Chapter 157 An accident happened!

Author: Can play the harmonica

Chapter 157 An accident happened!

In the second half of the second quarter, the Zen Master finally put the well-rested main lineup on the field, and the main lineups of both sides began to compete.

Of course, at the end of the second quarter, the score between the two sides was not open.

Although the Rockets' main lineup played a whole quarter, it was only the first half after all, and their physical strength was still sufficient.

Don't show your fatigue now.

The Zen master knew very well that the real decisive victory must be in the second half.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Rockets sent in a substitute lineup. After all, their main lineup had no choice but to come on early and played the entire second quarter.

I must take a break now.

Of course, Van Gundy did not replace Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady at the same time, because the Lakers still have the main lineup.

"It seems that Van Gundy heard your advice, man, and he started to let Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady rest in rotation." Mason said.

"He can only do this, there is no other way," Barkley said, "But I still doubt whether his rotation can withstand the Lakers' offensive firepower."

"You mean... when the Rockets only put one main player on the court, they can't beat the Lakers' main lineup?" Mason asked.

"I think it's a bit confusing," Barkley said. "Now that Tracy McGrady is resting, Yao Ming is leading the others. The court lacks a major offensive firepower. It's unrealistic to rely solely on Yao Ming to play inside. This is just offense.

On the other hand, the defensive end is what they can't solve."

"Oh why?"

"You can also see that today Kobe has a strong desire to attack, and he has an excellent touch and a high shooting percentage. However, no one on the Rockets can limit him, including Sean Battier, who is known for his defense. Now it is possible to limit his firepower.

The Rockets only have Tracy McGrady among those who are fully open to Kobe."

"But McGrady didn't guard Kobe tonight," Mason said.

"Yes, McGrady rarely defends the opponent's sharp players. After all, his physical strength has always been his weakness among super giants, so he rarely takes the initiative to defend the opponent's sharp players. But tonight is different.

, if the Rockets want to win this game, they must restrict Kobe and only him can do it.

But the problem is that Van Gundy let the Rockets start the main lineup too early. McGrady played the entire second quarter, so he could only rest in the third quarter. On the contrary, Kobe took almost a full quarter of rest and his offensive ability was even better.

Strong, so the problem now is that it is completely impossible for the Rockets to restrict Kobe on the defensive end.

I'm worried that this game might be over in the third quarter," Barkley said.

"Oh? Is that what you predicted?"

"Well, let's see, although my predictions tonight are basically wrong, I think this one won't be wrong."

In fact, the course of the next game was indeed as Barkley expected.

When McGrady came off the court for the first few minutes, the game was pretty normal.

But when the game reached the end of the third quarter, the situation suddenly took a turn for the worse!

The Rockets as a whole began to show weakness, and their defensive response was obviously a beat slower.

Facing Battier, who had already played a whole quarter and was beginning to enter a period of physical weakness, Kobe's offense basically took what he wanted.

And when his physical strength began to decline, it became more and more easy to be deceived by Kobe's fake moves, because when the physical strength decreases, people will subconsciously reduce the operation of the brain, and it will be more of the body's instinctive reaction.

The defensive end was a mess and was ravaged by Kobe.

On the offensive end, they were even more helpless. Except for Yao Ming, who relied on his own personal ability to hit a few strong shots, everyone else also suffered from shaky offense due to physical problems, and even failed to make open shots.

Under such a situation, the Lakers gradually gained momentum to open up the score!

This time, Kobe almost only used a triple threat to completely pass Battier and completely leave him behind.

Kobe quickly broke into the paint and faced Yao Ming without hesitation and dunked!!

Yao Ming showed no fear and jumped high to block the shot!

This block height... Lu Yusheng felt that it would be difficult for Kobe to slam the ball in when faced with Yao Ming's defense.

But what everyone didn't expect was that Kobe suddenly adjusted his movements in the air, flipped his dunking hand in the air, lifted the ball, and pulled the lever directly past Yao Ming's block!

Dunk changed to pick basket!

