Updated: 2013-03-04

The Timberwolves and the Lakers fought to the inside. This was originally the Lakers' strength, but after the Timberwolves were defeated, they actually took advantage.

The main reason is that at the beginning, the Lakers still did not take the Timberwolves' two inside players seriously.

In the fifth minute of the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves still led the Lakers by 5 points, 99:94. At this time, the Lakers were worried about Kobe.

Kobe is a very competitive player. He really wants to win a championship by himself to prove that he did not rely on O'Neal to win the championship. At this time, he saw that the team was no longer able to do so, and he immediately was very eager to reverse the score.

So Kobe immediately got the ball and played Wang Kai singles. Kobe had a certain success rate in singles before.

However, Wang Kai gradually found some tricks to defend Kobe. If he wanted to defend Kobe well, he would destroy his rhythm, so Wang Kai immediately put a soft nail on Kobe, and on the other hand, he could not exert force.

Wang Kai's physical fitness does not have to be bad. What is worse is his skills and experience. He came up to bother Kobe.

Kobe forced his move at a critical moment, but he didn't make a shot. Kobe felt very good in the first three quarters. In the last quarter, his condition was a little too bad, after all, he was much tired than Wang Kai. It was definitely not easy for the Lakers to play the Spurs in the last series.

Kobe did not play a single with the Lakers, and the Timberwolves immediately counterattacked. Wang Kai quickly ran over and passed the basketball to Sebastian on the wing.

Sebastian took the ball and used Wang Kai's body to provide a cover, and suddenly hit the Lakers' basket. He actually made a layup with a trolley in the air and scored two points on Gasol's head.

Sebastian actually performed this way, and after scoring, Sebastian also shouted excitedly.

The Lakers can be broken through by Sebastian now, and Lakers fans are very disappointed at this time. The Lakers themselves also feel a little unhappy. From the beginning of the game to now, the Timberwolves give the Lakers a particularly unhappy feeling.

When the Lakers beat the Timberwolves, they seemed to be unable to exert their power at all, but the Timberwolves could hit the Lakers' weaknesses again and again.

After all, the Timberwolves have a thorough understanding of the Lakers in tactics, but the Lakers don’t have that deep understanding of the Timberwolves.

Different degrees of research on the opponent have caused information asymmetry! This is also the reason why strong teams in the league always lose to weak teams, because strong teams in the league do not study these weak teams at all. They don’t even know what the opponent’s main force is and what characteristics they have.

The Lakers are naturally not so ignorant, but their attitude towards the Timberwolves is definitely not as serious as the Timberwolves.

This asymmetric attitude made the Lakers play from beginning to end today!

The Lakers are now unable to catch up at the last moment, and when they hit again, they are still caught in a personal singles.

This time Gasol came to the low post and asked for the ball again. Pekovic fought to the death behind him. Gasol's physical fitness and endurance were not as good as Kobe! He was so big that he fought for two consecutive games, and now he was fighting for a group of young people. He was not as physically strong as when he first came on the court. He took the ball and fought Pekovic with one step, then got up and threw a hook. The ball became lighter as soon as he shot it.

It fell on the ring and was picked up by the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves picked up the basketball and chased after it quickly.

Compared with the Lakers, the Timberwolves have too sufficient physical reserves and are young, so they will definitely not be able to run to death. Before, the Lakers could delay the Timberwolves, but now their physical fitness is not good, so there is no delay in the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves ran over, but they played a very smooth fast attack. Wang Kai took the ball and passed it to Gomez. Gomez broke through the bottom line and passed the ball to Jefferson who followed behind. Jefferson threw a high throw from behind.

The basketball easily fell into the Lakers' basket. The Lakers missed offense in two consecutive rounds, and the Timberwolves used these two rounds to rewritten the score to 103:94, and the Timberwolves led by 9 points at once.

The 9-point difference is nothing in the first half or the third quarter, but this is the fourth quarter, with more than 6 points left before the end of the game, so the difference is a bit fatal.

At this time, the Lakers needed a drastic reversal, a desperate reversal, to reverse the current situation where they could not be played out.

And if the Lakers can achieve this reversal, or if they have the ability to open a gap first, they are destined to be Kobe.

So after scoring on the Timberwolves, the Lakers chased after him, and Kobe immediately took the ball to the low post and played hard. Wang Kai went to defend and squeezed Kobe out to the death. However, Kobe's back-on attack was not about pushing you to the basket, but followed the rhythm of Wang Kai's exertion. He swayed left and right, not completely exerting force, and Wang Kai did not know his next move.

Just as Wang Kai was chasing Kobe to defend, Kobe suddenly dodged to the right. Wang Kai chased after him, but Kobe jumped to the left.

With Kobe's control of the rhythm and the degree of shooting back, even Wang Kai could only sigh. The basketball that Kobe shot was over Wang Kai's head and easily fell into the basket.

"brush!"

Kobe only fought back one ball, and the Timberwolves immediately called a timeout.

