The Celtics scored an easy goal that didn't get the Lakers players to take seriously, and it was just two points, and they quickly saved it on offense.

When O'Neal was on the sidelines, Kobe became the heart of the Lakers' offense. In the last game against the Celtics, Bryant made a record 47 shots and hit countless irons, and the team lost the game, which can be described as a complete loss. This time, Kobe Bryant is also going to find the court in Los Angeles anyway, he doesn't care what lineup the Celtics send, even if he sends five women on the court, he has to do his best to blow up the opposite side.

But the Celtics seem to have been prepared, first their defense began to shrink, four players stood in a rectangle around the four corners of the three-second zone, and then Eric Williams led the whole court to defend Kobe, which was a 1-4 joint defense, and the Celtics came for Kobe.

Kobe Bryant received the ball at the top of the arc, bent down and looked down at the defense, the Celtics closed very small, there were opportunities in the left and right corners, he suddenly started to feint from the right side to break through, the Celtics defender closed the door and adducted, Kobe made a decisive pass to Robert Hawley in the bottom corner, Hawley even had time to aim, and then made a three-point shot in the right bottom corner.

"Phew!" Missed three points, Hawley, who saved the Lakers with a magical three-point shot in the playoffs last season, has rapidly declined this season, and his three-point shooting rate has dropped to less than 30 percent.

Inside Mark Blunt grabbed the backcourt rebound with his height advantage, and after O'Neal went off, he was already the highest player on the court. The Celtics immediately launched a quick counterattack, Alexander ran wildly with the ball, and the Lakers' backup point guard was Brian Shaw, a veteran of 13 seasons, who could not keep up with the young Alexander.

But Shaw is experienced, and although he can't keep up with his feet, his hands can keep up, and he is close behind Alexander to interfere with his dribbling, and sure enough, Alexander's balance is insufficient, and he misses a forced layup.

But a big bird took off from behind, and Chris Anderson, flying in the air, caught the ball that popped out of the basket with both hands, and poured the ball into the basket vigorously!

It was another two points, and the difference between the two sides was narrowed to 10 points, and the gap was visible and tangible.

Phil Jackson didn't call a timeout, he still squinted his eyes and sat on the bench with a mysterious smile, the name of the Zen master is not false, his dislike of calling timeouts is also famous, he wants the players to solve the problems on the court themselves.

At this time, Bryant still tried to solve the problem with passing. This season has been a season of rapid growth for Kobe, who surpassed O'Neal to become the team's leading scorer, averaging 30 points per game

At the same time, due to O'Neal's large number of absences, Kobe Bryant began to take on the role of the backbone of the team, his rebounds and assists reached career highs, and he began to learn to lead the team to win by scoring and crazy ways other than defense. Of course, he and O'Neal also have discordant voices, because he hates to see O'Neal spend a lot of time resting and entertaining, instead of focusing on the basketball court.

He dribbled past half court and found Devin George on the strong side, then he moved to the weak side, Brian Shaw ran backwards around the baseline, George handed the ball to Samaki Walker, Kobe Bryant received the ball on the weak side, the strong and weak side instantly shifted, Kobe Bryant already had a chance to play a single. But he didn't, but gave the drop ball to Samaki Walker, who cut inside, and wanted Walker to make an inside cut and go straight to the basket.

But Walker is not O'Neal, receiving the ball in the three-second zone is equal to scoring, after Walker got the ball, the Celtics three players surrounded him, and covered it like a cover under the basket, Walker couldn't pass it, shook a few times and couldn't get up, only threw the ball up to try to make a high board. As a result, Chris Anderson directly pulled up and slapped the ball on the rebound, the ball bounced out, Grant Long got the ball, and a long pass to Williams, who was about to go.

Bryant chased after him, and Williams' layup was blocked by Bryant, but the referee blew the whistle and blew Bryant's defensive foul, and Williams went to the free throw line.

When Williams hit both free throws, the Celtics were already chasing six straight points at the start of the second quarter, and the Lakers hadn't even scored.

The Lakers serve in the backcourt, and the situation on the court is completely different at this time, the morale of the Celtics is completely up, Chris Anderson is almost everywhere, the Green Army's bench seems to be a chicken blood, Pierce, Walker, and Brown have all become professional cheerleaders, standing on the sidelines to cheer for the bench players. Just now the Celtics scored six points in a row, and Pierce was more diligent than anyone else.

And Leon is standing on the sidelines with his arms crossed, he is not sitting there with a calm atmosphere like Phil Jackson, because he is betting, betting that Kobe Bryant will not feel an explosion, betting that Phil Jackson will not call a timeout, betting that the rest of the Lakers players will not step up and continue to live. As long as there is one bet that is not won, then the Celtic will be very dangerous in this game, and if the bet wins, then at least in the first half Celtic can still bite.

