Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

With a few minutes left in the fourth quarter, both sides sent out their main lineups, but the Lakers were still slightly at a disadvantage on the field.

Davis was on a killing spree in this quarter.

Without Lopez, the Lakers' interior defense was greatly weakened, and it was no longer possible to limit Davis, allowing Davis to score too many points.

"beep!"

The whistle blows.

The referee pointed at Zubac and gave him a defensive foul, indicating that Davis should stand on the free throw line to take two free throws.

Zubac was a little helpless. He was helping Anderson with defense, but in the end he was called for a foul and could only watch Davis go to the free throw line.

Fortunately, Davis only made one of two free throws.

But even so, the Clippers have regained the lead and are leading the Lakers by 5 points.

When he came to the frontcourt, Zhuang Yu opened his hand to ask for the ball. James immediately rushed over and stood in front of Zhuang Yu. Zubac came up to screen and Zhuang Yu moved to the right to get rid of James, but Davis came up quickly to delay him. He raised one hand high to prevent Zhuang Yu from shooting a three-pointer, in order to force him to break through.

Because even if Zhuang Yu passed him, Gotot was there to back him up.

Seeing this, Zhuang Yu lowered his center of gravity and made a sudden stop and start, using the change of rhythm to pass Davis, and then rushed into the inside line, jumping up to meet Gortat's defense. He first raised the ball with his right hand, Gortat swung his arms and fell, but Zhuang Yu took back the ball and switched to his left hand at this time.

Snapped!

Gortat hits the hand.

Swish!

Zhuang Yu made a left-handed shot.

"Oh..."

“This ball is really beautiful.”

There was cheering and applause from the audience.

This ball was indeed very beautiful. Not only did it go in, it also caused Gortat to foul. Zhuang Yu stood on the free throw line and made the free throw steadily.

The difference between the two sides narrowed to two points, but soon James scored a jump shot after a pick-and-roll and scored two points again...

......

A few minutes passed, with both sides going back and forth and the score remained tense.

Until there was only one minute left in the fourth quarter, the Clippers were only leading by three points.

"I didn't expect that the Lakers, without Lopez, could still hold on to the score."

"They clearly can't defend against Davis, but they can always fight back on offense. Zhuang Yu is still strong, and James can't limit his scoring. If it weren't for Zhuang Yu holding up this quarter, the score difference would probably be more than just three points."

Without Lopez, the Lakers are still at a disadvantage overall.

Especially at this point with Davis, there was absolutely no one on the Lakers who could match up with him, and Davis played very well in this quarter, and was completely unstoppable on the offensive end.

It was precisely because of his outstanding performance that the Clippers have always maintained the leading advantage. However, they were unable to defend Zhuang Yu, so the gap between the two sides could not be widened.

"Requesting a timeout."

The Lakers called a timeout.

After several players came off the court, Coach Scott spread out the tactical board and drew a tactic on it, then tapped it hard and said, "We must protect the rebounds, pay attention to the inside defense, shrink the defense line, and don't let Davis catch the ball easily in the low post."

"As for the offensive end..."

He looked at Zhuang Yu: "Leave it to you."

Several people agreed and turned to walk towards the court.

......

Lakers possession of the ball.

After Holiday took the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, he immediately passed it to Zhuang Yu. Several Clippers players also stared at Zhuang Yu. They all knew that Zhuang Yu would definitely be the one to launch the attack this time, so they were on high alert and ready to take action at any time to encircle Zhuang Yu.

"Pick and roll."

Zhuang Yu made a gesture, indicating Zubac to come up for screen.

After Zubac came up, Zhuang Yu moved to the left, and the Clippers reacted quickly, with Davis coming up to delay him immediately.

And several other players were shrinking their defense, and once Zhuang Yu passed Davis and attacked the basket, they would start to block him.

Knowing that his teammates were shrinking their defense, Davis rushed directly in front of Zhuang Yu, not giving Zhuang Yu any chance to shoot a three-pointer.

Zhuang Yu's pupils shrank, but he did not intend to give up.

He changed direction and accelerated to pass Davis, but did not attack the basket. Instead, he paused slightly and waited for Davis to turn around. Then he dribbled the ball behind his back and pulled it back.

"A step-back jump shot?" Davis raised his eyebrows and snorted secretly.

He was right in front of Zhuang Yu. If it were someone else, Zhuang Yu's step-back jump shot might not be blocked, but he was much taller than Zhuang Yu.

Even if Zhuang Yu steps back and shoots a jump shot, he can still be blocked even if he is sideways.

The next moment, Zhuang Yu jumped up, and Davis also jumped up.

Davis flew towards Zhuang Yu, his arms raised high above Zhuang Yu's head. However, just as his hand was about to land on the basketball, he found that the basketball was getting farther and farther away from his palm: "Oh no, it's a fadeaway."

Zhuang Yu also knew that attacking the basket was not a good option for this ball, and it was not easy to shoot directly towards Davis.

So he not only retreated, but also leaned back.

Zhuang Yu leaned back, holding the basketball in his right hand, and shook his wrist towards the basket...

"Shh!"

The next moment, the basketball went through the net.

