Chapter 264: You're welcome
Lehi's speech in front of reporters was not only unhappy with James, but also many players in the league were unhappy, and even celebrities stood up to accuse him of arrogance. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
But the Knicks' record makes most people unhappy, if they want to slap the face, they must defeat Lehi and defeat the Knicks, but this kind of thing is difficult for the Celtics, who are ranked first in the league, to do it.
As a result, many of the team's core players put pressure on the management to strengthen the team, and there was a lot of communication between the teams for a while, and a few big deals were made when the time was right to deal with the Knicks.
And in the Knicks vs. Bobcats, Lehi scored 51 points again.
This season, the Bobcats also made some reinforcements and were ready to make a difference, but after the game started, they realized that their reinforcement was nothing at all, and they were still cannon fodder.
Lehi's sudden burst of attack seemed to tell everyone that it was impossible to win against him.
At this time, the Celtics lost to the Pistons by 2 points and gave up the first place in the league to the Knicks, and the situation was even more delicate.
However, there are still a few who are confident to defeat Lehi and kill the Knicks.
Kobe Bryant openly stated in an interview that he is eager to compete with Lehi, and he also has absolute confidence to lead the Lakers to victory.
Kobe Bryant is so active in playing against the younger generation of kings, in addition to agreeing with Lehi's strength, there are also some factors to prove himself.
It stands to reason that Kobe Bryant no longer needs to defeat others to prove himself, but after he broke up with O'Neal, he has not been able to prove that he can achieve the height of the cooperation between the two without O'Neal, and he has always been a little unhappy in his heart.
In addition, the media often quarrels, and Kobe, a face-loving superstar, certainly has ideas.
On December 23, the Lakers came to New York to play against the Knicks.
The Lakers have started well this season with Bynum's growth, and if it weren't for the Knicks and Celtics playing so well, Kobe Bryant would have been satisfied with the team's performance this season.
But now, Kobe Bryant only feels that the Lakers' management is all dry, and the operation makes him very dissatisfied.
However, even if the team's strength is still flawed, he will beat the current No. 1 in the league with his super individual ability.
Lehi and Kobe Bryant are in different positions, and Radmanovic in the Lakers' No. 3 position is a big tall, so at the beginning of the game, the two were not directly opposed.
Lakers youngster Bynum showed the potential to become an All-Star center, and hit the first offense after winning the jump ball, but the Knicks' interior attack ended in failure.
The menace of the Lakers shows that their opponent will not be taken down easily this time.
Seeing that the inside line was missed, Lehi also took it out, and he passed Radmanovic with an acceleration, and hit the shot steadily.
The Lakers' offense is better than last season, but their defense is still not improving.
Seeing Lehi's shot, Kobe Bryant didn't intend to be polite, and directly took out a proud offense and hit two points against Marbury's defense.
Kobe Bryant came prepared, and Lehi was also continuing the style of these games, and the two started a scoring battle in the first quarter, and they didn't care about the opposing team's defensive restrictions.
The Lakers have been active on the offensive end since Kobe Bryant, and the rest of the team has completely become supporting roles, and the Knicks are better, although Marbury can't play much and is completely suppressed by Kobe, but Francis doesn't care much about Fisher's defense.
In the first quarter, Kobe Bryant scored 12 points, the Lakers scored 31 points, but the Knicks withstood the opponent's surging offensive, Lehi and Francis each scored 10 points, and they were tied with each other.
In the second quarter, the scoring efficiency of both sides dropped a lot, mainly because the bench lineup did not perform well, the Lakers' bench was average, and the Knicks had a bad hand with Crawford.
After the Knicks traded in the summer, Crawford's weight became heavier during the rotation, and the quality of his hand was directly related to the performance of the Knicks' bench lineup.
There are pros and cons to everything, and the Knicks' strong bench lineup also comes at a price.
However, Lehi's scoring was still very stable, scoring 10 points again, and it was also a 55-55 tie with the Lakers at halftime.
The Knicks weren't playing well when they were halftime down at home, but doing so when the team wasn't feeling so good was a complete demonstration of Lehi's ability.
"Trust me, I'm going to have to adjust my feel in the second half." Crawford cut the railroad.
Good friend Marbury is not in good shape, and Crawford is also anxious, hoping to help, instead of Lehi taking on too much, in the first half, he was in a hurry to perform and caused too much iron.
"Of course we believe in you, I'll wait for you to exert your might, and then we can easily carry out the later battles." Lehi said sincerely.
With Crawford's murderous spirit, they were much easier for at least most of the game, and when they came back from the break, the score advantage was extended, which was a good feeling.
In the second half, the Knicks' defense went up a notch, which does not mean that they did not pay attention to it in the first half, and this kind of thing should be gradual, and it should be fine-tuned according to the opponent's performance, and generally in the second half, it will be adjusted to the most suitable mode.
This high-intensity team defense, many people don't adapt to it, and the Lakers don't care much about Kobe, but his shooting percentage is not as efficient as before.
This season, the Knicks' defensive system can be said to be a complete version, not the previous castrated version, and this change is still due to the arrival of Camby, although Camby does not score much per game, but he plays more than scoring.
Don't look at Kobe Bryant's scores, but he has also been affected, and he can't take advantage of it at all.
But Kobe Bryant is Kobe, and he increased his shots from beyond the three-point line, and Marbury's defense still couldn't limit him too much.
In the third quarter, he hit three three-pointers, which made people unconvinced.
But Lehi's scoring was also very stable, and the scores of the two sides were still extremely tangled.
However, this entanglement ended when the two sides rotated, and the Lakers' bench came up as if they were playing soy sauce, while Crawford came up with two three-pointers, and the score between the two sides was immediately opened.
In the fourth quarter, the Lakers also replaced Radmanovic, who was completely suppressed by Lehi, and left the more flexible Jordan Farmar on the court.
Li Hai couldn't help but smile, the other party's arrangement could finally make him go all out.
His strength is not only on the offensive end, he can only defend tall when Radmanovic is there, and now the Lakers have lowered the height of the lineup and taken the initiative to let Kobe Bryant come to the small forward position, then he is welcome.