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"Manu, you were too careless just now." Parker spoke.

"I didn't expect that passer-by to have some ability." Ginobili looked unhappy, as a veteran who has been in the NBA for many years, and is known as the "demon knife", he was rewarded with a big hat by a passerby, which really made Ginobili's face a little unbearable.

"That passerby player is also seven feet long, his height is there, and he is facing the breakthrough head-on, and it is easy to be covered." Parker took the ball and said, "I'll see it later!" I'll help you get revenge and knock that passerby down!" ”

Parker's breakthrough ability is definitely the top in the world, it can almost be said that he sees who is breaking whom, Parker when he was young, others have to take two steps to prevent him from breaking through, and with the increase in age, Parker's breakthrough times have also decreased a lot, after all, breakthrough is a relatively easy way to get injured attack, and when he is older, he is not as desperate as when he was young.

I saw Parker holding the ball, Split stepped forward to block and dismantle, forming a misplaced defense, Parker directly faced Whiteside, and then Parker rushed past Whiteside in disguise.

Whiteside also quickly caught up, ready to get a big hat from Parker's back, but Parker also guarded against this, not going straight to the basket from the side, but going over the basket and making a rebound.

"Smack!" A big slap pressed the basketball directly to the rebound.

"Parker is also covered? Is it the guy who just got rid of Ginobili? ”

While everyone was surprised, Whiteside slammed his arm and threw the ball directly to the frontcourt, while Zhang Guan had already started and caught up with the ball for a layup to score two points.

Parker's face was also a little unkind, and the next shot continued to be a block-and-break break, this time he did not directly choose to go to the basket, but passed the ball to Duncan, who followed up, and played a cooperation.

However, Whiteside followed up again, this time not covering Duncan, but forcing Duncan to turn up the arc of the layup, and the ball bounced out of the frame. Whiteside grabbed the rebound.

The ball was handed to Nash, who advanced quickly, and the Spurs' defense was not in vain, and the players quickly returned to the defense.

Nash pretended to break through, then made a ground-hitting pass and distributed the ball to Zhang Guan, who shot a three-pointer, but unfortunately the basketball bounced out of the frame.

"Rebounding!" Leonard shouted as he rushed forward, and at the same time Split stuck the white edge behind him.

However, what Split didn't expect was that Whiteside, who was not in an advantageous position, jumped up, relied on his long arm to push the basketball into the air, and then jumped again to grab the rebound.

Split is a very good defensive center, his size and positioning, as well as his excellent defensive awareness, are fundamental to his foothold in the NBA, and his ability to play pick-and-roll allows him to earn a starting center spot on the talented Spurs.

But compared to bounce, Split is really not good, this guy basically has no bouncing ability, let alone a second bounce. And many black insiders like Whiteside are bouncers.

The most important thing to grab a rebound is to rely on the card position and occupy a good position, which can offset the opponent's height advantage and the opponent's bounce advantage, but it is difficult to offset the opponent's continuous bounce ability. Those who are constantly bouncing can first dial the ball to a more advantageous position in the air, and then use the continuous bouncing ability to get the ball in their hands. From this point on, Split really can't grab Whiteside.

Whiteside got the rebound and didn't attack, he knew that his task was to grab rebounds and blocks, so he passed the ball directly, Nash controlled the ball again, and then blocked and picked up again, passing the ball to Zhang Guan.

Zhang Guan's hand was not good, and the three-point shot was still a little bit worse, but Whiteside grabbed the offensive rebound from the crowd again, and in this third offense, Zhang Guan's three-point shot was finally made.

"Grabbed two offensive rebounds in a row, and had two blocks before, where did the Lakers get this guy."

"Whiteside, haven't heard the name, where did this guy come from? How can you grab rebounds so much! ”

Losing two frontcourt rebounds in a row, the Spurs' home fans vaguely remembered a boo.

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Duncan gasped for breath, and he felt very tired in the first half of the game.

