Chapter 570: The Situation Takes a Sharp Turn
"It's best not to go up, although it's just some hard injuries, but if you go on it again, it's likely to worsen." The team doctor spoke, and after speaking, he seemed to remember the scene against the bull, and then added, "Luck doesn't follow a person all the time. ”
After listening to what the team doctor said, Tang Shuai wanted to insist on playing, but finally nodded, the team doctor was right, he didn't need to take risks because of a regular season.
Seeing Tang Shuai nodding, the team doctor breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, the penalty over there had already come out, and Adams was sentenced to a second-degree malicious foul and was directly ejected from the game.
There was a burst of cheers at the scene, but when they saw that Tang Shuai didn't appear after the timeout, the excitement in their eyes turned into worry, and they all looked at the Lakers' bench.
Adams was sent off the field, and Clarkson, who replaced him with a free throw, made two free throws to stretch the score to 12 points, with less than four minutes left in the game.
At this point, it stands to reason that the game is already closed, but the Thunder are clearly not ready to give up.
Westbrook played more ferociously than at any other time in the first three quarters, constantly hitting the interior to create damage.
At the beginning, Gasol was on the court, scoring two consecutive rounds to keep the Lakers at about 10 points, but in the final three minutes of the game, Westbrook's strong burst caused his sixth personal foul.
Gasol contributed 20 points and 12 rebounds in this game, and his performance was quite good, and he received warm applause from the audience.
At this time, there are less than 3 minutes left before the end of the game, and as long as the Lakers hold on to their advantage and play in time, the game will basically be won.
But the reason why the NBA is the NBA is because it is always full of uncertainty and wireless possibilities.
In Gasol's first round off, Clarkson held the ball on the outside to press the time, and when there were about 15 seconds left on the offensive time, he held the ball and prepared to attack.
But at the moment when he dribbled the ball, Westbrook in front of him was already waiting there, "snapping" and quickly cutting off the ball in his hand, and then rushing to the front.
The rest of the Lakers team simply didn't have time to chase the defense, and could only watch Westbrook score on a dunk to close the score to 8 points.
The Lakers attacked again, and after Clarkson dribbled to the frontcourt, he called his teammates to run, and when Landry fell to the low post, he followed and handed the ball in.
It was a good choice, and Landry played very well in the fourth quarter.
Landry did exactly that, playing Kanter with his back, and his beautiful footwork combined with solid footwork under the basket shook off Kante and got a chance to make a shot.
It was a successful offense, he got up and shot, but at the moment he shot, a black shadow flew over and slapped his shot directly to the rebound!
The fans at the scene were in an uproar, and the person who blocked the hat was not Adams, nor Robertson, but Westbrook!
A second ago, he was still defending Clarkson, but now he came from behind and actually rushed into the interior to change Landry!
How fast the reaction speed is, how fast the bullet speed, to complete such an action!
In fact, not only did he do it, but after landing, he used his perverted continuous bounce ability to jump up again and grab the defensive rebound!
When the rebound arrived, Te followed and rushed forward, and when he reached the front court of the Lakers, there was an emergency stop, and Clarkson, who was defending him, did not retreat in time, and directly retreated backwards.
And at this moment, the three points after his emergency stop have been shot.
The fans at the scene were in an uproar.
"Huh!"
A crisp sound, three points of accurate bag!
In less than a minute, the difference was chased to only 5 points!
There are less than 2 minutes left in the game!
Wharton hurriedly reached out and called a timeout.
Tang Shuai couldn't help but look up at the scoreboard at this time, he was indescribably anxious, in fact, if he didn't play this game at the beginning, he wouldn't have such a big reaction when he sat off the court, but the problem was that he played for more than three quarters in the first three quarters, and he could only sit on the sidelines and watch in the last few minutes, which felt so aggrieved.
Wharton emphasized the points that the team should pay attention to on the defensive end, and then let the players play, and when he turned his head to see Tang Shuai's eyes, he turned around as if he didn't see it.
Tang Shuai pouted and could only sit back on the bench.
After the timeout, the Lakers stepped up their defense, and Westbrook's strong offense ultimately came to naught.
The fans cheered excitedly, and then involuntarily turned their heads to look at the score on the field, with one and a half minutes left in the game, and the team's hopes of winning increased considerably by defending this goal.
The Lakers' offense, Clarkson still handed over Landry alone, and this time Landry did quite well and completely shook off Kanter.
But the drama happened, and just as he was about to make a move, the referee's whistle blew.
Roberson's off-ball foul on Batum!
As soon as the whistle blew, there was a burst of boos on the scene, which was equivalent to the referee helping the Thunder team defend a round!
