One Thousand Three Hundred and Eighty-Five. Paul's Counterattack

Now, Paul mustered up his last bit of courage and prepared to fight in this Western Conference Finals. If he could make it to the finals, he felt that he could sweep away all the shadows.

Once he loses... Isn't this the case that the contract has not been renewed yet?

Can't afford to provoke or hide?

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On May 28, the third game of the Western Conference Finals between the Grizzlies and the Lakers arrived.

Sun Ce and his teammates faced the visiting Lakers with strong confidence.

They were leading 2-0 away from home, and even Sun Ce felt that they would win!

Although Sun Ce didn't know that Paul's mentality could collapse to the point of wanting to escape from the West, he clearly felt that after winning the first game, Paul was about to collapse in the second game.

Sun Ce knew that Kobe was very powerful in raising the upper limit of the team's strength, but without Paul, the Lakers would definitely not be able to play such a strong strength.

Now, Sun Ce wants to defeat the opponent in one fell swoop!

If we can sweep the two teams in Los Angeles that have entered the playoffs, this is not an achievement, but it feels exciting just thinking about it!

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the first home game of the Grizzlies in the Western Conference Finals began.

The Grizzlies still used the defensive lineup, Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Randolph, and Gasol.

The Lakers' starting lineup of Paul, Kobe, Metta World Peace, Josh Smith, and Jordan Hill remained unchanged.

After the game started, the Grizzlies wanted to continue the style of play in the previous game, taking advantage of Paul's sudden avalanche to consume Kobe's style of play to win.

However, Paul suddenly regained his form and played a beautiful offense with Josh Smith who was like crazy!

In the first quarter, the Grizzlies were beaten 26 to 18, and fell behind by 8 points in a single quarter! At the end of the half, they were already 16 points behind the Lakers at 42 to 58!

The Grizzlies were beaten so hard that they were stunned!

The Lakers played too irrationally. Everyone just went for it, as if they were fighting to the death. The Grizzlies were too confident and were beaten to an offensive climax by the opponent for two consecutive quarters.

The Lakers led by 8 points in the first quarter, and played more confidently in the second quarter, scoring 32 to 24 in a single quarter, winning by 8 points in two consecutive quarters!

The Grizzlies tried to counterattack in the third quarter, and once narrowed the gap to 7 points, but in the first half, with Paul's 16+8 in the first half and Josh Smith's 15 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists in the first half, Kobe was able to play slowly again, mainly focusing on containment.

This time Kobe felt that the third quarter was the key moment. After the official timeout in the third quarter, Kobe went all out and scored 12 points in half a quarter, helping the Lakers to score 19 to 11 in the half, reopening the score and ending the third quarter with a 15-point lead over the Grizzlies 84 to 69.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Coach Hollins sent out Nash, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, and Lopez Jr. at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

If the score difference can be narrowed, the main players will be sent to fight. If there is no chance, they will be pulled back to let the two bears, Sun Ce, Tony Allen and others take a break.

If the regular running and gunning lineup led by Nash can't even struggle, then there is really no chance in this game.

It is a good idea to let Sun Ce go up and see if he can soar, but you can't always count on such a situation. There are still many games to come, and it is not a good thing to let Sun Ce fight too hard.

Anyway, with a 2-0 lead, Coach Hollins is confident.

The Lakers did not send out the strongest lineup at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Paul, JR Smith, Leonard, Earl Clark, and Jamison came up to attack.

Kobe went to rest, and JR Smith with two 8s came!

In the fourth quarter, JR Smith scored two three-pointers in a row, and Leonard scored once in three rounds.

The Grizzlies made 1 of 2 shots in the first two attacks. Although Paul George scored two points with a dunk, the score difference was widened to 21 points in just 1 minute.

The Lakers played hard and were in good shape. This game was unwinnable!

Let the players fight when they were 20 points behind? Coach Hollins said no, keep Nash, and play with the lineup of Jimmy Butler, Klay Thompson, Yi Jianlian, and Lopez. If there is a chance to turn the game around, then rely on this group of rotation players to play. If not, let Klay Thompson and Jimmy Butler shoot more, practice, and prepare for the next game.

The Lakers did not relax. The lineup of Blake, JR Smith, Leonard, Earl Clark, and Jamison played to the end.

In the end, the Grizzlies lost to the Lakers 95-110 at home, and the Lakers tied the score to 1-2.

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The Lakers did it!

After losing the second game seemingly without reason, the Lakers exploded in the third game and won the Grizzlies by 15 points!

The media seemed to see the hope of Kobe VS James rekindled!

When the media started another wave of hype, the Grizzlies refused to be interviewed after the game and held a tactical meeting.

Sun Ce looked at the detailed battle report of the game sent by the coaching staff. He played 29 minutes in the first three quarters, 6 of 16 shots, 20 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, and 3 turnovers.

Randolph played 24 minutes, 4 of 11 shots, and 14 points and 8 rebounds.

Others did not perform well either.

On the Lakers side, Kobe scored 27 points with 13 of 21 shots. Although it was the lowest score in three games and he took the fewest shots at this time, the Lakers really took advantage of the huge threat Kobe showed in the first game.

Paul scored 25 points, 12 assists, 5 rebounds, and 5 steals, and Josh Smith scored 21 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 blocks. He was so versatile!

In addition to JR Smith's 14 points and Leonard's 11 points... 5 Lakers scored in double digits, 3 of whom scored 20+!

In such a game, Sun Ce didn't even know which direction to open the cheat, because the opponent played too well.

The Lakers were not inferior to them in strength. They won the first game with a buzzer beater, but they won by scoring the highest score of active players in a single quarter in the last quarter.

The second game was won by Paul's mentality. It seemed that he was thinking about going fishing, and he was distracted when passing the ball, so he won very steadily.

But this time, Paul and Josh Smith exploded, Kobe played steadily and had a key quarter; and the Grizzlies were too confident. Although they adjusted after the halftime break, Sun Ce, Nash, Klay Thompson, Randolph, and Larry Sanders narrowed the gap to 7 points in the third quarter.

But it happened to be the time when Kobe was at full strength.

The strength difference was not too big, and the opponent exploded. They were 16 points behind in the first half, and it was too difficult to catch up in the second half!

Mentality! Sun Ce only cared about the opponent's mentality and forgot that he would also have a mentality problem!