。 Kobe Bryant looked at the scoreboard on the side of the court, 96-89, the Lakers were beaten so embarrassed for the first time this season, although the Lakers lost to the Trail Blazers at the beginning of the season, but the Lakers who played away in that game have always been ahead, but in the end they lost because of the team's own light enemy. So although they lost that game, the Lakers felt that there was nothing to be ashamed of.

But in today's game, the Lakers played at home, but they were led by the Timberwolves, this is the first time, and the Lakers are still in such a situation for the first time, so they can't turn it back.

Since he entered the NBA in 1996, he has now played in the league for three years, and the Lakers have been a powerhouse in the West for the past three years, but they always lack a trace of luck, and they are swept away by the Jazz every year. Now the Lakers' biggest opponent in the West is the Timberwolves led by Coach Z, the team that blew a whirlwind last season, in fact, it is not that the strength is stronger or similar to the Timberwolves in the West, such as the Spurs, such as the Trail Blazers, but the Lakers agree that the Timberwolves are the biggest opponents, and now the biggest opponent is finally expected, but it has been suppressed, and the sense of loss after this expectation is very uncomfortable.

"This game must not be lost" Bryant received a pass from Harpa and looked at Pierce in front of him. This man is known as Jordan's successor and the outside core of the Timberwolves, and for Pierce, Kobe Bryant has some disdain, and in the first half, Bowen's defense was excellent, almost making him breathless, but since switching to this Pierce. Kobe Bryant found that he could play him casually, this Jordan successor didn't have the same defense as Jordan, and it seemed that he had been keeping an eye on O'Neal on the inside.

Kobe Bryant looked at the team boss who was asking for it inside. After sighing and still handing it in, O'Neal received a pass from Kobe Bryant and just dribbled it. Pierce came, and then O'Neal held the ball and ate Xiao Ao, although Xiao Ao was squeezed out of the way a lot, but just when O'Neal was about to attack, he found that Pierce's bag was in place, and O'Neal could only push the ball out and put it back in Kobe's hands. Kobe Bryant looked at Kevin Garnett, the 'old friend' who had been staring at him on the inside of the Timberwolves, the two had known each other since the McDonald's game in high school, and without the slightest hesitation, he just stepped into the three-point line and shot from a distance. Then the ball goes through a beautiful arc and into the net.

"Bryant hit again, it was his 30th point of the game, and in this game when O'Neal was under the Timberwolves' tight defense, Bryant stepped up, and he played very well in this game. Coach Z had highlighted him before the game, it seemed that Coach Z was very optimistic about him, and after the goal was scored, the review of the two sides became 5 points, 96-91"

Just as Michaels finished speaking, the Timberwolves quickly served the baseline ball, and then the whole Timberwolves team rushed forward. The Lakers' retreat was also very fast, but when they still didn't get in formation, Nash directly chased the top three points of the arc to expand the score to 8 points again.

This scene in this game has been played out many times, as long as the Lakers are outside shots, whether they score or not, the Timberwolves are fast chasing offense, and many times it is Nash's chasing ball, and he has already made 3 such shots in this game.

After watching Nash score this ball, Kobe Bryant's brows furrowed, after the start of the second half, or after the start of the fourth quarter, he was on the bar with Nash, although he felt very good today, but Nash's hand was also very good, which reminded him of the previous Jazz, Stockton's hand was also very good, Nash's game with Garnett, O'Neal Jr.'s blocking and dismantling cooperation was also very good, thinking of the Utah Jazz, Kobe's face became a little unsightly. …,

"Zhuang, you're testing tactics in this game, right?" D'Antoni looked at the back and forth between the Timberwolves and the Lakers on the court, and asked with some confusion.

"yes, I want to see what works best for the Lakers," Zhuang Fei said after sighing

"Are you satisfied this time?" D'Antoni asked, of course, he also knows that the Lakers are one of the Timberwolves' biggest opponents, and Zhuang Fei always likes to go to the bottom first when facing his biggest opponents.

"Dissatisfied" Zhuang Fei shook his head, Zhuang Fei's arrangement is actually very simple, that is, to curb the Lakers' inner line, properly put the Lakers' outside line, it is better to be killed by Kobe or others than to be stoned to death by O'Neal, it can be said that Xiao Ao and Pierce's pinching is the first step, if O'Neal really dares to attack, there is a Garnett who is ready to fan the hat at any time, three to one, this is Zhuang Fei's strategy, in fact, this is also a reference to the tactics of some teams against Wake Forest when they were in college before, But one of the things that the Timberwolves are better than those teams is that Xiao Ao and Garnett's defense is very good, and his chess pieces are better than other teams, but using so much strength to limit O'Neal can indeed limit O'Neal, but it will definitely give others a chance, plus the Lakers' triangle offensive space is very large, and the other players of the Timberwolves don't even have the opportunity to rotate defensively. Especially in the second half.

