After Iguodala finished dunking, he put his arms to the ground and made a "you are too small" celebration gesture. The Lakers bench exploded. They ejected to start at points, waving towels and imitating the celebration of "First Brother".
112:112, draw again.
"Iguodala's physical fitness is really good. He still had the energy to complete the dunk at the end of the game. It was amazing."
Yu Jia said, somewhat unfinished.
As the Rockets attack, the Lakers' defense level is also at full level, and the physical contact between players on both sides continues to increase.
At this point, the referee will generally not call the call unless it is a too obvious big move and leave the game to the players.
At least that was the case when Stern was in office.
Harden asked Garnett to set up a pick-and-roll, get rid of Kobe and go straight to the basket.
"Have you not had enough hot pot?" Big Mike muttered and jumped up, waiting in the air to block the shot.
Harden remained calm, tightened his core in the air, folded the ball and found Tucker in the bottom corner. After receiving the ball, the latter opened his hand and shot, and he shot from beyond the three-point line.
115:112.
"Harden broke through and found Tucker who was unmarked in the corner. Tucker made the shot and the ball went in! The key three-pointer came from P.J. Tucker! The guy who was wandering around half a year ago was always faced with the situation of having no ball to play. Tough guy, he proved himself at this moment. There was only one minute left in the game, and D'Antoni called a timeout."
Yu Jia continues his passionate commentary style.
In the box, Drexler stood up excitedly,
"Beautiful, this is the value of Tucker being at the center, you can see it."
Glider looked back at Dameng proudly and said.
"Times have definitely changed."
Olajuwon shook his head and smiled bitterly. He couldn't help but wonder: Is it really like Xu Xin expected that we are entering the small ball era?
"Ariza is guarding Kobe alone, and his priority is to prevent his breakthrough. Asik, you go up, protect the penalty area, and get in position to grab rebounds."
McHale is arranging defensive rounds, and at the last moment, every round needs to be carefully crafted.
On the other end of the court, D'Antoni is also making complicated arrangements.
When the timeout ended, Kobe walked onto the court and was still talking to Gasol.
Harden ran over to eavesdrop, but was stopped by Iguodala.
"What are you doing?"
Iguodala said angrily.
Harden smiled awkwardly and turned back to the defensive half.
Gasol sent a sideline ball from the frontcourt, and Garnett opened his long arms to interfere.
The four Lakers players stood in a row near the free throw line. When the referee's whistle blew, they scattered and ran away.
Kobe ran to the center circle and received the pass. Gasol immediately stood up in the high pick-and-roll. Kobe faced Garnett, who was switching defenses, and raised his hand to shoot a long three-pointer.
This goal was completely beyond the expectations of all the Rockets players. There were still more than fifty seconds left in the game. It was completely possible to score 2 points first. There was no need to gamble on 3 points.
But the reason why Kobe is Kobe is that he dares to take action and show his sword at critical moments. When they meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. Even if he made 0 of 10 shots from the previous one, he still has full confidence in taking this shot!
The basketball drew a wonderful arc in the air, "Whoa!"
Hollow into the net.
At 115:115, relying on Kobe's super long three-pointer, the two sides were tied again.
The players and the entire audience stood up, watching the last 50 seconds nervously and excitedly.
Harden dribbled slowly to the frontcourt, called a tactic exactly like Kobe's, and made gestures to ask Garnett to come up and cover.
The high screen broke through to the inside, and Kobe chased him very hard. Gasol also stood in front of him and raised his arms, ready to block the shot at any time.
Harden faced a double attack and found Garnett with a pass behind his head.
Garnett caught the ball at the top of the arc and had a wide open opportunity. He glanced down at the three-point line, then looked up, jumped up, and took a shot!
"Uh-huh!"
Three point hit.
"Garnett has hardly shot three-pointers this season. This shot is also his first attempt in this game. This is why the Lakers dare to let him go to double-team Harden. But the Wolf King is the Wolf King. The key is Don't show mercy at all times and help the Rockets gain a three-point lead again!"
Yu Jia said excitedly.
After the shot, Garnett raised his upper arm high and roared. The whole audience instantly boiled and shouted "KG".
Rockets fans respect Garnett very much. In their hearts, although Garnett is old, he is still the Rockets' most powerful forward since Barkley.
D'Antoni shook his head helplessly, preparing to call a timeout and make arrangements.
Kobe waved his hand and didn't call a timeout!
Signaling Gasol to quickly serve the baseline ball, and after receiving the ball, he quickly rushed forward. He wanted to beat the Rockets before they were able to gain a foothold.
Ariza and Butler hurriedly retreated to stop Kobe. Kobe did not slow down as he moved, and the butterfly passed between the two and went straight to the basket.
Garnett raised his arms to protect the frame. After a confrontation between Kobe and Garnett, he hovered in the air and folded for a layup.
"He committed a foul on this ball, two plus one."
Kobe complained to the referee after scoring.
"He jumped vertically and didn't violate your cylinder."
The referee explained.
115:114, the Rockets lead by one point, with 24 seconds left in the game.
The Rockets have the ball, and the Lakers can only use foul tactics.
Harden received the ball smoothly. After Meeks fouled, Harden made two free throws.
117:114, the Rockets lead by 3 points.
D'Antoni called a timeout. This time there was no conversion opportunity. It would be better to deploy a safe tactic.
"Have you accumulated 5 fouls in this quarter?"
On the Rockets bench, McHale looked at the assistant coach.
"full."
The assistant coach looked at the technical statistics and said.
"Okay, the opponent must still serve Gasol. Jimmy (Butler), you and Trevor (Ariza) work together to prevent Kobe from receiving the ball. KG doesn't have to guard Gasol's sideline ball. The three of you will each guard it. As for the other three Lakers players, no matter who receives the ball, just foul it."
McHale deployed a very bold tactic.
This was what he and Xu Xin discussed before the game, because in the last two minutes of the fourth quarter, a foul that is "away from the content of the game" against a person without the ball will result in one free throw and one throw.
Xu Xin came up with such a "damage move" for this. Since he can't foul the person without the ball, he will force the free throw to be missed.
Sure enough, Gasol was at a loss when faced with the Rockets' strange tactics. He had no chance to pass to Kobe, and there was no timeout to call. In a panic, Gasol passed a safe ball to McGee.
Garnett waited for a long time, and the moment McGee caught the ball, he hugged him from behind and sent McGee to the free throw line.
McGee was confused, and Gasol was also confused. What kind of tactic was this? Obviously I didn't make a mistake in serving, so why do I feel like I made a mistake?
McGee scratched his head, stepped to the free throw line, and shook his arm. He was a little nervous. It was his first time to shoot a free throw at this juncture.
The referee passed the ball to him and forgot about his left and right hands for a moment. The first free throw was thrown by his left hand.
