Chapter 5 Three points of weakness
Kobe Bryant and James both managed to score their first shots of the game, and the latter was even more than the former, not only making their first shots, but also causing the opponent's foul, completing a two-plus-one.
Bryant didn't say much, just glanced at James slightly, then turned and ran towards half court.
"Hehe, I didn't expect to make my first shot after the timeout, which was faster than I expected, but that's fine, so that the game will be even more interesting," Barkley said.
Next, the Lakers' possession, Zeng Yu brought the ball to the half court and then passed the ball directly to the hands of Bynum on the inside, Bynum held the ball on the inside and singled Ilgoska, and then hit the butt with a top, directly turned and hooked the shot, brushed, and hit again.
Although Big Z has height, he is not Bynum's opponent at all in terms of strength confrontation, so he was directly topped by Bynum just now, and he lost his defensive position, so that Bynum easily scored two points in front of him.
Huang Jun held the ball and quickly advanced to the halfcourt, originally wanted to surprise the sneak attack, but the other party seemed to have known for a long time, and the defense was very fast, which shattered Huang Jun's hopes, and Huang Jun did not have any pity on his face.
And Huang Jun saw that the sneak attack failed, so he did just that. Stabilized, he directly used his teammates' cover to kill the basket, and successfully scored two points in front of Bynum with a high throw.
Bynum had tried his best to jump up just now, but he still couldn't reach Huang Jun's high throw just now, it was too high, even a player of Bynum's height jumped up hard but still couldn't intercept the ball, you can imagine how high the height of this ball is, and it is very difficult to score this kind of ball.
But Huang Jun just scored this goal, and it was a hollow net, from which we know that this goal is definitely calculated, a very perfect calculation, and to hit such a goal in the game, it takes a lot of sweat off the field.
In the next quarter, after James and Kobe Bryant participated in the offense, the game was even more beautiful and exciting, and until the end of the first quarter, James and Kobe Bryant's performance was very good, and the feeling was also very good.
It is very tacit that James and Kobe Bryant both played the full 12 minutes of the first quarter, and Huang Jun and Zeng Yu were replaced by the team's coach when there were three minutes left in the first quarter.
And James and Kobe Bryant are also known as iron men, both of them can play the whole game without much problem, but after having good teammates, they rarely play the whole game, after all, they also care about their players very much.
When it comes to Kobe, you have to admire him, he is a player who often plays with injuries, as long as he thinks that his injury is not too big a problem, then he will appear on the court, and even if it seems very serious to others, it is not a big deal in his eyes, and he will not miss the game.
This makes many people admire Kobe Bryant very much, of course, it is not only Kobe who fights with injuries, but also Iverson, these two can be said to be well-known players who often play with injuries.
When the first quarter ended, the Cavaliers led the Lakers by two points at 27-25, and Kobe Bryant was very dissatisfied with his team's fall behind in the first quarter, but he didn't say anything, dissatisfaction was dissatisfaction, this would only be the end of the first quarter, no big deal.
In the first quarter, Kobe Bryant scored eight points in the last six minutes, most of the team's ball possession was concentrated in Kobe's hands, and a small part fell into the hands of interior players Gasol and Bynum, as for Zeng Yu, the offensive ball possession was very few, but he was very satisfied with organizing the team's offense, and now he doesn't need to score by himself, after all, there are already excellent offensive players like Kobe Bryant in the team, as well as twin towers, and there are very few when it is his turn to attack, so he is also very clear, It didn't fight for the team's offensive firing rights, but was single-mindedly in the team's organization.
That's why he's been able to sit more and more firmly in the starting position. However, the vast majority of his offensive opportunities are after Kobe Bryant is off the court, and after Kobe Bryant is off the court, he is a main point of the team's offensive choice on the court, which is why Zeng Yu can score as many as 13 points per game, otherwise how to score points without offensive rights?
Bryant scored eight points in six minutes, while James scored seven points in six minutes, and although he was one point behind Bryant in scoring, James contributed four rebounds and three assists.
Kobe Bryant mainly scores, while James is all-round, although he has very few opportunities to organize the team after Huang Jun comes, but he can always grasp the few organizational opportunities, so he can also average more than five points per game this season, which can be said to be the lowest season of his career.
