The Whip of the God of Basketball

The Celtics easily scored a goal, which did not attract the attention of the Lakers players. It was only two points, and they quickly recovered it in the offense.

When O'Neal rested off the court, Kobe became the core of the Lakers' offense. In the last game against the Celtics, Kobe made a record 47 shots and made countless mistakes. The team lost the game, which was humiliating. This time Kobe has to find his place in Los Angeles no matter what. He doesn't care what lineup the Celtics send, even if they send five women on the field, he will still try his best to beat the opponent.

But the Celtics seemed to be well prepared. First, their defense began to shrink. Four players stood in a rectangle near the four corners of the three-second zone. Then Eric Williams led the whole court to defend Kobe. This is a 1-4 zone defense, and the Celtics are here for Kobe.

Kobe received the ball at the top of the arc, bent down and observed the defense. The Celtics closed in very small, and there were opportunities in the left and right corners. He suddenly started to pretend to break through from the right side. The Celtics defensive players closed the door and closed in. Kobe was decisive. The pass was passed to Robert Holley in the bottom corner. Holley even had time to take aim and then shot a three-pointer from the right corner.

"Bang!" Holly missed a three-pointer. Last season, Holly used a magical three-pointer to save the Lakers in the playoffs. His form has declined rapidly this season, and his three-point shooting percentage has dropped to less than 100%. Thirty, Lakers fans will feel bad when they see him take action.

Insider Mark Blount used his height advantage to grab backcourt rebounds. After O'Neal came off the court, he was already the top player on the court. The Celtics immediately launched a quick counterattack, and Alexander ran wildly with the ball. The Lakers' backup point guard was Brian Shaw, a veteran of 13 seasons, who could not keep up with the young Alexander.

But Xiao was experienced. Although he couldn't keep up with his footsteps, his hands could keep up. He stuck close behind Alexander and interfered with his dribbling. As expected, Alexander lacked balance and missed a forced layup.

But a big bird soared from behind. Chris Anderson, flying in the air, caught the ball that bounced out of the basket with both hands, and slammed the ball into the basket!

Another two points, and the difference between the two sides narrowed to 10 points, reaching a gap that could be clearly seen and touched.

Phil Jackson did not call a timeout. He still sat on the bench with squinted eyes and a mysterious smile. His reputation as a Zen master was not false. He was also famous for not calling timeouts. He hoped that the players would solve the problem themselves. Problems on the field.

At this time, Kobe was still trying to solve the problem by passing the ball. This season was a season of rapid growth for Kobe. He surpassed O'Neal and became the team's scoring leader, averaging 30 points per game.

At the same time, due to O'Neal's absence from many games, Kobe began to assume the role of the backbone of the team. His rebounds and assists reached career highs. He began to learn to use other methods besides scoring and crazy defense to lead the team to win. Of course, he and O'Neal also had discordant voices, because he hated to see O'Neal spending a lot of time resting and entertaining instead of focusing on the basketball court.

He dribbled the ball past half court and found Devin George on the strong side. Then he moved to the weak side. Brian Shaw ran back around the baseline. George handed the ball to Samaki Walker. Kobe was on the weak side. After receiving the ball from the side, the strong and weak sides were instantly transferred, and Kobe already had the opportunity to play in isolation. But he didn't, and instead lobbed the ball to Samaki Walker, who was cutting inside, hoping that Walker would cut inside and go straight for a layup.

But Walker is not O'Neal. Receiving the ball in the three-second zone is equivalent to scoring. After Walker got the ball, three Celtics players surrounded him and covered him like a cover under the basket. Walker could not pass the ball. , shook for a few times and couldn't get up, so he just threw the ball up and tried to hit a high board. As a result, Chris Anderson directly picked up the ball and slapped it on the backboard. The ball bounced out. Grant Long got the ball and passed a long pass to Williams who was about to go down.

Kobe was chasing after him, and Williams' layup was blocked by Kobe, but the referee blew the whistle and called Kobe's defensive foul, and Williams went to the free throw line.

When Williams made two free throws, the Celtics had chased six points in a row since the beginning of the second quarter, but the Lakers had not yet scored.

The Lakers served from the backcourt. The situation on the court was completely different at this time. The morale of the Celtics was completely up. Chris Anderson was almost everywhere. The Green Army's bench seemed to be full of blood. Pierce , Walker, and Brown all became professional cheerleaders, standing on the sidelines to cheer for the substitute players. The Celtics had just scored six points in a row, and Pierce was waving the towel harder than anyone else.

