to win again. It is best to lead by more than 15 points at the end of the three quarters."

The reason is very simple, everyone understands that the Timberwolves challenge the Lakers as an 'under dog', even the Timberwolves' own fans are pessimistic, and 19 ESPN experts believe that the series will only play four games.

But the more this is the case, the less hope can be given to the Timberwolves players, just like a person who is very bitter, as long as there is a hint of sweetness, it can provide him with great motivation. When the time comes to fight hard, even if they win, the Lakers will also win. Great consumption.

But how?Everyone looked at Wharton, but Wharton looked at Tianyang.

"In the second half of the regular season, we practiced the three-point tactics in so many games. Now it's time to test how strong the power is. Let's destroy the Timberwolves' defense together!"

As soon as Tianyang finished speaking, Nick Yang smiled and asked, "What if we strike iron like crazy?"

"That's okay. There's still the fourth quarter. There's still a chance to catch up by 20 points. I'm afraid it won't work." Tianyang also smiled, and the locker room looked a little sinister for a moment.

...

The timeout ends and the game continues between the two teams.

Walton replaced Randall and Tatum, replaced McGee and Hart, while the Timberwolves still maintained the starting lineup.

Tianyang dribbled the ball to the right wing, first handed the ball to Kuzma at the top of the arc, then turned around and ran to the short corner, waiting for Butler to switch defenses, suddenly ran back, and returned to the three-point line with the help of Hart's cover.

Kuzma passed the ball in a hurry, but at this time Hart blocked the two, and Tianyang seemed to be making an open shot.

Swish, hit a three-pointer, the Lakers lead reached 9 points, the audience cheered.

Towns picked up the basketball and retreated to the bottom line, trying to grab the serve, but the Lakers retreated very quickly and could only attack regularly.

Butler took the ball to the top of the arc, used Gibson's pick-and-roll to get rid of Tianyang, and rushed to the basket against Kuzma, who was changing defenses. He rushed to the free throw line and stopped suddenly, and made a step-back shot.

Hit, the point difference returned to 7 points.

...

The Lakers attacked, and Tianyang dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, pretending to pass the ball to the right, but actually used Kuzma's pick-and-roll to force the inside line; Towns and Gibson hurriedly shrunk to help defend, blocking the entire space under the basket .

That Zeng thought, Tianyang stopped suddenly in the three-second zone, pushed behind with his left hand, and the basketball flew to the right wing in an instant.

Kuzma caught the ball, aimed at the basket, and made a three-pointer.

Dang, the shot hits the iron, the position is too skewed, and the basketball hits the circle and bounces and flies out of the three-point range.

Kuzma picked it up unhurriedly, aimed at the basket again, and made his second three-pointer.

Dang, it's another shot, but this time the position is okay, it's just that the strength is a bit stronger.

McGee caught the rebound and wanted to play hard but found that the space was too small, so he could only pass the ball to the outside.

Kuzma took the ball for the third time, and the fans at the scene were boiling!

Dang, another shot hit the iron, Kuzma covered his face with his hands, and the fans sighed constantly.

Towns grabbed a rebound and the two teams switched offense and defense.

On the bench, Kobe shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "Old card, you are not very good at three-point guidance, why does this kid miss in a row? Or is he learning your "card three swords" skill? No matter how you shoot, you only get three shots. middle?"

This black, black two people!
Carter shrugged and spread his hands: "Aren't you in charge of guiding before? I haven't guided for a few days?"

As soon as the words fell, Teague went around the screen to catch the ball in the frontcourt, and pulled out his hand at the top of the arc.

Dang, the shot hit the iron, McGee caught the rebound, and the Lakers made a fast break.

Kuzma took the lead to cross the center line, received a pass while running, and took two steps in three-pointers to shoot an arrow on horseback.

Swish, a three-pointer was hit, and the Lakers led by 10 points.

"This is what I taught!" Kobe applauded.

"He learned it from me," Carter cheered.

