Chapter 069: Playing the Soy Sauce Party
The brief recuperation didn't make much of a difference for the Knicks, and at the start of the fourth quarter, the Lakers, who had the ball in hand, once again launched an inside attack, and for the Purple and Gold, scoring was as simple as that.
Another 7:0 mini-climax, the Knicks' players have been completely powerless, the mustache's own clever offensive tactics turned out to be a failure of Chi Guoguo, even if he realized that something was wrong, he quickly called a short timeout, but in the eyes of the audience, the game has lost its suspense.
The Big Apple? Can he? This is the Lakers!
D'Antoni changed to the starting lineup after the pause, but only now made changes, no matter how you look at it, it gives people a feeling of uselessness, not to mention, even if they sacrifice their strongest lineup, the Knicks also do not have the capital to be arrogant in front of the Lakers, and even the players themselves know very well that the reason why the first half was able to draw was largely because the Lakers themselves were slack.
Now, with the Lakers leading by 20 points, even if they are arrogant, will the Knicks still have a chance?
20 points, a quarter, to do the simplest addition and subtraction, if the Knicks still want to win, then when the Lakers have 10 points, they have to score 31 points, when the Lakers have 20 points, they have to score 41 points.
Scoring 20 points in a quarter of a game is just an easy task for the Lakers, and for the Knicks, scoring 41 points in a quarter of a game can only be a joke.
Throughout the history of the NBA. The team's record for the lowest scoring in a single quarter belongs to the Mavericks and the Warriors, with the former scoring just two points in the third quarter of the April 6, 1997 away game against the Lakers; The latter in a home game against the Raptors on February 8, 2004. Only scored 2 points in the fourth quarter, in other words, a huge league, there are really a lot of strange records.
Compared to the lowest score, the team has more records for the highest points in a single quarter, which is 50 points in the first quarter, and it happened in 5 games at the same time; The second quarter was 57 points, created by the Suns in the game against the Nuggets on 11/10/90; The third quarter was also 57 points, set by the Warriors in the game against the Kings on March 4, 89; The fourth quarter was 58 points, set by Buffalo (who has since retired from the league) against Boston on October 20, 1972, and 58 points is also an NBA record for a single quarter.
It can be seen that such super records belong to ancient times. In an era when NBA rules are becoming more and more perfect, it is almost impossible to break such statistics. The Lakers can't set a new record for the lowest score in a single quarter, and the Knicks also have no hope of breaking the record for the highest score in a single quarter. But even so, the game had to go on as usual.
After the pause, the Lakers' approach made the Knicks feel a little ashamed before they started. The other side has already replaced all the main forces. The damage to the player's self-esteem is conceivable, looking at the smile of his familiar little brother Vujasic, Li Chen is angry.
"What gave Phil the courage to send your guys, 20 points? Please, this score is useless! ”
Wu Jacic just smirked vigorously, the tragic experience of the previous boss now made him secretly happy, and he couldn't help but think of a Chinese proverb that Li Chen used to hang on his lips from time to time - the dragon swims in shallow water and is played by shrimp. The tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs!
It's just that what I want to tell Sasha is. If this saying is true, then what is a Lakers player? Shrimp? Leper dogs? I believe that without Phil Jackson's order, just the Lakers' Yigan players can skin this guy with a bad brain.
"Huh! There's still a chance! Wu Jacic was too happy to be good, he pretended to be kind and comforted Li Chen, but he didn't know that someone regarded these words as the most complete mockery!
"You're done!" Li Chen's mouth was full of words, "Sasha, believe me, if I don't beat Kobe Bryant and them back today, I'll eat the ball, remember, I will do it!" ”
Naturally, Wu Jacic would not react to Li Chen's speech, he put himself in his shoes, if he stood in the other party's perspective, it was estimated that he would not feel good. However, the new Adam Morris can't manage so much, and the old monk has assigned him the task of defending Li Chen, so he has to integrate himself into the role as much as possible.
"I trust you, basketball will be delicious, I promise!" The soy sauce party said with a conceited face, and his conceited capital is obviously the 20-point foundation laid by the predecessors for the Lakers.
It's a good thing to have confidence, but for a soy sauce party, it's better to keep a low profile in front of the well-known bigwigs in the alliance, otherwise, the consequences of making people hold grudges are very serious, such as now.
"Who are you?" Li Chen looked at the little person who suddenly appeared in front of him with disdain, his expression was like that of a first-class official in a costume drama when he saw a flat-headed ordinary person, except for disdain or disdain.
"Who is he? Where did Mickey get the idiot? Without waiting for Morris to introduce himself, Li Chen turned his face to Vujacic straightforwardly, he would never have a good face for passers-by who had no self-knowledge.
The attitude of the previous boss made Sasha slightly nervous, and the nervousness directly led to his next slip of the tongue, "Adam...... Adam Murphy, new this year. "Usually when I train, I call my name, and suddenly I want to call out my last name for a while, who remembers, it's on the jersey, but if you turn your head to look at it at this time, it hurts the hearts of your teammates.
Li Chen didn't have so many scruples, and casually glanced at the list of players on the big screen, "Murphy? It's Morris, right? It doesn't matter, it doesn't make a difference anyway. ”
Originally, it was just a slip of the tongue by Vujasic, but because of Li Chen's words, the nature suddenly changed, in the eyes of the soy sauce party, Vujacic was clearly a tandem of outsiders attacking his teammates, if it wasn't for the game time and the other party was the Lakers' main substitute, Morris might really have split Sasha.
