You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 969 Merry Christmas
The Lakers want their fans to have a wonderful Christmas.

In the second half, James and Durant led the Lakers to launch a counterattack.

James exerted his strength and suddenly accelerated from the backcourt to the three-point line, with Gallinari and Tenet Odosic on his body for a layup.

Next, it was James and Durant playing pick and roll again.

This is the most incomprehensible for the Lakers, and it may be the only two-player tactical coordination that can be called uncountable in history.

James picks and rolls, Durant cuts inside, catches the ball in the paint, swings two blockers in the air for a layup -- the paint is unbeatable.

They played happily, and Wei Xia naturally didn't want to fall behind too much.

He catches the ball in one step inside the three-point line, facing Chris Paul, who is a head shorter than him, he has to shake his back in place, and lean back to make a mid-range shot-to deal with those who are smaller than him, if you don’t want to break through, you have to lean on your back.

Although Paul's defense is an outlier among players of his size, it is almost impossible to prevent his shots.

The Lakers tightly blocked the 76ers' outside shots in the second half.

Especially Kobe, they treat the old man who is about to be 40 years old, but they don't know restraint at all, as if they want to smash the old bones of the black mamba to pieces.

Kobe played against more intense competition than this when he was younger.

It's a bit difficult for him to cope with it now, but it's not unbearable.The Lakers strengthened their defense against him, which made him feel like returning to his youth.

It was definitely a good time.

Kobe took the ball to break through, not very fast, creating chaos for the Lakers defense, the ball was passed out, and Gallinari received the ball for a three-pointer.

The competition became more and more fierce.

It is understandable that the Lakers want to win, and then double-kill the 76ers this season.

Everyone says that the 76ers are their biggest opponent this season. If they can double-kill the 76ers, they will also be able to establish a psychological advantage when they meet in the finals in the future.

The 76ers set a trap for James.

James' golf quotient is considered the top group, how could he not see the plan of the 76ers?The emperor dribbled the ball domineeringly and rushed in.

He knows what his opponent is going to do, but he has the certainty and confidence to force his way through the trap.

The emperor broke through Wei Xia's left shoulder and changed hands in the air. The 33-year-old body could still glide to the other side of the basket. What he didn't expect was that Cousins, who came to help defend, just stood there and raised his hands without jumping, while Wei Xia behind him followed his bounce and spread his wings like a bird.

Obviously his figure and explosive power are stronger than Wei Xia's, but it feels like his whole body is blocked by a black cloud, covering the sky and the sun, covering him, and then, a thunderbolt hat.

The moment James was blocked, the cheers of the Wells Fargo Center could not stop.

The ball flew from the backcourt to the frontcourt, and Kobe raised his hand and made a three-pointer.

"Kobe's state tonight is the best Christmas gift for Philadelphia and Pennsylvania!"

Wei Xia said to James without knowing restraint: "If you think I will let you layup casually, you are very wrong."

James fell for it.

He thought the 76ers had prepared a trap, but Cousins ​​was just an atypical "bait".

They made James mistakenly think that there were traps waiting inside. In fact, the so-called traps inside were just for bluffing, so that James chose to glide in a way that Wei Xia could predict.

James thought he had predicted how the trap would start, but Wei Xia predicted his prediction.

The Lakers are in a hurry, and the score cannot be narrowed for a long time.

Durant stopped the bleeding with a three-pointer from the outside.

Then came Cousins' heart-breaking blow.

Cousins ​​rarely holds the ball beyond the arc, something he did often before the Sixers won the 76 title.

Before Jay Wright joined the team, Cousins ​​was like a spoiled brat, doing whatever he wanted, and no one could control him except Wesha.But Wei Xia is really not the kind of leader who will get angry and suppress people because he doesn't understand certain actions of his teammates.

He only pointed it out when Cousins ​​really sabotaged the flow of the game and caused the team to lose.

Today, he suddenly holds the ball from the outside and finds that there is no chance to pass the ball. Larry Lance Jr. is waiting for him in the penalty area. He is sure that Cousins ​​​​cannot shoot a three-pointer.

