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Chapter 457 The Yellow and Green Alternative Battle for Hegemony
There is nothing to say about this ball. According to Director Zhang, Shi Lei's pass is good, he has a good view of the court, and he is a good player. However, the situation on the court has not changed significantly.After Howard attracted Shi Lei's defense, Perkins, who had always been based on defense, became a loophole in the defense when marking Lewis, allowing the opponent to get shots.

But this can't be blamed on Perkins. His defensive characteristics are not suitable for staying away from the basket, and Lewis feels too good during this time.Until the fifth minute of the fourth quarter, Lewis had hit four goals, including a three-pointer, and sent an assist to Howard.

This also made Shi Lei completely cut off the idea of ​​leaving the inside line.

However, the Celtics also have a high shooting rate during this period. The tacit cooperation of the three scoring points on the field can always create good offensive opportunities.

But this is not enough, they are still ten points behind the Magic!
"Looks like that's the only way to go!"

Shi Lei thought, the sudden breakthrough with the ball, Petergrew's strong defense, he was vulnerable in front of him, Turkoglu and Alston could only double-team him.

Shi Lei passed the ball to Pierce, Pierce continued to break through the basket, took away the defense, and then suddenly passed the ball back to House, who was ignored by everyone.

House can still be "alive" in the league now, relying on his outside shooting. Without any defense, he made a three-pointer and briefly narrowed the point difference to 7 points.

After the Magic served the ball from the baseline, Howard took the lead and ran across the Celtics' half, but before he could stand still, Shi Lei suddenly pushed him out of the baseline.You must know that Alston, who is in possession of the ball, has not passed halftime, so Shi Lei was fouled by the referee without any dispute.

Yes, this is one of the tactics that Shi Lei added to deal with Magic - "shark hacking tactics"!
Foul Howard when necessary, this is Shi Lei's desperation after seeing Rivers determined to put himself inside.Big Van Gundy is a little anxious now, because Howard's free throw is quite a "devil"!
Howard stood on the free throw line, probably because he had given up hope for his bad free throws. He received the basketball and threw it out without making any adjustments.

However, the ball went in!
Looking at Howard with a "stupid and cute" expression on his face, Shi Lei said "I'm a big grass" in his heart!
The room was leaking and it was raining continuously. It may be that this ball let Howard know that luck was on their side today. He shot the next ball with confidence and scored again.

Shi Lei still didn't give up, after completing the next attack, he fouled Howard again soon.

What stunned him was that he paid two fouls, increasing his fouls to four, and Howard still hit the two free throws!
As if a cheating device had been activated, Howard turned into a macho man in seconds, making Shi Lei no longer dare to act rashly, but Howard was inspired instead, and suddenly strengthened his attack at the basket, quickly increasing Shi Lei's personal foul count to five Second-rate.

If you don't die, you won't die. At the end of the game with 5 minutes left, Shi Lei, who was still bloody, could only rest and wait for the final decisive moment.

But the Celtics lost Shi Lei on the inside, lost Shi Lei's defense against Howard, especially the Celtics' offense, and after losing Shi Lei's pressure on the opponent's defense, the Celtics were quickly overwhelmed by their opponents. Expanded to 15 points, now Shi Lei didn't even need to play. With 3 minutes left in the game, Rivers replaced the main players and announced that he was giving up the game.

The Magic won the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time at home. Howard made great contributions to the team in this game. He scored 27 points and 14 rebounds in the game. In addition, Lewis scored 32 points in the game. The team also won important hero.

The stars of the Celtics are not inferior to the Magic in terms of scoring. Pierce scored 22 points, Ray Allen scored 26 points, Shi Lei scored 21 points, and sent 5 assists at the same time, but the only remaining players in double figures Rondo, he scored 19 points, but the Magic also scored double-digit points with Turkoglu with 16 points, PittGrew with 13 points, and Alston with 11 points.
So... "The bench is weak, let the Celtics lose to the Magic, and get their first loss in the playoffs!"

"After losing Garnett, the Celtics finally revealed their biggest worry!"

"The future is uncertain, the king who performed well is still hard to stop the monster!"

