Chapter 030: Evenly matched
The Mavericks seem to be more difficult to gnaw than expected, the old monk is a little depressed, I don't usually see you playing so happily one by one, how can you rise up as soon as you touch the Lakers, and even the second center in the West scored 4 points and 3 boards in the first quarter, which is really against common sense.
However, since the problem is not on his side, the old monk did not arrange any special tactics, but just instructed the players to pay attention to strengthening the defense, he does not believe that the Maverick's hand can continue to be so hot, as long as the opponent's offense has problems, then the Lakers can gradually pull the score away with stable scoring.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the two teams carried out a normal rotation of players, and the Lakers still relied on their own interior advantage, and Odom and Bynum continued to attack on the inside. On the Mavericks' side, on the contrary, new coach Carlisle replaced Diop, a blue-collar center who is known for his defense, hoping to curb the Lakers' twin towers' wreak havoc on his interior.
On the outside, Jets Terry is the Mavericks' biggest reliance, and since being put on the bench by Carlisle to play the role of sixth man, Terry, who has been given possession, has become more and more consistent, and from his current stats, it seems that Terry is likely to hit the sixth man of the season.
In addition, Barria has gradually earned the trust of the team after two seasons of hard work, and he has become an important firepower on the Mavericks' bench.
The Lakers' bench lineup is slightly deficient compared to the Mavericks, but the old monk has long expected this, bench depth has always been the advantage of the Mavericks, in today's Mavericks, although the role of Stackhouse and George is not as good as before, but a new generation of bench bandits such as Buss, Green, and Barea are rising.
On the Lakers' side, although Ariza was placed on the bench because of Li Chen's appearance, the bench depth was slightly enhanced compared to before, but to say that it was better than the Mavericks' bench, the old monk did not have that idea. He only hopes that the substitutes can play steadily, and the two sides will have a showdown after the main team comes on the field.
However, the old monk seems to have miscalculated today, Terry and Barria relied on their flexibility to break through the Lakers' defense and attack the inside, and the Lakers' interior attack could not be opened in a short period of time, and the Lakers' on-court situation began to be precarious.
The old monk called a timeout and began to rearrange the tactics, he needed the players to strengthen the defense and someone to step up and score.
Bynum can't play any advantage in the face of Diop's defense, and Odom's offense is not as good as before, the old monk can only count on Ariza, who he once focused on cultivating, although this guy's shooting is still not very reliable, but his breakthrough can still fill the problem of the Lakers' firepower empty.
The old monk asked Ariza to pay attention to the breakthrough ball to create scoring opportunities, and Vujacic and Famar were not able to use much, but they were still good enough to carry out the task of an open shooter.
After adjustments, the Lakers' offense is really much better, although they still can't suppress the Mavericks' scoring, but at least they can score on their side, as long as the point difference is not widened, the Lakers' advantage still exists.
Swish! Vujasic's three-point rescue hit the Mavericks' frantic offense to a certain extent.
When Li Chen played again, the Lakers were already five points behind, and both teams had already changed to all the main lineups at this time, and the real hard battle began again.
As soon as Li Chen came on the court, the offense on the Lakers' side improved greatly, and soon completed a beautiful inside and outside pass. Kobe broke through and distributed the ball to Gasol, Gasol quickly completed the transfer of the ball, and the ball was distributed to Li Chen on the outside.
Li Chen unhurriedly handed the ball to the old fish who had been completely emptied, and not surprisingly, Fisher hit a solid three-point shot, and the five-point gap was narrowed to two points by the Lakers with only one attack. Lao Yu's three-point shot gave the Mavericks a powerful blow, and Carlisle had to admit the difference in strength between himself and the opposing team's main players.
Originally, the combination of twin towers and Kobe Bryant was already difficult to deal with, but Li Chen's sideways appearance made it even more difficult for the current Lakers to deal with. The 10-game winning streak is a testament to that fact, and as long as this Lakers team is playing properly, there are very few teams in the league that can go toe-to-toe with them.
