Kobe turned around and challenged Butler. He took a step back and turned around for a layup, but Butler interfered and missed!

As a close friend, Butler is very familiar with Kobe's offensive style!

Moreover, this board was directly taken off by Barbosa. Brazil rushed from the backcourt with lightning, broke through to the frontcourt, and caused a foul on Shannon Brown's thug!

By the time he made two free throws, the Suns had extended their lead to 11 points!

The cheers of the Suns fans at the scene were completely unstoppable.

Butler, who had been silent for two rounds and three games, became the X factor affecting the series!

At the critical moment, Kobe Bryant hit an open-handed three-pointer from the outside to help the Lakers continue to score.

But looking back, Butler also contributed. After passing the ball to Barbosa, he suddenly cut in, caught the ball and scored!

Mid-range shots, three-pointers, breakthroughs, organization, without the ball...

I have everything you want!

This Phoenix Peach Blossom Land already has three brothers, how can it be done without Zilong!

Butler: Look at me, I'm proficient in all these eighteen martial arts. Do you think I'm good enough?

The Suns completely had the upper hand in this transition period between substitutes, and there was a stalemate when the main players from both sides came back.

At halftime, the Suns led the Lakers by 10 points 60-50!

"Butler's performance tonight was a bit unexpected, but the Lakers will soon respond in the second half."

Commentator Sibakley said with a happy face.

During halftime, Butler received a round of cheers from his teammates in the locker room.

Lin Ying couldn't help but think about it.

If the race is compared to "Tianji Horse Racing", then Butler is undoubtedly a mid-level horse of excellent quality.

If the Lakers want to match him, or at least limit him, they have to use Kobe/Gasol, or Ariza.

But as long as these high-quality horses are arranged, and the Lakers rotate eight players, then by the fourth quarter, physical fitness will inevitably become the Lakers' biggest enemy.

The Suns were already in the lead, so winning the game was not a big problem.

This is also Odom's role when the Lakers usually play against other teams.

Because of Lin Ying's existence, the Lakers had to bring Odom up.

As a result, now they feel like "being beaten by others in the way they are best at".

So this advantage will still exist in Tianwang Mountain.

And after taking Tianwang Mountain, behind that...

No, no, no, don’t think too much, just take it slow and steady.

Teamwork is indeed a good thing!

Coming back in the second half, the rhythm of the game was similar to the first half.

The main task of the Suns is to fight with the Lakers, and then wait for Butler to harvest in the transition period of the bench.

But I have to say that Kobe is really ruthless. He was stunned for a second in the third quarter!

And he increased his defensive aggression against Butler.

This behavior of superior horses against medium horses basically suppressed Butler's performance.

Not only did Kobe defend himself fiercely, he also treated his teammates fiercely.

In this period, the Lakers not only failed to be further pulled away, but actually got closer to the score.

At the end of the three quarters, the Suns led 88 to 83.

Sure enough, just like in past games, defeating the Lakers is not that easy.

However, in the fourth quarter, Kobe looked around and Butler's performance started again!

The first move is to make a three-point call to you!

Followed by a layup with the ball to break through to cause damage.

In an instant, he scored 5 points in a row to widen the point difference to double digits again.

True medium horse.

Moreover, Phil Jackson couldn't bring Kobe and Gasol on the court early at this time.

Even Odom was not on the court during this period, and Jackson used ninth man Josh Powell.

Because he has to think about the decisive moment later.

So Butler's section is really a bit confusing.

On the court, Butler once again broke through Ariza and rushed inside.

And facing Bynum, he jumped into the air, preparing to score twice on Bynum.

However, Bynum had a fierce look on his face and stopped trying to defend. He just pushed Butler in the air!

Butler's reaction was quite quick, and he adjusted his body in the air to avoid letting his waist fall directly to the ground.

But when he landed, he only had time to land on one knee. At this moment, his expression instantly became ferocious.

Then he lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground, turning his body back and forth with a painful expression.

This is a knee injury!

The incident happened so suddenly that by the time he came to his senses, Ben had already rushed forward and knocked Bynum to the ground, who looked innocent and was about to retreat.

The two men struggled for a moment, and it was more likely that Bynum was pinned to the ground by Big Ben.

The Lakers players nearby didn’t dare to help!

If the referee hadn't reacted quickly and stopped Ben from hitting him with his fist, Bynum might have been beaten to death!

That was the man who even scared Artest back then!

But even if he opened his arms, Bynum couldn't get up.

He had an injury to his knee, but when it was suddenly overturned, the hand that was originally covering his face turned to cover his knee. It seemed that the old knee injury had recurred!

Things happened too fast on the field. By the time both sides were persuaded to leave by the referee, there were only two injured people left on the field.

And just under the camera, Butler did something that was shocking.

His knee seemed to be out of position, but he gritted his teeth and forced it back about 3 inches!

And before his teammates came up, he stood up with his hands on the ground, then gritted his teeth and tried to take two steps!!

Some fans shivered unconsciously.

What kind of spirit and willpower is this!

Lin Ying was also startled for a moment.

He couldn't tell whether it was Butler or Kobe who was walking in front of him!

In history, Kobe Bryant did almost the same action after being kicked off!

The only difference is that Kobe injured his ankle, while Butler injured his knee!

Sure enough, there is a reason why they became close friends.

Butler walked to the sideline and was examined by the team doctor.

We definitely won't be able to fight tonight, and the situation looks very serious.

At this moment, there was a burst of boos.

It turned out that Bynum couldn't play and had to leave the game in a wheelchair.

The fans were booing him.

The most interesting thing is the fans at the tunnel, spewing all kinds of trash talk at Bynum:

"You are Kobe's little follower", "You can't even play in the Lakers", "You will never be as good as Howard"...

Sometimes you have to admire the eloquence of the fans, they can easily pinch the shrimps and pigs.

At this moment, Butler also left the court with the team doctor.

But what was unexpected and even shocking was that he did not leave in a wheelchair, nor did he even let the team doctor help him.

He just limped toward the players' tunnel.

This scene was put on the large LED screen by the photographer on site, and was immediately presented to the audience through live broadcast.

After he straightened his knee before, the fans once again felt the indescribable impact.

The Suns' players reacted even more violently.

They looked at Butler as if they were seeing a general on a white horse galloping forward holding a bright silver spear in front of the battle formation between the two armies.

The sound of horses hooting echoed throughout the battlefield, finally condensing into one clear word:
Chapter completed!