In the games he has played this season, he has two triple-doubles, which is very difficult for James now.
The game started quickly in the second quarter, James and Kobe Bryant were replaced off the court to rest, and the reason why they were not replaced off the first quarter was that they didn't do their best in the first six minutes, so the team let them play the last six minutes, let them find more touch, attack more or something.
And Zeng Yu appeared on the court, but Huang Jun on the Cavaliers' side did not play, because it was not his time to play, Zeng Yu was like this because the Lakers needed his offense, and the Lakers' bench was very weak, in this lineup, Zeng Yu's position was the scoring guard, and the point guard was the old fish Fisher who was demoted to the bench.
The latter still has no problems in organizing the team's offense, and the latter's heart is also very big, and the three points are also very accurate, and it is undoubtedly a very wise decision to partner with Zeng Yu in the backcourt.
The Cavaliers are completely substitute lineups, not a single starter is present, and the Cavaliers are still very disadvantaged in the face of this lineup on the Lakers, if they are not careful, the point difference will be overtaken by the Lakers, and it is very likely that the point difference will be widened, this is not impossible, after all, the Cavaliers' lineup does not have an offensive stability point.
The only thing in common with the Lakers is that they both have a starter who has been relegated to the bench, with Deron West on the Cavaliers' side and Fisher on the Lakers' side.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the combination of Fisher and Zeng Yu made the Cavaliers suffer, and the Lakers adopted a two-point guard lineup, while Fisher and Zeng Yu both shot three-pointers and passed. In just two minutes into the second quarter, he was beaten by the Lakers' Fisher and Zeng Yu. Successfully overtook the score, and the Lakers also led by three points, a small attack wave of seven to two.
The only goal for the Cavaliers was Asik on the inside who grabbed a frontcourt rebound and hit it, otherwise the Cavaliers would be 7-0 and the score would be five points ahead by the Lakers.
Speaking of Asik, Asik's performance in the more than 20 games he has participated in is still very stable, and he is not like the ups and downs of most second-round shows.
In 26 games, Asik averaged five points and five rebounds per game, and his average playing time per game has increased from the initial fifteen minutes to the current average of about 24 points per game.
The Cavaliers also understand that their interior line is indeed very weak, so now they have begun to deliberately cultivate Asik, although Asik's offensive means are very poor, but his defensive awareness and rebounding awareness are very good, and during this time, the team's training plan for Asik is not offense, but just defense and rebounding, and the team gives him the task of constantly grabbing rebounds and defending the opponent's interior line every game.
He is also very aware of his responsibilities, so he doesn't ask for it every game, that is, he keeps stuck in the inner line, if he grabs a very good position, then his teammates' balls will naturally pass to his hands, even if he doesn't pass it, it's nothing, he grabs a good position not to attack, but to better grab rebounds.
Although the Cavaliers were beaten by a small * in the first two minutes of the second quarter, the team did not call a timeout and let the players adjust themselves.
And in the following time, the two sides played completely in a back and forth state, and the time passed little by little, and the Cavaliers always trailed the Lakers by three points, and did not overtake them.
With five minutes left in the second quarter and seven minutes remaining, the Cavaliers finally called a timeout, and the score was 34-37, with the Cavaliers trailing the Lakers by three points.
That margin has been maintained from the second minute of the second quarter to the present, the Lakers can't pull it away, the Cavaliers can't overtake it, and in five minutes, the Lakers scored 12 points.
And these twelve points, Fisher and Zeng Yu got ten points, both of them scored five points each, and each hit a three-point and a two-pointer, which can be said to be very tacit.
On the Cavaliers' side, Asik's outburst scored seven points and five rebounds in just five minutes, four of the five rebounds were offensive rebounds, four offensive rebounds scored seven points, and one of them caused a defensive foul on the opponent.
In just five minutes, he surpassed his average data per game, which was indeed an explosion.
And after this timeout, both sides will inevitably change the starting lineup, but the Cavaliers will not replace Asik, who has performed very well during this time, and Ilgoska's position is becoming more and more awkward.