After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 178 Fighting against Kobe
Returning home after two consecutive away trips, the Magic once again encountered the Mavericks blocking.

In this game, all the Mavericks broke out and successfully double-killed the Magic in the regular season.

Josh Howard, who was once "hailed" as one of Dallas' double uglies, scored 33 points and 9 rebounds, but the key to the Mavericks' victory lies in the substitute.

Li Chengming was double-teamed crazily this time, but the shooters who passed the ball to the outside were crazily hitting the iron. On the other hand, Terry, Bass and others of the Mavericks on the opposite side all scored efficiently.

In the third quarter, Li Chengming and Howard once attacked and defended, once the score was close, and the reversal was imminent, but then Li Chengming was targeted by the Mavericks on the defensive end. In less than 4 minutes of the fourth quarter, he had 6 fouls. field.

The tactics of the Mavericks today can be considered very targeted. Li Chengming was plagued by fouls and didn't play much.

He has accumulated experience in the game, but he is really targeted defensively, and if the referee "gives face", it is still easy to foul.

In fact, not to mention him, Howard is the same. He also fouled 5 times this time.

In the second half of the fourth quarter, the Mavericks began to frequently attack Howard. As a result, he contributed to the "famous scene" of missing 4 consecutive free throws at the free throw line, allowing the Mavericks to reopen the score.

Seeing that there was no hope of chasing points in the last minute and a half, Van Gundy had to replace all the main players and conceded the loss.

The final score was 98:107. The Magic's substitute child had no milk, and even under the pressure-free situation, he was able to catch up a little bit.

The Magic's four-game winning streak came to an end, and the fiery state was forced to cool down.

In the long regular season, the ups and downs of the state are justified, and the game is also affected by many factors, such as the referee, such as the outbreak of the opponent, so a loss is not so unacceptable.

It's just that the home fans are uncomfortable. It's hard to find time to watch the game on weekdays, but the result is to watch the loss.

And this time the Magic can also be said to have tried their best, but the goddess of victory did not stand on their side tonight.

Fortunately, the Celtics did not seize this opportunity. In the game a day later, they also lost a game after two consecutive victories. This time the opponent was the Cavaliers.

In this game, the Cavaliers sit at home, and the three armies are in full swing. Both Hughes and Big Z performed well, and James even scored a 30+ quasi-triple-double.

Without Garnett's interior defense, the Celtics' restrictions on James began to crack, let alone cut him off from his teammates.

However, this game is a bit suspected of the home whistle. It is different from when they played against the Magic. After two victories, the Celtics seem to have adapted to the absence of Garnett, at least on the offensive end. alright.

Before this game, they rested for four days to recharge their batteries. However, the inside line was troubled by the foul at the home whistle, and they were afraid to defend, but they still played to the end. They regretted losing by one point, and the loss finally came. Arrived 10 times.

As for the Magic, they adjusted their form and played against the Nets at home. This time they did not disappoint the fans. They clocked in to end the battle in three quarters and became the first team to win 40 wins this season.

40 wins and 11 losses, still ranked first in the East and the league!

In this game, the "troika" of the Nets is all there. Unfortunately, the team is not easy to lead when people lose their minds.

The opposing team was in poor form, but the Magic returned to normal. Howard, Lewis, and Turkoglu, the starting "big three", scored 59 points. Li Chengming played only 18 minutes, because the game ended too quickly, and it was not yet time for him to play. chances, not many shots, 7 of 4 and only 11 points.

On February 2, the Magic still sit at home, playing against the traded Lakers, which is also the highlight of this round of NBA.

They will be able to appreciate the combat effectiveness of the new Lakers right away.

Although the deal was officially announced on the 1st, due to various factors, Gasol played for the Lakers for the first time in an away game against the Nets on February 2, and the result immediately showed his fit with the Lakers.

Although winning the Nets at this time can't explain anything, the performance will not lie.

And this game with the Magic is Gasol's third game on behalf of the Lakers.

前两场大概是为了迎接加索尔的到来，科比十分贴心的贡献了背靠背13中3和16中4（三分都是2中0）的表现。

Well, it's very Kobe.

