624. The old man who steals the show
After several rounds in a row, although the Warriors still did not break the score, the Lakers maintained a 10-point lead.
The Warriors called a timeout.
"Boss! Say yes and support us as the head coach! Is that how it is supported? Wharton was so out of temper by Kobe Bryant that he could only call a timeout once.
The Warriors were originally prepared to focus on defending Liu Ren, but Kobe's rampage forced them to mark, or even go around the front, so that the defenders of Kobe Bryant could not make any defensive moves, and Liu Ren fell to the low post and needed to be clamped, and the Warriors had no choice at all.
When it came to the Warriors' offense, Whiteside squatted inside, Antetokounmpo and Nance Jr. went around to help defend and make up for the defense, and the Warriors could only shoot on the outside, although they had a high shooting rate, but not every ball could be scored, compared to the scoring efficiency of the two sides, the scoring efficiency of the two sides was about the same, and the difference was expanded by the Lakers by one point, and the difference became 11 points!
But that obviously doesn't bode well for the Warriors, as both Barnes and Klay Thompson have been playing for a very long time, with no rest since the opening.
Fortunately, the second quarter had been going on for a long time, and there was not much time left, when Wharton called a timeout and replaced Randle and Curry and Livingston, and replaced Barnes and Klay Thompson and Speight.
The Lakers also replaced Green, and now the Lakers have sent the strongest lineup, Antetokounmpo, Kobe, Liu Ren, Green, and Whiteside on the court.
The timeout came back to the Warriors offense.
Curry holds the ball in front of Clarkson, he is going to single, and the rest of the Warriors pull away.
If there is a pitcher who can really deserve the "adjective" of Hao, then only Curry, who couldn't get rid of Antetokounmpo and was covered by Antetokounmpo's huge body, forced a "backward jump shot", and the ball fell directly into the basket like an anti-aircraft gun!
8 points difference!
At 49-57, the Warriors trailed the Lakers by eight points.
The offensive end scored, the Warriors' defense suddenly came to strength, and Antetokounmpo was accidentally stealed by Curry during the dribble advancement!
The center of gravity of the dribble is too high! Antetokounmpo's height is a huge advantage, but also has an unavoidable disadvantage at some point!
Curry grabbed the ball and ran to the half court and threw it directly to the basket......
No matter how Hao Hao, he can't get to the point where this kind of wave shot can be thrown casually, but Curry's original intention was not to shoot, just to smash the ball to the basket!
A beast takes off! Brutally press the ball back to the basket that smashed on the basket!
Black Griffin – Julius Randall!
Randle had just run near the halfway line, and after Curry made a steal, he scored two points with a quick dunk.
Although it was a dunk, it was Curry's assist that was added to the technical desk, not Randle's rebound, which was a good ball from Curry in the eyes of statisticians!
The point difference suddenly returned to 6 points, and it looked like it was about to be chased by the Warriors into the 5-point safety line, the NBA's score difference was a hurdle at 5 points, and 10 and 20 points were another hurdle, and the score difference within 5 points was basically not a score difference, just like the Warriors just cut five points in a row, and it was gone in just a few seconds.
Curry became addicted after stealing Antetokounmpo once, and stuck on a pressuring steal despite the danger that his arm might hit him in the face when Antetokounmpo dribbled.
Antetokounmpo really didn't dare to show off his skills, although Curry's defense was average, but his hands were really fast, so he held the ball on his head, and waited for Liu Ren to go over to answer, Curry had no choice, he jumped twice, and found that he couldn't reach the ball that Antetokounmpo lifted, and the Staples Center burst into laughter instantly.
It's a Christmas war! The Warriors perfectly enlivened the tense atmosphere of today, and a certain nimble dead fat man was even happy in the live broadcast hall.
Antetokounmpo handed the ball to him
This time, the Lakers tried their best to be stable, and the ball went directly to Liu Ren's hands.
Liu Ren also suppressed the rhythm with the ball, protected the ball, and steadily dribbled the ball to the Lakers' half, at this time the Warriors' defensive attention was all on Liu Ren's side, because Kobe Bryant had not shot for a few minutes, Liu Ren saw that the opponent's defense was so strong, and immediately passed the ball to Green, Green took the ball and passed it to Kobe, and gave Kobe Bryant a block, Kobe Bryant's side immediately used the cover to move to the 45-degree angle shooting area he was best at, and when Kobe Bryant entered the singles area with the cover, Liu Renkong cut into the basket, Livingston, who had just switched to Green with Randle, immediately shrank, Kobe Bryant immediately gave it to Green, and Green made a two-point shot......
It's a pity I didn't get in.
