"Both sides made substitutions, but Orlando sent his strongest forward defense combination. Who will defend Kobe Bryant or double-player defense?" Kenny Smith said as he looked at the field.

"No matter who defends, it is a big test. Although Bryant can always play good numbers against Sean, the energy consumed in hitting and hitting will not be less. I guess he will not defend Wood himself." Barkley continued.

As Barkley said, Kobe gave up defending Linson himself and handed Linson to Pitrus.

But Kobe himself had to face the harassment of Battier and Artest in turn. One did everything possible to make him feel uncomfortable, and the other did not have any small movements at all but would always stretch out a hand to block his eyes when he shot.

The game lasted for three minutes, and after returning from the timeout, Kobe made only 1 of his four shots.

"Stan and Jeff's faces were almost forgotten by smiles. This is a nightmare for any team, a terrifying outside defense." Kenny Smith sighed.

At this time, the score on the field became 27:22, and the Magic led by 5 points. There were three minutes and twenty-two seconds left before the end of the first quarter. Billups, who had been resting for two and a half minutes, had already stood up and walked to the technical stage, waiting for the chance to play with the dead ball.

Lin Sen didn't take the initiative in the past few minutes, but was more supportive.

"Changxi is going to play again. Wood has been a little quiet these few minutes. Although I know he is the team's brain, I still want to see his attack." Barkley expressed the wishes of many Linson fans.

Seeing Lin Sen dribbling the ball through halftime, Pitrus stood out of the three-point line again and waited for Lin Sen's arrival.

He knows what the Lakers signed him for, not offense but defense.

He fought with Lin Sen last season. He also looked at last year's finals and knew how difficult it was to defend Lin Sen.

"Defend him, guard him!"

"Come on Michael, you're the best defender!"

A voice of cheering for him came from the audience, and Lin Sen got closer and closer to Pitrus and directly posted it on.

He was five centimeters taller than Linsen. At this moment, Pitrus' arm was completely opened to expand the defense area as much as possible, and at the same time he used his own strength to hit Linsen. Kobe did not tell him that Linsen's strength was not comparable to last season.

While Pitrus hit him, Lin Sen not only did not dodge but directly met him. Originally, Pitrus's impact was only very light. After all, it would be bad if the defensive end was too strong and he was called a foul. At this moment, Lin Sen's impact was quite powerful. When Lin Sen's power spread from his chest, Pitrus staggered and took a small step back.

"Well, physical contact, I didn't expect Michael to be knocked away half a step. It's really incredible."

As Kenny Smith sighed, Linson glanced at Pitrus in front of him and jumped up.

Seeing Lin Sen jump, Pitrus hurriedly adjusted his steps and jumped up again. When he jumped, Lin Sen had already thrown the ball out.

Although Staples made a lot of booing, it did not interfere with Lin Sen's attack.

The ball flew straight into the basket through a perfect arc in the air. Paul Gasol and Odom in the inside were still steadily passing through the Nets while competing with Howard Webber for the best board position.

"A perfect three-pointer. But what I am more interested in is why Michael retreated, and he looked a little embarrassed. Could it be that he was knocked away by Wood as you said?" Barkley looked at Lin Sen running towards the backcourt curiously.

He was more than just curious. Kobe did not tell his teammate Lin Sen's strength had been strengthened. When he saw Pitrus being knocked away, he realized that he had forgotten something more important.

"This guy's power has improved a lot. Don't underestimate him!" Kobe reminded him with his teammates.

"Did you remind them to pay attention to me? You are too incompetent?" Lin Sen said to Kobe who came to the frontcourt. Then he moved away from Kobe's glaring eyes.

After Steve Black dribbled the ball through the half, he handed the ball directly to Lamar Odom at Phil Jackson's request.

At this moment, Odom and Paul Gasol can both act as organizers on the Lakers' court. Weber's speed is no longer as fast as before. Facing the current Lakers lineup Magic did not choose one-on-one but chose a joint defense position.

