Almighty legend life

Chapter 726 Staples' Sigh
"Beautiful, well done, Malone again, wonderful mid-range shot, today he regained his youth, this game is worth looking forward to."

The old commentator of Staples once again praised Malone.

After being hit by the Mavericks at the beginning and directly calling a timeout, the Lakers who re-entered the game found their own rhythm. Although O'Neal was specially targeted, Malone, who is 40 years old today, broke out suddenly. He did not swing his big elbow on the offensive end. , but used consecutive high jumpers to chase the score for the Lakers.

On the defensive end, the overall defensive formation of the Lakers has been completely expanded, pressing the Mavericks in all directions. Although this will consume a lot of energy for the Lakers players to a certain extent, at least the point difference will begin to narrow. After all, the Mavericks Only Liu Han and Nowitzki are fully open on the offensive end.

The Mavericks used simple offense and Liu Han's strong performance to open up the point difference at the beginning, but the Lakers were not so easy to deal with. When they united and took the game seriously, the strength of individual players was able to show reasonably.

Faced with such a situation, Liu Han had to start to control the ball again. Although Odom has a certain offensive organization ability, he is not particularly experienced. After all, he started to try to control the ball this season.

The two sides entered a stalemate after returning from the 4-minute timeout. The Mavericks used Liu Han's personal ability to maintain a certain shooting percentage in the offense, and the Lakers also relied on Malone and O'Neal's personal ability to open the situation. , The score gap has been hovering between 5 and 7 points.

After the unfavorable start, Staples regained its warm atmosphere. The two teams did not put much energy into defense. After all, no one can defend the other, so the game is more focused on offense. On the spot, this feasted the eyes of the fans present.

All the big and small stars on the sidelines are cheering for the teams they support, but after all, this is Staples, so there are obviously more supporters for the Lakers, but there are still people who support the Mavericks, Keanu Reeves because of Liu Han A clear-cut supporter of the Mavericks, he would stand up and cheer without hesitation after the Mavericks scored a goal. Although Keanu Reeves is a very quiet person in private, the atmosphere here still infected him when he came to the arena.

In Staples, there are still many Chinese or ethnic Chinese holding the Chinese flag to support Liu Han. Some of them are not even real fans, but support the Mavericks just because of Liu Han's identity.

However, in the general trend, there are still a large number of Lakers fans. Whenever Liu Han takes the ball, there will always be a lot of boos. There are always more realistic people than nostalgic people.

About 8 minutes into the first quarter, the Mavericks first began to make adjustments. Nowitzki was replaced, veteran Aaron McGee played, and Jamison was replaced, and Korver played. The Mavericks played completely. Small lineup.

The Lakers also made adjustments accordingly. After all, their physical fitness is problematic to a certain extent. If they want to play according to the current defensive strength, probably the players can support at most three quarters of the game, so rotation is a must.

After the rotation of the two sides, the Mavericks immediately hit an offensive climax. Without O'Neal and Malone on the inside, the Mavericks began to break through crazily under the leadership of Liu Han. Threat, Korver has made great progress this season with the Mavericks, and he is now considered a relatively well-known three-point shooter among the 03-level rookies.

The Mavericks now have five players on the court with very good three-point ability, which makes it difficult for the Lakers to defend. Liu Han can break through or shoot directly. This alone makes the Lakers' defense very headache. With the deterrence of others on the outside, Liu Han's offense with the ball will be much more free.

When the first quarter ended, the Mavericks had widened the point difference to 14 points.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers replaced O'Neal and Malone, while Liu Han of the Mavericks took a rest. Nowitzki came off the bench with a substitute, and the Lakers began to catch up with the score again.

This season, when many teams meet the Mavericks, it will be like this. The start is suppressed by the Mavericks. The main players come out to chase points during the playing time of the substitute players. The Mavericks play a wave in the third and fourth quarters. Flow will end the suspense of the game, which is the usual rhythm of the Mavericks. Unfortunately, today's Lakers also encountered this problem, and they have to do this, because there is no other better way to chase points.

In less than 5 minutes of the second quarter, the Lakers narrowed the point difference to 6 points. They saw the hope of tying the score, but when Liu Han returned to the court, he used two three-pointers and a steal to restore the point difference. After the expansion, the Lakers fell into a passive situation again.

In the first quarter of the Lakers, Malone stood up to help the team bite the score, but in the second quarter, it was Finley who stood up. Finley has been ignored by the Lakers, and some media even said that he is not counted at all. "Heavenly King", but it must be admitted that Finley's personal strength is still there. His physical condition is very good, and after being trained by Krent a few years ago, he has also made stable shots from the outside. Because he has fewer shots this season, he seems a little lacking in presence, but he is indeed capable.

After the main players of the two teams returned to the court, Finley almost finished rookie Josh Howard on the offensive end.

Howard is sometimes a little impulsive, and Finley used this to continuously score two plus one on Howard.

If it weren't for Finley's brave performance, maybe the Mavericks could completely open the point difference in the second quarter, and the Lakers would definitely not be able to catch up.

Liu Han still steadily controlled the rhythm of the game in the second quarter. Although the defensive Mavericks were still unable to defend, the offense was very stable. After Liu Han attracted the defensive pressure of the Lakers, the rest of the Mavericks also had enough There are many shots, so the point difference between the two teams has been around 10 points.

In the second half of the second quarter, O'Neal also made some gains on the offensive end. He took advantage of the Mavericks' declining physical strength to grab offensive rebounds in the paint, which forced the Mavericks to foul him. The bravery of a game, the free throw percentage of about [-]% is still acceptable for the Mavericks.

At the end of the second quarter, the two teams scored 65 to 54, and the Mavericks led by 11 points to end the first half.

(End of this chapter)