This time during the timeout, "Victory" was not played again on the Lakers' court.
Because after the two consecutive three-point bombings by the Kings just now, the DJ at the scene felt that it would be better to be more cautious.
Otherwise, "victory" has been played before and ended up losing, which will become a big laughing stock for the Lakers.
However, the time was only 5.7 seconds, the Lakers still led by 4 points, and still had the ball, so it was basically stable.
Lakers coach Vogel said to James next to him: "LBJ, you have to play."
In fact, there was no need for him to say anything, James had already stood up.
In these last 5.7 seconds, there is no room for any mistakes.
Vogel drew a relatively simple serve-receiving tactic, which is to serve the ball to the thick eyebrow.
For the Kings, coach Walton said: "They will definitely find a way to pass the ball to AD, so the focus of our marking is AD. We can leave LeBron James open, and we have to force them to pass the ball to LeBron James."
Everyone knows that James' free throws are not that accurate.
So far in the playoffs, James's free throw percentage is only 68.1%.
This is obviously unqualified.
After a timeout, the Lakers serve a sideline ball.
As expected, the Kings players followed the coach's instructions and focused their attention on thick eyebrows.
Holmes and Bagley went to guard against thick eyebrows.
Shorted James directly.
Wang Yi, on the other hand, was keeping an eye on Horton Tucker, the Lakers' second most accurate free throw shooter.
As a result, the Lakers saw that they could not serve the ball, and finally had no choice but to serve the ball to James when 5 seconds were almost up.
The moment James caught the ball, Hield had already hugged him with both hands.
The referee was also very sensible and blew the whistle immediately.
And time only went by 0.2 seconds.
James was a little speechless.
In fact, he didn't want to catch the ball.
Coach Vogel on the sidelines also scratched his head.
Letting James play at this time is really not a wise choice.
But what if he is not allowed to play?
Is it possible to bench such a superstar at such a critical moment?
That way he won't be scolded to death after the game.
James is not Howard, and he cannot be put on the bench casually.
When James took a free throw, the MVP's voice rang out.
Wang Yi stood on the penalty area line to the left of the free throw line. When James slowly patted the ball, with a bright smile on his face, he said trash talk to James.
"Man, you better make both free throws. Otherwise, you know what I will do."
James couldn't help but feel a little ups and downs in his heart.
Of course he knows what this guy Wang Yi can do.
When he was with the Lakers, Wang Yi did this more than once.
But he still replied: "Don't worry, you have no chance to do it."
With that said, he took a deep breath and shot the free throw.
Bang——
The basketball bounced hard on the rim and jumped away.
"oh--"
The scene immediately erupted in exclamations from the fans.
Everyone knows that James' free throws are not very accurate. Making one of two free throws is just a routine operation.
In fact, James was indeed a little emotionally affected by Wang Yi's words just now.
It's not that he was intimidated by Wang Yi.
But after hearing Wang Yi's words, he held his breath in his heart.
Are you trying to influence my free throw?
Then I still want to punish you.
However, free throws are mainly about psychology.
As long as there is a slight fluctuation in psychology, the hand shape will change when shooting free throws.
Wang Yi shrugged at this time and smiled at James.
"It seems that you insist on giving me a chance. Then there is nothing you can do about it. I can't refuse what you give me."
James shook his head and took a deep breath again.
Free throw made.
Extended the lead to 5 points.
The hanging hearts of Lakers fans were immediately relieved.
The Kings requested a timeout again.
This was also the Kings' last timeout.
During the timeout, they still drew up a tactic for Wang Yi to catch the ball.
On the Lakers side, Vogel looked solemn at this time and said to all the players:
"Wang Yi must not be allowed to catch the ball. You can give the ball to other people and let them catch the ball, but you must not let Wang Yi catch the ball. Double-team him before he catches the ball. He can have three people when he gets the ball.
Even four people double-teamed him."