"Damn run!" Duncan cursed in his heart, for the 38-year-old, he is constantly running around the court like a young man, and his body is indeed a little unbearable.

As for the Lakers, Nash is in a similar situation to Duncan. Nash is 40 years old, two years older than Duncan, and has a back injury, and in the high-intensity confrontation of this kid in the playoffs, Nash can last 20 minutes a game.

Fortunately, the Lakers have no shortage of guards, Meeks and Farmar can make cameo appearances as playmaking guards, while Marshall, although a defensive hole, is a player who is very good at playing artillery tactics.

The score is now 89-83, and the Lakers temporarily lead by 6 points, although the lead is not much, but the pace of the game is in the hands of the Lakers.

Whiteside grabbed another rebound, and D'Antoni on the sidelines nodded in satisfaction.

"Whiteside is a nice young man." D'Antoni muttered to himself.

In this game, Whiteside became the key to the Lakers' victory, although he did nothing on the offensive end, but he has grabbed 13 rebounds and contributed 4 blocks, with him on the floor, the Spurs did not dare to attack the interior easily.

Many fans focus on the three stats of points, rebounds and assists, and not many people pay attention to blocks. In the NBA's annual statistics, the average points per game are often 30+, the average rebounds per game can also be twelve or thirteen, and the guards who average 10 assists per game are even more numerous, compared to the top blockers, it is difficult to exceed 3 blocks per game, and Howard, a player who can jump, only averages 2.9 blocks per game in the best season.

Many fans feel that one block is to make the opponent score two fewer points, and an average of 3 blocks per game is just to make the opponent score 6 fewer points, and two more three-pointers are thrown to make up for it. But in fact, the role of the cap cannot be reflected by statistics.

The big center may not be able to cover a few games a game, but when he is in charge of the basket, he can act as a deterrent. For example, when Da Yao is present, if the opponent wants to break through, he will first seriously ponder whether he will be covered by Da Yao's slap. Therefore, Da Yao's good season is an average of 2 blocks per game, and more often when Da Yao is on the court, the opponent does not dare to attack the basket easily.

That's what Whiteside played today, and after four blocks, the Spurs players felt a little jealous, and they inevitably looked timid when they attacked the basket again. Even Duncan, in the face of a block master like Whiteside, is also evasive.

Whiteside is the kind of player who is physically gifted and has a passion for playing, and as long as he doesn't make a two, any team will welcome him with both hands. There are also many players of this type in the NBA, such as McGee, such as Stephenson, who acts like an All-Star player when he doesn't commit two, and annoying when he does two, and no team wants it. If Whiteside is willing to play solidly in his rookie season, he will certainly not be unable to even play the ball.

Whiteside's sudden power broke Popovich's pre-game deployment, if Popovich knew that the Lakers had such a block king, they would never choose to play mainly inside, and because of this, the Spurs lost the first move, and the score was always behind.

The game finally entered the final two minutes, and the Lakers still held a seven-point lead, and this is often the time for superstars.

So far in the game, Duncan has been on the court for more than 36 minutes, he feels a little tired, and he can't even run to keep up with the rhythm.

Leonard stepped up at this time, and when everyone thought that Leonard was just a defensive striker, he showed good offensive ability. It's just that Leonard has taken on the heavy responsibility of cutting points on the offensive end, and on the defensive end, he also has to limit Zhang Guan's scoring, which is still a little powerless.

Zhang Guan's three-point shot did not disappoint, and at such a critical moment, every time Zhang Guan hit a three-pointer, it was like a hammer to Popovich's chest.

"Are you going to lose?" There was a hint of reluctance in Popovich's eyes, and as the head coach of the Spurs, he certainly didn't want to lose at home with a 3-1 lead.

However, as the time passed, the Spurs' hope of winning became more and more slim, 5 points, 6 points, 7 points, the difference between the two sides has always hovered in these numbers, the Lakers could not widen the score gap, and it was difficult for the Spurs to catch up with the score.

