The second quarter of the Timberwolves and Lakers entered a state of "white heat" at the beginning.

The Timberwolves' possession of the ball, the basketball was brought into the frontcourt by Chris Kyle, and it was quickly given to Sam Mitchell on the side.

In the Timberwolves, if it weren't for the sudden rise of martial arts, in the small forward position, Sam Mitchell was Tom's first backup.

Sam Mitchell is a 34-year-old veteran whose athleticism is far from comparable to that of his youth, but his basketball experience can still help him establish himself in the NBA.

In the small forward position, as long as Sam Mitchell doesn't meet that kind of All-Star level player, he can still compete with the opponent for ten minutes or so.

The impact of age on Sam Mitchell is more reflected in physical fitness and explosiveness.

In other ways, Sam Mitchell is not too weakened, he plays in some teams in his own right, even in his prime, his single-spurt ability is in the middle and lower reaches of the league.

What he excels at is defending and conducting awareness.

Basketball started, and Sean Lukes who faced the Lakers also quickly posted up, Sam Mitchell dragged his slow body, dribbled on the spot and adjusted slightly, and quickly began to break through.

I saw that his body was short, his center of gravity dropped, and at the same time as the ball accelerated, Sam Mitchell's body pressed hard against Eddie Jones's body.

Although Eddie Jones is known as the "bankrupt version of Kobe", he still has some "advantages" on the defensive end compared with Kobe, that is, Eddie Jones will not habitually pick up the knots.

He weighed less than Sam Mitchell, and when facing Mitchell's breakthrough, Eddie Jones was very smart, and did not choose to resist with his body, but quickly took half a step back when the opponent broke through, dodging the powerful sink, and then slid to follow.

This defensive strategy allowed Eddie Jones to not stall in this round and was able to pick up speed when Mitchell swooped down.

Mitchell lunged towards the basket, with Eddie Jones clinging to him at his side. His experience and reason told him that he couldn't shoot this ball himself.

As he approached the paint, Sam Mitchell found his outside teammate Chris Kyle, who took the ball and lifted it a little under Derrick Fisher's defense, then quickly moved sideways and then stepped on a three-point shot to shoot quickly.

In the Timberwolves, Chris Kyle was the first teammate to cooperate with the martial arts, and he was one of the players on the team who had the deepest understanding of the outside skills of the martial arts.

In normal practice, Chris Kyle is also strengthening his three-point shooting ability, because he knows that if the Timberwolves build a team with Wu Dao and Garnett as the core in the future, some bells and whistles of solo breakthrough skills will not be so important.

There is Garnett on the inside, there is martial arts on the outside, both of them belong to the kind of people who can attack with the ball, not to mention the tactical status of the other players, in the case of two players occupying a lot of the ball, the number of times they can touch the ball on the offensive end is not necessarily much.

Chris Kyle is a second-round pick, and his low start makes it easy for him to put himself in the right place.

He knows that if he wants to stay on the court, if he wants to stay with the Timberwolves, he has to be someone who is useful to the martial arts, to Garnett, to the team.

The ability to project on the outside is a useful ability that can help him become a useful person for the team.

"Whew!!"

As the soft sound of the basketball entering the net resounded in the middle of the court, Chris Kyle held his hands above his head as "three", and smiled.

At the beginning of the second half, the Timberwolves scored three points first!

Takemichi applauded his teammate's goal on the sidelines. After these games at the beginning of the season, Takemichi's position in the team was already very solid, and in the future, as long as he maintains his competitive form, his position will only become more and more secure.

Martial arts, who have completed the initial stage goals, will inevitably have a higher pursuit now.

Playoffs, championships and other honors have become the goal of martial arts.

But these goals are not something that Martial Dao can do alone.

is as strong as Jordan, and there is no way to lead the Bulls to win the championship alone, although Wudao has played well in these games, but it has not swelled to the point where he feels that he can lead the team to win the championship alone.

For the goal of the championship, a helper is indispensable!

The excellence of his teammates can bring Martial Arts one step closer to his goal!

In the middle of the court, the offense and defense alternate.

The scoreboard on the sidelines started bouncing after Chris Kyle's goal, 39:21.

As the difference between the two teams was stretched to 18 points, the sense of urgency of the Lakers players also rose.

Eddie Jones and Kobe Bryant were both on the court at the same time, and the Lakers undoubtedly intended to attack from the outside.