It is impossible to change the referee's decision, and Wharton walked over to negotiate with the referee for a while, and finally could only helplessly spread his hands.
The good news is that the Lakers still have the ball.
After a moment of excitement, the fans turned their eyes back to the field.
It's still a hand-to-land singles.
However, Donovan made defensive changes at the last minute and let Adams defend.
Landry had little advantage over Adams, and his layup after turning was heavily disrupted, and the shot eventually popped out of the frame and the rebound was grabbed by Kanter.
Westbrook dribbled quickly to the frontcourt, and a breakaway feint forced Clarkson to take a step back before another dry three-point shot.
As soon as the ball was shot, it immediately caused an uproar among the fans at the scene.
Just two rounds into the first two rounds, Westbrook hit a three-pointer!
"Bang!"
This time, the three-point shot jumped out of the basket, and the fans immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
However, before this breath could be relieved, Westbrook rushed into the interior again, grabbed the offensive rebound that popped up, and flew directly towards the basket.
The ball bounced far away, and Knoll didn't have a chance to get the rebound, and when he saw Westbrook rushing over, he jumped up and blocked it, because he was determined to defend the ball.
It was a successful defense, but that's when Westbrook's perverted physicality showed, he moved in the air, pulled the ball over with his right hand, dodged Knoll's style, and then hooked the ball up and into the basket!
That's not all, after he made a shot, the referee's whistle on the sidelines followed.
It's a 2+1 round!
As soon as the penalty came out, the fans at the scene were completely messy, and they all turned their heads to look at the scoreboard.
If this ball is missed, the difference will only be 2 points within reach, and the game will really become suspenseful.
Wharton reached out again and called a timeout.
Tang Shuai finally couldn't sit still at this time, got up and grabbed Wharton and said, "Luke, I can play, I'm fine." ”
In order to prove that what he said was not a lie, he also shook his arm twice.
Wharton waved his hand directly.
The team doctor also walked up at this time.
"Luke, just let me go! I've played three quarters, so it's really worse for me to watch the team get chased than to kill me! Tang Shuai said with some emotion.
Wharton was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Tang Shuai's willingness to play would be so strong.
"Look, I'm really fine." Tang Shuai shook his arm again.
Wharton stopped him, and after directly summoning the team doctor, he asked, "Tang's situation is really as serious as you said earlier?" ”
The team doctor was stunned for a moment.
Seeing the reaction of the team doctor, Wharton basically already knew that in order to protect Tang Shuai, the team doctor must have said something a little more serious, and he then said to Tang Shuai: "I will arrange for you to play, but you are playing in the No. 2 position, you can't attack with the ball, is it okay?" ”
Tang Shuai nodded vigorously.
Wharton then picked up the tactics board, summoned the other team members, and began to lay out tactics.
Coming back from a timeout, Westbrook goes to the free throw line.
The fans all looked at Westbrook nervously, but when they saw Tang Shuai reappear, the scene suddenly erupted in a deafening cheer.
Soon after Tang Shuai left the game, the official had already given the news that Tang Shuai would basically not play in this game because of a muscle strain, but he didn't expect that at the most critical moment, he still played, and their minds naturally came up with the previous game against the Grizzlies, and in addition to excitement, there was a faint worry in their eyes.
Westbrook was ready to make free throws, and when he looked back and saw Tang Shuai on the stage again, there was a look of surprise in his eyes, obviously he didn't expect Tang Shuai to choose to play at the last moment.
“1!”
At that moment, the referee shouted at him, and he turned his head and nodded at the referee.
The referee gave him the ball, he took a deep breath and hit the penalty steadily.
At 117-119, the Thunder chased the difference to only 2 points.
“Let’s.go! Lakers! ”
The audience sent a deafening cheer for the Lakers, and Tang Shuai for the team.
Clarkson advanced to the front court with the ball and then beckoned his teammates to run.
Tang Shuai and Batum staggered and ran to the basket.
"Follow him! Follow him! Donovan shouted anxiously on the sidelines, and he naturally meant Tang Shuai.
The Thunder's defensive center of gravity immediately focused on Tang Shuai.
Tang Shuai saw this scene and stopped nauseating, so he ran directly to the bottom right corner.
With this run, he pulled the Thunder team clean under the basket in one fell swoop.
Seeing an opportunity, Clarkson accelerated directly to the basket, and he rushed quite decisively, focusing on the bottom corner of the Thunder's defense, and he even got a very good offensive opportunity.
By the time they realized that Clarkson was going to attack, it was too late for the Thunder to retreat.
Clarkson dodged Adams' block, writhed in the air with the ball, and then sent the ball up. (To be continued.) )