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Ku abakwaLakers‘ ukucinga umuntu ozonikeza amandla ngokumelene ne-Dallas Mavericks ngoLwesihlanu, bawathole no-Wenyen Gabriel.
Futhi i-Lakers igibele noGabriel engxenyeni yesine ebaluleke kakhulu, idlala naye eceleni kuka-Anthony Davis, ethembele esikhungweni sokusekela njengomvikeli kanye ne-rebounder.
UGabriel wenze umsebenzi, edlala wonke ngaphandle kwesekhondi elilodwa kwikota yesine, 23:16 jikelele, ngenkathi eqoqa ama-rebounds angu-11 ukuze ahambe namaphuzu ayisishiyagalolunye.
Kwakuyi “amandla akhe nje” avumela umqeqeshi weLakers uDarvin Ham ukuba athembele uGabriel.
“Unekhala elikhulu, elikhulu ngebhola,” kusho uHam. “[He had] 11 rebounds. Uzama ukuvikela, uzama ukuvikela umphetho. … Uyi-spark plug, enye yama-spark plugs ethu. Usayizi wakhe, ikhono lakhe lokugijima ehla enyuka phansi, ukuhlanza amabhola axegayo, futhi athole ama-rebounds ahlaselayo kanye nokuhlehla. Impela ivikela kahle. Futhi ukubonise konke lokho kulobubusuku. Yingakho sahlala naye.”
Kukho konke akwenza kahle, esiza ukuphinda kabili iqembu eliyingozi lika-Dallas unogada uKyrie Irving, kwaba ubusuku obubuhlungu kuGabriel kanye nabakwaLakers, ulahlekelwe umdlalo ngesekhondi lokugcina lamaphuzu amathathu nguMaxi Kleber.
“Lena ibuhlungu bhuti, impela,” kusho uGabriel. “Ngikhathele ukuhlulwa kule midlalo esondelene.”
U-Gabriel ungene no-4:16 ukuze adlale kwikota yesithathu futhi wadlala kwaze kwaba yilapho kuzwakala umsindo wokugcina, ngaphandle kokushintshanisa isikhashana nokungena kabusha ngokushesha, ukudlala kwakhe okuthelelanayo futhi kuyakhuthaza.
UGabriel ube nama-rebounds amane kwikota yesine, konke kucasula.
Ngenkathi u-Irving ethola ibhola ngasekupheleni komdlalo, uGabriel wayesiza u-Dennis Schroder ekuzivikeleni, esebenzisa izingalo zakhe ezinde futhi eshibilika umzimba wakhe ongu-6-9 ukuze avimbe inkanyezi yaseDallas ukuthi ingadumi.
“Lokho kuyingxenye yezinto enginamakhono ami, ukuthi ngikwazi ukwenza lokho nginomdlali onjengoKyrie noma ngigada umdlali omkhulu, ngikwazi ukuphinda kabili, ukushelela futhi ngizame ukukhipha ibhola emlonyeni wakhe. izandla futhi lokho bekuwumsebenzi wami,” kusho uGabriel. “Futhi lapho umfana wami eyosiza, hamba uyothola ama-rebounds ahlaselayo futhi enye into engikwazile ukuletha inzuzo eqenjini.
“Nokudlala nje ngamandla amaningi nokudlala nge-IQ ephakeme nokuqonda ukuthi kudlalwa kanjani nabadlali abahlukene. Njenganamuhla, namuhla bekuyisikhathi sami sokuqala ukudlala ne-AD esikhathini esithile futhi ngicabanga ukuthi leyo mizuzu ibibukeka iyinhle futhi ngethemba ukuthi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi sizowathola amanye amathuba alokho. “
Izinkinga zokulahla
Ukudutshulwa okungekuhle kwabakwa-Lakers kwabalimaza ngendlela embi. Bafika kulayini ngaphezu kokwanele, badubula ama-31 okuphonswa kwamahhala.
Kodwa benze u-19 kuphela, noma u-61.3%.
Lokho ngeke kukwenze. Akwenzekanga.
I-Lakers idubule i-64.3% isuka emgqeni wokuphonswa mahhala ngekota yesine, lapho umdlalo wawukhona ukuze bavale.
“Futhi senze umsebenzi ebesiwufuna,” kusho uHam. “Sifuna ukwenza yonke imidlalo, futhi lokho wukunqoba umugqa wokuphosa. Sithole imizamo engu-31 kodwa kufanele wenze engaphezu kuka-19. Senza ukuphonswa kwamahhala, cishe asinayo le ngxoxo.”
U-Davis wenze okukodwa kokuphonswa kwamahhala okukodwa sekusele imizuzwana engu-6.7, enikeza i-Lakers ukuhola ngamaphuzu amabili kodwa washiya umnyango uvulelwe u-Kleber enze i-buzzer-beating amaphuzu amathathu ukuze i-Dallas inqobe iqembu elimangalisayo le-Lakers.
“Ngidubule kancane. Besizobathathu ngemuva kwalelo phuzu,” kusho uDavis. “Kusefana nokuyicubungula. Ngisho, ucabanga ngakho, phezulu kathathu, noma ngabe wenza ezintathu, isikhathi esengeziwe. … Ngisho, ukulahlekelwa okunzima. “