Weber and Howard guard the inside, but the attack range of Gasol and Odom keeps Howard and Weber's position away from the basket, while Artest, Bathir and Linson guard the outside. As long as Kobe holds the ball, Artest will stick it up, and Bathir will stick it up when Odom holds the ball.

At this moment, Odom pulled a step inside the three-point line, and Bathir was standing next to Odom.

Linson's position also moved to the side close to Bathir, and a weak side area was formed on the side of Pitrus, but Weber could make up for that side at any time.

Odom finally chose to hang the ball to Gasol when facing Bathir's defense. Gasol immediately withstood Howard after holding the ball. A fake pass made Howard move and Gasol took the opportunity to slash Howard behind him.

"It's easy to be awesome. Paul Gasol's fake fax is so beautiful. I think he conquered the picky Staples in less than a quarter of the game. Tonight, Los Angeles may be slaughtered one-sidedly," Kenny Smith said loudly.

Paul Gasol on the field used a one-handed heavy dunk to detonate Staples, and the replay quickly gave the data. Although the bounce height was only 21.65 inches (55 cm) and the time of staying in the air was only 0.2 seconds, the dunk was 443 pounds (196.4 kg).

"It's hard to believe that he actually threw out such a great force!" Barkley said, opening his mouth.

"30:24, Los Angeles is still six points behind. Paul scored 10 points alone and performed well." Kenny Smith said looking at the big screen.

Linsen dribbled in the frontcourt and passed the ball directly to Bathir. Bathir took the ball with both hands and did not attack himself, but directly hit the ball to Chris Webber, who was pulling to the middle distance.

Lin Sen, who was out of the ball, sneaked to the bottom line with Artest's cover. Stan Van Gundy off the field laughed and it was not bad this time around.

Lin Sen did find a position. When he came to the horn area of ​​the free throw line on this side of Chris Webber, Weber immediately passed the ball to Lin Sen.

Steve Black immediately threw Bathir away and rushed over. Linson saw Black coming and handed the ball directly to Bathir who was a little off the top of the arc.

"Excellent running, Wood pass, Sean's chance to open!" Kenny Smith shouted.

Black, who was rushing towards Linsen, immediately turned around and rushed towards Bathir. Bathir, who was not quick to attack, saw Black pounce again and immediately passed the ball to Linsen who passed the ball to him.

Black was already willing to rush to Lin Sen but was not strong enough. Lin Sen took the ball and shot it, and the ball steadily entered the basket again.

"Sean returned back again, it was a patient attack, and Wood seized this opportunity to take a mid-range shot. In addition, at the opening, Wood actually made two mid-range shots, although it was an open position, it was still great." Kenny Smith exclaimed.

"Yes, thinking about the finals a few months ago, I knew that this guy Wood would definitely be able to practice, let alone him follow Bryant." Barkley said with a smile.

Phil Jackson, who was originally planning to wait for the dead ball to be called a timeout, did not continue to wait, but directly handed over the timeout, and Lin Sen walked out of the field with a smile.

"Phil called a timeout of 32:24. Although the gap of 8 points is not big. However, for the O'Brien Cup, such an opening is definitely not a good start, especially Bryant struggled with the defense today." Kenny Smith said to the sidelines.

"After the timeout, Wood was still sitting off the court, while Bryant was still back on the court. At this moment, two minutes and thirty seconds before the end of the first quarter, according to normal circumstances, Bryant should have sat off the court to rest. But he did not. At this moment, Orlando replaced Grant and Deakinbe on the court and replaced Ron and Dwight. Perhaps this was a chance for him to breathe."

"Yes, I bet there aren't many people in the league who want to face Ron's defense, he's a beast. A man-eating beast, even if you can score in front of him, you'll have a big breath."

"Charles. You're right. Think about Ron, who only defended against players throughout the season, was a nightmare existence."

In Kenny Smith's voice, Kobe received the ball again and was Bathir standing in front of him at this moment.