The shouts of the fans in the stadium grew louder and louder, and they were desperate for the team to catch up and even overtake the score at the last minute. But against a team that is bombarded, as long as the opponent's shooting percentage does not drop, the Spurs can only hold on.

The Lakers wish they had time going faster, while the Spurs couldn't.

"Substitutions, Spurs substitutions! Danny Green and Mills are on the court! ”

The Spurs' new two three-point shooting percentages are both above 40%, especially Danny Green, who can shoot 3.2 three-pointers per game, and the offense basically relies on three-point shots.

"The Spurs are going to shoot three points desperately! But this is also normal, several consecutive defenses did not prevent Zhang Guan from scoring, and he can only fight for three-pointers! Oops, Zhang Guan steals, directly attacks the basket, two plus one! ”

The audience booed, but Zhang Guan scored the ball steadily.

"The fatal steal, the key is to play a two-plus-one, the difference suddenly became 9 points, and the Spurs needed three three-pointers to tie it. And it has to make sure that the Lakers don't score points in three rounds. ”

"In this game, if the Lakers win, wouldn't the total score become 2-3, the Lakers are only one game behind, and the next game is still played in Los Angeles, the Lakers are likely to tie the score to 3-3! Do you think the Lakers should stage the Black Eight Miracle? ”

"It's impossible, the Lakers were down 3-0 before. No team has ever been able to come back from 3-0 down to win! Maybe the next game back in Los Angeles, the Spurs will win away from home! ”

In the midst of people's discussions, the Spurs still lost to the Lakers at home 103-109, and the score of this series became 3-2, and the Spurs still held two match points.

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Los Angeles fans never imagined that this series would return to Los Angeles, and they thought the last game would be the Lakers' last game of the season.

However, the Lakers brought a big surprise to Los Angeles when they won the Spurs on the road and dragged the game to Staples Arena.

In the last game, Whiteside was a big hit, at least when he returned to Los Angeles, there were already plenty of people to call him by name, which made Whiteside feel that even if the Lakers were unwilling to renew his contract after the season, he could get a couple of training camp contracts.

On May 2, the sixth contest between the two sides was held in Los Angeles.

From a 0-3 score, to a 2-3 score, and then back to the home court, Lakers fans have a sense of the aftermath. And when the game started again at Staples Arena, the fans dedicated their most enthusiastic performance to the home team.

The whole Staples arena was a sea of yellow, all the fans were wearing yellow T-shirts, they were waving the Lakers flag, and every player on the Lakers team was shouting the player's name when he played.

This scene has not happened for many years, and the last time Staples became like this was in the 2010 Finals, when the Lakers faced off against the Celtics, and the fans at that time were as enthusiastic as that.

In recent years, the Lakers have not played the performance that fans expected, and it has been difficult for Staples Arena to repeat the grandeur of the year.

But this season, the Lakers, the team that was sentenced to death, rushed into the playoffs, which made every Los Angeles fan feel a miracle, and now, they are looking forward to a miracle again!

If you can still turn the tables back from 0-3 down, it will be a miracle.

Many people don't believe in miracles, but they hope for miracles, and more people want to witness a miracle with their own eyes, so they came to the home court of the Lakers, and they wanted to see with their own eyes how the score went from 0-3 to 3-3!

“MVP! MVP! MVP! MVP……”

The moment Zhang Guan held the ball, the audience shouted "MVP" in unison, which made the whole stadium tremble, and when Zhang Guan scored, the audience all stood up and shouted.

And that's just the first verse!

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Duncan wiped the sweat from his head, he looked at the audience around him with some despair, at this moment, he seemed to return to the 2001 playoffs, that was the second year of the Lakers dynasty, at that time the OK combination was unstoppable, that year's Lakers, only in the Finals against Iverson, only lost one game, the rest of the entire road to promotion, is a sweep, including a 4-0 sweep of the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals.

