Chapter Forty-Eight: The Twin Stars Converge

"There are 5 seconds left in the clock, and Jonny Lee rushes in! Kobe Bryant followed him closely and stepped back! Straight back jumper! Jonny came up with a step-back jumper! Entered! Whistle goal! ”

Jonny raised his fist at Kobe defiantly, and he directly humiliated Kobe Bryant with a step-back jumper, a goal that may remind Kobe of the scene when the two went head-to-head in Chicago a year ago, Kobe Bryant used one step-back jumper after another to make Jonny unable to defend, and now, Jonny used the same action to make Kobe also unable to defend.

At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics still led by 8 points, and the Lakers were very slow to chase points, mainly because the Celtics' offense was too stable, and Del Harris was already preparing to strengthen the defense.

So, Del Harris "relieved" to give Kobe Bryant the task of defending Jonny.

And when the Lakers were nervously arranging their tactics, the Celtics were much more relaxed, because the Celtics were firmly ahead, and the rhythm on the court was also controlled by the Celtics. During the break, Jonny also went to Julia Roberts to say hello to Julia Roberts' aunt and nephew, and signed the Chinese fans over there.

Soon, the second quarter of the game began, the Celtics were on offense, and Jonny rushed inside to launch the Desert Butcher's Q skill - James-style breakthrough point, and directly assisted Chauncey Billups to hit a three-pointer. At the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers' defense still did not progress, especially Kobe Bryant, who vowed to defend against Jonny during the break, and he was easily sudden.

However, the Lakers' offense was fluid, and the Lakers' next offense. Robert Horry hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner, which made Derrick Coleman's face gloomy, and this time it was not that he didn't defend, but that he ignored Robert Horry as a power forward.

Robert Horry, who has been a role player throughout his career, has a big heart that ordinary people don't have, and he has become the player with the most championships among role players with this big heart. However, Robert Horry in '97 was already in his decline, and it was difficult for Robert Horry to even start with the Lakers this season.

In fact, Robert Horry has been able to fight in the league for so many years because of his big heart and veteran experience. And this goal, in the case of Derrick Coleman who didn't take Robert Horry to heart at all. Robert Horry made a direct three-point shot, and his big heart and experience came into play, and teams like the Lakers need a player like Robert Horry.

And after Robert Horry came on the field, the defensive pressure on the Celtics rose again, and the power forward position that didn't need to be paid much attention to also needed a special player to defend. The Lakers, who had expected to be able to defend against the Celtics' offense, failed, but were further successful on the offensive end. After Robert Horry came on, Eddie Jones and Van Axel were alive.

And the score difference that was originally difficult to approach. It's starting to catch up.

Compared to the Lakers, the Celtics could only rely on Jonny to score, and in this case, the Celtics were tied by the Lakers five minutes into the second quarter.

Jonny is helpless, and his teammates are really not good. One by one, he couldn't make it, so Jonny had to turn on his personal mode again and began to do all kinds of things on his own, but this only helped Celtic stabilize the situation. The Celtics and Lakers are in a tug-of-war.

On the Lakers' side, O'Neal scored two points, Eddie Jones scored two points, and Van Elsel scored three points, while the Celtics scored 5 points and the others scored 2 points, and it was this rhythm, the Celtics were 2 points behind the Lakers when there were 3 minutes left in the second quarter, and at this time Jonny had scored 24 points, and he was holding up a team by himself.

But then, Jonny's helper finally broke out, Derek Coleman broke out, Jonny gave him consecutive drops, and he succeeded in singleing Robert Horry in a row.

Derrick Coleman has not been able to play in this game, perhaps because he has not played for a long time, and of course, there are also reasons for Elden Campbell's defense at the beginning. However, at the end of the second quarter, Derrick Coleman finally began to exert his power, he first received a pass from Jonny, faced Robert Horry, made a beautiful turn and made a successful layup, and then faced O'Neal and Robert Horry's bag, made another successful layup, and caused O'Neal's foul.

The continuous hits made Jonny breathe a sigh of relief, Derrick Coleman joined the Celtics in November, and at the end of December, the sharp knife was suspended by Jonny, and Derrick Coleman finally came in handy.

The rest of the second quarter became a two-star performance of Jonny and Derrick Coleman, but the Lakers were not good at stubble, and O'Neal and a number of role players played very well. It can be said that this game gradually evolved into a wonderful offensive battle, and both sides played very cool and comfortable.

But there is only one person, who is quite aggrieved, Kobe Bryant has not had any chance to play in this game, so far in the first quarter, there are not many opportunities to touch the ball, only 2 points, it can be said that facing Jonny again, Kobe played very poorly, which made Kobe very aggrieved, but there is nothing to be done in the grievance, and now Kobe's status in the Lakers is still very low, ranking behind O'Neal, Eddie Jones and Van Exel.

However, Kobe's status has been improving rapidly, maybe this season when it comes to the All-Star Game, Kobe Bryant should become the second person in the Lakers' team, in fact, in Jonny's previous life, Kobe Bryant relied on the All-Star Game to get on the throne in one fell swoop.

Soon, at the end of the first half, the Celtics led the Lakers by 5 points at 72:67, but the halftime lead was five points, obviously the lead was not very large, and so far in the first half, Jonny has scored 27 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, and Derrick Coleman, who broke out in the second half of the second quarter, also got 11 points and 5 rebounds.

On the Lakers' side, O'Neal scored 17 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks to dominate the interior. However, Big Ben, who was opposite O'Neal, also had 2 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, and this game was the first time that Big Ben and O'Neal were in the opposite position as a center, and Big Ben obviously played well, but he still failed to limit O'Neal. With the exception of O'Neal with 17 points, the Lakers scored a well-balanced score, with Eddie Jones scoring 8 points, Van Elsel scoring 7 points, Robert Horry scoring 6 points, and other players scoring a point or two in a sporadic manner. (To be continued......)