"I'm not satisfied with why you're missing Kobe, he's the most threatening point on the Lakers' outside right now," D'Antoni said with a smile.

"It doesn't matter who leaks, put Kobe Bryant this time, and put someone else next time" Zhuang Fei smiled, D'Antoni glanced at Zhuang Fei, and then stopped talking. Of course, he wouldn't believe that Zhuang Fei deliberately let Kobe Bryant go in this game for this reason.

Zhuang Fei's expression is as dignified as ever, but the situation on the court of the Timberwolves is not bad, the Lakers' offense is very strong, and the Timberwolves' offense is also very strong, and both teams are now mainly attacking from the outside, but the Lakers' chances are better than the Timberwolves, and the Timberwolves' shooting rate is not low, so that now the game has reached the second half of the fourth quarter, and the difference between the Timberwolves and the Lakers has been hovering between 5 and 8 points.

"The second half is the real level of the two teams, the collapse of the Lakers in the first half is regrettable, if it weren't for the deep hole dug in the first half, the Lakers may not have played like this game, and their offensive power is still slightly stronger than the Timberwolves at present." Abdul-Jabbar saw that the time for the game was getting less and less, and Phil Jackson on the sidelines was getting more and more impatient, so it can be said that he was also full of regrets.

"The Lakers are still one breath away, as long as they chase the score to within five points, there is still a play, but the score is just not close, and the Timberwolves once again showed us the tenacity of last season's Western Conference Finals," Michaels said in amazement. It's not that the Lakers don't have the ability to take their chances, it's that the Timberwolves don't give them a chance at all. To some extent, he agrees with Abdul-Jabbar that the Lakers may have a slight advantage in strength, but even if the game restarts, the Lakers may not be able to win, as was the case in last year's Western Conference Finals, where the Timberwolves can burst out with tremendous energy in any situation.

"Lost" Phil Jackson sighed after watching Garnett make a mid-range shot in front of Holly after blocking with Nash. This game still didn't come back.

In the end, the final score of this game was 106-100, the Lakers lost by 6 points, the most points in this game were Kobe Bryant's 35 points, and O'Neal scored 18 points and 14 rebounds, the Timberwolves only played half of the game Wang Zhizhi 10 points and 6 rebounds, and the best player was Garnett who gave 20 points and 13 rebounds. …,

Phil Jackson was embarrassed to sit in his place, and it was obvious that he definitely didn't want to come to this press conference, but he couldn't hide from it.

"Phil, where did you lose this game" This is the home of Los Angeles, and it is naturally the Los Angeles reporter who asks first.

"I don't know, we had a nightmare, weird first half, I don't know how to describe it," Phil Jackson said with a grim face.

"The Timberwolves are very strong, we lost this time, I don't have anything to say, next time we will win" Phil Jackson said, closing his eyes and recuperating, obviously not ready to go back to any problems.

"Mr. Zhuang, you said before the game that the Timberwolves are not as strong as the Lakers, so do you think so now?"

"No, I still think the Lakers are better than us, they have a lot of good players, especially Kobe Bryant, he is young, but full of potential, he now has the ability to change the game, he made us suffer in this game, his strength reminds me of Vince Carter, they are a level of players, so it was luck for us to win this game" Zhuang Fei said with a smile. Phil Jackson, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, picked the corner of his eye when he heard this.

"You say Kobe Bryant's strength can be Canby Vince Carter?"

"Yes, they're all one of the best outside players in the league"

"Mr. Zhuang, why did you let Wang Zhizhi, who performed well in the first half, rest in the second half" When the reporter mentioned this question, the corner of Phil Jackson's eyes moved again.

"It's very simple, he's been having a cold recently, you know, Ginobili can't come to Los Angeles because of a cold, Wang Zhizhi is barely playing, being able to play half is already his limit, maybe he has to rest for a long time after this game, he feels terrible now" Zhuang Fei also pretended to have a sad look on his face.

After this game, the Timberwolves returned to the first place in the West, and defeated the Lakers to reach the top of the West head-to-head. (To be continued)