Chapter 272: The End is Invincible
Before the start of the game against the Mavericks, Lakers fans were still a little worried, although the old driver on the Mavericks' side was out again, and the old driver was out due to injury in the first meeting this season.
And the old driver was injured in the last game, in the last Texas Civil War, the Mavericks played at home against the Rockets, and the old driver went off the court in the second quarter, and I don't know if it was because of the departure of the old driver, the Rockets then played a wave of 16:0 small climax, and completed the sweep of the Mavericks this season.
Nowitzki's injury is actually not serious, if he is a few years younger, Nowitzki will go straight to the court, but now Nowitzki is old after all.
But even if the Lakers don't dare to take it lightly without the old driver, they are really afraid of losing in recent seasons, not to mention that the old driver did not play in the last meeting.
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"Huh~~~ Li Hao faced Barnes as soon as he got on it" From this matchup, it can be seen that the Lakers are determined to win this game.
Barnes is the current leading scorer for the Mavericks, the best player on the inside, and even had a very good performance in the last meeting.
So if the Lakers want to win this game, Barnes must press to death, and for now, Ingram is still too young, Yang Shaoxia, uh~~~ Does Yang Shaoxia have defense?
Barnes does have some strength, but he is still some distance away from the level of star, and what level is Li Hao now?
Top in the league, and both offensively and defensively, not to mention that Barnes himself is not the type of player with the ball.
It's really not difficult to target players like Barnes, so when Li Hao stands in front of Barnes, Barnes' performance in this game can be predicted.
The next game also proved this, Barnes only made two shots when he was substituted in the entire first quarter, and both times he forced shots, and in the face of Li Hao, who was engrossed, Barnes even made it very difficult to shoot.
Barnes was pressed to death and had a considerable impact on the Mavericks' offense, but Li Hao on the Lakers' side did not lose the offense because of defense, Barnes did not score a point in the first quarter, but Li Hao cut nearly half of the team's points.
At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers scored a total of 34 points, while Li Hao scored 16 points alone, completely continuing the state of the first two games, and Li Hao scored double-digit points in the first quarter in the first two games.
The integration of offense and defense is not just talking, otherwise it would not be so scarce, after all, in the current league, there are only a handful of players who can really be called offensive and defensive.
With Li Hao's performance on both offensive and defensive ends, the Lakers won the Mavericks by as many as 11 points in the first quarter, but the Mavericks launched a wave of counterattacks at the beginning of the second quarter.
Barnes appeared directly at the beginning of the second quarter in order to avoid Li Hao, but his hand was very cold, so it was not Barnes who helped the Mavericks launch a counterattack in the second quarter, but Li Hao's fellow player Dwight Powell.
With Powell scoring 6 points, the Mavericks played a wave of small climaxes to chase the difference to only 3 points, and seeing that the advantage was about to be tied up, Lakers head coach Luke Wharton made a decisive substitution.
Li Hao replaced Williams, who was not in good shape, to play point guard, and Li Hao, who returned to the court, immediately completed a step-back jumper in front of Powell.
The Mavericks' offense was then pressed by Li Hao, and Harris sent the ball to Powell, who was in good form, who was ready to score in front of Nance Jr. again.
But just as Powell threw the ball, a figure suddenly appeared behind Nance Jr.
Smack-
Caps.
"Man, you're done performing," Li Hao, who had finished his block, said to Powell.
The relationship between the two, who are both 14-year rookies, is not bad, not to mention that both of them are second-round shows.
The basketball that was discharged fell into the hands of Nick Yang, and then Yang Shaoxia staged a dragon to pull the difference to 7 points.
Nick Young's form has been up and down more this season, and in order to help Ingram improve, Nick Young's playing time cannot be compared to previous seasons.
In fact, this is understandable, Nick Young is in his thirties, and his form is only getting worse and worse, while Ingram is a rookie who has just entered the league, and the talent is there.
Under the leadership of Li Hao, the Lakers responded with a wave of small climaxes, and the difference between the two sides returned to double digits again, and the Lakers led the Mavericks by as many as 15 points at the end of the first half.
In the second half, Barnes finally found some feeling, but the points he scored were not enough to help the Mavericks change the disadvantage, because everyone in the Lakers can score.
And Ingram, who withered in the last game, also scored 10 points in this game, and Li Hao handed Barnes to Ingram in the second half.
Wade and Howard are the most stable output points in addition to Li Hao, as for Li Hao, it goes without saying that he once again gained a 40+ after playing 36 minutes.
He finished with 42 points, 12 assists, nine rebounds, two steals and two blocks on 15-of-26 shooting, 6-of-10 three-pointers and 6-of-7 free throws.
At 119:101, the Lakers ended their losing streak against the Mavericks, and Li Hao also ended the invincible cycle against the Mavericks.
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"What do you have to say about this victory?" At this time, the interview with Li Hao is already a Chinese host, and she is also a beautiful hostess, named Zhang Manyuan.
This is not the first time the two have met, the two met once at the beginning of the season, at that time it was Director Zhang, and they have met several times since then, but today is the first time to have such an interview.
"I've already told my teammates that I'll go celebrate together" Originally, Li Hao wanted to call Powell, but unfortunately the Mavericks are back-to-back, and they will be a guest at Oracle tomorrow to challenge the Warriors.
Although the two places are not far apart, they still have to rest properly in the face of back-to-back, after all, everyone is different in terms of physique, otherwise everyone would be Jordan?
Of course, Powell didn't go and didn't win the Lakers' celebration, the group that ended the interview and took a shower immediately set off, and the head coach also said early that they would take a vacation if they won the Mavericks.
So tonight, the Lakers' players can go to the waves as much as they want.
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"No, I'm not free today, my girlfriend is about to have a birthday, I'm going to prepare a gift for her today" Li Hao was the only one who left the nightclub alone last night, and Li Hao has always done a good job in cleaning himself.
"Okay then" Hearing Li Hao say this, the other end of the phone could only reluctantly hang up the phone.
"It's all retired and it's still so tossed," Li Hao couldn't help but complain.
Who else can disturb people's dreams early in the morning besides Kobe? And this time Li Hao didn't make excuses, he really wanted to buy a birthday gift for Jin Xuexuan.
Although Li Hao couldn't accompany her on Jin Xuexuan's birthday, the gift was still indispensable, and he had to buy it in person, so Li Hao also called Holtz.