Chapter 183 Changes in the situation

Author: Tiamo the Withered

Chapter 183 Changes in the situation

The efforts of the Lakers have paid off. Howard committed a wrist foul when he tried to attack Gasol's shot. Although Gasol only made one of two free throws, Howard had to leave the game first.

And when he did, the Magic became even more difficult on the defensive end. Gasol hit two in a row. After he went down to rest, Kobe quickly added another.

If it weren't for Li Chengming starting to show off his power in the low post and the Magic's outside shooters finally taking effect, they might have been overtaken again.

Now they can still maintain a certain advantage, but the situation is very delicate, because in such a tug-of-war, it is almost a matter of which side can't hold it back first, and whoever falls behind first may start to change the situation.

However, the Magic's next two consecutive offensive attacks were unfavorable, and Li Chengming also missed a shot. However, the Lakers did not seize the opportunity. Kobe missed a chasing three-pointer, and then his layup after the breakthrough was interfered with.

Enter.

Li Chengming and others were all attracted at that time, with their eyes fixed on Kobe. As a result, Walton sneaked up from the baseline and grabbed an offensive rebound. Unfortunately, he missed the hit when he tried again, but Li Chengming hurriedly reached out and hit him on the arm.

Up, foul.

As a result, Walton missed two free throws, which disappointed the Lakers.

If you fail to seize the opportunity, you will be punished, so the next moment Li Chengming hit 2+1 against Luke Walton's defense, once again helping the team lead by 4 points.

At this time, there were only 37 seconds left in the third quarter. After Li Chengming hit the extra free throw, with a 5-point gap, the Lakers could choose to attack again.

Kobe hit a quick two-pointer, used a screen to hit the basket and dunked with both hands. After landing, he stood next to Li Chengming and beat his chest angrily. When he raised his elbow, he almost hit Li Chengming's mouth, giving him a taste of the Los Angeles Iron Elbow.

taste.

Li Chengming looked at him and curled his lips, letting him walk past him with his eyes wide open as if in protest.

Kobe has scored 25 points tonight, but he only made 8 of 20 shots. If free throws are included, he has taken more than 25 shots. This efficiency is really not very high.

Of course, considering that on the one hand, Howard was killed, and on the other hand, he did digest some of the difficult shots that the Lakers' tactics did not produce, it is understandable.

However, compared with Li Chengming's, his hitting rate really pales in comparison.

Although the two sides have different playing styles, and the outside and inside lines cannot be compared so simply, Li Chengming has seen Kobe's "inefficiency" and understands why fans and opponents sometimes draw different conclusions.

Coming.

Because when you are playing against him on the court, when you see him, you will be like "Wow, you can score like this". The impact in your heart will make the opponent team more nervous and focus their defensive attention on him.

Then teammates will have some so-called simple balls, including open shots and various misplaced one-on-ones.

But from a fan's point of view, there were a lot of blows on the scene, and sometimes there were even key blows, which caused the team to fail to widen the point difference or close to the point difference. Looking at the table, you naturally feel that this person is really too good.

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In fact, the game must not only look at this aspect. There are many things that cannot be reflected in the data. Otherwise, how could O'Neal win the championship after Kobe grew up?

However, Li Chengming still felt that Kobe took too many personal shots tonight, and he should at least give more points to the most efficient one.

This means there are so many Kobe Bryant fans. Otherwise, no matter whether we win or lose, we will always have to bear the blame.

Of course, if there are more fans, there will also be more unscrupulous people.

And now there are many fans of Li Chengming, especially in China. When the two are facing each other tit for tat, there will naturally be fans who compare the efficiency of the two, and then it is easy to conclude that "Li Chengming leads the team efficiently", and also

There is a result of "Gasol led the team efficiently, but let the inefficient Kobe hold him back and fell behind."

Fans look at data and games, but they don't see the deeper things and don't know the underlying causes, so they sometimes feel that the situation on the field is inexplicable.

It was as if the Magic were suddenly beaten 10-0 by the Lakers' rotation at the beginning of the fourth quarter and were directly blindsided.

