Yao Ming Is Deadly!

Durant drove to the basket and made another layup. He had truly entered "Reaper" mode.

But on the way back, it was Knight again. This time, after a pick-and-roll, he drifted to the corner, took Fernandez's pass, and buried the three!

Amid the Lakers' healthy competition, both Knight and Butler had improved tremendously as outside shooters!

This time, Lambis could no longer contain his excitement. He rose from the bench and waved his arms enthusiastically.

First Milsap, then Knight. Tonight, the Lakers' role players had finally performed at the level he had envisioned.

After sitting back down, he looked at Harris with gratitude written all over his face.

The facts proved that his theory had been right, but there had also been a certain flaw: role players alone truly could not shoulder such heavy responsibility.

Harris had fixed that flaw. Leave an absolute core on the floor to draw attention, and the role players would become fearless and fight hard!

Once you truly realized that, it seemed like such an obvious idea!

But wasn't that true of many things in life? That was why people said, "Those involved are confused, while onlookers see clearly."

The first quarter ended with the score at 40-34.

The gap was still six points, but the situations on both sides of the floor were completely different.

For the Warriors, they had relied on Durant constantly attacking the paint to maintain the deficit.

But for the Lakers, Sun Hao had practically been "taking a stroll" for the final few possessions. It was his teammates' outstanding play that had kept the lead intact.

That subtle difference directly meant that although both teams had kept a core player on the floor, their energy expenditure was not the same.

That had indirectly achieved the situation Lambis had envisioned.

Because