Chapter 119: The Unbreakable Point of Attack (4/4)
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The second quarter ended quickly, and Anxi's excellent defense helped the Spurs gain a 15-point advantage.
And in the second quarter, in addition to scoring a goal at the beginning, Kobe's next few shots almost ended in iron, only scoring a step-back jumper, and at the end of the first half, Kobe Bryant's shooting data became 6 of 17 shots, and he had missed 11 shots.
The Spurs had a 15-point advantage, so in the third quarter, they came off the bench, hoping to give the main team more time to rest, and on the Lakers' side, McBrown also put Kobe Bryant on the bench, hoping to calm down and adjust his state, after all, the data handed over by Kobe in the second quarter was simply too poor.
The Twin Towers, who rested with each other in the second quarter, played in the third quarter, and the Lakers hoped to use the power of the Twin Towers to control the situation on the court, at least to keep up with the score, and now the Spurs are leading by 15 points, and the difference is still within the range of chase.
Until now, McBrown hopes that Kobe Bryant can step up and lead the Lakers to chase points and even win the game.
The current situation of the Lakers is different from the Spurs, the Spurs have basically ensured the first place in the West, while the Lakers still have to compete with the Clippers for the third place in the West, of course, they also have a chance to rush to the second place in the West, because the gap between the Thunder and them is not large, so for the Lakers, the last few games, every game must be contested.
In the third quarter, the Twin Towers were powerful, and the Lakers really stabilized the situation, and also recovered some scores with the help of the power of the Twin Towers.
Popovich is not in a hurry, he knows that no matter how well the twin towers play, the fourth quarter is the moment of the decisive battle, judging from the current situation of the Spurs, they have the absolute upper hand, the Spurs played on the bench in the third quarter, and the Lakers played in the twin towers, which is considered a semi-main force, which is different, in the end, the Spurs must have an advantage in physical fitness. And for the Spurs, now sending the main force to fight with the Lakers' main force is obviously a bit more than worth the loss.
At the end of the third quarter, as if he saw the hope of chasing points, McBrown waved his hand and let Kobe Bryant replay.
Seeing Kobe Bryant replay, Popovich didn't say anything, he didn't say anything about replacing An Xi or anything, he just pulled Danny Green on the sidelines and asked the Spurs to adjust their defensive strategy, from single defense to Kobe's assistance defense and packing.
After Kobe Bryant came out, without Anxi's constraints, his hand began to explode, first with a mid-range shot, narrowing the gap to within 10 points, and then before the end of the third quarter, two consecutive pull-up jump shots scored 4 points, and at the end of the third quarter, the Spurs' lead was only 5 points.
And Kobe, who hit three shots in a row, his shooting data became 9 of 20 shots, and the data suddenly became good-looking.
Anxi off the court didn't have much thought about this, Anxi had the same opinion as Popovich, and it would be the final quarter that really decided the outcome of the game.
In the fourth quarter, the Spurs played their main role, point guard Tony Parker, scoring guard Anxi, small forward Kowhi Leonard, power forward Boris Dio, and center Tim Duncan. On the Lakers' side, McBrown hesitated, and finally chose to put all the main players on the court, and the Lakers' lineup in the final quarter was point guard Ramon Sessions, scoring guard Kobe Bryant, small forward Matt Barnes, power forward Pau Gasol, and center Andrew Bynum.
"So, in the fourth quarter, our goal is to open up the margin as quickly as possible and settle the game, you know?" Popovich set a goal for them before he went on the court.
Anxi nodded to show that they understood, after a quarter of rest, their physical strength was much stronger than that of the Lakers, and if they couldn't open up the difference as soon as possible in the fourth quarter, then Popovich's arrangement would have little effect.
At the beginning of the decisive battle in the fourth quarter, the Spurs took the lead, Tony Parker shot a three-pointer first, the Lakers quickly returned the color, Pau Gasol hit a shot, and the difference remained at about five points, a difference of six points.
Then, Tim Duncan missed a shot, and Kawhi Leonard scored a layup, and the Spurs extended the margin to eight points.
At this time, Bryant got the ball.
He controlled the ball from the back court to the front court, and as soon as half of the court passed, An Xi posted it.
There is still no dialogue between the two, only a quiet confrontation, in fact, Kobe Bryant is a player who likes to talk trash talk, but when he doesn't talk trash talk, it shows that Kobe Bryant is serious at this time.
Kobe Bryant's eyes were scanning around, observing the Spurs' defense.
Of course, in the entire Spurs, the most headache for Kobe Bryant is naturally Anxi, in the last duel between the two, if it can be said that Kobe won by a small margin, then in this game, Anxi crushed Kobe.
Kobe Bryant glanced at An Xi, then slowly lowered his head, lowered his body, controlled the ball, and the whole person was like a dormant mamba snake, constantly looking for an opportunity to kill the opponent with one blow.
"Kobe Bryant, he's facing Anxi's defense!" shouted Meyers, the Staples commentator on the sidelines. "Kobe Bryant's breakthrough!"
With this shout, Kobe Bryant moved, he first made a tentative step, and found that Anxi was not moving, Kobe Bryant took advantage of this tentative step to rush into the three-point line.
An Xi wrapped up, but Kobe didn't rush too deep, he rushed to a position five steps away from the basket and stopped suddenly.
"Kobe! his pull-up jumper! with a big flinch!" Meyers continued to shout for commentary, but then, with a bang, Meyers' voice fell. "It didn't go in, and it's a pity that the rebound was taken off by Tim Duncan. ”
didn't go in again, Kobe frustrated shook his hand, he found that once he defended Anxi, he couldn't get rid of Anxi's defense, unless he used the way of blocking and dismantling, but the Lakers did not have conventional blocking and dismantling tactics, they only had ordinary blocking and dismantling tactics, that is, the inside line was pulled out for Kobe Bryant to block and dismantle. There are several disadvantages of this kind of pick-and-roll, one is that it is easy to lose offensive rebounds, and the other is that even if you block and pick-and-roll, it is difficult to get good offensive opportunities, because the Spurs will also have someone to make up for it.
Kawhi Leonard is waiting on the side, although the individual defense is a little worse than Anxi, but Kowhi Leonard is also one of the best individual defenders in the league.
Kobe Bryant was depressed, but the Spurs' offense went well, back to the offensive end, Boris Dio and Tony Parker's small cooperation gave them another chance to shoot, Boris Dio shot in the middle distance, although there was Pau Gasol's interference, but the interference was a step slower, Boris Dio still scored.
10 points, the margin widened to 10 points, and if it continues, the Spurs will soon be able to control the margin to a range that can ensure their own victory.
Bryant's face was cold, and he didn't pause, once again asking for the ball from Ramon Sessions' hands.
Playing Anxi alone, the paranoid Kobe Bryant is like a demon, even if the continuous attack is unfavorable, he still has to beat Anxi.
This time, he didn't make any superfluous feints, Kobe Bryant and An Xi had so many balls, and he could also see that An Xi was a difficult defender, any feints were useless, it was better to hit hard!
rushed to the free throw line, Kobe Bryant directly came back with a back, but then, with a bang, he still didn't score!
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Kobe Bryant's offensive point still couldn't be opened in the face of Anxi's defense!