Chapter 371 [Second Update]
"Both sides made substitutions, but Orlando sent their strongest defensive combination, Sean and Ron, who would defend Kobe. Bryant? Or is it a double clamp defense? "Kenny. Smith said, looking at the field.
"No matter who defends, it's a big test, and although Bryant always plays good numbers against Sean, he doesn't miss the amount of time he hits and expends energy every time, and I don't think he'll defend Wood himself." Barkley continued.
As Barkley said, Bryant gave up defending Linson himself and handed Linson to Petrus instead.
And Kobe Bryant himself had to face the harassment of Battier and Artest in turn, one did everything possible to make him uncomfortable with his body and small movements, and the other had no small movements at all but would always stretch out a hand to block his eyes at the moment he shot.
The game lasted three minutes, and after returning from a timeout, Bryant hit just one of his four shots.
"Both Stan and Jeff had smiles on their faces, which is a nightmare for any team, a horrible perimeter defense." Kenny. Smith lamented.
At this time, the score changed to 27:22, the Magic led by five points, and with three minutes and 22 seconds left before the end of the first quarter, Billups, who had rested for two and a half minutes, had already regained his feet and walked to the Jishu stage to wait for the dead ball to come on the court.
In the past few minutes, Lin Sen's active attack has not been much, but more of a response.
'Chauncey is back on the pitch and Wood has been a bit quiet for a few minutes, and while I know he's the brains of the team, I'd like to see him attack.' Ross Barkley has said what many Linson fans want.
Seeing Linson dribble the ball across the halfcourt, Petrus once again stood out of the three-point line and waited for Linson's arrival.
He knew what the Lakers were signing him for. Not offense, but defense.
He played against Linson last season. He also watched last year's finals, and he knows how difficult Lin Sen is to defend.
"Guard against him. Defend him! ”
"Come on Michael, you're the best defender!"
There was a sound of cheering for him from the audience, and watching Lin Sen get closer and closer, Petrus directly pasted it.
He is five centimeters taller than Linson, and at this moment Petrus's arms are fully open to expand the defensive area as much as possible, and at the same time hit Linsen with his liliang, Kobe Bryant did not tell him that Linsen's liliang is not comparable to last season.
At the same time that Petrus hit him, Lin Sen not only did not dodge but directly met him, and Pietrus's impact was only very light. After all, it would be bad if Liliang was blown foul on the defensive end, and at this moment Lin Sen hit his Liliang was not small, when Lin Sen's Liliang spread out from his chest, Petrus staggered back a little bit.
"Well, physical contact, I didn't expect Michael to be knocked away by half a step, it's incredible."
In Kenny. In Smith's exclamation, Lin Sen glanced at Petrus in front of him and jumped up directly.
Seeing Linsen jump, Petrus hurriedly adjusted his pace and jumped up again, and when he jumped, Linsen had already thrown the ball.
Although Staples let out no small boos. It didn't interfere with Lin Sen's shot.
The ball flew through the air in a perfect arc and flew straight to the basket. Gasol and Odom were still battling Howard Webb for the most rebound spot when the ball passed through the Nets.
"A perfect three. But I'm more interested in Michael Weishenme going to pull away, and look a little embarrassed, is it really being knocked out of the way by Wood, as you say? Barkley looked curiously at Linson, who was running towards the backfield.
Curious, Kobe Bryant didn't tell his teammate Lin Sen's Liliang was enhanced, and when he saw Petrus being knocked away, he realized that he had forgotten something more important.
"This guy's Liliang has made great progress, don't despise him!" Bryant pulled his teammates and reminded.
"Did you remind them to pay attention to me, you are too incompetent." Lin Sen said to Kobe Bryant who came to the frontcourt, and then directly got out of the way in Kobe's glaring gaze.
Steve. After Blake dribbled the ball through half-time, according to Phil. Jackson's request was to give the ball directly to Lamar. Odom.
At the moment the Lakers have Odom and Paul on the court. Gasol can play the role of playmaker, Webber's speed is not as good as it was back then, and in the face of the current Lakers lineup, the Magic did not choose one-on-one but chose a joint defensive position.