Neither team scored at the end of the third quarter. As a result, the Magic still led by 3 points entering the final quarter.

At this time, most of the main players on both sides were resting off the court, but because of the Magic's side, Howard had not played much time due to foul trouble, so Van Gundy chose to bring him up at this time, which just allowed him to withstand it for a while.

Time, buy time for Li Chengming and others to rest.

And compared to the opponent's lineup that has neither Gasol nor Kobe, the Magic have three starting players in Howard, Arroyo, and Evans. Logically speaking, this should be the time when they can open up the score.

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In the end, it was Odom from the Lakers who took the lead, and he really played like a magician, scoring, assisting, rebounding, and blocking all kinds of shots. He even blocked Howard's dunk, which made Happy Beast scratch his head with his hands on his hips.

For a long time, I frowned as I watched the rest of the Lakers celebrating around Odom, feeling very depressed.

Fortunately, the referee stopped them in time and continued the game. Howard also wanted to serve, otherwise he would be afraid that he would want to hit someone if he let them continue celebrating.

Yang Yang said at this time: "I heard that in the United States, Howard's MVP call is quite controversial. Maybe it's because of critical moments like this when he needs to score points. He can't do it. He also needs Li Chengming and Teko.

Gru, even Lewis and the others..."

This view is of course one-sided. Howard also had many outstanding performances at critical moments. It just happened that he found an opportunity to say it at this time.

But sometimes when Howard can't muster up his energy, it's really easy to give people a sense of disparity if he doesn't play well.

It means you are so fierce, how can you behave like this when facing such an opponent?

Is Howard strong?

Of course he is strong, but now he actually has weaknesses not only in free throws, but also in offense and defense.

Some are natural flaws of the center position, such as being unable to hold the ball from the outside to launch an attack and needing teammates to pass the ball, but others are due to one's own reasons.

To put it simply, his impact on the game has a lot to do with his personal wishes. When he is excited, he can perform very well, but if he faces greater defensive pressure and has trouble catching the ball, he

It is very likely that he will just give up and watch his teammates perform.

Especially after Li Chengming gradually started to play, it was impossible for the two of them to get offensive opportunities in the interior at the same time. He would either watch the show from the side and occasionally prepare to receive Li Chengming's pass.

If the opponent's defense on his side is tightly defensive, or the defense of Li Chengming is relatively loose, he can make him fight, and Howard can also be happy.

This is not a problem in itself. As long as the team can win, it will even help the team's internal harmony.

After all, the elderly can do such "selflessness". What else can others say?

But from the perspective of the outside world, his help and influence on the team seems to be less great. After all, the influence of the defensive end is difficult to see from the data. This will naturally be a great impact on his honor.

If it wasn't for the magic team's record is so good, his data is the most beautiful, and the star taste is the most sufficient. It is estimated that it will be the same as Garnett in the top three.

Of course, Howard was not vegetarian. He quickly returned a big hat on Odom on the defensive end and directly fanned the ball out of the bottom line.

And this is the fifth block of his game. He gave Kobe three times in the first four times. It is also persistent that Kobe is about to fight Howard.

Hey.

I have to say that the blocking is very beautiful, very domineering, and it is a must -have from Odom's basket. However, in everyone's opinion, this should be. Except for the cheers of the magic team bench.

There are not many surprises.

Then the Lakers served in the frontcourt, the top of the Odom Arc received a pass, and glanced at Cook, and there was actually a shot directly outside the three -point line.

The joint defense of the Magic team is tightly seen on the bottom line and the positions on both sides, but the three -point position of the top of the arc is easily leaked. Before that, Fisher also entered this position.

The Lakers' lead has unknowingly reached 10 points, and it is also the first time in this game to lead the magic team to double digits.

At this time, the fourth quarter passed four minutes, and Van Gandy called out the pause again. At this time, he could not have doubts and reservations. He had to choose to replace all the main force, otherwise he was too late to come.
Chapter completed!