After the Celtics were chasing the big score to 2:1 by the Magic, in the Western Conference, the Lakers finally recovered their lost home court advantage in Denver, leading the Nuggets with a big score of 2:1.

This is also the Nuggets' first home loss in 11 weeks.

Carmelo Anthony scored 5 points in the first 30 games. Today he scored 18 points in the first half, but misfired in the second half. He only scored 21 points in total. He also fouled out with 6 fouls at the last moment.Chauncey Billups scored 18 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds, leading 13 points.

The Lakers' performance in this round of the series was unsatisfactory. They missed many opportunities at the last moment of the last game and gave the Nuggets the home court advantage.Today the Lakers still didn't let people see their changes after the opening game. They played listlessly and their defense was full of loopholes.

In terms of offense, the Lakers also kept missing good opportunities. With 3 minutes and 32 seconds left in the first quarter, the Lakers got a three-on-one chance after stealing, but Ariza was actually intercepted by Anthony. Fisher fouled when counter-robbing, and Anthony got Two free throw opportunities.The Lakers played three-on-one, but the Nuggets scored two points. This kind of situation is rare in the professional arena.

After Anthony made two free throws, the Lakers' defense opened up again. "Birdman" Anderson flew up like a big bird, dunked successfully, and the Nuggets took a 25:17 lead.The Lakers finally chased the score to 26:28 at the end of this section.

The state of the Lakers did not improve in the second quarter.The Nuggets started this section with 6 points in a row, bringing their advantage to 8 points.The Lakers played nearly 4 minutes in this section and still failed to make a shot. It was not until 8 minutes and 04 seconds in this section that Kobe turned around and made a backward shot.After halfway through this quarter, Kobe made consecutive strong hits to the basket, and the Lakers tied the score at 39:39, but the Nuggets regained their advantage with a wave of 5:0.Bryant scored 15 points in the first half, and the Lakers trailed 48-52.

But it turns out that the Nuggets dug a hole early, and they gave the Lakers a chance to climb up!
Kobe wanted to lead the Lakers to counterattack. With 4 minutes and 46 seconds left in the third quarter, he scored an alley-oop dunk with Walton and caused a foul. He scored 3 points with penalties and tied the score to 64:64.But Billups immediately returned a goal, and the Lakers failed to overtake.The three-point shooting percentages of the two teams in the first two quarters were not high, but the three-point battle started in the last 2 minutes of this quarter, and a total of 4 shots were made during this period.Before the end of this section, Smith opened the opponent after receiving the ball and hit a three-pointer at the buzzer. The Nuggets led 79:71.However, Smith was too arrogant after scoring a goal and was called a technical foul.

The Lakers counterattacked aggressively in the fourth quarter. With 7 minutes and 32 seconds left in the game, Kobe made a pass and Ariza hit a three-pointer. They exceeded 81:80, which was the first time the Lakers took the lead in the second half.Kobe then turned around and hit a jumper with difficulty, and the Lakers led 83:81.

The two teams took the lead several times. With 1:09 left in the game, Kobe made a long-range three-pointer and the Lakers took the lead with 96:95.After the Nuggets missed a shot, Kobe caused another foul. After making two free throws, the Lakers led 97:95.

After the Nuggets were intercepted by Ariza when serving, they could only foul.After Trevor Ariza made two free throws, the Lakers took a 36.5-99 lead with 95 seconds left in the game.

However, even though the Lakers' victory was so difficult, after the game, they were still favored by the media to enter the finals, because obviously, their difficulties were only due to problems with their attitude, not the strength of the team.

This is exactly the opposite of the Celtics.

There is nothing wrong with the attitude of the Celtics in the game. The problem is their lineup, which requires them to play for a long time. They are far less calm than the Lakers. As long as they play to their full strength, they can win.

But supernormal performance requires luck, not just a mentality explosion can determine it!This also depends on the opponent's state, and your own state, etc.!
The desire for honor did not make the Celtics retreat in this game, but at their home court, the Magic had no reason to retreat.

This was another match in which the main players of the two sides fought fiercely for more than 38 minutes. The situation began to be anxious from the first second of the opening, and it was not until the last second that the real winner was decided.

