Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

The pause ends.

When both sides returned to the court, the Lakers still had Holiday, Zhuang Yu, Korver, Kyle Anderson and Lopez on the field.

The Rockets played Paul, Harden, Eric Gordon, Tucker, and Capela, but not Ariza or Ryan Anderson.

The Rockets attacked, and after reaching the frontcourt, Paul made a gesture, Capela stepped forward to screen, and Paul moved to the right. He was not in a hurry to pass the ball to Harden, but accelerated the breakthrough, then passed the ball to Tucker, and Tucker passed the ball to Harden.

Harden took the ball and made a fake shot, then immediately broke through. Zhuang Yu quickly retreated, and Harden took the initiative to seek physical confrontation and leaned towards Zhuang Yu.

At the same time, the Lakers tightened their defense.

However, Harden did not shoot himself, but passed the ball to Gordon, who immediately made a three-pointer.

Swish!

The ball went in and the score difference was only 3 points.

In the next few rounds, the Rockets played very patiently, constantly passing the ball and breaking through, but not blindly shooting three-pointers.

When the Lakers' defense expanded, the Rockets attacked the basket, and several players except Capela were able to break through with the ball.

Once Lopez of the Lakers goes up to defend, Capela will be missed.

This made it difficult for the Lakers to defend. When they expanded their defense, the opponent would break through and attack the basket. When they contracted their defense, the opponent would shoot three-pointers. The key was that they could actually make the shots.

At this critical moment, the Rockets played an extremely outstanding performance.

However, on the defensive end, the Rockets were never able to stop the Lakers' offense, and the Lakers had many scoring points.

Moreover, when Coach Scott discovered that the Rockets focused on limiting three-point shots, he made a prompt decision to replace Korver with Clarkson.

Now the Lakers' Holiday, Zhuang Yu, Clarkson and Kyle Anderson can all hold the ball and attack, making it difficult for the Rockets to defend.

The two sides exchanged words, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

At this time, the Rockets were leading by 2 points, still relying on their three-pointers.

"Requesting a timeout."

Here, the Lakers also called a timeout.

Coach Scott looked at the time and waited for several players to come off the court before saying, "Let's make a substitution. Gerald Green will come on and Clarkson will come off. Holiday, Gerald Green, Anderson, Lopez, your first priority is to defend. Defend for me."

"As for the attack..."

He looked at Zhuang Yu: "Zhuang Yu, I leave it to you."

Zhuang Yu nodded and said in a deep voice, "Okay."

This timeout did not involve any further arrangements, except for a substitution of Clarkson, who was not good at defense, because there was only a little over a minute left in the game.

At this time, Coach Scott decided to leave the offense to Zhuang Yu, and the others focused on defense.

......

Back on the field.

The Lakers attacked, and Zhuang Yu came to the frontcourt and ran back to get the ball. Several teammates moved quickly. Lopez came up to screen and Zhuang Yu took the opportunity to get rid of him.

But the Rockets also knew that it would most likely be Zhuang Yu who would play at this time, so they switched defense very quickly and Capela rushed up immediately.

Zhuang Yu did not rush to shoot, but chose to break through and pass the ball. The Rockets quickly contracted their defense, but Zhuang Yu was too fast.

Before the Rockets could form a siege, he had already passed Capela and made a layup in the paint.

The score is even!

After that, the Rockets attacked and after several passes, the ball was finally passed to Harden. Harden first called for a pick-and-roll, then broke through and attacked the basket. His breakthrough was unique, and since he was a left-handed player, it was very difficult to defend. Moreover, the "King of Touching Porcelain" was not exaggerated. Even if he couldn't score, he had a great chance of causing a foul by the defensive player.

However, the Lakers' defense was excellent this time. Harden failed to commit a foul and couldn't find a chance to shoot, so he had to pass the ball.

After two more passes, there was not much time left for the offense, so Paul had to do it himself, with a step back and fade away shot.

Swish!

The ball went in and the Rockets led by 2 points.

At this time, there was only one minute left in the game.

On the offensive end, Zhuang Yu broke through and passed the ball, then started running. Several teammates covered him, and when he returned to the three-point line, the ball was passed to him.

"Hurry up and jump on it."

"careful......."

Someone exclaimed and shouted a reminder.

However, Zhuang Yu shot as soon as he received the ball. His shooting speed was so fast that the defender had no time to react. Before he could get in front of Zhuang Yu, the ball had already been thrown out.

Moreover, with a slight sound, the ball went in, and it was a three-pointer.

The Lakers overtook by one point!

With only a few dozen seconds left, the Rockets called another timeout. After the timeout, the ball was given to Harden for him to handle.

However, Harden does not have the unstoppable ability of James and Durant. He changed directions continuously and then used his signature step-back three-pointer.

But Zhuang Yu was prepared, and Kyle Anderson also rushed over, the two of them were on the left and the right, like two door gods.

boom!

The ball was interfered with and missed the target.

Capela and Lopez were entangled, while Holiday rushed into the inside quickly and grabbed the rebound.

At this time, there were only more than 30 seconds left for the offense, and both sides had one offensive opportunity. After Holiday reached the frontcourt, he slowed down and passed the ball to Zhuang Yu.

Zhuang Yu was not in a hurry and decided to waste some time first.

After all, they are still leading at this time.

Several Rockets players were staring at Zhuang Yu, but they didn't dare to double-team him, because the Lakers had many players who could score, and if they missed someone, they might lose points. When they were only one point behind, there was really no need to take risks, so they just defended well and tried to block the ball.

"Be careful."

"Defending against three-point shots..."

On the sidelines, the Rockets players shouted.

At this time, they naturally have to defend against three-point shots. Even if the Lakers score a two-point goal, the score difference will only become 3 points, and the Rockets still have a chance to drag the game into overtime.

But if the Lakers scored a three-pointer, it would be over.

Eric Gordon rushed directly in front of Zhuang Yu, with one hand raised, not giving Zhuang Yu the chance to shoot a three-pointer.

Zhuang Yu looked at the timer and waited until there were only 6 seconds left before he started to move. He first accelerated suddenly, then retreated suddenly and changed direction. Gordon subconsciously moved sideways, but Zhuang Yu did not break through, but retreated again.

"not good."

"quick......"

people exclaimed.

Gordon pounced forward immediately, but Zhuang Yu did not rush to attack. He did not jump but just made a fake move and waited for Gordon to fly past him before jumping.

"What?" Gordon's face changed drastically.

The others were also shocked. With only two seconds left in the attack time, Zhuang Yu actually dared to make a fake shot.

Isn’t he afraid of not having enough time, or that his shooting rhythm will be disrupted by this delay?

Zhuang Yu was not worried because he had full confidence in his three-point shot.

He jumped up and flicked his wrist...