Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 195
The substitute only played for about 3 minutes, and the game tended to be wasted. Philip Sanders was also helpless, except Hassel, who could only defend but not attack, and Hoiberg, who could only make three-pointers and nothing else. , The other substitute players of the Timberwolves are really hard to watch. The team has gathered a lot of insiders. In addition to Oliver Miller and Elvin Johnson, there are also Gary Trent and Mark Madsen who did not play. The nerve knife Troy Hudson, who provides some outside firepower, is also due to injury and will be sidelined for 8 to 10 weeks. It is not known whether he can catch up with the playoffs.

Sanders waved his hand, and the Timberwolves returned to the main force.

After Jermaine O'Neal came on the court, he immediately made a difference. After receiving the pass from Arenas, he turned around and passed David West, staged a dunk dunk, and shot the Lakers bench by the way. .

Garnett couldn't sit still immediately, took off the training jacket he was wearing, and expressed his determination to play to Zen Master.

Here Billups protects the ball with his back, Kobe falls to the low post, and gets stuck with Sprewell passionately.

The benefits of gaining weight in the summer are undoubtedly reflected now. The madman's figure is definitely strong, but Kobe insisted on reaching a deep position. After catching the ball, he turned around and flew the madman. Before the defense came, the CIC hit.

The Timberwolves attacked, and Arenas was not willing to be lonely. He received Nesterovic's screen, and flew to Nene, who was switching defenses with a feint three-pointer. penalty.

Garnett and Malone returned to the field, the Lakers' starting lineup only Artest is still sitting on the sidelines.

Arenas made a free throw and the point difference returned to 9 points.

Garnett held the ball in a high position and pulled Nesterovic out. The two had been teammates and were familiar with each other's characteristics.

While Nesterovic was wary of Garnett's mid-range shot, he didn't dare to get too close to prevent being passed by.

Garnett turned to hold the ball with his back, Kobe came out from the weak side, used Malone's cover to get rid of Sprewell, and went straight into the Timberwolves inside from 45 degrees. Garnett took advantage of Nesterovic Unexpectedly, he tucked the ball lightly to Kobe from his armpit.

O'Neal rushed to defend, but Kobe was not afraid, took off and folded, flew to the other side of the basket to avoid the block, and scored with both hands!
Taking into account the degree of stretch, air posture and difficulty factor, this dunk should be scored 50 points.The Lakers' bench immediately exploded, and the towel flew up.

The Timberwolves managed to pull back the momentum through Arenas' three-pointer, but was directly shattered by Kobe's shocking dunk. In the next round, Sprewell tried to challenge Kobe's defense, forced a breakthrough, pushed Kobe down, and got an attack foul.

Here, the Lakers keep aiming at Nesterovic's slow footsteps and weaknesses that cannot be defended, and take turns to find him to attack. This time, Malone reached a high position through cross-screening. Kobe broke through to attract double-teams. Hit the shot.

The stability of the two guns in the backcourt was insufficient, and the Timberwolves could only hope that Jermaine O'Neal's low-post singles would open up the situation. However, Uncle Malone used a symbolic withdrawal of the stool to defend, which made O'Neal fall into a panic and walked. Violation.

Looking back, Billups hit a three-pointer and widened the point difference to 16 points.

Flip Sanders could only call a timeout again, not now, and not in the second half.

After the timeout, Artest returned to the court.

Szczerbiak played very depressed. Originally, when the team had Arenas and Jr. O'Neal, he served as the third scorer, providing outside firepower, and occasionally had some singles, but now the madman came, holding the ball alone. The job picked was done by the madman, and Szczerbiak was completely reduced to a spot-up shooter. In addition, the madman and Arenas are both sticky to the ball, and O'Neal is not a forward who is good at supporting. Can't touch the ball every quarter.

Now is the time to chase points. Although Arenas and Sprewell have the ability to shoot three-pointers, they both belong to the six-veined sword. Today, the touch of the two is not good, so we can only count on Szczerbiak.

Seeing that the Lakers replaced Artest, Szczerbiak was secretly happy. Artest's defense against him was not good, and it seemed that he had a chance to show his skills.

As a result, in the Lakers' defensive matchup, Artest went directly to the madman, and Kobe went to mark Szczerbiak.

Apparently Zen Master’s contingency is also in place. A player like Madman who holds the ball one-on-one, let Artest, who is excellent in single defense, deal with it. Anyway, Madman is getting older, and his breakthrough is not as fast as when he was young. Artest can completely keep up. .

Szczerbiak is not a marathon runner like Reggie Miller or Richard Hamilton, and Kobe can keep up with his running rhythm.

In the end, the Timberwolves returned to singles and pick-and-rolls, relying on O'Neal and Arenas' piecemeal play to score points, but this was not enough to even out the difference of more than ten points. The Lakers always maintained their advantage and entered the intermission.

In the third quarter, the Timberwolves relied on Arenas and the Madman's consecutive unreasonable three-pointers to temporarily narrow the point difference to single digits, but Kobe, who was in a brave state in this game, responded immediately. First, he hit a 3 against the Madman's defense. +1, and then steal the Timberwolves bottom line and dunk the ball successfully. Within 5 seconds, he played a wave of 6-0 alone, completely killing the game.

The fourth quarter almost turned into garbage time. Sanders couldn't bear to let Oliver Miller struggle on the field with a fat body. Madsen and Trent got the chance to play. The Lakers defeated the Timberwolves 116 to 103 at home. Leading the opponent by 3 games in the battle for the top spot in the Western Conference.

科比独砍45分4篮板6助攻3抢断，完全压制住了对位的斯普雷维尔，新援肖恩·巴蒂尔贡献8分3篮板，三分球3投2中，表现稳定。

"We have a lot of players who can attack with the ball and create opportunities for teammates. Sean can convert these opportunities into goals. He is the kind of player that every team likes. He plays hard and defends hard. As for Kobe , I thought you were already used to his performance, which is just a basic operation for him." When talking about the team's excellent performance, Jim praised Battier by name.

In another focus battle, the Kings played against the Spurs at home. The two sides played inextricably. After overtime, the winner was finally decided. The King relied on Mike Bibby's three-point lore at the last moment, 107 to 106 Defeating the Spurs, Webber contributed 21 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists in a quasi-triple double, but only made 22 of 7 shots. Divac also scored 10 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists. The two played against the Spurs Twin Towers. But he also made an outstanding contribution.Bobby Jackson became the king's surprise soldier, bursting from the bench, making 4 of 3 three-pointers, and scored 20 points in 18 minutes of playing.

Duncan is still terrifying, scoring 35 points and 18 rebounds, beating Webber, but Rasheed Wallace is a bit fascinated by the veteran Divac, because of foul troubles, he only played 25 minutes and scored 15 points and 6 rebounds .The old king's Hedo Turkoglu became an undercover existence, making 9 of 2 shots and sending 4 turnovers.

After this campaign, the Spurs and the Kings had the same record, and the situation in the West became even more chaotic.

(End of this chapter)