The two spoke almost in unison, and they smiled at each other when they heard the words, "Hey hey."

...

The Timberwolves attacked, and Butlert used Towns' pick-and-roll to force the basket from the left.

McGee defended, blocked the shot with too much hand movement, and the referee blew his whistle.

Amidst the boos of the audience, Butler made the first free throw and hit the second free throw.

McGee caught the rebound, landed and turned around for a long pass. Hart rushed the ball to the frontcourt, faced Butler's close defense and chose to make an emergency stop, and passed the ball to the top of the arc.Tianyang took the ball and signaled with a look. Hart immediately rushed to the top of the arc. The two cooperated hand in hand. Hart took the ball again and sprinted to the basket.

Hart stopped again and passed the ball to the right sideline.

Ingram received the ball and made a smart three-pointer. The basketball went into the net and the Lakers led by 12 points.

Thibodeau panicked and hurriedly commanded the serve, and when Teague dribbled the ball across the center line, he immediately called a timeout.

O'Neal patted his stomach: "The Lakers started to intentionally increase the three-point ratio, which means that they are going to play for real. I should also consider where to go for supper after get off work."

Kenny curled his lips: "In the past few offensives by the Lakers, the Timberwolves have all stood up, and maybe they will also this time."

Barkley shook his head: "Both Towns and Wiggins have been restricted by the Lakers, and only Butler can stand up."

...

The timeout ends and the game continues between the two teams.

Towns moved to the right sideline, and the other Timberwolves huddled together at the elbow.

The referee blew the whistle, and the eight players began to run without the ball, with all kinds of screens, all kinds of counter-runs, dazzled.

Not to mention that the fans at the scene are hard to tell, even the fans who have the perspective of God watching the live broadcast are confused.

But no one expected that McGee stole Downs!

Tianyang was the first to discover and react, and quickly ran to the center line to catch the pass, and single-handedly went forward.

Hart, Kuzma, and Ingram followed up in three lines, Teague, Butler, and Wiggins chased in three lines, and the cheers on the scene sounded like a drum!
The Lakers played 4 to 3 in the frontcourt, which was too much of an advantage, not to mention Tianyang entangled the two of them.

After passing the ball, the three of Hart dealt with Butler alone, as easily as playing with children.

In the end, Hart hit an open three-pointer, and the Lakers led by 15 points.

...

Thibodeau hates that the tactics arranged after the timeout were actually intercepted. I remember him waving his hands continuously, signaling to speed up.

Perhaps because of the same anxiety, Butlert rushed to the frontcourt like a motorcycle out of control, simply used Wiggins to pick and roll, and threw the basketball out like a time bomb.

The result was naturally a strike. Ingram picked up the rebound and hit the basket directly with a long pass.

McGee, who hadn't crossed the center line, received the ball, turned around and dribbled it to the top of the arc, made a three-pointer, and hit it!

The Lakers led by 18 points, the fans on the scene burst into excitement, and Thibodeau reluctantly called a timeout again.

O'Neal laughed loudly: "Butler really stood up! He led the team to failure!"

...

After the timeout, the Timberwolves began to play steadily, but they were still unable to get close to the score. The 18-point difference once reached 20 points.

In the fourth quarter, Walton sent three veteran players, Kobe, Rondo, and Carter, to play with Randall and Tatum. They have rich experience, and the Timberwolves have no chance.

In the end, the Lakers won the first round of the playoffs 122-105. Seven players in the team scored in double figures. In terms of positive and negative values, Towns was not better than McGee even at the center position. The Lakers can be said to be completely crushed.

After the game, Andrew Han and Kevin Arnolds updated Twitter immediately, and adjusted the prediction of how many games in the series will be divided into 4 games, which means that ESPN has a total of 21 experts, all predicting that the Lakers will be eliminated 4-0 Timberwolves.

So far, all the controversies about the Lakers' win over the Forest have come to an end.

　100 million words as a souvenir.

　　
　
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