lakers championship

Chapter 347
The timeout ended in a blink of an eye, and the game continued between the two teams.Like the Lakers, the Celtics also replaced the bench. The new lineup is: point guard Irving, shooting guard Smart, small forward Hayward, power forward Marcus, and center Horford.

O'Neill: "Stevens is more sensible than Wharton, and he didn't use the five-up and five-down approach."

Kenny: "Not necessarily. It may be that the Lakers are pressing the whole game. The starting players are too tired and must rest."

Barkley: "It is also possible that Stevens wants to take this opportunity to chase points."

The Celtics attacked first, Irving dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, Smart stepped forward to screen, and Kobe switched defenses.

According to Stevens' tactics, Irving should continue to go to the right at this time and cooperate with Marcus at the short corner, but seeing Kobe defending, Irving hesitated a little, and finally stopped.

Stevens shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands on the sidelines, unable to understand why Irving changed his tactics temporarily. He is not a rigid coach and will not force his players to follow the established tactics every step of the way, but this time there is really no reason.

Could it be that Kobe is easy to bully?
"I lost the heads-up last time, and I always remember it in my heart. Although you are too old now, you won't have much glory if you win, but I still want to do it again." Irving held the ball with his left hand and chatted with Kobe.

People are always entangled by things they couldn't get when they were young, and Owen is like this.

Not long after he entered the league, as a Kobe, he wanted to prove himself in a one-on-one match with Kobe, but the Lakers could only play against the Cavaliers twice a season, which made him unable to do so.

For this reason, Irving offered Kobe a heads-up bet of $5 at the Olympic training camp of the U.S. national team, but Kobe refused and asked Irving to go back to talk to his father, so he still failed to do so.

Later, Irving really got a chance to single out Kobe, but his fake action failed to shake Kobe away, and he forced a shot to make Kobe slap the cap away, which was regarded as a defeat.

In other words, Irving has been in the league for several years and has not been able to beat Kobe in heads-up.

Now, the opportunity came again, how could he be willing, willing, and willing to miss it?

Kobe heard the words, bent down, slapped the floor with both hands, and shouted: "Come on!"

With such an action, the fans on the scene reacted one after another, and they stood up and applauded Owen. Although Stevens was displeased, he kept it silently in his heart and did not show it on his face.

Adhering to the idea that he must succeed once, Owen put away his smile in an instant, and began to change hands and dribble the ball under his crotch.

Change hands once, change hands twice, change hands three times, faster and faster!

For the fourth time, Irving finally raised his shoulders and took a sudden step to the left. Seeing Kobe raised his right hand and moved laterally to intercept, he immediately stopped and switched to his right hand to dribble for the fifth time.

Kobe reacted quickly enough and moved his feet to the right in an instant, but Irving suddenly pulled the ball and turned around.

The movement was very quick, but his left foot, which was used to stop and brake suddenly, was the pivot foot, and it didn't move at all. To be precise, it stopped halfway through the turn, and could switch freely between left and right.

Kobe has sharp eyes and instinctively moves to the right again.

Now Owen turned, turned completely to the left, and the pivot foot of his left foot also kicked the ground vigorously.

17 to 24, the Celtics are only 7 points behind.

"YEAH!" More than 1 Kay fans shouted passionately at the scene. Marcus rushed forward to celebrate with a chest bump with Owen. Stevens smiled. The Celtics are on the move. This heads-up is very valuable!
"Good job, you successfully ignited my fighting spirit!" Kobe smiled at Irving, turned and ran to the backcourt.

The praise is sincere, because Owen's left-right and right-handed state is very similar to him; the harsh words are also sincere, he is never willing to lose to others, even if the opponent is a junior.

Rose brought the ball to the frontcourt and played high double gears as before. Kobe was the first to do the pick-and-roll, and McGee was the second to do the pick-and-roll, but McGee is not Randall, and he has no ability to attack with the ball outside the three-point line , Stevens stood on the sidelines and waved his hand, signaling Marcus and Smart to double-team Rose.

In the blink of an eye, Rose glanced at the basket and found that Horford was still in charge, and immediately passed the ball sideways.

Kobe took the ball at the top of the arc, and Irving stood in front of him. The two looked at each other and smiled, and Kobe decisively hit back.

