Chapter 229: Healthy Basketball
After the end of the first quarter of the game, the most important thing for Chen Yu was that he found that his physical exertion was not so great.
This is also because his style of play is relatively understated, and Chen Yu has tried to reduce the frequency of his physical strength.
Moreover, the shooting percentage of the Lakers was quite good throughout the first quarter, which caused the current situation.
It's just that it's hard to say what the situation will be like after that.
But there is still a big possibility: if the Nuggets want to defend strictly, they will play hard when attacking, forcing the Lakers to fight hard. And if the Lakers' physical strength is not good and the shooting rate drops, it is very likely that today's game will be explained.
Anyway, it is obviously not an easy task for the Lakers to win the final victory today.
Soon, the second quarter of the game began!
Some of the things that Chen Yu is worried about are happening, anyway, the Lakers' bench is a little unsightly in front of the Nuggets, the Nuggets' bench is playing particularly well, in contrast, the Lakers' bench is very out of shape.
In fact, the Lakers' bench this season is really not very good, not to mention that now because of the injuries of Kobe, Nash, and Howard, Chen Yu and Meeks, who are on the bench, have been mentioned in the starting lineup, and the Lakers' bench is really a problem under such a lineup.
The Nuggets continued their main style of play in the second quarter, anyway, it was all kinds of hard and hard plays, and the Lakers were losing one after another.
The Nuggets made very few three-point shots, most of them were inside layups or mid-range shots, or they went straight to the interior and then made foul free throws.
With 6:19 left in the second quarter, the Nuggets went on an 11-4 run, and the score was now 35-28, with the Lakers trailing by as many as seven points.
At this time, D'Antoni couldn't sit still, so he could only directly start to change their main lineup and let the main lineup play.
Chen Yu also appeared again.
The first goal must be scored!
Chen Yu controlled the ball outside the three-point line, and the person in front of him was still Lawson, in order to ensure the success rate of this ball, Chen Yu directly began to forcibly break through!
After two changes of direction, Chen Yu once again broke through Lawson.
Now that he has rested for a long time after the first quarter, his physical strength has basically recovered, and when he breaks through, it is a bit like Ling Hu Chong's Dugu Nine Swords - although my internal strength (strength) is not so strong, my reaction speed is super fast, and the move also has a last-strike-first-come, specifically the ability to go towards your flaws, so my breakthrough is simple and clear, and I can pierce the opponent's defense with a very fast speed.
After Chen Yu broke through Lawson, the Nuggets' interior line did not dare to slack off, but after Chen Yu put away the ball, he made a shooting feint that did not stick to the body and went straight to the basket, and then hit the board and hit the layup!
Some of Chen Yu's actions have already had the effect of flowing water.
The audience at the scene cheered again, and their spirits were lifted!
The Lakers played so badly before, and even made some of them drowsy, and they were even more hopeless about this game, but Chen Yu had just come back, and he immediately used his performance to tell everyone that he now has the intention of taking on a lot of responsibilities for the Lakers.
The Nuggets started to attack, they missed the jumper this time, but they grabbed the rebound inside, and then Lawson broke through Chen Yu and distributed the ball to Iguodala, who made a layup.
At 37-30, the Lakers still have a seven-point difference.
The Lakers started to attack again, Chen Yu controlled the ball with one hand outside the three-point line, and pointed at the country with the other finger, and the Nuggets were also worried that Chen Yu would continue to break through.
Chen Yu really broke through!
Lawson's defense is really not enough for Chen Yu, Chen Yu broke through directly to the basket and did not continue to go to the basket but passed the basketball to Thackeray, Thackeray saw that there was no chance, and passed the basketball to Gasol on the side, Gasol had already seen Chen Yu standing outside the bottom corner of the three-point line again when he received the ball.
Just pass the basketball directly to Chen Yu!
After Chen Yu received Gasol's pass, he was about to jump shot, but saw that Meeks had found a vacancy in the bottom corner on the other side, and two or three people were coming up on his side, so Chen Yu directly transferred the basketball to Meeks on the other side of the three-point line.
Meeks straight jumper!
Chen Yu looked at the ball with trepidation, but fortunately, the basketball went directly into the net.
37-33!
The Lakers are now trailing by 4 points, and I have to say that the three-point shot is really fast to chase points, and the seemingly scary point difference will make people realize that it is not so exaggerated in a short time, and after a while, it will be found that the point difference is even smaller......
The Nuggets missed the next jumper, and the Lakers side, when Chen Yu attacked again, he found that the Nuggets had begun to wrap themselves, and someone would come over to wrap them at any time from near the three-point line, and then someone would change the defense immediately once he broke through.
Under such defense, Chen Yu did not hesitate, and after finding an opportunity, he passed the basketball to Gasol for him to jump, but the basketball missed, and the Nuggets still didn't hit.
After the ball came back, Chen Yu wandered outside the three-point line for a while, and saw that he was about to shoot a three-pointer, but he passed the basketball to Gasol on the inside again, and Gasol hit a layup this time.
But the Nuggets broke through the Lakers' interior and drew a foul, and then hit both free throws.
The difference is still 4 points.
In the entire second quarter, Chen Yu only got two points from the first layup, and he didn't score after that, but he also got 3 assists in this quarter, and he had 12 points and 7 assists at the end of the first half.
Chen Yu basically didn't attack much in this quarter, but almost passed his ball to his teammates, in the final analysis, it was for his own physical strength.
The Nuggets can be said to be completely strict against Chen Yu, so Chen Yu plans to score hard, anyway, the Lakers' point difference has not been too big, far from the point where they need to attack desperately, or wait until the second half.
Sometimes, basketball games are like this, although there are four quarters, but the real winner is still the second half or even the last quarter, Chen Yu has to save his physical strength to deal with that time.
At the end of the first half, the Lakers and Nuggets were 47-42, and the Lakers trailed by five points.