Chapter 173 The Road of the King

"Hear this ball!" Lin Fei, who quickly fell into the backcourt, opened his arms and glanced at the Lakers who came at half-court and roared.

Lin Fei's idea of eliminating the Lakers has never been so urgent.

"As long as Lin Fei is here, everything can happen." This is the most real idea in the hearts of the Clippers. For Clippers, Lin Fei is not only the core, but also the most stable existence of the Clippers.

"Can you prevent it?" Kobe looked coldly at Lin Fei, who roared in the front court.

Fisher dribbled quickly through the half, trying to hand over the ball to Kobe. For the Lakers, Kobe is the most indispensable and trustworthy player, even if Kobe's first 100 shots are all iron.

However, Wilson. Chandler stared at Kobe, with Artest staring at him, which dispelled Fisher's idea of passing the ball immediately.

The difficulty of defending without a team player can be imagined, although Wilson. Chandler's entanglement was still rid of the defense by Kobe Bryant, and the opportunity was fleeting. Kobe just ran to Fisher, which made Fisher not think or even ignore the danger of cross-crossing and passed the ball directly.

Kobe ran against the ball, and at this time, the change suddenly appeared.

Lin Fei, who was on the free throw line, came out of the free throw line like a cheetah, and the fast Kobe couldn't even react.

Watching Lin Fei's palm appear on the basketball route in advance, Fisher's face showed astonishment.

Pup!

Lin Fei's palm had close contact with the ball.

"It's incredible that Lin Fei appeared in the last place the Lakers didn't want to appear." Barkley roared.

"Although the cross transmission is dangerous, Derek's choice is not wrong this time, but they underestimated Lin Fei's speed." Kenny. Smith said so.

Just when Lin Fei took the ball in his hand, Wilson, who used to defend Kobe Bryant. Chandler immediately ran to the front field quickly.

Kobe blocked Lin Fei at the first time so much that he ignored Chandler and ran to the front court, which gave Wilson. Chandler's great opportunity.

"Wilson!" Lin Fei shouted, shook it hard, and immediately threw the ball to the front court.

Wilson. Chandler was at full power. When the basketball bounced up when it fell on the three-point line in the front court, Chandler also arrived.

After two big steps outside the three-second area, the whole person flew to the basket, and then turned 180 degrees to smash the ball into the basket.

Charles. Barkley patted the commentary bench and didn't care about Kenny. Smith's white eyes roared, "Inexpected snatch, wonderful 180-degree turn around and buckle, what can the Lakers take to get the series?"

However, for Kobe Bryant, how can such an attack defeat his psychological defense? Lin Fei's paranoid Clippers teammates know that Kobe's paranoia is known to the whole league. Kobe, who has learned the lessons from the first two games, has made great progress in the face of the double bag, so that he is not so passive that he can't score a goal completely.

But this is far from enough for the Lakers. Phil Jackson wants to see that the Lakers are in the lead, but the situation on the field is that the Lakers are in a passive situation. Although the Clippers failed to close the score, the Lakers play very hard. This is what Phil Jackson doesn't want to see, although the game has only lasted less than five minutes. But he must call a pause to adjust.

Du!

The whistle sounded.

"Phil asked for a long timeout and was very dissatisfied with the situation on the field, but Mike Dunleavy showed great on-the-spot command ability in the first two games. Every time Phil makes a change, he can make a change today?" Kenny. Smith looked at the Lakers' bench.

"Bryant, Paul and Anzu have a chance to give them. Only the whole can play the greatest role. We are already 0:2 behind. No one wants to become 0:3 again, right? If you want, then I can tell him that he will leave the Lakers this summer. Phil. Jackson said coldly.

Phil. Jackson is undoubtedly directly asking Kobe to share the ball instead of being addicted to the uniqueness of singles.

"Derick, don't pass the ball casually. You are the brain of the team. You need to play this role. Next, we focus on internal and external cooperation..." Phil Jackson quickly drew on the tactical board.

Kobe, who was sitting in the chair, was silent, wiped the sweat on his forehead with a towel, and gasped rhythmically. Although the game lasted less than five minutes, it was in Wilson. The entanglement between Chandler and Artest occasionally appears, which consumes his physical strength quickly.

