it would have been a good choice to sign him as Walker’s substitute.”
Kenny Smith even commented this way.
During the pause, Sun Hao took the initiative to ask for help.
He wanted to go up and suppress Thomas’ arrogance, so that the latter would remember a little longer.
But Phil Jackson didn’t agree.
And he made an absolutely unexpected substitution.
He replaced Walker with Zhu Fangyu!
No one understood this substitution.
You must know that so far in the playoffs, Zhu Fangyu has only averaged 5 minutes of playing time per game.
It looks okay, but in fact he only played 5 games. This is because he played against the Warriors and almost every game had garbage time.
His situation is somewhat similar to that of Lou Williams. At the end of the season, he was given the opportunity to perform well and stay on the playoff roster, but due to defensive problems, he did not get a chance to play in the playoffs.
“Maybe the Lakers want to try his three-pointer?”
Kenny Smith gave a reasonable explanation in the commentary box.
Zhu Fangyu can stay in the league because he has a pretty good three-point shot.
There’s nothing wrong with finding someone who can shoot three-pointers to respond.
Finley and Mourning drove to the basket after a pick-and-roll, and after splitting, they passed Tim Thomas for a layup.
But on the Suns’ side, Barbosa immediately broke through the pick-and-roll and drew a foul, and retaliated by making two free throws.
Finley continued to play pick-and-roll with Mourning in the frontcourt.
This time the Suns tightened their defense, leaving Zhu Fangyu free in the corner.
However, Finley did not pass the ball, but pushed Thomas for a layup, causing the latter’s player to foul.
Thomas’ offense is good, but his defense is also really bad.
But after these two rounds, Confucius couldn’t understand, Mencius couldn’t understand, and Laozi couldn’t understand either.
Zhu Fangyu seemed to have no effect when he was replaced. He was just practicing turning back and running?
And soon, the fans discovered something very interesting on the court.
This time it became even more incomprehensible.
Thomas is a power forward and Zhu Fangyu is a small forward. If the two of them face off, they will absolutely crush their bodies.
Thomas can do more than just throw two three-pointers from the outside!
Barbosa’s breakthrough was blocked and the Lakers counterattacked. Christie assisted Finley and scored another 2 points.
34 to 30!
Finley performed well in this period, and the Lakers successfully narrowed the point difference.
In the next round, a more interesting scene happened on the court.
Barbosa signaled Tim Thomas to post up, but Thomas was reluctant at first.
After Barbosa signaled a second time, he reluctantly went to the basket.
And after he caught the ball and started playing from the back, others discovered that his back playing was a bit gentle.
That’s right, it’s gentle.
Zhu Fangyu, who was defending behind him, lowered his focus to hit the ball, but T