Chapter 298: Overwhelming
The Lakers have suffered two straight defeats in San Antonio!
And two big defeats!
This is a rare situation in the history of the Lakers playoffs!
And anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Lakers' lineup will be finished sooner or later, and Howard will not play the second game! This is already a clear rhythm to break with the Lakers.
Kobe Bryant tried his best, he was struggling to kill the enemy in the first and second games, and he scored 35+ in both games, but the Lakers still struggled to find a win.
The Spurs are very happy, the home advantage was firmly grasped by themselves, and they went to Los Angeles with a big lead, which is undoubtedly very beneficial to the Spurs.
At least the pressure on everyone's minds will be low.
Of course, a playoff team like the Spurs, to be honest, rarely seen them mentally abnormal in the playoffs.
For example, now on the charter plane of the Spurs, Dior and others are very high, this gang of murderous substitutes went crazy in the last game, scoring more than the main five, just looking at the scores, I thought that the five who came up first were substitutes!
Especially Dio, the last game showed his strength as one of the "Four Monsters of Basketball", this flexible fat man scored 18 points, can play inside and outside, and the Lakers are quite uncomfortable.
So the Spurs' current charter flight is full of laughter, and there is no tension at all.
"Today's goal is to-" Dior began to get high.
"Kill the Lakers, kill the Lakers!" His old partner, Mills, picked it up immediately.
"Kick their ass!" Whiteside is being taken badly, what a pure child he was, and now he kicks people's ass at every turn.
Qin Yan shook his head and put on the blindfold again, it was more reliable to sleep.
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Staples, Los Angeles.
With the shadow of a two-game losing streak still hanging over the team, it's fair to say that the rest of the Lakers except for Kobe, Nash and Gasol have no intention of fighting, and for them, the return to Staples is just a mission.
Kobe Bryant came to the arena very early in the third game, he was already very tired, not physically, but mentally tired, after tearing up a whole season with Howard, Kobe Bryant no longer wanted to count on this unreliable guy, in his opinion, it was better to let himself take over the game, rely on his own efforts, the Lakers can still be saved.
The third game hasn't started yet, and the pressure on the Lakers is really great.
Staples' attendance rate in the third game is okay, although the first two Lakers played badly, but die-hard fans are still willing to come to the scene to support the team, by the way, see if Howard, a deserter, can play the third game, if he behaves well, he can be forgiven, but if he doesn't perform well, then Howard will be scolded to death by the fans at home.
Of course, for Howard, it doesn't matter, because he's made it clear that he's not happy to be here when he's left Los Angeles after this season.
On the day of the third battle, the weather in Los Angeles was very bad, and the sky was overcast, like an upside-down water bowl.
Staples, a storm is about to take place.
When the Spurs entered, Staples erupted in a massive boo, and the Los Angeles crowd hoped to help the team beat tough opponents.
The funny thing is that even when he returned to his home court, Howard still didn't play, he didn't come at all!!
Kobe's face is already very ugly.
But this is his home turf, and no matter how unfavorable the situation is, he can't show the idea of backing down!
This is Kobe Bryant, the guy who was able to hold the glory of the city in the team's darkest moments. (After the collapse of OK, Kobe Bryant alone supported the pride of the Lakers, especially the 81-point battle in a single game, which saved the face of the Lakers in those seasons)
"Di-" The referee blew the whistle, and the third game between the Spurs and Lakers began.
"Boom-" At the same time, the dark clouds that had been brewing over Los Angeles for a long time exploded! Lightning tore through the thick clouds and lit up Staples Arena!
Today's weather in Los Angeles is like making a Hollywood blockbuster, except that it is a disaster movie.
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Outside the arena.
The rain continued to fall, and lightning still streaked through the air from time to time.
Inside the arena.
"Di-" The referee's whistle blew, and Ginobili raised his hand helplessly, he didn't stop it just now, and was fouled by Kobe.
Bryant gave him a cold look and walked to the free throw line.
This has happened many times this night from the beginning of the game to the present fourth quarter, with Bryant constantly hitting opponents to cause kills and then going to the free throw line.
"Boom"
Hitting two free throws steadily, it looks as if everything is under Kobe's control, but when people look at the scoreboard on the big screen, they feel like they're wrong.
75:100, the home team is in front and the away side is behind, which means that the Lakers are still almost 30 points behind!
It's a nightmare!
The Lakers fans at the scene were really collectively silent, and they even had a feeling that they shouldn't have come tonight, the weather was so bad, and the team was playing so badly! I thought I could save face at my home court, but what I didn't expect was that the Lakers were beaten even worse after coming back, which was really miserable.
Kobe Bryant may be the only hope for Lakers fans, tonight he still kills all sides, constantly causing fouls from Spurs players, Qin Yan, Leonard, Ginobili, Maddy, Green, Parker, and even Duncan! It became a stepping stone for him to go to the free throw line.
The outside Spurs are at least five people rotating to defend Kobe, but Kobe still has scored 30 points so far, although most of them are obtained through free throws, but it is enough to prove Kobe's determination to win today!
But the Spurs did not release the water, they paid tribute to Kobe Bryant with their best defense, although almost everyone on the outside took turns to defend with three or more fouls, but they did not back down in the face of Kobe's impact, and the most direct result of this is that Kobe Bryant's shooting percentage is not high today.
If it weren't for the fact that there were a lot of whistles today, I'm afraid the Lakers would have lost even more badly now.
Qin Yan and other main players have already sat on the court to rest, this game is not watching, it should have been garbage time a long time ago, Howard did not come, most of the others also did not work, and the Lakers, who only relied on Kobe Bryant to work hard, how could it be the opponent of the Spurs who were united and united?
From the beginning of this game, the result was doomed, a wave of 12-0 shockwave started, the Spurs were really strong today, and they didn't give the Lakers a chance to resist at all.
The final result is also natural, 89:120, the Lakers lost one more game, the total score was 0:3 behind, one foot has stepped off the cliff, and is about to fall into the boundless darkness!