Chapter 50: Kobe Bryant in the Fourth Quarter
The opponent changed the main lineup, and it was still a favorite team like the Lakers, but Adelman still looked at the watch to rotate the lineup as he expected in his heart, which was undoubtedly capricious.
But the old coach was lucky not to pay for his willfulness this time, and the Rockets' bench was eye-catching, although it was not said that they could compete with Kobe, Gasol, Odom and Bynum's luxury army, but the play of David Lee and Lowry kept the last bit of slight advantage for the Rockets.
David Lee's mid-range shooting, unguardable air cuts, tireless grabbing frontcourt rebounds to pick up leaks, small steel cannons' slightly sharp breakthroughs, and punctual and inaccurate long-range shots are all continuing to live for the Rockets, and in this game with the Lakers, it seems that every time this kind of death happens, there will be Rockets players who stand up to save the team, and this is obviously the time for role players to play.
With 7 minutes and 40 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Gasol made a defensive foul and hit two free throws by his younger brother.
At this time, the advantage of the Rockets' physical strength was clearly reflected, and when Gasol failed to compete for the position with Yao Ming on the offensive end, the little giant took the ball with his back and was turned around flexibly, and it was an angry dunk to step into the penalty area in two steps.
Kobe Bryant looked at the three towers in his lineup, and his disappointment in his heart was particularly strong for his sister-in-law, the little shark and the lama.
In the first two seasons, after the first two seasons because of Ao Fat's eastward tour, the Lakers instantly lost the ability to compete for the championship, and these seasons have been hovering on the edge of the playoffs, which is naturally an intolerable thing for Kobe Bryant, who has always been strong, and he forced the palace to force the Lakers to reinforce the Lakers by using the fact that he will no longer renew his contract with the Lakers, and trade All-Star level players to assist him, and in fact they really succeeded, I don't know what method was used before the 08 All-Star Game, To outsiders, it looks like a robbery, and he used Gasol Jr., Kwame Brown, Aaron McGee, Crittington, and two first-round picks in 08 and 10 to get a big plus.
Kobe Bryant was very happy at that time, threatening that the team had fulfilled their promise, and they also reached the Finals last year, but .......
Facing the fierce Wolf King, Gasol, who is opposite him, has no All-Star level performance at all, averaging 14.7 points and 10.2 rebounds per game seems to be sparse and ordinary, but facing Garnett's 18.2 points and 13 rebounds is dwarfed.
One of the 6 games was limited to single-digit scoring by the Wolves, and the last game of life and death only scored 11 points and 8 boards, and was beaten by the god-like Garnett on the opposite side with 26 points and 17 boards, and personally sent the Lakers out of the playoffs.
As for Odom and Bynum, don't mention it, they don't have a sense of existence in the finals, and they are purely soy sauce like substitutes.
At that time, although Kobe Bryant took the initiative to stand up and excuse the Spaniards, it was absolutely impossible to say that the boss was not angry.
Now when he sees his golden partner squishy on the court every time, and then looks at the little giant's resolute face in the opposing team, Volute doesn't know how much he wants to switch his sister-in-law and Da Yao to another position.
"Huh!"
If the fourth quarter is Yao Ming's Achilles heel, then for Kobe, the fourth quarter is the stage where he has just begun to perform!
Artest followed closely and Francis, leaving the old fish Fisher up to chase and intercept, but Kobe Bryant still regarded the two as nothing, and jumped up to shoot a three-point shot.
The Lakers are now back by one point after trailing by a full quarter!
The Rockets attacked, Yao Ming held the ball to attract the double bag, the little giant even though the ball was given to Artest on the outside, Odom moved horizontally and threw Totoro to defend Atai, but the beast did not give the ball to the empty Totoro at this time, but instead shot three points himself.
"Bang dang!"
"Hold the grass!"
My neighbor Totoro was a little angry in his heart, Artest made it clear that he didn't believe in himself as a rookie, and he actually shot hard at this critical juncture, and the arc that was raised in order to avoid blocking was naturally not converted into a score.
Sister-in-law resisted Da Yao to win the rebound, and a long pass that penetrated the whole court in front of her.
Kobe Bryant received the ball and dribbled a few steps inside the three-point line, ready to jump and dunk in the three-second zone, but Totoro, who had already returned to the defense in advance, was stunned to chase behind him with the speed of a bug, and jumped up like an eagle to prepare to block the volute's dunk.
But the boss is the boss, and after jumping up, he found that the situation behind him was not right, and immediately changed his action by virtue of his bug-like stagnation, changed the buckle to pick, and turned 180 degrees in the air to lick the ball to the basket with a pick basket with his back to the basket.
"Toot!"
This ball Totoro has a "close" physical contact with the boss, as long as the person who is going down quickly is Kobe, even if he is replaced by the little emperor, it will be difficult to escape this foul, not to mention that this is still Staples Arena.
"Huh!"
What's even more unpleasant is that the volute ball turned 3 or 4 times on the basket and actually drilled into it, and at the most critical moment, the boss played 2+1 again!
"Wow!"
The atmosphere in Staples Arena exploded all at once, and all the fans applauded Kobe Bryant's wonderful dodge layup, in fact, this ball was indeed outstanding, Totoro knew that he was probably going to play in the top ten again, but this time as the background emperor.
"Roar!"
The excited volute got up from the ground on its own, yelling at the fans on the sidelines while not forgetting to glance at Totoro with contemptuous eyes, wanting to leave some shadow in the heart of this potential rookie, in short, he didn't feel good.
However, the depressed Chinese said that he was very congested and wanted to be alone, but he did not look at Kobe Bryant and looked at him, and punched the volute on the cotton and immediately killed the dog.
The free throw was hit, the Lakers led the Rockets by 4 points, Adelman immediately called a timeout, ready to let the Rockets players who were about to be knocked down to calm down, and it is easy to have a wave of situations on the basketball court, and those often start with a few misses, but the opponent plays this kind of 2+1, 3+1 morale-boosting goals. At this time, a coach who can play will never skimp on the timeout in his hand.