Chapter 382: Key Match
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The continuous passing, there is no backhand in the middle, and the ball does not land, this kind of passing and cutting cooperation is extremely smooth for all people, but this is just a appearance, and there is a reason why the Pacers are playing like this now. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Looking at the end of the first quarter, the Pacers led the Lakers by one point at 26-25, Kobe Bryant only made four shots in this quarter, hit two shots, opened one, and then hit a ball in the middle of the game, scoring a total of six points (and two free throws), Zhang Kong did not score a point in the first quarter, reached 3 assists, and 2 rebounds were not blocked.
Judging from the data in the first quarter, the situation on the Pacers' side is not good, but Zhang Kong is not in a hurry.
In the first quarter of the game, Zhang Kong threw four three-pointers, but none of them scored, which means that the remaining five three-pointers were piled up!
If you look at the score alone, the Pacers, who only scored 26 points in the first quarter, are difficult to match the title of shooting player, the Lakers' defensive system is still very strong under the leadership of Kobe, and Al Jefferson on the inside shot five times and only hit twice, which shows that the Lakers also know Gasol's weaknesses, so in the first game, Gasol played very well.
Maybe it's because of too much tension, so the whole team on the Pacers' side is not very ideal, although Jim O'Brien and Zhang Kong are constantly changing tactics on the court, but it doesn't seem that there is any trade, the Pacers began to play the second quarter of the game at the offensive and defensive ends were slowly suppressed by the Lakers, it seems that the Pacers who played the Finals for the first time are still too nervous.
The Pacers have a total of thirteen players on the roster at this time, Hibbert was a rookie last year, Al Jefferson was not a playoff, Hansbro was a rookie this year, Earl Barron played soy sauce, Milicic followed the Pistons into the Finals, but it didn't even seem to have been played, Tyrus Thomas, who stayed with the Bulls, only played in the playoffs, Murphy...... That's not to mention.
Granger, the Pacers collapsed when they first came, and they didn't catch up with the good times, Dunleavy and Granger all the way, Watson This is his first playoff game, Hyde has played the playoffs with the Rockets, but the Finals are ...... Hehe...... Zhang Kong, then there is no need to explain, Zhang Kong has played so far, every game is brand new, and he has no experience at all.
Compared to last year's Magic, the Pacers are even less experienced because none of their coaches are championship coaches.
When the main force is on the court, you can also compare with the Lakers with excellent skills, but in the second quarter of the game, the bench groups of the two teams launched a duel, both sides completed the task excellently on the defensive end, and the people on both sides played with the same idea, that is, for the time being, do not seek merit, just ask for nothing, as long as it has not passed, then everything is easy to say!
But as the opponent's Shannon Brown rushed into the interior and jumped high to complete a violent dunk, Gasol, who returned to the court, began to control the basket, and Tyrus Thomas, who came off the bench, was not Gasol's opponent at all, and was beaten too badly.
Murphy, on the other hand, stands more on the outside and rarely goes inside to attack, which also makes the momentum on the Lakers' side slowly overcome.
Seeing that the momentum was not good, Jim O'Brien immediately sent Zhang Kong, who had just rested for more than two minutes off the court.
Let him sort out the team's offense, but the Lakers' bench doesn't give Zhang Kong such a chance, what kind of existence is the Lakers' bench? The more they lead, the better they play, and as soon as the score is down, they immediately lie on their stomachs.
The downwind ball is invincible, and the headwind ball lies on the nest, this is the true portrayal of the Lakers benches, so when Zhang Kong first came on the court, Farmar and Vujacic went up without saying a word, and they shot the basketball directly into it.
Pulled the score away in an instant, and then after Tyrus Thomas fouled Gasol, the Pacers had already called a timeout, and the Lakers led the Pacers by a full 6 points at 34-28 at this time, and played three minutes in the second quarter, and the Pacers scored 2 points, allowing the Lakers to play a wave of 8-2 offensive small **, and the defense on the Pacers' side showed signs of collapse in an instant.
But fortunately, Zhang Kong's three points came back at this time, and after the timeout, Zhang Kong's sixth three-point trial shot in the whole game, successfully hit Farmar's head, and the score became three points, Odom was replaced by Bynum, and forced Murphy on the inside, pulling the score back to five points, but then, Zhang Kong hit three points again in front of Vujasic!
It is he who is the one who is bukkake, and it is estimated that this old boy has done this much when he usually studies physiology with Sharapova at night.
However, he lost all the three-point shots off the court, and he could only be shot on the court!
