runaway point guard

Chapter 418 The Scoring Machine
Chandler made a tip-up, the score of the two teams became 9-10, and the Hornets led by one point.

One of the two teams began to show its ability to control the game early on, as some people expected.

In this quarter of the game, Zhong Yu, the notorious executioner of the Hornets who slaughtered the Lakers in the first two games, did not show a very strong desire to attack in this game.

At the beginning of the first quarter, after he hit a ball, he missed two consecutive jumpers, and then he didn't shoot much.

However, his influence on the team has not declined because of this.On the contrary, Zhong Yu also passed a few balls and sent a few assists.Because Zhong Yu can pass the ball, and his scoring is known to the whole world, the Lakers have to disperse more defensive attention on Zhong Yu.

In this way, many people are concerned about Zhong Yu's every move.

What made the Lakers players feel uncomfortable was that when Zhong Yu was attacking, he always walked up and down in the Lakers' half court, leading the Lakers' defense to occasionally cause confusion.

Therefore, the help that Zhong Yu brought to the Hornets was clearly presented in front of everyone.

Throughout the first quarter, Zhong Yu sent out 2 assists, which is also very good in terms of invisible contributions to the team.

At the end of this quarter, the score was 23-22, and the Lakers temporarily led by one point, but even if there was only one second left in the game, no team would lead because of this. One point and feel no pressure.

Therefore, neither the Lakers nor Lakers fans will feel relaxed because of this point.

Zhong Yu also scored himself in this quarter. To be honest, if Kobe's firepower is fully fired and Kobe's touch is very good, Zhong Yu will not be able to guard against Kobe.

On the contrary, if Zhong Yu turned on his maximum firepower and played with all his strength, Kobe would not be able to guard Zhong Yu.

Zhong Yu can always seize the opportunity to score. In the first quarter, Zhong Yu's data was 7 points and 2 assists. In fact, he performed well. The key is that after counting his invisible help to the team, Zhong Yu's ability It is more obvious.

And Zhong Yu's jump shot is also very stable, and the accuracy of the shot is still in it.

Kobe's face was very serious. He felt that hope was ahead in this game. However, he also felt that the road was very tortuous, and the Hornets were definitely not an easy opponent to deal with.

Then, the second quarter started. Ariza saw his old team, was extremely jealous, and played very well.

The outside line of the Lakers was almost locked on the outside line by Ariza.

The outside and inside passes couldn't be played, Vujacic was blocked by Ariza, and the morale of the Lakers' substitute was beaten.

The fans next to the stadium yelled at the stadium angrily: "Damn it, play better!"

"My grandma played better than you when my grandma came on the court." Some fans in the auditorium couldn't help cursing, and they directly booed the substitutes in the basketball court... Suddenly, The Lakers' substitutes looked very ugly and hungry.

Being booed by his home fans, although the fans are also because they are anxious, because the Lakers have lost two games and cannot lose again.

But their faces are still very ugly.

The Lakers' bench players, who were irritated by the boos of the fans next to the court, also started to play. They tried their best to start a defensive battle with the Hornets' bench.

It's just that the Hornets' bench played very well, and their bench was originally more defensive.

The Hornets' substitutes ushered in a 5-point lead for the main players. Faced with such a lead, Paul and Zhong Yu were not polite.

Especially Zhong Yu, he only scored 7 points in the first quarter, and he will not let go of such an opportunity in the second quarter.

After the Hornets sent their main players on the court, the first ball was in the hands of the Lakers. Kobe held the ball, and the Lakers now need to score a goal to maintain their morale.

Kobe hoisted the basketball safely into the interior. After two dribbles, Gasol turned around and planned to lay up, but his basketball was a little out of hand. Paul came in and took a picture of his basketball.

Gasol made a mistake at a critical moment, Zhong Yu also chased in and turned Paul's steal into a counterattack, Zhong Yu drove the speed to the maximum, and flew directly towards the half court.

Kobe chased all the way, and the two came under the basket.

At this time, the two were on the left side of the basket, Zhong Yu made a fake shot, Kobe jumped up, and flew out of the baseline because of too much force, so Zhong Yu put away the basketball and turned around, and turned to the other side of the basket Basket shot.

"Shh!"

There is basketball.

The Hornets extended the score to 7 points.

The Lakers started to fight back, Fisher controlled the ball on the outside to let everyone not panic, and returned the ball to the Hornets.

