At the end of the first quarter, with Odom making a layup with 11 seconds left in the end, the Lakers led the Pacers by two points at 31-29, two points is not much, for the Pacers, as long as the touch comes, it is only a matter of time before they catch up.

But the problem now is that the Pacers don't have a touch on their side, and the Lakers' style of play is still the same as before, with the strength of Kobe Bryant and the double inside, they directly hit the inside first, and then Kobe Bryant on the outside to make up for the leaks, and they won the championship last year in this way.

Bynum's stats may not be pretty, but his threat on the inside is huge, and it makes Murphy miserable.

When the substitution just now, let Hibbert go up and try it, on the offensive end Hibbert's performance today is not bad, but on the defensive end is very miserable, if it is not for Zhang Kong's three three-pointers in the first quarter, the walk may have been captured a long time ago, the first quarter Pacers scored a total of 29 points, and 11 of them were scored by Zhang Kong, the other 18 points, none of the three-point shots, all from the shooting and free throws, today's Pacers shooting basketball team, there is really no feeling.

And Granger, the offensive core of the team's perimeter, was defended by the beast and Artest, and had no chance to impact the interior at all.

Now that it's the Lakers, the Lakers' gorgeous offensive lineup makes Artest don't need to worry about offense at all.

Unless the Lakers' offense stagnates, Artest will focus all of his energy on defending the opposing team's top players.

He and Kobe Bryant are standing there together, no matter who wants to score from them, it is not an easy thing, Zhang Kong can also bully Kobe Bryant with his own data, but Granger is not at all.

Artest is like chewing gum under your feet, you stick to it, don't try to get it down again, and it will disgust you.

The offense on the Pacers' side had little to do with Granger in the first quarter, and in the first quarter of the game, Granger, as the core of the team, only scored 2 points, which was really a bit embarrassing, but Jim O'Brien didn't have time to explain to him and help him get back to his state, because the second quarter had begun, and the second quarter of the game began, and Zhang Kong and other main players were sitting off the court to rest.

And Granger showed up on the court, which was arranged by Jim O'Brien, who hoped that Granger could regain his feeling through the game, and at this point, the ball he was on the field would be Ramar Odom...... But things are not as simple as Jim O'Brien thinks, the starting power of the Pacers is Roy Hibbert, this guy can fly Bynum's kite very well on the offensive end, Bynum's defensive depth is limited, he defends the basket, and the muscles hit the muscles well, but if the opponent pulls to the high post and plays a jump shot, he can't do it, just like Hibbert now, in a mid-range shot from six feet away, he easily scored two points, which makes Bynum on the inside line come out to defend it, and it is not to come out to defend.

But fortunately, he can still put enough pressure on Hibbert on the offensive end, and after the inside line wants to get Famar's pass, he directly turns and hits a layup, and returns one to Hibbert, who is completely uncomfortable in the face of such a style of play.

After all, he is only a sophomore, and if he wants to fight against old birds like Bynum, it will take at least a few years to compete.

Finding this weakness of Hibbert, the Lakers began to slowly attack this point, and at 1:07 in the second quarter, Odom's jump shot missed, and Bynum on the inside easily grabbed the offensive rebound, and then got up and dunked violently.

Now Odom is facing Granger, although Granger still doesn't have the touch, but the defense is very good.

Bynum here just hit less than 15 seconds, and the Pacers over there have already arrived, Earl Watson successfully inherited Zhang Kong's three-point ability, and after receiving a pass from Granger, he shot directly from the outside, facing the guy Farmar, Earl Watson still took advantage, and the basketball flew from Farmar's head and fell steadily into the basket.

Odom then shot again, but shook Granger with a feint and then cheated a foul on Granger.

With one of two free throws, the Lakers continued to hold a two-point lead, but the Pacers were not to be outdone.

Granger didn't have a feel, but Earl Watson's microwave oven played a very important role.

continued to use his jump shots and layups to impact the opponent's defense, until the second quarter played three and a half minutes, the Pacers entered an official timeout here, Zhang Kong re-put on the line, and Phil Jackson on the other side did not replace Kobe Bryant at the first time, maybe he wanted to observe Zhang Kong's ability, but this time he did not do it right.

