Chapter 269: For the Fans!

The Kings returned to the court early, while the Lakers were meeting in the locker room.

'We need you to cheer up, the 24-point gap is not irreparable, think about the big comeback we have done, we still have the whole second half, we can get the score back!' Wharton gave an encouraging speech.

Unexpectedly, these words did not arouse the fighting spirit of Bauer, Kuzma and others, but made them sound again the fear of being dominated by Zhang Feng's big reversal last time. In that preseason game, the Lakers led by 32 points before the start of the final quarter, but Zhang Feng staged the return of the king, and now the Lakers are 24 points behind, who can stage the return of the king? Bauer?

Ball was still in the state of being fully suppressed by Zhang Feng in the first half, he looked melancholy, and the statistics of 0 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists made him think of a terrible fact, that is, the news after tonight's game will make a very terrible evaluation of him.

"Lift up your heads! You're the proud Purple and Gold, you're the NBA aristocrats, you can't be crushed by an unknown person, am I not clear enough? Wharton raised his voice and yelled, he was disappointed in the young players of this group, and he was actually instigated.

Wharton looked around, and suddenly found that Ingram was actually fearless, and he was still watching the video analysis of the first half, and he immediately said happily: "The ball in the second half is handled by Ingram, and you will cooperate with all your might!" ”。

The Lakers players understood this time, someone stood up and took the blame, they had no reason to refuse, and Ball rushed to answer: "Okay, coach, we will do it"!

These words made Wharton's eyes flicker quickly, he was very disappointed, he didn't expect Ball to be so lacking in responsibility, how can this be cultivated to become the core of the team? The Magic also told himself to design more tactics for Ball, and it is better to vigorously cultivate Ingram and Clarkson, if the future of the Lakers depends on Ball, it will probably be cold.

At halftime, the two teams returned to the court, and the Lakers' first offense was handed over to Ingram alone.

Ying Golam is tall and has long arms, technical breakthroughs and shots, and fans are not bragging about being called 'Little Durant'. Justin naturally can't stop Ingram, which has been proven many times in the summer league and preseason.

Seeing that Justin was about to lose his defense, Zhang Feng directly gave up Ball and stepped forward to help defend. Ingram is confident, but he is not stupid, he has seen Zhang Feng's help defense, but fortunately, Ball is in the open position.

Ball received the ball outside the three-point line, and Zhang Feng, who should be defending at this time, was 3 meters away. In this case, a qualified NBA player will immediately shoot three points, but Ball mechanically first makes a move to shake the ball, and then kills the King's inside, the picture is very beautiful, but unfortunately his layup was just out of the ball and was covered by Willy.

"That's what you said in the first half?" In the TNT live room, Kenny asked sheepishly.

"Of course, the ability to make shaky moves when unguarded is a visible talent that shows that he is familiar with breakthrough skills...... "O'Neill 'succinctly'.

"Why don't you say it? Keep blowing, so that you can compare and reflect Zhang Feng's awesomeness," Barkley asked with a laugh.

"I'm really going all over the place...... O'Neill said, putting his head down and laughing.

The first offense was not scored, and the faces of the Lakers players were covered with clouds again, if the shooting iron would not be so frustrating, but it was so ugly to be beaten by Ball, and the little momentum of the halftime pause recovery disappeared in a blink of an eye. In the face of the Kings coming down, the Lakers all seemed to be bored except for Ingram.

One person's efforts were obviously in vain, and the Kings played 2 to 1 in the frontcourt, and once again staged a monkey trick, and Ingram angrily hugged the ball and smashed the ground. Originally, Wharton wanted to call a timeout to anger the Lakers, but the angry Ingram filled him with anticipation, and he raised his hand and withdrew it.

Sure enough, Ingram took the ball and rushed to the three-point line directly from the backcourt, and then connected Justin and Skar with a false dangling, and when he got to the basket, he wanted to dunk through Willy, so that Willy could only pull him down and pay for the foul.

Ingram is a problem and must be solved quickly, Zhang Feng took advantage of the free throw time to whisper to Justin, and the two decided to change the defense after discussion.

Ball's shooting in this game is not a threat at all, and Justin only needs to step back early to open up the distance when defending, and not let Ball break through. As for Ingram, defensively Zhang Feng intends to force him to pass, and offensively relies on *** provocation to make him angry.

The Lakers make free throws, and the Kings attack. Zhang Feng advanced with the ball, and Justin blocked it on the left wing. After changing defenses, Zhang Feng successfully faced Ingram.

Zhang Feng took a step back to open up the space and pull it out directly. Ingram pounced on the block, but the ball was already flying out, and by the time he looked back, the basketball had fallen into the hoop.

"shit" Ingram was very unhappy, he felt that Zhang Feng's ball was simply shit luck, and the basketball bounced 3 times and didn't pop up.

The reason why he wants to provoke in the best way is completely because Ingram has a super long arm span, and scoring in this way is the biggest 'humiliation' for Ingram.

Ingram attacked with the ball, and he motioned for a pullaway at the top of the arc and dribbled under his hip in quick succession. It stands to reason that he is much taller than Zhang Feng, and the best choice is to shoot directly, but unfortunately Zhang Feng sticks too tightly, and he has no room to shoot.

The attack time passed by second, and under the anxiety, Ingram took Zhang Feng with his left hand and strode to the right.

Although Ingram strides very long and controls the ball far away from his body, Zhang Feng still takes a gambling step around and reaches out to steal.

"I'll go! I actually grabbed it, and this is almost a foul! Kenny exclaimed in surprise.

"The referee was stunned, he just didn't blow the whistle, it's incredible" Barkley also shook his head and sighed.

"Don't worry, it's not over yet! The two of you chase me, Zhang Feng may not be able to fight! O'Neill reminded.

At this time, the two had reached the free throw line, Zhang Feng couldn't shake off Ingram in an emergency stop, he didn't hesitate to take a step back, but unfortunately Ingram was still sticked, and in desperation, Zhang Feng chose to force it out.

This is really a deliberate planting of flowers that do not bloom, and he actually hit a shot under the random collision, Zhang Feng himself shook his head and laughed, and Ingram could only smile bitterly.

The matchup between the two seemed to freeze the game, and the subsequent offense Ingram also appeared weak, while the Kings were more comfortable, even though Wharton struggled to call two timeouts, but still unable to recover, and after three quarters, the Kings led by a wide margin of 108-70.

The game played like this, garbage time was not interesting, the audience at Golden One began to leave, and the Lakers also replaced the bench players and officially 'surrendered'.

"Why are you still playing?".

It stands to reason that in this kind of garbage time, core players like Zhang Feng are resting off the field, but Zhang Feng insists on playing, and David can't understand Zhang Feng's thoughts.

"Before the game, I had promised the fans that I would abuse the Lakers, and now the point difference is not big enough!"