Chapter 400: The Feud Between the Superstars (1/3)
Howard, who was sitting on the sidelines, was breathing heavily.
His fitness has been declining in recent years, although not much, but he can really feel it.
As I get older, although I am still at the top of the league, it is inevitable that it will go downhill.
He traveled from the Magic to Los Angeles and ended up leaving the Lakers.
So far, Howard has not forgotten his and Kobe Bryant's holiday on the court.
Why is he a "soft persimmon"?!
In the first quarter of the game, two people were on the floor at the same time, but they did not intersect. Even when Kobe Bryant had a breakthrough, the two never came into direct contact.
This season, Monster is coming to Atlanta, his fourth team in the NBA.
With the Hawks, Howard still doesn't have a lot of playing time right now.
The most games had him play a little over 31 minutes. Played less than 15 minutes when he was less.
At this time, he averaged more than 20 minutes per game with the Hawks.
But Warcraft felt that it was better not to let him meet Kobe. Otherwise, let him know what hard gas is!
During his time with the Eagles, he found that Coach Budenholzer still demanded a lot of from him.
The team also has a lot of tactical arrangements, but he can live with it.
At this time, he also joined the Eagles as a superstar.
After the Lakers experienced the twists and turns of the first quarter of the game, the spirit of the whole team was tense.
Seeing that the team is getting better, Walton also tries not to be so angry......
He was furious just now, and at this time he felt that his right arm was trembling a little.
Since taking the position of head coach of the team, Wharton has to think about controlling his emotions......
This day, day by day, I was angry.
But today this anger is not born from the referee.
Thinking of this, Wharton shook his head, then nodded again, admitting that he was a little angry today.
Then he walked back from the sideline and sat on the bench to watch the game.
There are still more than two quarters of games to play, and if you are like this, the fatigue will become greater in the later stage.
The on-site competition has been handed over to Li Feng to take over at this time!
Li Feng is worthy of being a person who has experienced two finals!
In the first quarter of the game, the Hawks played like that, and they still narrowed the gap with Kobe Bryant!
What Li Feng said to them just now was to the effect that the rhythm should be stable!!
My teammates felt that if they were to lead the team, basically Wharton would just wait to lose.
But with Li Feng, it feels different!
The Eagles also saw Li Feng here, commanding their own team there.
They all looked eager to try, wanting to see how Li Feng led such a team.
You must know that at the beginning of the season, Li Feng performed well, but in the end they still lost to the Eagles.
Schroeder rushed over quickly, he did not force Li Feng to return to the line, but waited for him to pass half time before coming over to defend him.
The basketball now passed to Nick Young, who was directly opposite Hardaway II!
In the end, he couldn't pass Hardaway Jr., and the black question mark didn't rush hard.
Today's head coach looked like he was going mad on the spot......
The emoji has this scruple in his heart, but he still doesn't dare to directly cast the audience.
Zubac was startled when he saw Nick Young passing. He glanced at Wharton, then saw that time was running out, and he turned around and scored a close-range 2 points!!
Coach Wharton didn't mean to blame, he nodded, and then turned his face to say something to the assistant coach.
Zubac breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and then said to Nick Young with his eyes, "Do you want to die?!" Pass me the ball? Nick Young looked indifferent.
Anyway, I passed the ball by myself, and when there is not much time, how can I have so much time to think~
The Eagles are fast on this end!
Schroeder ran to the front first, and then received a pass from Hardaway II, and Millsap wanted to dunk after getting the ball!
Unexpectedly, the young Zubac predicted it and pressed the basketball down!
Even Budenholzer didn't expect that the Lakers would develop a good-looking center in such a short period of time!
The Lakers are already short of centers, and now that Zubac is capable defensively, Wharton will definitely increase his efforts to cultivate!
Mark took advantage of the chaos to get the basketball, but was cut off by Li Feng on the first dribble!
Nick Young ran straight away, then received a pass from Li Feng and hit a three-pointer in the front court!!
Coach Budenholzer is about to take a timeout!
......
61:56! At the end of the first half, Lu Wei gave the team a satisfactory answer!
Although Schroeder was fast, consistency problems arose during the game.
The Lakers are led by veteran Lu Wei! The difference was finally fixed at 5 points!
The Eagles, on their side, also made a couple of substitutions. Wharton replaced Li Feng to rest him.