Because it is a game, the referee naturally does not leave time for the players to ruffle. Today is Christmas, and he is still counting on finishing the game early and going home to spend the holiday with his wife and children, completely ignoring the resentful eyes of the soy sauce party. The referee urged the Knicks to serve quickly.
Li Chen did what he said, and the first time he held the ball after the pause, he stood outside the three-point line and waited for Morris to fall, "Look, idiot, I'm going to let you know the gap between us, in my eyes." You're just an ant. ”
Holding the ball hard, Maurice is not Artest, and the hard muscles like the beast are not available to everyone. Especially the soy sauce party of the soy sauce party like Morris.
Before, on the bench, the soy sauce party had been watching Li Chen rely on his back and shooting skills to beat Atai, and this also made him mistakenly think that the legendary invincible Big Apple was a technical player, but now, the special experience of facing him directly made him understand in an instant. Where is this guy a technical player. It's clearly a complete Fauvism.
The Lakers' interior combination at the moment is the mascot Mbenga and the brainless Luke Wharton, compared to the twin towers on the bench, this combination is weaker than more than one power, in the face of such an opponent, Li Chen naturally will not be weak, pause slightly, and then accelerate again, sliding past Wharton and then calmly putting the ball into the basket.
Drip! It's not just about scoring a goal. In the contest just now, the unbelieving Morris cleverly dragged his opponent. Anyway, he's just a substitute, and it's not a big deal to foul a foul, if he can replace Li Chen's layup with two free throws, then he still earns it.
The idea is so, but the truth is diametrically opposite, Morris's strength can't cause any interference to Li Chen's layup, the big apple doesn't even pause, just like the basketball calmly passes through the net, Morris's foul is like a stone city sea, except for a penalty, there is no real effect.
Swish! Big Apple successfully completed a 2+1, and the gap of 20 points instantly became 17 points, proportionally speaking, this number was reduced by 15 percent, but in a quarter of the game, this point difference is still a bit huge.
The Lakers' mistake left another chance for the Knicks, and under Larry Hughes' tight defense, Vujasic's pass was slightly off track, and Chandler took the basketball.
Curry and Li Chen quickly launched a counterattack, and Chandler's long passing skills have been practiced at a certain level in daily training, at least in the absence of interference like now, he basically passed the ball to the position he wanted.
Receiving the ball outside the three-point line, Li Chen did not pass it to Curry, who had already entered the three-point line, now is the time to chase points, if you can get more points, you can get more points, the three-point shot is the most effective weapon, even if Morris who is following the defense has rushed over, but Li Chen does not plan to change his plan, not to mention, he has a better idea.
"Cruze is hanging again!" On the Lakers bench, the great god was a little helpless about the situation on the court, although he had been a teammate for a year, he still hadn't figured out how Li Chen's tricky vision was practiced. "It stands to reason that I can't see it, what a freak!"
What happened just now was like this, Li Chen shot outside the three-point shot, Morris, who rushed over from behind, was overjoyed when he saw this situation, except for a chasing hot pot, he couldn't think of any other way, of course, it may also be that the anxiety of being anxious to make meritorious service made him enthusiastic for a while, in short, he jumped up.
What surprised the soy sauce party and what Kobe Bryant couldn't figure out all the time was that Li Chen seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, and the hands that wanted to shoot were retracted, and after a pause, he made another shot after adjusting his position, and at this time, Morris couldn't cover it at all, and in addition, he couldn't stop his action and bumped straight into Li Chen.
The result is already very clear, after a 2+1, the soy sauce party sent a 3+1 again, and what made him feel even more damn was that Li Chen once again scored the ball, and his two self-pretentious cleverness gave the Knicks 7 points.
The tragedy will not end there, the Soy Sauce Party is still working hard, the Big Apple's Super Three Plus One has caused a lot of pressure on the Lakers' bench, and only now they realize that the Big Apple, which everyone regarded as a high-quality Zhengtai last season, has grown to such a terrible point that the Lakers' bench has no way to deal with it.
For the first time, the consequences of shooting iron have become so terrible, and the Big Apple with the ball on the outside has become Morris's nightmare, and before that, he gave away seven points, and now, what will happen to him, including the Soy Sauce Party itself, cannot predict what he will face.
The opponent's nervousness and timidity were fully seen by Li Chen, he was very satisfied with this result, and smiled evilly, "I'm going to shoot, do you dare to guard against me?" ”
As he himself said, Li Chen really shot, and the previous events and the look of his opponent made him convinced that the soy sauce party had lost the courage to face him, and this was the case.
"Incredible!" In the commentary room of CCAV, two young commentators were full of praise for Li Chen's performance, "Three offenses sent ten points, and the 20-point difference was reduced by half in an instant, do the Lakers dare to let the substitutes play blindly on the court?" ”
Phil Jackson has obviously lost his patience, the little guy is more difficult than he expected, in just one season, he has become more resilient than ever, even if he is twenty points behind, he still does not give up, just like last season's Finals, as long as he does not admit defeat, everything is still possible.
"Pause!" The Lakers' assistant called a timeout for the Zen master. A group of substitutes returned to the bench in fear, Morris would be the protagonist, but the others were not much better, KFC Grandpa's anger was not released, and it was really out of control as soon as it was released.
The oath to bring the Lakers' main force back to the court has been fulfilled, and Li Chen, who doesn't have to eat basketball, is instantly much more relaxed, and someone looks at the tangled soy sauce party with a wicked smile on his face, he can't forget this kid's arrogant attitude before.
"Murphy! Good luck! Hopefully I'll see you again the next time I'm in Los Angeles! (To be continued......)