Chapter 322 The Finals

"Chris, you come on the court!" Looking at Wu Feng's breathless look, Stan Van Gundy was really worried about what would happen to Wu Feng's physical strength.

Moreover, this game was a fierce finals, so he decided to let Chris Du Hong replace Wu Feng so that he could get enough rest, and fortunately he had a better performance in the fourth quarter.

After receiving instructions from Stan Van Gundy, Chris Duhon quickly stood up from the bench and walked towards the court.

When Wu Feng saw Chris Du Hong walk to the sidelines, took off his coat, and saw Stan Van Gundy nodding to him. Wu Feng immediately knew that he was going to be replaced.

As Brandon Bass touched the ball out of the baseline, Chris Duhong replaced Wu Feng on the court.

"Get the time to rest, next we will fight back." Chris Du Hong said to Wu Feng with a smile.

Wu Feng nodded and walked towards the bench.

After coming to the court, Chris Duhong was careful to guard against Kobe. When Kobe took the baseline ball from Ron Artest, Chris Duhong immediately put it on and stretched out his right hand to cover Kobe's eyes.

Kobe made several fake moves in a row, then suddenly retreated back and made a jump shot.

The orange basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air, and then drilled into the basket with a "swish".

Chris Duhon swears in a low voice, taking the baseline serve from Brandon Buss, and then pushing towards the Lakers halftime.

"Man, how do you feel now?" Stan Van Gundy walked to Wu Feng's side, sat down, and asked with concern.

Wu Feng took a sip of water, smiled at Stan Van Gundy, and replied: "Well, I'm a little tired. It's really hard to play against Kobe, maybe it has something to do with this finals!"

Hearing Wu Feng telling his thoughts truthfully, Stan Van Gundy nodded with satisfaction.

"You have consumed a lot of energy in the process of chasing points just now. Have a good rest. In the fourth quarter, I will let you play. That time is the best time for you to perform." Stan Van Gundy said to Wu Feng with a smile.

"Yeah, I understand." Wu Feng nodded and replied.

Stan Van Gundy took a look at the situation on the court and suddenly looked extremely embarrassed, because the Magic's outside line is basically no longer aggressive by the Lakers.

Except for Vince Carter's performance alone, Chris Duhon, who just played, is not Kobe's opponent at all.

So, Stan Van Gundy made a substitution without hesitation and replaced Gerald Wallace with Brandon Bass.

At this time, the Magic's lineup was a bit strange. Dwight Howard and Brandon Bass combined to form a barrier to the inside, and Ryan Anderson, who had been playing power forward before, was arranged to be a small forward. It seems that Stan Van Gundy is determined to play height with the Lakers.

In fact, Stan Van Gundy made such a choice in desperation. On the one hand, he did not perform well on the outside, and on the other hand, he had an advantage in the inside, so after replacing Brandon Bass, the Magic's inside line has an advantage, which can cause huge lethality to the Lakers' basket.

Kobe looked at Chris Du Hong's defense, and suddenly broke through to Chris Du Hong's left with a cross step. Chris Du Hong's speed was a little worse than Kobe, but his physical fitness was good and his agility was also good. He saw his center of gravity shift to the left and blocked Kobe's front.

Kobe bumped into Chris Du Hong and wanted to force himself to eat Chris Du Hong, but how could Chris Du Hong, who is also physically excellent, be afraid that he would force himself to eat?

Chris Du Hong opened his arms and blocked him tightly.

Chris Duhong has strong defense against the ball, skilled pace, quick-handed and diligent attitude.

Moreover, he is more conservative in defense and rarely takes risks in intercepting the ball.

In fact, this is also Kobe's carelessness. If he completely improves his speed, it will not be difficult to force Chris Du Hong, but he has to rely on his explosive power to force Chris Du Hong. Chris Du Hong's strength and explosive power are not so easy to force Chris Du Hong.

Seeing Chris Du Hong open his hands to stop him, Kobe was also slightly surprised.

Kobe suddenly pulled to the left, then passed the ball from behind, handing the ball to Ron Artest, who was ambushed in the bottom corner next to him.

Ron Artest aimed the basket and then made a three-pointer.

"Bang", Ron Artest's three-pointer hit.

Ron Artest missed a shot, and Brandon Bass grabbed the defensive rebound.

Now for the Lakers, every shot is quite risky. Because if the shot is not scored, the Magic will be able to grab the rebound if it is a big shot.

Needless to say, Dwight Howard, the rebounding champion, and Brandon Bass and Ryan Anderson are also good rebounding players.

Although Ryan Anderson's style is quite similar to that of the 'German Chariot' Nowitzki, his rebounding ability is obviously stronger than Dirk Nowitzki.

Chris Duhong relied on his excellent breakthrough ability to slowly break into the Lakers' penalty area. Just when Kobe, who was defending him, thought Chris Duhong was going to attack, Chris Duhong passed the ball.

Vince Carter at the right wing forty-five degrees, and Chris Duhon's pass from outside the three-point line, hitting a three-pointer directly.