Webb and Howard guard the inside, but Gasol and Odom's range keeps Howard and Webb away from the basket, while the outside line is guarded by Artest, Battier and Linson, as long as Kobe Bryant has the ball, Artest will stick up, and Odom will stick to Bartyr when he has the ball.
At this moment, Odom is pulling a step inside the three-point line, and standing next to Odom is Battier.
Linson's position was also moved closer to Battier's side, creating a weak-side area on Petrus's side, but Webb could make up for it at any time.
Odom finally chose to hoist the ball to Gasol in the face of Battier's defense, and Gasol immediately carried Howard after holding the ball, and a fake pass made Howard move his feet, and Gasol took the opportunity to throw Howard behind him with a big stride.
"Effortless, Paul. Gasol's fake faux spurt was so beautiful that I think he won over the fastidious Staples in less than a quarter of game time, and L.A. could have been slaughtered by Bryant alone tonight. "Kenny. Smith exclaimed.
Paul on the field. Gasol detonated Staples with a one-handed slam dunk, and the replay quickly gave the stats, and despite the bounce height of 21.65 inches (55 cm) and a short 0.2 seconds in the air, the dunk was 443 pounds (196.4 kg).
"I can't believe that he actually smashed such a big liliang!" Barkley said, opening his mouth.
"At 30:24, Los Angeles was still six points behind, and Paul had a good performance with 10 points alone." Kenny. Smith said as he looked at the big screen.
Linson dribbled to the front court and passed the ball directly to Battier, who took the ball with both hands and did not attack by himself but directly hit the ball to Chris, who was pulled to the middle distance. Weber.
Linson, who was off the ball, slipped directly to the baseline with the help of Artest's cover. Van Gundy laughed, and it wasn't bad to go around in circles.
Lin Sen did find a place as well. When he came to Chris. When Webb made the free throw line on the side, Webb immediately passed the ball to Linson.
Steve. Blake immediately threw Battier away and pounced. And Linson saw Blake pounce and directly handed the ball to Battier, who was a little bit away at the top of the arc.
"Excellent movement. Wood passes, Sean has an open chance! "Kenny. Smith shouted.
Blake, who pounced on Linson, immediately turned and pounced on Battier, who was not fast in his shot, saw that Blake pounced again and immediately passed the ball to Linsen, who passed the ball to him.
Blake wanted to pounce on Linsen again but was not strong enough, Linsen received the ball and threw it, and the ball was firmly into the basket again.
"Sean returned the pass again, it was a really patient attack, and Wood took advantage of this mid-range shot, plus the opening one. Wood hit both mid-range shots, which was open but still great. "Kenny. Smith exclaimed.
"yes, when I think about the Finals a few months ago, I knew that this guy Wood would definitely be able to practice, not to mention that he was following Bryant." Barkley said with a smile.
Phil, who was going to wait for the dead ball to call a timeout. Instead of waiting, Jackson went straight to the timeout, and Linson walked off the court with a smile.
Phil called a timeout at 32:24, and although the 8-point gap is not big, such an opening is definitely not a good start for them who are aiming for the O'Brien Cup, especially Bryant struggled with defense today. Kenny. Smith said, looking at the sidelines.
"When the timeout came back, Wood was still sitting on the sidelines, while Bryant was back on the court. At this moment, two minutes and thirty seconds before the end of the first quarter, Bryant should have sat on the sidelines to rest under normal circumstances. But he didn't, and at the moment, Orlando brought Grant and Deacon Beybe on the field for Ron and Dwight, and maybe it was a respite for him. ”
"yes, I'm willing to bet there aren't many people in the entire league who want to face Ron's defense, he's just a beast, a man-eating beast that gasps even if you can score in front of him."
"Charles, you're right, think about Ron, who only scored 8.2 points against players all season, it's a nightmare."
In Kenny. In Smith's voice, Bryant received the ball again, and it was Battier standing in front of him at the moment.
