Chapter 327 The Heavy of Black Mamba [Fourth Update]

After Kobe got off the court, the Lakers were obviously in a dilemma of offense paralysis. Several main players did a great job in defense, but they had little effect on offense. The offensive time was unreasonable, and there were many things that missed the scoring opportunity in vain. If Paul Gasol had not been able to succeed in playing singles at the basket in succession, the score difference would have been even bigger.

After Lakers head coach Phil Jackson called the timeout, Stan Van Gundy was very dissatisfied with the team's current offense. The team's offense in the past few minutes was very unsatisfactory. The outside line couldn't break the deadlock, and the two sneak attacks from the inside line made the Lakers' inside line more alert. It is probably not that easy to succeed again below.

Wu Feng couldn't say anything about his pain. He used to think that Shannon Brown's offense was good and his defense was much worse. But he didn't expect that just now, this explosive guy actually posed a great threat to him. His repeated small actions kept making him angry, and fortunately he could still control his emotions.

Under the Lakers players' physical strength defense, the Magic's offense began to appear more impatient. Wu Feng's pass was still so sharp, but he could not help his teammates. He made several hastily shots in a row, and the ball smashed out of the basket. Lamar Odom's backcourt rebound was well controlled.

When the Magic's offense suffered repeated setbacks, the Lakers played more solidly. "Old Fish" Fisher always controlled the rhythm of the game. It doesn't matter if the fast attack is not done. He immediately went into positional battles. It doesn't matter if the pass was not in place once. The ball was passed back to the outside line. As the ball was constantly running, the Lakers were cautiously looking for opportunities to take action. Such a sports battle was originally the game that the Magic was good at, but now the Magic's offense was in a mess, and the Lakers played with a solid and eye-catching game.

After Ryan Anderson grabbed a backcourt rebound and Wu Feng dribbled the ball through halftime, Stan Van Gundy decisively called a timeout.

In the more than four minutes after the timeout, the Magic only made three shots and scored 8 points in a row with free throws. Although the Lakers did not set off a scoring craze, they also scored 11 points. The score between the two sides was 74:67, and the Lakers were only 7 points behind the Magic.

With Kobe off the court, the score difference between the Los Angeles Lakers who played away further narrowed the score difference.

"The Purple and Gold Army is worthy of being a powerful team. In such a short time, it caught up with the score. Coach Zhang, what do you think the Magic team needs most at the moment?" Huang Zizhong asked Zhang Heli.

"At present, what the Magic team needs to do most is to stabilize the morale of the army. Since they are ahead of the score, they should adjust the rhythm and let the rhythm on the field follow them. During this period, the Magic team's offense is not very reasonable. The inside line cannot be opened, and the players are all floating on the outside line. This is very unreasonable for the Magic team, which has a huge advantage in the inside line." Zhang Heli analyzed very 'reasonably'.

In fact, putting aside the reasonable habit of opening, what he analyzed is still very reasonable. Recently, the Magic have indeed lost the advantage of the inside. It is not that the "Warcraft" is not on the court, but that the ball cannot be handed over to the "Warcraft".

For this reason, Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy specifically called for a timeout, criticizing the players' style of playing.

Kobe played with more than five minutes left in the third quarter. At this time, the Lakers' main brokerage firm came.

The Magic attacked, Wu Feng passed the ball through half and handed the ball to Vince Carter. Vince Carter broke through with the ball, facing Derek Fisher's defense, and made a quick stop and jump shot. With a "clang" sound, it was iron. The temple was in full swing.

The old fish picked up a floor ball.

The "Old Fish" quickly led the ball through the half, and his first pass target was naturally Kobe.

However, since the moment Kobe came on the court, Wu Feng has been firmly following him. At this moment, Stan Van Gundy naturally handed over the heavy responsibility of defending Kobe to Wu Feng, and other Magic players can come forward to defend at any time.

Kobe broke through with the ball, attracting the players to make up for defense, and quickly handed the ball to Paul Gasol.

At this time, Paul Gasol was in an open position. However, his shot failed to hit, and Wu Feng fought for the defensive rebound.

Michael Pitrus' mid-range shot missed, and the ball rights returned to the Lakers again. Kobe, who still had a huge palm, grabbed the defensive rebound.

Both sides had bad mid-range shooting percentages in these two attacks. However, both sides were able to protect their respective rebounds.

"Old Fish" made a sneak attack from outside the three-point line, and the Lakers finally broke the deadlock of no-scoring and narrowed the gap between the two sides to 4 points.

Stan Van Gundy immediately called for a timeout.

Gerald Wallace's overall shooting percentage today is not high, so far, only six of fourteen shots, but his performance at the three-point line is amazing. So far, he has made four of five three-pointers.

After the timeout, Gerald Wallace continued his previous performance and made a simple gap with Wu Feng, and made a three-pointer from the bottom line.

Shannon Brown, who replaced Derek Fisher, dribbled the ball through the half, did not stick too much, and quickly handed the ball to Kobe. At this time, Kobe was only Wu Feng next to him. Although there were other Magic players eyeing him, the situation was much better than the previous double-team.