Sure enough, in the next round, Kobe Bryant was going to prepare to attack on his own, and he decided not to pass the ball anymore and use his goals to stabilize the situation. As he dribbled the ball, he pressed down with his hands to signal his teammates to calm down, as well as to signal Phil Jackson not to rush to a timeout. If Kobe Bryant can hit this ball, the Lakers will continue to play until the official timeout, and if he doesn't, Jackson will undoubtedly need a timeout.

Leon clearly saw Kobe's actions and communication with Jackson, as the overlord of the league and the winner of three consecutive championships, no team in the league has been studied as thoroughly as the Lakers, and even the small habits of players and coaches have been clearly figured out.

Leon's eyes were like that of a bald eagle, and he immediately made a clasped hand gesture towards Chris Anderson, and Anderson's eyes glanced at him, and he had already understood what Leon meant.

The Lakers player cleared the left side, leaving space for Kobe to break through, which was the main defense of Kobe Bryant's Williams knew that Kobe was going to attack, and he suddenly took a step with his left foot and completely gave up the space on his right.

It's a plug in the middle and a side, so that Kobe Bryant walks from the left! Please enter the urn, Kobe Bryant is also not afraid of defensive traps, and forcibly breaks through directly from the left side. Chris Anderson was prepared, he didn't wait for Kobe to start before filling the position, but directly threw away his defender to block Kobe Bryant in advance.

Changing to another player may change the strategy and directly drop the ball to the interior player, but Kobe has already made up his mind to attack on his own, and he only has the basket in his eyes!

Anderson's defense forced Kobe to go outside, Kobe adjusted his pace, jumped 18 feet close to the baseline and jumped back to make a jumper, a difficult shot, the arc of the ball was a little flat, Chris Anderson tried his best to interfere with Kobe's shot, the ball spun around in the basket, and finally fell out again.

Mark Blunt got the rebound, a good chance for the Celtics to fight back!

"Slow down, slow down!" At this time, Leon slowed down the pace of the Celtics, and Alexander, who originally wanted to launch a fast attack, had to slow down the pace of his advance, waiting for the players to settle down before reorganizing the attack.

Leon didn't know that this was a good opportunity for Celtic to counterattack, but he also knew that this was also the most dangerous moment, the substitutes were inexperienced and incapable, and they were prone to brain fever when morale was up. The Lakers players are experienced, and the referee's whistle in the first two rounds is biased towards the Celtics, at this time, the Celtics are likely to make a mistake or miss if they rush and hit, and the result is that the Lakers will beat back, which will be more than worth the loss for the Celtics.

Therefore, Leon asked Alexander to stabilize and play one slowly, even if he didn't have time to retreat, he could seriously defend one.

However, there are really not many ways for the Celtics to play a positional battle with this group of bench players, and they can still take advantage of the tiger's nap to steal two at the beginning of the second quarter, and now the Lakers are serious about defense, and they basically have no good way to tear apart the Lakers' defense without offensive strength.

Alexander was really under a lot of pressure to control the ball on the outside, his teammates ran a few laps, poured the ball a few times, and couldn't get out a few times, and finally the pressure was so great that he could only rush by himself.

He faced Brian Shaw's defense and made a throw near the right side of the three-second zone, which was a very unremarkable throw, and the ball drew a skewed arc, without even touching the basket, and fell directly over the neck of the basket to the left side of the basket.

However, Chris Anderson was stuck behind Walker, and the ball fell into his hands!

Birdman takes off again!

He jumped up with incredible speed and slammed Samagki Walker on the head with both hands, causing a foul on Walker and going to the free throw line!

The Celtics' bench exploded, Antoine Walker danced his burlesque on the sidelines, PJ Brown made the appearance of stopping everyone, only Leon just clenched his fist lightly and said nothing else. Because he knows that the hard times are far from coming, and in this game, as long as the Celtics do not lose by more than 15 points, they will complete the task.

With Anderson hitting a free throw, the Celtics hit a 9-0 spurt for the Lakers, narrowing the deficit to just five points, and Phil Jackson could no longer sit on the bench and pretend to be forced and immediately called a timeout.

At this time, David Stern, who was originally very ugly, was obviously much better, at least he knew that although tonight's game was not very interesting, at least it would not be too bad in the first half. He's going to find a way to get the group of sponsor representatives to leave after watching the first half of the game, so that he can make a good impression. (To be continued.) )