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Chapter 138

Is Zheng Long really angry this time?

His gaze was as sharp as a knife, and every Lakers player he watched trembled. Jokic quickly got up from the floor, feeling that he was "scraped off a piece of flesh" by Zheng Long's gaze. ".

boom!
The door to the locker room was shut, it was Wharton.

Since someone is playing bad guy, then naturally he has to take the initiative to play the role of bad guy.

"Calm down, Long." Wharton put his arms around Zheng Long's shoulders and looked at everyone: "I know it is difficult to win the Warriors, but don't forget, we are the number one in the Western Conference. Beat them twice!"

"The journey of this season has entered the final and most critical stage!"

"I know that each of you has accumulated pressure and emotions in your heart, including physical fatigue. But now, it is not the time to release it."

"Only if we grit our teeth and pass the Warriors now, can we really get the chance to touch the O'Brien Cup!"

"At that time, each of your names will be engraved in the history of the NBA and the Los Angeles Lakers!"

The players' eyes flickered and they clenched their fists unconsciously.

At this time, Zheng Long opened the door and walked out of the locker room, and Wharton immediately followed.

When the two walked out of the locker room, the expression on Zheng Long's face immediately relaxed and the corners of his mouth raised: "Head coach, your ability to make chicken soup is absolutely historical!"

Wharton also laughed: "Your bad face today is in place! These boys... After winning the Rockets, they were too relaxed and lacked fighting spirit. But, do you think our performance will work?"

Zheng Long's expression was very confident.

"Yes. Many of them are born with champion genes."

At this time, the Lakers locker room.

Seeing Wharton chasing Zheng Long away, the locker room fell into silence again.

Jokic's expression was a little ashamed: "Brother Long is angry with me!"

These words echoed in the locker room and in the hearts of every Lakers player.

Butler sat down, his expression thoughtful.

ding ding ding-

The reminder bell in the locker room rang, halftime was almost over, and the players hurriedly cleaned themselves up.

Ingram couldn't help but said, "Brother Long ran away, didn't he stop fighting?"

Butler rolled his eyes and said, "What do you think? I believe we can see him on the court after we go out."

"He told us to think about it."

"Why on earth are we here!"

Butler's words made the players wake up from a dream. At this moment, the Jigsaw puzzle members of this new generation of Purple and Gold Army finally understood the intentions of Zheng Long and the head coach.

When the players followed Butler, walked through the player tunnel, and returned to the arena, Zheng Long had already been standing in the player's seat waiting for a long time.

Seeing his teammates, Zheng Long had only one sentence.

"So you figured it out, right?"

Jokic rushed to answer: "Understood! I understand everything!"

"What do you understand"

Jokic was at a loss for words.

Butler spoke his inner words for Jokic: "He understands, and he will win today's victory at all costs!"

"Yes, yes, that's what I mean!"

Everyone was amused by Jokic, Zheng Long also laughed, and the atmosphere suddenly relaxed.

But the players have become more determined and more motivated.

aside.

Wharton also smiled gratifiedly.

Drums don't need heavy hammers.

I began to look forward to the performance of this group of "drums" in the second half.

"The third quarter has officially started!"

"Teams from both teams continued to play in the starting lineup."

"Based on this trend, it is estimated that many players from the two teams will play 48 minutes today."

"The Lakers' first-round offense!"

"They are currently holding a four-point lead."

On the court, Jokic was tired and unable to take care of himself 10 minutes ago, but now after serving to Zheng Long, Jokic rushed to the frontcourt immediately and responded to Zheng Long.

The Warriors did not expect the Lakers' offensive rhythm to be so fast at the beginning of the game.

After Zheng Long came to the front court with the ball, the Warriors originally wanted to help defend, but Jokic took the initiative to come to Zheng Long to pick and roll, blocking the connection between the Warriors players.

Zha Pachulia and Clay quickly switched defenses, and Jokic took advantage of the situation to pull Clay into the three-point line, giving Zheng Longxiao a big space.

Seeing that Pachulia came to defend Zheng Long, Curry could only be forced to let Oladipo go, and Pachulia double-teamed Zheng Long.

Based on my understanding of Zheng Long.

Even if this kid is double-teamed, he will not easily pass the ball to his teammates.

And Oladipo's outside shooting threat is very small.

then.

While Curry rushed to Zheng Long, he saw that after Zheng Long took off, he faked a true pass and threw it to Oladipo who was emptied.

Curry was dumbfounded.