A step back opened the distance between the two, Kobe hung high, and the ball quickly passed over Wu Feng's head. Ron Artest turned around and made a jump shot.

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There are thirty-seven seconds left in the third quarter, Wu Feng speeds up the pace and tries to get another offensive opportunity after the end of this offense.

Wu Feng cleverly dribbled the ball and used his super explosive power to squeeze through Kobe. At the same time, the ball was quickly passed and accurately handed it to the bottom line Gerald Wallace, who easily shot the ball, and he rarely missed such a shot.

Thirty-two seconds left before the end of the third quarter, the Lakers' offense.

Kobe broke through with the ball, using Shannon Brown's pick-and-roll, and shot in the middle distance. Unfortunately, the ball was short and hit the front of the ring. He bounced back and the rebound was snatched by Wu Feng.

Wu Feng protected the ball and slowly headed towards the Lakers half. There were twenty-three seconds left, and Wu Feng must have spent the last twenty-three seconds.

Time passed by seconds, and sweat beads of water oozed out of Wu Feng's forehead, but he didn't care about this. At this moment, Kobe was standing in front of him with great confidence, trying his best to defend the last ball.

Suddenly, Wu Feng moved, because there were only eight seconds left before the third quarter ended.

Wu Feng broke through with the ball, and then passed it back to Vince Carter. After Vince Carter received the ball from the baseline, he tricked the old fish Fisher with a fake move, and then dribbled towards the basket.

Seeing this, Andrew Bynum immediately made up.

At this time, Nazel Mohammed of the Magic was naturally empty.

Vince Carter flipped his hand and the ball had reached Nazel Mohammed's hand. The latter shouted loudly and then poured the ball into the basket with both hands.

Nazel Mohammed grabbed the frame with both hands, and the basket was shaking. The audience was shocked by his slam dunk. The Magic's last wave of offense was too perfect, too clever, and too incredible.

With Nazel Mohamed's successful slam dunk, the third quarter ended like this.

At the end of the third quarter, the Magic led the Lakers with 9 points to enter the fourth quarter with 86:77, which is the last quarter of the third game of the finals.

Before, the Magic had been forced into a desperate situation by the Lakers, and the score difference was once narrowed to 2 points. However, at the critical moment, the Magic strengthened the defense, Dwight Howard, the "Warcraft" in the inside, Gerald Wallace on the front line and Wu Feng on the back line, formed a strong defensive gate, defending the Lakers' counterattack in one fell swoop.

Then, Vince Carter and Dwight Howard at the basket began to score, slowly widening the gap. Until the end of the third quarter, the Magic finally widened the gap to 9 points.

Although it is only 9 points ahead of the opponent, it can be said that the current situation on the field is already on the Magic. It is not easy for the Lakers to start another chasing battle.

In the first three quarters, Kobe's Los Angeles Lakers' gains a lot. Although his 16 points were fewer than the first two games, his 7 assists in three quarters were the biggest change in Kobe's game.

Wu Feng, who faces Kobe, has scored 18 points, 10 assists and 6 rebounds in the first three quarters. This performance is a little better than Kobe.

Not long after, the fourth quarter began.

However, in the first half of the fourth quarter, both sides sent substitutes.

The fourth quarter game lasted almost five minutes, and both sides gradually changed into the starting lineup. When Wu Feng and other main players came on the court, the Magic still controlled the nearly double-digit lead.

Under Shannon Brown's urgent defense, Wu Feng slowly led the ball through the half. In just a short period of time, Shannon Brown tried several sneak attacks, but failed.

Steve Blake still has some experience in stealing, and he has a good grasp of the timing of stealing. For such a player, the timing must be very cautious. Once he takes action, he will give the opponent a chance to easily get rid of himself. He also knows clearly that once he loses his position, with Wu Feng's speed of dribbling, he will not be able to keep up with his pace.

Seeing that he had passed half, Kobe immediately stepped forward to double-team him, but unexpectedly, Gilbert Arenas' position was empty, Wu Feng's ball was cleverly passed, Gilbert Arenas quickly broke through the center line and jumped at the free throw line to hit.

The ‘General’ rarely did such a show, and he shouted excitedly.

Phil Jackson shook his head in disappointment. He had already prepared for the decision to double-handed Wu Feng, but the time just now was not so much a mistake by Kobe, but the team's round defense had loopholes.

Kobe organized an offense, and Paul Gasol, who made a wonderful pass in the inside.

Paul Gasol squeezed out Marik Allen with force and then made a backhand layup. Although disturbed by Marik Allen, the ball still entered the basket.

JJ Redick's shot missed, Dwight Howard, who was blocked by the opponent, watched Lamar Odom take the rebound.

During this period, although the Lakers lacked physical strength, they showed their strong ability to switch rounds and defense, using two players to double-team Wu Feng.

Although Wu Feng can still dribble the ball calmly, he can no longer sprint on the opponent's inside line, and it is difficult to organize an effective attack.

