Chapter 323: Maddie's Status
When the Lakers players put down the hearts that were hanging tightly, there was a black shadow that quickly jumped up from the inside of the Spurs.
It's Derek Favors!
Everyone was shocked.
At the top of his body, Derrick Favors stopped in the air, and his whole body quickly reversed 180 degrees, facing his back to the basket.
Derrick Favors caught the basketball steadily, placing the ball on his waist with both hands.
"Roar" Derek Favors held a breath in his chest, and instantly roared, his stiff body quickly softened, and his hands quickly buckled the ball behind his head.
"Bang Bang", a huge dunk sound, resounded throughout the Staples Arena, the entire basket was also vibrating violently, and Derrick Favors's body also rose and fell.
The entire Staples arena became quiet, and none of them expected that the Spurs would come up with such a shocking aerial relay dunk as soon as they came up.
Seeing the visitors play so vigorously, the home fans wish their home team could come up with some more exciting attacks.
However, they were disappointed.
"Bang dang", as the basket once again refused to shoot from the home player, there were some unexpected boos in the audience, which was against the home team. It's rare to send boos to the home team so unceremoniously, not to mention the Lakers, who have always prided themselves on the high quality of their fans.
Although the boos are not very numerous, nor are they very large, anyone who is not deaf can hear them.
With D'Antoni's sophistication, he couldn't help but change his face at this time. Regardless of this game. There is a cheering situation at home, and tomorrow will undoubtedly appear in a prominent position in the major media, and the team's scandal seems to be decided.
Seeing his teammates wasting their opportunities again and again, now the first quarter of the game is almost halfway through, and the Spurs, who are playing away, are leading all the way, especially the unexpected boos of the fans just now, so that the ambitious Kobe Bryant is determined to beat the opponent in his own way.
Bryant stepped back with his right foot as he marched, leaving only a No. 24 figure in front of Ginobili's eyes. The target of his own marking is out of the reach of his eyeballs.
Derrick Favors' sluggish footwork gave Bryant plenty of time to select a jumper. However, his breakthrough posture did not change in the slightest. When the two were about to make contact. Bryant leaned slightly out, just right to dodge Derrick Favors' defense. By this time, the Spurs' basket was already empty.
"Ah......" In an angry roar, Kobe Bryant's whole person was like a roc flying with wings, under the noses of more than 20,000 Lakers fans. Soar high with the momentum of thunder and balance. A vigorous and powerful right hand. Hold the basketball high above your head.
"Bang". The deafening sound of dunk made Staples Arena completely explode.
In an instant. Staples Arena suddenly became a sea of joy in the face of such a great performance. The estrangement between them seemed to disappear in an instant. Number 24 is once again the hero of Angel City, and the fans are tearing up their voices and chanting the names of their idols.
Kobe Bryant, after encountering boos from the home fans, used an astonishing dunk in just a dozen seconds. It completely reversed the atmosphere on the field.
At this time, the momentum of the Lakers undoubtedly overwhelmed the opponent.
The Spurs' offense was fruitless, and Bryant grabbed the defensive rebound and dribbled the ball all the way.
Forced take-off outside the three-second zone. rushed forward with Tim Duncan's slap without hesitation, and his super ability to stay in the air made his movements in the air seem extremely relaxed, just a slight side, which had easily dodged the opponent's defense, and the ball fell into the Nets in the opposite direction of the basket with a slight shake of the wrist.
Chen Feng broke through with the ball and made a wonderful pass to Derrick Favors in the high post. The latter jumped directly after receiving the ball, thinking that this ball would be a steady score. But what I didn't expect was that after a few laps of the basketball in the hoop. It actually bounced out again, and Pau Gasol grabbed the defensive rebound.
Bryant's precise three-pointer from a 45-degree angle on the right wing. Finally let the Lakers tie the score.
At this time, only two minutes passed after the boos of the Lakers fans, and in these two minutes, Kobe Bryant seemed to become a god-possessed person again, becoming an omnipotent scoring machine, scoring 7 points alone, beating the Spurs 7-0 to tie the score.
Seeing this, Popovich quickly called a timeout.
After the timeout, the Spurs' Ginobili was replaced by Maddy and Leonard was replaced by Wesley Johnson. While the Lakers' Steve Nash was replaced by Steven Blake, and Pau Gasol was replaced by Kaman.
Chen Feng organized the attack with the ball, made a behind-the-back pass, and passed the ball to Derrick Favors. Derrick Favors hit a mid-range jumper and hit the board.
"Whew", Kobe Bryant hit another mid-range jumper.
With a series of adjustments from Popovich, the Spurs' players were emotionally mobilized.
