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Ibaka turned helplessly toward Don Nelson on the sideline.

He truly had no idea what to do about Yao Ming.

Double-teaming did not work, and one-on-one was nothing but getting toyed with.

And he had to endure Yao Ming's fluent English trash talk, so fluent it reminded him that he was Congolese!

Don Nelson gave Ibaka no response, though his expression looked grave at the moment.

Of course, he knew putting Oden in could ease the pressure inside, but he also knew that Oden could not truly solve the problem.

Because they were the team trailing!

Putting in Oden meant abandoning the Death Lineup and returning to a conventional lineup.

But the earlier game had already proven that their conventional lineup could not beat the Lakers with Sun Hao and Yao Ming on the floor together.

Slow death, or a desperate gamble.

Don Nelson's personality had already determined that he would choose the latter.

Swish!

Just then, Curry buried an ultra-deep shot from a meter beyond the Three-point line!

He might not have been as devastating as Sun Hao, but Curry had that kind of range!

And that three-pointer had come at exactly the right time.

Just as Yao Ming's work inside was pressuring the Warriors' interior, the Warriors' outside shooting was putting pressure on the Lakers.

The Lakers showed no reaction.

Harris had been Don Nelson's assistant for so many years that he naturally understood Don Nelson's temperament.

Either the Warriors' interior would collapse first, or the Lakers' perimeter defense would break down first.

It all came down to who could hold out longer!

Lakers possession. Sun Hao brought the ball up and fed Yao Ming again.

It was the same low-post set, but unlike the previous two possessions, Sun Hao did not simply stay outside to space the