Towns couldn't help but shake his head. He played too smoothly in the inside in the first two games, and he obviously underestimated Mozgov's movement speed.

In fact, Mozgov's movement is indeed slow, but the speed of a person can be changed through hard work. Mozgov's remedial defense is obviously his performance beyond his level.

The result is a solid big shot.

Mohamed sent the ball from the sideline, and Rubio organized a single to Towns.

This time, Xiao Nansi learned from his experience and directly chose to go around. The two of them fought hand in hand, and the scene was quite intense.

Towns was slowly finding the position, but the attack time was passing by little. Rubio had no choice but to give the ball to Wiggins. Wiggins took the ball and took a step before the whistle sounded.

"Bang!"

Under Batum's top defense, he rushed to make a move again.

Mozgov caught the rebound.

Mozgov then gave the ball to Shuai Tang.

Tang Shuai accelerated and rushed forward, fearing Tang Shuai's breakthrough. Rubio's goal from the top defender deliberately retreated a small step. This small step, Tang Shuai didn't hesitate at all, and directly raised his hand and shot from the three-point line.

"Swish!"

The basketball is hollow and the three-pointer is shot again!

"****, fuck them!" Nicholson suddenly stood up from the sidelines, thrust his big belly, and shouted at Tang Shuai on the field with a strong fist.

Jordan was already smiling from ear to ear.

The Timberwolves called a timeout.

Tang Shuai made 4 of 5 shots and made all 3 free throws. He made a 12-2 offensive, instantly widening the score to 18-9.

The Timberwolves almost only lasted for three minutes at the beginning, and then they were stopped by Tang Shuai alone.

"Tang!Tang!"

When the players stopped the court, the audience shouted Tang Shuai's name loudly.

"I did a good job, I did a great job..." After the players left the court, Xiao greeted the players, obviously very satisfied with their performance on the court.

"We need to play a strong counterattack and look around you. Do you want everyone to think you are cowards?" Thibodeau shouted almost roaring at the other end of the court.

After the timeout, the Lakers replaced Tang Shuai directly and rested, allowing Batum to play with four substitutes.

On the other hand, Towns and Rubio were still on the court, and it can be seen that they wanted to recover some scores during this period.

“let’s.go!lake!”

The audience also saw the Lakers' lineup defects. As soon as they came back from the timeout, they shouted loudly to cheer for the home team.

The Timberwolves' offense, Rubio pushed the ball into the frontcourt and called Towns for a pick-and-roll.

After breaking the ball, Rubio returned the ball and gave Towns a step. After cheating Mozgov was unstable for a while, he used his speed to squeeze through and scored a layup. The fans on the sidelines were restless.

The fans in the front row unconsciously looked at Billups, and it could be seen that the Lakers' lineup was not advantageous.

Billups did not make personnel adjustments, but walked to the sidelines and shouted to the players: "Get the pace faster!"

In the Lakers' offense, Stephenson pushed the ball into the frontcourt with the ball, and invited Mozgov to a pick-and-roll, and after blocking, he went to the inside to kill.

He was very fast, and he passed Hill in one go and then he was about to make a layup.

At this moment, Towns rushed up, and Stephenson chose to go up with the ball without saying a word.

"Bang!"

The two people collided in the air, and Towns had the advantage of his strength and pushed Stephenson back.

After Towns defended the ball, he took a big step forward and wanted to break the ball in Stephenson's hand, but at this moment, the whistle of the referee on the sidelines sounded.

The referee pointed to Towns and blocked the foul!

Towns jumped up and turned around and kept explaining to the referee, but unfortunately his argument had no effect.

Stephenson glanced at Towns meaningfully, then took the ball from the referee and ran directly to the sideline to serve.

The NBA home whistle has always existed in the league. The ball just now was between blowing and not blowing. Since the referee blew it, it would not change.

Stephenson sent a sideline ball, handed it to Mike Dermot for a transition, and then took advantage of Landry's pick-and-roll and then took a jump shot directly after receiving the ball.

"Swish!"

With a crisp sound, Mike Dermott returned the ball quickly enough, almost an open shot. Stephenson also seized the opportunity and made a steady shot.

There was a burst of cheers at the scene, but when Stephenson returned to defense, his hands were facing upwards, stimulating the atmosphere at the scene.

For a moment, the cheers that were originally at normal levels suddenly increased, and the loud sound seemed to overturn the entire ceiling.

The next second, when the Timberwolves attacked, the cheers immediately turned into shouts.

"Color! Color!"

The deafening shouts echoed throughout the stadium.

This sound made the Timberwolves players feel very uncomfortable. To be honest, this is the first away game of the playoffs they have encountered in twelve years.