Another three-pointer was thrown, and then a precise hit, the Pacers hit their third three-pointer in the game, and it was also Zhang Kong's second three-pointer, the score narrowed to two points, watching the score shrink again, Kobe Bryant on the sidelines couldn't sit still, he appeared on the sidelines with Granger, and the bosses of the two teams, at least the nominal bosses, returned to the court at the same time.
But after coming on the court, Kobe Bryant immediately hit a three-pointer in front of Duntai Jones, and Duntai Jones was really strong in defense.
But defending three points is really not his strong point, this was also said about him before, and his lightning defense - Allen's defense is called an ugly!
However, Kobe Bryant hit a three-point shot, and Zhang Kong's side was also unambiguous, and he hit a three-point shot again, and this time it was in front of Kobe! Kobe Bryant watched Zhang Kong's continuous three-pointers, and he was also a little stunned.
In fact, it was not only Kobe Bryant who was stunned, but also Zhang Kong, he didn't expect that his RP today was too strange, he didn't score one of the first five shots, according to the analysis of the data stream, the next five balls of that empty will definitely hit!
This is the strongest feature of data flow, there is no feel to speak of! This is also a double-edged sword, although it can provide stable firepower output, but it does not have a way to turn the tide at a critical moment, but it is a good job today!
Five three-pointers are piled up, which can't be blamed on Zhang Kong, but only on the Lakers' side that the character is not particularly good.
But after five three-point shots, the Pacers ushered in another **, and the ball was once again in the hands of the Lakers, Kobe took advantage of the chaos to send Gasol, who was no one to mark under the basket, and then Murphy hit a shot.
Then Granger hit a three-pointer to complete the Pacers' seventh three-pointer of the first half, and the offense on the Pacers' side was fully opened.
Although there is still some tension, the shooting rate is not very stable, but it has wiped out the Lakers' advantage, with Zhang Kong's 15 points, Granger and Murphy's 5 points, the Pacers played a wave of 20-14 attack, in one fell swoop, the original six points, completely erased back, at the end of the first half, the Pacers tied with the Lakers again 54-54, Kobe Bryant cut 22 points in the half, but Zhang Kong scored 15 people alone in the second quarter, and the assist also reached 5.
And at halftime, in the locker room, Jim O'Brien said the most about the Pacers' rebounding problem.
Now the Pacers' rebounds are not at all the opponent's opponent of the inside twin towers, except for Murphy, a master of brushing rebounds.
Hibbert also grew that big man of 2.18 meters, and he couldn't grab Bynum, the reason why the attack wave in the second quarter was very successful, but there was still no super opponent, was because the rebounds on the Lakers' side were too sharp.
There are too many secondary offenses, and the Pacers' interior line is not strong, which is also the biggest reason, although Al Jefferson desperately grabbed it, but his rebounding level was not high, plus he was too short, and the pressure on Gasol on the defensive end was already good.
But when it comes to defensive rebounding, he really doesn't have much to show up! So after the start of the second half, Murphy's rebounding brush topped Al Jefferson's position, allowing him to rest on the bench, and now temporarily let Murphy make trouble inside.
Murphy's rebounding level is not bad, otherwise he would not be able to become a rebounding brush like Randolph, as the Pacers' No. 1 rebounding master, he has a lot of responsibility, the Lakers continued to hit the Pacers' interior at the beginning of the third quarter, but because Murphy began to grab rebounds on the inside, the original advantage in offensive rebounding is slowly disappearing.
The first shot of the opening game on the Pacers' side was shot by Granger with great luck, because the ball was playing cricket, smashed in the front of the basket, and slowly rolled in, watching the rebounding advantage on the inside disappear, and the firepower of the Pacers players on the outside was also recovering, and the Lakers had to turn the focus of the offense back to the boss Kobe.
After Kobe Bryant got the ball, Dundee Jones posted it as soon as possible, and the only thing he needed to do today was to defend Kobe.
Even if he can't score a point, as long as he guards against Kobe, there will be no problem, but is Kobe so easy to defend?
Kobe Bryant easily pulled the first ball, and when he began to turn around, he wanted to pass Duntai Jones, but Duntai Jones was born in defense of Kobe after all, so he stuck horizontally at the first time, and then stubbornly pushed Kobe Bryant to let him turn to the side.
But at this time, Gasol, who was on the inside, suddenly pulled out and made a block for Kobe, who has always liked to work alone.
If it was a few years ago, Kobe would definitely not want it, but now he readily accepts it.
Reaching the Finals, the opponent is not an existence that can be destroyed by his own strength, whether it is the Pacers or last year's Magic, it is like this, sometimes the friendly cooperation with the team can save him a lot of effort for Kobe.
But at the moment when he turned around and wiped over Deng Tai-Jones, a figure gently crossed in front of him, and the duel began!
(To be continued)