Artest made a move and successfully got himself his 6th foul, and the Lakers had to replace Matt Barnes.
Matt Barnes's level was not enough for the Wizards to come off the bench, so the Wizards quickly took advantage of his weakness to tie the score at 108.
When the game came to the last five minutes, Coach Sanders replaced Blatche, who performed fairly well in protecting the rim in this game, and brought on Rashard Lewis again.
Sanders is now used to playing as a five-waiter lineup. When in doubt, he will go to the five-wait lineup!
And beyond that, this Wizards team has also successfully cured Sanders of his obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Most basketball coaches want to build their team into a team with no weaknesses on both offense and defense as much as possible, so that the team's strength and record can be stabilized as much as possible.
But the Wizards' lineup is here. Even if Auerbach wins the Easter game and becomes the head coach, it is impossible to train the Wizards' defense to the upper reaches of the league!
If the Wizards' management asks for the ball, it would be equivalent to saying no to all coaches!
Sanders also has a reason. What lineup did other coaches lead? What lineup did Flip Sanders lead?
This is like asking Qiao Biluo to dress up as a peerless beauty. The foundation of the sisters is displayed here. It is impossible to decorate the site of a tank into a high-end coupe.
So after a long period of coaching, Sanders has completely let go of his obsessive-compulsive disorder. If he can't defend well, then just throw it away!
The Wizards' seemingly bizarre lineup of five players made Sanders say it smells great after using it for a while!
It doesn't matter what defense and offense it is, as long as it can win!
No matter whether the cat is white or black, it is a good cat if it can catch mice!
The Lakers served first. Fisher slowed down the pace in the frontcourt. Gasol picked up the ball and turned around.
Li Kaiming gave in. Although his defense was average, he had no problem following Gasol's breakthrough.
Gasol didn't play it himself, but waited for Kobe to pass from the other side to the latter's hands.
After receiving the ball, Kobe made a fake shot, shook Nick Young and then forced the shot directly. After he and Nick Young made physical contact, he reluctantly took the shot.
Seeing that he was being thrown away, Nick Young simply pulled Kobe down.
Kobe went to the free throw line and made one of two free throws. The Lakers led 109 to 108 by 1 point.
The Wizards attacked Hinrich, who dribbled past half court and stood far outside the three-point line while the rest of the Wizards moved.
The inside combination of Li Kaiming and Lewis turned into tool men in this offensive round, providing cover for Sun Yue and Nick Young who were running.
Hinrich saw the opportunity and directly passed the ball to Nick Young who ran out of opportunity.
Kobe's attitude towards pursuing defense also improved after he became more serious. He pursued Nick Young with the same vigor he used to defend Allen Iverson in the 2001 Finals.
Nick Young's open space was quickly blocked by Kobe, but how could Nick Young be easily defended after getting the ball? It is even more nonsense to pass the ball to his teammates and admit defeat!
Therefore, he directly dropped the ball and forced a breakthrough inside, but he still clearly underestimated Kobe's pressing defense.
Nick Young dribbled the ball and took a step inside before being forced to stop. He directly faced Kobe's defense and took a tough shot!
With just a bang, Nick Young's shot ended with a crisp strike.
Gasol, who was under the basket, found the best position to get the rebound and handed it to Fisher.
After Kobe reached the frontcourt, he took the initiative to ask for the ball. Since the young man guarding him chose to single on him, as a famous singles devil in the league, how could he give up this opportunity to teach young people a lesson?
After Kobe got the ball, the rest of the Lakers pulled away to create space for Kobe to play in isolation.
The Wizards' defense was also mobilized by the Lakers.
Kobe saw that the time was almost up, and the timer above the backboard jumped to 12 seconds.
Nick Young lowered his center of gravity opposite Kobe, his eyes extremely nervous.
Kobe took a deep breath, held it in, and then suddenly launched the ball. He was half a body ahead of Nick Young and then broke through to the waist position.
If you break further in, you will encounter the Wizards' inside defense. Kobe has so much experience in the game that he can tell at a glance when the best time to take action is!
So after reaching the waist position, he turned around and half, shaking Nick Young, then put his hands on the ball and shook his shoulders left and right.
From behind, Nick Young couldn't tell which direction Kobe would turn, so he was pinned directly to the spot.
After Kobe shook his shoulders twice, he keenly felt Nick Young's position from his back, and then directly pivoted with his left foot, quickly turning around and shooting a fadeaway jumper!
Nick Young reacted two beats too late, and Kobe successfully hit the ball in singles!
111 to 108!
Fans at McI Center fell silent.
In the Shanghai Stock Exchange of China, Zhang Qiang, who was sitting in front of the computer, clapped his hands excitedly!
"Great job Kobe!"
After the single hit, Kobe pouted and made a helpless gesture towards Nick Young, his opponent...
When the Wizards attacked, Li Kaiming ran directly to the outside to catch the ball. His younger brother was beaten by the opposite player. As the boss of the team, of course he couldn't just stand and watch.
As an old Chinese saying goes, "It depends on the owner of a dog." When Kobe Bryant bullied Nick Young at his home court, of course he had to stand up and help Nick Young regain his place.
