In the last minute, the Living Team only led by three points.
But James had no intention of calling a timeout.
The pick-and-roll cooperation between him and Wang Yi was overwhelming in this game. The Warriors had no way to defeat them, so there was no need to call a timeout.
At this time Wang Yi is holding the ball.
James set a pick-and-roll for him, and Wang Yi took the ball and entered the penalty area.
James didn't follow through because the Warriors shrunk their defense.
As a result, the three-point line was empty, and James retreated outside the three-point line.
Obviously, the Warriors also have a targeted defense.
In the last minute, they would rather give a chance at the three-point line than let the double king's pick-and-roll enter the penalty area.
After James caught the ball, he took a shot resolutely in the wide open space.
Bang——
James shook his head.
The basket resolutely rejected his basketball.
It's as if a girl resolutely rejected the boy's pursuit.
The Warriors grabbed the rebound and quickly launched a counterattack.
Advancing to the frontcourt, the Splash Brothers are still playing pick-and-roll.
All Lakers players raised their defensive intensity to Finals level in the last minute.
Every player jumped on the Warriors players like crazy.
This time, every time the Warriors passed the ball, the Lakers players could rotate in place.
In the end, Thompson had no choice but to take a shot when the attack time was approaching.
Bang——
Basketball also turned its back on Thompson.
The Lakers attacked again, but still did not call a timeout.
James dribbled the ball at the top of the key to press time.
When the time was reduced to the last 5 seconds, he made a pick-and-roll with Wang Yi, and he entered the penalty area with the ball.
Wang Yi pulled outside the three-point line.
For a three-point shooter like Wang Yi, it is absolutely impossible for the Warriors to let him shoot.
Wang Yi had no chance at the three-point line and had no choice but to follow suit.
James made a back pass and passed the ball to Wang Yi.
Wang Yi had a chance to shoot from the mid-range.
He immediately took action without hesitation.
Bang——
Like a cold goddess, the basket rejected Wang Yi again.
At this point, the two sides continued to fight in the last minute.
At this time, only the last 12 seconds were left.
The Warriors called a timeout.
The atmosphere at the scene was already tense and tense.
Warriors fans didn't expect that the Lakers didn't have thick eyebrows in this game, but they actually played until the last minute.
Almost all the fans were standing to watch the game.
More than 30,000 people gathered in the square outside the arena.
Each of them was so nervous that their palms became sweaty.
In front of thousands of screens, both Lakers fans and Warriors fans were equally nervous at this time.
It's just that their points of nervousness are completely different.
Lakers fans were afraid that the Warriors would throw in a three-pointer at this time to catch up with the score.
Warriors fans were afraid that the final attack would not go ahead and they would lose.
On the big screen, you can see the head coaches of both teams holding tactical boards and chattering away.
The commentators at the scene were all chattering and spitting.
I only suffered from the computer in front of me and being forced to wash my face over and over again.
The first game between the Warriors and the Lakers reached this level. Sure enough, the Western Conference Finals is the best to watch.
The timeout ends and players from both sides continue to play.
Warriors Curry serves the ball on the sideline.
After receiving the ball, Green quickly set a screen with Curry and passed the ball hand to hand to Curry.
Curry faked a three-point shot and then quickly passed the ball to Thompson on the right.
Under the cover of several players inside, Thompson was open at this time.
Wang Yi is the Lakers player closest to Thompson on the court, so it stands to reason that he should pounce on him to make up the defense.
But at this moment, a picture suddenly appeared in his mind.
That was a game on December 3, 2021.
Warriors vs. Mavericks.
In the last 15 seconds, the Warriors trailed by three points.
The whole world thought the Splash Brothers were going to shoot a three-pointer.
At that time, Curry passed the ball to Thompson who was open.
The person defending Curry was closest to Thompson and immediately pounced on him.
At this time, Thompson suddenly sent back the message.
Curry swayed at the three-point line, then drove inside and scored a quick two points.
Then the game was finally won through foul tactics.
And the strategy the Warriors are running now is exactly the same as the last moment of that game.
Thinking of this, Wang Yi seemed to pounce on Thompson, but in fact he saved some strength when he pounced.
At the same time, James, who was 45 degrees to the left, also shouted like Wang Yi: "Stephen, Stephen, watch out for Stephen——"
Obviously James also saw through this tactic.
At the same time, he has shrunk towards the inside.
In this way, Wang Yi defends Curry's outside line, while James shrinks to the inside line to prevent Curry from breaking through.
This is the scary thing about having two James on the court. They can see through your tactics and respond immediately.
Sure enough, when Thompson saw Wang Yi rushing toward him, he immediately hit the ball with his left hand and passed it to Curry.
But at this moment, Wang Yi, who had originally pounced on him, suddenly made a diving jump and pounced on the ground pass.
In fact, Thompson had already considered that Wang Yi might intercept the ball, so he deliberately stayed away from Wang Yi when passing the ball.
But he didn't expect Wang Yi's reaction speed to be so fast.
At the same time, he did not take into account Wang Yi's wingspan and big hands.
Therefore, Wang Yi jumped directly to the ball and slid forward three meters on the floor.
When Thompson saw Wang Yi steal the ball, he was startled and rushed toward Wang Yi on the floor.
Meanwhile, Caruso has started.
Like a little rocket, he rushed out towards the frontcourt.
Wang Yi had no room to throw it out at this time, so he could only take advantage of the situation and throw the ball, and the basketball quickly rolled towards the front court.
Caruso bent down, picked up the ball and headed towards the basket.
Although Curry has already chased him, don't mistake the Bald Mamba for the Mamba.
When Caruso took off, Curry couldn't reach his height at all.
Bang——
Caruso hit a gliding chop.
The Lakers lead by 5 points.
All this happened so fast, in the blink of an eye.
The Warriors were a little stunned.
No one expected that at this critical moment, Wang Yi would suddenly steal the ball.
Warriors coach Kerr shook his head.
In fact, the reason why he chose this tactic just now is because he knows that James has a strong memory, and he also knows that Wang Yi has been studying game videos. Many of their tactics should have been thoroughly studied by Wang Yi and James, and this one
The tactic they had only used once before in a match.
And that strategy has been nearly half a year now.
As a result, James and Wang Yi saw through this tactic that was only used once.
These two people are tmd perverts.
At this time, there are only the last 6 seconds left in the game.
The Warriors no longer have timeouts and can only serve from the backcourt.
In the end, because the time was too short, the ball bounced out of the frame after reluctantly shooting.
In the end, the Lakers won their first victory in the Western Conference Finals 108:103.
With his last steal and assist, Wang Yi finally reached double figures in steals and assists.
38 points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals!
Chapter completed!