The opponent's quick round defense conversion did not allow the Magic to take advantage of it. It was very difficult to attack several times. In two minutes, he scored three points with only free throws.

However, with the connection between two defenders, Kobe and Steve Blake, the Lakers' attacks were very smooth, and they scored a 7:3 small **.

Stan Van Gundy called a timeout in time. When Wu Feng was unable to play, the team's offense suffered a great setback. Of course, this has something to do with the fact that there are still several main players who have not come up.

Therefore, Stan Van Gundy did not blame the players for their offense too much. Faced with a situation where they were leading by nearly double digits, it was barely understandable that the players were slack for a while.

The reason why he could play such a wonderful game just now was basically a reflection of Wu Feng's personal strength. In fact, until now, the players have not really entered the state and have not played the team's strength at all.

"Facing a strong team like the Lakers, although we are still ahead of the score, the gap is getting smaller and smaller. We must do our best to win this game. You know, we have lost two games in a row in this round of series. We are getting farther and farther away from the championship. Tonight, at our own home court, we can't afford to lose. So, guys, we must win this game tonight." Stan Van Gundy did not criticize the players, but encouraged them. His words were passionate, which made the players excited.

"Boss, we will definitely win this game tonight." Dwight Howard said first against Stan Van Gundy.

"Boss, believe us." Wu Feng also clenched his fists and said firmly to Stan Van Gundy.

Other players also expressed their attitudes. Seeing this, Stan Van Gundy showed a gratified smile on his face.

The game starts again, the Magic's ball rights.

Wu Feng broke through with the ball, and a beautiful pass was handed to Dwight Howard in the inside. Dwight Howard did not make a strong shot. He took a step back and quickly passed the ball to Wu Feng's hand on the outside. Others also quickly blocked him, blocking Kobe who stepped forward to make up for defense. Such an excellent opportunity, Wu Feng relaxed his arms and the ball slid through the sky with a beautiful arc.

"Swish", such a crisp sound made the fans of the Amway Center Arena shout.

Wu Feng yelled, not only inspiring himself, but also inspiring his teammates.

This goal made Wu Feng regain his offensive feeling, and Gerald Wallace's barrier also won him a lot of opportunities.

The ball rights returned to his hands, and there seemed to be a loophole in the Lakers' double-team. Wu Feng's performance was not very outstanding for several minutes in a row, but now he gradually brought out the team's rhythm. Kobe began to gradually shift the focus of his defense to Wu Feng.

Kobe could not defend Wu Feng at all. Wu Feng relied on his explosive power to force a breakthrough from him again, and made a jump shot from the midfield.

"Great." Stan Van Gundy, who was standing on the sidelines, clenched his fists excitedly, and a bright look burst out from his eyes.

Realizing his defensive mistake, Kobe immediately stepped forward to double-team Wu Feng, but unexpectedly, Gerald Wallace had already blocked his way forward.

But this time was more than enough for Wu Feng. He changed directions continuously. When veteran Derek Fisher was about to make up for his breakthrough, a back pass was handed to the bottom line in Vince Carter's hands. Undefensive Vince Carter took a deep breath and then threw the ball out with a very rhythmic pace.

With four minutes and thirty seconds left in the fourth quarter, Wu Feng successfully broke through twice in a row, and after making a layup at the basket, the two sides fought to a 99:87.

99:87, the Magic led by 12 points.

With Wu Feng's firepower on his face, the Magic gradually stabilized the situation again, and even saw the dawn of victory.

Yes, the Magic are basically sure to win now. The fans at home even stood up and cheered to celebrate the team's victory in advance.

As time goes by, the Lakers' hopes of a comeback are becoming less and less slim. Especially after the Magic's timeout, not only did they improve their defense greatly, but Wu Feng assisted Dwight Howard in two consecutive inside shots, but also suppressed the Lakers' offense.

Seeing the Magic team stabilize the situation, Kobe's face became more and more serious.

As the boss of the team, although he is no longer at the peak, the burden on him is still very heavy.

The Lakers now have only three chances of timeouts, one 100-second long timeout and two short timeouts.

Although Phil Jackson was extremely anxious when the Magic's continuous offenses were successful, he also suppressed his anxiety. The only three chances of suspension must be used at the most appropriate time. The situation on the court is definitely not solved by three timeouts. If Kobe and the others can successfully turn it into a crisis, then this timeout will become a bargaining chip for the Lakers to finally turn the tables. If there is no way out, these three timeouts will naturally be dispensable.

Kobe quickly led the ball through the half and met Wu Feng again. Looking at Wu Feng's nervous and cautious look, Kobe suddenly felt a little relaxed.

Anyway, there is not a great hope of winning, so it is better to let go and play. In this case, a miracle may happen.

After several consecutive fake moves, Wu Feng was unmoved at all.

Kobe seemed to have eyes behind his head, and he accurately delivered the ball to Derek Fisher's hand. He took a step forward and blocked Wu Feng tightly on the right.
Chapter completed!