"Everyone did a good job just now!" Mike Dunleavy first encouraged the players. For the players, the coach's proper encouragement and recognition can make the players play better.

"The game has just begun, and it's still too early, Phil. The reason why Jackson called this pause is that it will definitely be targeted at our offensive defense, so there is a courtesy. I will give him a gift. Andre, you replace Ron, Lin, you take Ron's position, Bryant will give it to you and Wilson. Of course, you are the defense, the main defense or Wilson. As soon as you have the opportunity, immediately Don't hesitate. I guess they will use the inside line. Lamar, you are familiar with them. You replace Rashid. The Spaniard is handed over to you. Shaq, you replace Tyson and let the little shark know who is the real shark. On the offensive end, we still focus on Lin. Andremi controls the rhythm, and Lamar pulls out the western class. The tooth man made the inside line more empty..." Mike Dunleavy seized the time to arrange it quickly.

"Guys, we have a good 2:0 situation, but this does not mean that we have a steady chance to advance. Even if we advance, we still have to face the test of the Western Conference finals. What we want is the O'Brien Cup, not one or two wins. They will fight for victory crazily, but we will definitely defeat them. Definitely!" Lin Fei stood up and threw the big towel on his shoulder on the floor.

"Definite! We must be the last winners. Come on!" O'Neill stretched out his hand and said.

Everyone's hands folded together, "Victory! Victory!" The neat shouts echoed in the noisy Staples Arena.

"Can we win?" Sean turned his head and asked his companions beside him.

"I don't know. Lin and the others are so powerful that they can't stop it." Pickard felt that he didn't have any confidence.

"If Lin hadn't gone, we would definitely win a lot of championships." Sean looked at Lin Fei, who came back on the field and said to himself. The pause was soon over. At the referee's whistle, the Clippers and Lakers players returned to the court.

Phil. Jackson couldn't help sighing when he saw the Clippers' players.

"As a matter of fact, Mike changed his position again. Such a change of formation is definitely not easy to deal with for the Lakers, and it is even equivalent to a long pause. I don't think there is any head coach who doesn't envy Mike. Only he has the qualification to make such a change of formation. In the regular season and even in the first round of the past playoffs, we basically didn't I have seen how many changes in arrays, but from this series of changes, I have become accustomed to the Clippers, which has undoubtedly become a headache for the opponent. If there is enough time, I am sure that Phil will practice according to the Clippers can change the array, but now there is no time at all, and we can only let the players play on the spot. Barkley spoke out the voices of the coaches in front of the TV.

Fisher holds the ball in the backcourt and advances, Andre. Miller did not interfere and let Fisher dribble the ball after half-time.

This time, Fisher did not pass the ball to Kobe, but steadily controlled the ball at the top of the arc and then gestured, a straight plug sent the ball to Gasol's hand.

Gasol is tall and has long arms and comprehensive offensive skills. Although the ball style is not strong enough, his ability is enough to rank at the forefront among insiders.

Odom has been a teammate in Lakers and Gasol for less than two years. He knows Gasol's habits, but it is clear that it may not be sealed. After all, Gasol's height advantage is too obvious, and his offensive skills are comprehensive enough.

Gasol held the ball in one hand and relied on his former teammate Odom. His shoulders shook and suddenly turned around. His left arm forcibly rushed to the inner line through Odom, and strode away as if he was ready to make a breakthrough dunk.

O'Neill on the other side immediately took a step forward to block, Paul. Gasol saw O'Neal's defense, and after Odom lost his position, he immediately took the bottom line and ran to Bynum.

In the face of the Clippers' substitution defense, Paul suddenly stopped his momentum, glanced at the corners of his eyes, his left wrist trembled, and the basketball bounced back to the middle.

It was Kobe Bryant who cut into the middle. Kobe got rid of Artest's defense and rushed into the inside line before Lin Fei came up to assist in the defense, took Gasol's pass, and jumped directly after a big step.

"Wo!"

A Tomahawk dunk was soon born.

"Paul, good pass!" Kobe gave a thumbs up to Gasol, who passed the ball for himself.

Paul. Gasol smiled softly, "Bryant, I don't want to lose. The champion feels good."

Kobe didn't expect Gasol, who has always been silent on the court, to say such a thing.

"We will definitely be the final winner." Accompanied by the voice was Kobe's cold face.

