After Nongmei left the game, the Kings began to slowly take the lead.
Although their shooting is still not good, Wang Yi's mid-range shot feels good today.
When a player shoots 70% from mid-range, there's almost no way you can defend him.
After all, the mid-range shot is the signature weapon of basketball god Michael Jordan.
The weapon of God shows its power.
In just three minutes, Wang Yi made 6 of 7 field goals.
The score difference widened to 7 points.
I thought the Kings would take the opportunity to widen the gap.
But at this time, the Lakers' real big brother, Melon, woke up again.
Hunting time!
He started shooting from beyond the three-point line.
In 1 minute and 13 seconds, he made 4 of 4 three-pointers.
Still the same sentence.
This melon is so sweet.
Fortunately, Wang Yi also continued to hit 2 points.
This kept the score difference at about 3 points.
Gua Ge's sudden outburst made head coach Vogel breathe a sigh of relief.
I looked at the time and saw that there were still more than 40 seconds before Anthony should take a break.
Vogel is the kind of coach who is somewhat old-fashioned.
In terms of player rotation arrangements, there has always been a fixed time.
When the time comes, you have to go down when you need to go down, and you have to go up when you need to go up.
No matter how the situation changes on the court, you are still clocking in and out.
However, it was in these 40 seconds that tragedy happened.
Melo Anthony stretched his knee while fighting for a rebound.
He only heard a loud "pop" sound from his knee.
Then a heartbreaking pain came from his left knee.
He fell to the ground involuntarily.
He was covering his left knee with his left hand, gritting his teeth, and beating the floor with his right fist.
His face instantly turned pale, and cold sweat trickled down his face.
Obviously, he was suffering extremely severe pain at this time.
Lakers players gathered around one after another, and Wang Yi quickly came to the side to check.
Although they are competitors on the court, Wang Yi does not want other players to suffer any injuries.
After this inspection, Wang Yi was suddenly shocked.
Brother Zhijigua's left knee is swelling at a speed visible to the naked eye.
And it seems that the knee joint has been displaced, which is shocking at a glance.
At this moment, the entire Staples Center was silent.
The Lakers team doctor rushed over, half-knelt in front of Anthony, and asked about his physical condition.
Anthony just shook his head.
The pain made him unable to speak at all.
His right hand continued to slap the floor.
There was no relief from the pain.
It took a full five minutes on the sidelines before two Lakers players held Anthony.
Anthony's left leg was half hanging in the air, and only his right leg was on the ground.
Slowly walked towards the players tunnel.
Wang Yi frowned.
Looking at the shocking appearance of Anthony's knee, he probably won't return for this game.
Maybe some people think this is good news for the Kings.
In this game, the Lakers almost collectively failed to achieve accuracy. Only Anthony had a hot three-point touch. It was because of him that the Kings were not allowed to open up the score.
Now Anthony is injured, which is naturally good news.
But in fact, none of the Kings players want to see Anthony injured.
Anyone who has played football knows that as long as there is not too much grudge between the two parties, no one wants to see anyone get hurt.
Even if it's an opponent.
After a commotion, the referee signaled for both sides to continue the game.
Without Melo Anthony, the Lakers really have no firepower on the outside.
They can only keep attacking inside.
James breaks through, Westbrook breaks through.
The defensive strategy adopted by the Kings is zone defense.
Since you don't have outside firepower, we naturally need to use a joint defense to protect the penalty area.
Five people are standing on the penalty area line.
If you dare to rush in, five people will surround you.
As a result, James and Westbrook will not be able to break in.
Vogel had no choice but to send Master Huo.
Originally, everyone was huddled in the penalty area, and the space was extremely small. As soon as Master Huo, who was big and thick-waisted, came up, the inside line became even more crowded.
As a result, the internal line has almost become a meat grinder.
In this noisy arena, the sound of muscles colliding with muscles and the roars of the players were all loud.
The Lakers can also shrink their defense at this time.
Since Wang Yi wants to hit the mid-range shot, they will shrink their defense within the three-point line.
Prevent Wang Yi's mid-range shot and prevent other Kings players from breaking through.
As a result, it will be very difficult for the Kings to score a goal.
Not only was Wang Yi unable to break into the penalty area, but every time Wang Yi made a mid-range shot, two or three people came to defend him, which also caused his shooting percentage to drop a bit.
The scores of both sides began to take the lead alternately.
In just three minutes, the score actually took the lead seven times.
At the end of the third quarter, Wang Yi originally wanted to try another three-pointer from the backcourt, but seeing an opportunity in the frontcourt, he threw the ball far into the frontcourt.
Bagley went inside for a dunk.
As a result, Master Huo was chased back and knocked to the ground.
Another wave of conflicts broke out between the two sides.
Fortunately, the replay later showed that Master Huo was rushing for the ball, not the person.
In the end, Bagley made two free throws.
At the end of the third quarter, the Kings only led by two points.
During the break, news came from the Lakers locker room that Gua had torn the cruciate ligament in his left knee and was out for the season.
After hearing the news, both the Lakers and Kings players felt a little heavy.
The fans of Gua Ge are even more heavy-hearted.
A torn cruciate ligament in the knee is not a minor injury.
Ordinary people may be able to walk normally after a month or two of rest, and the rest is a matter of slow recovery.
But NBA players have to endure high-intensity confrontations.
If you haven't fully recovered, you won't be able to play at all.
Therefore, it is generally estimated that it will take 9 to 12 months to recover from this kind of injury.
Players like Gua who are in the twilight years of their careers recover even more slowly.
Brother Gua will be 40 years old in less than a month.
It is very likely that after this serious injury, he will never be seen on the NBA court again.
This is the tragedy of professional players.
In their careers of more than ten or twenty years, they will suffer injuries all over their body.
Many injuries will even plague these players for life.
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In the 4th quarter, both sides continued to play.
Wang Yi still didn’t rest for a minute.
Brother Nongmei is back in action this time.
Wang Yi once again started to stir up the anger of Brother Nongmei.
The thick eyebrows were once again irritated when Wang Yi teased her, and her movements began to get louder again.
Although he fouled Bagley and Holmes consecutively after coming on the court, another personal foul occurred during the battle with Holmes.
This is already his fifth personal offense.
In desperation, he had to take a rest.
As a result, the Lakers lost two of their Big Four, and the Kings suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.
However, due to the previous strangulation battle, they consumed too much physical energy, so everyone's hit rate is still not high.
With three minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Kings only led by 5 points.
This is when thick eyebrows come on stage.
He seemed to be holding back some energy.
After coming up, he turned over and hit consecutive jump shots.
In addition, James also hit two turnaround jump shots.
Finally, with 40 seconds left in the game, the Lakers overtook the score and only led by one point.
When it was the Kings' turn to attack, Wang Yi was surrounded by three people and made a pass error.
Chapter completed!