NBA peak

Chapter 685
It's the Lakers' turn to attack.

In this round, Kuzma borrowed Joshua's pick-and-roll to rush inside.

The Pelicans shrank their defense and wrapped up Kuzma.

Kuzma chose to pass the ball to Joshua at the last minute.

But Kuzma passed the ball a little slowly. After Joshua received the ball, Hayes had returned to Joshua.

This round, Joshua must attack.

Just now, Joshua gave Zion a big hat on the defensive end.

At this moment, fans are looking forward to what kind of performance Joshua can play on the offensive end.

Joshua took the ball, took a step and was ready to jump up and dunk.

Hayes and Joshua engaged in a normal physical confrontation.

After the confrontation, Joshua didn't hold the ball firmly and flew out of bounds.

There was a burst of laughter at the scene.

Joshua, this guy is here to be funny!

Ge Feng covered his face.

Hey, Joshua's confrontation ability is also a bit weak.

Hayes is not the kind of player with particularly strong confrontation ability, but Joshua is weaker, and even Hayes can't hit him, which is a bit too much.

After a brief taunt, the fans at the scene began to stand up and cheer for the home team.

In the Thunder's offense, Redick just scored a three-pointer, and this time Zion scored another three-pointer.

"Shh."

Maybe it was Joshua's block just now that offended Zion. Zion is not very good at three-pointers, but this time he made one shot.

Zion scored this three-pointer, and the point difference between the two teams was instantly reduced to only 3 points.

Zion roared and showed the fans his biceps.

This means that the Pelicans are going to start.

Kobe couldn't help shaking his head.

Sure enough, he still had too high expectations for Joshua.

Being able to jump and being able to fight are completely two concepts.

This kind of mistake was classified as a three-point counterattack, which had a great impact on the morale of the Lakers.

Kobe has already begun to consider replacing Joshua and letting Harrell play for a while.

However, when making the final decision, Kobe still hesitated.

Just watch the next ball!
If the Lakers don't score again and the Pelicans play a defensive counterattack again, Kobe will replace Joshua without hesitation.

Lakers offense.

Kuzma knew that Joshua's offensive ability was not good, so in this round, even if Kuzma was double-teamed by two opponents, he did not pass the ball, but threw the ball toughly.

"Boom."

The ball crooked a little and came out with a strike.

Joshua is going to pick off this offensive rebound.

The point of the rebound happened to be very close to Joshua, and he had a good chance of getting an offensive rebound and completing a second tip.

However, when Joshua grabbed a rebound, he made a common mistake——

The opponent's position was not blocked in advance.

Joshua jumped so high that he almost got this offensive rebound.

However, Zion quickly rushed over from behind, knocked Joshua down in the air, and protected the defensive rebound.

The fans in New Orleans screamed.

Although Joshua's bounce is not weaker than Zion's, his golf quotient and skills are far worse than Zion's!
Joshua fell to the ground, and Kobe called Harrell to get up and get ready to play.

At this moment, the eyes of all the fans suddenly widened.

Because, when Zion handed the ball to Hart and pushed the defense to counterattack, Joshua grumbled, got up from the ground, spread his legs, and started running to the backcourt.

Joshua's running speed is very fast, and he quickly catches up to the frontcourt.

At this time, Hart's one-stop momentum in the audience was very fierce.

Hart ran across the half court, pushed away Kuzma, who was trying to retreat, and then went to the Lakers basket to complete a quick shot.

"boom--"

At this moment, a big hand appeared horribly 50cm above Hart's head, and gave Hart a big hat.

There was an uproar at the scene.

The shot blocker was Joshua who ran all over the court!

The basketball was pressed against the backboard, but it didn't fly far, and fell into Hart's hands again.

Hart was a little confused, but still took off inertially and completed a second tip-up.

When Hart jumped up to dunk this time, Joshua had just landed.

However, after Joshua landed, he didn't make any adjustments at all. He bounced up repeatedly, jumped back, and once again capped Hart off.

This time the scene completely exploded!

"Holy shit! Where did this black bamboo pole come from?"

"I heard that his name is Joshua, a homeless man in the league."

"The hobo has this jumping ability? God, the NBA is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

"Yes, Joshua's bounce looks even more incredible than Zion's!"

Many Pelicans fans put their heads together and started talking about Joshua.

Joshua finally had a good time playing, and at this time he also showed his teeth and demonstrated to his opponent.

These two consecutive blocked shots really boosted morale!
There is wood there!
Sealed twice in a row!

What's more, the second block is also a damn slow jump block!
This kind of bouncing should not belong to the category of human beings, right? !
Joshua is the reincarnation of Kangaroo!

The Lakers' bench screamed excitedly.

Harrell was planning to play. Seeing this scene, he wisely returned to the bench and prepared to rest for a while.

Ge Feng smiled wryly.

Joshua is truly a double-edged sword.

When Joshua performed poorly just now, the Pelicans chased for 6 points at once, and Kobe was so angry that he was ready to replace him.

But now that Joshua is performing well, the momentum of the Pelicans' counterattack was immediately pressed to death by him.

After the ball was blocked, Gasol had quick eyes and quick hands, and snatched the basketball that rolled to the side. Then, with a precise full-court navigation, the ball went directly to Pope who had already rushed to the frontcourt.

Pope deftly changed direction, passed the opponent in one step, and pulled the bar under the basket!
37 is better than 32!

The Lakers once again expanded the point difference to 5 points!
After the crucial round of defense, the momentum of the Pelicans chasing points was suddenly suppressed by the Lakers.

The situation between the two sides began to fall into a stalemate, and no one could continue to expand or shrink the score.

At the end of the first half, the Lakers led the Pelicans by 58 points to 53 to 5.

It is worth mentioning that, although Joshua only scored 11 points, 0 assist and 1 rebounds in the 4 minutes he played, on the defensive end, Joshua had 4 blocks and his performance was quite eye-catching.

Maybe this is Joshua's first game for the Lakers. The players of the Pelicans didn't even count Joshua's ability to block shots, which actually caused them such a big trouble.

Zion, Hart, and Hayes all suffered from Joshua's hot pot one after another.

Now these three people have very depressed expressions, and their hand feeling has also been seriously affected.

In the third quarter of the game, after Ge Feng, Bo Yang, and Harrell returned to the court, under the tandem of Gasol Jr., they played a wave of 8-0 spurts, expanding the point difference to 13 points in one fell swoop.

However, as the third quarter ended, Ingram scored a three-pointer at the buzzer, and the Pelicans narrowed the point difference to 10 points and entered the fourth quarter.

(End of this chapter)