Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 182 Showtime
In the second quarter, Jim Jackson and Eric Piakowski each hit a three-pointer.

Seeing that the score difference was about to run to 20 points, the Zen master, who had always been as stable as Mount Tai, couldn't sit still. This was a Christmas battle broadcast live worldwide.

So just one minute into the second quarter, the Lakers requested a timeout.

After returning to the court, the first to respond was rookie Dwyane Wade.

Facing Piakowski's defense, Wade broke through with a simple change of direction, then went into the inside line guarded by Morris Taylor and Scott Padgett, forced a layup, and caused Padgett's foul.

Wadega made a free throw.

Rockets offense, Mookie Norris's pass was intercepted by Barbosa, the Brazilian Lightning completed a fast break dunk with lightning speed, jingle bells, and don't let the world be full of love. .

The two offenses combined took less than 10 seconds, and the Lakers narrowed the point difference to 14 points.

Seeing that Norris and Piakowski tended to become cash machines, Tomjanovich decisively resorted to his trump card, fucking Francis and Mobley.

With the return of the two guns, the Rockets gradually stabilized the situation. Although Wade continued to score points relying on his personal ability, the Rockets always responded. Jim Jackson hit his third three-pointer. With 3 minutes left, the point difference was stabilized at 7 to 47.

The two sides changed back to the main force one after another, and the Lakers left the big white bear Ostertag on the court to deal with Yao Ming.

Yao Ming tried to beat Ostertag by force, but the Pyrenees hadn't been afraid of anyone if it was head-to-head, and Yao Ming barely missed.

Cato grabbed the rebound and went out of bounds. Garnett quickly picked up the basketball and threw it to the fast-moving Kobe with a quarterback. After Kobe caught the ball, he did not take off directly. Mobley, who was chasing, flew out of the baseline, and then calmly scored a backhand layup.

The Staples Center, which had been silent for a quarter and a half, finally regained its vitality.

The ball returned to Yao Ming's hands and he continued to single Ostertag. This time, Yao Ming learned his lesson and used his own skills to create opportunities. A gorgeous Shanghai dance made Ostertag dizzy and Yao Ming made an easy layup. hit.

Francis continued his bad touch, but his unreasonable style of play and strong physical fitness caused a lot of confusion for the Lakers' defense. In addition, the Lakers were afraid of the Rockets' inside twin towers, which made Francis self-inflicted and self-robbed. The lack of frontcourt rebounds leads to the inability to play fast breaks, and the efficiency of positional warfare is not high. The 15-point difference is like a hurdle that cannot be overcome.

For the Lakers, after Kobe's layup with a glimpse, he started to maintain his health. The Lakers' offense is completely carried by Garnett. Whether it is Cato or Yao Ming, they have nothing to do with Garnett, who has a huge range of movement and accurate shots. Way, in the first half, Garnett scored a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds, but the Lakers only scored 47 points.

The Rockets scored 60 points at halftime, which is not their norm. Obviously, the Lakers' defense has a big problem.

Bryant walked back into the tunnel with no expression on his face, scoring four points on 3-of-1 shooting in the first half.

"Kobe, this guy really doesn't make me worry. I guess he wants to show the world how important he is to the team in this way. Let's wait and see." Seeing Nicholson next to him being shot The performance of the Lakers in the half game was so angry that he blew his beard and stared at his eyes. Jim could only express his own speculation to comfort the old actor.

Back in the third quarter, Kobe really looked like a different person. As soon as he came up, he cut to the basket, received a lob from Garnett, and scored with an alley-oop dunk with both hands.Then he stole Cato's casual throw-in and added two points on a gliding layup to bring the deficit back to single digits.

Mobley's magical touch in the first half also seemed to have faded. His mid-range shot failed to make a hit. Malone grabbed the rebound and handed it to Billups to push the fast break. Kobe gritted his teeth and asked for the ball outside the three-point line , After receiving the pass, he confidently made a three-pointer and made a precise hit.

Tomjanovich quickly called a timeout, Kobe seemed to have turned on the killing mode, and within 1 minute he played a wave of 7-0.

The first attack came back from a timeout, and the Rockets were going to hand it over to Yao Ming, but Garnett took the defense around the front. Francis' pass was delayed, and Yao Ming violated the three-second rule.

Kobe, feeling hot, continued to attack, and the Rockets sent Jim Jackson to double-team, but Kobe who entered the state was known as a player who had to go up when there was difficulty, and if there was no difficulty, he had to go up when there was no difficulty. "Only two people defend, so Good opportunity, voted."

"Kobe feels hot. The Rockets have to be careful about their defense. Look at Kobe's ball, hey, he really dared to shoot! He really dared to score!"

With only 4 points left, the audience cheered up and shouted "Defend! Defend!"

Although Mobley was cold, Francis seemed to have a tendency to regain his touch. Using Cato's pick-and-roll to force a breakthrough, Tiyun folded and made a layup with a difficult hit, which also caused a foul by Billups.

Today, Billups's state is extremely bleak, not to mention frequent shots, and also sent a number of turnovers, and the defensive effect on Francis is not good. Francis' 15 of 4 shots are entirely due to his own touch.

Zen Master replaced Billups with 4 fouls and replaced Wade as point guard.

Billups, who returned to the bench, was extremely depressed, covered his head with a towel, and bowed his head in silence.

Francis also made a free throw.

The Lakers attacked, and Kobe directly pulled out two steps away from the three-point line, piercing the heart with an arrow.

The audience cheered, and Nicholson on the sidelines raised his hands in celebration.

Garnett continued to circle forward to defend Yao Ming, and this time Francis learned his lesson and passed the ball to Jim Jackson as a transition, and passed into the paint from another angle.

Garnett, who lost his defensive position, could only watch Yao Ming score a dunk. This is the disadvantage of defending around the front.

Kobe, who had already scored 12 points in a row, took the ball, and the audience had already stood up and started applauding. Everyone in the Rockets focused on Kobe.

Three steps away from the three-point line, Kobe suddenly collected the ball and threw it towards the basket.

Wade, who made a ghostly cut along the baseline, jumped high and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand!
Wade swung around the basket with one hand, and pointed his other finger at Kobe who sent him a wonderful pass.

Francis singles Wade, uses the change of direction to shake away Wade's center of gravity, rushes to the basket, and prepares to use a signature powerful one-handed tomahawk slam dunk in return for Wade's performance just now.

Boss Fu's tomahawk was pulled halfway, but he felt that his hand was empty, and the basketball had been shot down by Wade who took off at the same time.

Malone grabbed the rebound and immediately distributed the ball to Kobe who was about to go down. This has become a standard feature of the Lakers' fast break.

Bryant catches the ball, glances behind him, and tosses the ball over the backboard.

Garnett, who followed up in the trailer, took off, with a violent tomahawk in one hand, exactly the same as the cooperation between the two in the All-Star Game that year.

The continuous showtime performance completely detonated the Staples Center!
After this series of offensive and defensive performances, the Lakers have narrowed the point difference to two points.

　Accumulate a wave of character first...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)