However, superstars will not always perform badly, so the Magic felt before the game that Kobe would probably explode today.

And Van Gundy was very distressed by this, because Kobe played a very typical swingman style of forward and guard. No matter from which aspect, he hit the weakness of the Magic's forward defense.

Whether it's Evans or Bogans, or the misplaced Lewis and Cook, once they match up, there is nothing they can do about him except praying for Kobe to beat him up.

Let alone Li Chengming and Turkoglu who are slow...

And as a coach, he also knows very well that the arrival of Gasol can liberate Kobe on the offensive end, and can even serve as a good supporting fulcrum to help the team play a triangle offensive system. The key to Sol is also the reason why Popovich is dissatisfied with this.

Gasol is the kind of player that typical academic coaches would like. Although he looks soft, he has a high golf quotient, is obedient and obedient to arrangements, and has strong execution ability. Although he has weaknesses, he can do everything. He is considered an insider Generalist.

Most of the European players themselves have advantages in this area. They have solid basic skills and a relatively stable style of play. Gasol is also a typical example.

Although Kobe did not perform well in the first two games, it is not wrong to say that he changed his style of play in order to welcome Gasol's arrival, which can be seen from his assists.

And the first game had 8 assists and 7 turnovers, and the second game immediately had 10 assists and only 1 turnover. This control is also amazing.

Gasol is indeed seamless compared to the Lakers, which is much simpler than Lewis's integration in the Magic, which made Van Gundy even feel a little jealous.

However, in terms of player transactions, he is just a new coach, and he doesn't have that much right to speak, so he can only follow the prescription.

Fortunately, he still has another choice, and that is Li Chengming.

However, this time he did not choose to let Li Chengming start directly against Gasol, but replaced Li Chengming in advance 5 minutes in the middle of the first quarter, and placed him in the third position.

As for the style of play, it is compared with the Lakers, following the gourd painting and copying the triangle offense on the spot.

Not to mention, according to the characteristics of the lineup, the current starting five of the Lakers are Fisher, Kobe, Odom, Gasol and Radmanovic, because Odom is also an insider. , The third and fourth positions are swinging, so the field is actually three highs with two guards.

In this way, Li Chengming's defense would at least not suffer too much in terms of speed and movement.

However, Li Chengming's first defense was to switch defenses against Kobe. Kobe, who was planning to make a transition, glanced at Li Chengming, suddenly grinned, and even stepped forward with the ball and directly carried Li Chengming. .

Li Chengming learned his back punching from watching the videos of him and Qiao Gangzhu and others. Naturally, he has seen a lot of them and knows many of his habits.

It's just that even so, it's not easy to limit on the defensive end.

In fact, according to the size difference between the two, when facing Li Chengming, Kobe's face-to-face breakthrough is a better choice, because he has the advantages of speed and flexibility, and can immediately attract double-teams.

However, he still chose to hit with the back of his hand, which looked more like he wanted to teach on the spot.

To put it more bluntly, he wanted to target Li Chengming, a rookie.

In this regard, Kobe, like Garnett, is a bit "old school".

Bullying rookies, isn't "Welcome to the NBA" a classic trash talk for rookies.

So it is conceivable that if Li Chengming and Kobe had too many matches on the same field, he would definitely seize Li Chengming's point and attack.

Although Li Chengming's defense has improved a lot now, it is still a bit difficult to deal with the opponent's target, especially at the level of a star. Like the Mavericks before, Howard and others made six fouls.

Not to mention the league's super giants like Kobe, Li Chengming can only say his best.

Kobe's hand style was really smooth today. This time, he used the shaking of his shoulders to confuse Li Chengming's center of gravity, and then turned around and shot a fadeaway jumper.

Li Chengming tried his best to keep up with the interference, but Kobe seemed to fly backwards. The distance and the height of the shot made it impossible for Li Chengming, who was not good at instant explosion, to reach this ball.

He can only rely on the length of his hands to use the "Blindfolded Dafa". As for how effective it will be, no one can tell.