After this shot, the score became 121:120, with the Lakers only one point behind.

"nice shot."

"Come on, there's only one point left."

"Defense, defense. If we can defend this ball, we will have a chance to win the game."

in the audience.

Lakers fans shouted loudly towards the court, hoping that the Lakers could defend a ball.

At this time, there are only a few dozen seconds left in the game, and each side has one attack opportunity.

As long as the Lakers can defend against the Clippers' attack, they will have a chance to use the last offensive time to kill the Clippers.

At this time, the Clippers also called a timeout, and Coach Rivers re-arranged the tactics.

......

After the timeout, the Clippers attacked.

When the ball came to the frontcourt, it was given to James.

At this time, it is obvious that Coach Rivers trusts James more. The other players all move away and let James play alone.

The Lakers replaced Cunningham, who faced James and rushed directly in front of James. The others then contracted their defense. Once James broke through, they would begin to block him, just like the Clippers defended Zhuang Yu just now.

The next moment, James chose to break through, dribbled the ball between his legs, and then burst into speed, using his strong body to squeeze Cunningham away and rush towards the basket.

at the same time.

The Lakers tightened their defense to surround James and trap him.

James jumped up in the crowd, stared at the crowd surrounding him and shot the ball.

boom!

With a muffled sound, the ball hit the iron.

But just as the Lakers fans were rejoicing, they saw an arm suddenly appear above the basket, grabbed the basketball and dunked it towards the basket.

It was Davis.

Davis again!

For a moment, all the Clippers fans jumped up, cheering and screaming excitedly, while the Lakers fans looked depressed.

Damn, why is it Davis again?

Davis played very well today, especially in the fourth quarter. He scored 4 points in this quarter alone, including this key tip-in.

This ball is so crucial.

The score difference was widened to three points again, and the Lakers had less than 20 seconds left. They could only hope to tie the score by making a three-pointer.

It can be said that the Clippers are already invincible.

"Well done."

“Brother, you’re awesome.”

"Thanks to your tip-in..."

Teammates rushed to Davis, surrounded him and celebrated excitedly.

The Lakers called their last timeout.

After several players came off the court, Coach Scott first made a substitution, changing the defensive lineup into an offensive lineup, but in the end it was still Zhuang Yu who was responsible for playing this ball.

After some preparation, the game started again.

There were only a dozen seconds left at this time. After the ball was sent out, it was quickly handed to Zhuang Yu, and there were only 10 seconds left for the attack.

All the fans in the audience stood up and started counting down.

"10, 9,8..."

It was not until there were only 8 seconds left that Zhuang Yu began to act.

Zhuang Yu first dribbled the ball between his legs, lowered his left shoulder, and pretended to break through to the left, but James remained unmoved.

Because he knew that at this time Zhuang Yu could only choose to shoot a three-pointer. Even if he succeeded in breaking through, it would not matter if he got two points.

After all, the Clippers were still leading by three points at this time.

So James only needs to do one thing, which is to prevent Zhuang Yu from shooting three-pointers.

Seeing that James was unmoved, Zhuang Yu was not surprised. He then dribbled the ball behind his back and took a step back, retreating to the three-point line and raising his center of gravity, pretending to take a step-back three-pointer.

Now James had to jump.

However, Zhuang Yu did not actually shoot, it was still a fake move. After dribbling past James, he moved one step to the right before jumping up with the ball.

Still choose to take a three-point shot.

Just at this moment, a hand suddenly appeared in front of him.

It was Davis. He had already pounced on him and jumped up, blocking Zhuang Yu's shooting space.

Under such circumstances, Zhuang Yu could only choose to speed up his attack, and lean back slightly...

"Will you come in?"

"Don't go in."

"Go in, go in..."

At this moment, everyone's attention is focused on the basketball, moving with the basketball. Some people pray in their hearts that the ball will not go in, while others pray that the ball must go in. As long as the ball goes in, the game will be dragged into overtime.

Everything is still possible.

The basketball was seen spinning and flying towards the basket, but it finally hit the front of the basket and bounced out with a bang.

Gortat guarded the basket and grabbed the rebound, and the game came to an end.

"ended."

"It's a pity that the three-pointer didn't go in."

"This ball is too difficult. You have to dribble past James and shoot the ball against Davis' block, and there is not enough time. It is really too difficult."

People lamented.

The Lakers missed the opportunity to drag the game into overtime, but this kind of ball still requires a bit of luck.

In fact, everyone understands that the reason why the Lakers lost the game was not because of Zhuang Yu's three-pointer at the end, but because Lopez was injured. If Lopez had not been injured, the Lakers would have had a greater chance of winning.

In this game, the Clippers' James and Davis played very well. James scored 28 points, plus 9 rebounds and 8 assists.

Davis scored 4 points in the fourth quarter and 19 points in the whole game, plus 39 rebounds and three assists. The two of them combined for 12 points.

Such performance is enough even if the rest of the team performs mediocrely.

On the Lakers side, Zhuang Yu also scored 30+ and got 36 points, plus 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Holiday scored 20 points. Lopez only got 14 points due to injury. Others also scored points, but they were relatively scattered and not many.