In the second quarter, the Warriors fielded Duby, Ellis, Azubuuk, Margeti, and Turiaf.

Morrow entered the playoffs with a poor performance, and he couldn't stop people if he didn't shoot well. Nelson Sr. ruthlessly put him on the bench and played as a two-guard.

The Lakers went on Farmar, Vujasic, Wharton, Powell, and Odom.

As soon as Ellis came up, he beat Vujacic twice in a row to help the Warriors overtake the score.

Vujasic's defense is the biggest shortcoming that has curbed his development in the NBA. As long as the opponent is faster, he is very likely to be blown up, and his lateral movement is very slow, and he does not take advantage of his height advantage enough. Vujasic, on the other hand, was quite positive defensively. Positive means that if the opponent has given him over, he will do something to make the opponent look good.

When Ellis attacked with the ball again, Vujacic was all over Ellis from the face down. Not long ago, Ariza injured Rudy, but he was too brave and above board. Vujacic used small movements, he had a lot of small movements, and in the finals last year, he used scissor feet to trip Ray Allen, and the camera was replayed several times, but fortunately, Ray Allen had a good temper and restrained himself, otherwise it would definitely cause a conflict.

Ellis turned and broke through, but was blocked by Powell, forming a double attack. The referee blew the whistle, Powell blocked the foul, at this time Ellis had lost his center of gravity, and it was nothing to fall to the ground, Vujacic knew that the Lakers had fouled, and he deliberately raised his right leg to trip Ellis's calf, Ellis fell to the ground and almost hit his knee.

Ellis pushed Vujasic, Vujacic pretended to be a good person at this time, retreated and dodged to the side, the referee gave Ellis a trick instead, and Zhou Xuan was the first to step forward and drag Ellis.

"If you want to send us off, we're going to lose."

Such a sentence calmed Ellis down, and at the same time, Zhou Xuan also praised him to enhance his confidence.

The camera replayed, clearly saw Vujasic's tricks, Zhang Li said angrily: "This ball is absolutely deliberate, and the referee didn't care about it after watching the replay." ”

Yu Jia said: "Today is the home court of the Lakers, and there is a factor in the home whistle, but it is only fair that Vujacic should be given a malicious foul." ”

The defense is hard, as long as it is not intentional, even if it hurts, many people will evaluate the player for playing tough. But a deliberate injury like Vujasic is purely a bad character. The Lakers are a team that will do anything to win because they have a god on their staff, and that's Divac. In addition to Divac's ability to respond, the most impressive thing is his tricks and fake falls.

Divac is one of the few "dirty people" in NBA history. Yao Ming once said that when he got the ball inside, Divac's hand was on his back. He couldn't tell which muscles he was, he just couldn't move anyway. This guy is black-footed, and he is proficient in fake falls and provocations. Vujacic has not improved much in the Lakers' orthodox defense, but he has learned all these tricks.

A few minutes later, the two coaches, who don't like to call a timeout, tacitly waited for an official timeout. The Warriors led by four points at 34-30. The Lakers sent Gasol and Kobe Bryant, and the guard was replaced by Shannon? Brown, Famar continued to be on the field.

The arrangement was for Bryant to switch to small forward. Brown was very physical, coming on to play against Ellis, Vujacic was unsuccessful in defending and Famar was a little quicker than Fisher.

The Warriors replaced Zhou Xuan, Randolph, Marion, and Jackson on one side, and Ellis continued to stay on the court.

Barkley said: "The Warriors are used to playing and running at a certain stage, but today the Lakers are very well prepared, Brown is very fast, he and Famar may be able to block the Warriors' fast break, and the offense will definitely rely on two interior and Kobe. ”

Smith said: "Odom's presence on the floor will be a different style, inside and out, and I don't know if the Warriors can stop it. ”

The Lakers attacked first, Odom pulled outside the three-point line, covered Kobe, and Kobe cut inside. Fisher passes the ball to Odom.

Odom stepped on his toes and passed the ball to Bryant in the low post on the right, and Marion stepped forward to defend it. The Warriors brought in Marion in the hope that one day playing the Lakers could limit Kobe, who had rich offensive means.

In order to practice his low-post singles skills, Bryant also made a special trip to Houston to learn the use of interior dream steps from the legendary superstar Olajuwon.

At that time, in the eyes of most people, this was simply a bit incredible, because of Kobe's super personal ability on the outside, he could choose to project on the outside, or use his personal skills to find opportunities to shake off the opponent and break into the inside, winning between lightning and light, his rich scoring means on the outside are enough to kill all sides, why learn low-post skills? In addition, the Lakers led by Bynum and Gasol are super strong inside, and they can be said to be invincible in the league, can they still use Kobe Bryant to play alone in the low post?

But Bryant will never be satisfied with the status quo, he always uses every opportunity to keep learning, constantly improve himself, and constantly surpass himself. Because in his heart, there is a higher pursuit, because in front of him, there has always been a person who he hopes to surpass Michael all his life? Jordan. When I saw Jordan, known as the king of low-post singles, use low-post skills to create a series of scoring records and two three-consecutive championships, Kobe Bryant also has to prove to the world with practical actions: My low-post skills are also invincible, and my legendary road will continue!

