Double stars shine in Los Angeles

Chapter 81
Soon, the second quarter began.The two sides began to replace the substitute players on the field.

Generally speaking, in the playoffs, most teams play mainly with eight players, and the remaining four are for future troubles.However, the Lakers exploded this season, and there are as many as eight players who can play as the main players. In this way, they will undoubtedly have an advantage in the playoffs. Arrangements also have more options.

Players from both sides appeared again. For the Lakers, Lin Fengzhe, Matt Barnes, World Peace, Josh McRoberts, and Li Yifeng; for the Jazz, Josh Howard, DeMarre Carroll, Paul Millsap, Alec Backus, Jamal Tinsley.

With the sound of the referee's whistle, the game continued.Jamal Tinsley took a pass from teammate Josh Howard and began to organize the team's offense.

Jamal Tinsley's defense against Lin Fengzhe is even more unbearable than that of Devin Harris.Lin Fengzhe went up to halftime to mark Jamal Tinsley just after halftime.Although doing so will cause loopholes in the team's defensive system, Lin Fengzhe obviously will not worry about this.

For two consecutive times, Jamal Tinsley was almost cut off by Lin Fengzhe.He quickly signaled his opponent to come up to cover himself.Alec Backus had to bend back to set up a pick and roll for Jamal Tinsley.Jamal Tinsley took the opportunity to get rid of Lin Fengzhe and went around Jamal Tinsley.

"Do you think this can stop me?" Lin Fengzhe said to Alec Bacchus, and at the same time, he did not relax his feet, throwing off Alec Bacchus and chasing Jamal Tinsley.Jamal Tinsley seemed to feel something, as if he was holding a hot potato instead of a basketball, and immediately passed the basketball to Paul Millsap.

At this time, it is World Peace who is defending Paul Millsap, but compared with Paul Millsap, World Peace is still a bit risky.Paul Millsap dangled a hit in the field goal over World Peace.

Compared with the Jazz's offense, the Lakers' offense is much easier.Lin Fengzhe organized the offense in the half court and passed the ball directly to the basket. DeMarre Carroll was pulled outside by Li Yifeng. After all, Li Yifeng's long-range shooting ability is also very deterrent.Josh McRoberts blocked Josh Howard, leaving space, and Matt Barnes, who slipped the baseline, took off and dunked the ball with both hands.

Josh Howard catches and shoots from the open left, Josh McRoberts blocks the block, rubs his fingertips under the basketball, and interferes with the flight path of the basketball.After landing, Josh McRoberts shouted, "Rebound!" But this time the shot was disturbed and turned into an air ball, which fell directly into Li Yifeng's arms.

Li Yifeng immediately passed the basketball to Lin Fengzhe, and Lin Fengzhe dribbled the ball down quickly, two-for-one in the frontcourt.Lin Fengzhe did not choose to make a strong attack, and hit the ground to pass the ball to Matt Barnes who followed behind him for a dunk.

The head coach of the Jazz, Tyrone Corbin, sat on the sidelines and frowned. The Lakers' back line defense and offense were stronger than their own, and the inside could only barely match Josh Mack. Comparing Roberts, such a lineup comparison has no advantage at all.

In the following time, the Lakers' offense frequently succeeded, and it was very easy.On the defensive end, the Lakers are relatively open and did not devote all their energy to defending, but even this made the Jazz's offense very difficult.In particular, Lin Fengzhe sent out assists consecutively, sending out four assists and hitting a three-pointer in less than 4 minutes.

Coach Tyrone Corbin had to call a timeout, and had to replace the main starter in advance when he was behind by [-] points.The Lakers still let the substitutes play on the court.Kobe Bryant looked relaxed on the sidelines, talking with Tracy McGrady, smiling happily.

At this time, the Jazz's personnel on the field were Devin Harris, Al Jefferson, Paul Millsap, Josh Howard, and Gordon Hayward.This is the best lineup the Jazz can shoot right now.After the substitution, the Jazz's offense and defense have improved significantly.

The Lakers attacked in a position, and Lin Fengzhe broke through and scored a long three-pointer for World Peace outside the wing three-point line. The Lakers once again pulled the score to double digits, leading the Jazz by [-] points.

Coach Tyrone Corbin shook his head helplessly. There is no way that the Lakers' lineup can be said to completely suppress the Jazz. The defensive end is at a disadvantage, especially in terms of height.No one in his own team can face Lin Fengzhe and Li Yifeng one-on-one, so there is no way to contain the Lakers' offense.Now I can only hope that the Lakers' shooting percentage will suddenly drop, and there are players on their side who can suddenly break out, although this hope is relatively slim.

