To be honest, Lamar has also studied Rashid's straight-arm shooting, but he hasn't found a good way to defend, and a guy with a tall arm like Rashid still chooses a straight-arm shot, which really makes the defender helpless!

Phil Jackson is also very helpless, to be honest, Lamar's defense has done a good job, and the Lakers have no good candidates, after all, Lamar is the only one who can keep up with Rashid on the court!

The second quarter ended quickly, and the Trail Blazers, led by Rasheed Wallace, finally didn't fall too far behind, ending the first half with a 56-59 victory, closing the gap between the two teams to three points. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After the loss of falling behind in the opening period, the Lakers, who returned to the locker room with a three-point lead over the opponent at halftime, can finally take a little relief, but tonight's strong performance of the Trail Blazers also made the whole Lakers team deeply aware of the danger.

At halftime, the atmosphere in the Lakers' locker room seemed to be very lively, sweeping away the dullness of Kobe's injury before.

Phil Jackson is also trying to cheer up the players and find a way to keep the players in the second half to maintain their previous fighting spirit and form.

Seeing that everyone's mood is good, as veteran players Shaq and Chauncey Billups, they are also a little relieved.

Lamar was sitting alone on the side, listening to the music with a headset, as if he was in a completely different world from the rest of the dressing room.

"Lamar, even though we're leading for the time being, aren't you worried about the Trail Blazers counterattacking in the second half?"

Phil Jackson asked a little puzzled, to be honest, he was a little annoyed in his heart, and felt that Lamar should take the initiative to stand up and boost everyone's morale now, instead of doing nothing like now.

"Against a strong team like Portland, it's not surprising whether the score is ahead or behind!"

Lamar took off his headset and looked at Phil Jackson and smiled, as if that was what was going on.

"Besides, it's still us who is leading now, although I don't want to admit it, and I don't want to say that, but the truth is that even if we don't have Kobe, Horace and Lamond, but our overall strength is not weaker than them, and Shaq is not something they can stop. ”

"So what do you think we should do in the second half?" Phil Jackson continued.

Lamar stood up and said: "Give everything we can, play every offense, play our own basketball, don't be led by the nose by the opponent, it's okay, as for the result of the game, until the last minute, who knows what will be going to be?

The second half was quickly underway, with both teams returning to the starting line-up at the start of the game.

The Trail Blazers, who took the lead in attacking, scored two more points with Steve Smith's backhand layup from Studemire's clever pass to cut the basket, and suddenly narrowed the gap to six points.

When it was the Lakers' turn to attack, it was Scott Pippen who stood in front of Lamar to defend.

In the first half, Scott Pippen's defense of Lamar can be said to be a complete failure, except for the steal that took advantage of Lamar's inattention at the beginning, he had no bright spots when defending Lamar, and he was broken by Lamar at least ten times in the first half, completely lacking the style of the defensive titan that Batman was omnipotent when he was with the Bulls.

Lamar glanced at Scott Pippen, quickly made two shaky moves, and broke through easily again, but as soon as he broke through, Lamar immediately pulled back, because the Trailblazers' inside stalwart Rasheed Wallace was already standing in front of him.

"Dangerous!"

Almost subconsciously, Lamar sensed the threat, and before he had time to think about it, he quickly came to a step-down dribble.

Sure enough, just as Lamar's ball was handed over from his right hand to his left, Stoudemire's hand appeared where the ball was just now, and the speed was so fast that people could even see the afterimage.

"Whew!"

Lamar breathed a sigh of relief, then quickly made a back-to-back pass, and just halfway through the action, he flicked the ball with his right hand, and the ball was accurately passed to Chauncebillups' hand.

"Huh!"

Chauncey Billups also played with confidence at the moment, facing Steve Smith's defense, only made a simple dummy move, jumped up and shot, and hit the basket accurately.

"Good pass!"

Chauncy Billups gave Lamar a thumbs up.

"The response is quick, you are indeed the best I have ever seen!" said Lapares faintly complimented Lamar.

"Of course!" Lamar's expression was cold, but it looked extremely stinky!

In fact, Lamar's heart is not calm, if this ball is not instinctively sensed the threat, then nine times out of ten it will be successfully tackled by Stoudemire! His steal action is too fast, and just right, except for AI and Kobe, he is the most powerful steal master Lamar has ever seen.

