Chapter 683: Defending Home Glory

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In the Mavericks rest area, Rick Carlisle looked serious and looked at the crowd: "We have to overtake and regain the initiative." I don't care if the Lakers doped or not, but we have to come back and take the lead in the first quarter. ā€

"Tell me, can you do it?" he said, looking at the crowd.

The Mavericks were shocked, and Nowitzki was the first to speak: "Coach, don't worry, before the end of the first quarter, we will definitely overtake." ā€

"Yes. ā€

"Definitely. ā€

The others nodded their heads as well, and a cold glint flashed in everyone's eyes.

Originally, they thought that today's game would be easy, and they originally thought that they didn't need to take it too seriously in the first quarter, but now they understand that they have to be serious.

Looking at the crowd, Rick Carlisle nodded and didn't say much, "Come on!"

The whistle blows and the game resumes.

As soon as the Mavericks came up, he hit a three-pointer, Matthews broke through the point and gave it to Delon, DeLong made a false swing, which was also a breakthrough point, so that several people on the Lakers almost received the three-point line, and Nowitzki found an opportunity outside the three-point line and hit a three-point shot.

The Lakers counterattacked, but the goal failed to score, and the Mavericks used this opportunity to fight back, and it was Nowitzki again, who shot a golden rooster independently and almost scored, which scared everyone on the Lakers.

"We're still ahead, don't mess around, let's play as we just did. Scott shouted from the sidelines.

On the court, the Lakers looked solemn and continued to play......

The Mavericks, on their side, are starting to get extremely aggressive, not just offensively, but more importantly defensively.

The Lakers looked in great shape today, but Rick Carlisle didn't believe that the previous few consecutive road games had no effect on them, so one of the tactics he laid out for the Mavericks during the timeout was to try to drain the Lakers' physical strength.

Therefore, the Mavericks have become very fierce defensively, a little looser on Nick Young, Hibbert, and Randle, and not at all relaxed on Chen Feng and Kobe.

Sometimes, the Mavericks even defend others and defend Kobe or Chen Feng one-on-one, forcing Kobe and Chen Feng to play alone and consume their physical strength.

In such a situation, Chen Feng and Kobe Bryant's physical strength also had problems, and their hand feeling was also affected, and their efficiency was greatly reduced.

Seeing this, Scott asked for a substitution and replaced Chen Feng and Kobe Bryant.

In the first quarter, Chen Feng and Kobe Bryant both played for almost eight minutes, which is already a lot, and they have to come down and rest.

Without Chen Feng and Kobe, the offensive firepower of the Lakers has dropped a lot.

On the other hand, on the side of the Mavericks, they are still a full starting lineup, with Nowitzki, Parsons, Pachuria, DeLong, etc. successively making contributions and cutting points for the team.

However, in a few minutes, the Mavericks played a wave of counterattacks, quickly narrowing the original point difference, and by the end of the first quarter, the score became 27:27, a draw!

Rick Carlisle was quite satisfied with the result, although he couldn't overtake, but in the end he tied the score.

On the Lakers' side, Scott's brows furrowed, he looked at Chen Feng and Kobe, and then at the Mavericks, and couldn't help sighing: "Physical strength, alas, ......"

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Entering the second quarter, the two sides continued to fight.

As soon as the Mavericks came up, they launched a fierce attack, and they were also very fierce defensively, switching between offense and defense very quickly, and the physical consumption of the players was also very large.

Of course, for the Lakers, this is more serious, because their physical ability is not as abundant as the Mavericks players, and it is even worse for them to consume it like this.

Seeing this, Scott immediately responded, instructing the players to slow down, not to play with the rhythm of the Mavericks, and to try to play positional battles.

It's okay offensively, but on defense you have to follow the opponent's rhythm, the opponent has to be fast, you can't be slow.

Therefore, even though Scott repeatedly told the players to play positional battles as much as possible, the physical consumption of the players was still very large, and the score was opened step by step, and the Mavericks overtook the score.

Entering the second half of the second quarter, the Lakers replaced most of the starters, and only Kobe Bryant rested off the court.

On the Mavericks' side, this is not the case, even though Nowitzki is old, but he has full physical reserves, and he did not rest when he saw Kobe resting and continued to play.

And, as soon as he came up, Nowitzki showed great lethality, slashing points again and again.

The rest of the Mavericks also seemed to have entered the furious mode, and the feeling was suddenly good, and the offensive success rate was very high, beating the Lakers a 6:0, and suddenly stretched the difference to more than 10 points.

In the audience, Mavericks fans went crazy.

"Great job!"

"Haha, it's 10 points off. ā€

"Kill the Lakers and show them how good our Mavericks are. ā€

The fans cheered loudly, and entering this quarter, the Mavericks can be regarded as playing with the momentum of the home field.

Seeing that the difference was by double digits, Scott immediately called a timeout and replaced Kobe Bryant. However, this substitution did not make much of a difference.

The Mavericks still used the tactics of the second half of the first quarter, targeting the physical problems of the Lakers players, against Chen Feng, and against Kobe Bryant against the defense.

In the first few minutes of the second quarter, they even took a trap on Chen Feng, which made Chen Feng very uncomfortable, so the score difference was opened step by step, until it reached more than 10 points.

Now that Kobe Bryant is back, the Mavericks can't continue to wrap Chen Feng, and Chen Feng is freed, but physical problems still affect him, making him feel much worse than before.

"If you don't feel good, you can only break through. Chen Feng said secretly in his heart.

Kobe Bryant is similar, he doesn't feel good, he can only keep breaking through, hitting the basket, making fouls, and scoring in this way.

But there is no doubt that this will make them more physically exerted.

Relying on Chen Feng and Kobe Bryant's continuous impact on the basket, the Lakers narrowed the difference a little and entered within 10 points, but it was 9 points and 8 points, and there was no way to narrow it anymore.

Until the end of the second quarter, the score was fixed at 54:45, and the Mavericks still led by 9 points.

Scott didn't say anything about falling behind, and when the players returned to the dressing room, he had only one word: "Hurry up and rest." ā€

The crowd nodded, but did not speak.

Outside, there was a commotion and cheers.

It was the Mavericks' home fans cheering, and at halftime, they had a nine-point lead, which wasn't much, but it was a very different momentum than the first quarter. This quarter, the Mavericks played with their momentum and defended their home glory, which naturally deserves everyone's cheers and celebrations.

Listening to the voice outside, Chen Feng took a deep breath, glanced at Kobe Bryant, and saw the same meaning in each other's eyes - never admit defeat!