Chapter 717
The Knicks and Lakers really made the drama that fans loved appear on the court.
If Kobe Bryant's hand is not good, then Fisher will not blindly pass the ball to Kobe, at this point, many point guards in the league can't do it, they will unconsciously pass the ball over in the face of Kobe's existence, because of fear, yes, fear.
Kobe Bryant For the Lakers, for Los Angeles, I believe everyone knows, how important that meaning is, as long as Kobe Bryant is unhappy, let alone teammates, or management, he may leave.
Therefore, it is understandable that most players are afraid of Kobe. However, Fisher is another character, first, Kobe Bryant and Fisher's personal relationship is very good, and Fisher is also a veteran of the Lakers' three-time championship. For the Lakers, the status is not low.
Second, Kobe Bryant deeply knows how important Fisher is to himself, it can be said that many times, it is precisely because of Fisher's existence that the Lakers have not been divided, and the leader of the locker room, Fisher's existence, is like the Dinghai God Needle, so that the Lakers can be harmonious, so that they can compete for the championship, otherwise, their team will be a mess inside, and it is absolutely impossible to have a championship ring.
It is precisely because these Kobe Bryant are very clear in his heart that even Kobe will not take the initiative to let Fisher leave. I can't get Fisher to leave. Because comparatively speaking, it's not that Fisher can't do without Kobe, but Kobe can't do without Fisher.
However, Kobe's hand seems to be pretty good today, so even giving the ball to Kobe is the right choice, Fisher should have given the ball to Kobe's hand, and took the initiative to change the team's offensive tactics, making a gesture with Kobe as the core and Kobe Bryant as the main attacker.
After his teammates understood, Gasol quickly stepped forward to block Kobe Bryant, and after the block, Gasol pulled out a little to avoid overcrowding the inside line, which caused Kobe Bryant's breakthrough to be unsuccessful.
When it comes to defensive pick-and-rolls, Lefu has always been a small problem.
To put it simply, I can't keep up with the speed.
The Knicks chose to switch defenses for the first time, because the quality of this block is very good, and Iguodala has no chance of catching up with Kobe.
In the face of Lefou's defense, Kobe Bryant still passed Lefu very easily. Then suddenly a pull-up jump shot, Lefu could only stare dryly.
The same one who can only stare dryly is Chen Jiyuan, who originally planned to teach Kobe Bryant a lesson who rushed into the inside, but obviously Kobe also knew that Chen Jiyuan would not let himself rush into the basket and dunk so easily, so he chose a position not far away and shot directly. This made Chen Jiyuan very embarrassed.
However, this did not affect Chen Jiyuan's enthusiasm and feel on the offensive end.
When Chen Jiyuan is stimulated, the terrifying degree will never lose to Kobe Bryant, who is stimulated.
After halftime, Chen Jiyuan directly stuck Bynum, and then began to reach out for the ball.
For the Knicks, Sessions' status is far inferior, so when Chen Jiyuan reaches out for the ball, in most cases, Sessions still gives the ball to Chen Jiyuan's hand, unless it is extremely unreasonable, Sessions may have the courage to choose his own offensive method.
Chen Jiyuan received a pass from Sessions, without too much nonsense, it was just a reflexive jumper, and he didn't even give the Lakers a chance to wrap up, and Artest, who was surrounded here, could only watch Chen Jiyuan shoot.
Sure enough, his hands did not disappoint him, and the ball entered the basket safely.
The money of both sides is 12 points, all of which come from Chen Jiyuan and Kobe. The two men started the game with a 12-point shooting rate. This is simply to make the fans feel good.
Chen Jiyuan was 4-of-4 from the field and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line and scored 12 points, while Bryant was 5-of-5 from the field and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line. Got 12 points.
Free throws do not count towards the percentage of shots.
This kind of game is really very abnormal. There is no doubt that both sides have defended Chen Jiyuan and Kobe Bryant very closely, otherwise, there is no need for management to speak, and the next day, Thibodeau and Phil Jackson resigned and left. There's no face to do it.
However, even with such a tight defense, the two of them are still so crazy about cutting points, which makes people very helpless and at the same time, they feel very cool.
This kind of game is the highlight of it.
When the first quarter of the game was 8 minutes into the game, both sides made a substitution, the Lakers did not replace Kobe, and Thibodeau did not replace Chen Jiyuan, the Lakers replaced Gasol, replaced Odom, and the rest did not change personnel.
