Chapter 1351 Lakers Internal Conflict

Kobe laughed angrily and said: "When the Hammers break through, you can come out to cover. You have this opportunity."

"No, Kobe, I didn't, I was stuck on him." Howard laughed.

"Even if you can't squeeze past him, you still have a chance to get around him, and you should do that." Kobe emphasized.

"I know what to do, Kobe, this is my business." Howard said unhappily.

"Hey, do you want me to mediate?" Mike Brown shouted angrily from the sidelines.

"Kobe and Warcraft are quarreling. Are the Lakers in internal strife? They are both 1-2 behind. They can't lose this game again. Don't they understand?"

Buckley said in surprise.

Kenny Smith complained: "The Lakers locker room has always been a problem, from the OK era to now."

Li Ba made an extra free throw, 0:9, and the Suns led by 9 points at home.

When the Lakers attacked, Kobe took the ball after halftime and, like Paul, moved to the sideline on the right wing, away from Li Ba's assisting defense area.

"Watch the pass," Mike Brown yelled from the sidelines.

Li Ba listened to it, so what else could he not understand? The Lakers head coach must have reminded Kobe to pay attention to passes from the strong and weak sides.

What are the Lakers afraid of when attacking from the outside? Kobe and Paul are definitely not afraid of singles against the two rookies Harden and George Hill, but they are afraid of his help defense.

If he helps defend the strong side, then Kobe passes to the weak side. If he does not help defend the strong side, then Kobe attacks George Hill in isolation.

Moreover, after he judged that the Lakers' ball had reached the weak side, he was afraid that he would return to defend the basket and would most likely make a mid-to-long shot instead of entering the paint area.

With Kobe and Paul being so far apart, this really put him in a difficult position. He couldn't take the initiative to help defend the strong side and could only stay in the high position.

At this time, Paul moved without the ball, dropped Harden, and cut into the wing. Kobe immediately retreated and threw the ball over.

Kobe's retreat is not only to get rid of Hill, but also to avoid Li Ba in the high position. He is afraid that the ball will be intercepted. If he retreats, the arc of the pass does not need to be too high, and the passing speed is faster, almost surgical. A straight shot like a knife.

The moment Kobe passed the ball, Li Ba started, turned around and pounced on Paul.

Kobe and Paul are very far apart, which certainly makes it more difficult for him to help defend, but it also increases the distance of the pass and gives him more time to help defend.

Paul stretched out his hands to catch the ball. He saw Li Ba's movement out of the corner of his vision, but he had no second choice. George Hill was one step behind. If he hesitated, a double-team would form, so when he caught the ball, In an instant, he immediately jumped up and took action.

In the next moment, Li Ba jumped two meters away, flew up, stretched his right arm as hard as he could, and pointed at the basketball flying into the air.

Paul threw the ball in his hand and his body was falling. At this time, a strong wind came from the right side, and then he saw a big hand picking up the ball he had just thrown.

Li Ba flew past Paul, stepped on it immediately after landing, then turned around and took off. Without looking, he grabbed the falling basketball with his right hand in the air.

"yeah!"

The long-distance flying hat made the audience roar with cheers, and countless palms began to shake.

Hill turned around and came down quickly, received a pass from Li Ba, rushed to the frontcourt, entered the paint area from the right elbow area, and flew for a layup.

At this time, Kobe returned to the basket from the left wing and flew to block the shot.

"Snapped!"

The ball was fanned.

"well!"

The whole audience sighed.

When the ball fell, both Kobe and Hill rushed to the baseline and had no time to come back, but Paul arrived and caught the ball.

At this time, Li Ba rushed in slowly, but it was too late. He quickly stopped, turned around, and quickly returned to defense.

Kobe and Paul quickly stepped down, and with their sheer speed, they entered the frontcourt ahead of Li Ba and went straight to the paint area.

Drummond and Howard have returned to the basket. The latter did not provide an offensive screen under the basket, but opened a little distance, and then asked Paul who was holding the ball for the ball.

At this time, Paul and Kobe entered the paint area from the left and right elbows respectively.

Paul had no idea of ​​passing the ball to Howard, and rushed straight to Drummond. With two steps left, he suddenly passed the ball to Kobe.

Drummond quickly turned around and moved. At this time, Kobe flew up after receiving the ball and hit the former with a dunk.

With a bang, the Suns backboard was smashed, and then the referee's whistle sounded.

"Ouch, Drummond committed two fouls, this is just the beginning." Zhang Liji said anxiously.

"It's the same as Howard last time. He made two fouls in the opening game and it's hard to beat him," Yu Jia said.

Xu Jicheng said: "The rookie is still too inexperienced. He just slapped Kobe down and didn't give him a chance to play two plus one. There was also a problem with George Hill's layup just now. He was too hasty. The hammer was behind him. You should have observed it before going to the basket.”

Before the free throw, Drummond came off the court, came on Garnett, and Li Ba returned to the fifth position.

Barkley analyzed: "If the center is hit with a hammer, its ability to help defend the perimeter will be much weaker. This will free up the Lakers' perimeter and benefit the Lakers."

Kenny Smith said: "The Lakers must not be careless. When the hammer hits the center, the outside defense is just as good, but it is not as strong as the fourth position. It can directly drive the Lakers' offense to the three-point line. Even Kobe and Paul had to move to the sideline."

Barkley smiled: "But there are still great benefits. Now Kobe and Paul can enter the three-point line. As long as they don't get too close to the paint area, the shooting rate will be improved a lot."

On the sidelines, Payton told Garnett to tell others to play inside attack from now on.

Kobe made the free throw, 3:9, the Lakers were still 6 points behind.

The Suns attacked.

Garnett pulled away, and Yi Lian followed to defend.

Li Ba ran to the basket to move, Howard and Tony Allen defended in front, blocking the former under the basket and double-teaming in advance.

At this time, Jimmy Butler made a pick-and-roll and blocked Howard in front. Li Ba immediately turned around, bypassed Howard, and came out to receive the ball.

Paul tried his best to stop Harden from passing the ball, but the latter still passed the ball in.

Li Ba received the ball, Howard squeezed Butler and pushed up.

At this time, Li Ba dribbled and arched the center of gravity of Howard, then jumped sideways, and made a one-arm dunk, smashing the Lakers' basket.

Howard's center of gravity was arched, and he didn't have time to jump up to defend. Tony Allen was on the other side and could only watch.

At this time, the referee blew the whistle and pointed at Howard, calling a blocking foul.

"The Lakers knocked Drummond down, and the Hammer wanted to knock Howard down. Both sides were targeting the other side's inside line." Zhang Heli laughed.

Li Ba missed the free throw, 3:11, the Suns led by 8 points.

The Lakers attacked, Howard moved under the basket, pinning the Hammer in the paint area, and Kobe took the ball and broke into the right wing and hit a mid-range shot.

5:11, the Lakers were behind by 6 points.