Chapter 121: The Lakers Fight Back
"The Lakers' interior rim protection is too poor." Van Gundy watched the game in the second quarter and immediately gave the Lakers a comment at halftime.
"Not only the interior, but also the height of the guard is not enough, the Lakers have piled up a large group of guards this season, but except for Kobe, there is no one who can take the lead, and it has seriously damaged the team's forward height, you can see that the guard Jodimeks is only six feet four inches, small forward Kobe Bryant is six feet six inches, and the opposite Suns team is six feet seven inches Middleton and six feet eight inches of Li Mojie! Isn't this a natural opposition advantage for the Suns? Brin added.
"At the end of the half, 56:47, the home Lakers were in front, and the best player of the half was given to the Suns' top scorer this year, who hit 6 of 10 shots, 2 of 6 3-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, and cut down 17 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds. Van Gundy read the data.
"It's up to Coach D'Antoni to adjust at halftime." Brin said with a sigh.
"Hi, Mojay." At the end of the half-time game, Li Mojie was about to go back to the locker room, and Lisa, a Fox reporter next to him, immediately greeted him.
"Congratulations on being the best player of the half, do you think today's game was easy? I see you still have some energy left. Lisa asked, digging a big hole in her sweet voice.
Eldest sister, you're trying to hurt me! Li Mojie looked down at the sexy reporter Lisa's graceful figure, and secretly said that Zhang Wuji's mother was really right, and sure enough, the more beautiful the woman, the more dangerous.
"It's a great feeling to play at Staples Arena, there are so many passionate fans, there are Hollywood stars, and because I'm a California native, the fans here are nice to me! So I was in good shape today, you know the athletes are in good shape, the Lakers have never been an easy opponent to play against, even though we were leading in the first half, but this is the basketball court, it's where miracles happen, nothing is impossible, isn't it? So we need to go back to the dressing room and get ready for the second half. Li Mojie said eloquently.
"Oh, then you keep going for the second half." Lisa smiled sweetly. In my heart, I didn't have a secret way to this little fox.
In the Lakers' home locker room, D'Antoni also had a headache looking at the group of crooked melons and cracked dates on the team's bench, to be honest, he wanted to trade out of the team, but he didn't have the right.
It's not that he doesn't like Kobe, but after the Knicks failed to coach Anthony, D'Antoni already knew very well that his run-and-gun tactics needed a two-way guard who could shoot three-pointers and organize passes, and he needed a group of young people with full physical strength, and the Lakers didn't have it, and the Lakers' starting lineup could only play positional battles. To be honest, D'Antoni regretted that he shouldn't have been fooled by Buss Jr. in the first place, and he should have let Phil Jackson come here and see what he could do with Kobe Bryant, Gasol and a bunch of league homeballs who have been in decline.
"In the second half, I'll arrange the lineup: Kobe Bryant, you just recovered from injury, take a rest...... "D'Antoni commanded.
At halftime, both sides changed their formations, and Kobe Bryant, who played 20 minutes in the first half on the Lakers' side, went down, and now the Lakers' lineup on the court has become: Steve Blake, Xavier Henry, Nick Young, Sean Williams, Jordan Hill. On the Suns' side, Ramon Sessions, Gerard Green, PJ Tucker, Marcus Morris, Rudy Gobert. Take a look at the good performances from the substitutes on both sides in the second half. The Lakers' home beauty DJ Heidi Watney said in her sweet voice.
The Lakers welcomed a new live DJ for the 2012-13 season, and that was Heidi Atney, a beautiful streamer who had won second place in the Miss California contest.
Watney's previous club was for the American television station NESN, where she joined in 2008 as a live announcer for the Boston Red Sox baseball team, but when she became a Lakers commentator, her club became Time Warner. But Watney has a closer connection to California, where she worked before joining NESN, where she was a weekend sports host for KMPH and a part-time broadcaster for ESPN1430 Radio, both based in California, the same state as Los Angeles.
Watney's relationship with California is not only there, but she is even more famous for her participation in the Miss California 2002 contest and her eventual runner-up honor. In addition, she is a National Honor Scholar and has achieved great success at the University of San Diego, where she graduated in 2003. Former Lakers head coach Mike Brown is also from the University of San Diego.
Heidi Watney also has a lot of connections with sports, in addition to her own constant as a sports anchor, her cousin is called Nick Watney, who is a professional golfer. After the 10-11 season, the Lakers signed a huge broadcast contract with Time Warner Cable for a total of $5 billion over 20 years, and it is clear that the arrival of Watney, who is extremely popular in Los Angeles, makes the Lakers' broadcast even more attractive.
The first offense in the opening game, Gerald Green missed three points from the outside, Jordan Hill picked up the rebound, Nick Young showed his nirvana as soon as he came up, and in the face of PJ Tucker, he made a decisive shot, and the basketball drew a wonderful arc and fell steadily into the net, and the Lakers took the lead in scoring 2 points. A minute later, he received an assist from Blake and scored on an easy layup......
"Oh my God, is this guy so skilled?" Whenever fans discuss which star has a gorgeous style of play and strong singles, there is always a list of stars mentioned: Irving, Harden...... But few people know about Nick Young's singles ability, this guy is often able to explode with superstars when training in the American team!
The reason why Nick Young won the title of singles king is that it has an inseparable relationship with Kobe, who only played 6 games in the whole season because of injury in the 13~14 season of the original world! At that time, the Lakers could be said to be directly in crisis! And it was at this time that Nick Young stepped up! Crazy use your singles ability to help your team score! It's not enough to pass the ball, Nick Young's singles at that time were all celebrities in the league, such as Durant, Anthony, and Harden! Soon Yang Shaoxia became famous! The title of singles king was soon given to him by the fans!
Under the leadership of Nick Young, the Lakers quickly recovered 7 points, and at 60:58, D'Antoni motioned to the Lakers bench on the sidelines to pick up the speed, "Run, hurry." ”
"No, the Suns were brought up by the Lakers' running bombardment, oh my God!" Van Gundy looked at the mustache on the sidelines with a smile, obviously the Suns on the other side.
"After D'Antoni came to the Lakers, the starting five couldn't play the bombardment, but the bench let him get it." Brin said with a smile.
"Sessions, control the tempo, Green rushes to the basket, don't float outside." Hornacek is not in such a good mood anymore, he has recently been in the top four in the West with the wonderful performance of Li Mojie, the reason why the team's record has been in the top four in the West, has already begun to be nominated for him to be the best coach, so he doesn't want to overturn on this weak team!
Hornacek called a timeout but couldn't save the disadvantage, Marcus missed the pass and Xavier Henry cut off the ball, and the Lakers played a quick counterattack again, Xavier Henry received the basketball and threw it to the front court with only two steps...... Nick Young, who was on the wing, rushed to the ball, and after receiving the basketball, he had already stepped into the three-point line of the Suns, and there was no need to dribble and adjust at all.
The Lakers' counterattack took just over two seconds from breaking the ball to scoring the ball, and the speed was so fast that even the live camera couldn't keep up, and the Lakers only used three quick passes, and the basketball went into the Suns' frame, and the two sides tied at 60:60.
"Well done, Nick!"
"Nice slam dunk, give them good looks!" Lakers fans cheered.