I feel hot in the NBA

Chapter 296 Fighting Alone

"Today the Lakers are in a very good state. They used a rhythm that they are not good at, but they can keep biting the score. This surprised me. However, we still went to some leads. This is a very morale-boosting thing for us, which is beneficial to our next game!"

Carlisle accepted the interview between the quarters, first expressed his surprise at the state of the Lakers today, but at the same time he was satisfied with the fact that the Mavericks still led by 3 points at the end of the first quarter.

However, when facing the players, his expression became much more serious: "The Lakers are very adaptable to our game rhythm today, so we will make some changes in the game rhythm. However, the first thing to pay attention to is that we must maintain our own rhythm and not be affected by the opponent!"

Carlisle's attempt to change the rhythm of the game in the first quarter was unsuccessful, but he did not give up on the idea. After all, he is the defending champion. If they keep the same offensive rhythm until the end, and the score difference is not much, then it will be hard to say who will win and who will lose. One thing Carlisle has never forgotten is that the Lakers have been the championship team for the past two years.

Although their state this year is obviously not as good as in the past two years, there are still three thousand nails in the broken ship!As the defending champions, their explosive energy at the critical moment is amazing, and their experience at the critical moment is unmatched by a team like the Mavericks. No matter how you say it, they are "soft-footed shrimp in the playoffs"!

Carlisle's style of play for this round of the series is very clear, that is, he is determined not to fight a stalemate with the Lakers. Teams with championship background like the Lakers and the Spurs like to "support the battle with battle". Maybe they will not perform well in the first game, and they may not perform well in the second game, but give them enough time to understand their opponents and let them play against them a few times at critical moments, then their changes in the game will be quite amazing!

This is why the Spurs have become a strong enemy that no one dares to ignore as soon as they enter the playoffs!
Of course... People have stumbled, horses have stumbled, and this year's Spurs stumbled and were "black seven".

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The first half of the second quarter of the Mavericks was Jason Kidd. Lin Yanggang played much earlier in the first quarter, and experienced Kobe's defense and defense in the middle. Carlisle decided to let Lin Yang rest directly, just as Kidd had enough rest.

Anyway, the play style during the second quarter's substitute rotation is similar to the formula-Jason Terry and Caron Butler are two scorers plus a good organizational ability at the [-]st position.

This person can be Lin Yang or Kidd!
The effect is no difference!

This has been proven before in the regular season.

"Shh!"

In less than 8 seconds after the game started, the Lakers missed an attack on the bench, Jason Kidd easily assisted Caron Butler and hit a three-pointer, which also confirmed this point.

Kidd can do what Lin Yang did during the substitute rotation.

The only shortcoming may be that Kidd's own offensive ability is somewhat insufficient!

This turned the "three shots" from the outside into "two shots from the outside", but the bench used to shoot the Lakers must be enough. The Mavericks had established an 3-point lead at 30 minutes and 8 seconds of the second quarter.

In other words, in more than 3 minutes, the Mavericks scored 5 more points than the Lakers!
The speed at which this advantage expanded made Kobe unable to sit still and directly asked to be replaced. Phil Jackson couldn't stop Kobe, so he could only put him on the court as he thought.

Kobe scored 47 points in the last game, but he also played 39 minutes and only rested for 9 minutes, of which five or six minutes were garbage time.

And today he played the entire 12 minutes of the first quarter, and now he played at 3 minutes and 52 seconds of the second quarter, obviously he will not be off the court for the next time.

"Kobe may only rest for less than 4 minutes in the first half. To be honest, I am familiar with this kind of playing time. This is Kobe before 07. To be honest, in terms of the record of the Lakers in those years, it is not a good thing for Kobe to play so much!" Kenny Smith watched Kobe play, but frowned.

There is a popular saying among many experts in the NBA: Kobe played the most minutes, and the time when he scored the highest is often the most critical time for the Lakers.

This is what Kenny Smith thought of at this time. In his opinion, this sentence also explains the current bad situation of the Lakers very well.

This team has reached the time when only Kobe can resist a little when he is on the court, and the lone hero Kobe has proven that he has no ability to win in the playoffs.

The situation of the Lakers is not optimistic!

"However, this is the luckiest thing about this team, they have Kobe!"

"This allows them to resist longer!"

While Kenny Smith was speaking, the game also restarted. The Mavericks also made substitutions during this period, and all the starters returned to the field.

Including Lin Yang also regained the field when the two sides played for 5 minutes.

It's just that the Mavericks started again and Lin Yang failed to continue to widen the point difference, but was narrowed back to 1 point difference.

As Kenny Smith said, the lucky thing for the Lakers is that they have Kobe. This guy was full of firepower in the rest of the second quarter and scored 15 points in a single quarter. With these 15 points, the Lakers successfully narrowed the point difference back to 1 point.

At the end of the halftime game, the Mavericks and the Lakers became 58 to 57!

The Mavericks lead by a narrow margin.

"Wow, Kobe is really strong. I really didn't understand those two three-pointers. How did he make them? Isn't this too unbelievable?"

"Kobe is really good. He proved his strength as No.1 in the league. Now the Lakers are completely left with him still fighting!"

"Kobe has already scored 23 points. He won't score 47 points tonight? This is too scary!"

At this time, the fans through the online platform are sincerely feeling for Kobe. There is no way, after 3 minutes and 40 seconds of the second quarter, it is not so much the Lakers who are competing with the Mavericks, it is better to say that Kobe is competing with the Mavericks alone!Those goals really stunned all the fans who watched the game. In this year when most people are saying that the league has officially entered a new generation, too many claims about Kobe is no longer No. 1 are flooding everyone’s ears, but now Kobe uses these goals to let everyone know, my crown, if you don’t take it down, others don’t want to grab it!
(End of this chapter)