Looking at Kobe on the court, Lin Sen knew that he would not pass the ball, and that was the case.

Under Bathir's defense, Kobe chose a difficult step-back jump shot, and Bathir's hand blocked him again, but failed to stop Kobe's goal.

This goal seemed to open up Kobe's touch. In the next two minutes, Kobe scored three more times and hit two of them. The Magic's offense did not play very well, just Hill and Billups each scored one goal.

With Kobe's touch recovering, the Lakers chased the score to 30:36 at the end of the first quarter.

After the start of the second quarter, Paul Gasol and Anzu Bynum returned to the court at the same time, while the Magic inside was indeed unknown to the age of the African mountains Mutombo and Eddie Griffin.

"Anzu is very active in position." Kenny Smith said, looking at Bynum who is active in position on the court.

Fisher hung the ball in, and Bynum hit his back and then hooked his hand.

"Oh ha, Deakinbe's block, poor Anzu would make his teacher cry, look at Deakinbe's shaking fingers, even Staples' Lakers fans have no face to boo." Barkley shouted exaggeratedly.

Lin Sen Howard and Artest danced with towels crazily, while Uncle Mu was shaking his fingers on the field was very domineering.

Bynum insisted on playing one, but he didn't expect to attack again and was late for hot pot again. However, this time he squeezed away Mutombo but could not escape Eddie Griffin, who came to make up for defense. Eddie Griffin directly slapped the ball to the Magic's bench, and the twenty-four-second offensive time that belonged to the Lakers was also up when the ball flew out.

"I really sympathize with Kareem having such an apprentice." Barkley said with a pout, and Jabbar in the box felt his face burning as Barkley said.

Bynum was blocked twice and not only did he not be honest but became a temper. When he got the Magic's rebound, he returned to the offensive end and asked for singles again. However, what awaited him was another block.

"This is a thug! A thug! Did you see it?" Bynum stomped his feet and shouted at the referee.

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The referee didn't hesitate to give Bynum a technical foul, and Phil Jackson also asked Chris Meim to replace Bynum with a cold face.

"Everyone can see this time it was a good ball from Deakinbe. He thought he had shaken away. I had to tell him that he was too young. Everyone knew that Deakinbe had a root under his feet. All inside players should learn this."

"Kenny, you're right, especially Dwight's defense was at its limit last year's finals. The reason is that this is why. Look at Bryant's expression. I dare say that he must have cursed Mickey in his heart for why he didn't agree to exchange Anzu for Jermaine, otherwise he wouldn't be like this now." Barkley turned his head and said.

Bynum's irrationality also changed the game, causing Kobe to play earlier, while Lin Sen rested until six minutes left in the second quarter before replacing Sam Kassel.

Lin Sen played very easily in the first half. He only played for 16 minutes, and only made 6 shots and scored 5 of them and scored 13 points. Kobe not only took a break for 4 minutes and made as many as 15 shots.

Under Artest and Bathir's defense, they were not very efficient and only hit 6 of them, but with 7 free throws, Kobe still scored 21 points in the first half.

Gasol scored 15 points efficiently with 6 of 8 shots, and the two scored 36 points to two thirds of the Lakers' 48 points in the first half.

In contrast, although Linson scored in double digits in the Magic, Howard, Milicic, Billups, Artest and Bathir scored 6 points.

In this case, the Magic led the Lakers at home with 57:48 by 9 points. Although the score difference was not big, the Magic were full of confidence in the second half.

Bynum still performed poorly after appearing in the second half, and even got his fourth blocked under Howard's defense.

The Lakers relied on Kobe, Paul Gasol and Odom to withstand the Magic's offensive. Despite this, the Lakers fell behind the Magic by 12 points at the end of the third quarter.

"The 12-point score difference is not big, and I still have to play in the fourth quarter, especially Bryant has not turned on his personal mode for too long today." Kenny Smith said looking at the score.

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