Almighty legend life

Chapter 730 Has the protagonist changed?

When the first quarter of the fourth Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and the Mavericks was over, the faces of the Lakers fans were filled with happy smiles.

33 to 26, although only leading the Mavericks by seven points, but this is one of the few teams in the Western Conference Finals when the Lakers ended a quarter of the game, and more importantly, the Lakers seemed to be playing today. They suppressed their opponents to a certain extent. Except for Liu Han, the Mavericks hardly played much. Even Nowitzki fell silent after a few minutes of smooth start.

"Good job guys, good job, this is the game we want, keep it up, keep our focus in the first quarter."

During the intermission, Phil Jackson told his players that he was satisfied with the first quarter of the game. Although he failed to completely guard against Liu Han, at least the Lakers maintained a good offensive posture. As for the state of the Mavericks Not good, but Phil Jackson thinks this is his luck. He knows that it is actually difficult for the team to completely prevent the Mavericks' offense on defense. The fact that the current lead is actually due to the Mavericks' own problems.

"I said, take a shot, yes, it's a shot, but I don't want you to shoot against the opponent's defense meaninglessly, find a gap, and then run over, don't stop your footsteps, stopping means failure , which means we will be equalized by our opponents."

Compared to Phil Jackson's calmness, today's Nelson is finally a little restless. After all, the team's current situation is very unstable. This is not the team he wants to see. Even in the finals, he will encounter such a state. into trouble.

"Liu, can your physical strength last? I hope you can play more today. The team needs you now."

"No problem, coach, I can guarantee the efficiency. Guys, don't worry too much, play like we used to play, as long as you run out of the open I will pass the ball, you know, I am not such a greedy guy. "

As the leader of the team, Liu Han naturally has to do more at critical moments. He knows that his teammates are actually a little nervous today. A little too proud, but now that they have encountered the Lakers' tenacious counterattack, the Mavericks players will naturally be a little nervous.

"Sir, there is no problem with my physical strength, and I can play more time, please believe me."

To everyone's surprise, Nowitzki, who has always been relatively low-key today, also suddenly spoke. In fact, he has never been demanding on his playing time. With a natural sense of fear, Nowitzki will never resist what the old coach asks him to do, and he will do it seriously.

"Dirk, are you sure?"

Nelson has always felt that his favorite student is actually a little weak, but he did not expect that today he finally had the courage to speak out.

"I'm sure, sir, I can handle the situation on the field."

"Well then, Dirk, I'll give you a chance, don't let me down."

Old Nelson looked at Nowitzki meaningfully, and then turned his gaze to Liu Han. Liu Han also understood what Nelson meant and nodded slightly.

"Keep it up lads, get them done and let's go back to Dallas with a win."

After the start of the second quarter, the Lakers did not expect that the Mavericks would not replace the two main players. The appearance of Liu Han and Nowitzki allowed the Mavericks to take the initiative on the court at the beginning of the second quarter. Nowitzki, since the Lakers did not have O'Neal and Malone on the bench at this time, he played a beautiful offense inside the Lakers.

Neither Medvedenko nor Brian Cook, the Lakers' substitute insiders, are Nowitzki's opponents. The Mavericks not only attacked very efficiently at the beginning of the second quarter, but even their defense gave the Lakers a headache.

Seeing that the Mavericks didn't let Liu Han and Nowitzki rest, Phil Jackson didn't dare to let O'Neal rest off the court. Without O'Neal on the inside, without Finley defending Liu Han, relying on the substitute lineup is completely unstoppable. Mavs offense.

Less than 2 minutes into the second quarter, Phil Jackson redistributed O'Neal and Finley to the field collectively.

But what everyone in the Lakers didn't expect was that Nowitzki, who fell into silence after a certain start in the first quarter, broke out suddenly in the second quarter. He didn't pull the outside shot in the offense, but Try your best to grab the position with O'Neill.

Liu Han already attracted most of the Lakers' defensive attention after holding the ball from the outside, so O'Neal was in charge after the inside, and O'Neal's foot movement was not as flexible as before due to weight problems, and he wanted to go around to defend Nowitzki. Need to spend more effort, he can only try to push Nowitzki out.

Liu Han lobbed the ball to Nowitzki on the inside. After taking the ball, Nowitzki suddenly turned around, stepped back, and shot back. It was still the signature golden rooster independent jump, but Nowitzki was really desperate at this time. His [-]-meter body is almost drawn into a diagonal line in the air, which makes it impossible for O'Neal to block shots, and Nowitzki's shot arc is very high, which makes it even more difficult for O'Neal to defend.

Dirk Nowitzki shot the ball headlong into the net, scored on the first two possessions of the second quarter, plus this score, the Mavericks have already scored 33 to 32, they are only behind One point for the Lakers.

After Nowitzki scored this difficult goal, Liu Han went up to him and gave Nowitzki a high five. The German finally showed his tough side.

Back to the Lakers offense, the backup point guard Derek Fisher was holding the ball. After the Lakers advanced to the frontcourt, they handed the ball to O'Neal, but the Mavericks' defense really moved at this time, almost before O'Neal received the ball The moment the Mavericks' lineup suddenly shrunk, O'Neal suddenly lost the space to move, and he had to pass the ball to the bottom line, Kareem Rush.

Kareem Rush was a surprise player in the last game of the Lakers. In the last game, he made six of seven three-pointers and scored 18 points. However, today he faced Liu Han's defender.

Karim Rush still wanted to catch the ball and shoot directly like the previous game, but as soon as he caught the ball, he found that Liu Han had already defended in place, and he lost the space to shoot. Facing Liu Han's defense, Karim Mu didn't dare to make a strong play, so he passed the ball to Rick Fox, who responded at a 45-degree angle, but his passing strength was a little weaker.

(End of this chapter)