Lin Fei didn't need to look back to know who the sharp eyes behind him came from. With a faint smile, Lin Fei quickly ran to the front field.

Kobe didn't dare to be careless and immediately caught up with him. He didn't want to be hit by the Clippers as soon as he scored a goal.

Fisher knows about Andre. Miller's interference and inability to break the ball would only waste physical strength, so he simply stayed in the backcourt and waited for Miller's arrival.

Kobe ran to Lin Fei for the first time, and Ariza coveted him not far away.

"I will continue to attack!" Lin Fei said lightly. It sounded like he was talking to himself, but Kobe knew what he meant. This was a naked provocation.

But Kobe's provocation to Lin Fei was unmoved, and he needed to be dedicated to defense and was not willing to spend time on other aspects.

"Andre!" Lin Fei rushed to Andre, who had just dribbled the ball in the first half. Miller shouted and immediately turned around and ran to Miller.

Kobe immediately got up and chased after him. However, Lin Fei suddenly stopped and turned around, and immediately formed a spatial distance between him and Kobe. Miller did not hesitate to pass the ball.

After Lin Fei received the ball steadily, Kobe turned around and stood in front of Lin Fei again, and looked at Lin Fei coldly with his arms open.

Lin Fei Yuguang looked at his teammate's position and consciously moved to the side of Ariza, constantly scanning the remaining light while protecting the ball.

Ariza saw that Lin Fei actually came to him and hesitated whether to go up and wrap it. At this time, Lin Fei suddenly slapped the ball on his waist and bowed and directly accelerated from Kobe's side to the three-point line. Seeing that Lin Fei was likely to get rid of Kobe, Ariza immediately stepped forward and rushed to Lin Fei.

Just as he was about to paste Lin Fei, he saw that Lin Fei's right hand did not continue to pat the ball but pushed it directly. Ariza was shocked. He just didn't even have time to take care of his teammates, so he left Wilson. Chandler.

Neither Kobe nor Ariza expected that Lin Fei would choose to pass the ball at this time, while Wilson. Chandler is in the right place.

When Lin Fei's ball came, Chandler did not hesitate to jump against the three-point line and watched the basket throw the ball. This season, his three-point shooting rate was as high as 43.6%. For such a vacant opportunity, Wilson. Chandler is full of confidence.

"It's not good!" Fisher felt bad and immediately came forward to make up for the defense, but the gap between height and reaction still slowed down his defense, and he could only look at Wilson. Chandler threw the ball out with a textbook shot.

Intuitively told Chandler that the ball was there, accompanied by a white wave of the Nets, Wilson. Chandler smiled at the corners of his mouth.

"Accurate three points, don't the Lakers know that the most difficult thing to defend in this league is the three points of the Clippers? Look at their three-point shooting rate of more than 40%. Lin doesn't need to say at all, followed by JR, Wilson, Mario, then Rashid and Wilson. There are six people, and Golan's three-point shooting rate is also 38.5%. You can imagine how horrible it is to leave a vacancy for the Clippers' outer line. Barkley's tone was full of complacency.

Phil standing in front of the Lakers bench. Jackson smiled helplessly.

If you don't clip Lin Fei, only Kobe's single defense is slightly better. Ariza's power disadvantage will cause him to be directly blown up by Lin Fei, and only let Kobe's single defense Kobe's physical strength can't support the whole field at all. In this case, only Lin Fei can be properly clamped, and once the bag is clamped, it will undoubtedly be for the Clippers. People set aside opportunities, which puts the Lakers' defense in a dilemma.

It turned out that the Lakers were extremely painful by the Clippers' attack and could only seek success on the offensive end. If Gasol had not played a vital role, the Lakers would have fallen behind the Clippers by more than 5 points at the end of the first quarter.

The strength of the Clippers frightened other teams in the playoffs.

Phil. Jackson did not replace Gasol and Kobe at the beginning of the second quarter, while Lin Fei and Chandler did it off the court, JR. Smith's small role on the defensive end made Kobe seize a lot of opportunities. In addition, the Lakers continued to be aware of the combination of internal and external methods, which caused a lot of problems in the Clippers' defense at the beginning of the second quarter.