Apparently Kobe was not affected by anything, he made a confident shot, and immediately pointed at Li Chengming with a smile when he retreated. There was no specific provocation, but it was more like saying "I did It’s up to you, send out an invitation letter to challenge.

Or, the little shark "did it too"?
Oh, I almost forgot, there is a small shark on the opposite side, mine and mine.

Of course, due to injury, Bynum was absent again in this game, and the Serb topped the starting lineup, while Gasol moved to the fifth position.

In fact, before the arrival of Dajia this season, the Lakers tried various combinations of inside lineups. They used Turiaf and Kwame Brown, but obviously the results were not good.

The arrival of Dajia can be regarded as filling the vacancy, but as for the effect, it still needs to be adjusted to find the most suitable style of play, so this may not be their final stable lineup.

However, the Lakers have fallen behind too much in the early stage, and now is the time to grab the record, and they definitely hope to stabilize as soon as possible.

It's just that the recent schedule is a bit unfriendly to them.

Since January 1, the Lakers have experienced a wave of nine consecutive away games in 31 days, of which the first seven games were in the Eastern Conference. The previous five Lakers have achieved 15 wins and 3 losses, which is not bad. Game 2 of their seven-game streak in the Eastern Conference.

Moreover, the opponents faced in these six games are not weak, except for the Nets who have a bad record-but because they have a star background, they may explode at any time. The other five games are all opponents who are currently in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Both the Pistons and the Magic are powerful.

This is undoubtedly a grind for the Lakers who have just made a trade and urgently need time to adjust.

Fortunately, Gasol has integrated well in the Lakers. At the beginning of this game, he has repeatedly succeeded in singles against Lewis in the low post. There, it was difficult for Lewis to squeeze him.

And Gasol has a soft touch and rich offensive methods in the low post. Whether it is footwork or handwork, Lewis feels overwhelmed.

Kobe is very competitive, so even if he can score 30, 40 or even 50 points every night, he will not be happy if the team cannot win.

He will even take the initiative to threaten the team. If he can't trade him with a good helper and rush to the championship together, he will leave the team.

When O'Neal was let go, Kobe was kept as the core, and now Phil Jackson is invited back. Of course, the old Bass didn't want to drag them into a mess, so this came without a deal.

Although Kobe once liked Houston's Yao, Yao has already signed a five-year contract, and Houston is unlikely to trade him.

After having good teammates, Kobe's mood has even become much more stable, and he can talk and laugh with his opponents on the court.

Of course, he was merciless when it was time to use force, just like this time he saw the opportunity and directly intercepted Howard's pass, and then took the lead in a fast break dunk, which directly caused the Lakers' bench crowd to dance and scream.

Prior to this, the Lakers did not score for two consecutive rounds, and this offense and defense also had the effect of stopping the bleeding.

At this time, Kobe's shiny bald head was shining brightly under the light, as if his whole head was inlaid with a gold border.

Turning around, he pointed at Li Chengming again, as if to ask him to come too.

Li Chengming looked confused, thinking in his heart that he was neither the successor of Jordan nor the successor of Mamba, and he was not very familiar with him, so why did he get caught in this braised egg?

Well, who told him to be in the limelight recently?

I am a Los Angeles steel tycoon, and I am fighting the elite of Te Niang!

Li Chengming really got a little angry. In the next round, he faced Odom with the ball in the low post. This Kobe's younger brother ruthlessly wreaked havoc, causing Odom to directly doubt his life.

In fact, Odom is also a typical example of nonsense, especially on the defensive end. He is not fast against the third position, and his strength is slightly insufficient against the fourth position. The problem of lack of concentration, it is easy to slip away on the field.

So Kobe is often on this side with him. At least Odom has a good golf quotient, but not enough IQ to make up for it.

At this time, the entire Lakers team will also cooperate with them, blocking the outside to prevent the ball from passing out. This method will often cause low-post opponents to make mistakes at the bottom corner and sideline.

Of course, not every time can succeed, but facing Li Chengming today, Ododo can't even delay. Kobe can't deceive Li Chengming even if he wants to interfere with fake moves. If he double-teams in advance, it will definitely appear. Outside space.

(End of this chapter)