Bishop: since 1998

Chapter 255 Dreaming back to the domination before 98!
The Magic attacked and continued to play Duncan. Seeing that Lewis was useless, Fox helped defend the past.

Duncan passed the ball, Jackson cut in, caught the ball and dribbled a step, and jumped up with a bang.

The Tomahawk smashed the buckle and scored two points.

6 to 6! !
Jackson's offense is much better than Bowen's.

Can be inside or outside, form a connection with Duncan, and easily play inside and combine.

Next, Duncan became the main point of attack.

If there is no flanking, the ball will be distributed. If there is no flanking, there is no problem in single-handedly picking up Lewis.

Lewis' offense is excellent, and his defense can't even match Horry.

Once Horry was the biggest flaw of the Lakers.

When you meet Karl Malone of the Jazz, you will be blown away.

Meet Duncan of the Spurs, Raheem of the Blazers, Garnett, Webber, Wen Baker... the same is true.

At this time, the situation of the Lakers is like dreaming back to the time before 98, when the power forwards were dominated by various teams.

In other words, Horry's defense has been praised, saying that the defense is good.

In fact, in the western theater, Horry was bombed almost every time to the point where he couldn't find his way.

Even Horry like this is regarded as a flaw, and Lewis' defense is like paper in front of Duncan.

Fox is all-around and all-around, and his defensive strength is quite average.

Physical talent, in front of Jackson, all fell behind.

Now I have to be distracted, flanking Duncan, and was also beaten.

The Lakers couldn't defend and didn't care about it. They used to rely on O'Neal's offense alone. When they encountered a championship team, they had the flaw of the power forward position, so it was difficult to play more.

The current Lakers are different. Kobe has grown into a top ten scorer in the league, and Billups has also grown into a top point guard.

The Lakers can completely defeat any opponent during the offense. It doesn't matter if they can't defend, just fight the offense.

Kobe and O'Neal, this combination of superstars, will definitely not please them if they are given room to attack.

After the first few rounds of trials, the Magic began to shrink, taking advantage of their numbers to limit the offense of O'Neal and Kobe.

The Lakers shoot threes?

Just go with them.

Billups holds the ball, makes a scalpel pass, and sets up Lewis for an open [-]-pointer...

Swish-!
This season, Lewis has averaged 15 points per game.

Shooting skills have improved by leaps and bounds, and giving him an open shot is simply courting death.

Billups' three-point shot was shot coldly.

Swish-!
Also in.

The Lakers hit a three-pointer from the outside and caught the Magic by surprise.

Moreover, the Magic shrunk to be a tortoise, and still couldn't stop the penetration of the Lakers' triangle offensive tactics.

In the frontcourt, Billups gave the ball to Falkley and cut out to the corner of the three-pointer.

O'Neal evacuated to catch the ball and leaned against O'Neal with his back.

Billups fluffs the bottom line, cuts to the inside, and Fox cuts to the side.

With O'Neal as the fulcrum, a mobile offensive triangle is formed.

With a hand-to-hand pass, O'Neal blocked Kidd, allowing Billups to catch the ball and hit the back of the Magic.

Playing big with small things, layups and quick shots, hit two points.

Such a Lakers team is very difficult to defend.

O'Neal and Kobe are the poison ahead.

If you choose not to drink any bottles, the rest of the Lakers will have more room to attack.

The Lakers' offense is fully fired.

Relying solely on Duncan's personal ability is obviously not as good as the Lakers' offensive firepower.

McGrady can't count on it, Kobe is a defensive player after all.

With McGrady's personal ability, of course he can score points on Kobe's head, but don't even think about efficiency.

Jermaine O'Neal successfully beat O'Neal, unless the CIC status comes, it is also not safe.

Kidd set his sights on Billups.

This person grew up very quickly, but Billups was too similar to him.

He knows all about the style of play.

It happened to be the key to breaking the game.

Thinking of this, Kidd played all post-up singles directly.

Bang-!
From the three-point line, Kidd rolled over Billups step by step and came to the shooting sweet spot.

A turnaround jumper and a two-pointer.

At this time, Kidd fully demonstrated that he is the nemesis of Billups.

Facing the enhanced version of Kidd who is like a mirror, Billups' defensive ability is not great, Kidd has not aged, and his combat power has not been compromised due to injuries.

Billups was totally unstoppable.

Kidd is about to beat Billups, and O'Neal comes out of defense.

Kidd's pass instantly activated O'Neal's offense.

Active No. [-] controller, one word: strong!

The two sides played back and forth in the game, and no one could do anything to the opponent.

After the first quarter, the score was 32 to 33, and the Magic fell behind by 1 point to the Lakers.

In the second quarter of the game, Li Mu only replaced Jackson and sent Reid on the field.

Jackson changed two people, Lewis and Fox off, Kirilenko and Horry on.

The second quarter started.

Kidd continued to pass the ball to Duncan.

Horry was completely overwhelmed, and Kirilenko quickly assisted in the defense.

Duncan passed the ball, Reid caught the ball and made a three-point jumper...

Swish-!
"Reed looks mediocre, but his shooting is a must, so the Lakers dare to pinch Duncan again." Mike Breen said.

Barkley grinned and explained, "If you don't pinch Duncan, Lewis and Horry can't stop Duncan's singles.

If it is flanking, Reed's three-pointer will punish the Lakers.

Now, the Lakers should have a very headache..."

Redd's three-pointer gave the Lakers a headache
However, Reid's defense also gave Li Mu a headache.

Kirilenko made a breakthrough with the ball and made a two-pointer directly in front of Reed...

Reed simply couldn't reach it.

The shooting accuracy of AK47 is not bad.

Swish-!
35 to 35! !
Next, Duncan easily backed Horry and scored two points.

Looking back, Kirilenko forced Reed, attracted Duncan's defense, pulled the ball up, assisted Horry, and scored two points for a layup.

The game played for 6 minutes, and the two sides were still at the same starting line.

After all, this is the home court of the Magic, and Li Mu took the initiative to make a substitution.

Bring in Jackson, Tony Parker and Magloire.

Jackson replaced O'Neal and Billups.

O'Neal's physical fitness is a problem, and Billups is exhausted facing Kidd.

Put on Fisher and Lewis.

Next, Tony Parker and O'Neal played pick-and-roll tactics.

Jermaine O'Neal cut into the paint, caught the ball, jumped up, dunked and blasted the basketball into the basket.

Immediately afterwards, Jermaine O'Neal made a two-point jumper in front of Fisher.

Coupled with Tony Parker's sharp breakthrough, he made a layup and made a small throw.

The Magic's offense continued.

The offensive firepower of the Lakers has also not weakened.

Kobe singled out Reid and easily succeeded in a fadeaway jumper.

Kirilenko breakthrough jumper, Jackson is also difficult to defend.

Coupled with Fisher, with his strong body, he forcibly broke through Tony Parker's defense line and scored inside.

On the court, the game is still anxious, and it has entered a battle of dominance.

At the end of the first half, the Magic scored 64 points 61 to 3 and entered the locker room to rest.

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(End of this chapter)