When Mike Dunleavy realized that it was bad and replaced Lin Fei and Chandler, he still failed to suppress Gasol and Kobe's internal and external cooperation. At the end of the first half, the Lakers reversed the unfavorable situation and led the Clippers two points at 52:50. Although it is only two points, it is enough to excite the Lakers fans who have been aggrieved for a long time.

"This is the charm of basketball. No one thought that the Lakers would successfully change the unfavorable situation in the second quarter. What's wrong with continuing to win?" Kenny. Smith said with a smile, his eyes full of provocation.

"Kenny, didn't you notice that Bryant and Paul played 24 minutes in the first half? You don't think the physical fitness of the two of them is invincible, do you? I dare say that as long as the Lakers insist on playing like this, they must be the final failure, and I don't believe that their physical strength can last until the end of the game. What Barkley said made sense and completely said Phil. Jackson's worries.

The Clippers' locker room seemed to be very quiet. They were resting to recover their physical strength as much as possible. Lin Fei directly entered the physical recovery training and looked like he was asleep. Mike Dunleavy seemed to have been used to Lin Fei for a long time. He didn't say much, and he didn't even arrange tactics.

The atmosphere in the Lakers' locker room was full of depression. Kobe's cold face and atmosphere seemed to be a perfect match, gasping for breath, and the sweat on his forehead fell drop by drop.

The two-bar game in the first half was a huge test for him who was already 31 years old, not to mention that the harder one was yet to come, and so was Paul Gasol. The entanglement of the Clippers' inside line made him miserable.

When the staff knocked on the door of the Clippers' locker room to remind them that the second half of the game was about to start, Lin Fei came out of the training, and the fatigue of his whole body disappeared.

Mike. Dunleavy clapped his hands and said, "I know everyone is tired, but we must win this game. In the first half of the game, you can all feel that the Lakers are not so fragile. We will not be as relaxed as the first two games, but we have the ability to defeat them. What we need is 100% of everyone. As long as we win this victory, the 3:0 score is the most leading to the Western Conference Finals. Jia promised that we have all lost to the Lakers in the past two years. This year, let them know our strength, let them go fishing early, and continue to work hard in the second half!"

Hear Mike. In Dunleavy's words, the Clippers players were all cheered up.

O'Neill, who loves to play tricks, said with a smile, "Mike, don't worry, it must be them who are crying this time. I like to see Bryant's unhappy expression, just like this." O'Neill immediately made a cold expression, which made the Clippers laugh one by one, and the pressure in his heart seemed to decrease with the laughter.

"Shaq, your expression is not Bryant, but like a noble dog." Rashid. Wallace said with a smile.

When the Clippers walked out of the player channel with a smile, the Lakers players on the other side were all serious, forming a great contrast.

The whistle sounded in the third quarter, and Lin Fei took the lead in stepping on the court.

"Phil, maybe you can rest assured for the time being that at least the Clippers did not continue to change in the second half. I think Phil must be worried in the locker room, and his hair feels much whiter." Barkley teased Phil carelessly. Jackson.

"Charles, you are really a boring guy who doesn't know how to respect others." Kenny. Smith said dissatisfiedly.

However, Barkley directly ignored Smith's words, because he had no time to take care of the wonderful game on the field.

In the third quarter of the game, the offense and defense of both sides completely went into a white-hot level. Kobe and Gasol once again filled the third quarter, not only Phil. Jackson was worried, and even the Lakers fans were worried about their physical fitness. Looking at Gasol and Kobe, who were still running fast on the court, they were even more worried.

The Clippers' team members cooperated in an orderly manner and rotated from time to time, which undoubtedly had a great protective effect on the physical strength of the Clippers players. At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers and the Lakers drew 77:77.

Paul. Gasol contributed 14 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 blocks to the Lakers without a break for one minute in three quarters. Not surprisingly, he is likely to complete a triple-double today. Kobe also contributed 29 points, although he only shot 12 of 29 shots.

Lin Fei is the most prominent in the first three quarters of the Clippers. He has contributed 22 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, and is likely to get his fourth triple-double in this year's playoffs.

The game in the fourth quarter began soon. Kobe still did not rest, and Lin Fei also returned after a five-minute break. Famar passed the ball directly to Kobe.

As soon as Kobe received the ball, Lin Fei appeared in front of him.

Three years ago, Kobe and Lin Fei were teammates who fought together. Now they have played against each other countless times, but every duel makes Lakers fans sigh, thinking of Mickey. Kupcek's past decision was regrettable.

