Chapter 20 Steady and Steady

At halftime, reporters also interviewed Lakers assistant coach Mark Madson.

"It's no secret that the Mavericks are a very hard team, and they've shown that trait in the first two quarters, but I'm also very confident in the Lakers' players, and I think the winning side is definitely Los Angeles."

In the live commentary, most Lakers fans also agreed with Mark Madsen.

"The winner of this game has to be the Lakers!"

"The Lakers will win!"

Yang Ma's sports commentator also summarized the first half of the game, and also emphasized the importance of Lei Lei.

"Among the players on the Lakers now, there is no doubt that Lei Lei is the strongest offensive point, and Kobe Bryant on the side has involved a lot of defensive players for Lei Lei." Wei Ping Bryant said.

"Lei Lei has a wonderful performance on the offensive end, and he has also made a lot of efforts on the defensive end, and the best player in the Lakers' outside defense at this stage is Lei Lei, who grasps both offense and defense." Yu Jia concluded.

How to limit Lei Lei's scoring has become the most important issue for the Mavericks to consider at the moment, and the Mavericks' head coach Rick Carlisle's tactics at halftime are all related to defending Lei Lei.

And looking at Lei Lei's performance is also very greedy, who doesn't want a rookie like this, who is at the peak of his debut, and is so similar to MJ and Kobe, and he looks very similar to trying to win the game.

At the start of the third quarter, the Mavericks fielded the same lineup as in the first quarter, with Nowitzki still in the starting lineup.

On the Lakers' side, there was a change, Russell replaced Clarkson, and the other positions did not change.

After the start of the game, the Lakers had the ball.

Lei Lei took the ball at the top of the arc, and there were two Maverick defenders nearby, ready to pack Lei Lei when he attacked.

Parsons is at the top of the arc, with Matthews on the left and DeLong on the right.

On Lei Lei's left side, Kobe Bryant beckoned to ask that if the ball was passed to Kobe, the Lakers would have a better offensive opportunity.

Lei Lei passed the ball without hesitation, and Russell made a no-ball cover for Lei Lei, allowing Lei Lei to run smoothly to the bottom right corner.

Kobe Bryant originally wanted to dribble alone, but when he saw Lei Lei run out of the empty space through Randle and Russell's off-ball cover, he passed the ball back to Lei Lei without thinking about it.

When Lei Lei ran out of the empty position in the bottom corner of the right three-point corner, Kobe's pass had also arrived.

Lei Lei is empty in front of him now, Lei Lei catches the ball and shoots.

'Brush-'

Three-pointers scored.

54:60

Lei Lei threw three fingers on his forehead, pulled the jersey with both hands, and made a celebratory gesture.

Coincidentally, it happened to be Jenner.

Kendall Jenner clapped his hands and put his hands to his lips and shouted, "Wow, good ball!" ”

The fans on the sidelines didn't notice, they just stood up and shouted.

Parsons was a little annoyed, he didn't expect the Lakers to have this hand.

Nowitzki patted Parsons on the back as he served in encouragement.

Carlisle frowned on the sidelines, Lei Lei had a three-point shot, but it was not very stable, if he found his shooting touch, then....

But he quickly let go of his frowning brow, and it was only the first goal.

The Mavericks couldn't give Lei Lei an effective defense on the defensive end, so they could only pin their hopes on offense.

Carlisle asked the Mavericks to score on every offense and not to do useless offenses.

Delon held the ball past halfcourt and called a pick-and-roll, Nowitzki blocked Russell, and Delon took advantage of the situation to get to the basket.

Randle stepped forward to defend, Russell wanted to make up for it, and Delon passed the basketball backwards.

Nowitzki, who bounced outside the three-point line, received the pass and took the ball and shot.

'Brush-'

The ball goes in.

Give Lei Lei a response.

57:60

Russell held the ball past half court, there were two players near Lei Lei, and when he was about to call a pick-and-roll attack, Kobe Bryant reached out on the wing to ask for the ball, and Russell hit the ground and passed the ball over.

After Kobe Bryant received the ball on the left flank, he began to play with his back to the single, Lei Lei's scoring point was taken care of, so Kobe's scoring point was easy.

Kobe Bryant leaned against Matthews, his eyes glanced around from time to time, as long as Lei Lei was liberated, Kobe Bryant would not hesitate to pass the ball over, and he would play alone without anyone to cover him.

Bryant used his back footsteps near the free-throw line to shake off Matthews' defense and turn around for a jumper.

'Bang-'

The basketball slammed into the front of the hoop and jumped.

'Brush-'

The ball goes in.

As luck would have it, the ball bounced off and fell into the net.

57:62

After this ball, Kobe Bryant took over the game, how to play and how to have.

and Russell's hand-to-hand passes, through Hibbert and Randle's blocking and killing into the interior, frequently successful.

From time to time assists Russell and Randle who cut in.

Lei Lei conserved his physical strength and did his defensive tasks well.

Seven minutes into the third quarter, Carlisle called a timeout, and if he didn't call a timeout, the margin would be further stretched.

Now the score on the field is

65:73

Because of the cooperation of Kobe Bryant and others, the Lakers have repeatedly succeeded, playing steadily, not wasting a little offensive time, and the success rate of playing.

On the other hand, the Mavericks are in a bit of a hurry, always making mistakes or hitting iron, fortunately there is Delon, otherwise the score would have been stretched to 10 points.

In this game, Russell came off the bench and performed very well, and Scott nodded frequently when he saw Russell's performance on the sidelines.

Russell was smiling when he paused and returned to the bench, and he was robbed of the limelight by Lei Lei in the first two games, and this time he was also proud.

The pause ended quickly.

Bryant, Hibbert and Russellson were substituted off, with Kelly, Clarkson and Loewe.

Scott wants to use this offensive lineup to further pull down the score to the maximum, kill the game early, and who wants to work overtime if he can leave work early?

Carlisle also adjusted the lineup, the lineup of the back three, to chase points, Nowitzki was also substituted.

Lei Lei can now be said to be one of the tallest players on the field.

When the Lakers have the ball

Lei Lei's wing singles Mavericks no one can defend, the player shorter than Lei Lei directly pulled up the jump shot, and the defender who is taller than Lei Lei was passed and hit the inside.

When it comes to the double bag, he passes the ball to Clarkson and Lowe.

Sometimes it is called blocking and dismantling, and when Kelly is caught through Lei Lei's breakthrough, he bounces to Lei Lei's pass and shoots three-pointers.

Lei Lei felt that there were no players on the court who could defend themselves, and they checked their ability values before the game, the highest was Nowitzki 84, and the starters were all higher than 75, and the bench was just as miserable as the Lakers!

The third quarter ended

75:87

The Lakers stretched the deficit to 12 points.

Lei Lei played a full quarter in the third quarter, and Scott did not replace him in the fourth quarter, intending to take the Mavericks away in waves.