After the timeout, the Kings replaced Holmes.
On the defensive end, Holmes plays a greater role than Mitchell.
When the Lakers attack, everyone pulls away and lets James attack.
The only player on the Kings team who can match James' size is Holmes.
But Holmes' pace is slightly slower than James, and it is impossible for him to completely guard James.
But there is nothing that can be done. The Kings can only adopt a single defense strategy to deal with James.
After all, the Lakers are the Big Four, and everyone has super abilities.
If they dare to let go of any one of them to double-team James, the consequences will be unbearable for the Kings.
However, if James is not double-teamed, at this critical moment, James really breaks into the inside, which will be very detrimental to the Kings.
But the lesser of two evils!
It is much better to let James get into the paint than to directly leave others open.
Sure enough, after James dribbled the ball and changed direction, he broke through Holmes and went directly to the inside.
When Bagley came to cover, James pulled the lever for a layup. Not only did he score, but he also caused Bagley to foul.
The free throw shot narrowed the gap to just 4 points.
The hearts of Kings fans are hanging in the air again.
The Kings attack next.
Kings coach Walton removed Holmes and replaced him with Mitchell.
When the Lakers defended, it was the same as before, with Westbrook chasing Wang Yi relentlessly, while the other four players formed a formation one step away from both sides of the penalty area.
If you advance, you can defend against three-pointers, and if you retreat, you can defend the penalty area.
And this time they paid attention to strengthening the defense of the penalty area, so it was impossible for Wang Yi to steal another alley-oop dunk.
Wang Yi's constant movement attracted the defense.
After he attracted a lot of defense, everyone else was more or less open.
Mitchell passed the ball to Bagley who was open.
Bagley took a three-pointer without any defense.
Still forging iron.
Looking back, Westbrook grabbed the rebound and launched an attack directly.
When Wang Yi wanted to pursue defense, James suddenly stood in front of Wang Yi, blocking him like a wall.
Although Wang Yi bypassed James, Westbrook had already distanced himself, and it was too late to pursue him.
Westbrook went directly to the basket, jumped high, and violently dunked the basket.
After landing, he seemed to have a breath of bad breath and roared angrily.
This time, I finally didn't get blocked by a flying shot.
At this time, there were only 15 seconds left and the Kings only led by 2 points.
The Lakers will definitely use foul tactics next, and it's hard to say who will win and who will lose.
The Lakers called another timeout.
O'Neal on the sidelines analyzed: "Next, the Lakers must implement foul tactics. They must guard Wang Yi when serving. Don't let Wang Yi get the ball, otherwise Wang Yi's free throw shooting rate of close to 93 this season will make the Lakers
The team is very sad.”
Magic Johnson believed deeply: "That's true. They can't make mistakes on anyone but Wang Yi."
After the timeout, Hilder serves from the outside.
It is very difficult for Wang Yi to catch the ball.
The Lakers always have two or three people trying to steal the ball from him.
But because he attracted a lot of defense, Bagley of the Kings could easily receive the ball.
The moment Bagley caught the ball, Westbrook next to him had already fouled him.
Bagley takes the free throw.
Bagley is a young player after all, and at this moment of life and death, his heart went through huge fluctuations.
The first shot failed to make a free throw.
This gave the Lakers a chance to tie.
Listening to the regretful screams of all the fans at the scene, Bagley looked up at the audience, then at the head coach and Wang Yi.
Then he breathed into his own hands and took the ball.
Wang Yi cast an encouraging look at Bagley.
Bagley nodded.
This is the first time in his life that he has taken such an important free throw in such an important game.
He must never betray his boss's trust again or let the fans down.
Spread your legs slightly, take a deep breath, calm down your emotions, and then shoot the ball twice.
Another free throw shot.
when!
Strike the iron again.
Missed two free throws.
He is still too young and has too much mental burden when encountering such a critical free throw and thinks too much.
At this time, Thick Eyebrow grabbed the rebound and passed it to James.
The Lakers launched a fast break.
The Kings players retreated quickly.
They did retreat quickly, especially Bagley.
After missing two free throws, he was very upset and wanted to make up for it, so he retreated very quickly.
But just because he retreated too quickly, the defense at the three-point line became lax.
After James came to the frontcourt and saw that Gua was unguarded, he directly passed the ball to Gua.
Melo Anthony doesn't care about critical moments.
The so-called society is like me, brother Gua, who is ruthless and doesn't talk much.
After catching the ball, just pull it up.
Swish——
He raised the knife and dropped it, hitting a three-pointer!
The Lakers lead by 1 point!
At this moment, the previously noisy Golden No. 1 Center Arena instantly fell silent.
There are 8 seconds left on the clock and the Kings are 1 point behind.
At this moment of life and death, the camera was on Wang Yi.
And it stayed on Wang Yi for a long time.
The Kings coach called a final timeout.
The camera follows Wang Yi all the way to the court.
Wang Yi sat down to rest, and the camera kept looking at him;
When Wang Yi drinks water, the camera is still pointed at him.
Because everyone knows that in the last 8 seconds, the ball will be given to Wang Yi.
In the regular season this season, Wang Yi made a total of 13 shots at the last moment.
He hit eight of them.
This shooting percentage ranks first among all players in the league.
So there is no doubt that at a critical moment like Game 3 of the playoffs, such a key shot will be given to Wang Yi.
However, at this time, it was impossible for the Lakers to give Wang Yi a chance to make a move.
In the commentary box, O'Neal continued to analyze: "There is no doubt that this chance of winning will be given to Wang Yi, but now the difficulty for the Kings is how to let Wang Yi receive the ball. It depends on whether they have practiced this kind of practice.
The tactic of letting Wang Yi catch the ball at the critical moment."
Magic Johnson then said: "At such a critical moment, it depends on how the Lakers defend. When Wang Yi receives the ball, do they give Wang Yi a chance to make a three-point shot, or do they give other Kings players a chance to make a three-point shot.
I think of course they will still give other Kings players a chance. After all, the other Kings players shot 2 of 11 three-pointers in the fourth quarter."
"As for Wang Yi, he made 8 of 13 shots in the final moments of the season. No one dared to let him shoot at this moment."
O'Neal nodded and then said: "If the Kings take a quick shot and hit two or three points, the Lakers will not have a timeout and they can only serve from the backcourt. Then they will only have 3 to 5 seconds to dribble to the frontcourt and take a shot."
.So the Lakers also have to draw a fast break tactic when arranging their defense."
finally.
Chapter completed!