The Timberwolves' timeout was extremely strange. Kobe just hit a single, and the Timberwolves immediately called a timeout.

But just as McHale called for a pause, Teacher Heli said, "The Timberwolves is good to call for a pause! The Timberwolves should be serious at this time."

The Yu family immediately asked, "What do you say!"

At this time, Teacher Heli said: "The Timberwolves led by 9 points just now, which is a big difference. Then Kobe scored two points, which shows that Kobe has launched his personal scoring mode. Now the Timberwolves want to win! They still have to curb the Lakers' personal scoring mode. So the Timberwolves' time-out is the time to call, and now they are called Zhengzheng Haohao!"

McHale called a timeout at this time, and indeed focused on setting up defense against Kobe. McHale did not adopt a shocking defensive approach against Kobe, but instead copied the chain defense of the Celtics against Kobe last season.

When McHale asks his players to defend Kobe, they must respond in a row, with a bunny on all sides, and the defense must be dynamic.

Phil Jackson is such a veteran character. As soon as he saw McHale called a timeout, he knew that McHale would definitely target Kobe. At this time, he arranged tactics and asked other Lakers players to stand up.

After the timeout, the Timberwolves hit again, and the game was very simple. Sebastian took the ball to Wang Kai who ran out from the wing. Wang Kai got the ball here, and used a little cover to face the Lakers' defense, and made a mid-range jump shot.

With Wang Kai's move, the basketball simply entered the basket. In the last quarter, Wang Kai felt pretty good.

The Timberwolves widened the gap to 9 points again. At this time, the Lakers came up and played even more urgently! They were the Lakers and the overlords. This was the Western Conference Finals. They were about to fall behind in the first game at their doorstep. The Lakers were naturally anxious. Under this emotion, Ariza also tried to hit Gomez when he got the ball.

He was shaking continuously, trying to show off his skills, but he failed to win the basketball as soon as he made a move.

Ariza's role player looks energetic, strong in defense, and stable in shooting. However, once he is allowed to play with the ball, Ariza's physical coordination is poor, and his weakness of psychological and technical failure is revealed.

Ariza wasted a very critical move, and Phil Jackson was also very angry. He asked the others to work harder. But without letting them shoot, Ariza's shooting choice and singles level made the Lakers worse.

Just when the Lakers missed the shot, Love on the Timberwolves was not polite. Love threw a powerful pass directly from the backcourt.

Wang Kai got the ball in the middle and rushed directly to the Lakers' basket. At this time, Ariza and Kobe came to double-team Wang Kai together.

Both of them had good physical fitness, and they immediately squeezed Wang Kai to stagger. However, even so, Wang Kai still seemed to resist them like a bull. He carried Ariza with his shoulders and blocked Kobe with his arms. He walked to the Lakers' basket a few steps, and got up and made a low layup far from the basket.

Wang Kai makes layups with such a man, Ariza and Kobe can't jump up, and they are easily fouled.

Sure enough, when Wang Kai took action, Kobe was slapped with a defensive foul, and then Wang Kai threw the ball out with his low hand and made a shot.

The Timberwolves players were excited, so they were more than ten points ahead of the opponent. Kobe, who was swearing a foul, shouted at the referee excitedly.

Kobe was really anxious at this time! He was yelling too much. The referee now has zero tolerance for the players. Kobe lost control of his emotions on such an important occasion, and the referee immediately added a technical foul to Kobe without mercy.

In this way, Wang Kai had a chance to score 4 points in one offense. Wang Kai went to the free throw line and made two free throws steadily amid Staples' interference.

As expected, the Timberwolves led the Lakers by 13 points in one breath, 109:96, and the last 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter.

This time, the Lakers were really troublesome. At this time, Kenny Smith still said in disbelief: "Does the Lakers really lose today?"

Weber was very proud at this time: "If the Lakers did not perform against the will of the sky, they would definitely lose today. In other words, Kobe cannot play a great performance, and the Lakers have no hope today. This is the Western Conference Finals, and the Timberwolves' defense is not bad at all. It is not easy for them to chase 13 points in 5 minutes."

The Lakers were beaten to this level, which was caused by various reasons. At this time, the Lakers' Staples Stadium was full of grief.

The fans sighed, Kobe was also angry at this time, and the game made him unacceptable. Kobe was arrogant. He felt that if the Celtics didn't come this year, they were destined to win the championship, but he didn't expect that the ship would capsize in the gutter today. This was too embarrassing! So at this time, Kobe suppressed the anger in his heart and was ready to start a big kill on the offensive end.

Phil Jackson could feel Kobe's emotions at this time, but he was not ready to stop Kobe. The current situation is indeed impossible to solve except Kobe. If the Lakers want to win today, Kobe needs to perform extraordinary performance.

The Lakers played again at this time. Kobe tried to force Wang Kai to take the ball, but it was just when he took the ball and controlled the ball.

The Timberwolves' defense suddenly reacted, and several players came together to defend Kobe. Wang Kai blocked the front and responded with his teammates on the side, forming a defensive connection.

