Chapter 438: Answer Successor and Black Mamba! (1/3)
Coach Stevens felt his brain buzz at this point.
In a few recent games, the Lakers started to fall behind after the first quarter.
This was also true today, and in the second quarter, the Lakers couldn't keep up, trailing by about 10 points.
In the second half, the Lakers went straight into garbage time mode.
This is the performance of the Lakers in the last two months!
But how did it change when he got to him today?
Stevens: "The second quarter was dominated by breakouts. No matter how the opponent changes, we have to take advantage of the score immediately!
If you are inside, you have to score points......"
Horford and Crowder were replaced, Johnson came on the court to play the power forward position, and Smart went to the small forward.
The two defenders remain the same, Bradley and Thomas Jr.
The Lakers' guards were replaced by Li Feng and Kobe!
The fans at the scene immediately boiled! Today I finally saw the showdown between Thomas Jr. and Kobe!
Today's Thomas Jr. is known as the Allen Iverson of this era!
No matter what the controversy is in the outside world, at least Thomas Jr.'s average data per game has surpassed the answers of the year!
In fact, there is no comparison between the two, because the times are different. In today's era where it is easy to score more than 100 points at every turn, it has become much easier to obtain data.
But it's for a team of players.
40:37! The Lakers are already outscoring their opponents in points at this point!
Thomas Jr. directly held the ball in the past, there was no tactical play, the two sides pulled apart, facing the black mamba in front of him, Thomas Jr. sought a breakthrough many times without success!
Finally, when the time was about 24 seconds, Thomas Jr. suddenly hit a three-point shot with a big step back!
It's too difficult! But Thomas Jr., like most of the games this season, was able to hit some difficult shots.
Compared to the previous game, Thomas Jr.'s self-confidence is at an all-time high! He even had a lot of fighting spirit at this time.
Although Kobe didn't care what he looked like, Thomas Jr. at this time made the audience very excited!
The answer back then was to retire, but Kobe Bryant is still playing on the court.
The younger generation is gradually taking over the league game of this era. And the Lakers seem to have faded out of sight over the years.
The team is in dire need of a major change and a few superstars to bring the team back to its former glory!
But this should be something that Kobe Bryant will do directly after he retires.
And this season's Lakers seem to be recovering again!
Both teams are not low in the media these days.
But the Celtics are full of praise, and the Lakers are mostly cynical about them.
Even some shows have to make a few jokes about the Lakers every episode.
Yes, the Lakers, who had the league's No. 1 win rate at the beginning of the season, still couldn't make the playoffs in the end. This is indeed a very embarrassing thing.
The timeout came back and it seemed like it was going to start with Kobe Bryant and Thomas Jr. going head-to-head.
In the frantic cheers of the fans at the scene, Kobe Bryant faced Thomas Jr. and kept dribbling the basketball!
Although Thomas Jr. wants to cut off the ball in the hands of the Black Mamba, the basketball is close at hand, and he just can't do it!
In the end, Kobe Bryant made a feint of turning and jumping, and finally shook off Thomas Jr.!
But the latter was not reconciled, and immediately rushed over to defend Kobe Bryant again, but was eventually whistled for a foul.
Bryant smiled and touched little Thomas's head with his right hand.
The latter also smiled helplessly.
Then Bryant stood at the free throw line and scored the ball!
That's when the competition begins!
Smart takes Thomas Jr.'s pass!
Then the jumper was interfered with by Nance Jr.!
After Lore Deng got the rebound, he gave it to Li Feng, and then Li Feng was blocked by Bradley!
Kobe Bryant and Li Feng cooperated with each other in the half, and finally Li Feng hit a three-point shot next to the three-point line!
46:40! The camera is given to Stevens, and he is walking around the sidelines more often!
At this time, the Green Shirts are already 6 points behind!
Kobe Bryant and Thomas Jr. went straight to death-winding defense!
In the end, the basketball was brought to the front court by Thomas Jr., but it was still cut off by Kobe Bryant when passing!
After Li Feng got the ball in the front court, he immediately ran fast and hit the last three points again!
This time, Thomas Jr. didn't pass the ball anymore and ran towards Kobe Bryant after halftime.
In the end, he relied on the cover of his teammates to break through and score 2 points!
This game allowed the Black Mamba to find the feeling of playing against Iverson back then, and his team currently has a good constraint on the opponent.
But such opponents must not be underestimated!
Just like the Philadelphia 76ers did back then!
Then Nance Jr.'s jumper was recorded by Kelly!
Thomas Jr. immediately picked up the basketball, dribbled hard and went straight past Kobe!!
The fans at the scene will be in a commotion when they see Thomas Jr. passing Kobe Bryant at this time!
Here in East Boston, there seems to be a superstar on the rise!
The showdown between him and Kobe Bryant is like a prelude to the alternation of the old and the new!
After passing Li Feng and Nance Jr. of the Lakers in a row, Thomas Jr. looked back at them, and then jumped up and hit a three-point shot!
Seeing that his team began to chase points, Coach Stevens's heart was temporarily put back in his stomach.
Another similarity with the 76ers after the millennium is that this season's Celtics have the ability to cooperate at their peak!
The whole team, no matter how high or low the level, as long as they are on the field, the players will immediately enter the state and fight with the opponent to the end!
The high level of coordination and the high breakthrough ability of several players make this team very strong!
Kobe Bryant took Li Feng's pass this time, obviously after Kobe got the ball, the cheers for him on the scene were about twice as much as that of Thomas Jr.!
Little Thomas at the scene only had Kobe Bryant in his eyes at this time!
The latter pretended to be cut off by him in the opposite position with Thomas Jr.!
But the basketball rebounded after smashing on the opponent, and before Thomas Jr. could get the ball, Kobe Bryant borrowed the shot successfully and started directly past Thomas Jr. next to him!
The whole process was like a mistake by Kobe, but no one knows whether it was a mistake or not.
But it turned out that Thomas Jr. wanted to chase too late.
Kobe Bryant ran to the three-point line, Smart immediately jumped up with Kobe Bryant almost at the same time, and the basketball eventually scored after two laps in the basket, and Smart received a foul.
After scoring a free throw next to the free throw line, Kobe Bryant successfully scored 3+1!
In terms of on-court experience, Thomas Jr. is still like a child when compared to Kobe. The two are 11 years apart in age.
"Very good."
Bryant then ran over with Thomas Jr. and nodded in the affirmative.