Chapter 268: The decisive victory is in the third quarter

With a timeout, Qiao Hai made a direct substitution and replaced Ragabel with Rahim.

"Then we get through the half quickly and then we make a shot after 20 seconds."

It's going to creep.

Qiao Hai thought about it, and always felt that the opening was such a random run, it was indeed easy for the opponent to seize the opportunity and collapse in a wave, for example, just now, if Qiao Hai didn't call this timeout, the Lakers would be together, and the remaining 5-point lead would be eliminated in an instant.

Therefore, no matter what time it is, it is better to start with a steady hand.

Therefore, the Grizzlies switched back to the Princeton offense, and after a timeout, relying on Raheem's low-post strategy, Brad Miller's high-post strategy, and the 20-second offense, the Grizzlies found their offensive touch again.

Ball after ball slowly chiseled, the Grizzlies maintained their lead again.

But Bryant's consecutive 4 points in the opening game have narrowed the gap to about 5 points.

Therefore, in the next game, the Grizzlies played like walking on thin ice, Qiao Hai was afraid that if he would not score or score in one or two rounds, the Lakers would tie the score in waves, and at that time, the game would be really difficult to play.

The Grizzlies delayed their shots for 20 seconds, and the offensive efficiency was not bad, and for a while, Qiao Hai was not in a hurry to adjust.

More than five minutes into the third quarter, Phil Jackson was in a hurry.

At this time, the Lakers are still 6 points behind, O'Neal Kobe has been playing for a long time, and if he continues to play like this, Kobe Bryant is okay, he is a physical maniac, O'Neal is a little unbearable, from the perspective of rotation and physical fitness, the Grizzlies still have a considerable advantage.

Physical disadvantage, the Lakers are still 5 points behind, which is equivalent to a big disadvantage for the Lakers.

So, Phil Jackson had to hurry.

In this game, Kobe Bryant's state was not good, he broke out for a while, and there was a period of crazy iron, and the third quarter was not finished, Kobe Bryant shot 8 of 21 and scored 22 points, but O'Neal was in good shape, 16 shots, scored 11 goals, and scored 26 points.

Phil Jackson made adjustments, strictly ordered Kobe to reduce his outside shots, and gave O'Neal a lot of balls, specializing in O'Neal, although Kobe was not angry, but he also had to admit that his state in this game was really not good, especially after the Grizzlies frantically pinched him, Kobe's iron was even more explosive, and the outside offense could not be opened at all, so he relied on O'Neal's strong inside to score.

The Lakers did not make a substitution, but the Grizzlies suddenly made a substitution, replacing Raheem with Mike Bibby, which instantly turned into one big and four small, and started running again.

On the first shot after the timeout, the Lakers gave the ball to O'Neal.

O'Neal hit strongly, Brad Miller was naturally difficult to resist, O'Neal turned and dunked violently, scored 2 points first, and the difference narrowed to 4 points.

Then, the Grizzlies attacked quickly in a wave, Maddy singled out Bowen, and after dribbling under the crotch and changing hands, he suddenly accelerated, passed Bowen sideways, and then hit Kobe Bryant on the other side, and pulled out directly from the middle distance!

Bang, in!

At the critical moment, Maddie also exploded.

It's still a 6-point difference.

The Lakers serve in the backcourt and quickly pass the halfcourt.

O'Neal stuck the position on the inside, opened his hand to ask for the ball, and Kobe Bryant gave it directly.

It's still O'Neal's single, the Grizzlies still don't pinch the attack, let O'Neal play strongly, Brad Miller gritted his teeth to defend, O'Neal saw that the Grizzlies had no intention of pinch attack, he turned around directly, raised his hand to make a layup, and the difference became 4 points again.

On the Grizzlies' side, after serving in the backcourt, Billups quickly advanced to the frontcourt, did not stop the ball, and he directly passed Brad Miller's cover, shook off Fisher, and rushed to the basket.

Bruce Bowen made up for it, but Billups took the opportunity to pass the ball to Maddie at the near end, Maddie also rushed a step, still in the middle distance, an unguarded jump ball, the basketball was thrown high, crossed a high arc, and with a bang, drilled into the basket!

Maddie scored consecutive points, and the difference was still 6 points.

The Lakers' offense, Kobe Bryant continued to pass the ball to O'Neal, in fact, this ball Kobe Bryant already had the urge to play by himself, but Phil Jackson has been standing on the sidelines, Kobe still gave Phil Jackson some respect, did not single, and chose to pass.

O'Neal hit hard, the inside line was strong, and Brad Miller still didn't defend it.

The Grizzlies served the ball in the backcourt again, and at this time, Qiao Hai stood up and called Mike Bibby, who was closest to him on the sidelines: "Mike, tell everyone on the court, slash shark tactics." ”

Mike Bibby immediately nodded, the Grizzlies' backcourt ball had been sent, and Bibby turned back to attack.

