When Kobe Bryant hit another three-pointer, narrowing the point difference to only 4 points, McHale became anxious. A good victory could not be ruined like this. So he called a short timeout, not for
Otherwise, it was just to replace Howard and let Dayao take over for a while, at least for half a minute.
On the Lakers side, D'Antoni felt a little uneasy when he saw Dayao playing. In the past, McHale did not trust Dayao too much and would not let Dayao play at critical moments. But today, at this time, he
On the surface, sending Dayao was a helpless move by McHale, but on the other hand, it also showed that McHale trusted Dayao to a certain extent.
D'Antoni, who has always liked running and gun shooting, is extremely wary of Dayao's soft touch. What he is most worried about at this time is not Harden's breakthrough or Parsons' three-pointer, but Dayao's.
Feel.
However, his worries were obviously unnecessary. Harden had no intention of passing the ball to Yao. He dribbled the ball past half court, faced Kobe's defense, and shot from outside the three-point line. "Bang"
There was a loud noise, the basketball bounced high, and Gasol took it into his arms.
"No, Harden's brain is overheated," Yang Yi said in the Xinlang live broadcast room. "Obviously, he wanted to snatch the title of first shooting guard too much. So Kobe hit a three-pointer on his head, and he
I also have to hit a three-pointer over Kobe."
"It's true that Harden succeeds and loses. His performance in the first half of today was very good, but in the fourth quarter, when he fought with Kobe, he seemed too impatient in handling the ball." Ke Fan said.
Zhou Ling'an thought for a while and asked: "Then why not let Wen Hao play? Didn't he feel very good just now?"
Yang Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "McHale himself doesn't trust Wen Hao very much. How can he let Wen Hao play at this time?"
While the three were talking, Gasol passed the ball to Kobe. Kobe dribbled to the frontcourt, faced Harden directly, and opened his hand to shoot another three-pointer.
"oh……"
When the basketball popped up on the rim of the basket, the whole court sounded regretful sounds. Harden was secretly happy when he saw the ball flying toward him, and he just waited there with his hands open.
But at this moment, a yellow figure flew over his head, the big No. 24 flashed by, the rebounder was already in his arms, and he went directly to the inside.
Seeing this, Dayao hurriedly made up for it. Kobe did not force the shot this time. He turned around in the air and passed the ball to Nash at the top of the three-point arc.
Nash wished there was no one three meters in front of him. After catching the ball, he adjusted and took the shot calmly.
"Uh-huh."
Another three-pointer hit, narrowing the point difference to 1 point. Staples, who had been silent just now, finally burst into joy. The fans kept raising their arms and gave their biggest cheers and applause to the Lakers players, Kobe and Kobe.
Nash.
"Don't forget, Nash is not only an organizer, he is also an excellent shooter." Big Mouth Klee said with a smile.
"In one minute, I chased 6 points and narrowed the point difference to 1 point in one fell swoop. Magical Kobe and magical Lakers." Miller also said.
At this time, McHale called another timeout. There were two minutes left in the game, and the Rockets were only leading by 1 point, which was not safe at all. He said to the Rockets players: "The success rate in the last two minutes. Now everyone knows that James and
Kobe's fighting spirit will definitely beat him in isolation, and their attention is all on James. So after we come on the court, we have to hand the ball to Dayao and let Dayao kill the opponent from the inside."
At such a critical moment, handing the ball to Dayao is enough to show that Dayao has gained enough trust from McHale.
The Warcraft next to him felt sad when he saw it, but there was nothing he could do about it. Why did he make such a bad free throw?
McHale then said to Harden: "James, calm down, now is not the time to fight bravely. Victory, what we want is victory, no matter how good the data is, if we don't win, everything is empty talk."
McHale's two words made Harden feel shocked. He was really too obsessed with fighting just now and put the team's victory in a secondary position. This is putting the cart before the horse.
Thinking of this, Harden nodded: "I understand, boss."
Wen Hao felt uncomfortable watching the coach assigning tactics to the team. After all, being put on the bench at such a critical moment still meant that he did not have the coach's complete trust.
But he didn't show any emotion on his face. After the last setback, his mind has matured a lot.
After the timeout, the Rockets served, and Harden dribbled the ball again after half court. Facing Kobe's defense, after shaking twice, he suddenly hit the ground and passed the ball to Yao on the weak side.
The Lakers didn't expect Harden to pass the ball at this time. They were caught off guard and Dayao easily dunked the ball.
Looking back, Kobe Bryant of the Lakers passed the ball to Gasol, but Gasol still failed to hit the shot. The rebound was collected by Dayao and passed to Harden.
Harden was facing Kobe at this time, directing his teammates' movements with his right hand, as if he was going to beat Kobe alone. But when Dayao was about to get in position, he passed the ball to Dayao again.
With Gasol at his back, Dayao easily advanced into the penalty area.
Seeing this, the Lakers insiders rushed forward to attack, but it was already too late. Being pushed into the three-second zone by Dayao was equivalent to giving him points.
Dayao made a simple half-turn hook and hit another two points.
What's even worse is that when Blake tried to cut the ball, he hit Dayao's left hand and was sentenced to a foul. Dayao had a 2+1 chance.
At this time, D'Antoni just wished that it was not Howard who was on the free throw line. Yao's free throw shooting percentage was 85%. Sending him to the free throw line would be equivalent to death.
Sure enough, Dayao made a steady free throw, and the Rockets once again widened the point difference to 6 points. At this time, there was only 1 minute and 30 seconds left for the Lakers. Time was running out.
At this time, the camera turned to Kobe. If anyone could save the Lakers in such a short period of time, it was only Kobe Bryant.
Nash dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and handed it to Kobe. Kobe took the ball and shot without saying anything. Unfortunately, the shot did not hit.
Looking back, the Rockets arrived in the frontcourt. When 24 seconds were about to run out, Harden reluctantly took a shot and failed to hit, but his goal was achieved and he quickly retreated.
At this time, Kobe dribbled the ball and quickly advanced to the frontcourt, preparing to shoot a three-pointer.
When Harden saw this, he jumped up, but Kobe didn't get up at all. Instead, he lowered his center of gravity and passed Harden. Before Yao came up to defend, he threw the ball.
Harden was unwilling to do so. After landing, he reached for Kobe's ball with his backhand, but only hit Kobe's arm.
"Uh-huh."
"beep."
Following the two-pointer, the referee's whistle sounded again.