What is the core player, the core player is to stand up when the team is in crisis, when the team needs it most, use their actions to help the team, to drive teammates, this is the consciousness that all core players should have, that is, a form of leadership temperament that fans often say.
A player who can't rise to the challenge at a critical moment is an absolutely unqualified leader in the eyes of the fans, and the criteria for meeting him are very vague. However, it is clear that this temperament needs to be proven for a long time, and in the performance of the Savior in danger many times before, Derek Favors and Chen Feng and Chen Feng, the three young players, have obviously been pushed to this position. No one can doubt this, when the team needs to score the most, almost more than 90% of the Spurs' balls are in the hands of Chen Feng and the three of them, and other players will also desperately create opportunities for him.
However, in addition to the three attack points of Derrick Favors, Chen Feng and Leonard, the Spurs' troika and three old guys are slowly lowering down, but no one can ignore their abilities.
Maddie singled Kobe Bryant on the bottom line, left Kobe behind him with a turn, and then a beautiful licking basket, if it was before, this ball would definitely be a violent dunk, but now, Maddie really wasted too much talent when he was young.
"Tracy, how are you doing?" Maddie's outburst, Kobe Bryant also seemed very excited. The two of them are good friends in their own right!
"Hehe, it feels good!" Maddie replied with a grin.
Steve Blake held the ball at the top of the arc and then hoisted it into Al Jefferson on the inside. Al Jefferson had his back to Derrick Favors, a small hook and the ball hollowed into the net.
Jefferson breathed a sigh of relief and now he had finally scored a goal.
Dreamy footsteps, lightning-fast feints, just 5 seconds, Steve Blake feels like a head and two big. He couldn't tell the intention at all, and he was extremely frightened in his heart, for such an opponent, he naturally couldn't stop Chen Feng's breakthrough, and he easily got rid of him with an acceleration.
Kobe Bryant was blocked by Maddy on the left side, and the just right block was enough for Chen Feng to complete an attack.
The ball flew out of Chen Feng's fingers lightly, Kobe Bryant closed his eyes helplessly, and he was amazed by the stability of Chen Feng's shooting. Based on the data shown by Chen Feng, he is obviously listed as one of the top scorers in the league, his stable shooting, and his unrelenting means at critical moments have made everyone fully aware of his scoring methods.
Bryant received the ball at the three-point line, took a small step back with his left foot, adjusted the center of gravity of his body, but only halfway through the action, Maddie seemed to have anticipated his movement, compressing the space for him to turn to a minimum.
Bryant didn't have a solid left foot. Quickly using his right foot as the axis, the whole body rotated ninety degrees in place, and the continuous movements had already made his exhaustive breakthrough action end without a problem.
The crisis is far from being resolved, Kobe Bryant has no chance to pass the ball at all, and Chen Feng's ghostly right hand has already gently slapped the basketball in his hand.
At this time, the Lakers players didn't have time to come forward to help, Chen Feng had already ridden the dust, and the light layup action was like a poetic picture, and Kobe's exciting performance just now was simply going to two extremes, but it was not lacking in ornamentation.
The Lakers' playmaker position has always been a problem for D'Antoni, Steve Nash is old, and Steve Blake's performance has been slow to meet his requirements.
Steve Blake receives the ball from Carman's hand. Carefully carry the ball across the half-court. However, Chen Feng's ghostly figure surprised him in his heart, for a player, ball skills are not the most important, the first thing they have to overcome is the fear of the game.
For most players, it is difficult to guarantee playing time, in order to win the trust of the coach, in the limited playing time, as much as possible to show their strength, but excessive tension, but counterproductive, often there are some undue mistakes.
Passing the ball in a hurry was the only thought in his mind, and the gap between them made him lack confidence before he had yet to fight, not only did he not have sharpness in attack, but he also did not grasp the strength of the pass, and he just touched Kobe's fingertips.
The ball went out of bounds after touching his fingertips, and Kobe's face suddenly became a little ugly, obviously it was not his own problem, but in terms of technical statistics, the mistakes were still counted on him.
Chen Feng organized the attack with the ball, and a crossover threw Steve Blake away. Kobe Bryant immediately came up to make up for the defense, and a sneer appeared on the corner of Chen Feng's mouth. With a flick of his hand, the ball was in Maddie's hand.
Maddie's three-point line outside the cannon, "brush", the ball into the net!
"Huh". After Kobe Bryant broke through Maddy, he rushed directly to the basket. Tim Duncan's defense, which wasn't very difficult for Kobe, was easily sent into the basket with a lever under the basket. (To be continued......)