Or Billups's sudden breakthrough, this time Derrick Fisher barely kept up, and no one from the Lakers went up to attack, Billups saw this, directly broke through the inside, faced O'Neal's defense, raised his hand for a layup, and the Grizzlies also continued to score.

The speed of the attack was very fast, and it took only 9 seconds before and after.

With three waves of offensive goals in a row, the Grizzlies' fast break is already open.

Next, the Lakers' offense, Kobe hesitated with the ball, Phil Jackson didn't know that the Grizzlies had sacrificed the shark slashing tactic, so when he saw Kobe Bryant taking the ball and not passing, he yelled directly: "Pass!" Pass! ”

Kobe Bryant was helpless, found an angle, and put the ball inside again.

The next second, a beep!

O'Neal was just about to make a move, but he was directly pulled down by Brad Miller behind him, and the referee whistled directly, and O'Neal was also confused, but he instantly understood what the grizzly bear meant.

McBrin and Marf Albert in the commentary box also understood: "Shark slashing tactics, finally, we saw this alternative and buggy tactic in the Grizzlies vs. Lakers game. ”

"That's right, it's very different, and it's worth mentioning that this set of tactics was carried forward by Qiao Hai, and O'Neill should feel familiar by now, because he has suffered from this strange set of tactics."

"In fact, another point that must be mentioned is that Qiao Hai is a master of using shark cutting tactics, and he knows when to start shark cutting tactics, such as now...... O'Neal has scored three consecutive singles, and this time it looks like he's going to score again, only to be pulled down by Brad Miller. ”

"The referee awarded a shooting foul, so, although the number of fouls has not yet arrived, O'Neal has already stood on the free throw line, and now it is O'Neal's free throw that will be tested."

In the third quarter, Phil Jackson, who had been standing on the sidelines uncharacteristically, also looked serious at this time, whether the Lakers had a chance in this game, it depends on O'Neal's free throws, free throws are life and death, Phil Jackson doesn't like this feeling very much, but he is helpless, free throws are O'Neal's dead end, Qiao Hai failed to change this, and neither did Phil Jackson.

With a bang, the first penalty was ironed.

It didn't take long for another bang, and the second penalty didn't go in.

There was a scramble under the basket, the Grizzlies grabbed the rebound, and then a wave of fast-break counterattacks.

The Grizzlies' fast break has been turned on, Billups received the ball, rushed to the front, shot directly from the middle distance, and with a bang, the difference was stretched to 8 points.

Phil Jackson had no intention of replacing O'Neal, but Kobe Bryant wanted to play alone.

But as soon as Bryant got the ball, the referee's whistle blew again.

With a beep, Brad Miller fouled O'Neal off the ball.

The fouls were up, so O'Neal had to go to the free-throw line.

On the Grizzlies bench, Joe Hai called out Rasius Nestelovich: "Lassiu, you go up, replace Brad." ”

Brad Miller has already committed four fouls, while Nestrovic has only one foul, and the shark-cutting tactics have been implemented, and the Grizzlies have to control the number of fouls, so they have to make substitutions at this time. On the Lakers' side, Phil Jackson has also called AC Green, and it seems that he is ready to replace O'Neal, Qiao Hai saw it, but he didn't react, anyway, it's one big and four small, and it makes no difference whether the center uses Nestrovic or Brad Miller.

This time, O'Neal went to the free throw line and hit one of two free throws to make a seven-point difference.

The Grizzlies served in the backcourt and played another wave of fast offense, this time it was Maddy, who got the ball in the middle distance, rushed directly to the basket, and made a layup against O'Neal's defense, and the ball went in!

Two points to hand, the difference to 9 points.

Phil Jackson still insisted on not taking O'Neal, and the Grizzlies did not relent, continuing to cut the sharks, this time it was Rasius Nesterovic who fouled.

O'Neal continued to go to the free-throw line and slashed the shark three times in a row, and the Staples Center was already booing and bombarding everyone's eardrums.

But when O'Neal started making free throws, the boos stopped, and the whole arena fell silent, so quiet that you could hear the sound of breathing.

O'Neal's breathing was relatively short, and he threw a ball in a hurry, and as soon as the ball was shot, Qiao Hai could clearly see that the arc of the ball was high, and it was still a little floating, and sure enough, with a bang, the basketball smashed into the periphery of the basket and bounced out.

The first penalty was not scored.

Then, the second penalty shot, bang, still didn't go in.

The Grizzlies grabbed the rebound, and it was another wave of fast breaks.

Billups received the ball and quickly rushed to the frontcourt, directly attracting the defense of the Lakers' outside two, at this time, Billups turned his head to look at Maddie on the other side, Maddy had no defenders in front of him, and the Lakers left a defender in the middle of Mike Bibby and Sean Marion.

So, Billups made a cross to Maddie on the other side.

Maddie catches the ball, and he just ran outside the three-point line and raises his hand to shoot!