With a slight flick of his finger, the basketball hit the board with precision and hit the basket!

Damn it!

Lu Yusheng was shocked by this ball!

In the air, the dunk is changed to a pick-up basket, and there is a pull rod in the middle.

This waist and abdominal strength and body flexibility...are simply inhuman!

The fans at Toyota Center couldn't help but cheer and applaud when they saw Kobe score such an amazing goal!

Lu Yusheng thought to himself, this kind of away game treatment is probably only available to Kobe Bryant.

Of course, it is completely understandable. After all, no matter which team they are fans of, they are essentially basketball fans. When they witness such a stunning and breathtaking goal, of course they all applaud Kobe from the bottom of their hearts.

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The Rockets immediately requested a timeout!

Because after Kobe's goal, the Lakers had already opened up the score.

79:67, the Lakers already lead by 12 points!

Naturally, Van Gundy can't let this loading continue, otherwise the game may be over in the third quarter.

"Did you see, old man, not all of my predictions were wrong?" Barkley said proudly, "Did the Lakers open up the score in the third quarter? And, is the reason exactly the same as what I just analyzed?

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"Of course," Mason smiled. "After all, he is an NBA legend and a former MVP player, so his professionalism is absolutely no problem. I feel like I can sum up your prediction rules now."

"What's the pattern?" Buckley asked.

"The rule is that all predictions about Lu are basically wrong, and apart from that, all your on-field predictions are basically right," Mason said.

Buckley laughed.

"Actually, I know that you can definitely predict Lu's predictions, but..."

"Just what?"

"I just need you to put aside your grudges," Mason said.

Buckley was stunned and said, "Old man, you are overthinking. I told you that there is no grudge at all. You should understand what I mean."

After speaking, he winked at Mason.

"Forget it," Mason said, "let's not talk about this, let's get back to the court. How do you think Van Gundy should adjust this timeout now to stop the team's decline?"

"There is no good way." Barkley said, "The two sides are playing now because of their poor physical strength. Now I think there is only one way, and that is to pray that Kobe will not score again, or that Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady will play at the same time, so that the score can be stabilized.

They were defeated by the Lakers, but the problem is, if they don't take a rotation and rest, what will happen in the fourth quarter?"

"Yes, this is indeed a headache for Van Gundy." Mason said, "I think that in the current situation, we should just go all out and let them fight and challenge their physical limit."

"If it is an ordinary game, you can actually do this, but the Lakers and Rockets game is different. Everyone can see the intensity of the confrontation between the players on both sides. This is not like a regular season. This is a proper season.

The playoffs, the finals."

Barkley said, "It is precisely for this reason that the coaches of both sides pay so much attention to the physical strength of the stars. If the intensity of the games of the previous useless teams was comparable, it would be no problem to let them play a whole game without rest.

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"So what do you mean, the Rockets actually have no room for adjustment now?" Mason asked.

"Maybe, but I don't think there's a lot of room," Barkley said. "I hope Van Gundy has a good idea in his hairless head."

And on the Lakers bench.

The Zen master said to Lu Yusheng, "Lu, are you almost done with your rest?"

"No problem." Lu Yusheng stood up and said.

"Okay, you replace Parker and get ready to play."

Then he said to the other main players of the Lakers, "The victory of this game is right in front of us. Let's strengthen our defense and let their inner defense completely collapse. We will try to win this game in the third quarter. Come on, everyone!"

As the whistle blows, the game continues!

There are three minutes left in the third quarter.

In order to give Yao Ming a rest, Van Gundy sent Tracy McGrady.

"It seems that Van Gundy still needs to rotate the two of them to rest." Mason said.

"I said, there's nothing we can do about it, otherwise the Rockets wouldn't be able to play in the fourth quarter."

"But the problem is, Master Zen has already brought Lu Yusheng up, which obviously means the game will end early. If the Rockets can't withstand the Lakers' offensive during this period, I'm afraid there won't be a fourth quarter."

"There is no way, between two cups of poison, Van Gundy had to choose one, and he chose the second cup." Barkley said.
To be continued...