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Chapter 588 588.11 Winning Streak and Topic Storm

For the Lakers, the game has become a bit difficult now. Lopez Jr. is fighting Whiteside hard with his life, which has a great impact on Whiteside!
Little Lopez dared to fight recklessly regardless, but Whiteside didn't dare!

And Jr. Lopez elbowed Whiteside. The referee thought it was just tickling Whiteside. post.

This is the most unlucky thing about being too physically fit. If you don't bleed, the referee won't believe that you were fouled!
And just like James is the size advantage of his team, Whiteside is actually the most size advantage player in the Lakers besides Antetokounmpo. His hand, and then he was sent to the free throw line by a fierce foul by Lopez Jr.

The Knicks' change in the second half of the third quarter was very effective. They used all kinds of unreasonable defenses to tie the score with the Lakers, and even relied on Anthony to defend against Liu Ren at the end of the third quarter. Hit, overtake the Lakers 91 to 90 by 1 point!
The score of the two teams in the first half was really horrible. Although the two teams "only" scored 34 to 23 in the third quarter, the total score of the two sides in the three quarters reached a terrifying 181 points!
In the third quarter, the Lakers lost 11 points in a single quarter!The total score was overtaken by one point, which is not a good sign for the Lakers.

In the last quarter of the game, D'Antoni couldn't be careless about what he said. Before D'Antoni wanted to tell the fans that Kobe's decline was indeed serious, and he found a reasonable reason for further cutting Kobe's playing time, but this made Kobe mess up in the third quarter. After more than half a quarter, the score was overturned by the opponent three or two times, which made D'Antoni feel bad in an instant. He really didn't expect the Knicks second team to defend so well.

D'Antoni regretted putting Antetokounmpo on the bench. No one can help Liu Ren bear the pressure of outside defense.

But this is the end of the matter, D'Antoni can only try his best to reverse the situation.

"Liu, go play point guard, Nick, Keller, run your opponents to death, Drummond and Hassan guard the inside and guard the rebound!" D'Antoni is always so unruly, just in the regular season, The way he thinks of dealing with opponents is always to attack.

However, D'Antoni still took a look at Kobe. He didn't replace Kobe at the critical moment of the fourth quarter. D'Antoni still felt a little bit of that, but Kobe seemed to be thinking about something now and didn't notice the substitution at all.

The Knicks sent Shumpert, Wade, Anthony, Stoudemire, and Lopez Jr. to the starting lineup.

Defensively, the Knicks mainly emphasize defense, sending out the best defensive players inside and outside. Porzingis has potential and strength, but he is a rookie after all. Obviously, he faced Whiteside and Liu Ren back and forth today. Toss, a little beaten.

In the final quarter, the Lakers attacked first.

Liu Ren advanced to the frontcourt, Shumpert still defended very tightly, and Lopez Jr. on the inside also looked like he was ready to make up the defense at any time.

The Knicks have done this defense many times before, just want Liu Ren to pass the ball to Whiteside, because now Whiteside has the greatest chance!
Liu Ren seemed to have fallen for the trick again, speeding past Shumpert and entering the inside line, Lopez Jr. stepped out to block Liu Ren.

Lopez Jr. came out in a very good position, on the edge of the three-second zone, turned around to grab rebounds, and could prevent Liu Ren from rushing in, but the big gap in the pass clearly wanted Liu Ren to pass to Whiteside. Tadmire has shrunk back, just waiting for a brutal defense against Whiteside's offense!

Liu Ren rushed to the inside and leaped high to pass the ball, just as Lopez Jr. thought!
but!

The object of the pass was not Whiteside, but Green!
Green ran straight to the top arc as Stoudemire contracted!
Green slowly adjusted to aim at the basket, Anthony immediately rushed over, but Green didn't shoot!He passed it on to Korver!Korver is the real scoring point!Catch the ball and shoot a three-pointer!

This kind of open shot is too comfortable, and Korver's three-pointer went straight to the basket.

The deterrence brought by Liu Ren rushing to the basket and scoring repeatedly in the first and third quarters, and the deterrence of Whiteside's basket, all attracted the Knicks' defense.

The Knicks attacked, Wade held the ball, and Liu Ren immediately blocked him, defending Wade as much as possible.

Fisher put too much emphasis on defense, and wanted to replace Wade in the town scene. Wade's current breakthrough is far worse than that of the past. The Knicks suddenly had no one who could break through, so they could only pass from the outside.

Although Nick Young's defense is not good, it is still possible to defend against Shumpert, a guy who only has open shots except for air cuts. At least he is willing to follow and will not give Shumpert a chance.

Korver is desperate not to let Anthony fall to the low post. Anthony is willing to shoot from the outside as long as he is willing to shoot from the outside.

If Wade has a pick-and-roll with Stoudemire, Green will switch defenses with Liu Ren, and Wade will play against Green... It is no different from playing against Liu Ren. Wade's speed advantage is really not that big now.

If Wade picks and rolls with Lopez Jr., that guy will be even better. Whiteside doesn't come out at all, and directly guards the basket. Wade and Lopez Jr. can't make long-range shots.