And Leon was standing on the sidelines with his arms folded. He was not sitting there as calmly as Phil Jackson, because he was betting that Kobe would not explode, betting that Phil Jackson would not call a timeout. Other Lakers players will not step up to renew their lives. As long as one of the bets fails, then the Celtics will be very dangerous in this game. If the bet wins, then at least the Celtics can still bite in the first half.

Sure enough, in the next round, Kobe was preparing to attack on his own. He decided not to pass the ball and use his own goals to stabilize the situation. While dribbling the ball, he pressed down with his hands to signal his teammates to calm down. He also signaled Phil Jackson not to rush to the timeout. If Kobe can hit this ball, the Lakers will continue to play until the official timeout. If not, Jackson will undoubtedly need a timeout.

Leon clearly saw Kobe's actions and communication with Jackson. As the overlord of the league and the winner of three consecutive championships, no team in the league has been studied as thoroughly as the Lakers. Even the players, Every little habit of the coach was clearly revealed.

Leon's eyes were like those of a bald eagle, and he immediately made a clasped-hand gesture towards Chris Anderson. Anderson glanced at him, and he had already understood what Leon meant.

The Lakers players cleared the left side, leaving room for Kobe to break through. This is because Williams, who was mainly defending Kobe, knew that Kobe was going to attack. He suddenly took a step forward with his left foot, completely giving up the space on his right side.

This is blocking the middle and letting Kobe go from the left! Please enter the urn. Kobe is not afraid of defensive traps and directly breaks through from the left side. Chris Anderson was well prepared. Instead of waiting for Kobe to start and then fill in, he directly threw away his defender to intercept Kobe in advance.

If you switch to another player, you may change your strategy and directly lob the ball to the inside player, but Kobe has made up his mind to attack by himself. He only has eyes for the basket!

Anderson's defense forced Kobe to go outside. Kobe adjusted his pace and took off a fadeaway jumper from 18 feet near the baseline. It was a difficult shot. The arc of the ball was a bit flat. Chris Anderson tried his best to interfere with Kobe. After taking a shot, the ball circled around the basket and finally fell out again.

Mark Blount got the rebound, a good chance for the Celtics to counterattack!

"Slow down, slow down!" At this time, Leon slowed down the Celtics' rhythm. Alexander, who originally wanted to launch a fast break, had to slow down his advance and wait for the players to get into position before reorganizing the attack.

It's not that Leon doesn't know that this is a good opportunity for the Celtics to counterattack, but he also knows that this is also the most dangerous moment. The substitute players are inexperienced and incompetent, and it is easy to get excited when their morale rises. The Lakers players are experienced, and the referee's whistle in the past two rounds was biased towards the Celtics. At this time, if the Celtics rushed and hit hard, they would probably make a mistake or miss, and the Lakers would counterattack. For a special person, the gain outweighs the loss.

Therefore, Leon asked Alexander to stabilize and hit one slowly. Even if he misses and has time to retreat, he can still defend one seriously.

However, the Celtics' bench players really don't have many ways to fight in the position. At the beginning of the second quarter, they could take advantage of the tiger's nap to steal two. Now the Lakers are serious about defending. Without strong offensive points, they basically have no good ideas. Unable to tear apart the Lakers' defense.

Alexander was really under a lot of pressure to control the ball on the outside. His teammates ran a few laps and knocked the ball back a few times, but they couldn't get out. In the end, the pressure was so great that he had to rush to catch the ball by himself.

He faced Brian Shaw's defense and made a throw near the right side of the three-second zone. This was a very stupid throw. The ball drew a skewed arc and didn't even touch the basket. It went over the neck of the basket and fell to the left side of the basket.

However, as the saying goes, Chris Anderson was stuck behind Walker, and the ball fell into his hands!

Birdman takes off again!

He jumped up with astonishing speed and dunked hard with both hands over Samaki Walker's head. At the same time, he caused Walker a foul and had to go to the free throw line!

The Celtics bench exploded. Antoine Walker did his funny dance on the sidelines. P.J. Brown tried to stop everyone. Only Leon just shook his fist lightly and said nothing else. Because he knows that the tough times are far away. In this game, as long as the Celtics don't lose by more than 15 points, they will have completed their mission.

As Anderson hit the free throw, the Celtics beat the Lakers with a 9-0 spurt, narrowing the point difference to only 5 points. Phil Jackson could no longer sit on the bench and pretend to be cool, and immediately called a timeout.

At this time, David Stern, who had a very ugly face, was obviously much better. At least he knew that although tonight's game was not interesting, at least it wouldn't be too bad in the first half. He had to find a way to get these sponsor representatives to leave after watching the first half of the game, so that they could leave a good impression.