Chapter 181: Score Difference
As night falls, the lights in the Amway Arena illuminate the surrounding streets. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the earth-shattering cheers, time flies......
In the arena, there was a dead silence on the Magic's bench, and everyone fell into silence, staring blankly at the man on the court to kill all sides, and the score difference was like the weak legs of a weaker woman, constantly being pulled apart.
At halftime, 47-32, in the entire second quarter, the Magic only scored 9 points!
At this time, it was already the third quarter of the game, and the Lakers' defense today was like hanging up, 49-35, 54-35, 59-38..... Half a quarter passed, and Magic fans helplessly found that the team's offense was like falling into a pool of stagnant water, and it looked like it was about to fall into garbage time.
Li Dong stood on his hips, his chest rising and falling, sweat constantly oozing from his forehead, down his sharply cut cheeks, and falling to the floor drop by drop.
Although he had tasted the cruelty of the NBA for a long time, it was the first time he had encountered such a deep sense of powerlessness.
Hibbert and Randle are also far superior to Aaron Gordon and Smith, with the former being an All-Star-caliber player and a promising interior player, while the latter two were only dispensable bench players for the team not long ago.
The outside line is even more outrageous, Li Dong was personally targeted by Kobe, Oladipo was also firmly locked by Clarkson because of his bad hand, and the entire outside line of the Magic fell into a quagmire, not to mention Payton, who is now in a big drop and a fugue all day long.
At the free throw line, Oladipo made a second free throw, 41-59, and the score was close to within 20 points.
The good news is that Clarkson picked up his third foul of the game, and with the remaining half of the quarter, he had to go to the bench if he fouled again.
Russell dribbled across the halfcourt, and Roy Hibbert had his long arms stretched out and received the ball in the high post.
"And he's tall and long, and Aaron Gordon who defends him looks like he's half a head off." Kenny Smith laughed and said he was so proud to see the Lakers lead the Magic by a large score.
In the elbow area, Hibbert and Kobe Bryant, who came out of the circle, completed a hand-to-hand pass, and by the way, made a cover for Kobe Bryant without the ball, and Oladipo was blocked solidly.
Bryant took a step sideways to catch the ball, raised his feet and shot with both hands.
Hit! 61 to 41.
One step inside the three-point line, Bryant's mid-range jumper has been a big killer in the league.
"I'm coming, I'm coming." Oladipo takes the initiative to ask for the ball after half-time, which is rarely seen in normal times.
Peyton naturally had nothing to say, and directly distributed the ball to him, Li Dong knew what Oladipo meant, and silently pulled away from the bottom corner of the position to ambush, but his body was tense, like a cheetah ready to attack at any time.
Oladipo's possession of the ball is excellent, and he is able to use the crotch dribble and the dribble behind him.
It's just that Clarkson's defense is not ordinary, and after opening his arms, he observes the changes in Oladipo's shoulders and center of gravity, and is not confused by his other movements.
After a few bluffs, Oladipo brought in Aaron Gordon for the pick-and-roll.
Gordon is not very strong, the blocking effect is very average, the two are still entangled on the three-point line, seeing that the ball has been in possession for a long time, Oladipo turned around and threw the ball and gave it to Gordon, who moved two steps to the side outside the three-point line.
Aaron Gordon was stunned for a moment, but he immediately reacted, and after taking advantage of the situation, he took a big leap on his right side, leaning on Randall to complete the breakthrough.
"Brother's speed is still quite fast!" Aaron Gordon said with a smug expression.
In the blink of an eye, he was outside the three-second zone, and at this time, another Lakers interior lineman, Roy Hibbert, was already standing on the side, making an ambush gesture with both hands, looking like he was going to make up for it.
Aaron Gordon immediately stood on his guard, and after glancing at Odom, he gritted his teeth, took a big leap, and used a conservative two-handed forward slam dunk.
"Bang!"
Until he landed on the ground, Hibbert did not change much, only to see him pout, quickly picked up the basketball rolling on the floor, and sent it out.