Budenholzer doesn't have much more to say, if anything, it's to score, defend, rebound, etc.
But now that said, isn't that nonsense?
Wharton: "In the second quarter, Lowe did a very good job of scoring on the outside!! Randle: If you don't want Lore Deng to continue playing, you should defend me against the basket? ”
Randall immediately bounced off the bench and ran to Wharton and nodded repeatedly!
The third quarter game is back!
The Hawks' lineup is Howard, Millsap, Hardaway, Kent and Malcolm, who the Hawks have focused on this season!
On the Lakers side of the team are Zubac, Randle, Ingram, Kobe Bryant and Li Feng!
Budenholzer was on the sidelines with his shoulders on his shoulders at this time, looking coldly at the Lakers' side.
Thanks to him changing the lineup in advance...... Otherwise, I don't know how far I have to play in the third quarter of the game!
Howard saw that Kobe Bryant was also on the court, and his eyes became cold!
The Eagles took the lead and Hardaway II faced Ingram after receiving Malcolm's pass in the frontcourt!
The latter used his speed twice to get rid of the opponent and then passed to Kobe, and the fans at the scene immediately became excited.
But this time Kobe Bryant didn't choose a jump shot, but directly passed the two and scored points on a layup at Millsap!
Howard wants to block Kobe! But it was blocked by Millsap!
Kent receives Howard's serve, goes to the front court and passes to Malcolm.
In the face of Li Feng's defense, Malcolm appeared to be very patient, and finally hit a three-point shot in front of him!
Li Feng found that Malcolm's footsteps were very rhythmic!
Howard: "Look at how we spread the gap in this quarter!" ”
Kobe: "When did the soft persimmon have such determination?" You're not here to joke with your teammates, like a beam-jumping clown?
Come here! Move me to try it? You don't even dare to lend you a gut! ”
Finally, the two were running, and Howard couldn't help but take the lead in attacking Kobe!
And in the face of Howard's trouble-provoking behavior, Kobe Bryant is not afraid at all! The two superstars started arguing in the ring!
The referees on the field, you look at me, I look at you, and in the end, no one gave a penalty.
Malcolm quickly holds the ball across the half-court! Finally pass the ball straight to Warcraft!
Howard scored with a one-handed smash after receiving the ball in the air!
Zubac was directly sent out by the monster!
Howard: "It's not too easy to score under your team's basket~"
Kobe: "You're going to make it ugly for you to lose tonight!" ”
Howard: "I should have said Kobe!" Do you think my years in Orlando were given for nothing? You don't want me, I'm going to beat you again tonight!! ”
Kobe: "I'm still Howard. Will you try it now? You don't dare?! I'm right in front of you, do it?!
We've both been sent off, and you're still losing!! How strong do you think you are?! ”
Howard: "You're waiting!! Let's wait and see!! ”
Budenholzer: "Dwight! Go back to your place. What happened? ”
The head coach of the Eagles immediately asked his main big center Warcraft loudly at this time.
Howard immediately ran back and waved his hand to the coach to say he was fine.
I thought that the two teams would score directly in the third quarter! But many fans at the scene at the moment found that there was an unexpected gain?!
The two superstars were arguing at this time.
Although they don't quarrel anymore, the two of them managed to ignite the game!
Kobe Bryant snatched the basketball directly from Ingram!
Li Feng immediately signaled to Ingram not to react and just retreat.
After passing Malcolm, Kent and Hardaway Jr. in a row, Bryant directly faced Millsap and Howard's bag and made a pull move!
Then the referee blew the whistle and Millsap received his fourth foul!
Kobe Bryant: "There's a teammate standing in your way!" You've escaped~"
After saying that, Kobe Bryant hit two serve balls perfectly!
It's okay not to say it! After arguing with Warcraft, Kobe recalled a chaotic season that year, and he didn't fight this anger!!
Whether it's Walton, the Lakers players present are holding their breath, some look at Li Feng, and Li Feng signals everyone not to be too excited like Kobe.
Let's do it!
During a match, there are players who suddenly become overly emotional, such as sadness, happiness or anger as they are now!
As a teammate, you can guide in both directions!
Li Feng felt that this could allow Kobe's emotions to lead the whole team to confront the Eagles!
Invisibly, many abilities of both sides can be improved!