The Knicks, on the other hand, replaced Love with Ibaka, who has better lateral movement, hoping to reduce the team's defensive holes when Kobe Bryant blocks and dismantles. The Knicks also replaced Iguodala and Barnes to continue to entangle Kobe, anyway, the Knicks are targeting Kobe Bryant's defenders a lot, and they are changing shifts. Don't worry.
The game started again, and the Lakers quickly took the lead, and this was not the credit of Kobe Bryant at all, but Odom, who had just come on the court.
Odom doesn't know what kind of medicine he had, but it's really brave and abnormal.
came up with a burst of inward and outward throws, which made a great contribution to the team. Straight to the 8-point lead, the team took a 7-point lead.
In fact, a careful observation of Odom's data in recent years shows that Odom has been worse than a year ago. It's not entirely physical, of course, age is definitely part of the influence.
And more importantly, it may be blamed on women.
Who Odom's wife is, I believe that everyone in the entire alliance knows it, and no one knows.
Khloe Kardashian. A member of the Kardashian family, which is definitely not a good thing for any player. The Kardashians definitely have the power to ruin any athlete.
Under the leadership of Khloe Kardashian, Odom no longer focuses all his attention on basketball, compared with basketball, Odom is more involved in reality shows with Khloe Kardashian, this and that talk show and other entertainment programs, giving people the feeling that Odom has changed from an athlete star to an entertainment star.
This will undoubtedly ruin an athlete's career.
Odom has been going downhill in recent years, but the talent is good after all, in addition, the decline is not very obvious, and the slope of the decline is very, very gentle, if it weren't for the Lakers Odom traded, maybe Odom would be able to maintain his current state for a while. But the deal was the straw that broke the camel's back.
This caused Odom's form to decline rapidly, and he directly became a person who could not play in the NBA.
So, performances like today's may become less and less in the future. However, according to the history of this world, it is not known whether the Lakers will trade Odom in the coming year. If Odom hadn't been traded, that would have been a different story.
Odom's performance not only helped the Lakers establish a lead in the score, but also the momentum of the Lakers, which was also greatly increased by Odom.
This made the Knicks full of headaches, and the Knicks' players were frequently striking iron at this time.
As time progressed, the Knicks still trailed the Lakers by 8 points in the first quarter, with a score of 20:28.
In the second quarter, both sides made substitutions.
Odom continued the magic of the first quarter of the game, bringing the bench players and fighting with the Knicks' bench players.
didn't suffer at all, in the previous few games, the Knicks were able to win, and the bench also made a lot of effort. The main thing is the three-point shot from the outside, which really poses a big threat to the Lakers.
Curry and Thorton are not stage frightened at all, which is really unbearable, although it doesn't happen often, but the two of them give you a three-point shot from time to time, which is really an "unexpected surprise". Although these three-pointers are an unexpected scare for the Lakers.
And today, whether it's Curry or Thorton, it seems to be the same, there is no outstanding performance, but the better situation is that the two of them can be regarded as working together to help the team maintain the point difference, and do not let this number continue to grow.
Today, it was still a rare time for Thibodeau to sit still, and he replaced Chen Jiyuan early in the second quarter when only four minutes had passed. In the previous games, Chen Jiyuan was often able to get a lot of rest, and it was more Phil Jackson who was forced to replace the main player in advance.
Kobe's physical strength is also good, so often Phil Jackson will choose to let Kobe Bryant play a little earlier, it is best to be able to recover the lost score, Kobe Bryant can sometimes complete this task, and sometimes he can't.
And now, it's Chen Jiyuan's turn to do this.
It's like the Knicks' first reaction after seeing the Lakers' Kobe Bryant on the court - replacing Iguodala with it. The Lakers also replaced Bynum in an instant, and they resolutely couldn't let Odom defend Chen Jiyuan, otherwise he would definitely die quite ugly.
The Lakers' interior bench players can be regarded as a small weakness, after all, the Lakers have been from the regular season to the playoffs, and most of the time, the interior rotation players are Bynum and Gasol Odom.
DJ Mbenga has been on the pitch for a very short time, and the opportunities are quite few.
When Chen Jiyuan came on the court, the score on the court was 26:35. The difference was close to 10 points, which was not much different from the difference at the end of the first quarter. What Chen Jiyuan has to do is to erase this point difference before the Lakers' main players reappear.