But apparently today's Mavericks, who have completely opened up the offense, are among these teams, and with the bench lineup strong, Nowitzki has completed a gorgeous transformation, and his inexplicability even makes Carlisle wonder if this guy can play so tough in every game, whether it is a championship and no running. It's just that if Kobe Bryant on the opposite side didn't go crazy, it would be even more perfect.
Perhaps it was the aura between the masters that influenced each other, and Kobe Bryant and Nowitzki, the two cores of their respective teams, began a chivalric matchup, which made the home fans addicted.
Howard struggled to spread his ape arms to prevent Kobe from attacking, but the boss's performance illustrated what the league's best scorer meant, ignoring Howard's defense, and Kobe hit a three-pointer from the back.
On the side of the German tank, even Gasol had already struggled to squeeze Nowitzki's center of gravity away. But the German, who was in a disorganized position, threw the ball in before he fell to the ground, and also won a foul.
Perhaps because of the handball practice in the early years, no matter how the defender pushes Nowitzki, his hand shape will never change at the moment of shooting, so he can often play 2+1.
Kobe pretended to break through, a change of direction made Howard have to follow sideways, Howard, who was hit n times, was always trying his best to defend, but Kobe's true and false worked again, at the moment when Howard adjusted his defensive position, Kobe gently pulled his body back, and Howard was not in a hurry to jump. A solid jumper, Kobe Bryant scored two more points.
Nowitzki wasn't as complicated as he played, receiving the ball from the outside meant Gasol had to step up and defend, and then the German used his speed to force a sideways breakaway and dribble to an iconic golden rooster near the free-throw line to score two more points for the Mavericks.
The two cores miraculously performed to keep the difference at two points at all, Kobe Bryant was a little out of breath and held the ball, and the offense during this period took him a lot of physical strength, although he scored the ball again and again, but he didn't have much to do in the face of Novitzki's eruption.
Maybe it was Li Chen's calm and calm that made the exhausted Kobe Bryant feel unhappy, and with the attitude of why I am tired and half dead while you are watching from the wall, Kobe threw the ball to the little brother.
The sudden pass surprised Li Chen, who originally wanted to watch the boss's solo show, but he didn't expect to pull himself up as an extra.
However, Li Chen didn't care much, he also felt itchy when he watched the showdown between Kobe Bryant and Nowitzki just now, Li Chen, who had been working hard for a while, decided to seize this opportunity to experiment with his offensive skills, and Wright's not too strong defense also gave him some confidence.
Li Chen simulated the next offensive path in his mind, and it was impossible to pull it out directly, although his crosshairs were very good, but the defects in his physical fitness made him worry that his ball would be covered before it was thrown. After struggling for a long time, Li Chen still chose to break through, and then the situation was improvised.
Big Apple's monotonous offensive methods so far throughout the game helped him deceive Wright's defense very well, because he was afraid of Li Chen's shooting and passing, Wright left little distance for the opponent, which brought great help to Li Chen's breakthrough.
Directly accelerated to start Li Chen leaned on Wright and rushed forward, and finally rose to 70 The strength allowed him to take a big advantage in the face of a guy like Wright, although Wright was able to cling to Li Chen, but he couldn't do any other defensive moves because of his strength.
The second center in the West blocked Li Chen's forward path, and in his opinion, the opponent must have played a small calculation of forcing a layup after squeezing Wright out of position. Although his statistics are shrinking after his contract year has been strong, the second center in the West believes that it is more than enough to make a beautiful block when he is well prepared.
If Li Chen doesn't change his intentions, then Dampier may really cheat a block, at best, Li Chen will pass the ball out at most, and Wright will not be harshly criticized by the coach for his defensive mistakes.
However, Li Chen's next move was completely unexpected by the second center in the west, just before he was about to crash into Dampier's arms, Li Chen suddenly made a beautiful back dribble, and the basketball was handed over from his right hand to Li Chen's left hand while transforming the center of gravity, although it was not smooth, but at least it was very imaginative.