No, bro.

You used to have the arrogance that you are not afraid of anything, but you just want one to fight four?

Oladipo, who received the pass, was also inked.

The other side let themselves go.

Doesn't this vote for one?
Take a decisive shot and the basketball hits the net!
You really think of me as Green, don't you?
"Really decisive!"

"Three-pointer from Oladipo!"

"I believe that when Oladipo made a three-pointer, the hearts of many Lakers fans hung up."

"In the regular season, Oladipo's three-point shooting percentage was only 30.1%."

"And in the playoffs. This is the 10th 3-minute shot by Oladipo. The first 9 shots only hit 2 goals!"

"I'm afraid this is why Curry chose to short Oladipo."

"But today, Oladipo proved himself with this three-pointer! I can be inaccurate, but you can't let me go!"

The Lakers beat the Warriors 51 to 44.

Curry, who scored against him, was eager to return one in the Warriors' offensive round. Compared to the Lakers, the Warriors did slow down a lot.

The Warriors players kept running, trying to use screens and off-ball threats to give Curry a chance to make a three-pointer.

But Oladipo is very sticky.

In the end, Curry barely got a shot and almost made a three-point jumper next to Oladipo!
this ball.

It went in!

"Woooo!"

"Respond to the three-pointer!"

"Giant planet!"

"Pixie ball!"

"It's almost an impossible goal!"

"But when you see it's a [-] from Stephen Curry, it makes sense!"

"We saw this kind of three-pointers a lot last season."

"With Durant joining this season, Curry rarely takes such reluctant three-pointers."

"But today."

"We saw the Ku-style ultra-long distance again!"

The Lakers beat the Warriors 51 to 47.

In the following time, the Lakers continued to maintain the offensive rhythm and speed of the second quarter, which also caused the Warriors' pursuit of points to be not as simple as they imagined.

The Warriors face a conundrum.

Either be as desperate as the Lakers, but the fourth quarter may completely collapse due to lack of energy.Either fight desperately with the Lakers, and see who can't hold on and fall first.

Obviously.

The Warriors picked neither.

They forcibly suppressed their own rhythm to ensure that every round of offense could put the basketball into the basket as much as possible.

Use the 24 seconds of round time as much as possible to create the best opportunity to take action.

But the Lakers, who are speeding up on the offensive end, are also able to take care of the defensive end. They do not save any energy on the defensive end. Everyone is working hard to ensure that they do not lose their position, and the defense changes between teammates are also in place.

but.

For some of the Warriors' goals, the Lakers really have nothing to do.

"Durant receives a pass from Green!"

"If you run out of time, you must act as soon as possible!"

"It's against Butler again!"

"It's still three points!"

"This ball!"

"There is!!!"

"There is an additional penalty, my God, it's a 3+1!"

"We can see Butler spread his hands helplessly and looked at the head coach Walton on the sidelines, as if saying: If I can get in like this, what can I do, coach!"

Facing Butler's helplessness.

Wharton also showed a wry smile.

For the "fairy ball" that the Warriors suddenly appeared, there is really no way, and the Warriors can shoot the "fairy ball" like this, except for Durant, Curry and Clay!

If it weren't for the fact that Clay's opponent today was Zheng Long, he would have been completely restricted to death.

Then you have to face the firepower of the three Tsunami brothers at the same time.

but.

The performance of the Lakers players in the third quarter has exceeded Walton's expectations.

The players managed to maintain the same speed and rhythm as in the second quarter, which also caused the Warriors to still fall behind even if they were able to hit such magic balls.

It is also because of the superstar strength of Curry, Durant and others that the Lakers have been unable to break through the double-digit lead.

After Durant scored an extra penalty, with 1 minute left in the third quarter, the Lakers beat the Warriors 70 to 65.

This 1-minute offense is critical.

The Warriors have the ability to tie the score in 1 minute, and what the Lakers have to do is to maintain or even expand their advantage as much as possible in this 1 minute.

After receiving the serve, Zheng Long advanced in stride, but was blocked halfway. Without slowing down, he turned around and passed Clay, rushing towards the penalty area.

Draymond Green reacted quickly and rushed to Zheng Long.

Facing Green, Zheng Long suddenly lowered his center of gravity. It was already very low, but now it's even lower!
He was almost touching the floor.

coming!

It was Zheng Long's signature move against Wade against the Bulls.

A breakthrough in flying close to the ground!

Although Green is a flexible big man, he is still a big man after all. When he bent down and tried to stop Zheng Long, Zheng Long had already passed him.