Everyone's attention was on Kobe and Lin Fei on the court. Kobe slowly dribbled the ball and weighed Lin Fei in front of him. "Do you think you can defend me?"

A faint smile appeared on Lin Fei's cheek. "You have said it countless times, and I have answered it countless times."

Kobe snorted coldly, his eyes were extremely sharp, and he bowed and rushed directly to Lin Fei.

Lin Fei watched Kobe rushing in and didn't seem to have any intention of retreating.

Kobe has calculated his offensive movements. At the moment when the two bodies collided as scheduled, Kobe was preparing to continue to accelerate, but his hand was empty, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

"Bryant rushed to Lin!" Kenny. Smith shouted excitedly, as if he had seen the scene of Kobe passing Lin Fei easily.

However, at this time, the fans exclaimed. They couldn't imagine how the ball came to Lin Fei's hands, and the ball should have belonged to Kobe Bryant and their proudest man.

However, now it appears in Lin Fei's hands. When Kobe reacted and turned around and was ready to chase, Lin Fei had already rushed to the front court with all his strength, leaving a big white No. 8 back for Kobe.

Looking at Lin Fei's galloping back, Kobe couldn't help but be stunned. He couldn't figure out how Lin Fei had just finished the steal.

In the eyes of the whole audience, in all kinds of boos, Lin Fei's speed was getting faster and faster. He skimmed the three-point line and stepped into the free throw line fiercely. Lin Fei threw himself into the air. Under the light of Staples, he glided perfectly.

With a whine in the basket, Lin Feisong jumped down.

Kobe stared at the big screen and waited for the replay just now. The live director did not let Kobe wait. Just as Kobe rushed to Lin Fei, Lin Fei quickly turned sideways, half of his body around Kobe's side, and his right hand took out the basketball from behind Kobe's back, and the collision between the two made Kobe's dribbling show a slight break. The flaw was really caught by Lin Fei, and then quickly completed the break.

"Was it luck just now?" Kobe couldn't help asking.

Lin Fei shrugged his shoulders, "What do you think?" He didn't admit that he was lucky to break the ball, and he didn't say that he was lucky but premeditated.

The game continues, and the influence of physical fitness makes every step of Kobe difficult.

In the end, the Lakers completely gave up changing their defensive tactics.

Outside the three-point line, Kobe and Lin Fei met again. Despite a lot of physical exertion, Kobe still did not give up. He leaned on Lin Fei behind his back and gritted his teeth to push Lin Fei forward. Lin Fei's power advantage Kobe knew that he hoped that Lin Fei would do his best to defend, so that he would turn around flexibly and catch Lin Fei off guard.

And Lin Fei also had his own plans and did not do his best to let Kobe move forward.

When Kobe pushed Lin Fei near the free throw line, Lin Fei felt that Kobe was about to make the next move.

Sure enough, Kobe roared, and immediately turned around suddenly after he was ** to him.

"Shoot?" The first time in Lin Fei's mind, he remembered Kobe's signature attack and jump shot.

With a cushion on his feet, Kobe bowed down and rushed past Lin Fei.

However, to Kobe's surprise, Lin Fei abruptly strangled his subconscious take-off and then forcibly blocked in front of him.

"Can you stop me?" Kobe roared and jumped up directly, using his greatest strength to throw the ball out with a clear backing range.

However, something unexpected for Kobe Bryant jumped up again and slapped him on the rising basketball.

Without waiting for Kobe's reaction, Lin Fei landed and chased after the basketball, and the speed advantage was instantly displayed.

Lin Fei crossed Staples like a flash of lightning.

I left everyone behind.

When Lin Fei jumped from the free throw and glides the basket, it was like flying to a road to the king.

Everyone stared at Lin Fei in the air. Lin Fei in the air was so beautiful and elegant.

Barkley grew up and wanted to say something, but swallowed it abruptly, as if he was afraid of destroying this perfect moment.

Pulled into a full bow, swinging with the right hand, the basketball drew a round and hit the basket fiercely.

It's more like putting it into Kobe's heart. Lin Fei in front of him has become more and more powerful. He doesn't even know whether Lin Fei has caught up with him. Kobe shook his head and threw his ideas behind him.

(To be continued)