Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Highest Half-Time Scoring !! by a Team in History
"Bryant went inside to attract the defense and threw the ball to the perimeter! Mullin! God's left-handed three-point shot! The Lakers scored three points again! β
"O'Neill crashed into Dampier, a sophomore, and scored 2+1 strongly! He's crazy about showing off his thick and majestic arms! β
"I can't stop it! Kill crazy! The Lakers have no intention of slowing down at all! β
"Five players who can distribute the ball cross each other! The ball is flying around under the control of the Lakers! There are almost no dribbles, everyone is passing the ball! β
"It's so beautiful! Who said that the Lakers would only play superstars! They pass the ball better than any team in the league looks like they do! β
"Five players who can hold the ball, can shoot, and can break through, is this similar to the future basketball that Pat Riley envisioned!"
"I don't know if Pat Riley's ideal basketball is like this, but I only know that the Lakers have an offense like this, and I'm afraid there are few teams in the league that can hold it."
Bombardment!
The Lakers' offense in the entire first quarter was beautiful, with 14 assists in a single quarter and 53 points in a single quarter with an 80% shooting rate!
Kobe Bryant and O'Neal create a lot of empty seats!
Not only did they create a lot of shooting space, but they were also able to see the seams in the attack and score with a high efficiency!
Coupled with Kobe Bryant and Eddie Jones leading the defense, it put a lot of pressure on the Warriors on the outside. This allowed the Lakers to play a lot of defensive counter-attacks.
And in the defensive counterattack, the Lakers' lineup is simply incomprehensible!
Everyone in the Lakers on the defensive counterattack can pass the ball, and almost every defensive counterattack results in open shooting with more shots and fewer shots.
Hit! Hit! Hit again!
"It's horrible! The Lakers' offense is terrifying! Don't say it's the Warriors, even if the Bulls are here, the Lakers can at least score more than 30 points in a single quarter! β
"The Lakers' lineup system will become the next SHOWTIME! They play basketball so contagious! Endless defensive pressure, the passing of the ball like a drum in the counterattack, and the unsolvable destructive power of Kobe and O'Neal in the positional battle! It's a boosted version of SHOWTIME! β
"The strongest offensive team in history is SHOWTIME! If the Lakers were a strengthened version of SHOWTIME, they would be the strongest offensive team in history! β
Shattered, Madman Sprewell felt like his basketball dream was shattered.
Warriors 17:53 Lakers in the first quarter.
It's a score difference that only happens in video games.
Doubt life.
Before the game began, Sprewell was still thinking about shame on Kobe. Let Kobe Bryant see how the team has changed dramatically since he became the boss.
And now Sprewell just wants the game to end quickly and get back to Golden State!
Los Angeles was a nightmare for him! It's horrible! This is a quarter of the game that he will wake up to countless nights.
"Take it easy, guys. You have to take it easy and face the game with a calm mind. Warriors coach Callesimo didn't have a good way to adjust the team at this time, he could only ask the players to adjust their mentality and pour some chicken soup for the soul.
But Callesimo is not a Zen master after all, and these god-like things are not obviously helpful to the Warriors players.
"Shut up! Old guys! "For Sprewell, at least, these chatters of Callesimo annoyed him like chanting.
Callesimo was speechless, as the team boss appointed by the Warriors management, Callesimo, who was not very qualified, did not know how to manage at all.
It's okay to be absent from training or be late with a lot of alcohol. Now he is openly talking back in the game, if it weren't for Sprewell, or the coach was not Callesimo, the players who made trouble would have been completely put in the cold.
Kalesimo can understand the mentality of the madman Sprewell being beaten by the Lakers, but this kind of words still makes Callesimo feel very embarrassed.
Section 2!
The Lakers have no idea of waterproofing at all!
After 3,4 minutes of rotation time off the bench, the starting five Tigers of the game continued to play!
And their hand is still hot!
"That's accurate! It's so accurate! God's left hand Mullin faced his old club, and faced his junior madman Sprewell without any mercy at all, he seemed to be back to his prime, able to shoot and pass, and scored 5 three-pointers in the half, scoring 18 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists. β
And the Warriors' big man Sprewell only scored 7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 6 turnovers. 6 turnovers at half-time! Is this how the average star player behaves against Kobe? β
"Kobe's defensive dominance has built the foundation of the Lakers' counterattack, and five players who can attack and pass make the Lakers' counterattack unstoppable!"
"The Lakers scored 53 points in the first quarter! Scored 56 points in the second quarter! 109 points in the first half! surpassed the Suns' 107 points against the Nuggets on 10/10/90!!! β
"The Lakers made history! They set a new record for a team's first half of the game! β
"A team of historic caliber is rising!"
The cheers at the Great Western Forum Arena almost pierced the sky, and residents several blocks away could hear the Lakers fans cheering!
Highest score in the half!
109 points at halftime!
What a miracle this is!
What the SHOWTIME dynasty didn't do back then, now the OK dynasty has done!
Halftime Warriors 43:109 Lakers!
66 points lead at halftime!
Lakers players started and no one scored in double figures!
Bryant scored 23 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 steals, 3 blocks and 2 turnovers.
O'Neal finished with 19 points, 18 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 blocks and 1 turnover.
Mullin finished with 18 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists.
Jones had 15 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.
Horry had 11 points, three rebounds and four assists.
The five starters scored 86 points, 27 rebounds and 28 assists!
Here's half-time stats!
The reporter midfielder in Los Angeles pulled the Lakers' players and interviewed them frantically to prevent them from returning to the locker room.
'We're a great team and my team-mates are the best. - Kobe
"There are so many talented players in the team! Together, we will be the best in history! βO'Neill
"I feel like Kobe Bryant is flying in the air with us." - Jones
"If only I had come to the Lakers sooner, no. The Lakers at that time were not OK! βMullin
'It's the greatest team I've ever been to.' - Horry, a two-time winner in Houston
The Lakers didn't start in the second half! Take half time
The game ended, the Warriors 92:159 Lakers.
It's still a lot short of the league's all-time single-game record of 186 points. But there were three overtimes in that game, and the Lakers' starters didn't play in the second half!
A big win!
A great victory!
This record instantly pushed the Lakers' call to win the championship to a climax!