Bang!

Ball in!

"Nice chase three! Maddie's shot is too accurate! Maddie in the third quarter exploded! Score points in a row! ”

Three-point score, 12-point difference.

Phil Jackson couldn't bear it anymore, called a timeout, replaced O'Neal, and Qiao Hai also terminated the shark slashing tactic in due time, but the run-and-gun tactic continued.

O'Neal left the court, and the Grizzlies played even more unscrupulously.

Crazy pinching Kobe Bryant on the outside, crazy running and bombing on the offensive end, and all kinds of goals.

In the remaining two minutes of the third quarter, the Grizzlies opened up to 17 points in a wave, and in the third quarter, relying on the shark slashing tactics and the run-and-bomb tactics that gradually opened up the feel, the Grizzlies won in a wave!

With a 17-point difference, the Lakers, who have returned to their home court in Game 3, are already a little desperate.

In 2000, when the three-point game had not yet begun to prevail and the No-hand-check rule had not yet been enforced, Kobe Bryant was not in good shape, O'Neal was still limited by the shark cutting tactic, plus a 17-point deficit, everyone knew that the Lakers had gone far.

"The 17-point difference, a different plot from the previous two games, but a similar huge disadvantage, this game, the Lakers are already difficult to turn around."

McBrin shook his head and sighed, and Marf Albert held his chin and thought about it, giving a probability: "The Lakers only have a 10% chance of turning around, and this 10% probability comes from two kinds, one is Shaq's outburst, and the other is Kobe Bryant's outburst." ”

"But now that Kobe is in terrible shape, O'Neal may be able to play at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but once the number of fouls reaches four, O'Neal will have to be subject to the shark slashing tactic......"

"Now, the Lakers have too many problems to face, they can't cope with the Grizzlies' run-and-gun tactics, in this game, the Grizzlies frantically pinched Kobe Bryant on the defensive end, completely sandwiching Kobe to death, O'Neal is also subject to Qiao Hai's sudden shark slashing tactics, there are too many problems......"

At this time, NBC gave Qiao Hai a shot at the right time.

Joe Hay had already sat back in his place, sitting on the bench, discussing something with Byron Scott.

Lakers fans who never booed Qiao Hai in the regular season were also booed at this time, and even radical fans scolded Qiao Hai: "Traitor! ”

Qiao Hai didn't hear it, he knew that after this game, the Lakers fell behind 0:3, and the number of those who fell behind 0:3 in the playoffs in history and completed the comeback was zero!

Another statistic - there have been nearly 100 3:0 leads in history, and the number of times it has been overturned is zero!

From these two sets of data, it can be seen that not only this game, but even the entire series of Lakers have gone far.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, O'Neill and Kobe Bryant came on.

At the beginning, Maddie made a three-pointer and directly stretched the difference to 20 points.

Qiao Hai also called a group of substitutes from the bench, he was going to be on the bench, 20 points difference, Qiao Hai didn't think the Lakers still had a chance to turn around, Marv Albert thought the Lakers had a 10% chance of turning the tables, Qiao Hai thought it was zero.

The Lakers hit a backhand, O'Neal missed a mid-range shot, and Sean Marion grabbed the rebound.

The Grizzlies fought back and scored again on the counter-attack, with a 22-point deficit.

At this time, the four substitutes who will be on the court by the Grizzlies have already stood in front of the technical table, waiting for the dead-ball substitution.

The Staples Center, which had just been quiet for a while, booed again.

The boos continued until the end of the game.

The beep of the final timer sounded, and Staples's sometimes weak, sometimes huge boos reached a peak at once, shaking people's eardrums, but in the midst of this boo, the grizzlies began to celebrate.

"Congratulations to the Vancouver Grizzlies who beat the Lakers 123-105! Series 3:0 lead! ”

"A surprising score, no one expected that the last season championship would be powerless under the Grizzlies, superstars Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant were completely useless, and they couldn't lead the team to win at all......"

McBrin and Marv Albert are still wrapping up the game.

Joe Hai searched around the sidelines and couldn't find Phil Jackson.

But it's true that with three consecutive losses and the team about to replicate the 0:4 win over the Grizzlies in the regular season, Phil Jackson can't stay and be humiliated by Joe.

Phil Jackson escaped, but Qiao Hai was found by NBC's sideline reporter David Wallace, who stopped him and answered a few questions.

"Hello, Qiao Hai, I have a few questions." David Wallace pointed to the camera, indicating that this was a live broadcast, Qiao Hai spread his hands and could only nod. "Back-to-back big wins over the Lakers, and a 3-0 lead in the series, reminds a lot of people of your prediction before the playoffs, the Grizzlies did beat the Kings 3-1, and they did beat the Spurs 4-3, so the Grizzlies will sweep the Lakers?"

Qiao Hai nodded: "I think so, the sweep is close at hand." ”

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