Derrick Fisher simply swept the Timberwolves defense after dribbling into the frontcourt and quickly gave the ball to Kobe Bryant on the side.

After the ball, Derrick Fisher also ran quickly towards Kobe Bryant and made a block for Kobe Bryant who was holding the ball.

As Derrick Fisher's run settled, Bryant dribbled with his left hand and took two steps to the top of the arc, and Chris Kyle, who defended Fisher, and Doug West, who defended Kobe, switched places on the Timberwolves' side.

Kobe Bryant saw the Timberwolves switch defenses, and after a simple suspension dribble with his left hand, he lowered his center of gravity and pretended to break through.

Chris Kyle was alert, and instead of sticking to it very tightly when he was chasing, he stepped back towards the three-point line.

And at this time, Kobe Bryant quickly closed the ball and shot directly with a three-point shot.

Kobe Bryant's core strength is very strong, and the bounce is also excellent, such a physical talent makes his two-stage shooting action very stretchy and beautiful, and in order to reduce the interference of the opponent, he also brings 6~7 degrees of backwards when shooting.

In the face of Kobe's jump shot, Chris only raised his hand symbolically, and he couldn't stop it at all.

The basketball flew over Chris Kyle's head and quickly landed in the net.

"Oh?"

Chris Kyle let out a soft muttering when he saw the basketball go into the net, and the look of astonishment on his face flashed.

Looking at his expression, he didn't seem to expect that Kobe would choose to use a three-pointer to respond to the Timberwolves.

When the team is behind by a big score, the mentality of the players will always be a little turbulent.

The most important reason why Chris Kyle dared to shoot that ball just now was that their team had a large lead, otherwise, he would not have chosen to shoot himself at all, but gave the ball to his teammates who were suitable for attacking.

Kobe Bryant dared to shoot a three-pointer in the face of the team's big score behind, ignoring the remaining ten seconds of offensive time.

I have to say that this substitute is very confident!

The Lakers also showed some cheers, and the Staples Arena also resounded with some cheers.

The team is too far behind, and although Kobe's response of three points is very powerful, it is not thirsty for the Lakers!

The Timberwolves quickly launched a counterattack after losing defense, but in this round, Sam Mitchell on the Timberwolves' side hit the basket and was interfered with by the defensive Eddie Jones, and the basketball collapsed out of the frame.

The rebound was picked up by the Lakers, and the Lakers quickly launched a counterattack.

The speed of the Lakers' attack was fast, Sam Mitchell was too deep, and his "old arms and legs" simply couldn't keep up with the pace of the young people.

On the Lakers' side, Eddie Jones, Kobe Bryant and Fisher went down quickly, forming a three-on-two frontcourt.

Fisher feints on a layup and passes the ball to Bryant on the side to assist the fast break, who blew the ball once, and then quickly slammed into the Timberwolves basket and scored with a one-handed dunk.

The powerful slam dunk made the fans in the stands look bloody, and the cheers were much warmer than before.

Perhaps because the team was too far ahead, the Timberwolves turned back a bit sloppy.

Mitchell gave Chris a pick-and-roll, and the latter directly entered the Lakers' basket with a pick-and-roll, and then under the blockade of Shaun Lukes, he forcibly picked up the basket, and the basketball hit the rim of the basket and bounced back.

Kobe Bryant, who was rushed directly to the backcourt, took the backcourt rebound.

The Timberwolves, who learned the lessons of the previous round, were quick to defend this time.

However, although they fell early, the Timberwolves' bench strength pales in comparison with the Lakers.

Eddie Jones relied on his youth, and after getting a pass from a teammate, he pressed his center of gravity and dribbled at a fast pace, frequently mobilizing Sam Mitchell's defensive footsteps.

After three or four seconds of stir-frying, Eddie Jones took advantage of Sam Mitchell's time to adjust his pace again, and directly forced it, brushed Sam Mitchell and then went to the basket, and sent the ball into the basket with a difficult lever under the defense of Cherokee Parkes.

With the basketball in the net, the margin narrowed again.

At 39:25, the Lakers scored four points in just a few minutes at the start of the second quarter.

Although the difference between the two teams is still very large, the Staples audience saw that the Lakers were obviously showing signs of momentum, and at this moment, they did not hesitate to call for their own and began to cheer for the players.

