Chapter 46
At the end of the first quarter, the Zen master expressed his dissatisfaction.
Simply put, under the Bobcats' strong defense, the Lakers failed to play the team basketball they wanted.
Kobe and Sao Ga fight each other, and Kobe is even a little addicted to one-on-one with Li Ke.
This situation caused the Lakers to be pulled to the same level by the Bobcats, and Li Ke and Kobe exploded on the offensive.
At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers only scored 26-28.
The Zen Master’s dissatisfaction was not because the lead in the first quarter did not meet expectations, but was simply because he was dissatisfied with the team’s failure to achieve the expected results.
"If we continue to fight like this, our advantages will be gone!"
Although the Zen master's triangular attack has lagged behind the times, he is still very wise in grasping the general direction.
He knew clearly that the Lakers were very dangerous this season.
The powerful enemy Nuggets are already at the gate. As the defending champion, everything about last season has been thoroughly studied without strong signings, which is a foregone conclusion.
In this case, the Zen master is eager to make changes.
Keeping the triangular offense unchanged, making the team more overall and team-oriented is the change that the Zen master wants.
Of course, change is on the one hand, and on the other hand, the Zen master attaches importance to every game at present, especially the current opening game.
Under the gaze of 18,997 fans of Staples, the Zen master’s request was to win.
"The lead in the first quarter is not enough. In the second quarter, keep your suppression!"
If you want to maintain suppression, you have to maintain the strength of the lineup.
The problem is that not everyone can play for 48 minutes without breathing like Kobe.
So, in the second quarter, the Lakers' lineup was led by Kobe, the point guard was replaced by Jordan Famal, Matt Barnes was replaced by No. 3, and the inside was Odom Gaga's wife's double tower combination.
The intensity is still there. The Lakers will not be at a disadvantage against the point guard Earl Watson of the Bobcats, shooting guard Wesley Matthews, small forward Li Ke, insider Tagibson and Kwame Brown's rotation lineup, and even have an advantage to a certain extent.
But the problem is that Coga is playing continuously on the Lakers, while Li Ke is the only one who makes the Bobcats play continuously.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers did rely on Koga's pick-and-roll to continue to suppress the Bobcats.
The lead was once close to double digits, but in the second half of the quarter, with the Zen master swinging his hand and changing to D.J. Mbenga, the situation immediately reversed.
"The Lakers' offense, without Paul Gasol, and the basketball is handed over to Kobe, there is no other way."
"Bryant's singles and Sheldon's defense suddenly became extremely aggressive. He seemed to have squandered all the accumulated power until this moment..."
That's right, Li Ke exerted his strength, and even Kobe was caught off guard by the sudden exertion.
A frontal breakthrough failed, and then he could only make an emergency stop and jump shot, but was disturbed by Li Ke head-on.
Bang-!
Under the basket, Kwame Brown, who was not in the spotlight of Los Angeles, grabbed the rebound and quickly passed the ball to Earl Watson.
Earl Watson skillfully slapped the basketball twice, turned around and advanced quickly.
Immediately afterwards, a pass was given to Li Ke, who was not rushing on the wing.
Just as Kobe put all the focus of his defense on Li Ke, Li Ke passed the ball with another pass and crossed half of the court, suddenly but unexpectedly appeared in the hands of Wesley Matthews.
The older rookie, Wesley Matthews, who almost lost the election, quickly got rid of Matt Barnes, took one step or two, and jumped up.
With a loud bang, he hung on the basket.
"Responding dunk, Sheldon suddenly strengthened his defense, and the Bobcats suddenly started to speed up."
The Lakers kicked off in the backcourt, Jordan Famal brought the ball to the frontcourt, and then handed it to Kobe again.
Li Ke's defense is still like the previous round, with aggressiveness and suppression already stretched out.
At this level of defense, Kobe's situation is also very difficult.
He still made a breakthrough and rushed to the middle distance, but was forced to stop by Li Ke. He then took a move, but was oppressed by Li Ke's interference and lost his shooting angle.
Bang-!
Another sharp iron score, Kobe raised his hand and signaled to the referee.
This means: Hey, buddy, he fouled!
The referee ignored it and did not give any feedback.
Foul? If there is a different defender, the referee may have to be yelled, but as long as Li Ke's defense is not obviously hit Kobe's hand, the referee will turn a blind eye.