The repertoire after defeating two people is to soar into the sky!

Zheng Long, who was almost stuck on the floor one second, flew up the next second!

Zheng Long could not react before Zhazha Pachulia.

Dunk the basketball into the hoop with one arm!

"Incredible! Zheng Long, who has been on the court for nearly 36 minutes and has been running, can actually complete such a stretch tomahawk chop!"

"Lakers 72 to Warriors 65, 7 points ahead!"

The Warriors seized this opportunity. Due to Zheng Long's dunk performance, the Lakers' defense was delayed by half a beat, and they chose to serve quickly.

Curry came to the front court with the ball, and there was no one in front of him.

Directly chase the body and shoot a three-pointer!

At the same time of this shot, it also made the hearts of Lakers fans hang. Unlike Oladipo, Oladipo shot a three-pointer and the Lakers players were afraid of not scoring, but when Curry shot, Lakers fans were afraid of scoring!
It's the same fear, but it's different!

Bang!
But today the basket at the Staples Center rejected Curry at this moment.

The rebound was protected by Butler. When he got the ball, Butler threw the basketball directly towards the frontcourt.

It was Zheng Long's direction!
At this time, the Warriors player closest to Zheng Long was Durant, and Durant and Zheng Long rushed to the basketball at the same time.

The two collided when they came into contact with the basketball.

But Zheng Long's strong balance ability still made him hold the basketball in his arms. Before he could rub his shoulders, Zheng Long took the ball with both hands, swayed it, and patted the ball past Durant's side.

Durant didn't expect that after Zheng Long collided with him, he passed him as if nothing happened, and chased after Zheng Long regardless of the pain.

But some people are destined not to catch up.

Zheng Long went directly to the basket. At this time, the Warriors basket was empty. He took off with a big step and sent the basketball to the basket.

at the same time.

Durant also jumped behind Zheng Long, hoping to give Zheng Long a big hat.

result.

The ball didn't hit the cap, but it hit the bottom edge of the backboard firmly.

Swish!Go in!

Snapped!
"Ahhh-"

The effect of force is mutual. The rebound that was "slapped" by Durant also gave Durant a "slap" in return.

Durant screamed out in pain, grinned and covered his hands.

When laying up, Zheng Long only knew that Durant was chasing him. He didn't expect this buddy to be so hard-working and wanted to cap him. He glanced at Durant, whose face was already flushed. This matter has nothing to do with me. .

"The Lakers' counterattack and fast break!"

"Lakers 74 to Warriors 65, 9 points ahead!"

"Durant seems to have taken the shot, but it shouldn't be a big problem. He didn't ask the coaching staff to replace him."

"But this time... it should really hurt!"

Durant "couldn't lose money by stealing chickens", so he could only stare at Zheng Long, Zheng Long felt more and more innocent.

In the next offensive round of the Warriors, the chasing three-pointer just now made them choose a more cautious air cut.

Curry cut into the inside line, received Green's ground pass, swayed a fake shot, tricked Nance Jr. in front of him, and then shot!

But the goal still failed to score.

The basketball hit the backboard, bounced onto the rim, and bounced out again.

exactly.

The direction of the ejection is exactly where Zheng Long is.

Facing the sudden rebound, Zheng Long cheerfully accepted it. With 25 seconds remaining in the third quarter, he was not in a hurry to hit one quickly, and dribbled forward slowly.

The Warriors all defended quickly, and at the end of the third quarter, they chose to defend one-on-one.

On the sidelines, Walton became nervous again.

If the Lakers can score this goal, they will be able to achieve the goal set in the locker room during the intermission, and enter the fourth quarter with a double-digit lead!
Now as the team continues to speed up in the third quarter, in terms of physical strength, it is definitely not as good as the Warriors in the fourth quarter, but the double-digit lead allows the team to concentrate on defense.

As long as the lead is big enough, even if the Warriors come to a few fairy balls in the fourth quarter, they are not afraid!
"The third quarter is coming to an end."

"Zheng Long is not in a hurry at all, and slowly spends time holding the ball on the outside."

"Clay didn't act rashly either, keeping a distance from Zheng Long."

"It seems that Clay has been scared by Zheng Long."

"The countdown to the round is 5 seconds."

"Is Zheng Long going to shoot a three-pointer?"

"It's really a three-point shot!"

"He faced Clay and directly chose a super long three-point shot!"

"This ball!"

(End of this chapter)