The Lakers and Lakers fans, who were originally silent by the martial arts, have recovered a little under the excellent performance of Kobe and Eddie Jones.

"Hmm"

"The Lakers' Kobe Bryant is really good."

"I also entered the league at the age of a high school student, although it is not as good as martial arts, but it is still much better than the team members."

"And, very talented!"

"Give him a few years to grow and be able to be a standout player on his own."

On the side of the court, Philip saw that the team was being chased by points continuously, and he was not in a hurry at all, but had spare time to evaluate Kobe.

"Coach, do you want to strengthen our offense?"

"I'm actually in pretty good shape."

"Yesterday's game against the Suns, I didn't actually have much consumption."

Wu Dao also sensed the signs of the Lakers' momentum, and took the initiative to ask coach Philip.

Hearing Wu Dao's words, Coach Philip smiled disappreciatively and said with relief:

"You've only been resting for a few minutes?"

"Let's rest a little longer."

"Martial arts, you also have to learn to trust your teammates."

"There are still a lot of games in the regular season, you play 40 minutes every day, how can you stand it?"

"A combination of work and rest."

"We're still ahead, so there's no need to worry."

At the moment when Wu Dao and Coach Philip were talking, there was another crisp sound of basketball hitting iron in the middle of the court.

The Timberwolves entered the round, Cherokee Parkes missed a hook near the basket, and Sean Lukes gave the Timberwolves, the white center, "some" a confrontation when defending.

Taking advantage of the home whistle, Sean Lukes' controversial defensive move was not blown at all.

With the rebound caught by Sean Lukes, the Lakers fought back again.

The Timberwolves defended quickly, and Fisher, who wanted to play fast, stopped when he ate the ball and approached the top of the arc.

Just as Fisher was about to adjust and organize the position, Bryant shook off Doug West, who was defending him, and went to the basket.

The Chinese New Year's Eve-year-old Doug West's explosiveness is not as strong as Kobe's young man, and he can't catch up after being caught up with without the ball.

Fisher hit the ball to the ground, and after receiving the basketball from mid-range, Bryant forced the basket and forced the shot against Stanley Roberts' defense.

The moment Kobe Bryant shot the basketball, Stanley Roberts' palm also slapped Kobe's hand.

At the same time, the referee's whistle sounded.

Bryant's basketball shot went in, and Stanley Roberts sent him a free throw.

Kobe Bryant, who successfully played 2+1, clenched his fist with one hand and looked excited, while glared at Stanley Roberts fiercely and walked towards the free throw line.

“.” Kobe's actions were a little provocative, and Stanley Roberts glanced at Kobe a few more times and did not speak.

With Bryant's free throws into the net, the gap between the two teams was narrowed to 11 points.

"Coach, don't you really need to replace people?"

Wu Dao glanced at the score that was about to return to double digits, and couldn't help but ask.

No matter which NBA team it is, once you play well, it's a terrible thing.

What's more, the current Lakers team is very strong, and it is a team that has won 9 consecutive games at the beginning of the season!

O'Neal is not there, and the Timberwolves' interior line is worn like this, which is not a good sign.

"Don't panic, hold steady."

Coach Philip pressed his hand and replied.

Although he said so, Philip was obviously dissatisfied with the performance of the players, and walked to the sidelines and shouted to the players on the field:

"Run! Stanley, raise the position to Chris for a pick-and-roll! ”

The players in the field could also feel Philip's emotions, and this round was obviously a little more cautious.

Chris broke through quickly after getting a teammate's high pick-and-roll, and Stanley Roberts also went for it.

The two played a decent match, and then Stanley Roberts made a layup to finish the game.

As the Timberwolves' scoreboard jumped, the Timberwolves, who had been chased several times, finally broke the scoring drought.

"Look, your teammates are playing well, aren't they?"

Philip turned his head with a smile and said to Wu Dao consciously and humorously.

And when he was talking, the Lakers actually chose to send fast, Kobe Bryant dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and when he was approaching the top of the arc, he paused and then directly lowered his center of gravity.

Although Doug West, who was half a position behind, wanted to make up for it, Kobe Bryant, who was quick to get off the start, quickly shook off Doug West, and under the latter's pursuit, a rebound easily put the ball into the basket.

Coach Philip's face became a little stiff, and Wu Dao shrugged his shoulders and said, "Don't let me play, at least let Tom play." ”

"That guy seems to have gotten his hands dirty."

(End of chapter)