God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 256 What I Missed Not Just the Records
The atmosphere in the locker room of the home team was very gloomy. Anyone who encountered such a superb Kobe would feel very helpless. Fortunately, Iverson stepped forward in time to help the team open the situation in the second half of the second quarter. The opponent further widened the point difference.

While the 76ers were doing massages with the help of a physical therapist, they kept stuffing their mouths and listening to Brown's second-half tactics.So the players are also very busy during the halftime break, but everything is to prepare for the next two quarters. If they don't recover well during the halftime break, then the second half will directly become soft-footed shrimp, that At that time, the head coach will definitely put them on the bench without hesitation, so as not to kill the team.

"I have to admit that we can't defend Kobe in this game, but we can't give up either. Raja, you will be responsible for defending him in the second half. If you can't stop him from shooting, try to consume his energy. Thinking of the last moment of the game, he should not have such a perverted scoring efficiency, and we will have more chances to win the game."

"As for the offense, Allen, you did a good job in the second half of the second quarter. I hope you can continue to maintain it in the second half. As long as you can mobilize everyone's offensive firepower, even if Kobe can score 60 points in this game, we are fine. It's scary. Of course, it doesn't matter if we are sure of going it alone, now we still have to pay more attention to scoring."

Hearing Brown's words, Chang Wei couldn't help laughing beside him. It seems that the Lakers' offense in this game still put a lot of pressure on the coach. Otherwise, with his defensive style, how could he say that he should pay more attention to scoring?

Chang Wei himself is more inclined to attack. With the current configuration of the 76ers, you can't justify not holding high the banner of offense.But the offense still needs to talk about routines. It is not impossible to let Iverson score points like Kobe, but the efficiency is too low. After all, the positions, physical fitness and technical characteristics of the two are different. Kobe can score but Iverson Not necessarily.

So Iverson's state in the second quarter is the best, and once he brings up the touch of his teammates, he can also have plenty of room to score.Among other things, once the three-pointer is opened, the inside line will be as wide as the sea, and there is no one in the Lakers except O'Neal who can stop his breakthrough layup, which is good news for him.

After the start of the second half, the Lakers did not intend to replace Kobe. In fact, he only rested for a few minutes throughout the first half. For an extremely excited person, continuous high-intensity combat is really trivial.

But this time, every time he scored, he spent more energy than in the first half, because Bell had already stuck to him, following Kobe's footsteps like a follower, even if others came up to cover, Bell would He will push through tenaciously, just not wanting to make Kobe feel better, and high-intensity physical confrontation is even more commonplace.

Even so, Kobe is still trying to score, he just thinks that Bell is more difficult to deal with on the defensive end, and he doesn't think about it elsewhere.Bell has already made up his mind to consume Kobe's physical strength. The experience of defending Kobe in the first half told him that the man in front of him cannot be defended in this game. He can only try to make him more uncomfortable on the offensive end.

Bell spent a lot of effort on the defensive end, so he naturally began to stealth on the offensive end, but his teammates didn't intend to let him take on any scoring tasks. Iverson, Snow and Lewis directly scored the points. Mutombo also used his good pick-and-roll to add to the icing on the cake, so it seemed that the 76ers' offense looked like that.

The 6-point gap has long been tied by the 76ers, but they have no way to widen the score. The point difference between the two sides has always fluctuated within 3 points. Of course, the 76ers seem to be the one with the advantage.Zen master was a little anxious to get angry at first, but now he can only pin all his hopes on Kobe. He knows that with Kobe's character, even if he asks him to hand the ball to O'Neal and score in a more secure way inside, he is very likely to Eight or nine would not listen.

But even if O'Neal asks for the ball, maybe Fisher will give it to Kobe first. He has a pretty good personal relationship with Kobe, and it's not like Kobe can't score now, but it takes more time for each round.The Lakers themselves are not known for their fast offense. Since Kobe can still score, let him score. A slower pace is not a bad thing.

Compared with the slow offensive rhythm of the Lakers, the rhythm of the 76ers is so fast that it is difficult for everyone to hold the basketball for more than two seconds. Everyone is already looking for the next one when they catch the ball. The catch is on point until the basketball is moved to safety, allowing the finisher to release the shot with ease.

As time passed, Kobe's shooting percentage slowly began to decline, while O'Neal's scoring began to increase. After all, he was fighting for rebounds inside. The more Kobe hit the iron, the more chances he had to score on the second attack. .However, this way of scoring made Zen master frown. In his opinion, the team's scoring like this is really ugly, but what can be done about it?Kobe is not an iron man either. Under Bell's "meticulous" care, it is not bad to be able to persist until now.

In the third quarter, the 76ers have completely reversed the unfavorable situation. Although they failed to widen the point difference, they are much better than the first half.And this quarter Kobe also failed to score crazy points, and only scored 10 points in a single quarter. Although it was also a very good performance, it was completely worthless compared with his abnormal stats of 35 points in the half.

In the last quarter, Kobe's situation became even worse. When it was difficult for the Lakers' role players to score, Snow also unscrupulously began to double-team him with Bell.This is a step up from the double-teaming between Reid and Bell before. After all, Snow is an important defensive force on the outside of the team, and he is more professional on the defensive end than Reid.At this time, the Lakers wanted to shift the focus of offense to O'Neal, but it was too late, and there was not much time left for them, while the 76ers firmly controlled the rhythm of the game, so the Lakers had to run wildly behind them. Physical strength will drop faster.

In the end, Kobe's personal score was fixed at 52 points, which still failed to break Baylor's record, but what made him feel even more helpless was that not only the record was gone, but the team also lost the game and could only return to Los Angeles with 0-2 Going to prepare for the third round.

(End of this chapter)