After Kobe received the ball, he broke through the inside and gave the ball to Gasol, and Gasol gave it to Bynum. His pass was very good. He drew the double-team and then passed it, buying enough time for Bynum and space.

Bynum then hit the basketball to the basket, and then bounced directly into the net.

The Lakers chased back two points.

Then, with the Hornets' possession of the ball, Paul broke through all the way into the inside line, and then he jumped up in the sky and distributed the basketball to Peja on the bottom line. Peja distributed the basketball to West at the top of the arc. West didn't stop the ball either, and passed it directly to Zhong Yu on the other side of the baseline.

Zhong Yu received the pass and immediately made an unreasonable jump shot.

"Shua!" There was also a three-pointer.

The score gap was widened to 8 points.

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Next, the two teams came and went, playing very fiercely.

So, at the end of the second quarter, there was already a lot of discussion in the stadium——

"Zhong Yu's scoring ability is really too strong...compared to the regular season, it seems to have improved."

"His scoring ability has been improving, and now his strike range can cover the entire half court from two steps outside the three-point line."

"Such an opponent is really a formidable enemy."

"No wonder, in the first two games, he scored 65 points in one game and 54 points in the other game! Such scoring ability is really terrifying."

The fans' comments are not unreasonable, mainly because, in the second quarter, after the main force of the Hornets reappeared, Zhong Yu suddenly changed the first quarter. The offense is a style of play that creates positions for teammates in the offense.

After Zhong Yu reappeared in the second quarter, he became the one in the previous two games, the scoring machine that Lakers fans wanted to scold when they mentioned it.

He can always throw three-pointers from long distances, and two-pointer jumpers. He is very advanced and breaks through the inside. Not only can he hit the ball, but he can also easily cause the opponent's foul!
After a series of combo punches, the Lakers and Hornets have been kept in scoring by the Hornets bench, and even expanded on this basis.

No wonder fans have so much resentment, and it is for this reason.

At the end of the first half, the score of the two sides was 56-47, and the Hornets had already led by 9 points.

The faces of the Lakers players were not good-looking, and they felt ashamed to see Jiangdong's elders. They were beaten by the Hornets in two consecutive away games. When they returned to the home court, they were already 9 points behind at the end of halftime...

Such a result really made them feel frustrated, embarrassed, and unable to hold their heads up...

In the second quarter, Zhong Yu scored 11 points in a single quarter, which was the main contributor to the Hornets' 9-point lead in this quarter.

At the end of the first half, Zhong Yu's total score rose to 18 points.

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In the locker room of the Lakers, the atmosphere was dull, especially Kobe, who didn't say a word, his face was gloomy, and no one dared to touch Kobe's bad luck.

Many players on the Lakers, especially those with no background and no status in the team, would rather go to the sewer for a year than stay with Kobe.

So sometimes, some people question Kobe's inability to become a leader. There is indeed some truth to it. His personality is really not suitable.

At this time, the leader must stand up, comfort everyone, and at the same time score to drive everyone's emotions, instead of sitting on the side with a black face like Kobe.

After the game just started, the Lakers played fiercely.

The players were really influenced by Kobe, they were really afraid of seeing Kobe's stinky face again... So, from this aspect, Kobe can still mobilize the players in the team in a sense emotional.

Although this method is quite different...

In this quarter of the game, Zhong Yu led the Hornets players to score one after another, and his shooting percentage also dropped slightly.

On the Lakers side, the scoring is more intensive, and their shooting percentage is gradually higher than that of the Hornets.

Because most of their balls are completed with strong inside shots.

Not to mention the increase in shooting percentage, the key is... the intensity of the Lakers' rebounding in this quarter has greatly increased, and it has increased to the point where the Hornets cannot adapt temporarily.

They are really fighting for every inch of land under the basket.

Every time a rebound bounced, the inside players of the Lakers lit up their eyes and tried their best to compete.

The Lakers grabbed a lot of rebounds in this quarter, and they exploded the Hornets on the rebounds. Coupled with the Lakers' fighting spirit and shooting percentage, they regained their lead in this quarter.

In this way, at the end of the third quarter, the score of the two teams was 83-79, and the Lakers overtook the Hornets by 4 points and entered the fourth quarter.

Although the points behind are not many, but after this quarter, the Lakers' insiders began to show their power again, and the Hornets are very dangerous——

Don't forget, last season they lost on the inside!

(End of this chapter)