Wright, who was already out of position, couldn't adjust his focus to cover Li Chen's left-handed layup, and the second center in the West was also out of reach because of a Wright in the middle, and the Big Apple once again showed his talent for offense. Because he can shoot with both left and right hands, he has more options when attacking than the average player.
Li Chen's unexpected ball-holding offense surprised the fans in Los Angeles, but the fans applauded unexpectedly, and the surprise brought to them again and again by the super rookie made them like this new guy more and more, and Li Chen also lived up to expectations, this unexpected goal showed that he is gradually improving his lack of offensive methods.
Kobe Bryant looked at Li Chen with a little surprise, thinking that he would come to a back-to-back single, these days of training have given Kobe Bryant a certain confidence in his younger brother's technology. But Li Chen's imaginative attack made Kobe Bryant feel that this kid seemed to have greater ability, and he decided to find an opportunity to take a good look at Li Chen's progress.
Mavericks' coach Carlisle was also very surprised by Li Chen's attack, although the movements were not smooth enough, it can be seen that this is still a newly developed ability, but in time, Li Chen, who is already a headache with his super shooting and passing, will definitely be even more difficult, imagine that a team has two Kobes, not to mention that Li Chen's balls can be better than Kobe.
A goal tied the score again, and then the Mavericks' missed shot gave the Lakers a chance to overtake, and Li Chen, who won the defensive rebound, did not hand over the ball, but took half the court himself and prepared to try the second offense.
The younger brother is powerful, and Kobe, as the boss, is also happy to watch from the side, not to mention that the continuous attack just now has not recovered his physical strength.
Wright defended again, and the mistake last time made him learn a lesson, although it was still a defensive throw, but this time Wright was ready for Li Chen to break through, which made him not be caught off guard like last time.
Compared with Li Chen's shooting, his breakthrough level is still a little immature, and Wright believes that as long as he is ready, the opponent will not want to pass so easily. However, Wright was also very depressed in addition to defense, how to fight others, Li Chen would not break through, but when he was defending, he suddenly seemed to know, which made Wright begin to wonder if his character was used up when he mixed with the starter.
“2+1”! The referee's whistle made Wright cry without tears, he was supposed to be decisive and could only make two free throws at most, but now it was two points and one free throw, and then Li Chen's free throw hit made Wright feel shameless in the face of his father and fellow villagers on the bench.
Back to the offense just now, relying on the advantage of height and arm length and strength at the same time, Li Chen unceremoniously practiced his back, perhaps it was Howard who gave him inspiration by forcing Kobe Bryant with his back at the beginning, Li Chen found that this move was very restrained by a player like Wright, whose height and arm span and weight were not as good as his own.
Sitting lightly on his ass, Li Chen squeezed out a little space for himself, and then turned left to make a sideways hook stance, and Wright inevitably jumped up and wanted to block. But Li Chen quickly retracted his action and made him pounce.
With his right foot as the axis, Li Chen quickly completed a real turn, facing Wright, who was still falling, he decisively jumped and shot, and added a free throw after hitting, Li Chen helped the Lakers overtake the three points, and the fans shouted and cheered, it was only 10 games later, and the Big Apple seemed to be stronger than ever.
The Lakers completed the overtake through Li Chen's two offenses, but the Mavericks did not show weakness, the team's core and role players worked at the same time, and the offense was always very fast, even the old monk felt that the players played well today, but they couldn't pull the score away.
At 62:61, the first half ended with the Lakers leading by one point. Li Chen's character broke out a little today, and the shooting rate of free throws made the Mavericks' defenders have a suicidal impulse.
7 of 9 free throws! Who said he couldn't shoot free throws, Wright despised the new coach's tactics, although he mentioned the starting lineup with his own hands, but Li Chen's 16 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds in the half made Wright have to doubt the correctness of the coach's foul tactics.
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