162 When you're old
Kobe Bryant strongly asked to return to the court at this time, but there was no dead ball on the court at this time, and Kobe Bryant could only wait a little.
After waiting for such a while, something happened, and Artest came over and tried to fight again, but he made a mistake himself.
Horn tried to make a difficult back turn, but he lost the dribble, Artest made a mistake, and the Nets quickly took advantage of the mistake and shot another three-pointer.
Two consecutive three-pointers were thrown, and the Nets chased it back, and at this time Brown finally couldn't die and immediately took a timeout and replaced Kobe.
Kobe Bryant returned to the court, and the opening basketball was handed over to Kobe Bryant to come out, although Kobe Bryant came back at this time, Kobe's auxiliary software did not come, and Kobe Bryant was still not easy to play without Gasol, and don't forget that Kobe Bryant is already going downhill now.
Kobe Bryant forced several people on the Nets to shoot and missed, Kobe missed the shot, everyone was sorry, only Bynum's expression was gloomy, Bynum felt that the team should use himself now that he is young and in good shape, but with Kobe, he can't get more team power. As long as Kobe Bryant is on the Lakers, no star will have more power than him.
Bryant missed, and the Nets immediately pushed back, and Williams advanced with the ball and passed to Horn after halftime.
Horn took the ball and pressed forward, and immediately saw that the Lakers' retreat was not timely, Bynum did not defend the position, Lopez under the basket was empty, Horn immediately passed the ball to Lopez, and Lopez took the ball to the basket and easily scored 2 points.
For the Nets to score such an easy goal, Kobe Bryant's side was immediately unhappy. A roar towards Bynum.
Bynum has been Kobe's younger brother since he entered the league. Bryant has never liked Bynum either. So Bynum rightfully didn't like Kobe.
The personalities of the two people are very incompatible, Kobe Bryant is the most important player of the team, Bynum is also an important player of the team, both of them are very important, the disagreement between these two people is actually a big problem, there was a Zen master on it to suppress the two people, and now that the Zen master is gone, the contradiction between the two people is becoming more and more profound.
Kobe Bryant cursed at this time. Bynum didn't pay attention to Kobe Bryant at all, as if he didn't hear it, Kobe Bryant, you said that he was angry or not.
At this time, it was useless for him to be angry, he rushed to the half court of the Nets and wanted to use his impact to create a foul, but neither Horn nor Lopez ate a set, both of them stood in place and raised their hands without moving, this Kobe Bryant could only force a shot on the heads of two people, such a difficult shot is difficult to shoot, especially when Kobe Bryant's physical condition is declining now, Kobe's shot is missed.
Horn grabs the basket under the basket. Before the man could land, the ball was thrown into the hands of Williams, who had already run to the halfway line.
Williams takes the ball and runs two quick steps. directly smashed a violent dunk on the Lakers' head.
Brown saw that this was not going to work, this was absolutely not going to work, the Nets had fully returned their morale, the score had caught up, and it would be over if they didn't make changes at this time.
Although Brown is a waiter, he can't be too soft, and at this time he called a timeout, and Brown replaced Bynum, who had a gloomy face, with Comrade Gasol, a friend of Kobe Bryant.
The Lakers made substitutions, and O'Neal on the sidelines also said: "The Lakers should have changed a long time ago, and now the substitutions are over, the Nets have played the momentum, this is the most difficult time, if you want to suppress the opponent's momentum, the Lakers should start from defense!" ”
Barkley also said at this time: "The Lakers should indeed start to defend well, and now the Lakers must play a suppressive level defense if they want to win!" “
After the timeout, the Lakers opened with a tactical offense, and Gasol scored 2 points under the basket.
At the beginning of the Lakers' tactical offense, the Nets attacked, and the Lakers immediately increased their defensive efforts and sealed the mouth in all aspects.
The Lakers worked hard at this time, and the defense was absolutely hard, but at this time, the aging side of the Lakers was revealed.
The most obvious sign of a player's age is that he can't prevent the breakthrough, the ball that he used to be able to follow is now always passed by someone else in one step, the basket that he used to be able to go on, now there is always a defense to break through, if this happens to you, you are old.
The Lakers are now very active in defense, but it is Kobe Bryant, who is the most active in defense, that has a problem, he feels that he is still fast, he and Marshon Brooks are very close, and at a very close distance, Marshon Brooks changed direction and gave Kobe Bryant at once.
It's too late for Kobe Bryant to turn around and catch people, he is really old, and his reaction speed when defending has really decreased.
Brooks stepped in and made a quick stop to score two points with a jumper.
It's a demoralizing ball, and the Lakers are losing one when they're trying to defend it, which is so uncomfortable.
In the blink of an eye, the Lakers began to attack, and Kobe Bryant still played first at this time, attracting the defense and passing the ball to Gasol, who took the ball and passed the ball to Sessions outside the three-point line.
Sessions played well with the Cavaliers and played well in that kind of third-rate team, and this season the Cavaliers traded him to the Lakers with Irving. When he arrived at the Lakers, Sessions began to adapt to the soil, as if he would not play when he got to the big club, and the things he had previously had in the Cavaliers were completely gone.
At this time, Sessions clearly had a good shooting opportunity with the ball, and he had to break through, and he had to shoot on the heads of a group of Nets people when he broke through.
Lopez directly gave him a block, and he sealed it down and told him to go home and calm down.
Sessions just didn't choose the offensive opportunities well, and it didn't match the point of the triangle offense, and his offensive options and passing options were not in the reasonable rhythm of the triangle offense, so he played poorly when he arrived at the Lakers.
Once Sessions lost the ball, the Nets immediately seized the opportunity to switch offense and defense and quickly advanced up, Williams took the ball or turned back and passed the ball to Horn first, Horn took the ball to the left and made a fake pass to deceive Hill lost his position, Horn followed up and passed Hill, at this time Artest came to defend Horn, Horn opened a triple attack, resisted one step, and then went to the basket in one step, and scored 2 points on the backhand layup.
Artest is also old, plus he is heavy, and the defensive breakthrough is also very difficult, Horn easily broke through Testers, and Horn made a successful layup.
The momentum of the Lakers has dropped a little, and Horn beat a wave at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and now there is no way to regain the initiative after strengthening the defense, and the Lakers are starting to be a little unbearable.
The Lakers as a whole are aging, and this aging is not only physical, but also psychologically after two consecutive championships, and it is easy to be discouraged at this critical moment. (To be continued......)