Kobe Bryant relied on Gasol to cover the breakthrough, passed Lopez, attracted the defense and passed to Artest on the outside, Artest hit an empty three-point shot!

Hayes got covered by his teammates and shook off Artest, Odom made up for it, and Hayes passed to Gerard Wallace on the weak side. Gasol suffered from his speed when defending Wallace, and Wallace passed Gasol and scored a layup!

Both the Lakers and the Bobcats played very steadily, taking advantage of the opponent's defensive weaknesses and attacking fiercely, which resulted in the inability to pull the score.

In addition to the desperate efforts of the players, the coaches of both sides are also fighting wits and courage.

Marc Gasol and Weaver got playing time in the third quarter, and the pair made back-to-back errors in just a few minutes that nearly gave the Lakers a chance to pull away, but goals from Billups and Mike Miller chased the deficit back. The two veterans played a role in stabilizing the situation. But another veteran, Camby, played poorly, moving too slowly on his feet and some couldn't keep up with Pau Gasol's pace.

D'Antoni has been a frequent reshuffle, mainly inside players. The gap between Mark Gasol and his brother Pau Gasol is very large, Mark let the opponent do whatever he wants when defending his brother and scored 6 points in a row, which makes people wonder if they have discussed it in advance, the elder brother is powerful, and the younger brother is undercover...... Bagnani's defense is also terrible, and he can only dangle from the outside after coming on the court, and this kind of defensive game is not suitable for him to play, so the Bobcats gave Brook Lopez a lot of playing time.

In previous games, Hayes generally played no more than 33 minutes per game, but in this game, Hayes has been on the court except for a few minutes of rest in the second quarter.

Lakers head coach "Zen Master" Jackson rarely makes changes to the lineup, and several main players are almost always on the court. Only Ariza, Odom, Anderson and the three substitutes got some appearances. As for Radmanovic, who was still a starter last season, and Famar, who had good scoring ability, they all became tricks today.

The game reached an NBA official timeout in the fourth quarter, and the Bobcats led by four points 96-92. Hayes has a triple-double of 16 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.

On the Lakers bench, Jackson said, "Kobe, you come to attack." If you get caught in the bag, hit Pau (Gasol) that point. Ron had to defend the perimeter, and when Hayes broke through, Paul paid attention to the defense. ”

Bryant had 18 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists, and was close to a triple-double, but his super scoring ability has not yet been fully realized. The selfless Kobe Bryant helped the team more, but the fourth quarter especially needed stars to step up and score, and if Kobe Bryant didn't attack, Gasol was guarded tightly. The person who stepped up was likely to be Artest on 2-of-9 shooting in this game, so the Bobcats would be overjoyed. Jackson had a headache with Artest's wave shot, but this is a problem in his bones, no matter how he says it, with a single opportunity, Artest will still shoot, he can't tell the difference between shooting and bad shooting at all.

The Bobcats have adjusted their lineup. Camby replaced Lopez, who had committed four fouls, and Marc Gasol was also slow, so it was natural to replace the experienced Camby.

Gerald Wallace plays power forward and is responsible for defending Gasol. There was a significant height difference between the two, which was a risky arrangement, but Wallace defended better than Bagnani or Landry. When Gasol blocks pick-and-roll, Wallace can switch to Kobe.

Hayes plays as small forward, the other two being Durant and Billups.

D'Antoni said: "The attack was still launched by Chuck and Chauncey, Chuck covered Chauncey, and you two threw boldly. Don't break through into the inside line to play, they have a tight defense on the inside, and there are loopholes in the follow-up. ”

The Lakers sent in the starting lineup.

Fisher controlled the ball to the frontcourt, Kobe Bryant ran to catch the ball, Durant was blocked by Gasol, Wallace changed defense, Kobe ran out of the three-point line, turned and stepped back for a jumper. Hayes also used this trick often, with Bryant's step-back jumper being higher and more stretched. Wallace jumped with all his might, and could only watch as Bryant moved farther and farther away from him. Ball in! 96 to 95.

At this time, if Kobe Bryant finds his touch, it will be very bad for the Bobcats, and today Kobe Bryant played very selflessly, but what he is best at is still scoring.

Artest's defense is very aggressive, and there are a lot of small movements. Artest especially wants to show himself today, last season Hayes scored 57 points, although most of the time it was not his defense, but because of the pre-game rhetoric, fans who did not watch the game thought that Hayes scored 57 points under his defense, which is simply a shame. If Hayes can't be defeated, it will be a knot that Artest will never untie.

In this game, he has defended with all his might, but Hayes still got 3 doubles, although the game is not over, but in the individual competition, Artest lost again. This made him feel that he couldn't breathe anything out of his breath, and he swore that he couldn't make Hayes feel better, so the small movements gradually increased. There were a few times when Hayes wanted to shout his last name to be harassed.

'The most important thing now is to attack. As long as every attack is guaranteed to score, this game can be won. Hayes thought to himself as he ran the position. 'This bastard has so many small movements, and there are constant movements in his hands, so I'll just do it! ’

Hayes ran back from the three-point line and caught the basketball. With both hands clenched in his hands, he immediately turned around, and his attention was focused on Artest's hands. Sure enough, Artest immediately stretched out his right hand and prepared to slap the ball off. Artest has a strong ability to steal, with about two steals per season in his career, relying on quick reflexes.