The Trail Blazers' offense is still orchestrated by Stoudemire, but now Chauncey is defending him, which somewhat limits Stoudemire's play, at least in terms of speed. With the physical advantage, Chauncy played a good role in interfering with the flying squirrel in the second half, although Chauncy has been wandering everywhere in recent years, but he is also constantly improving his defensive strength, after the half-time battle, he has gradually mastered a little Stoudemire's passing habits.

Stoudemire looked for a moment, but there was no good opportunity, so he could only teach the ball to Steve Smith, who received the ball and pulled it up and shot, but the ball was not allowed to be thrown under Harber's interference, and Shaq struggled to grab the rebound between Rasheed Wallace and Sabonis.

"Attack!"

Lamar was already running forward when Shaq jumped up to grab the rebound, along with Stoudemire and Steve Smith!

Sure enough, to Lamar's surprise, the first time Shaq grabbed the rebound was to find him.

Although Lamar was sandwiched between Stoudemire and Steve Smith left and right, Shaq still threw the ball directly over the heads of the three Lamar with a big hand.

At this time, the physical qualities of the three players were immediately clearly reflected, Steve Smith kept looking back at the trajectory of the basketball, looking as if he was ready to jump up at any time to intercept the ball in mid-air, while Lamar and Stoudemire only glanced back and never looked back!

Just when he was about to reach the three-point line, Lamar jumped up with a "poof", and Stoudemire knew that he was inferior in height and could not be stronger than Lamar in jumping, so he immediately ran to the front and turned back to make a defensive posture.

But to Stoudemire's surprise, Lamar forcibly wiped it from his side with brute force as soon as he landed on the ground after receiving the ball.

"Oh no, why forgot about the foul!"

It wasn't until Lamar crossed the blow that the two suddenly came to their senses, and the head coach told him before the game that he should do whatever it takes to deal with Lamar and not hesitate to foul, but just now both of them forgot about it.

At this time, Lamar was like a dragon returning to the sea, and he jumped up again after taking two steps!

At this time, the Los Angeles fans in the stadium stood up, raised their hands in the air, and waited for their heroic performance.

In the face of such a good opportunity, Lamar will never miss it, only to see him come to a tomahawk slam dunk in the air!

"Bang!"

The basketball was poured into the hoop without any suspense!

Tomahawk Dunk! Lamar easily completed this fast break with such a beautiful slam dunk.

And this slam dunk also greatly increased the momentum of the Lakers, and at the same time cast a thin shadow on the hearts of the Trail Blazers players, and they were not so efficient on offense.

Next, the Lakers defended three consecutive attacks by the Trail Blazers, and when their own side attacked, Chauncey Billups hit another three-pointer, and then Shaq's strong interior attack was also successful, so that Dunleavy reluctantly called a timeout.

"Well done, boys!"

"Well done, boys!"

At this moment, the score gap has been stretched to double digits again, and Phil Jackson seems to have seen the hope of winning at home, and naturally does not skimp on his praise.

"It's a good job to win this game!"

Lamar said lightly, although the score has been opened, there are still more than ten minutes of game to play, and there are still variables, and no one knows who wins and who loses in the end.

"How's your physical strength, do you still hold on?"

Seeing Lamar running all over the field just now, Phil was also a little worried, and didn't mind if Lamar splashed cold water just now.

"I'm fine!" Lamar gave Phil Jackson a tranquilizer!

"That's good!" Phil Jackson didn't dig deeper, took out the tactics board, and began to lay out the next tactics.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers also took advantage of the Trail Blazers' main rotation to rest, relying on the excellent play of the bench to attack aggressively, and finally led the Trail Blazers by 15 points at 78:63.

Lamar's outstanding play in this quarter is the key to the team's ability to open the score gap, without Lamarne's sudden outside shots and frequent assists, it is still very difficult to rely on Shaq's strong inside attack, and as for Chaunci Billups's three-point gamble on the outside, the team cannot achieve the desired goal.

Lamar sat on the sidelines, with a white towel on his head, gulping Gatorade, hoping to replenish the physical strength he had lost as soon as possible, his spirit was tense, and he did not dare to relax in the slightest.

Lamar knows that at this time, as long as he can't hold on to the first and can't withstand the pressure, then the final result of this game is really not a win. (To be continued.) )