On the Lakers, Kobe used his teammates' cover to make a three-pointer.

Vince Carter and Brandon Bass cooperated with a pick-and-roll, and after running back, he received a pass from Brandon Bass to the ground and made a layup.

Then, Kobe hanged the ball to Andrew Bynum at the basket, who scored with a hook shot.

In these waves of offenses, both sides played very efficiently. Or in other words, both sides have not done a good job in defense in recent times.

Under Kobe's leadership, the Lakers' players all had baskets, and Kobe also gave away 4 assists in the third quarter.

After three minutes of playing against Chris Duhon, Kobe had to go down and rest.

After all, he can't play the entire third quarter, which is too exhausting. Moreover, he still needs to leave most of his energy to prepare for the duel with Wu Feng in the fourth quarter.

During the period when Kobe was out, the Magic slowly narrowed the score to single digits.

Without Kobe's organizational support, the Lakers' offense will not be as smooth as before.

Moreover, the continuous missed shots made the Lakers' mentality even worse, while the Magic took this opportunity to score 11:5 and recovered 6 points.

During this period, Phil Jackson called two pauses in total, but it was almost useless.

Lakers' substitute power forward Lamar Odom received a pass from Steve Blake from the baseline, which was a very good opportunity, but the shot still missed.

The Magic took the opportunity to launch a fast break counterattack. Chris Duhong passed the ball across most of the court and accurately delivered it to Gerald Wallace, who had just arrived on the court.

After receiving the ball, Gerald Wallace directly dunked with both hands.

The fans of the audience started to make noise, and countless boos were given to Magic players.

Now, the score on the field has changed to 70:71, and the Magic narrowed the gap to only one point behind.

Now, with 23 seconds left before the third quarter, the Lakers still have a last chance to attack.

Steve Blake dribble slowly came to the frontcourt. He tried to play the rhythm and strive to make this attack successful, so that the Magic had no time to attack.

Steve Blake passed the ball to Ron Artest, who looked up at the time, with 9 seconds left.

At this time, Ron Artest began to break through with the ball.

After Kobe got out of the field, the initiator of the offensive on the field was naturally Ron Artest.

However, when the breakthrough was made, Ron Artest made a fatal mistake and the ball was cut off by "Desperate Saburo" Gerald Wallace.

I have to say that Gerald Wallace's defense at critical moments is very powerful.

After Gerald Wallace intercepted the ball, he did not greedy for me and drove the ball to the Lakers' half. Instead, he passed the ball directly to Chris Du Hong, who had already rushed outside the Lakers' three-point line.

There are only three seconds left in the last.

After receiving the ball, Chris Duhon shouted loudly, exerted all his strength, increased his speed to the fastest, and then avoided Steve Blake's block and made a buzzer-beating layup.

"Swish", with Chris Du Hong scoring 2 points with a layup, the Magic finally overtook the score.

72:71, the Magic overtook 1 point.

At the end of the third quarter, the scores of both sides were frozen at 72:71, and the Magic overtook the opponent by 1 point.

This quarter is crucial for the Magic.

However, although the Magic have now surpassed 1 point, it is very difficult to take away this victory at the Staples Arena at home.

"Dwight, you hurry up and take a good rest a few minutes. This game is not easy to play, we have to take advantage of our advantages. So, you will play again soon." Stan Van Gundy said to Dwight Howard, who was sitting on the bench drinking mineral water.

Dwight Howard wiped the water stains on the corner of his mouth and replied to Stan Van Gundy with a serious face: "Boss, don't worry! I know what to do."

Stan Van Gundy nodded, then asked Wu Feng: "Wu, how are you resting now? Can you fight?"

Wu Feng nodded without hesitation, "Boss, let me play now, I'm fine."

"Okay, you can play with Chris! You play the second position, so that Chris can share the pressure on your organization, and you can also play more easily. Wait until the middle of the fourth quarter, and then adjust you." Stan Van Gundy arranged.

Wu Feng naturally had no other meaning in regard to Stan Van Gundy's arrangement.

Although he has always been a playback on the back of the organization, he can also play in the shooting guard. Besides, he plays in the shooting guard but there is no pressure at all.

At the shooting guard position, his height and health are fine.

Soon, the fierce fourth quarter game began.

The first offensive opportunity was from the Magic.

At this time, Kobe had not returned to the court, so Wu Feng could take advantage of this opportunity to widen the gap.

Wu Feng broke through with the ball, and made a wonderful pass toward Gerald Wallace at the basket. The latter jumped up after receiving the ball, and dunked through Andrew Bynum.

"Drip", the referee blew the whistle first.

Immediately afterwards, with a "bang", it started again at the Staples Arena.

Two plus one.

Gerald Wallace made a free throw, but unfortunately, the free throw was not made, and the rebound was protected by Andrew Bynum.

Just when Magic fans believed that the situation on the field gradually fell on the Magic, the situation on the field changed again.

Ron Artest suddenly made a three-pointer and tied the score again.

74:74
To be continued...