Bryant leaned his back against Marion, first shook his shoulder to the right side, and then turned to the baseline and threw a backward jumper. Today he felt very good, Marion had already pressed his hand to his eye, and the ball was still hollow into the net. 34 to 32.

After watching Kobe's low-post singles, Zhang Li couldn't help but shout: "This ball is too much like Jordan!" ”

Yu Jia said: "Bynum is out of the court now, Kobe Bryant will definitely attack more by himself, which is a big test for Marion and Jackson." ”

The Warriors attacked, and Zhou Xuan passed to Ellis to the frontcourt. Brown stepped up and nearly knocked Ellis to the ground. BROWN IS NOT ONLY STOUT AND FAST, BUT ALSO HAS THE LEAGUE'S HIGHEST VERTICAL BOUNCE, WITH A RELIABLE STAT OF 113CM.

Ellis is also not a vegetarian, with his back to the ball, his left shoulder swaying, turning in the opposite direction, relying on his speed to pass Brown.

However, as soon as he broke through, Odom blocked him, Ellis stepped down and handed the ball to his left hand to change direction, pulled the ball in the middle and jumped into the basket, and Gasol waited under the basket again. Ellis jumped in the air to see a bad chance before choosing to pass the ball to Randolph. But it was very risky to pass the ball like this, and Kobe Bryant saw through it, and he broke the basketball halfway.

Bryant took the basketball and immediately threw it to the frontcourt. Zhou Xuan and Jackson quickly returned to defense, Brown lowered his head after receiving the ball and rushed inside, Jackson would let him succeed easily, followed on the side, stuck the breakthrough route, Brown passed back to Kobe, Marion defended.

Kobe Bryant didn't hit hard either, and took a step to move to the middle to Gasol. Ellis came back from the side after the misalignment, and Gasol received the ball and strode into the basket, scoring a one-handed dunk. 34 to 34.

"It's not good, Kobe Bryant played too well today." Zhou Xuan said in his heart.

What does Zhou Xuan think is good? It's not that he accounts for half of the team and scores 40 points, but that he scatters his shots, and each person ensures that they get more points with a 50% shooting rate, and the opponent is not easy to arrange the center of gravity of defense. The best player is an individual who can grasp the opportunity and distribute the ball reasonably.

Zhou Xuan played against each other several times in the regular season, and felt that Kobe Bryant still had weaknesses, but today he had almost no weaknesses. Defending hard, seeing opportunities to pass, and being able to play alone when he gets a chance, Kobe Bryant is the most terrifying.

The Warriors attacked, Zhou Xuan and Randolph blocked and dismantled Farmar, dribbled a step against Odom, and crossed to Randolph in the middle. Randolph only scored two points today, which is a big loss. Zhou Xuanqiu passed, thinking that this time Famar's physique is not good, it's time to enter, right?

As a result, Randolph resisted the opponent's jump shot and still missed, and his hand felt poor. Zhou Xuan frowned, and he didn't know what this fat man had done recently, he had gone too far. Gasol took the backcourt rebound and handed it to Famar, who took half court, Kobe Bryant and Odom covered without the ball, and went to the low post to receive the ball.

He couldn't use Rao before Kobe Bryant, he was very flexible, so Marion defended from behind. Kobe Bryant received the ball and dribbled a step and turned around to take a step to the middle, then turned around with his back to the bottom line with the ball in his right hand, Marion followed, Kobe took the ball and stopped with his back and shook his right shoulder, attracting Marion's center of gravity to move to the right, and then turned to the baseline and threw a backward jumper.

Ordinary people want to play like this, and if they don't do it, they will be dizzy. Kobe Bryant won't, he does it like a player who is used to playing game consoles, and his hands move when his mind moves. Kobe Bryant is a full-body movement, and it takes a lot of tempering to complete. Regardless of his personality flaws, there is really nothing to say about basketball skills.

Marion couldn't get it and the ball went in again. 34 to 36.

The Warriors attacked, and at this time, Zhou Xuan's choice began to become difficult, Randolph couldn't open it, should he keep passing it to him? If you don't pass it again, the score may be pulled away.

After this block, Randolph went inside, and he also realized that he couldn't shoot accurately, and wanted to catch the ball closer to the basket, and Gasol defended it. Odom and Farmar wrapped Zhou Xuan, he moved the ball to the perimeter, Kobe Bryant switched to Marion, Marion received the ball and passed to Jackson, Brown switched defense, Jackson gave Ellis, who opened the three-pointer but popped out of the frame.

Shooting has to be practiced, the Warriors have more offense, Ellis has fewer three-point shots, but the shooting percentage has not improved. The rebound was taken by Odom.

The second half of the second quarter became Kobe's performance, he was very smooth, singled Marion in the low post, and once the Warriors were in the trap, he immediately passed the ball, assisted Odom and Brown each hit a three-pointer. The Lakers launched a fast break, and Bryant also assisted Brown for an empty dunk. He scored 10 points in the quarter, dished out four assists and had a steal.

The Warriors' offense was halted, ending the first half with a 45-57 deficit.