In this game, the Magic changed their offensive strategy, starting the game with a strong attack on Howard, wanting to cause Shi Lei's foul first, and beat him down like in the third game.

This has had some effect, but mostly on offense.Because the Celtics also changed their tactics in this game, Shi Lei's role on the field was no longer to defend the inside line, but to organize the team's offense.

In this kind of confrontation, the game is very interesting, and the score has been going all the way. At the end of the first quarter, the two teams scored 32:32.

However, shortly after the start of the second quarter, the Magic's perimeter suddenly cooled down. Although Howard protected the rebound, they still allowed the Celtics to gain a 5-point lead in the middle of the game.

However, just when the Celtics began to see the dawn of victory, Lewis suddenly exploded and made three consecutive three-pointers in the third quarter, instantly smoothing the point difference.

The situation began to shift again, and the Celtics finally fell again on the rebounds. Although their "Big Three", Ray Allen scored 26 points and Pierce scored 28 points in this game , Shi Lei scored 24 points and 11 assists, but they were 15 fewer than their opponents in terms of rebound protection.

This is hard to make up for. Howard scored a large double-double in this game, with 21 points and 19 rebounds.

In the last minute of the game, after the Celtics failed to bet on a three-pointer, Howard protected the defensive rebound, and Lewis then hit the most critical three-pointer, expanding the point difference to six points in one fell swoop.

Although the Celtics finally implemented foul tactics, they failed to narrow the point difference to less than four points.

At the end of the game, the two sides drew 2:2, and the media's bad-mouthing of the Celtics intensified. However, the Celtics' old enemy, the Lakers, may be afraid of loneliness, and they are very cooperative and will be good. The easy lead is handed over!
And the Lakers died in the same way as the Celtics, they also died of rebounds. They allowed their opponents to score 58 rebounds, but they only scored 40!
The state of the Lakers in the game is always willful ups and downs, like a roller coaster can be called a heart killer, their state is still not good in this game!
Well, it is said that it was because the boss was too tired and took a drip to replenish his energy before the game!

开场后不久，湖人就以5：12落后。科比在本节结束前连续两记中投命中，湖人才将比分追成19：22。科比本节得9分。

"Birdman" Anderson became the dark horse of the playoffs. After the opening of the second quarter, he immediately made an alley-oop dunk, and then Smith also made two hits.The Lakers failed to score within 8 minutes, until Farmar made a three-pointer with 0 minutes and 30 seconds left in this section.The Nuggets once led by 19 points, but Kobe and Gasol led the team to fight back, and once chased the score to 3:8.In this section, Kobe scored another 52 points. At halftime, the Lakers trailed 13:42.

The Lakers trailed 19:31 in rebounds in the first half, which was the main reason for their lag, and the opening of the defense also gave the Nuggets many opportunities to score.

第三节还有9分17秒时，加索尔勾手命中，湖人只以53：56落后。不过此后3分32秒，湖人只有科比投中一球，掘金打出一波12：3后，一举以68：56取得两位数的优势。掘金一度领先了14分，以77：66进入最后一节。

Two minutes after the start of the fourth quarter, Billups hit a jumper with an emergency stop from outside the three-point line. Smith followed up quickly and dunked with one hand after receiving the pass from **. The Nuggets opened the gap by 2:86.

Kobe still didn't give up, once again staged the annual drama of riding the savior alone, but in fact, when the volute played like this, the data would be very good, but the effect is hard to say how good it is!

Bryant's chances for the Lakers to narrow the gap.With 4 minutes and 35 seconds left in the game, Kobe hit a three-pointer, and the Lakers trailed 86:97, but Smith immediately returned the three-pointer, and the Nuggets gained another 14-point advantage.

湖人未能将差距缩小到10分以内。比赛还有1分40秒时，史密斯在20秒内连续三分命中，掘金以113：96拉开差距。虽然法玛尔还以一记三分，但湖人已经无回天之力。

Well, this is the enemy of fate, even the way to lose the game is the same.But the cruel battle of Tianwang Mountain will start soon, can they retreat with the attack?
(End of this chapter)