Aaron Gordon was in pain, it turned out that he was just thinking too much.
61-43, the offense and defense switched, and Russell passed back to Clarkson at the top of the arc in the bottom corner.
Clarkson turned around and handed Kobe Bryant at forty-five degrees to the left, and before Kobe could say hello, Randle consciously ran out and made a block for Kobe.
A pull-up jump shot from twenty feet out! No.
The rebound was won by Li Dong, who has only scored 6 points so far in this game, but has grabbed 8 rebounds, three of which are frontcourt rebounds, breaking his personal career single-game frontcourt rebounding record.
One of the consensus of the Magic players is that once one of Li Dong and Oladipo protects the backcourt rebound, then they must run, because this may be a fast break opportunity!
The large lead made the Lakers' old problems reappear, Li Dong quickly advanced through the half, and found that only Russell was left to retreat, which couldn't help but make him happy, and after Oladipo also ran through the half, the two formed a two-on-one opportunity in the front court!
Pass, pass again.
Oladipo and Li Dong used a wall-hitting combination to complete the attack, and Li Dong easily received Oladipo's pass in the air and filled the basket, which was his easiest score in the game.
61-45, Byron Scott, who was there off the court, jumped his eyelids and suddenly felt that something was wrong.
It's just that the difference is still very huge, and after thinking about it, Byron Scott still didn't ask the referee to ask for a timeout, and he decided that if the Magic scored another goal, he would ask for a timeout anyway.
Just as he was thinking about it, Randle hit an inside hook shot, 63-45, and the Lakers stretched the gap to 18 points.
Byron Scott let out a long breath to himself, perhaps thinking too much.
After the switch between offense and defense, Oladipo held the ball and Li Dong made a gesture.
Li Dong understood, and immediately ran upside down to do blocking and dismantling with Oladipo, two people outside the three-point line to block and dismantle each other is already a set of conventional tactics of magic, once the two of them complete the blocking and dismantling, the power is amazing.
This time, after completing the blocking, Li Dong was pushed outside the three-point line, and Oladipo broke through two steps to attract the attention of Kobe and Clarkson, and directly and vigorously distributed Li Dong.
Before the man reached the three-point line, the ball had already passed.
As soon as Li Dong stepped outside the three-point line, the basketball was handed over to him, and there was no gap of a second.
He bends his knees, jumps, and shoots!
Clarkson couldn't catch up, allowing him to get such a near-open shot.
As soon as Li Dong made a shot, he felt that the ball was there, and the feeling of shooting was something that went deep into the bone marrow after being tempered thousands of times in the training hall.
Sure enough, the other end of the parabola fell into the basket accurately!
63 to 48.
The ball was thrown, and when he retreated, Li Dong and Oladipo high-fived in celebration.
"You're getting better and better at catching the ball, like Reggie Miller said, to be a super shooter?" Oladipo said jokingly.
Li Dong said: "What's wrong with the shooter, the biggest problem is not to shoot." ”
On the other end, Kobe Bryant's face showed a look of interest, the rookie's fighting spirit made him admire in his heart, even in this case, he did not see the slightest discouragement, which was a bit like him, he thought to himself.
"I'm going to attack!" Bryant said to Russell.
Russell nodded in understanding, but in fact, he secretly cursed himself, and after a round he made it look like he hadn't made two shots.
Slander to blame, and after half time, he still honestly handed the ball to Kobe.
The Lakers skillfully pulled the lineup, and Kobe Bryant immediately formed a one-on-one with Oladipo.
"Huh?" Oladipo was not surprised, he was still thinking about how to help the terrifying Hibbert on the inside, Kobe Bryant solved the problem for him, and he always remembered what Skyles said to him before the game - if we can pull Kobe into unlimited individual singles, it will be a big weapon for us to win!
Kobe Bryant controlled the ball with his left hand and stepped to the left, pressed his knees down, turned his wrist inward, and quickly "snapped" the basketball on the floor to complete the forward change of direction.
Li Dong's eyes on the other side were hot, and the change of direction in front of his body was so skillful!