That year, the Spurs were the first regular season in the West, but they had no way to fight back in front of the Lakers, and Duncan only remembered that on the Lakers' home court, he and David Robinson could not stop a murderous O'Neal. In that game, he and David Robinson scored a total of 33 points, and O'Neal alone scored 35 points!

That's what Staples Arena looked like at the time!

At that time, Duncan was just a fledgling young man, but now Duncan has entered the end of his career. But the Lakers' home court thirteen years ago still lingers in his mind. He didn't want to recall the scene when he was swept away, but the fans at the scene made him have to recall that scene.

"These people may have fans at the time, or they may have children of fans at that time...... This is the home court of the Lakers! Duncan took a deep breath, and the air was full of Lakers fans' desire to win!

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On May 2, the Lakers defeated the Spurs 111-107 at home. Zhang Guan scored 51 points, while the Spurs also scored in double figures with six players. The two sides fought until the last minute to decide the winner.

The aggregate score between the two sides has also become a 3-3 draw, and the next game will enter the seventh tiebreaker. If the Lakers win, it will create a "Black Eight Miracle".

In the history of the NBA, there have been a total of five Black Eight Miracles, and in the 1994 playoffs, the Nuggets beat the SuperSonics; 1999 playoffs New York beat Heat; In the 2007 playoffs, the Hornets beat the Mavericks; The Grizzlies beat the Spurs in 2010 and the 76ers beat the Bulls in 2012. Among them, the first two Black Eight Miracles, the first round of the playoffs at that time was still a best-of-five game, which was much less difficult than a best-of-seven game.

But there has never been a comeback after falling behind 0-3. The closest to a comeback was in the 2003 playoffs, when the Mavericks led the Trail Blazers 3-0 and the Trail Blazers trailed 3-3, but the Trail Blazers lost to the Mavericks in Game 7 and ultimately fell short.

In terms of strength, being able to get 3-0 in a series shows that the gap between the strength of the two sides is relatively large, and if you lose one or two games at this time, it may be due to luck, but losing four games in a row is basically unlikely to happen from a theoretical point of view.

Black Eight Miracle, 0-3 turnaround, the next game between the Lakers and the Spurs carries too much, and it is destined to attract the attention of the world.

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The competition has not yet started with the media, and the media has already begun to warm up.

ESPN asked some experts to conduct a survey, and among the 18 experts, only Magic Johnson voted for the Lakers, and the other 17 experts voted for the Spurs. And Magic's vote is still because he was a player on the Lakers, so he will support the Lakers.

Yahoo Sports launched a popular poll, and of the more than 3,000 fans who voted, less than 300 supported the Lakers, and almost all of them were Los Angeles fans.

Obviously, neither experts nor ordinary fans are optimistic about the Lakers.

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"There are a lot of objective factors for the Lakers to pull back three games in a row. First of all, two of these three games are the home court of the Lakers, and we all know that the Lakers' record at home this season is very good. As for that away win, it was all because the Lakers sent out the surprise player Whiteside, and Popovich's tactics happened to be restrained. Back in San Antonio this time, I think Popovich will definitely play steadily, once the Spurs are stable, the Lakers are afraid that there will be no chance! ”

In the studio, Barkley is ruthless with the "poisoned milk" Spurs.

"But after all, the Lakers have a super scorer named Zhang Guan, who scored 51 points in the last game and helped the Lakers defeat the Spurs!" The moderator asked.

"In the first few rounds of the playoffs, Kobe Bryant also scored nearly 50 points in San Antonio, and the Lakers still lost to the Spurs?" Barkley asked confidently.

In front of the TV, Zhang Guan pressed the pause button.

"If you can't win with 50 points, then 60 points! If you can't win with 60 points, then 70 points! It's a big deal, I'll have an 82 points! Zhang Guan sighed softly.