To put it bluntly, Li Ke is now a newcomer supported by the league, and his level of support is even higher than Kobe.
No fouls, Tagibson grabbed the rebound at the basket.
The Bobcat tried to fight back again...
Not to mention the counterattack, McBrien raised his questionable point in the commentary seat: "Why did Sheldon suddenly start to increase the intensity of the defense in the second half of the second quarter? If he had defended so much earlier..."
The magician interrupted him: "If he had been so defensive earlier, it would be difficult for him to play at the same time as Kobe and leave the court for a break at the same time."
What this means is that Li Ke's physical fitness is not as good as the perverted Kobe. If you want to play the whole game, Li Ke can only allocate his physical fitness reasonably.
In this case, it is understandable that the defense with low intensity in the first quarter is not very strong.
As for why Li Ke chose to suddenly exert force in the second half of the second quarter, you can tell by looking at the offense and defense during this period.
"Without Paul Gasol, the only thing the Lakers can stand up and score is Kobe."
Therefore, Li Ke locked Kobe, which is equivalent to locking the entire Lakers' offense.
Compared to the offensive end of the first quarter, Li Ke in the second half of the second quarter was relatively bad on the offensive end.
But under the organization of Earl Watson, with two energetic young players, Wesley Matthews and Tagibson, present, the Bobcats' offense is still better than the Lakers.
As Kobe lost consecutive shots, the Lakers also began to try to shift the center of the offense.
The ball was once handed over to Jordan Famal and Odom, but under the Bobcats' overall defense, the Lakers obviously thought too much about leading the team to lead the team if they could not even reach the main control level, or the sleepwalking left-handed magician.
The Zen master did not struggle because the score was not enough to require him to go all out.
At the end of the half, 52-51, relying on full defense in the second half, the Bobcats completed the overtake at the end of the half.
Although it is only one point ahead, this point lead is enough to prove the success of the Bobcats strategy.
During the intermission, Li Ke made a half-time summary—
The point guards ordered the food, they couldn't do it, so don't mention ordering the food, Curry even had the intention of being suppressed by the experienced old fish.
But on the defensive end, they did a great job.
In the inside, Jordan Jr., led by Kenyon Martin, defended the Bobcats' bottom line, and with the substitute Tagibson and Kua No. 1 pick, withstand the pressure from the Lakers' Three Towers.
When the Lakers were unable to maintain the strength of the two towers, they even surpassed their opponents.
On the outside, Li Ke did a good job of restricting Kobe's restrictions. Without the help of Hua Er, he successfully locked Kobe in about half a quarter.
It was during this half of the quarter that the Bobcats overtook the score.
Such a first half gave Li Ke a little confidence in the second half.
However, Curry, who was depressed not far away, still made Li Ke a little worried.
"Why is this guy sleepwalking like this?"
Li Ke knew that if Curry stopped sleepwalking in the second half, the Bobcats would have a chance to win the game.
So, before leaving the locker room, he patted Curry: "Stephen, be confident, you need to play the contents of the team training game."
Li Ke, who left this sentence, made great strides towards the player channel, leaving only Curry with a huge back of his head.
...
The second half of the game started soon, and the Bobcats continued to implement the policy and strategy of the first half, focusing on the defensive end.
But with Kobe and the two towers on the court at the same time, it is still difficult for the Bobcats to completely suppress their opponents.
The Lakers in turn suppressed the Bobcats, and at the beginning of the third quarter, they tore open the gap, scored continuously, overtaken the score, and even further expanded the lead.
In the second half, the Lakers reduced their rotation, and Mrs. Ga and Kobe were almost always present.
Only the little shark needs rest, but the existence of Lama Odom allows the Lakers to maintain a double tower from beginning to end, suppressing the Bobcats.
At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers in turn led the Bobcats by as much as 8 points.
But at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Kobe, who was a pervert, needed a short rest.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Lakers lined up a rotation lineup consisting of point guard Dasheng, shooting guard Sashav Jasic, small forward Matt Barnes, power forward Josh Powell and center Anzhu.
Facing the Bobcats' excessive lineup consisting of Earl Watson, Wesley Matthews, Hua Er, Tagibson and Kwame Brown, the Lakers were naturally suppressed.
In just three or four minutes, the Bobcat smoothed out the original 8-minute behind.
Then, the main players of both sides returned to the court, and the decisive battle began...
