The good times didn't last long, after Tyrek scored the first goal of the Kings, the Lakers quickly responded, and the immature Kings couldn't prevent the Lakers' system offense and Kobe's individual offense, and the Lakers scored consecutive points. On the other hand, for the Kings, Bryant focused on preventing Terek from breaking through, forcing Tyrek to shoot or divert the ball from mid-to-long distance. Tyreek's shooting ability is not outstanding, coupled with Kobe's pressing defense, there is no crosshairs in such interference, several attempts to shoot ended in deflection, and finally can only choose to pass the ball to his teammates to create opportunities, but the Kings are not dominant in other positions, the score of the two sides was quickly pulled away, the Lakers led 18-8, and Coach Westfair had to call a timeout.

Sitting on the bench, Tyrek put a towel on his head, drank a sports drink, his teammates were sweating profusely and panting, it was obvious that the confrontation with the Lakers was not easy, Coach Westfair stood in front of the players and said loudly: "Your opponent is the Lakers!" Kobe Bryant is strong, Gasol, Odom, Artest, and Fisher are all ruthless characters, I know this! This game is not easy, but it is not necessarily that there is no chance, we also have to play as a whole, Tyrek was entangled by Kobe Bryant today, and others have to stand up! Next, we play the inside, the Lakers' Bynum is not there, Gasol plays the No. 5 position, although the technique is strong but the strength is insufficient, and at the same time, Odom, who plays the No. 4 position, has speed but also lacks strength, and we cooperate inside and outside to play Cousins! Francisco, you replace Omi, strengthen the defense! Come on, everyone! ”

After the timeout, Kings Garcia came on the court to replace Cosby, and the Lakers Matt. Barnes came on for Artest and the game continued. The Kings are still attacking by Tyreck's possession of the ball, because the coach has laid out the tactics, Cousins will come forward to do a high block with Tyreck, Kobe's path of defense against Tyrek was blocked by Cousins, Kobe Bryant surrounded Tyrek from the outside, and Gasol, who chased Cousins from the inside, was also attracted by Tyreck to take a step forward, Cousins and Tyrek dismantled and returned to the low post, Tyrek threw the ball to Cousins from between Kobe and Gasol. Odom on the inside came over to pounce, and at this time Cousins had already reached out with one arm and hit the board!

"That's it! Tyrek and DeMarcus beautiful high pick-and-roll! Napier in the commentary seat was once again ignited.

"Today, Tyrek will inevitably be guarded by Kobe Bryant on the outside, and at the same time, Udri can't defend Kobe on the defensive end, only Terrick can limit Kobe to a certain extent, which will also consume a lot of Tyreck's physical strength, it depends on whether the rest of the team can stand up in time to put pressure on the Lakers and liberate Tyreck, and now it seems that Coach Westfair is starting to let DeMarcus take the main offense......"

Cousins held the ball on the right side of the waist and played back, squeezed in alone, no one guarded him, squeezed Gasol into the penalty area, collected the ball to his waist, shrugged his shoulders to the left to deceive Gasol, and then leaned on the central axis foot to quickly turn over and hit a hook shot!

Cousins received the ball on the bottom line, took a step inside and turned his back to the basket, Gasol raised his hands to interfere with Cousins' shot, Cousins held the ball with both hands and raised the ball to make a shooting feint, and then took the moment of Gasol's upheaval to hit the basket with a small toss!

Cousins took the ball near the elbow area, held the ball from the right side of his body and made a shooting feint, after Gasol's center of gravity was pulled by him, Cousins rushed forward from the left side, leaned on Gasol's huge body, and dunked it with one arm!

"DeMarcus. Cousins! Today, the Lakers' interior line seems to have no way to deal with him in the absence of Bynum, and it is indeed difficult for Gasol to top Cousins! ”

After a few rounds, the Kings closed the gap to five points and the two teams ended the first quarter 27-22.

"Excellent! DeMarcus is playing well! The Lakers will not dare to let Cousins play alone like this in the second quarter, and will inevitably choose to defend, and then our outside line will have a chance......" Coach Westphall continued to encourage his players during the break.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the two teams began to rotate extensively, with the Kings Thompson, Green, and Hyde coming on one after another, while Tyrek and Cousins remained on the court. On the Lakers side, except for Gasol, they all changed their rotation players, and the lineup on the court was Steve. Blake, Shannon. Brown, Matt. Barnes, Gasol, Theo. Ratliff and Gasol are back in the fourth position.

After the Lakers replaced the bench, Ratliff played the No. 5 position, Gasol had difficulty defending Cousins, and Ratliff, a veteran on the bench, couldn't prevent it, so the Lakers had to choose a double bag. The two-man pack did press Cousins, but it returned to the familiar rhythm of Cousins and Tyreco, and once Brown turned around and ambushed Tyreco behind Cousins, Tyrek had an opportunity to gain space in front of him, whether it was a breakthrough or a mid-range, Tyrek was at ease. Not only Tyrek, but the Kings' outside can get a chance to shoot because of Cousins' containment on the inside, although Gasol, who returned to the fourth position, caused some damage to the Kings on the offensive end, but during this period of time, the Kings still dominated across the board and quickly tied the score at 36-36. Coach Jackson of the Lakers had no choice but to call a timeout and readjust the personnel tactical arrangement.

"Grant, you see, after the Lakers' main team gets off the court, there is no way to take Tyrek and DeMarcus, their bench is already extremely difficult to defend Tyreck, and the interior line can't limit DeMarcus, choose to wrap DeMarcus, once Tyrek gets the breakthrough space, it will be a big kill!"

"That's right, to tell you the truth, the Lakers' lineup is indeed better than ours, but because of Bynum's absence, how to defend DeMarcus is really a big problem......

After the timeout, Kobe Bryant and Odom returned to the court to replace Brown and Gasol, and the Kings did not make personnel changes. After Kobe Bryant came on the court, the Lakers played more smoothly on the offensive end, Kobe's personal ability is indeed strong, Tyrek relies on his height and arm span to defend well, many times the defense has done a good job, but Kobe still has the ability to score the ball, this is the ability of a superstar! The Lakers also made adjustments on the defensive end, that is, to let Cousins play alone and lock the outside, Odom and Ratliff took turns to consume Cousins, and the two fought closely with Cousins, Cousins let him play if he could score, but never gave the Kings a chance to the outside. During this time, although Cousins was indeed very competitive and scored consecutive goals, the Lakers also responded under the leadership of Kobe, and Cousins' frequent singles were getting more and more tired, and after the second quarter, Cousins, who had played two quarters in a row, was already gasping for breath, at which time the Sacramento Kings were 47-50 behind by 3 points......