Chapter 35 The Lakers end on the road
Lei Lei came to the free throw line, took the referee's pass, took a deep breath, and threw the ball
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1 of 2 free throws
1:2
Lei Lei looked at his hand in disbelief, the free throw didn't go in, and he didn't interfere much with himself just now, and the foul didn't hurt.
The next game made Lei Lei feel deeply tired, shooting iron, not scoring layups, the defense was always a beat slower, and the speed that he once relied on was not as fast as before.
At the time of the dead ball, Scott replaced Lei Lei.
Lei Lei's opening performance was too poor, his shot was unreasonable, and it was good to say that he didn't score a single goal.
Lei Lei hit 0 shots 5 times in the first quarter and scored 1 point, and one point was still a free throw.
And when he came off the field, he was sweating profusely.
In fact, not only Lei Lei was sweating profusely, except for Kobe, who was sweating profusely, and his offense was extremely unstable.
Scott knows why the players are performing so poorly, it's not the league's damn schedule, playing 5 away games in 7 days, who is not tired?
When Lei Lei was sitting on the bench, he noticed that there was a player card with injury resistance (fatigue 70%), no wonder he always couldn't use his strength, it turned out that the fatigue level came to 70.
Fortunately, the Lakers had a bench, and Nick Young and Lowe were not affected so much and stabilized the score with Kobe.
At the end of the first quarter
24:29
The Lakers trailed by five points in the first quarter.
Scott looked at Lei Lei during the break and asked, "Lei, can you still hold on?" ”
Lei Lei nodded and said, "Coach, I'm ready!" ”
At the beginning of the second quarter, Lei Lei led Clarkson and Randle on the court.
The players of the Mavericks are all old fritters, and they can all see that Lei Lei's physical strength is a little unable to keep up because of the continuous away games.
Lakers ball possession.
Lei Lei received a pass from Clarkson, this time there was no single, and he was not stupid, so he asked Randle to come to block and dismantle.
Randle blocked the defender for Lei Lei, who did not rush to the interior and chose to make a pull-up jumper.
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Lei Lei scored the first sports goal of the game.
Lei Lei shook his fist after scoring the goal.
The body is much more comfortable, not as heavy as the opening.
Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle didn't care so much, feeling that Lei Lei was confused by the ball.
But then Rick Carlisle was a little dumbfounded.
Lei Lei was tough on the defensive end, and Harris of the Mavericks missed several shots to match the opening judgment.
The offensive end did not take the initiative to reach out for the ball, but began to run, and got rid of defenders through off-ball blocking, and the Lakers played very smoothly in the first 5 minutes of the second quarter because of Lei Lei.
In this ball, Lei Lei shook off Harris through running and received a pass from Clarkson on a three-point point in the bottom corner.
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Three-point hit!
Lei Lei scored the ninth point of the second quarter.
Rick Carlisle saw that something was wrong and hurriedly called a timeout, trying to curb the momentum of the Lakers, and now the Lakers have become more and more fluent under the leadership of Lei Lei, and the success rate is very high.
Now the score is here
37:36
The Lakers overtook by one point.
When Lei Lei sat in his seat, Scott praised: "Well done Ray, just fight like this!" You take a break first. ”
Lei Lei was very happy to hear the encouragement, but he was still a little tired, so he didn't speak and just nodded.
The timeout passed quickly, with Bryant coming on for Lei Lei, Russell for Clarkson, and Hibbert for Kelly.
After the timeout, the Mavericks adjusted very quickly, frequently attacking the Lakers' interior, the Lakers' interior line can't beat the Mavericks now, and the Lakers' teammates are more or less affected by the schedule, and their physical strength has declined quickly, but only Kobe Bryant has plenty of physical strength.
At the end of the second section.
The scores of both teams came
45:48
The Mavericks are three points ahead.
The Lakers players all went to the locker room in frustration, they couldn't play, they were too tired, they were still behind by 3 points desperately, and they couldn't stand the continuous away games.
Ci Shiping saw that the state of his teammates began to be atmospheric: "Family, we will go back to Los Angeles after this game, do you want to lose this game and return to Los Angeles?" Don't be like a girl, only 3 points behind, there are still two quarters of the game, don't give up so early! ”
The Lakers' teammates were silent, and Lei Lei applauded at this time and said: "Come on, come on, everyone, after this game, you can go back to Los Angeles to rest immediately, you are all old people in the league, why are you not as strong as me, a rookie?" You're not going to back down, are you? It's too soft, too. ”
Nick Young said at this time: "Who is soft, you rookie, who said we gave up, we just want to rest and be quiet." ”
Hibbert also said: "Rookie, just take care of yourself, don't worry about us, how long have you been fighting, how long have we been fighting." ”
Next, the Lakers' players are not as depressed as before, if this makes Lei Lei, a rookie, look flat, how will they mix in the future? What should I do if I pass it out? Playing is not as good as a rookie?
Ci Shiping stabbed Kobe Bryant and stretched his neck at Lei Lei, meaning: See? The rookie is a bit of a leader.
Kobe smiled and slapped Ci Shiping, if it was the former Kobe, he would have scolded in the locker room a long time ago, as he grew older, this is also the last season, and he has begun to abdicate and let Lei Lei take the position.
Scott also smiled and nodded when he heard Lei Lei's words at the door, but he didn't expect Lei Lei to provoke these old players.
The third quarter began quickly.
The Lakers' starting lineup hasn't changed, and the Mavericks haven't made any changes.
Lakers ball possession, because of Lei Lei's words, Kobe Bryant entered the Mamba mode at the beginning.
Frequently hit inside scoring, back-to-back singles, three-point shooting.
On the Mavericks' side, Nowitzki didn't continue the first-half feel and hit the iron frequently.
But Pachulia played a sense of superiority on the inside, and Hibbert got into foul trouble, and halfway through the third quarter, Hibbert had five fouls on his back, and another foul was about to be ruled out.
Scott had no choice but to replace him with Kelly, which was like the Lakers' own rebounds, and Pachuglia often grabbed rebounds in the front court and scored twice.
By the end of the third quarter, Pachuglia had scored 12 points, six of which came from the free throw line, grabbed 11 rebounds, and had six frontcourt rebounds.
Lei Lei plays decently, has no strong desire to attack, always makes balls for his teammates, pulls defenders, and the Mavericks don't dare to let go of Lei Lei.
In the fourth quarter, Lei Lei didn't play, and Scott pressed him directly to the bench.
At the end of the game
98:106
The Lakers lost to the Mavericks by 8 points.
Lakers:
Clarkson had a game-high 21 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, Kobe Bryant 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Lei Lei 18 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 3 turnovers, and Lu Wei 10 points and 4 assists.
Mavericks:
Pachuglia had 18 points, 16 rebounds and 2 assists, Nowitzki had 15 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, Delon had 13 points, 7 assists, 3 steals and 5 turnovers, and Pawell had 10 points and 12 rebounds.
Several Mavericks had nine points.