Rubio passed the ball to Mohamed, and Mohamed broke through to the inside and wanted to pass the ball to Towns, but perhaps he was nervous, and the ball was directly out of hand at the moment of passing the ball.

Towns and Landry competed in a group, and Landry, who was shorter, occupied a better position. Finally, he held the ball in his arms. Before Towns could grab it, he threw it directly to Mike Dermott not far away. Mike Dermott threw it to Stephenson.

This fast pass was formed in the blink of an eye, and Stephenson installed a hot wheel under his feet and rushed forward directly.

Rubio was slower to chase after him, so he could only watch Stephenson make a light layup in the frontcourt.

Because there was no defense, Stephenson looked back when he made a layup, which caused a burst of laughter from the fans on the sidelines.

"This Lance is so funny." Noel couldn't help but shake his head and smiled.

"It seems that the Lakers have taken the initiative on the court, and these players of the Timberwolves have paid for their youth." Barkley also spoke in the commentary seat.

As he spoke, the Timberwolves made another mistake in cooperation. Hill's return to Mohammed was directly passed to Stephenson. Stephen Lee came to the frontcourt with Rubio's defense, and saw the opportunity to return to Mike Dermott who followed up. The latter took a direct move outside the three-point line and took a knife.

After scoring the goal, Mike Dermot reached out and made a three-pointer posture, and the scene suddenly fell into a thrilling rhythm again.

The Timberwolves were forced to call a timeout.

They were completely in a mess at this time.

Thibodeau reached out and pressed it on his head. He originally wanted to keep Towns and Rubio on the court to get the score closer, but after these rounds, let alone narrow the score, this was scored 7-0 by the Lakers, and the difference was already 16 points.

"Beautiful!" Noel stood up and slapped the players who ended up with one of them. His excited expression had completely entered the role of the playoffs.

After the timeout, Thibodeau replaced both Towns and Rubio, leaving Wiggins with four substitutes. Seeing that he looked frowning, he was obviously helpless.

In fact, according to the Timberwolves' performance in the regular season, even if the Timberwolves are not too strong, they will at least play equally with the Lakers. But now, young players, including Towns, are in a mess, and even if he turns into Po Povich, it will be difficult for him to turn the situation around.

Amid the waves of fans' roars on the scene, the Lakers became more and more braver in the battle. By the end of the third quarter, the gap had already widened to 25 points.

The game was finalized.

110 to 95, the Lakers won the game with a 15-point advantage. Although the score difference is smaller than the previous game, the fourth quarter is basically garbage time, and most of the main players only played three quarters.

Looking at the whole game, except for the first three minutes of the opening game, the Timberwolves played very imposingly, and then they were defeated by Tang Shuai's wave of trouble.

Tang Shuai only played for 20 minutes and finally scored 22 points and 6 assists. Six of the remaining players scored in double digits, and even Grant scored 10 points in the fourth quarter.

After winning the third stop, the Lakers have already led the series 2-1, and they played more and more easily. Promotion seems to be a foregone conclusion.

However, the team coach Billups was cautious. In the post-match interview, he did not praise the players, but instead counted some details of the players' inadequate work in the game, which also made the media's post-match praise much less.

In fact, Billups did not just express this idea in front of the media. In daily training, he also repeatedly emphasized the issue of mentality with the players.

In the NBA game, if you play too easily in the first round, many of them will perform poorly in the second round and may even be eliminated. The main reason for this is that your mentality becomes impetuous and your opponent is despised.

On the contrary, in some fierce first rounds of the playoffs, even those who play skin-free games, such teams will become better in the second round.

Although Billups did not have the ability to make the game anxious, his reminder to the players was always there.

This reminder does work.

On April 26, US time, the fourth game of both sides arrived at the Staples Center.

The Timberwolves have reached the point where they can't retreat. If they lose, they will be forced to the match point by the Lakers.

At the beginning of the game, the Timberwolves showed strong competitiveness. Even at halftime, relying on the brave performance of Towns and Wiggins, they were only behind 51-55, which is completely different from the performance of the half-time flower in the previous two games.

However, this stalemate did not last long. Shortly after the third quarter started, the Lakers fought a fast offensive and defensive battle under the leadership of Tang Shuai. With the cheers of more than 20,000 fans on the scene, the Timberwolves' defense line collapsed bit by bit.

116-106, the Lakers finally won a home win, which was also their three consecutive wins in the first round of the playoffs.

After winning this game, the Lakers already led 3-1 in the big score. After a week of the showdown, this round of showdown has shown a completely one-sided trend.
Chapter completed!