He can shoot three-pointers, but if he doesn't shoot, it would be naive for the opponent to think that he can stop his offense by sitting in the pit.

Cousins ​​stepped into the restricted area, forcibly brushed past Lance, found an opponent and succeeded in a throw. The referee called Lance a foul, and the standard "And one!" - Lance was five meters away from him and waited for him. The entire Lakers shrank the restricted area and waited for him.

That 2+1 set the tone for the 76ers.

The Lakers are very strong, really strong, and Jandoo is invincible in the pick-and-roll, but once the 76ers' outside touch explodes, they can feed back Cousins.

When the 76ers open the four players with a deadly three-point threat, even if the Lakers intend to control the inside, they have to accept that Cousins ​​​​has one-on-one space most of the time.

As the insider with the best offensive ability in the league today, Cousins ​​is not a problem when he hits anyone one-on-one.

Lance of the Lakers is just an appetizer in front of him. Even though he has perfectly inherited his father's physical fitness and athletic ability, basketball is not just a sport of physical fitness.

Cousins ​​has a hundred ways to keep him from jumping, but he just keeps jumping.

Cousins ​​dominated the inside, and the 76ers' outside line was not inaccurate even as the Lakers improved their defensive strength. There was already a 21-point gap in the first half.

In the third quarter, the 76ers won another point.

A few minutes into the fourth quarter, the Lakers lay flat and gave up the game early because they were down by 32 points.

In this battle, the 76ers scored 25 three-pointers.

Wei Xia once again hit a triple-double.

In front of James, his 26 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists just covered the opponent's points and assists tonight.

While Kobe scored 22 points, he also had 5 assists.

Cousins ​​had 26 points, 12 rebounds, and 7 offensive rebounds. He put Lance in good order. After the game, he said harshly: "You can't imagine that the championship will lose by 36 points in a game."

That's right, 36 points, that's the final difference between the 76ers and the Lakers.

The 76ers avenged their defeat by the Lakers at the beginning of the season with a hearty shooting performance.

"They're playing well and our competition is just getting started."

As soon as the game was over, James put the failure down.

He has been in the league for almost 15 years, has played countless games, and has already cultivated a big heart for a moment.

A 36-point defeat may be better for him than a 1-point loss.

A narrow loss of 1 point means that they fought in vain in the end.

The disastrous defeat can make the game enter garbage time early, and he and his teammates can clean up their mood and prepare for the next game seriously.

Durant didn't want to talk about the game at all.

"You have all seen that today's 76ers are unstoppable!"

Just this sentence, he didn't want to say too much, if the reporter insisted on it, he would make a bad face and leave the interview room.

As a result, a reporter really asked.

And Durant really ignored them and just left.

The media's favorite image of a Lakers player is Chris Paul. As the current chairman of the players' association, he manages his external image quite beautifully.

He said some beautiful scene words, the reporter is passable, and will say good things about him in the news tomorrow.

The 76ers didn't have as much movement as the Lakers. Both Wei Xia and Kobe answered some questions and then returned to the locker room.

The locker room is much more dynamic than the access room.

Slaughtering the Lakers by 36 points is not a trivial matter.

Even Odom, who has become the home announcer of the 76ers, sneaked into the locker room to celebrate with everyone as a 76ers star.

"If you want me to say, there is nothing to celebrate." Kobe said seriously, "Our goal is the championship, and this is just a regular season!"

Was Kobe the mood-buster tonight?

He kept a straight face, as if he wanted to spoil the atmosphere.

The next line, however, takes a turn for the worse: "But you fucking mashups really played well tonight, Merry Christmas!"

The locker room returned to the previous state of demons dancing wildly.

The Christmas game is a turning point during the regular season.

The 76ers' system has thus matured, and the chemical reaction is getting better and better, but the Lakers lost their way in seeking the adaptation of the Big Three, and were repeatedly upset by weak teams.

(End of this chapter)