But Hayes's reaction speed was faster than Artest, as soon as Artest stretched out his hand, Hayes immediately took the ball and hit Artest's hand with his own arm, and made a shooting move, the ball was thrown, the referee's whistle blew, and Artest fouled.

Strictly speaking, Artest's foul was before Hayes made a shot, but Hayes's shot came out and the ball was thrown. So Hayes made three free throws. Hayes made two of three free throws. 98 to 95.

Artest's lungs are blowing up, a style of play he is familiar with, as former Kings teammate Kevin Martin is the player who is best at fouling in this way. You don't have the intention of fouling, but the opponent wants to touch your hand with the ball, and everyone who has to be angry when this happens, let alone the grumpy Artest?

In the process of retreating, Hayes smiled at Artest, "Ron, are you going to hit me too?" You never seem to have gone too far with my frontal defense? The shooting percentage is too low, and the coach won't let you shoot, right? ”

Hayes had a plan in mind. Kobe Bryant and Gasol played very well throughout the game today, and it is very difficult to defend the two of them, and if Fisher or Artest can shoot the two, it will undoubtedly be much safer. Fisher is very sensible and generally does not make random moves. But it's easy to provoke Artest, because Artest has the intention of competing with him today. In order for the team to achieve a smooth victory, Hayes decided to provoke Artest.

Sure enough, Artest listened to this, and looked at Hayes coldly, and at a glance he knew that he wanted to find someone unlucky, and he was on the verge of breaking out.

Kobe Bryant was entangled by Durant and was not good at receiving the ball, Fisher first passed the ball to Artest who was standing on the right side, in order to let him hang high to Pau Gasol who wanted the ball inside, Kobe Bryant also began to run under the cover of Bynum, but Artest did not pass the ball, relying on his strength to resist Hayes with the ball and break through.

Hayes's strength and Artest's half-heartedness, how could he easily push him away? This style of defense is Hayes' forte. Atay couldn't break through, and after entering the three-point line, Hayes had completely pressed his hand on Artest's face, except for a palm, Artest couldn't see anything, and could only shoot by feeling. His hand wasn't very good in the first place, the ball was too difficult, and he almost threw three steps, and Camby grabbed the backcourt rebound and handed it to Billups.

As soon as Hayes landed, he immediately launched a fast attack and shook off Artest.

Billups makes a long pass to Hayes. Kobe Bryant close-quarters defense. Hayes used a back-to-back single to the edge of the three-point line, arched Kobe three times, used his left foot as the axis, took the ball with both hands and shook it in the direction of Durant on the side, and then raised his hand to make a shooting action, two consecutive feints, Kobe was also shaken, but Kobe jumped smarter, jumped to the side, stretched out a one-handed block, and it was difficult for Hayes to deliberately hit him and make a foul. Hayes jumped up with his right foot and dodged Bryant's jumper to score. 100 to 95.

"I almost got in just now, so let's vote for another one. I'm not going to guard against you! Hayes said to Artest as he returned to the defense.

Artest raised his hand for the ball. Hayes defends closely. Fisher had been focusing on dodging Billups' defense, not noticing Artest's expression, otherwise he would have chosen to pull up his own jumper and would not have passed the ball to Artest.

As soon as the ball was passed, Artest immediately burst inside with the ball, and Hayes followed his movements in small steps. Kobe Bryant took advantage of Bynum's cover to run out of the void and raised his hands to wait for Artest to pass, but Artest ignored Kobe either. He now just wants to single-handedly beat Hayes and prove his strength.

If you combine the breakthrough and the ball, it is difficult for the defender to judge the opponent's style of play, so it is difficult to defend, but Artest's intention with this ball is too obvious, and Hayes knows that he will definitely not pass the ball, so he follows very closely.

Artest was ready to make a quick stop before making a move. If Hayes reaches out, he makes a foul. Artest's thinking was very similar to the foul shot made by Hayes. But Hayes's hand was faster than his, and as soon as Artest made a quick stop, Hayes slapped the ball down with one palm.

Hayes turned his head to pick up the basketball and launch a fast break, and something happened that everyone didn't expect. Artest gave Hayes a hard push on the back. Pushed Hayes and didn't get the ball.

The referee's whistle blew, and as soon as Hayes turned around, he saw a casserole-sized fist beckoning into his face. Artest was in a hurry and pounced and started a live PK with Hayes!

Hayes reflexively turned his head and dodged Artest's right hand. Artest didn't expect Hayes to be able to dodge the sneak attack, and leaned on Hayes's left hand and threw a straight punch. This punch was also clearly seen by Hayes.

Hayes is not a good boy who has never fought, he was pushed by his opponent and chased after him, and he was also on fire. Squatted down to dodge Artest's fist, lowered his head and hugged Artest's legs, and lifted his hands back hard, Artest suddenly lost his balance and fell backwards to the ground!

Artest went from throwing two punches to the ground, but in just three seconds, players from both sides of the racket rushed up......

(To be continued)