Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 88
The Lakers' next opponent is the Miami Heat coached by Pat Riley.

As the core Alonzo Mourning was reimbursed for the season due to kidney surgery, the Heat's performance this season was even worse.Eddie Jones has spent six years proving that he is not the player who can be used as the core of the team, but today's Heat, except for him, are a group of mercenaries, like a loose sand on the court.

With this Heat, Pat Riley, who constantly lowered his coaching winning percentage, had to use more hairspray before each game to ensure that his hairstyle would not be erected by the poor performance of the players on the court.

Fortunately, the rookie Caron Butler performed quite well. He broke the 20-point mark in a single game early and became a good scoring firepower besides Eddie Jones. After Brian Grant returned to the center position, The recovery of the state and consecutive double-doubles has become one of the few bright spots of this Heat.

Of course, considering Grant's stinky and long contract, these bright spots are not so bright.

Can use the two of them plus Odom to trade for O'Neal who is still at his peak, Jim couldn't help but admire Pat Riley's ability to rob.

The dispirited Heat disarmed without too much resistance. In the eyes of Eddie Jones, everyone only saw blankness. No matter how emotionally Riley reprimanded him, his expression would always be dull, and his performance on the court would always be like a pool of stagnant water.

The Lakers extinguished the Heat 122 to 78 in an away game and ushered in a three-game winning streak.The bad news is that primary backup Stephen Jackson will be sidelined for a week or so with a sprained ankle.

The second leg of the Florida tour, the Lakers came to Orlando to challenge the Orlando Magic led by Tracy McGrady and Grant Hill.

If Anfernee Hardaway is not injured, if Grant Hill is not injured, if McGrady is not injured, well McGrady is not injured in the Magic... In short, the Magic seems to be a cursed team. A talented swingman who should have had a more illustrious career.

As the center training base for the Lakers, the general manager of the Magic, John Gabriel, used various means to remedy the loss of O'Neal after he made a foolish move. It was swept in the first round.

Grant Hill's magic career is a living tragedy. This season is his third season in the Magic. In the first two seasons, Hill only played 18 games in total.

It has to be said that Hill is a good person. In order to repay the kindness of the Pistons, he did not hesitate to play in the playoffs with injuries, which caused the injury to worsen and was eventually scrapped completely.

After coming to the Magic, Hill was unwilling to lie on the hospital bed with a salary and do nothing. He tried to make a forced comeback in the first two seasons. Hill's injuries continued to increase, and the title of the fastest first step in the league was also handed over to the junior McGrady.

The Magic's starting lineup is Tracy McGrady, Hill, Mike Miller, Andrew De Klerk and Sean Kemp.

The Blazers were fed up with Kemp's poor performance and troublesome off-court life, and resolutely bought out the remaining two years of his $2500 million contract, while the Magic picked up the bargain and signed Kemp to fill the empty inside .

At the start of the game, the Magic took the lead.

McGrady's white horse with a long gun and a fresh-clothed angry horse took advantage of Kemp's cover to get rid of Kobe's mark, went out from the free throw line, and received a hand-off pass from Mike Miller on the outside line. Tester took a step and hit a jumper against Kobe who was flying over.

Facing Grant Hill's defense on the right wing, Kobe made a breakthrough near the bottom line and made a mid-range shot from a negative angle.

After McGrady dribbled through halftime, he directly made a three-pointer with two steps outside the three-point line.

Bryant resisted Miller with his back, received a pass from Billups, turned over and hit a jumper.

Facing Artest's defense, McGrady dribbled the ball under his crotch and changed direction, stopped and pulled back and made a jumper.

The two superstars entered the attack mode as soon as they came up. You come and go, and the audience is mesmerized.

Driven by Kobe and McGrady, other players also showed their own characteristics. Grant Hill went through the needle, Mike Miller stretched his bow and arrows from the outside, and even Sean Kemp used his weight advantage to force his way to the basket. Big Ben two.

For the Lakers, Garnett launched a brutal attack on De Klerk, while Billups and Artest also made gains on the outside.

In the first quarter of the game, the scores of the two sides were tight, and the Magic with a better touch temporarily led by 3 points.

In the second quarter, Kobe and McGrady remained on the court. It seemed that they did not plan to rest in the first half.

Facing Kobe's defense, McGrady took full advantage of his height and arm length, and continued to make shots.

Kobe, on the other hand, needs to do a series of feints to open up a space and score a shot.

Darrell Armstrong obviously wanted to show his face too, he broke through Fisher's defense, drove straight to the paint, and made a lob layup.

Bryant took off from the weak side, swung a half arc with his left hand, capped the ball hard, and hit Boozer when he landed.

Sean Kemp took this opportunity, picked up an offensive rebound, faced an empty basket and made a layup, the height from the ground was less than a matchbox.

The Magic's bench lineup is obviously not as good as the Lakers'. Except for Pat Garrity's occasional three-point shot, the others have no scoring ability.The Lakers have gradually taken the initiative on the court.

McGrady decided to come by himself, holding the ball from the left corner, facing Kobe's defense, and after taking two steps to the middle, he collected the ball and made a back turn.

McGrady's back turn and shoulder shaking were extremely quick, and Kobe hurriedly slid to the baseline to block the turn.

Unexpectedly, McGrady was a false move. After landing with his right foot, he quickly bounced back, turned forward, and took off backward.

Kobe was staggered by this fake move, and could only watch McGrady fly in the air, aiming at the basket, shooting, and hitting.

Loud cheers erupted in the Amway Arena.

With his jersey in his mouth, Kobe took the baseline ball from his teammate without saying a word, dribbled it to the right 45 degrees outside the three-point line, and made a gesture.

The teammates wisely opened up the space and let Kobe play singles to save face.

Kobe made two simple crotch dribbles, and suddenly accelerated to break through McGrady's left corner.

McGrady's reaction was a step slower, and Kobe had already snatched a favorable position.

The Magic's backup center, Olamed Odeje, saw that McGrady was broken, and quickly received a defense from the basket, but Kobe had already taken off, and he poured the ball into the basket through Odeje's hands!
There was a burst of exclamation in the Amway Arena.

Odeje paid for a foul, but McGrady's aura just brought up was suppressed by Kobe's strong response. Magic coach Doug Rivers hurriedly called a timeout.

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