Chapter 119: The Decisive Moment

After the end of the third quarter, the Lakers led the Pistons by two points with a narrow gap of 76:74, Osborne scored 18 points alone with six three-pointers in the third quarter, and Kobe Bryant was no less than 22 points in a single quarter, after all, Osborne did not attack much in the last minute of the third quarter, but only grabbed a few rebounds by virtue of his height.

After all, Osborne can't play five kobs by attacking alone, and Osborne doesn't want to expose his shortcomings to others. And the reason why Osborne's defense is so poor and his progress is so slow is also due to his reluctance to make physical contact with others.

Larry Brown didn't dare to let the Pistons' rotation lineup go up to give away points, and a certain superstar of the Lakers accidentally broke out and the Pistons were on their knees, so the Pistons didn't have much rotation in this game.

So the current Pistons are a little tired, like Ben Wallace and Chauncy Billups have not rested much, and Taysha Ann Prince is also a little hard, after all, he is not a player who plays as a power forward, and he is good at the two positions of small forward and shooting guard.

Osborne also doesn't have much rest now, and he is also very tired, if Kobe Bryant has been defending him like this, Osborne can only get a decent shot through the team's pick-and-roll tactics.

After a break in the third quarter, the decisive moment in the fourth quarter is coming, and now the situation is very unfavorable for the Pistons, there are almost no personnel on the Pistons bench who can stand alone, and Elden Campbell has some strength, Larry Brown has no choice but to let Osborne return to the small forward position, and let the backup guard Rich Balding reluctantly replace him first, anyway, Larry Brown feels that Kobe Bryant will not have too many performance opportunities in the fourth quarter, it is better to let Osborne continue to be in the small forward position, This will allow you to score without hindrance.

In the fourth quarter, the Lakers and Pistons played their main forces, and the tense decisive moment was coming.

"This ball, the Pistons obviously have no advantage, but the Pistons have been able to survive until now, thanks to Ben Wallace, Chauncey Billups and Osborn, if Ben Wallace can't bear O'Neal The Pistons collapsed in the first quarter, or if Chaunsibilupes controls the rhythm and adjusts in the center, the Pistons will collapse in the second quarter, and without Osborne's crazy three-point, Kobe Bryant will also defeat the Pistons in the third quarter, and the Pistons can survive until now It's really amazing, but I'm still not optimistic about their results. After all, the Pistons are already at the end of their power, and it's just a matter of how many points the Lakers can win. Charles Barkley swore by it.

His words seem to make a lot of sense, but they are like nonsense, everyone can see the decline of the Pistons, Charles Barkley is always on the strong side to explain the situation, of course, there is a chance to say it, if I say it first, I can say it, his partner Kenny Smith said with contempt in his heart.

"It's not yet clear who will win and who will lose, but we'll have to wait and see, and everything will be great in T.N.T."

Osborne doesn't know that Charles Barkley's big mouth has looked down on the Pistons, but he still wants to win, and no matter how exciting and classic all competitive sports are, it is always meaningless not to win.

Since Osborne has returned to the position of small forward, he also knows that the task given by Coach Larry Brown is to score, and his subordinates will score without leaving a trace of emotion, Osborne's current statistics are already very good, he got 28 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in just three quarters, if Osborne doesn't pay attention to it, he doesn't know that he has once again got a triple-double data, tying Chamberlain's consecutive triple-double data.

This time, the triple-double data Osborne didn't force himself to deliberately brush, but he really wanted to win the Lakers, Osborne felt that there were really some data that didn't need to be deliberately brushed, as long as you always played with the goal of winning, the data would definitely not be bad.

Kobe Bryant watched Osborne return to the small forward position from a distance, feeling very envious, although the team he is on now is the dream of other players, but it makes him a little sad, the dead fat man and the two old guys joined forces to squeeze him.

Osborne took the lead in using a small range of body forward direction changes, and then a large range of turns and breakthroughs, directly into the Lakers restricted area, and then Osborne faced Karl Malone's defense with a pull-up jump shot, Osborne felt that the ball was stable and scored, but unfortunately there was a stubborn fighter behind Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, his physical fitness was at its peak, and a big hat was directly fanned.

It turned out that Kobe Bryant was still worried, and he was following him to the forbidden area to ambush himself, Kobe said: "With your level, you still stay honestly on the outside, the forbidden area is not where you should come, otherwise I will invite you to eat hot pot." ”

Osborne doesn't care about Kobe's sarcasm, and seems to be very obedient, Osborne really doesn't break into the Lakers restricted area, and the opportunity is to turn around and step back for a jumper or a three-point pull-up jumper, or a break-through pull-up jumper, anyway, he doesn't break through inside.

Although Osborne's shooting percentage has dropped dramatically now, he has made many shots so fast that he has treated the game as a shooting game.

And the Lakers are also playing on the inside, giving Ben Wallace and Tysa Springs, don't want it, Kobe Bryant saw that such a duel didn't have much room for his own play, and his heart was inexplicably sad and angry.

O'Neal forced a two-pointer, Osborne responded with a three-pointer, Karl Malone threw a two-pointer, and Osborne still made a three-pointer, and the Pistons barely managed to maintain a gap of not being led by the Lakers by too many points. Osborne simply relied on his own strength to resist the entire Lakers, and he also faintly surpassed the Lakers' posture.

Although the Zen master doesn't like to call a timeout, but this time it must be adjusted, and now the Lakers' small forward position has no one available, they can neither attack nor defend, and it is completely used to make up the number, and the Lakers have cleared out some irrelevant players in order to get Karl Malone and Gary Payton, resulting in some worries on the Lakers' bench.

Kobe Bryant knew why Phil Jackson called a timeout, so he took the initiative to ask: "Coach, I can prevent Osborne from killing and ensure that he doesn't score a double-double in the end, do you think that's okay?" Gary Payton also said directly without showing weakness: "Coach, although I am a little old, but if I can still take responsibility for defense, I think that OMG kid can't be stronger than Jordan no matter how good he is, I will definitely be able to lock up the last hope of the Pistons." ”