This defense made Kobe very unhappy last season. Now that Wang Kai is replaced as the hub of this defensive tactics, Kobe is even more unhappy. His stubborn temper has risen and he still forcibly attacked the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves still couldn't stop Kobe from taking action, but Kobe was no longer able to take action.

The basketball suddenly hit the ring, and after rebounding, it was caught by Love again. Love grabbed the basketball and quickly passed it to Wang Kai's hands again.

Wang Kai took the ball and chased him quickly. At this time, the Lakers did not dare to make a tactical foul easily, so they could only follow Wang Kai first.

However, Wang Kai was too fast, and it was the Lakers' half in a few seconds. At this time, when the Lakers wanted to defend Wang Kai, Wang Kai used Gomez's cover to break into the Lakers' penalty area. When he arrived at this position, he saw Wang Kai folding and dodging Odom in the air, and then pulled you with his right hand to push the rebound.

The basketball passes the board and enters the Lakers' basket. Once the Lakers fail, they will be beaten and chased.

The score suddenly became 111:96, and the Timberwolves led the Lakers by 15 points. This was the last few minutes of the last quarter! Seeing that the score difference was wider, but it could not be shortened, which made the Lakers declining.

Barkley also closed his eyes and sighed: "Defense! Defense!"

Although the Lakers' defense has been emphasized many times today, they have been doing poorly, especially when retreating, and the defense is always inadequate at the moment of offense and defense transition.

This situation has caused the Timberwolves to catch a lot of easy points, and the Lakers are still losing points like this in the last quarter, which is simply frustrating.

Phil Jackson closed his eyes at this time, and now the only thing the Lakers can count on is Kobe.

Kobe's eyes were red at this time. His Lakers were forced to this extent by the Timberwolves, which was unreasonable no matter what.

Kobe got the ball in the backcourt and killed it. Once he rushed up, the Timberwolves immediately defended it in a chain, and the whole team was taking care of him. Wang Kai even put it on and did not make Kobe feel comfortable. But even so, Kobe leaned on Wang Kai and jumped out of the Timberwolves' defensive circle with a jump. He jumped out and broke through the bottom line, flew to the back of the rebound, reached out to make a layup and scored two points.

Kobe's scoring ability is really strong. He can score at such a high degree of difficulty. He beats the Timberwolves by one person.

But just after Kobe scored, the Timberwolves kicked off at the bottom line, Jefferson drove the basketball out, Sebastian got the ball and immediately passed Fisher. Fisher became a loophole for the Lakers at this critical moment.

Sebastian passed Fisher and changed the opponent's defense at once. Then he rushed to the Lakers' penalty area. When a group of people on the Lakers beat him up, he passed the basketball to Love who was dragging it up.

When Love received the ball, he was still a big step away from the basket, but in this situation, Love took the ball and threw it out with a three-pointer, "Brush!" and hit the Lakers' basket with a sound.

Kobe had only worked hard to score 2 points, and the Timberwolves immediately chased for a 3 point. When he saw this scene, Barkley shook his head on the sidelines.

The Lakers are finished this time! They are behind the score and cannot defend themselves and cannot play anymore! In the next game, the Lakers were indeed a big loss. Kobe often went through hard work to get two points, but he was beaten to counterattack or was fouled by Wang Kai. At this time, the Lakers did not have enough time, physical strength, and preparation, and the score of more than ten points could not catch up.

Finally, when the whistle that ended the game sounded, the Lakers lost! The Lakers actually lost at home, in the first game of the Western Conference Finals.

The Lakers themselves didn't believe it after losing such a game! At the end of the game, Kobe also threw a towel. According to Kobe's words, today's game was as embarrassing as if wet the bed.

At the end of the game, the reporter first came to interview Wang Kai: "Wang, today you won a victory in the Western Conference Finals. How do you feel!"

"I'm very excited. It feels perfect to be able to defeat the Lakers. The Lakers are a very strong team. Only by defeating such a team can you have greater joy. I'm very excited now!"

Wang Kai did not hide his excitement at all. At this time, the reporter immediately asked: "Can you tell me the reason why you can win the game today?"

Wang Kai also said frankly at this time: "We win in the rhythm! The Lakers can't adapt to our rhythm. Today we played very fast, faster than usual, but the Lakers' rhythm is slower, which gives us many opportunities."

"So what do you think of Kobe who scored 43 points today? The reporter asked about this last time, but Wang Kai didn't say good things, because he was talking with Kobe before the game: "Kobe scored very well! But I pay too much attention to scoring. I mean he is a core and has not fully played the role of the core!"

Of course, the reporter was very happy that Wang Kai accused Kobe in person! But when Kobe heard Wang Kai's words in the player channel, he almost got angry.

Compared with Kobe, Wang Kai is a junior. Kobe has achieved success and is about to reach the peak of his career. Wang Kai has only emerged for two years and dares to say this, so Kobe is naturally unhappy.

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