As a result, there was a weird scene in the Knicks offense. The ball was passed back and forth on the outside, and no one had a chance.

Seeing this scene, D'Antoni felt at ease, Fisher is still inexperienced!Or not decisive enough!Wouldn't it be nice to change to an offensive lineup at this time?It is a huge mistake to replace this lineup with defense, which is not particularly good, and offense, which cannot be opened.

In the end, Anthony forcibly missed the shot against Korver's interference, Whiteside blocked the man, and Liu Ren protected the defensive rebound.

Liu Ren advanced to the frontcourt, the Knicks were still using the same defensive strategy, and Stoudemire was still shrinking. This time Anthony did not rush to defend Green. He watched Green spend more than a second slowly adjusting his three-pointer.

Green was not relentless and hit a three-pointer!
Green's three-pointer immediately tore through the defense of the Knicks' disparate lineup.

When it was time for the Lakers to attack again, Stoudemire shrank and became very hesitant. Liu Ren passed the ball to Whiteside, and Whiteside dunked easily.

This snowball-like advantage came very violently. Stoudemire did not dare to let go of Green. If Lopez Jr. goes to help defend Liu Ren, no one can defend Whiteside, and Jr. Lopez's help defense will also change. He had to hesitate, and now Liu Ren was liberated all at once, beating Shumpert to death, shooting as soon as he wanted, and he scored consecutively with a good touch.

And the Knicks' offense collapsed because of this uneven lineup!The main reason is to use Shumpert to replace JR-Smith or Lou Williams. The offensive strength of Shumpert and these two people is far behind. As for Shumpert, if you let him average 20 shots per game, he may not be able to score 20 points. It is not at the same level at all.

The Knicks' fierce offense came and went quickly, and they fell into a scoring vacuum for a long time at the beginning of the fourth quarter!In the 4th minute, the score was still 91 points!Strange 4 consecutive minutes without a point!
The Lakers scored 11 points in a row, and they led by another 10 points in twos and threes, leading 101 to 91.

The fans were dumbfounded. What's the situation? What about the first three quarters?Why can't you score a point in the fourth quarter?Unscientific!It is estimated that Fisher was stunned, and it took a long time to remember to call a timeout.

Fisher, who finally came to his senses, replaced Shumpert with JR-Smith and Lopez Jr. with Porzingis, ready to use offense as a last-ditch effort.

But the Lakers also replaced Whiteside with Gasol, and the two teams began to attack!

The scene has entered the situation in the first quarter again. The offenses of the two sides are at a stalemate. When Liu Ren leads the team, the effect is actually much better than that of Kobe's team. Even if the Knicks attack hard, the Lakers still use The same fierce offensive confrontation, in the second half of the fourth quarter, the two teams were on the same level from the scene, but the Lakers' 10-point lead was the key!And keep it to the end!
最终，刘仁拿到26分8板6助攻带领湖人队以123比110稳稳的拿下这场比赛，终结了尼克斯的七连胜，湖人队自己拿到7连胜！

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After playing the Knicks, the Lakers ushered in another wave of easy schedule. First, they went to Brooklyn to play the Nets after a day off in New York. The strength gap between the two sides was huge. The Nets surrendered without much struggle. The Lakers Easily get 8 consecutive victories.

Immediately afterwards, the Mavericks, Pistons, and Lakers also won smoothly. The No. 11 game and the Suns were even easier. The big brothers of the Suns hated Liu Ren to the bone, and continued their N defense one play , their "hatred" seems to have become a tradition of the team, even though they left a lot of people this season and came a lot of people, they are obviously rushing to hit the playoffs, but Brand Knight is unlucky The season of Reminder was injured for three months at the beginning. After the start was poor, it started to play poorly again, so "hatred" Liu Ren became the best way for them to attract attention, and "defended" Liu Ren in a single game Only scored 9 points, and then lost to the Lakers 77 to 111...

There will always be a lot of inexplicable fun watching the Lakers' games. The Lakers also easily won the first 11 consecutive victories, second only to the Warriors who started with 12 consecutive victories.

However, during this winning streak, there is also something that makes fans worry, that is, Kobe's extremely unstable state.

When the Lakers were playing against the Knicks, Barkley once brought up the subject of Kobe's aging, and was sprayed half to death by the fans. Of course, Barkley with a big mouth will not be sprayed or retaliated. He decisively confronted the fans.

This uproar really put the issue of Kobe's serious decline in front of people, and Kobe's performance in every next game has become the focus of people's attention.

And the facts seem to be as Barkley said, Kobe has indeed experienced an incredible decline, and the degree of this decline is unbelievable!Instantly triggered a lot of topics, including friendly and unfriendly.

Kobe and the Lakers, who were in the midst of the storm, did not speak in silence. This is not because the management of the Lakers restricted them from speaking, but because the person being discussed was Kobe. Even if Liu Ren is so rowdy, he did not choose to be interviewed. ...

(End of this chapter)