Li Ke knew very well that the game had reached the point where he needed to stand up and win the game alone.
Although he had scored as many as 27 points in the first three quarters, this was far from enough.
The problem is still the same. The Bobcats' offense is too serious and there is no overall situation, which leads to Li Ke having to rely on his single battle to fight for a victory.
...
Back on the court, the Bobcats were still 1 point behind at 84 to 85, but they had the ball.
At the decisive battle, the five people present at the Bobcat were their main players.
The same goes for the Lakers. The slightly different thing is that they replaced An Zhu and asked Lama and Sao Jia to partner with the inside.
The substitution of people in this place will have little impact. Anyway, they are all double towers, so enough suppression is enough.
Hua Lao Er kicked off the ball on the sideline, and Curry was the one who received the ball.
Although his performance was sluggish and he had been sleepwalking, Curry always performed very fancy and casually as long as he appeared on the court.
However, considering that Curry's first idol in his life was Bai Qiao, all this is understandable.
On the court, Curry dribbled the ball under his fancy crotch and tried to break, followed by a very casual No pass. The basketball appeared in Li Ke’s hands.
What made Li Ke puzzled was that even though he lost to Kobe in one-on-one last night, Kobe's fighting spirit was obviously very high in this game, but the "brave" traits did not trigger...
If there is a "brave" trait, this game will never be so difficult.
Without the blessing of the "brave" trait, Li Ke had to pass the exam naked.
In the first single in the decisive battle, he chose the back who he was best at.
He stepped on the three-point line, turned his back to the basket, and leaned against Kobe.
Relying on huge strength, we advance step by step.
Under the gaze of thousands of fans of Staples, Li Ke suddenly turned around and burst into surprise.
Then he made a quick breakthrough, but he was close to Ke Ruo like a dog skin plaster.
With a quick stop in the middle distance, one step back, and against Kobe's defense, Li Ke's singles could only end with a jump shot.
Bang-!
The ironclad sound of disappointing but cheering fans all over the field rang out. Li Ke shook his hand and turned back to defend with a serious expression.
If the offense is not good, you can only get the field back from the defensive end.
The Lakers' offense is not like the Bobcats. As soon as Koga's pick-and-roll killer move was used, Li Ke was a little unable to take over.
After Li Ke quickly bypassed the cover, he appeared in front of Kobe again in an extraordinary manner. Mrs. Jia, who was in the high position, took the ball and jumped gently.
Swish—!
84 to 87, the Lakers expanded their leading edge.
In the backcourt, Jordan Jr. handed the ball to Li Ke.
Without intermediaries, Li Ke directly accelerated the pace of the attack.
In the frontcourt, he also asked for a pick-and-roll from Kenyon Martin.
But after blocking it, what he encountered was Mrs. Jia who came to defend against him regardless of everything.
With Kobe's attack from behind, Li Ke has been locked and he can only jump up and pass the ball.
But bad passes and poor organizational skills are fully exposed at this moment.
The basketball urgently left Li Ke's big hand, but appeared in the hands of Kenyon Martin, who was still in the high position. The ball was killed...
After wasting more than ten seconds, Li Ke finally forced the attack and scored a three-pointer.
With a clang!
When Li Ke heard the heavy ironclad sound, he knew that the game had already gone far.
Despite this, his singles still have no intention of stopping.
He wanted to go against the will of heaven, but the Lakers didn't give him a chance at all. Five-to-one is not enough, but at least two-to-one and three-to-one situations made Li Ke unable to turn the situation back.
The sound of iron striking sounds almost uninterrupted. After the iron striking wildly, the bobcat's backwardness was already widened.
A few minutes later, amid the plain cheers, the timer began to buzz, the red light lit up, and the game ended.
The difference between 92 and 101 and 9 points, the Bobcats lost the opening game.
Li Ke, who scored 27 points on 11 of 19 shots in the first three quarters, scored 32 points after four quarters with a 13-for-30 shot.
In the fourth quarter, he smashed a total of 8 pieces of fine iron.
Perhaps, after the game, there will be public opinion: "Sheldon's bad fourth quarter led to the Bobcats' defeat."
But Li Ke didn't care because he knew that the fact was that in this game, he either made a blacksmith or a teammate made a blacksmith.
Instead of watching your teammates hit the iron, it’s better to do it yourself!
Chapter completed!