Let Zhang Kong play without a defender, it is not just a matter of observing Zhang Kong, Zhang Kong will take this opportunity to kill the Lakers, Zhang Kong replaced Mike Dunleavy and appeared in the shooting guard position, Murphy replaced Hibbert in the center position, it seems that Jim O'Brien is ready to use the inside kite flying tactics to death.

After the substitution, although Zhang Kong played a scoring guard, the ball was in his hands, which was nothing to say, Earl Watson's passing ability was not very strong, and his key role was the three-point shot and the microwave effect after playing.

Now the defense is Kobe's new little brother, Shannon Brown, this Shannon Brown has been in Los Angeles recently, and he has been very concerned as Kobe's substitute, and his violent dunk has also excited fans in Angel City, but in the face of Zhang Kong, Shannon Brown is really not a dish that can deal with him.

Zhang Kong made a simple step down to change direction to pull the ball, and after taking a step back, he saw that Shannon Brown did not catch up, so he rushed directly with a bulldozer-style layup, Shannon Brown is not Kobe after all, he doesn't know what a terrible guy Zhang Kong is.

The moment Zhang Kong's arm touched his chest, he felt a huge force attack, and the powerful force instantly pierced him behind him, Shannon-Brown took several steps back almost unconsciously, and looked at Zhang Kong with a look of horror.

But at this time, he could only see the huge No. 88 jersey on Zhang Kong's back, Zhang Kong, who rushed into the inner line, was not in a hurry to attack, because there were two guys on the inside, Bynum and Odom, and now Zhang Kong wanted to deal with the two of them, but when he saw Murphy at an angle of 45 degrees, Zhang Kong smiled.

Seeing Zhang Kong rushing directly into the inside line, Odom and Bynum's faces showed a trace of solemnity, they were not like Shannon Brown, they clearly knew how terrible this Zhang Kong was, almost the moment they looked at each other, they had already decided to trap him! Seeing Zhang Kong running towards him, Odom and Bynum two guys, one left and one right, like two door gods, pounced directly towards Zhang Kong, and Zhang Kong was not afraid, carrying two inside lines, and wanted to force a layup, watching Zhang Kong's movements, all the fans in the audience stood up and looked at the situation on the court with a nervous face.

And Jim O'Brien frowned, because he felt that this empty space was a little strange, if he usually would not force a layup in such a situation, you must know that if you want to go to the basket under the bag of the opponent's two insiders, even if you go up, it is very likely that there will be danger, with Zhang Kong's previous surname, he obviously will not use such a move unless it is absolutely necessary.

But after Zhang Kong came on the court today, he directly used this style of play, which made Jim O'Brien a little unable to turn around.

And Phil Jackson on the sidelines frowned, with his understanding of Zhang Kong, Zhang Kong would definitely not be stupid at this time, just when he was puzzled, he suddenly saw a big white man who didn't know when to move to the outside.

"Murphy!" The corners of Phil Jackson's eyes twitched at the sight of the big white man, he guessed right, but it wasn't too late!

Just when Phil Jackson wanted to remind his two inside lines to pay attention to Murphy, Zhang Kong had already rushed into the opponent's encirclement, and after using his own strength to carry the opponent's inside bag, Zhang Kong forced to jump to the basket as they thought, but at the same time as he jumped, he waved his hand lightly and sent the ball to the outside line so lightly.

If anyone is on the road at this time, they can easily steal this fluttering basketball.

But the most important thing for the Lakers right now is that there is no one on the perimeter, and the only person on the road at this time is Murphy.

Murphy gently received the basketball, now he is a super big vacancy, he has plenty of time, adjust, aim, and then gently flick his wrist, throw the basketball to the basket, Murphy so many preparation activities did not do in vain, the basketball flew slowly in the air for a while, and then plunged directly into the basket, watching Murphy actually score three points, Bynum also knew that he was played! This three-pointer was the second for the Pacers to score in addition to Zhang Kong, the first of which was scored by Earl Watson.

Two three-pointers, let the Pacers in the first half of the second quarter, has been pressing the Lakers, three-point shooting may not be very important for the Lakers, but for the Pacers is especially important, don't forget, the Pacers are a shooting team.

If a shooting team doesn't even have three points, what can it do to argue with these masters in the league!

"Well done, everyone slowly adjusts!" Off the court, Jim O'Brien couldn't help but smile when he saw Murphy hit a three-point shot.

The Pacers, for their side, didn't show any slackness on defense because of a three-pointer, and their goal was to win!

(To be continued)