The Warriors' luck with this ball was too good, the ball popped up and fell right on Curry's side, and Curry received the ball and counterattacked directly.
The Warriors' fast pace is no slower than that of the Lakers, and if the Warriors don't retreat early, they can't keep up with the Lakers' fast down, and the Lakers can't keep up with the Warriors if they are also unprepared.
In the case of only choice, of course, to chase the most threatening opponent, Liu Ren and Antetokounmpo collectively rushed to Curry, Curry made an emergency stop outside the three-point line, Liu Ren and Antetokounmpo both stopped at the same time to block Curry, at which point Curry threw the ball into the bottom corner
Livingston!
Livingston catches the ball and makes a three-point shot!
Again!
The Warriors are chasing 8 points in a row!
54-57, there are three points left!
Liu Ren saw the most comments about the Lakers on the Internet this year that the difference of more than a dozen points was not a problem for the Lakers at all, and the opponent was more than 10 points ahead of the Lakers and played the same as a dozen points behind, and he was still a little proud at the time.
However, I didn't expect Liu Ren to encounter this sad situation today, leading by more than ten points is completely equivalent to not leading, he has to play harder, and he has not slackened, and he was chased back by the opponent.
Liu Ren decided that he was going to come by himself, and he had to beat them up and press back the momentum of the Warriors to get back on their feet.
Just when Liu Ren was about to ask for the ball domineeringly and then just a wave of warriors, he instantly saw that a hateful old man was also asking for the ball.
Kobe Bryant, this guy is also asking for the ball!
Green didn't hesitate to send the ball to Kobe.
Depend on! This bunch of guys!
Liu Ren was very sad and indignant...... Running for attacking opportunities, he doesn't open up space, but D'Antoni told him he doesn't need to deliberately open up space because he's the first attacking option, he just needs to find scoring opportunities and his team-mates will definitely pass the ball to him.
Liu Ren has always maintained a skeptical attitude towards this statement, because he rarely gets a pass from his teammates when he runs, and the opponents all hula at him when he runs, but Kobe Bryant gets more opportunities.
However, the run is still a run, and there is a statistic that the longer he runs in a game, the higher the Lakers' winning rate, and when he encounters opponents who have a strong ability to play in the game, the Lakers usually play hard.
Kobe Bryant held the ball a step away from the three-point line, seemingly observing his teammates' runs, Iguodala didn't dare to defend too close, Kobe Bryant is old and Kobe Bryant is after all, the static power and the only remaining explosive power are also amazing, Liu Ren's running position will drive the defense, Iguodala can only defend Kobe Bryant, and he has to guard against Kobe Bryant's pass to Liu Ren.
And in Iguodala's opinion, this is so old from Kobe, it shouldn't be a wave, right?
And then...... Kobe Bryant directly pulled up and threw ......
"Huh"
Hit!
Seventh three-pointer in a row!
Kobe Bryant's strong performance continues to maintain the difference of more than five points!
60-54, 27 seconds left until the end of the second quarter!
Curry dribbled over and wasted time and made another strong three-pointer with five seconds left on the offensive time of 24 seconds......
seems to have been stimulated by Kobe, and Curry hit a three-point shot!
There are 8 seconds left for the Lakers' offense, and Kobe Bryant is still holding the ball, and Liu Ren is running away while slandering this stinky old man for stealing the show.
Iguodala didn't care whether Kobe would pass the ball or not pass him this time, and he would stick Kobe Bryant from the middle line, Kobe Bryant struggled to get to the three-point line under Iguodala's defense, and Livingston also wrapped it up, and they seemed to think that Kobe would choose to shoot strongly.
However, although Kobe Bryant is alone, he is not stupid, he doesn't even look at where his teammates are, and throws the ball directly towards the rebound.
Liu Ren, who was running back, was about to burst into tears when he saw this pass, he scored so low today! Bryant scored more than 20 points, Korver scored more than 10 points, and he will score 9 points......
When is it so difficult to score a double-double in the half, Liu Ren just saw that there were more than two seconds left, and he had already expressed despair about scoring a double-double in the half, he thought that Kobe Bryant was going to shoot hard, but unexpectedly Kobe Bryant passed in the air!
Liu Ren excitedly took off half a step from the free throw line, and just as his hand was about to touch the ball, a huge hand appeared in front of the ball and pressed the ball into the basket......
62-57, the Lakers led the Warriors by 5 points to end the first half, but with the situation that the Warriors chased 8 points in a minute, the Lakers learned that these 5 points were basically equal to nothing!
Liu Ren looked at Whiteside, who high-fived Kobe Bryant after the empty catch, and felt his heart broken, this ball was not passed to him......