Healing Basketball

Chapter 685. 685. The Lakers' Frustration
Kobe felt the power of a mighty west coast!
This made him extremely restless.

But when the Lakers attacked, he encountered the close defense of the outsiders, saw the position and movement of the Blazers' overall defense... he quickly calmed down, and entered the Princeton tactical state of the starting lineup.

Deron and Wang Zhizhi cooperated in the pick-and-roll to start the Princeton style of play. Kobe came out around the baseline to receive the ball, attracted a double attack and split the ball in the middle. Deron caught the ball and leaned against Randolph for a layup!
Offensive and defensive transition, Liu Xiu continued the pick-and-roll attack, Odom expanded his defense more actively, Liu Xiu seized the opportunity to go straight to the basket, European steps to avoid Delong who came back, entered the basket and caused a foul by Wang Zhizhi, got two free throws, all hit.

When it was the Lakers' turn to attack, the first wave of tactics failed to run well. Odom, who held the ball, did not make a strong attack, but pulled it out and passed it to Kobe.

Kobe catches the ball from the flank and breaks through, attracting Liu Xiu to shrink his defense and pass back to the left corner. Deron responds with a three-pointer...Miss!
Although the goal was missed, the Trail Blazers players felt troubled-the Lakers' offense was exceptionally smooth!

If you can play teamwork, you can play teamwork. If you can't play teamwork, Kobe will play singles.

The Trail Blazers players obviously feel that the Lakers are stronger than the last time they played against each other. Last month's poor record was widened by the Suns and Clippers. It does not mean that the Lakers have not improved, but after the All-Star Weekend, the lineup advantage become more apparent.

In the next few rounds, the two teams played back and forth.

The Lakers' tactics run smoothly, and they can always find good shooting opportunities. If the back feels a little bad, no shooting opportunities are useless, but the shooting state of the Lakers tonight is not bad!

Halfway through the first quarter, the Lakers scored 14 points and tied the Trail Blazers 14-14!

Kobe made 1 of 1 shots, scored a three-pointer, 3 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists in the half quarter, and one offensive and defensive rebound.

Liu Xiu is a bit of a pain in the ass, and Morris Cheeks is a bit of a pain in the ass.

Their defensive strategy of going around Kobe, flanking Kobe, and infinitely targeting Kobe's scoring should have been seen through by the opponent.

Playing against other teams, no matter how strong the leading scorer is, they will not defend like this.

But playing the Lakers, Maurice Cheeks is willing to give it a try.

However, even if it is now discovered that the opponent seems to have predicted their strategy in advance, Maurice Cheeks is still not prepared to change his style of play.

Because the opposite is Kobe, Maurice Cheeks really would rather give the wing shooter an open shot, would rather give the cutting player a chance to enter the basket smoothly, and wants to block his scoring opponent.

Now that the defensive strategy of blocking Kobe's scoring has started, it cannot be shaken, or this guy will definitely seize the opportunity to go crazy.

Maurice Cheeks is very familiar with this kind of thing, because he has such a similar player under his hands.

The Blazers' data corresponds to Kobe's player, of course, Liu Xiu, but the difference is very big. He made 5 of 3 shots, including 2 of 1 three-pointers, scored 7 points and 1 rebound, and had no assists.

The narrators on the court station were all teasing that the data of the two was reversed.

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After the official timeout came back, the two teams continued to attack.

Kobe worked hard to organize the offense, but after the Lakers rotated their lineup, their firepower dropped a lot.

The center position has changed from Wang Zhizhi to Chris Mihm, the shooting range has narrowed, and the ability to respond to high positions has dropped to almost nothing...

In the second half of the first quarter, the Lakers only scored 11 points.

After the Trail Blazers replaced McDyess, Liu Xiu's pick-and-roll efficiency became more efficient. Playing against the Lakers, Payton was also extraordinarily motivated, scoring 4 points in the second half of the rotation.

On the last attack of the first quarter, Liu Xiu received the ball on the right side of the free throw line and turned around to break through. Kobe retreated quickly. It took half a second for Kobe's hand to reach the same spot after Show's shot flew by...in!
Liu Xiu made a step-back shot from the free throw line, and his score increased to 6 points in the second half!
As the Lakers missed a fast offensive three-pointer, the whistle sounded at the end of the first quarter.

靠着刘秀单节13分2板1助攻1盖帽，开拓者队单节拿到31分，领先拿到25分的湖人队6分进入节间休息！
After the intermission, the Lakers changed their style of play, and Kobe scored more points!

Vujacic, who came off the bench, performed well, much better than Caron Butler, who played a full first quarter.

Butler only made 3 of 1 shots in the first quarter, and Vujacic made 3 of 2 three-pointers in the first half of the second quarter. Therefore, after the official timeout came back, Zen Master continued to let Vujacic play.

在科比3分1板4助攻的带领下，打到第二节11分33秒的时候，靠着王治郅接奥多姆二传分球的底角三分命中，湖人队将比分追至54比55，分差缩小到1分！
When it was the Trail Blazers' turn to attack, Liu Xiu and Kwame Brown broke through the pick-and-roll, Odom expanded to defend the pick-and-roll, Wang Zhizhi also retracted from the baseline to pinch, Liu Xiu passed back to Kwame-Brown who was one step inside the free throw line, Kwame-Brown Brown catches the ball and passes again... Raheem retreats from the three-point line after Wang Zhizhi shrinks, and after receiving a pass from Kwame-Brown, he makes a three-pointer from the corner... also scores!
In return for Wang Zhizhi's three-pointer just now!
58 to 54, the Trail Blazers regained a 4-point lead.

With 14 seconds left in the second quarter, the cooperation of the Trail Blazers just now made the Lakers players a little discouraged, but amid Kobe's roar, the Lakers players cheered up again.

Wang Zhizhi said it well, in case of luck, a 3+1? 4 points difference is possible to tie!

However, when the Lakers were attacking, Odom's top arc was too purposeful, and the pass was not very subtle. Liu Xiu made a move, retracted from the left corner, and rushed towards the free throw line. Go out...Successfully pat Odom's pass to Kobe Bryant on the cut!

Ray Allen, who had been thrown away by Kobe's counterrun, grabbed the ball and quickly threw the ball to Liu Xiu, who went straight down.

Liu Xiu went straight to the basket on the opposite side, and Odom struggled to get back in place. Liu Xiu even took two steps and failed to deceive Odom, but he did not stop. He took off to face Odom, pulled away to avoid the block, and after the confrontation Throwing the ball while falling...

After the ball left Liu Xiu's hand, the whistle for the end of the second quarter had already sounded.

Accompanied by a long whistle, the ball fell lightly into the frame...

Liu Xiu counterattacked and made a layup at the buzzer, 60 to 54, and the Trail Blazers returned to 6 points in the lead!
After hard work, the score was 29 to 24, and finally narrowed the point difference to 1 point. As a result, the opponent scored 5 points in half a minute.

The Lakers have been busy for nothing in this quarter!
刘秀第二节6投4中，外加4中3的罚球，单节拿到11分，半场得分提升到了24分4板2助攻1抢断1盖帽。

On the Lakers side, Kobe had 8 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals in the half, and his overall performance was no less than that of Liu Xiu.

But at the last moment of the half, Liu Xiu led the team to open the point difference to 6 points, which is undoubtedly quite frustrating for the Lakers players.

(End of this chapter)