This season's Lakers bench strength is really not good, and there is a significant gap with other championship teams.

Shannon Brown is already the best guy on the bench for this Lakers team!

So Phil Jackson also had to use a lot of starters.

Sturantz on the commentary bench saw the Wizards' lineup as a center for Li Kaiming!

"I've studied the Wizards' lineup, and although the defense of this group of people is still rotten, their offense is the best in the league within the scope of statistics!"

Joel Myers next to him had a surprised look on his face, "Really? I don't believe it! ”

Marco Jackson next to him stood up in time to help Sturantz testify, "Although I haven't studied the specific data, I know from many coaches that Coach Philip Sanders has a disgusting rotation lineup, and none of the rest of the lineup except Li Kaiming make it to the three-point line, which makes their defensive strategy completely ineffective!" ”

Sturantz nodded, "Yes, it's the lineup on the court right now, and these five people on the Wizards can shoot three-pointers!" ”

Joel Myers was still a little skeptical, but the statements of the two colleagues changed his attitude, from complete denial to skepticism.

"Are these people on the field? I know that Rashad Lewis is a very good outside shooter, Kok Sinrich is also good, and the remaining one is Nick Young and one Chinese? No kidding! ”

Marco Jackson shook his head with a smile and said, "Dude, you can just look at it......"

The timeout ends and the game resumes.

The Wizards served Hinrich, and after arriving in the front court, Hinrich directly handed the ball to Li Kaiming.

When the five-outside lineup is on the floor, Li Kaiming is the absolute core of the team, and everyone else has become a character who can only shoot three-pointers from the outside.

Gasol was a little unconfident in the face of a player like Li Kaiming, because he knew how fast the latter's breakthrough was!

Li Kaiming held the ball outside the three-point line to face Gasol's handicap defense, and the other four people pulled away from the outside, stretching the space on the court to the maximum.

It's too easy to play Gasol, especially one-on-one heads-up, Li Kaiming shook Gasol's center of gravity with a feint, and then directly stepped past the latter, and hit the three-point line to meet Kobe's help defense.

Li Kaiming did not hesitate to throw the ball towards Nick Young's position, Nick Yang on the outside was already hungry and thirsty, and he was ready to jump while receiving the ball, and shot directly outside the three-point line, and the basketball flew into the basket with a bang!

21 to 23!

In the commentary seat, Sturantz and Marco Jackson turned their heads at the same time and looked at Joel Myers wordlessly.

Miles naturally noticed the gaze of these two people, and an unnatural smile appeared on his face, "It's just this one ball, what can it say, the Lakers will be able to respond soon!" ”

The game continued on the court, and after the Lakers served to the frontcourt, they gave the ball to Kobe Bryant in the waist position, who turned his back directly and wiped into the restricted area, and passed the ball to Gasol in a small area in the face of Li Kaiming's supplementary defense.

Gasol received the ball and scored 2 points with a one-arm dunk!

Many fans think that Kobe Bryant plays alone and does not pass, but Kobe Bryant, as a scoring guard, can maintain 5 assists all year round, and his passing skills are naturally not much worse.

What he's really bad at is passing to the perimeter, as described in those famous diagrams, where Bryant forces his shots against the defense of two or three people, but there is an unguarded teammate standing not far from the perimeter.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, you can understand that as the outside core of the Lakers' three-game championship period, if you don't pass the ball to the inside, why would the Lakers trade Kobe Bryant, after all, the boss of the team at that time was undoubtedly the big shark O'Neal, and all tactics had to revolve around him.

The Lakers' dunk put a relieved look on Joel Myers' face, and he laughed and said, "Look, I'll just say it, the Lakers will respond soon!" ”

Sturantz and Marco Jackson ignored him, as Lee had already arrived in the front court and had once again taken the ball from Hinrich.

Under the watchful eyes of the audience, Li Kaiming faced Gasol's defense and threw it directly with three points!

Gasol was a step slower, and Li Kaiming's three-point shot flew into the basket in an arc, freezing the smile on Joel Myers' face on the commentary bench!

23 to 26!

The three-point scoring efficiency was so high that it only took two balls to turn the trend of the game around!

The Lakers served, Kobe Bryant took the lead, he received the ball outside the three-point line, broke through to the middle distance in the face of Nick Young's defense, and then forced a shot after a feint shook Nick Young, and the basketball bounced into the basket.

There was a cheer at the Stamp Center, and Joel Myers also breathed a sigh of relief, Kobe Bryant was simply the biggest contributor to saving his face!

Bryant stepped up to the free throw line and hit the free throw steadily.

The Wizards served, Li Kaiming continued to hold the ball on the outside, and in the face of Gasol's single defense, he got off the ball and dribbled with both hands to find a rhythm for a while, and after confusing Gasol's judgment, he suddenly exerted his strength, and started to eject, like a sharp blade piercing the penalty area!

Gasol was passed by Li Kaiming in one step, and could only chase desperately behind.

Artest in the bottom corner let go of Lewis directly and rushed to the penalty area to help defend Li Kaiming.

But they all got to this position, and the one who came over was still shorter than himself, so Li Kaiming didn't hesitate to make a layup in three steps!

Artest didn't expect Li Kaiming to be so crisp, he didn't even react, Li Kaiming's lower abdomen had already risen to the position of his face.