Everyone knows that there are only 5.5 seconds left and the Kings must shoot a three-pointer.
Vogel's choice is: Others can shoot three-pointers, but Wang Yi can't. Not only can you not shoot, you can't connect the ball.
Come back from the timeout and serve again.
Although Walton drew a temporary three-pointer tactic to let Wang Yi catch the ball.
But the Lakers were determined not to let Wang Yi catch the ball, and Horton Tucker and Big Eyebrow kept staring at Wang Yi.
Even if Wang Yi doesn't have the ball in his hand, the two of them will play one on the left and one on the right, allowing Wang Yi to be the man on the left and the two men advancing and retreating.
The Kings saw that they could not get the ball out, and in the end they had no choice but to serve it to the unmarked Holmes.
Holmes was at the right baseline at this time, and originally he was just acting as a bait here.
He's not here to catch the ball at all.
But the Lakers kept an eye on others and directly let Holmes go.
So he can only catch the ball.
Since entering the playoffs, his three-point shooting percentage is only 29%.
Letting him go is the most reasonable choice for the Lakers.
Therefore, no one can lure him as a bait.
When Holmes received the ball, he was helpless.
He felt the same as James just now.
Damn it!
Why did I catch the ball?
I don't want to.
But I took it even if I didn’t want to, so I had no choice but to do it.
He hesitated and wanted to get to the basket and dunk.
But there is still someone defending under the basket at this time.
He wanted to pass the ball, but the other four players on the Kings team had been blocked in a short period of time, and there was no chance at all.
He gritted his teeth, took two steps back, and stepped outside the three-point line.
Direct three-point shot.
Anyway, there is no time to hesitate at this time.
If there was any further hesitation, the Kings would have no chance at all.
Whoosh!
Hollow hit!
Tencent NBA live broadcast room, Zhang Weiping saw that Holmes was about to take a three-pointer, and he couldn't help shouting:
"Hey, oh, oh, you really dare to vote!"
"Oh! You can really get in!"
Not to mention others, Holmes himself was shocked.
He made 0 of 4 three-point shots in this game.
The action just now was just a helpless move.
I didn't expect that I actually got in.
at this time.
The difference is only two points.
And there was only the last 1.1 seconds left.
Holmes did not celebrate, but felt a little annoyed.
If I hadn't hesitated just now and just stepped out of the three-point line and shot, there would have been nearly three seconds left.
Just because I hesitated, time went by more than a second.
Farke!
The goal was scored, and the hearts of Lakers fans suddenly thumped.
Lakers coach Vogel's heart also skipped a beat.
But when they saw that there was only 1.1 seconds left, they breathed a sigh of relief.
1.1 seconds is still 2 minutes away.
And the Lakers still have the ball.
As long as the Lakers get the ball out and throw it into the sky, time is up.
Even if the Kings want to foul, they have little chance.
The Lakers did not have a timeout at this time, they could only serve from the backcourt.
But the Kings pounced on the Nationals players like crazy.
Giving them no chance to catch the ball.
Seeing that time was almost up, James quickly set up a ball-free screen with Nong Mei.
Let the thick eyebrows be pulled to the outside to catch the ball.
Melo Anthony, who was serving the ball on the sidelines, originally wanted to lob the ball to the thick eyebrow.
But considering that Wang Yi is guarding against thick eyebrows.
His abnormal bouncing is still a bit scary.
So Gua Ge first pretended to lob the ball, and after shaking Wang Yi up, he quickly passed the ball to Nong Mei.
However, his sway was so good that even his thick eyebrows also swung.
Nongmei never expected that Brother Gua would come and make such a fuss.
He also jumped up, and the ball bounced past the thick eyebrow's feet.
Sideline ball, a worldwide problem.
This statement is true.
At this moment, Wang Yi reacted very quickly after landing.
He made a direct dive and pounced on the ball that had almost bounced past Nong Mei's feet.
Chapter completed!