Chapter Forty-Eight: Washington Bullets (Part II)

Less than four minutes into the second quarter, the Lakers played a wave of offensive highs under the leadership of Toney. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 The Lakers also led the Bullets 46-28.

Tony's tough attack forced Linam to call a timeout, and he put all his starters on the field. Harris's goal has also been achieved, and seeing Linam's move, he also re-launched the starting lineup.

The opposing player was replaced by Wallace and Muresan, and Toni once again enjoyed the treatment of being caught as soon as he received the ball, and his scoring momentum came to an abrupt halt, but fortunately, Toni was already mentally prepared for this, and he did not get on because of the explosion in the first few minutes, but quickly switched roles.

The Bullets gave it a go, they still relied on the strategy of zone defense on the defensive end to interfere with the Lakers' outside shots as much as possible while pinching Toney, and on the offensive end, the Bullets began to play desperately inside.

At Linam's behest, even Webb, who is not very tough on the ball, took the initiative to find trouble with Tony when he got the ball, and Linam's plan was to keep hitting the interior line to enhance Tony's defensive pressure, and it would be best if he could let Tony leave the court with six fouls before the fourth quarter.

This method is indeed a bit disgraceful, but I have to say that it has really achieved some results.

Juwan Howard was replaced by Linam, and he could see that Howard had developed some fear of Tony.

On a deeper level, Linam actually thinks that the team's offer of a 100 million yuan contract to Howard this summer is really a stupid move, and fools can see that Howard is not worth that price at all.

Damn, if the team had used this money to chase O'Neal, the team's current record would certainly not be so struggling.

But Linam doesn't say that, unless he doesn't want to coach with the Bullets.

Replacing Howard is Asaf Amaya, who is only a trick-caliber player, averaging only 1.3 points and 1.1 rebounds per game since entering the NBA last season, but at least he has a positive attitude to the game.

With the score trailing so much now, Linam needs a positive performer, not a timid All-Star.

Linam's change of formation made the momentum of the Bullets suddenly rise, and the Lakers, on the other hand, were slightly relaxed because of the large lead.

Hawley missed two straight three-pointers for the Bullets to grab the rebound and hit the ball, followed by Fisher's steal by Strickland, who hit another three-pointer.

After returning to the Lakers' possession, Jones broke through and missed a layup. Webb picked up the rebound and staged a good show of shaking Fisher's fast-break dunk.

As a power forward, he can play such a pleasing goal, even on the home court of the Lakers, the audience can't help but let out some admiration and exclamations.

In the past three minutes, the Lakers did not score a single goal in the field battle, and they allowed the Bullets to play a wave of 9-0 small climax, and the Bullets also took advantage of the situation to close the difference to within 10 points.

"Stay focused! Defend!! Harris stood on the sidelines and roared dissatisfied, and the Lakers' performance of wasting whenever they had an advantage made him very helpless.

His rant played a role, and the Lakers gradually regained their sense of urgency, and they began to play more focused.

At the end of the second quarter, the Lakers led the bullets by eight points, 59:51.

But the Lakers are actually not having a good time, because Tony has already carried four fouls, and there are still two fouls left in the next half time Tony He only has two foul opportunities, in fact, when Tony fouls for the third time, Harris should replace him, but Harris does not dare to do this, Tony is a reassurance for the team on the court, once he is off the court, the Lakers' offense will become a scattered piece of sand.

Harris didn't say much in the locker room at halftime, he just told everyone to defend seriously and not to relax, but he specifically told Kobe to strengthen his individual offense in the second half, because in the entire second quarter, Kobe's offensive desire was not too high, and he only hit one shot twice.

The second half began with a rematch between the two sides, and Harris continued to put Tony on the court.

Linam also put Howard back on the court, who is still nominally the team's boss and doesn't have the guts to keep him on the bench.

But to be honest, even though the outside world has criticized Howard for his sky-high contract, they have to admit that Howard is a talented big man, and so far this season, he has averaged 20.1 points and 8.4 boards per game All-Star statistics.

Because of Howard's appearance, the offense of the Bullets has been greatly strengthened, and the two sides have been fighting back and forth.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant was almost on fire, and Calbert Channey's defense was not much different from paper in front of him, and Kobe Bryant only needed a quick change of direction to easily pass him.

Throughout the third quarter, Bryant scored 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting, and he stepped up when Tony was caught in the struggling and carried the team's offensive banner.

Hawley also picked up, and he and Fisher combined to make four three-pointers for the Lakers in the third quarter.

The bullets also played very well, Strickland's passing skills were very solid, he could complete the connection with the inside line from time to time to pass good balls, and Webber's gorgeous style of play is not only reflected in the offensive side, his unpredictable passing skills are also very rare among the big men.

The offense of the Bullets was smooth under the tandem of Webber and Strickland, and they even faintly overshadowed the Lakers on the offensive end.

By the end of the second quarter, the score had reached an astonishing 90:85.

This kind of offensive battle is undoubtedly very refreshing for the fans, and they are not stingy with their shouts and applause.

And such a warm response from the audience invisibly activated the sports nerves of the entire Lakers team, and their fighting spirit became even higher.

The two sides entered the fourth quarter of the game, and Kobe's desire to perform was completely stimulated, and he took advantage of the Bullets' unstable foothold to enter the interior line in an offensive attack, and came to a 360-degree two-handed rim.

The best thing in the NBA is undoubtedly the dunk and block, and Kobe Bryant's aesthetic dunk once again detonated the cheers of the audience.

"Oh my God! I saw God! The DJ roared wildly, his expression very excited.

Juwan Howard finally found his groove in the fourth quarter when he hit a slate shot from 30° beyond the three-second zone against Hawley's defense.

After shooting the basket, Howard's confidence soared, he was not satisfied, and then took advantage of Tony's unpreparedness to steal the basketball again, and then exchanged passes with Strickland and Channey, and finally he dunked.

After dunking the basket, he let out a roar, and the depression in his heart that was blocked by Tony was finally swept away.

However, the Lakers were not to be outdone, and in the next round, Bryant held the ball and observed it for a few seconds, and then directly forced a three-point shot.

The arc of his shot is very strange, and if he continues like this, this shot may not even touch the basket.

"Is this kid Kobe crazy? He threw a three-no-stick? The DJ muttered to himself in confusion that his doubts also represented the doubts of all the audience at the scene.

However, in the next second, everyone present saw a big man leap high.

It's Tony!

Tony just threw off Muressan, he saw Kobe Bryant looking at him, and Tony naturally understood it after years of cooperation, he knew that Kobe Bryant was not going to shoot three points, but to - air relay!

Tony, who was still rising, grabbed the basketball with both hands, and then he sinked down and hung on top of the basket.

"Buzz ......"

The basket let out a grief from its overwhelm.

The audience roared with a tsunami!