my golden age

Chapter 111 Standing and Falling Down
Among the contemporary centers, there are not many who can compete with Dayao.In addition to injuries and physical fitness, no one can limit this soft-touch center.

Whether it is Turiaf who is doing his best, or Chris Mim, or Odom, there is a certain gap between the top inside players.Reluctantly causing Dayao a little trouble, the consequence is that there are too many fouls.

In the second half of the fourth quarter, Chris Mim made six fouls and had to bring Turiaf up to continue playing.

Gao Fei had no solution to his physical fitness. He only had a 1-minute rest in the fourth quarter and then continued to return to the court.

McGrady stood at the free throw line with his hands on his knees, waiting for Dick Bavetta to pass the ball.

At this time, there are 2 minutes and 16 seconds left before the end of the game!
Lakers 88-93 Rockets!

McGrady took a deep breath and adjusted, took the basketball, dribbled a few times, and shot according to the most comfortable rhythm!
I have to say that in terms of aesthetics alone, McGrady is definitely ranked first.

88-94!

The fans behind the backboard put down the cheer stick in their hands in frustration, waited for a while, and then made a shocking noise.

What McGrady relies on is not vision, but the muscle memory accumulated over the years. He exhales and makes free throws calmly!
hit!

88-95!

Gao Fei received the pass, quickly brought it to the frontcourt, and distributed the ball to Kobe on the right.

He moves to the left, stretches the defense and creates one-on-one chances.

David Wesley has five fouls on his back, and as long as he accumulates one more foul, he will be full of fouls and graduate.

This situation is most likely to affect the defense, because there will be fear of fouls, so the intensity is not enough.

Kobe grasped this mentality, broke through with the ball, faced with the Rockets' restricted area surrounded by many people, and chose to forcibly fall back!

Ultra-difficult shooting, surpassing everyone's defense!
Swish!
Easy to get in!

90-95!

McGrady received the serve, faced Gao Fei's full-court defense, and walked to the frontcourt without haste.

Gao Fei's defensive intensity is very high, which affects McGrady's dribbling rhythm.Raising his hand to grab it, McGrady passed the ball to Dayao who was in the high position earlier.

Dayao boosted his confidence by hitting the inside of the Lakers, turned around at a high position, and made a small fadeaway jumper!
Turiaf straightened his right hand, unable to touch the release point at all!

90-97!

1 minutes and 41 seconds!
Dayao clenched his fist with his right hand, waved his arms and roared in celebration!

The first condition for recovering the point difference is to defend the opponent. At this point, Dayao, at least the Lakers did not find a way to limit it.

Gao Fei will never give up any game, command his teammates to run fast, and strive to score as soon as possible.

Bryant is fully focused and ready to receive the pass.

The defender Luke Walton faces is Alston, who has a height advantage.

Odom mentioned the top of the arc, helped Kobe cover, and faced Juwan Howard in a misplaced position.

Gao Fei passed the ball and opened the defense again.

Kobe broke through with the ball, faced multiple defenses, and forced a single play again.

McGrady assisted in the past, and behind him encountered the basketball that Kobe had just shot.

In the penalty area, they scrambled to compete for the floor ball.

Regardless of his huge weight, Dayao joined the fierce competition, making the scene even more chaotic.

The basketball escapes control and slips off the baseline.

Bavita clearly saw that it was Turiaf who touched the basketball in the end and whistled to announce the ownership of the ball!
Gao Fei firmly pointed to the other half, indicating that it was the Lakers' ball.

At the critical moment of the game, the ownership of the ball depends on the video playback.The game is temporarily suspended.

Gao Fei didn't show any frustration on his face, he remained calm, and even looked high-spirited.He will not think about the outcome before the final whistle of the game, as long as it is not over, he must continue to fight.

Jeff Van Gundy drew up tactics on the tactical board and asked McGrady to execute an attack that might determine the outcome.

Goofy stands beside McGrady, ready to limit the catch.

Bavita gave the ball to Juwan Howard, blew his whistle, and signaled him to serve into the game.

McGrady ran to the right, jumped up to catch the ball, and was almost intercepted by Gao Fei.

He holds the ball well and moves laterally to the right.

Kobe reacted quickly, ran over to help defend, and double-teamed McGrady.

McGrady saw that Dayao was stuck inside, and he had no worries. Before the physical confrontation came, he pulled up and made a three-pointer!
90-100!

1 minutes and 12 seconds!
Zen master felt that there was little hope of a reversal, so he didn't call a timeout, and let the players let go.

Gao Fei advanced quickly, took a step outside the three-point line, and made a strong shot against the defense!

Swish!
93-100!

1 minutes and 06 seconds!
"Gao still hasn't given up!" Mike Breen explained. "Now they have to choose to defend or foul."

The Rockets hold the lead, and McGrady presses the time.

Gao Fei quickly rushed over and forced McGrady to pass the ball.

David Wesley defended Kobe for the whole game. Most of the time, he was shot against his head. He lost his temper and suddenly jumped from outside the three-point line!
Kobe's reaction was half a beat slow, and the defense failed to form!
The basketball arced across the rainbow, making the audience silent!
93-103!

46.7 seconds!
The Zen master called a short timeout and arranged the frontcourt tactics.

Gao Fei received the serve from the sideline and made a long three-pointer!
clang!
The long rebound bounced to the free throw line, and McGrady got it first.

Kobe ran to foul and sent McGrady to the free throw line.

Under the interference of the audience, McGrady still made two free throws steadily!
93-105!

Kobe's three-point shot also missed, the basketball bounced above the backboard and was ruled out of bounds!

19.5 seconds left!
McGrady dribbled the ball across half court, dribbled the ball at the top of the arc, saw Goofy and wanted to come over to defend, and passed the ball to Alston on the other side of the court.

Luke Wharton didn't want to defend any more. Hearing Gao Fei's shout, he hurried over to cling to him.

Alston passes the ball to David Wesley.

Gao Fei rotated quickly and had to give up defense until the final whistle sounded.

湖人以93-105的比分输掉首轮G1，丢掉主场优势，系列赛大比分0-1！

高飞18分7篮板8助攻；科比36分5篮板！

大姚28分15篮板；麦迪35分6篮板6助攻！

Gao Fei went straight to the player tunnel, trying not to look at the disappointed expressions on the faces of the fans, and entered the dimly lit player tunnel.

The playoffs are a seven-game four-win series. A single game is very important, but we must look forward.Now in front of the Lakers is G2!

The players returned to the locker room one after another, most of them were downcast, with unconcealable confusion in their eyes.

Gao Fei called his teammates together and said: "The series has just begun. Don't give up hope until the last moment. Try to forget this loss and prepare for the battle with all your heart!" After finishing speaking, he put his hand in the middle.

Teammates put their hands down one after another, cheering together!

Gao Fei did not need to attend the post-match press conference, took a hot shower, changed into casual clothes, and left the arena first.

He decided to look back at the game video and analyze the problems that occurred in the first game, in order to play a better performance.

Kwame Brown is the Lakers' best low-post defender, but even if he is not injured, the Lakers are still at a disadvantage inside.

"Don't pin your hopes on things that cannot be changed, just work hard to improve." Gao Fei thought to himself.

He reached into his pocket, played with the coins, walked out of the players' tunnel, and came to the square under the dark night sky.

The statue of Magic Johnson stood silently in the distance, bidding farewell to fans who were slightly lost.

(End of this chapter)