Chapter 117: Today God Wears Number 88
Indeed, it is almost impossible to see any changes from a paralyzed face, but you can personally feel that in Leonard's next wave of attacks, Li Hao felt that Leonard played more resolutely and really scored.
In the defense after that, Li Hao also felt that Leonard pressed him more and pressured, and his own offense became more and more difficult.
But even so, Li Hao can still score, how to say? Today's Li Hao is like being possessed by Jordan and has opened the mode of descending to the heavens.
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In the first six minutes of the third quarter, Li Hao shot 5 of 8, all of which were backward shots, and Leonard was a little desperate in the face of such Li Hao, he had already blocked his big hand in Li Hao's face and still couldn't stop the goal.
Leonard felt that there was only one way to stop Li Hao, and that was the Spurs' second-strongest tactic, tiptoeing, and only by getting Li Hao down could he continue to score.
In fact, Leonard didn't know that even if he tiptoed Li Hao, he wouldn't go down, and Li Hao, who had a body of steel, would not be injured on the court.
Li Hao performed well, Leonard did not perform badly, shooting 2 of 5, plus 6 free throws, plus other Spurs players, the difference between the two teams has never continued to widen.
However, this situation changed in the second half of the third quarter, when the Spurs' main team made a certain rotation, while Li Hao on the Lakers' side continued to stay on the court.
Although Ginobili immediately scored four points in a row, Yang Shaoxia did not have Ginobili alone, with Yang Shaoxia's outbreak, Li Hao took the opportunity to brush up on three assists, bringing the number of assists in this game to 11.
Then Popovich couldn't sit still again, there was no way, the substitute Joseph couldn't stop Li Hao at all, after Leonard went off the court, Li Hao not only sent three assists, but also scored a 3-pointer, coupled with the strength of his teammates, the Lakers suddenly widened the difference from 8 points to 13 points.
Even when Leonard was on the court, the score difference had been stretched to as many as 15 points, and Popovich's eyes were a little scary when he looked at Li Hao, like the expression of a single old pervert looking at a peerless beauty.
At this moment, Popovich had already greeted Bruins head coach Alford, and at the same time had made up his mind to call the scouts who went to inspect after the game to scold.
As far as a player like Li Hao entered the scouting report, did he go to investigate a loneliness?
Even taking Popovich to look at Kyle Anderson is a little unpleasant, and the human creep essence has not yet won Popovich's favor.
After watching Leonard return to the court, Scott immediately responded, and Li Hao was replaced.
Today's Scott seems to be a different person? But in any case, it was a good move, and Li Hao rested for three minutes in the entire first half, and now there are more than two minutes left in the third quarter when he is replaced.
In this game, Li Hao's confrontation with Leonard is not unfierce, especially Li Hao, in this game, Li Hao not only confronts Leonard, but also confronts the entire Spurs' entire defensive system.
After Li Hao was replaced, the Spurs wanted to take the opportunity to chase points, but unfortunately, Leonard had not evolved into a complete body, and Scott gave a dead order to the players who stayed on the court, that is, to defend and create rest time for Li Hao as much as possible.
At 88:75, the Lakers still entered the final quarter with a double-digit advantage.
Li Hao, who finished the third quarter, shot 16 of 26, 4 of 7 three-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws, scoring 39 points, 11 points away from the record of the youngest 50 points.
Everyone is scoring for Li Hao, and 39 points in the third quarter have broken Li Hao's record for the highest score against the Bulls in the Christmas game, 38 points.
"Coach, I'll play directly in the fourth quarter" In order not to make his new record an empty cut again, Li Hao decided to play directly.
"Okay" Scott did not object, after this half season, Scott already has a certain understanding of Li Hao's durability.
Ma Dan, are you talking about martial arts, seeing Li Hao return to the court, Popovich couldn't help but scold in his heart.
What team are the Lakers?
The team is bad, and the record cannot be said to be at the bottom, but it is also the team that dives into the top three, not to mention that Kobe Bryant is also reimbursed for the season.
However, Popovich didn't finish scolding in his heart, and Li Hao threw in another three-pointer on the court, and it was also a logo three-pointer.
On the sidelines, Scott can already be expressionless, anyway, Kobe Bryant has been reimbursed for the season, and then the Lakers can play whatever Li Hao wants.
Spurs possessed the ball, Mills burst into the restricted area with the cooperation of his teammates and made a layup, but the moment he put the basketball into the basket, a hand burst into the side.
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Caps from Li Hao.
Today, it seems that luck is on the side of the Lakers, and the ball shot by Li Hao just hit the Spurs player before popping off the bottom line.
Li Hao's own possession turned it into a goal, and Price sent an assist, Li Hao rushed to the basket at high speed, and faced the Spurs defender with a 360-degree turn in the air after a limit pull.
This goal is in one word: show.
And Li Hao's performance today can also be described in one word: "accurate".
At present, he has shot 18 of 28 and 5 of 8 three-pointers, which is more than 60% shooting.
With Li Hao's consecutive scores, the Lakers stretched the difference to 18 points, and a minute later, the Lakers widened the gap to 21 points.
Although it wasn't Li Hao who scored, the score was still related to him, assisting Pulis to shoot a three-pointer, and when the difference was pulled to 2, Popovich could only return to the court even if he was unwilling.
The returning Spurs immediately closed the gap, starting with a passionless layup from the elder Deng, followed by Parker's trademark small throw, followed by Ginobili's serpentine layup.
The 21-point margin was narrowed to 15 points in the blink of an eye.
15 points is a big difference? If the Spurs do it again, the 15 points will become 9 points, and once the difference is narrowed to single digits, it will be really difficult to say whether the game will be won or lost.
So at this time, the Lakers need someone to step up, and Li Hao is ready to stand up, in the face of Leonard's urgent defense, Li Hao can only sacrifice his god again, although he just missed a shot twenty seconds ago.
Never lose faith in yourself, even if you miss more balls, be sure that you can succeed next time, this is what Kobe Bryant told him.
Kicks, arms, shots.
So after Li Hao received a pass from his teammates, he threw it firmly and decisively.
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Watching the basketball hollow into the net again, Leonard, who had been paralyzed, had a change in his performance.
"Lee stepped up," Kenny Smith excited.
"46 points, Li Hao is only 4 points away from breaking the record" Yang Yi kept counting Li Hao's score in this game.
The 4-point gap quickly became 2 points, and then the Spurs pulled the difference back to 15 points again, and then Li Hao once again threw it backwards, and in this game, Li Hao exceeded the average score by a backward jumper.