The Wizards players also spread out their positions, but the Lakers players did not rotate with the changes in the Wizards' formation.
The Lakers' defensive strategy is very mature. As long as the coach sets tonight's defensive focus before the game, the players can come up with the most appropriate tactics according to the defensive drills.
This is also the effect Phil Jackson wants to achieve.
Li Kaiming faced Odom with the ball on the outside. After the rhythm of his hips changed, he suddenly accelerated and rushed inside!
Odom struggled to follow, and the rest of the Lakers also started to move.
Matt Barnes on the same side directly assisted in the defense, but the latter's defensive awareness was still far behind and his strikes were not decisive enough.
Li Kaiming directly accelerated twice to break through Barnes' defense. Then he took three steps to meet Pau Gasol, the last pass under the basket. He stepped on the ground with the last step and ejected into the air, facing Gasol's shot. Long arm dunked the ball into the basket!
Gasol obviously didn't expect that Matt Barnes' assisting defense was like no defense. Li Kaiming didn't even slow down, but instead accelerated to the basket!
A loud cheer erupted from the mcI Center!
"Fuck! It's so fast!"
"Dunking Pau Gasol, Li Kaiming's speed is too fast. This dunk is very exciting!"
"Another top ten goal!"
Pau Gasol was not depressed just because he was dunked.
He ran out of the baseline and served to Fisher.
The Lakers gave it to Kobe directly after halftime. Li Kaiming responded. Naturally, Kobe would not just watch.
After arriving in the frontcourt, Kobe held the ball and once again beat Nick Young in isolation. He pushed his back to the mid-range position. After deceiving Nick Young with a turn and shot fake, he followed up with an up and down step to meet Li Kaiming's block shot and picked up the basket and scored.
In the commentary box, the commentator at the mcI Center could no longer sit still. There were only two minutes left in the game, and it was time for the two leaders to see their bayonets see red!
Li Kaiming went out of the baseline to serve to Hinrich. After reaching the frontcourt, he asked for the ball again and reached out to ask Sun Yue to come over and cover.
The Lakers obviously didn't want Li Kaiming to face Matt Barnes, so Odom and Barnes chose to double-team Li Kaiming.
Li Kaiming attracted a double-team from two people and then passed the ball to Sun Yue, who was open on the outside. After receiving the ball, the latter took action under the watchful eyes of the audience!
Gasol protected the backboard under the basket and handed it directly to Kobe!
Kobe dribbled to the frontcourt to face Nick Young's defense, lowered his shoulders and broke through to the free throw line. Li Kaiming rushed over to help Nick Young defend.
But faced with the defense of two players, one tall and one short, Kobe did not pass the ball to Gasol under the basket, but firmly chose to take the shot himself. The basketball flew out of his hand and grazed Li Kaiming's fingertips. The direction of the backboard.
Kobe obviously had specific training for this kind of ball, and the arc was adjusted very high, but the ball still hit the backboard and then bounced into the basket.
115 to 110!
The fans at mcI Center are not calm anymore!
There is one minute and a half left in the game, and the Wizards are 5 points behind. The result of this offense is crucial. If they fail to score, the victory of this game will basically be handed over to the opponent.
Sanders immediately used up a timeout. He needed to arrange his movement well, mainly to create enough space for Li Kaiming to play singles.
At the end of the game, Sun Yue even threw it over to Li Kaiming to say sorry.
"Kaiming, you had a good chance of passing the ball, but I didn't make it..." Sun Yue lowered his head, feeling a little ashamed.
Li Kaiming smiled calmly, waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about small things!"
Sun Yue was anxious, "Kaiming, please don't do this. I know you said this to make me feel less stressed."
In his mind, if the ball was not scored, the Lakers would almost have the victory in their hands in one and a half minutes.
Li Kaiming shook his head, "Don't worry about it, there is still time to play in this game!"
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards Coach Sanders.
Sun Yue looked at Li Kaiming's back, feeling moved in his heart, and then made up his mind to train hard in the future, and he must not let down Li Kaiming's passing in the next games.
But Sun Yue definitely doesn't know that everything Li Kaiming said is true. In his opinion, being behind by 5 points by one and a half minutes is really nothing!
A well-known coach from China in the future once said a famous saying, "20 points is nothing!"
This is what Li Kaiming wanted to say, "5 points is nothing!"
After the timeout, both sides returned to the court.
The Wizards served from the frontcourt directly to Li Kaiming's hands.
Facing Odom's close defense, Li Kaiming made an accelerated breakthrough and rushed to the inside.
The Lakers' defense was very targeted. It seemed that they were going to use close defense to drive Li Kaiming into the three-point line and prevent the latter from shooting a three-pointer.
But how could Li Kaiming let his opponent do what he wanted.
When he held the ball from the right side at 45 degrees and cut into the three-point line, he did not go towards the basket. Instead, when he ran near the free throw line, he suddenly turned at an obtuse angle and turned towards the 40-degree corner on the other side. Five times rushed over!
Everyone watching the game was stunned!
what's the situation? Why did Li Kaiming run outside again?
