After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 183 The situation changes suddenly
The efforts of the Lakers still paid off. Howard fouled Gasol's wrist before shooting. Although Gasol only made one of two free throws, Howard had to go off the field first.

With him, the Magic became even more difficult on the defensive end. Gasol scored two in a row. After he went down to rest, Kobe quickly continued.

If Li Chengming hadn't started to show off in the low post, and the Magic's outside shooter had finally worked, they might have been overtaken again.

Now they can still maintain a certain advantage, but the situation is very delicate, because in this kind of tug-of-war, it is almost to see which side can't hold it first, and it is possible that whoever falls behind first will start to change the situation.

However, the next two consecutive offenses were unfavorable for the Magic. Li Chengming also missed a shot, but the Lakers did not seize the opportunity. Enter.

Li Chengming and others were all attracted attention at the time, all eyes were on Kobe, but Wharton, who sneaked over from the baseline, grabbed the offensive rebound, but unfortunately he missed again, but Li Chengming hurriedly stretched out his hand and hit him on the arm Come on, foul.

As a result, Wharton didn't make two free throws, which disappointed the Lakers.

If you don't grasp the opportunity, you will be punished, so the next moment Li Chengming faced Luke Walton's defense and hit 2+1, helping the team lead to 4 points again.

At this time, there were still 37 seconds left in the third quarter. After Li Chengming made an extra free throw, the gap was 5 points, and the Lakers could choose to attack once.

Kobe made a quick two-pointer, used the cover to kill the basket with both hands and dunked. After landing, he stood next to Li Chengming and beat his chest angrily. taste.

Li Chengming looked at him and curled his lips, allowing him to walk past him with his eyes wide open in a demonstration.

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

Of course, it is understandable considering that Howard will continue on the one hand, and on the other hand, he did digest some of the tough shots that the Lakers didn't make in tactics.

But compared with Li Chengming's side, his hit rate really pales in comparison.

Although the two sides have different styles of play, the outside and inside cannot be compared so simply, but Li Chengming has also seen Kobe's "low efficiency", and knows why sometimes he can draw different conclusions from the perspective of fans and opponents coming.

Because when you play against him on the court, seeing him say "wow, you can score like this", the shock in your heart will make the opponent team more nervous and tilt their defensive attention to him.

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

But from the fan's point of view, there were a lot of strikes on the scene, and sometimes the key strikes caused the team to fail to widen the point difference or close the point difference. Looking at the table, it is natural to feel that this person is really too bad up.

In fact, the game must not only look at this side. 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, at least he should give more points to the most efficient player.

This means that Kobe has a lot of fans, otherwise, no matter if he wins or loses, he will always have to bear the blame.

Of course, with many fans, there are also many sunspots.

And now there are many fans of Li Chengming, especially in China. When the two are facing each other, 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 takes the lead". There is the result of "Pau Gasol led the team efficiently, but let the inefficient Kobe hold back and lag behind".

Fans look at the statistics and also watch the game, but they don't see the deep things, and they don't know that there are some deep reasons, so sometimes they feel that the situation on the court is inexplicable.

It's as if at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Magic were suddenly beaten 10:0 by the Lakers' rotation, and they were directly beaten.

Neither side scored at the end of the third quarter. As a result, the Magic still entered the decisive quarter with a 3-point lead.

At this time, most of the main players on both sides were resting off the court, but because of the Magic side, Howard didn't have much time to play due to fouls before, so Van Gundy chose to bring him up at this time, just enough for him to stand alone for a while. Time, buy time for Li Chengming and the others to rest.

And compared to the opposite lineup that has neither Gasol nor Kobe, the Magic have Howard, Arroyo, and Evans as starters. Logically speaking, this should be the time when they can open the score. .

It turned out that Odom from the Lakers was the first to show off. He really played like a magician, scoring, assisting, rebounding, and blocking shots. He even blocked Howard's dunk, making the happy beast scratch his head on the spot For a long time, I frowned and watched the rest of the Lakers celebrate around Odom, feeling very depressed.

Fortunately, the referee stopped them in time, and the game continued. Howard had to serve, otherwise, if they let them celebrate, he was afraid that he would want to hit someone.

At this time, Yang Yi talked: "I heard that there is controversy over Howard's MVP calls in the United States. It may be because like this, at the critical moment when he needs to score, he can't stand up. Li Chengming and Teko are also needed. Grew, even Lewis, they come..."

This view is of course one-sided, and Howard also had a lot of highlights at critical moments, but it just happened that he found an opportunity to talk about it at this time.

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

It means that you are so fierce, how can you behave like this in the face of such an opponent?
Is Howard strong?

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

Some are the natural defects of the center position, such as not being able to hold the ball from the outside to launch an attack by yourself, and need teammates to pass the ball, but others are due to their own reasons.

To put it simply, his impact on the game has a lot to do with his personal will. When he is excited, he can perform well, but if he is facing a lot of defensive pressure and it is troublesome to catch the ball, he will It is very likely that he will just give up and not play, and watch his teammates perform.

Especially after Li Chengming gradually played out, it was impossible for the two insiders to get offensive opportunities at the same time. He would either watch the show from the sidelines, and occasionally prepared to respond to Li Chengming's pass.

If the opponent's defense on his side is tight, or Li Chengming's defense is relatively loose, he can play by himself, and Howard is happy to relax.

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

After all, the boss can be so "selfless", what else can others say?

But in the eyes of the outside world, his help and influence on the team does not seem to be that great. After all, it is difficult to see the influence of the defensive end completely from the data, which will naturally have a great impact on his honor.

If it weren't for the fact that the Magic's current record is really good, and his statistics are the most beautiful among them, and the star flavor is also the most full, it is probably not bad to be ranked in the top three like Garnett.

Of course, Howard is not a vegetarian. He quickly returned a big cap to Odom on the defensive end, and directly slapped the ball out of the baseline. It was still the Lakers' frontcourt ball.

And this is already the fifth time he has blocked shots in this game. Three of the previous four times were given to Kobe. It must be said that Kobe is really persistent in beating Howard down, even if he has become the background board many times. not hesitate.

I have to say that the block this time is very beautiful, very domineering, and it blocked Odom's goal at the basket, but in everyone's opinion, this is what it should be. Not many surprises.

Then the Lakers served the ball in the frontcourt, Odom received the pass at the top of the arc, glanced at Cook, and even made a direct shot from outside the three-point line.

The Magic's zone defense has a tight eye on the bottom line and the positions on both sides, but the three-point position at the top of the arc is easy to be leaked. Fisher also scored one in this position before.

The Lakers' lead has reached 10 points unknowingly, and it is the first time in this game that they have led the Magic to double digits.

At this time, more than four minutes into the fourth quarter, Van Gundy called a timeout again. At this time, he could no longer have doubts and reservations. He had to choose to replace all the main players, otherwise it would be too late later.

(End of this chapter)