Looking at Kobe Bryant on the court, Lin Sen knew that he would not pass the ball, and this was exactly the case.
Under Battier's defense, Bryant opted for a difficult step-back jumper, and Battier's hand was in front of him again but couldn't prevent Bryant's goal.
The goal seemed to open Bryant's hand, and Bryant hit two of those three more shots over the next two minutes, while the Magic's offense didn't play too well, with only one each from Hill and Billups.
With Bryant's touch restored, the Lakers chased the score to 30:36 at the end of the first quarter.
After the start of the second quarter, Paul. Gasol and Anzu. Bynum was back on the court at the same time, and the Magic inside did not know the age of the African mountains Mutombo and Eddie. Griffin.
"Anzu is very active." Kenny. Smith said as he looked at Bynum, who was in an active position on the court.
Fisher hoisted the ball in, and Bynum caught it with his back and hooked up.
"Oh ha, Deacon Bay's block, poor Anzu he's going to make his teacher cry, look at Deacon Beybe's wagging fingers, even the Lakers fans in Staples don't have the face to boo." Barkley shouted exaggeratedly.
Linson Howard and Artest on the field were dancing with towels frantically, and Uncle Mu, who was shaking his fingers on the field, was domineering.
This time the block made Bynum determined to pay attention to playing one, but he didn't expect to be late again for the re-attack, but this time he squeezed away Mutombo but couldn't escape Eddie, who came up on the defensive line. Griffin, Eddie. Griffin fanned the ball straight to the Magic's bench, and the Lakers' twenty-four seconds of offense were up when the ball flew out.
"I really sympathize with Karim for having such an apprentice." Barkley pouted, and Jabbar, who was in the box, felt a burning face as Barkley had said.
Bynum was blocked twice not only not honestly, but also lost his temper, when he took the rebound that the Magic missed and then returned to the offensive end to ask for a single again, but what awaited him was another block.
"It's a thug! Hatchet man! Did you see that? Bynum stomped his foot and yelled at the referee.
Honk!
Honk!
The referee was unceremonious and gave Bynum a jishu foul directly, while Phil. Jackson also made Chris with a cold face. Mime replaces Bynum.
"Everybody's eyes saw that it was a good shot from Deacbe and he thought it was a good shot from Deacbeth and I had to tell him he was too young and everybody knew that Deacbe had roots under his feet and that all interior players should learn that."
"Kenny, you're right, especially since Dwight's defense in the Finals last year was terrible to the limit, and the reason is here, looking at Bryant's expression, I dare say he must have cursed Mitch in his heart for not agreeing to trade Anzu for Jermaine, otherwise it would never be like this." Barkley said, turning his head.
Bynum's irrationality also changed the situation of the game, causing Bryant to have to play earlier, while Linson rested until six minutes left in the second quarter to replace Sam. Kassel.
Linson played an easy first half, playing only 16 minutes, making only six shots, five of which scored 13 points, while Bryant not only rested for four minutes and took as many as 15 shots.
Under the defense of Artest and Battier, the efficiency was not high, hitting only 6 of them, but with 7 free throws, Bryant still scored 21 points in the half.
Gasol scored 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting, and the two scored 36 points to account for two-thirds of the Lakers' 48 points in the first half.
On the other hand, although the Magic only Linson scored double-doubles, Howard, Milicic, Billups, Artest, and Battier all scored more than 6 points.
In such a situation, at halftime, the Magic led the Lakers at home by 9 points at 57:48, although the difference was not large, but the Magic was full of confidence in the second half.
In the second half, Bynum still performed poorly after coming out, and even ate his fourth block of the game under Howard's defense.
The Lakers relied on Kobe Bryant, Paul. Gasol and Odom withstood the Magic's offense, but the Lakers trailed the Magic by 12 points at the end of the third quarter.
"The 12-point difference is not huge, and there is still room to play in the fourth quarter, especially since Bryant hasn't been in individual mode for too long today." Kenny. Smith said as he looked at the score. (To be continued......)
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