Left, right, left, left, left, right, Kobe continued to shake. Irving did not block the defense, but took a step back to defend the breakthrough. He felt that Kobe was too old to use such a difficult technical action as a turn and fallback jumper.

That once thought, just as his footsteps were solid, Kobe suddenly turned to the right, jumped up dry, and fell back for a three-pointer.

With a bang, the basketball went into the net hollow, and the Lakers were 27 to 17.

Irving shook his head with his hips on his hips, knowing that he paid the price for belittling Kobe.

The Celtics attacked again, Irving dribbled the ball to 45 degrees, handed it to Smart in the middle, and turned around and ran to the basket.

"Hey, Kobe, I also want to fight you one-on-one, can you?" Smart asked suddenly, with a loud voice.

Kobe shook his head and chuckled: "Good boy, don't bother, I know you are attracting our defensive attention and creating opportunities for Irving. I abandoned this trick in the third month of my rookie."

The deception was exposed, Smart's expression was awkward, and what was even more embarrassing was that Irving did not run out of position. The Lakers' McGee and Lopez's double-center combination made a solid bet on the basket.

Irving had to circle back 45 degrees, and the moment he received a pass from Smart, he made a scissors-kick feint, but Rose didn't hesitate and remained firmly in front of him.

Helpless, Owen can only take a strong step to the right, and then pass the ball with an emergency stop.

Horford took the ball in a low position on the left side, suffered a lot from Tianyang, and subconsciously held the ball tightly to his chest with both hands.

Lopez is not as flexible as Tianyang, but his strength and height surpass Tianyang. Horford can only feint to find opportunities.

I thought that Lopez was too old and didn't react fast enough. As a result, he hit the ball sideways, and Horford failed in a daze.

In a blink of an eye, with only 4 seconds left on the offensive clock, Horford turned over and shot a jumper helplessly.

With a bang, the shot hit the iron, McGee grabbed the rebound, and the Lakers switched offense and defense.

Rose dribbled the ball to the left wing. Marcus and Smart stared at him aggressively, as if they were ready to double-team at any time, but Rose suddenly gave up the high double gear and gave the ball to McGee at the top of the arc. Mobile offensive tactics.

Anyway, Wharton said that he watched the fight, and there was no special requirement.

Rose took advantage of the trend and rushed to the short corner on the right. Carter used the screen to circle to the three-point line and received a pass from McGee.

Hayward, who was defending him, froze for a moment, then shook his head and ignored him, and casually stretched out his hand for a moment.

Carter was not polite when he arrived, and took off directly.

With a swish, another three-pointer was hit, and the Lakers led 30 to 17 by 13 points. Stevens was going crazy, but he couldn't call a timeout, so he could only hold back, feeling uncomfortable.

The Celtics attacked, and Irving rushed to the frontcourt like riding a motorcycle, trying to beat the Lakers without a firm foothold.

Hayward also had the same idea as him. Irving passed the ball immediately, and Hayward caught the ball and went straight to the basket.

Carter ran slowly and fell two steps behind. Hayward easily initiated a layup.

Seeing that he couldn't catch up, Carter was also in a hurry, and simply took off on the spot and rushed to the hoop.

I am old, but I can jump very high and far. Otherwise, how can I perform a 360-degree windmill dunk?

With a snap, Carter finished nailing the big hat, and after landing, he quickly turned around to get the rebound, then raised his arm and made a long pass. Kobe caught the ball from the center line and turned around and ran wildly.

Smart reacted quickly enough, quickly backed up and stood still, and when Kobe rushed to the three-point line and was about to make contact, he fell straight down.

The funny thing is that at that moment, Kobe turned around with a move.

So, Smart staged a flop when he was one position away from Kobe, just like playing an NBA2K game, accidentally pressing the □ button, but Kobe faced an unguarded rim and easily scored 2 points .

O'Neill laughed loudly: "The latest materials of the five big embarrassments are released, Smart, MY BOY!"

Kenny: "Kobe has 5 points, Carter has a block, an assist and a 3-pointer. The Celtics are going to collapse."

Barkley shook his head with a 'tsk tsk': "I didn't say that, these two old guys are crazy about fighting for the show!"

　There was a clerical error in the last chapter, and Rondo's score was attributed to the Celtics, which has been corrected.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)