After breaking through the ball, Devin Harris slid to the bottom line and then made a three-pointer from his teammates. This was his first long-range three-pointer in this game, and it was also the third time for the entire Jazz team to make a three-pointer.With this three-pointer, the Jazz once again pulled the score back to single digits.

In the next three minutes or so, the point difference between the two teams has been fluctuating around very much.With less than 5 minutes left in the second quarter, the Lakers called a timeout for personnel rotation, and all starters appeared on the field.

The Lakers' substitution finally gave the Jazz a chance to hit Derek Fisher, the only shortcoming of the Lakers, and scored consecutively.Although it was difficult to limit the opponent on the defensive end, they chased the score to only six points before halftime.

It is too difficult for the Jazz to narrow the gap in the score.What Mike Brown brought to the Lakers when he came to the Lakers was defense. The improvement of the Lakers' defensive capabilities this season is obvious to all.And what's valuable is that while the Lakers' defense has been strengthened, their offense has also been strengthened.

It is not easy to win against such a consistent team.Coach Tyrone Corbin frowned tightly, but unfortunately there was no good way, and there were still too few available people in the team.

As the whistle sounded at the end of halftime, the score of the two teams was fixed at 60 to 52. The Lakers were ahead and took the lead at home temporarily.

The players of the two teams went to the player channel respectively, and the respective head coaches stayed on the sidelines to accept temporary interviews with the reporters entering the stadium.

"We're doing a good job on the offensive end, with high efficiency. But we can do better on the defensive end..." Mike Brown talked eloquently, very easily, "If possible, I would like to give the bench more playing time..."

"This game is very difficult for us, but we will do our best. Even if we have no advantage in the lineup, we will play our best level..." Obviously coach Tyrone Corbin is not in a very good mood it is good.

The atmosphere in the locker room of the Lakers was very good. Everyone was talking and laughing, as if they were playing an ordinary regular season, and there was no tension that should be expected in the playoffs.

"Let's deal with our opponents in the third quarter. This will give the rookies more playing time and let everyone feel the atmosphere of the playoffs. It will also be good for the future." Lin Fengzhe suggested, anyway, he doesn't care about the statistics now , If you want to swipe the data, you have to wait until the finals. It's useless now, as long as you can win the game.

"This proposal is good." Pau Gasol, who usually doesn't talk much in the locker room, first agreed. He is going to take his country to participate in the Olympics during the holidays. Reducing playing time in high-intensity games such as the playoffs is not good for him. It is also a good choice.

"Okay, but I have no problem if we lead the opponent by [-] points at the end of the third quarter." Kobe Bryant has already stated that he will represent the US team in the Olympics. Now that he can win, there is no need to worry about Because of his own playing time, he also agreed to this proposal, but he put forward the requirement that he must lead the opponent by [-] points. This is also to give the team's substitute and third substitute some space to waste, which is understandable.

Now that the boss of the team has made a decision, others naturally have no objection, but those who rarely play are very happy, and at the same time, they are very grateful to Lin Fengzhe for making it possible for them to appear in Lulu in the playoffs Eye.

In the locker room of the Jazz, everyone was doing their own things in a muffled voice. They were not as relaxed as the Lakers. Their fighting spirit had begun to sink.

Head coach Tyrone Corbin sighed secretly when he returned to the locker room after the interview and saw his team.

"Okay, although we are behind at halftime, it's nothing. We can do better, cheer up, what is this! We still have halftime, don't care about the opponent who is the number one in the league team, what we need to do is to play our own basketball. Use all your strength to compete, even if you lose in the end, so what! Our strength is not as good as the opponent, but it does not mean that our fighting spirit is also better than that of the opponent. The opponent is low." Coach Tyrone Corbin cheered on his players, "Got it! Tell me!"

"Yes! Coach!" Al Jefferson stood up first. When he was in Boston, he was also trained by the team as the future. Although he was later traded to Minnesota, he also has his own dignity. Maybe just bow to the opponent and admit defeat.

Later, the other main players in the team also stood up, saying that they will definitely show their best competitive level in the second half, and even if they lose, they must play the momentum of the Jazz.

Tyrone Corbin is very satisfied that his players can cheer up again, but unfortunately he doesn't know what kind of storm his team will face next...

(End of this chapter)