Chapter Fifty-Eight: Outside Line vs. Kobe
The game started with Howard jumping to the ball and Steve Nash dribbling across the frontcourt.
"Hey, Steve is old, you're there, he almost lost the ball under Li Ming's interference." Drexler opened the show by pushing the atmosphere up.
"I think he must have been affected by his back, he is an eight-time All-Star, a three-time first-team player, and a two-time regular season MVP winner, after all, the 38-year-old is there." Van Gundy saw it clearly.
"Dwight, go inside." Kobe Bryant commanded Howard's card position outside the three-point line, Howard didn't say a word, turned around and walked inside, there are always some good things in the media recently, Howard and Kobe Bryant will talk about things, it doesn't seem to be groundless.
The ball was in the hands of Tzu Shiping, who scored the ball under Guy's defense, and also caused Guy's batter to foul.
This ball is simply a brute force corner, yes, competing with brute force, there are really few people in the small forward position who can hold down Ci Shiping, Guy is still too anxious, he should give him a step to shoot.
0 to 3, Cishi steadily and steadily.
Conley dribbled the ball, Kobe Bryant was in front of him, backwards defending, always giving him a step away, inducing him to shoot from a distance.
"Mike." Guy is anxious to save face and comes to the line to ask for the ball. Conley glanced at him, but gave the ball to Li Ming, who was being marked by Nash.
Li Ming made a feint, straight into the penalty area, and a floating two-point shot hit.
Here, the Lakers are not ambiguous, and after two simple passes on the line, they hang directly to the inside, and Howard likes to eat a pie.
Li Ming dribbled, and Conley switched to playing without the ball.
"Huaxia No. 7 player holds the ball to organize the attack? Does Coach Hollins play double point guard? It's rare. Apparently Drexler didn't believe in Li Ming's organization.
At the moment when he was suspicious, Li Ming threw a high throw, and Randolph strode to a one-arm dunk, which Gasol didn't even have time to react, and there was a mistake in his cooperation with Howard, and both sides felt that the other party would make up for it as soon as possible.
Kobe Bryant asked for the ball with a straight face, and now this team, from the coach to the players, has big or small problems that need to be solved urgently.
There are also reports that Zen master Jackson fell out with management, and the Lakers are about to fire Jackson.
The report also suggested that the new coach who will be appointed is D'Antoni, and Nash and he will continue to be in Los Angeles at that time, but it is unknown how much gas is left in the mailbox of Nash's old horse.
Bryant sat at the free-throw line with Conley walking inside, a light half-turn and hit the board into the frame.
"Kobe Bryant is still the same Kobe, maybe the years have been notched on his body, but as long as he is on the court, this Lakers team has the backbone." Van Gundy sighed.
Guy quickly ran to the opponent's half court after serving the baseline ball, Ci Shiping was also taken away by him, and Li Ming took the opportunity to shake off Nash and run outside the three-point line to open his hand to make a three-pointer.
This ball caught the Lakers off guard, and no one expected a point guard to shoot directly after half court without passing the ball once.
Many of the Lakers' players don't even recognize the No. 7 in front of them.
This three-point goal is very crisp and decisive.
"Boy, it's okay, you don't have so many chances to shoot later, I'm going to change your defense." Ci Shiping hummed coldly and muttered a few words in his ear.
Li Ming knew that this was just a psychological effect, he himself was entangled by Guy and couldn't be separated, where did he get the energy to make up for him, this season's Ci Shiping is also dying, and he has lost his former domineering spirit on the field.
Although he was born in 79 and is one year younger than Kobe, his knee injury still slows down his excellent defensive awareness and position awareness.
In the next round, Li Ming stole Nash's back pass under the basket, ran to the half court in a puff of smoke, and came to a big windmill dunk in Kobe's pursuit.
It's hard to imagine that Kobe Bryant has become a background board, or a rookie background board.
"Oh, who is this player and why is he so fast? Why haven't I seen his reports before? Aren't the Grizzlies a defensive team? It's so fast-paced now? ”
This fan's analysis is in place, because many times, when Li Ming goes off the fast attack, the big black bear Randolph has not yet run past half the court.
"It's kind of interesting." Bryant grinned and raised his finger towards the sky, and his teammates quickly settled into position. Yes, he's going to turn on singles mode.
Conley pressed against his waist, and Bryant made a few moves before pulling back to the right and twisting his body to shoot.
The ball was too difficult and smashed the front frame, but Gasol grabbed the rebound, and then made up for it, or no, Gasol grabbed the rebound again, bowed his waist, and Randolph burst out.
But Pau Gasol didn't jump, and Gasol Jr. on the side shouted: Be careful under the basket, Gasol's pass has been given to Kobe Bryant, who has entered the interior again.
Kobe Bryant scored an easy pick, and the ball showed the tacit understanding between the two men, and both Conley and Gasol Jr. were drawn to the outside, giving Bryant time to insert.
"Wow, I really deserve to be the closest man to God, and I can make such a stretching movement in such a small space, good waist, good waist."
Li Ming showed a wicked smile, Conley's pass followed, he quickly ran to the bottom corner, and without waiting for Nash's defense to be in place, he came again to chase the three-pointer, and then scored.
Nash held his waist and gasped for air, looking at Phil Jackson on the bench, who nodded and called a timeout.
"It's a good game, take a break, and I'll be pointing at you in the second half." The Zen master was very concerned about his disciple's feelings, and did not let Nash feel that hurt his self-esteem.
At the same time, he replaced Ci Shiping and took Antoine Jamison to further increase the ball point on the court, this Jamison ball-holding single is also a must in the league, one of the three Wizards of the year.
Replacing Nash is Steve Blake, yes, both of them are called Steve, but the strength and achievements are not half a star, but he is a little better, that is, young.
As the old saying goes, no matter how good Lian Po is, he can't eat ten catties of rice, there is no way, old age does not take his muscles and bones as his ability, and no one can escape the ravages of time.
Here, as soon as Hollins saw Nash go down, he also took Bayless and Arthur to replace Conley and Gasol Jr.
Now Li Ming has more right to fire.
Blake, who had just come on the court, was a little nervous, and was interfered with by Gay's long arm when passing the ball to Kobe, and Li Ming grabbed the basketball and rushed into the basket again to dunk.
Bryant gave Blake a rare slap on the back and gave him a thumbs up.
"The boss is the boss, send warmth home." After Blake was pacified, he was in a position to fight, and his offense and defense were even harder.
Jamison got the ball on the line, hit Guy twice and didn't move, and passed it out again, Kobe Bryant received the ball, a three-point player who didn't look at people, and there was also domineering, showing the kingly spirit of the Grizzlies who were not scared at all.
Li Ming received the ball at a 45-degree angle on the right side under the cover of his teammates, and also faced Blake's defense to pull three points and score again.
17-13, in just half a quarter, Li Ming has scored 13 points, three of three from the outside, and one person's score is the same as the Lakers' entire team.