Chapter 630: Singles Joe (1/4!) )
At the end of the first quarter, the score of the two sides was tied at 22, and the Nets came off the bench to chase back the difference.
Back in the second quarter, both sides were full bench lineups.
On the Lakers' side are Ronnie Price, LaVine, Nick Young, Randle and Black.
On the Nets' side, Livingston, Joe Johnson, Will Barton, LaVoy, Allen and Jokic.
Randle's high post in the frame and the Nets played well at the end of the first quarter, using the same group of people, and the defense was also doing a great job at this point.
When the time was so fast that there was no chance, Randle directly held the ball and rushed Allen, the former's body was thick, and he successfully squeezed Allen to the basket.
Jokic raised his hand to help defend, and Randle shot sideways, but Jokic turned around at the same time and didn't give a chance, Randle hesitated and the ball went out of bounds.
A mistake by the Lakers!
There was a burst of cheers from the audience.
Tang Tian looked at it and nodded with satisfaction.
Jokic is improving faster than he expected, especially on the defensive end, and is starting to use his body.
The Nets went to the frontcourt, and Jokic continued to respond from beyond the three-point line, giving the ball to Barton, who missed the three-point shot.
LaVine stood up directly to play hero ball after holding the ball in the front court, but Joe Johnson is not Bogdan, and he is very experienced in position grabbing, LaVine rushed to the basket and finally barely made a shot, and the rebound was accepted by Jokic.
Jokic didn't have a chance in the frontcourt, and he didn't score a three-pointer himself.
As soon as the second quarter began, the two sides staged a battle of iron, and no one even scored.
Both Scott and Tang Tian got up from the bench and stood on the sidelines.
Everyone wants to be the first to break the deadlock.
LaVine's mid-range went in and bounced out, and a frustrated Scott yelled from the sidelines.
Tang Tian shouted at Livingston, and then reached out to make a low-post singles gesture at the No. 2 position.
The tactics of the two teams are not much of a problem, and there are many opportunities, and they don't shoot to show that both sides are not online.
Livingston went to the frontcourt, did not let Jokic play again, but directly signaled to open up the space, and then let Joe Johnson drop low and give the ball in.
Johnson catches the ball and has his back to LaVine.
glanced at the lack of defense behind him, and he directly pushed inside.
LaVine's athleticism is excellent, but he didn't play well in his rookie season, and was arched a few times by Johnson's big butt and was directly pushed into the restricted area.
After exerting his strength again, he turned to the baseline, LaVine couldn't make a force, and Johnson directly shot at a close-range shot.
"Bang!"
The ball grazed the rebound and fell into the net pocket.
The Nets were the first to break the scoring drought!
The scene erupted in cheers.
It's been a long time since they've seen this scene!
Singles Joe!
Joe Johnson's low back shot is his signature technical move!
The Lakers attacked the frontcourt, LaVine was a little anxious, and he made a three-point shot directly from the outside cross.
This ball has the shadow of Kobe, but unfortunately the timing of the shot is not very good, and he directly throws a three-stick shot in the face of Joe Johnson's shot.
The Nets sent the ball out of the backcourt, and after Livingston advanced to the frontcourt, he also handed the ball to Johnson in the low post to single.
At this time, the Lakers made a change in defense and switched to Nick Young to come over.
Yang is much stronger than Lavin, Johnson's center of gravity is lower, and he still pushes in, but just when Yang Mao is full of strength, he suddenly makes a big turn to the bottom line, and then directly leans back to shoot.
Yang made a direct pounce, and Blake saw it and flew over to make up for the defense, but the interference was limited.
Johnson leaned back.
"Bang!"
At this point, the players on the court really didn't feel it, and Johnson's leaning back hit the basket and popped up.
However, because Blake pounced to help defend, Jokic was a pillar of optimism under the basket, and he added the ball to the basket with a little light.
Young missed a three-pointer from the frontcourt to catch the ball, and Jokic picked up another rebound.
Johnson continued to play back in the low post, this time LaVine on the weak side came directly to wrap up, Johnson was quick and fast, stuffed the ball to the middle, and Barton received the ball and scored a layup.
The Nets went on a 6-0 run.
The Lakers were forced to call another timeout.
There was a burst of excited shouts from the Nets' bench, and when Joe Johnson came off the court, he was high-fived by his teammates one by one, and his performance was quite morale-boosting.
"Well done." Tang Tian also affirmed Johnson's performance.
After the timeout, the Lakers directly replaced Kobe Bryant and Clarkson on the court, which was an early entry into the rotation.
Tang Tian also replaced Delong and Yi Jianlian on the court, but Johnson performed well this time and was still left on the court by him.
The Lakers attacked the frontcourt, and Kobe Bryant attacked with his back.
The continuous hard chisel did not move, and the shot that turned around again was also predicted by Johnson, and the shot under the interference finally jumped out of the basket.
At the beginning of the game, whether it was Bogdan or Moore, they couldn't prevent Kobe Bryant at all, but Joe Johnson's body and experience, Kobe Bryant's hard play is really not as sure as it was at the beginning.
Deron and Jokic were both on the floor, and the Nets did not play alone, but began to run tactics, and Deron hit a three-point shot, and the Nets widened the gap to 9 points at once.
Scott turned around and shouted again, and went straight to the main force in advance.
Bryant's face-frame offense caused Joe Johnson to foul, and both sides switched to the main force one after another.
Yao Ming scored a goal against Jokic in the low post to break the scoring drought for the Lakers.
In retrospect, Deron missed the breakaway shot, but Johnson's rebound caused Boozer's hitter and made both free throws to continue to increase the Nets' scores.
Joe Johnson has a strong presence on the court this time, and his debut after a month has a feeling of nirvana rebirth.
Tang Tian was delighted to watch from the sidelines, but it was not too surprising.
Johnson's strength is still there, there is no doubt about it, it is not surprising to adjust his mentality to play such a performance, and because he fell out of the rotation before, the Lakers probably did not target this point when they arranged it before the game, in a sense, this is also a miracle soldier.
Kobe Bryant and Yao Ming can't play too long, and the strength of the two teams on paper is actually not much different.
And the 9-point advantage accumulated in this period is particularly precious.
The situation on both sides has been deadlocked, and at the beginning of the second half, the Lakers under the leadership of Kobe Bryant once closed the gap to 3 points, but then Delon also led the team to play a wave of offense to stretch the difference to double digits again.
The two sides have been back and forth, and the score difference has been fluctuating at 810 points.
In the end, the Nets relied on the advantage accumulated at the beginning of the second quarter to defeat the Lakers 97-91 and win back-to-back victories.
Deron Williams had a team-high 23 points and 7 assists, Yi Jianlian had 16 points and 6 boards, and Jokic also had 9 points, 10 boards and 5 assists.
And Joe Johnson, who appeared again after a month, surprised the fans, playing 26 minutes and finishing with 11 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists on 5-of-9 shooting.