It's mostly emotionally infected!
The Eagles didn't immediately pass the ball to Howard, and Coach Budenholzer made a gesture with his hands out!
He was afraid that Howard's state at this time would be easy to make mistakes, so he let his outside players attack first, and if it didn't work, let the monsters grab the rebounds.
Kent's jump shot was a three-point shot!
Howard immediately rushed out to get the basketball and singled Randle with his back to the basketball, and finally missed a close-range jumper!
In the chaos, Howard threw himself and grabbed one, but eventually dunked the ball away!
Zubac's left hand was hit directly by Howard! Wharton then spotted it in time for Lore Deng to replace Zubac.
After returning from a timeout, Howard had just let Zubac get a foul and then made 1 of 2 free throws from the free line.
Li Feng: "......"
Li Feng, who was on the right, saw Kobe Bryant turning on the taunt mode to Howard like a cannon there......
At first, the monster replied a few words, and then just smiled and shook his head there. And such a move made Kobe even more angry!!
Zubac sat back with some chagrin at this time, although he fought hard, but in the face of the complicated situation on the scene, he still returned to the bench again in the midst of continuous injuries.
Then Kobe Bryant went to the front court with the ball and rushed towards the monster!
Players from both teams get out of the way!
Howard is also out of the way! He is like a goalkeeper, facing Kobe Bryant with open palms and ready to give him a blood cap at any time!
But Kobe Bryant's speed at this time Warcraft can't keep up at all!
When he was almost about to collide with him in the end, Kobe Bryant immediately turned in the air and threw the ball!
Basketball hits the board and goes into the net! The fans at the scene immediately burst into exclamations!
After a few attacks, Bryant's anger was somewhat gone.
If you continue to fight with the opponent like this, it is estimated that the opponent will be anxious.
Kobe Bryant: "Single-handedly with me?" Did you eat the wrong thing before the game?!! Play your central striker position! ”
A few rounds of Warcraft felt like they were going to be blown up!
There was even an urge in my mind to push Kobe.
Budenholzer was scrambling back and forth on the sidelines.
Replacing Howard now is tantamount to admitting defeat to the Lakers.
This time, Kobe Bryant didn't deliberately defend against Warcraft, but Howard himself took it off and the basketball went out of bounds.
Li Feng rushed to the front court after getting the ball, and Kobe Bryant looked at Li Feng's eyes and signaled that he would not attack this time.
After quickly turning into a four-on-four situation, Ingram finally caught the ball in the bottom corner on the other side and hit a three-point jumper!
67:65! The camera shows Budenholzer, who is already standing there at this point.
Now is not the time to take a timeout and make substitutions, there is still a game to play against the young manager opposite!
Because the coaches on both sides want to win, both of them look extremely nervous at this time!
From time to time, Wharton also glanced at Coach Budenholzer, who was not far away.
In the third quarter of the game, the Lakers already controlled the rhythm of the game!
Kobe Bryant was suddenly angry, which immediately changed the state of the two teams on the spot!
The Eagles' guard on this end is simply unable to play in the face of Kobe.
He is not even afraid of a center, what else is Kobe afraid of?
Black Mamba's emotions are also infecting all the Lakers players!
Budenholzer: "Try not to fall behind. Can you do it without falling behind?! ”
Seeing his players nodding, Budenholzer bowed his head deeply, stood on the sidelines for a few seconds, and then walked back with his head down.
No one could see what his expression was like at this time.
The score advantage accumulated in the first half was still lost by the Lakers in this quarter of the game!
Kobe Bryant dribbled across half court alone, and Kent kept a considerable distance from him!
In the end, the basketball flew to Ingram, and Howard was already in position, and finally the basketball came to Li Feng.
The latter allowed Malcolm to pick up his first foul of the game.
Then all 3 free throws were hit! For the first time in this game, the Lakers have surpassed the Hawks in scoring!
Seeing Wharton here, I feel that although there have been a lot of changes in this section, the final result is good.
In the first quarter of the game, the Hawks once trailed the Lakers by 15 points!
But now the Lakers seem to have suppressed their Hawks in terms of the pace of the game!!
With just seven points in the third quarter, Budenholzer watched their team trail by six points and asked for a timeout.
The momentum of the Hawks is going to be lost by the Lakers......