In the face of this wave of offensive by the Trail Blazers, Kobe Bryant did not give up, constantly mobilizing his offense, wanting to counterattack, but there was only 1 minute and 12 seconds left in the second quarter, and after consecutive shots, the score chased to 46:38, only 8 points behind.

After the half-time break, the game resumed.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant came on the court directly, and the head coach of the Trail Blazers still let the bench come on the court to fight against the Lakers.

Xue Ding understands that the head coach is considering the overall situation, first of all, to ensure that the substitutes cannot be benches for a long time, which will affect the feel of the hand, and more importantly, let the main players get enough rest, after all, neither side has the strength to comprehensively suppress the other party.

Therefore, in this case, fighting a protracted war is the right way to go.

Under the leadership of Roy, the Trail Blazers benches also played very actively, but in the face of the Lakers' first team, they were still stretched.

First of all, from the offensive point of view, the defense of Atai and Kobe Bryant on the outside does not allow the Trail Blazers to have a good chance to shoot, and in the face of the inner twin towers, no one has the strength to impact the heart.

So both offensive and defensive ends are quite passive, and the only scoring point is that Roy uses his experience to create opportunities through his own rhythm when the speed is not there.

Fortunately, Roy felt good and scored every time he attacked, but the Lakers quickly adjusted their defensive strategy and gave Roy a package with all his heart, once he broke through to the two-point line, the Lakers' two tall interior lines came out directly to interfere, and Roy's shooting percentage plummeted after being interfered with.

The Lakers took the opportunity to play a small wave of 16:4 to overtake the score and lead by 4 points, and the score came to 54:50 with 9 minutes and 15 seconds left.

McMillan decisively called for a timeout and reintroduced the main force.

Xue Ding once again led Ade and other main players to climb the mountain court and have a head-on confrontation.

In terms of consuming Kobe's physical strength before, Xue Ding was very successful, especially in the final stage of the second quarter, Kobe's offensive desire was very strong, but his physical strength dropped too much, and the shooting rate was also greatly affected, which is also the main reason why Xue Ding led the Trailblazers to constantly play defensive counterattacks and open the score.

But after the halftime break, Kobe's physical strength has obviously recovered to a certain extent, and in this short three minutes, he shot four times, hit all of them, and scored 9 points alone, leading the Lakers to overtake the score.

And Xue Ding also noticed that Kobe's style of play has also been adjusted, and he fell into a crazy single under his own stimulation, but after he came on the court in the third quarter, he played very reasonably, and while scoring by himself, he also took into account the cooperation with his teammates.

Xue Ding was not surprised at all by this, after all, Lakers head coach Zen Master is only called Zen Master, and the main feature is that he is very good at adjusting the mentality of players.

It must have been during halftime that he communicated with Kobe Bryant, and this change means that he must have a new strategy when he continues to play against Kobe.

Xue Ding's strategy is very simple, continue to strengthen the confrontation against Kobe Bryant in the matchup, consume his physical strength, and at the same time increase his own score, give his teammates more confidence through his own score, and also create better opportunities for them to shoot.

It can be said that after the confrontation in the first half, both sides have a certain degree of understanding of each other, and with the recovery of physical strength at halftime, they are now in the best state to fight each other.

On the Trailblazers' side, Xue Ding continued to break through, while scoring by himself, he did not let go of any opportunity to create scoring for his teammates on the inside, and for teammates who were constantly running on the outside, he also passed in a timely second from time to time.

As a highly competitive Kobe, he was even more reluctant to be overpowered by Xue Ding, and also made full use of his super scoring ability to contain the defense and connect the team at the same time.

But the only difference is that Kobe Bryant believes in himself a little more, and feels that he can solve it, and the first choice is himself, but in the case of good physical strength, Xue Ding can't completely restrict Kobe.

The two sides went back and forth, biting each other's scores, and the difference between points never had a chance to widen.

There were 5 minutes and 45 seconds left in the time, and after a fierce battle for most of the quarter, the score was 72:76, and the Trail Blazers still maintained a slight lead of 4 points.

The similarity of the configuration of the two teams also determines the similarity of styles, so once it enters a stalemate, the interior becomes important.

After all, the closest place to the basket is the easiest place to score, and with the decline of outside physical strength, the shooting rate of both sides is declining.

Obviously, they all realized this and started feeding each other's inside balls.

The inner line once again set off a new round of fierce confrontation, perhaps due to the decline in physical strength, and the movements of both sides began to be less clean and neat, causing each other's movements to start to get bigger.

But the referee turned a blind eye to this, and as an experienced referee, he also knew very well that fans need to see a wonderful game, and a wonderful game is inseparable from fierce confrontation.

Xue Ding was also keenly aware of the referee's penalty scale, quickly changed the way he scored, and constantly broke through, frequently impacting the Lakers' interior line, attracting the bag, and playing an aerial relay with Chandler again, one hand after another.

The Lakers responded, and Gasol also took advantage of his good touch, frequently receiving the ball in the high post, and constantly hitting two-point shots.

The fans at home kept cheering, constantly expressing their excitement with screams, after all, the opposing team was a mid-shot, and their side immediately responded to the violent dunk of the air relay, which was a cool word.

While constantly fighting on the inside, Kobe Bryant was not willing to be lonely, facing Xue Ding's defense, and after hitting a super difficult backward shot again, he rushed to the front court like a glider.

Xue Ding decided to respond quickly, the game is at this time, the competition of momentum is more important, if it is said at home, after letting the opponent's superstar momentum, it will definitely bring the opponent all-round toughness.

Dribbling past half the court, in the face of Kobe's defense, continuous change of direction, Kobe kept picking up the ball with his hands, trying to disrupt Xue Ding's rhythm, Xue Ding seized the opportunity of Kobe's shot, accelerated out half of his body with a change of direction, and rushed to the inside with the ball.

Gasol quickly came up to make up for the defense, and Ade also followed, but as soon as Ade came up, he quickly made a reverse run and ran to the basket, and Xue Ding passed the ball accurately from the crowd for the first time.

After receiving the ball, Ade started quickly, raised the ball with one hand and was ready to end the score with a violent dunk, only to see Bynum rushing directly from the right side, a heavy elbow to Ade who was already in the air, and with a snap, Ade's body of more than 200 pounds fell heavily on the floor, holding his left knee with both hands, and his face was full of pain.