NBA: Starting with Jokic template

Chapter 94: Lone Hero (45)

At the end of the third quarter, Durant, whose touch had recovered, scored consecutively and successfully reversed the score before the end.

The current score is 80:78.

而他本人也在这一节7投5中，前三节20投9中，砍下25分，将本场的总命中率拉回了45%。

At the end of the third quarter, seeing that the score was behind again, Kobe sat back on the bench with a hint of unwillingness in his eyes.

He would never allow the Lakers to lose so easily.

Do not! !

He must win this game!

"I didn't expect Durant to have a shooting percentage close to 50% after such a cold first half."

"If Durant keeps playing like this, he will definitely be the MVP this year."

Kenny Smith said.

"But I think he was able to perform like this because of Lin Chuan's presence. In the third quarter, Lin Chuan was the main attacker, attracting a lot of defensive resources, which gave him the opportunity to get open and build up his touch."

"If there was no Lin Chuan in the team and Perkins was the previous one, he would have to attack by himself now, and he would have been completely beaten by the Lakers."

"Don't the Thunder still have Westbrook?"

Smith questioned.

"But Westbrook was not much better than Durant in this game. Look, Westbrook has not recovered his touch. He only made 15 of 6 shots after the first three quarters, with a hit rate of only 40%. We can't expect Westbrook and the Lakers to keep the score close."

"That's right..."

Barkley looked expectant.

"So, I always feel that Lin Chuan is restricted by the Thunder. With his status in this team, he can only be a deputy for the time being. If he does not renew his contract with the Thunder after this season, but goes out to be the boss himself, maybe he will have a brighter future. At that time, we will be able to see Lin Chuan firing on all cylinders and doing his best."

"It's like the Olympics, I beat the dream team all by myself!"

Both people in the broadcast room were very optimistic about Lin Chuan, and the atmosphere was very lively.

But the Staples Center seemed a little cold at this time.

Nearly 20 fans at the home stadium watched the home team defeat the league's number one team and lead by nearly points, but the opponent quickly made a comeback in this quarter.

This made their cheering voices quieter.

Kobe heard the fans' restlessness subsided and his face looked unhappy.

Many of them may have saved money for a long time to come and watch a game.

With hope, they want to see the star they support perform well and lead the team to defeat the opponent.

But now, when Kobe looked around, he saw disappointment on the faces of several children.

yes……

They were only focused on passing the ball and ended up being overtaken by the opponent, which disappointed the fans.

Even if it's not for my pre-match promise, I have to play well in the fourth quarter for these fans! Beat the Thunder!

Kobe tightened his shoelaces, his expression determined, and he was determined to fight hard with the Thunder in the fourth quarter.

The fourth quarter began soon.

Kobe held the ball, dribbled to the frontcourt and called Howard for a pick-and-roll, then took a three-pointer with the help of the screen.

The ball goes in!

The Lakers are leading again!

But Durant's touch was already hot, and he immediately responded to the Lakers with a three-pointer ten seconds later.

Kobe did not give in at all. He received the ball in the high position, faced Sefolosha's defense, and turned around and leaned back after dribbling twice.

Shoot and score!

Tie again!

Seeing Kobe's sudden heroic performance, the atmosphere at the scene became heated again. Driven by the DJ, the fans in the stadium stopped shouting "defense" and started to shout "Kobe" loudly!
Hearing the fans' increasingly loud cheers, Lin Chuan looked at Kobe who was advancing with the ball.

His determined look and his actions in the previous two rounds let Lin Chuan know that he was going to fight for his life in this quarter.

As expected, in this ball, facing Westbrook's help defense, Kobe forced a shot and caused a foul.

He made both free throws to take the lead again.

Lin Chuan also held the ball at the free throw line and responded with one.

In the Thunder, Durant and Lin Chuan both scored goals, and Westbrook could occasionally contribute a wonderful zombie jump shot.

But on the Lakers side.

Gasol, who had just recovered from an injury, was unable to provide effective help and couldn't even grab a few rebounds in this game.

As for Howard, he was beaten into a pure blue-collar player by Lin Chuan.

In the fourth quarter, Kobe seemed too tired, so Blake passed the ball to Howard several times.

However, when facing Lin Chuan who had the defense of Olajuwon, several singles were unsuccessful.

It's difficult to even draw a foul.

However, even if a foul was committed, with Howard's shooting percentage, he would most likely make 2 of 1.

None of the stars were able to provide effective help, only Kobe was fighting alone, challenging the Thunder's defense alone.

In the second half of the fourth quarter, in order to limit Kobe, the Thunder even put three people on defense.

The defense finally showed results, because Kobe found that the hit rate of passing the ball to his teammates was not even as high as his own hit rate of shooting three alone, so he had no choice but to shoot by himself.

But the problem is that even if he is Kobe, he still misses most of the time when he is playing one against three.

This caused the Lakers' score to gradually widen.

Seeing that there were only 3 minutes left and the score was still 8 points behind, Kobe gasped and vowed to catch up.

He caught the ball, dribbled slowly, and Westbrook immediately stepped forward to double-team him.

Kobe was defended and stopped the ball and turned around with his back to the basket.

Standing between the three-point line and the sideline, Westbrook began to steal the ball. At the same time, Pau Gasol stepped forward to receive the ball, but Ibaka was stuck in front of him, so Gasol could not smoothly step forward to receive the ball and help Kobe out of trouble.

"time is limited!"

Mike Brown reminded Kobe loudly.

With just three seconds left, Kobe turned around with difficulty between stealing the ball and being pressed, and then forced a jump without even facing the basket completely.

He twisted his body forcefully in the air to face forward, raising the arc to make a difficult shot.

Then the whole person fell backwards.

"Shh!"

An incredible three-point fadeaway jump shot was made.

It reignited the atmosphere on the scene.

Kobe, sitting on the ground, punched hard to cheer himself up.

The score difference is only 5 points, there is still time!

At this time, Westbrook was feeling guilty for not being able to defend Kobe, so he rushed into the paint with the ball and a bomb, but missed the shot.

Howard grabbed the rebound and passed it to Kobe, who rushed into the paint again and forced a layup.

The score was instantly reduced to only 3 points!
1 minute left!

For these two shots, Kobe stepped up and performed miraculously!
But at this time, Lin Chuan stood up.

He slowly controlled the ball and used up 5 seconds left. Facing Howard's defense, he turned around and made a hook shot.

Kobe quickly missed a three-pointer and failed to grab the frontcourt rebound, so the Lakers had no choice but to rush forward and foul Lin Chuan.

(End of this chapter)