Artest subconsciously blocked with his hand, but Li Kaiming was already at the distance where he could dunk directly at this time, and he rode Artest's face with his right arm and dunked the ball directly into the basket!

Bang!

Li Kaiming's hand made close contact with the basket, and there was a dull collision sound.

At the same time, the bottom line referee also blew the whistle in his mouth!

Honk!

The next moment, a figure staggered back a few steps, and then squatted directly into the arms of the bottom line photographer!

Everyone looked at it and saw the man's face clearly, and many people gasped!

Who could it be if it wasn't Artest?

Many fans in the front row near the court looked at the Wizards No. 0 under the basket with monster-like eyes!

Artest's physical fitness is notoriously strong, although this time it is a misplaced defense, but the person who can block Artest, and deduct it so badly, I'm afraid I can't find a few people in the league!

Artest, who was a victim of this impact, was even more shocked in his heart, and the moment he came into contact with Li Kaiming, he subconsciously pushed his hand on the latter's lower abdomen!

But what he didn't expect was that his thrust disappeared without a trace in an instant like a mud cow entering the sea, but the guy on the opposite side instantly burst out with a powerful impact on his body, which directly shocked him and retreated several steps!

Li Kaiming shook his shoulders, stood on the free throw line with an extremely relaxed expression, and then added a free throw to hit steadily!

Joel Myers on the commentary bench had a completely embarrassed look on his face at this time, and after he cheered for the Lakers' goal in his heart, Li Kaiming was able to make him doubt his life with a more exciting goal in the next round!

This kid is definitely here to make trouble tonight!

That's the only thought in Joel Myers' heart right now.

After Li Kaiming's dunk, there were less than 30 seconds left in the first quarter.

The Lakers chose to run out of offensive time, and Fisher dribbled the ball from the outside and waited until there were 10 seconds left on the offensive time before passing to Kobe.

After Kobe Bryant received the ball at the waist, he did not hesitate to turn around and shoot backwards, Nick Young tried his best to block, but it still had no effect on Kobe, Kobe scored two points!

28 to 29!

With 6 seconds left, the Wizards served quickly from the baseline, and the Lakers simply didn't give Li Kaiming the space to receive the ball this time, and the ball was sent to Hinrich, who hurriedly missed the shot after facing Fisher's tight defense and dribbling to the frontcourt!

At the end of the first quarter, the Wizards entered the second quarter with a one-point lead.

In the process of returning to the bench from the field, Li Kaiming happened to pass by Kobe, the eyes of the two people were intertwined, and there was a faint flash of electricity in the air!

What no one noticed was that at the moment when the two separated, Kobe Bryant lowered his head and smiled......

The break between the quarters was very short, and the game began quickly in the second quarter, and the Wizards put on a bench lineup in the second quarter, and several starters led by Li Kaiming went down to rest.

The Lakers, on the other hand, played with all the main forces, so it was not surprising that the difference was opened up in just 4 minutes, and Sanders had to call a timeout.

At this point, the score came to 38-33, which meant that the Wizards' bench scored four points in four minutes.

That's unacceptable in Sanders' opinion, and playing on this Wizards team, you can play without defense, but you can't play without offense.

So after a short pause, Li Kaiming and others returned to the court again, still with the familiar lineup of five outsiders.

After coming up, the Wizards served, Hinrich dribbled to the front court and handed it to Li Kaiming, Gasol learned smart this time, and directly and boldly came out to defend Li Kaiming.

So he was unsurprisingly passed by Li Kaiming after getting off the ball, but the Lakers' defense also changed a lot, after passing Gasol, Kobe Bryant and Artest, the two Lakers' strongest big locks, were directly blocked on Li Kaiming's offensive route.

But at this time, you can't simply give the ball to Lewis or Nick Young, Kobe Bryant and Artest are very well positioned, and they can return to their opponents almost instantly.

So Li Kaiming pushed the ball with a right hand to change direction to the left, and chose to break through from the right side of Kobe, so that Artest, who was farther away, could not come over to wrap the clip, even if he came to wrap the clip, Li Kaiming could also directly divide Lewis in the bottom corner of the ball.

And the development of things was not as expected by Li Kaiming, Artest really returned to the bottom corner, and now Kobe Bryant was left alone in front of him!

At this age, Kobe Bryant can no longer output at the same time at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends as when he was young, and only when it is necessary will Kobe Bryant show his fangs.

finally faced Li Kaiming, as a ball addict, Kobe Bryant naturally would not let go of this heads-up opportunity, he took out the most serious attitude, resisted Li Kaiming hard, and then went to cut the ball in Li Kaiming's hand.

Kobe Bryant's defensive experience is really rich, and this slap just happened to cut to the ball, almost making Li Kaiming lose control of the ball!

Li Kaiming was shocked, quickly fished the ball back, and then blocked Kobe Bryant with his back, and turned around and jumped directly after opening up the space with his feet!

Kobe Bryant's eyes flashed with excitement, and despite the obvious difference in height and arm span between the two people, he still tried his best to defend!

Li Kaiming's ball was disrupted by Kobe Bryant's offensive rhythm, and after the basketball was bounced on the basket, it was picked up by Gasol under the basket.

The Staples Center cheers as their heroes not only punish the opposing opponent on the offensive end, but also dominate the opponent on the defensive end!