Chapter 1255 This Is Kobe's Stage
"The Rockets attacked. The Lakers were too anxious just now. Farmar made a pass error. Artest grabbed the ball. Now they are making a comeback. The Lakers need to rebuild their defense. Yao wants the ball!"
"Artest passed the ball away, and Yao chose to play back, but Bynum worked very hard. He didn't let Yao squeeze in, and Kobe assisted in double-teaming!"
"Pass! Dayao hit the ball directly to Brooks in the right corner! Farmar is out of position, shoot!"
"Oh! Another hit! Brooks hit his third three-pointer in this quarter, and he scored 11 points again in this quarter!"
"Brooks was very excited after the goal and made a glider pose at Staples. The Rockets led by 7 points!"
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Yu Jia's voice spread from the TV to thousands of households. Many Chinese fans watched the TV and muttered to themselves: "The Lakers are going to be cold..."
Seven and a half minutes into the second quarter, the two teams have returned to all the main players, except that the Lakers replaced Famar with Fisher, who was underperforming, and the Lakers fans originally thought that this was an opportunity for the Lakers to re-establish their advantage. But unexpectedly, the situation was completely different from what they had imagined.
In these three minutes, the Rockets caught up with and overtook the originally lagging score through tight defense and Brooks' brilliance, and after this three-pointer, the point difference between the two teams also expanded to 7 points, which was the biggest point difference tonight.
Although 7 points are not many, the Rockets undoubtedly have a great advantage from the scene. They are completely anti-customers. Dayao and Brooks shine inside and outside. Their tactics are very clear and efficient. Especially Brooks, after 12 points in the first quarter , this quarter has scored 11 points, 23 points have created a new high in his career scoring, while shooting more than 70%, and only missed 1 three-pointer. This performance makes Adelman keep him. on the field!
At the same time, they restricted the main scoring points of the Lakers. Through double-teaming, they made Ji Feng scoreless for 3 minutes. This season, Ji Feng's score remained at 5 points, and cut off the communication between Ji Feng and other Lakers players. Contact, the Lakers are completely on their own on the field, and the tactical coordination is very unclear.
In a word, the Lakers must quickly adjust!
Zen Master also called a timeout. After the timeout, Fisher was replaced again. Although Farmer could keep up with Brooks defensively, he was not as good as Fisher on the offensive end, and his touch was average. He wasted two passes by Ji Feng. Lost.
But as soon as Fisher came back, the rhythm seemed to immediately return to the second half of the first quarter. Brooks kept looking for opportunities to eat Fisher alone, breaking through the mid-range shot and flying up. Fisher was exhausted, but his feet were not real. can't keep up.
The Lakers couldn't start to shrink their defense, and their positions became very tight, just to prevent Brooks from breaking through.
But this gave the Rockets outside shooters a chance. First, McGrady made an unreasonable three-pointer from the three-point line, and then Artest also followed suit. Taking advantage of Ji Feng's inside defense, he caught and threw a ball and scored!
Then the anxious Lakers made a mistake. Brooks made a steal and made a one-stop layup. The Rockets played an astonishing 10-2 in the last few minutes. Those two points were scored by Ji Feng's free throws, which means that the Lakers scored zero in the last few minutes. The ball scored zero!
67-52 at halftime, the Lakers trailed by 15 points at halftime!
The interview was given to Brooks at halftime. In the first half, he shot from inside and outside completely tore up the Lakers' defense. He scored 27 points, 3 assists and 2 steals in the half, setting multiple personal scoring records.
Brooks also seemed very excited when he was interviewed. This was the first time in his career that he had the opportunity to accept such an interview. He directly said: "I am in good form tonight. I have been working hard all the time, just for tonight. In the second half, we will maintain our advantage and take away the victory.”
"It's messed up! It's messed up! The Lakers were caught off guard by the Rockets' sudden attack. They didn't expect Brooks to play so well," Yu Jia said.
"There is a problem with the defense. The Lakers have no targeted defense against Brooks." Director Zhang hit the nail on the head.
That's right, the Lakers' defense has a problem. They defended well against everyone else, but they just missed Brooks. Zen Master never thought it would be this guy who stood up, so basically there is no countermeasure. The poor defense made the Lakers very anxious, and then the defense at other points was also affected.
However, the Lakers did not change their strategy in any way. They just forced the Rockets to fight one by one and resolutely shrink the inside line. I recognize your outside line, but you are absolutely not allowed to rush inside!
But the Rockets' three-pointer tonight was really accurate, which caused the Lakers' tactics to fail.
In the final analysis, the number one position was blown up.
In the locker room, Fisher lowered his head in annoyance. He didn't expect it to be like this, and Zen Master was the first to admit his tactical error.
"In the NBA, no one should be underestimated." Jackson said.
But in fact, it is easier said than done, which is also the reason why there will be cases such as Lin Madness. Many people will not be studied at all, but this also gives those who work hard a chance to counterattack.
Brooks jumped at the opportunity.
But the Lakers still don't want to let go of the game, but it is definitely too late to change their tactics now. This lesson will have to wait until the playoffs to make up for it at the earliest. What needs to be considered now is how to use the current situation to bring the situation back.
Zen master naturally thought of JK, the biggest trump card of the Lakers, the double-star king bomb who has saved the team countless times!
Zen master once again gave them the right to fire unlimited fire!
Most of the time before this season, Ji Feng stood up to save the team, but tonight, Kobe stood up!
He was in good form tonight. He made 8 of 15 in the half, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws and scored 21 points. So Ji Feng began to concentrate on playing for Kobe!
In the third quarter, with the expectation of the Lakers to reverse the ball, JK directly appeared on the stage!
As soon as he came up, Ji Feng used a ground-breaking dunk to recover two points, and Ji Feng also scored 14 points.
However, just when everyone thought that Ji Feng was going to start his own scoring mode, Ji Feng started to score the ball!
JK is connected!
Ji Feng dribbled to the frontcourt to attract the defense and then split the ball. Kobe faced McGrady and slapped the ball vigorously with his right hand, pretending to be strong on the right. When McGrady's center of gravity shifted to the right, he stretched out his left leg. While guarding the ball, with his eyes on the basket, McGrady jumped up in a hurry, and his feet left the ground.
Kobe Bryant plus action shaking, time difference jumper!
scored!
Additional penalty!
McGrady was severely fouled!
Standing on the free throw line and making a steady free throw, the point difference returned to 10 points!
The Rockets still rely on Brooks to break through and score points. Tonight, Xiaobu's score will break 30 sooner or later!
But Kobe turned on the offensive mode, and scored two goals in a row with a picturesque jump shot from different positions behind his back, stopping the Rockets!