super small forward

Chapter 586 586. Kobe is old too
I'm sorry that the number of updated words in the past few days has been much less than last month. I was very busy when I returned to the company recently. I will add more after a while when I am not so busy.

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The second half of the game begins.

I really don't know what D'Antoni was thinking, Liu Ren was put on the bench again.

Taking a break is not such a way to rest!
Liu Ren is a bit depressed. D'Antoni seems to be telling him to play health-preserving games in the first few games of this season.

Health balls are a good thing, a good magic weapon to prolong your career, but buddy is only 22!Play wool balls!
But Liu Ren did not show off his physical strength in front of D'Antoni, he still obeyed the arrangement.

Liu Ren was pressed on the bench by D'Antoni. After all, the situation was still favorable. D'Antoni felt that if he could keep going, Liu Ren would not have to play in the second half.

The players sent by the Lakers in the second half were LaVine, Kobe, Korver, Green, and Whiteside.

The Knicks sent Louis Williams, Shumpert, Louis Amendez, Seraphim, and Lopez Jr.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Knicks had the ball. Louis Amendes and Lopez Jr. went to cover for teammates without the ball, attracting the Lakers' defensive attention. Louis Williams easily singled LaVine and scored Insider. .

Lou Williams managed to get Whiteside's attention and then sent the ball to Lopez Jr., who made a close-range shot.

The Lakers attack, Kobe is crazily defended by Louis Amundson!Kobe, who felt hot in the first half, also shot a wide shot under Amendes' defense this time.

The Lakers were really unprepared this time, and Kobe couldn't beat this Louis Amundson!

The ball bounced directly from the front of the basket, and Lopez Jr. grabbed a defensive rebound!

Although Louis Amundson is a hard-working defensive player, it is far worse than Wade's quick footsteps and defensive movements!

Heck, Whiteside had too much faith in Bryant to grab the offensive rebound even though the ball bounced a bit far.

Louis - Williams quickly counterattack scored two points.

Another Kobe attack.

It was difficult for him to find the most comfortable shooting angle when facing Luis Amendez, so he could only choose to tilt his body and make a strong shot!

Still not going in!The Knicks quickly shrunk, blocked the inside line and grabbed the defensive rebound. They all saw that, as long as they didn't double-team Kobe, Kobe wouldn't pass the ball!
The opening two possessions set the tone for the start of the third quarter.

The Knicks' defense gradually strengthened, and the Lakers' offense became more and more difficult. The game reached the second minute and 17 seconds of the third quarter, and the score of the two teams had become 79 to 75.

In more than two minutes, the Knicks played an 8 to 2 spurt!Only 4 points left!
D'Antoni finally couldn't bear it anymore and he called the first timeout of the third quarter.

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"I found a problem, Shaq." Barkley felt incredible.

"What's the problem?" O'Neill replied casually, he was melancholy, this year Liu Ren's playing time has been reduced a lot!The data is also average, and there is no way to boast as much as last season.

"The extent of Kobe's decline this year is unbelievable!" Barkley said in disbelief, "I feel that Kobe's decline this season is even greater than the year he just returned from injury!"

O'Neal was taken aback, looked at Kobe's average per game and said, "No? I think Kobe's statistics this year are not bad! It hasn't changed much from last season."

"I thought so at first, but looking carefully, Kobe's shooting percentage has dropped too much this year. It's all high scores in exchange for a large number of shots."

O'Neal is silent, even Kobe is old?

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Back from the timeout, the Lakers went first, and Kobe was instructed to pass the ball more.

Kobe was defended several times in a row. At the beginning of the third quarter, he was 4 for 0. He was very upset, but he still listened to D'Antoni's arrangement so that Whiteside could play the pick-and-roll.

Whiteside and Kobe cut into the inside after the pick-and-roll. Kobe and the inside pass are really powerful. Whiteside is most suitable for directly catching the ball and dunking and has a chance to dunk. The ball is sent to Whiteside.

But Lopez Jr. hugged Whiteside directly, preferring to foul rather than let Whiteside dunk.

Obviously Lopez Jr. knew that Whiteside's free throw was a scam!
Whiteside walked to the free throw line, was lucky, and made one of two free throws.

Knicks offense, the Knicks lineup, except for Lou Williams, the offensive ability of the others is impressive, and Lou Williams feels bad today, and the scoring effect in other ways except counterattack and fast break is not good.

As a result, Lopez Jr. wanted to pass the ball, and rushed into the inside line like fighting a dynamite package, looking like he was desperate.

Of course Whiteside would not flinch, stood on the inside and jumped up. The cylinder did not move, and it was well blocked in front of Lopez Jr., and the two slammed into each other.

When the whistle sounded, both Whiteside and the Lakers players thought it was an offensive foul, because Whiteside jumped up without pressing people, and without even bending over and blocking the shot, he raised his hand up high to block Lopez Jr. The shooting line, this ball hit Lopez, it was definitely a dribble hit.

but!The gesture made by the referee is a defensive foul!
"Watt? No mistake!" Whiteside glared at the referee, but the referee ignored him.

Well, Whiteside said he was speechless. This season he has encountered such a situation not once or twice. He has seen James and Anthony in the same position. Sometimes I still joked about it, but now it falls on me, it feels a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Whiteside has been honed overseas for more than a year and has learned to be calm. If it were him back then, he would definitely start screaming and screaming again, and then he was called a technical foul by the referee.

In the past two years, Whiteside has been the main player with the fewest technical fouls on the Lakers, even fewer than Clarkson.

The second foul was awarded to Whiteside. Whiteside only fouled twice in the third quarter. It can be seen that the number of fouls in the previous game was quite good. Of course, not playing much in the second quarter is also one of the reasons. .

Lopez Jr. was sent to the free throw line, also making one of two free throws!The difference is still 4 points.

Whiteside didn't seem to suffer too much from this foul.

It's the Lakers' offense again, and Kobe's extremely unstable state makes it difficult for Lakers players to play against a strong team like the Knicks.

Kobe has hit more irons this year, and the Lakers players are used to it.

But Kobe's state today makes people feel unable to adapt!In the first quarter, the state was very stable, and the shooting was accurate, but in the third quarter, the opponent's defense was not as good as in the first quarter. The double-teaming of him was not so strict. The pick-and-roll just now Kobe did not completely help Whiteside open the space, otherwise Lopez Jr. would not have been able to foul Whiteside.

Watching Kobe struggle once again against Lou Amundsen, Bacchus suddenly exclaimed, "I get it!"

(End of this chapter)