Double stars shine in Los Angeles

Chapter 224

Game [-] between the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Antonio Spurs will be at the Spurs' home court on the night of May [-]th.Although the Los Angeles Lakers easily defeated the Golden State Warriors four to one before, they did not relax their vigilance in the face of the upcoming San Antonio Spurs, but actively prepared for the game.As I said before, the San Antonio Spurs are too resilient. The opponents who fought against them at the beginning are already different, but they are the only ones who persevere, and the older they get, the more monsters they get. May be "yin" by them.

On the night of the game, in the home court of the San Antonio Spurs, fans wore uniform T-shirts to cheer for the team. Although the former players of the Los Angeles Lakers were very envious of such support, this situation is not expected to be seen in Los Angeles. First of all, you can't expect those Hollywood stars in the front row to wear uniform uniforms to cheer like ordinary fans. The Staples Center has long been a means for those big names to increase their exposure.

In the jump ball, the Los Angeles Lakers won without any surprise.Kobe Bryant was very active at the beginning of the game. After halftime, it was like Steve Nash reaching for the ball and signaling that he would execute the team's first offense.It was Danny Green who guarded Kobe Bryant.

Compared with Kobe Bryant, Danny Green can only be regarded as a rookie, but Danny Green is really hardworking on defense.However, it was precisely because Danny Green was too serious that he was shaken by Kobe Bryant's fake action at the beginning of the game and caused a defensive foul.Kobe Bryant got to the free throw line while making a shot and made a three-pointer.

The offense of the San Antonio Spurs was no different from before. Tony Parker commanded his teammates to open the space in the frontcourt. Il Leonard saw Lin Fengzhe speeding up, and made no adjustments in a hurry and shot directly. The basketball went out of the basket, and the rebound was caught by Li Yifeng on the heads of Tim Duncan and Tiago Splitter. Grab it.

Li Yifeng passed the basketball to Steve Nash and reacted quickly to counterattack. Kobe Bryant and Lin Fengzhe split the left and right sides at the same time.The Los Angeles Lakers played three-for-two in the frontcourt. Steve Nash first gave the ball to Kobe Bryant. At the last moment before the layup, Kobe Bryant passed the basketball to Lin Fengzhe in the left corner , Lin Fengzhe hit an open three-pointer.The Los Angeles Lakers temporarily lead [-]-[-].

The San Antonio Spurs attacked again, Tony Parker suppressed the rhythm of the game, and the fast back and forth runs were an unnecessary drain on Tim Duncan's physical fitness.Tim Duncan and Tiago Splitter screened for Tony Parker one after another. Tony Parker hit the basket and made a small throw to get the team's first score of the game.

The San Antonio Spurs have done a good job of adjusting themselves and not letting themselves fall into the rhythm of the Los Angeles Lakers' game.Since there were no good fast-break opportunities, both sides played very patiently, and almost every round of offense would last for 20 seconds.

The offense of the Los Angeles Lakers is more about the twin towers on the inside, especially on the offensive end. The Los Angeles Lakers used the misplaced Seiko to let Li Yifeng find Tim Duncan to play. Tim Duncan's physical strength reduces the potential threat he may have in the game.

Less than 2 minutes before the end of the first quarter, Gregg Popovich took the lead in personnel rotation, replacing Tim Duncan for a rest, and Phil Jackson also replaced Pau Gasol.

Josh McGroberts was very excited as soon as he came on the court. The first statistic after he came on the court was to help defend and give Gary Neal a big hot pot, fanning the basketball beyond the three-point line.Chris Duhon, who got the ball, scored a halfcourt dunk against an empty San Antonio Spurs.

In the second quarter of the game, Manu Ginobili became the offensive spearhead of the San Antonio Spurs, using his own weird breakthrough footsteps to score six points in a row. McGrady and Metta Shiping slipped through the gap before the door closed and hit a one-handed jumper, causing the home fans to erupt in cheers.

Although Manu Ginobili has always faced frequent injuries in recent seasons, but whenever he enters the playoffs, Manu Ginobili can always incarnate the cold-blooded killer and give the team the necessary help .In the previous first round, Manu Ginobili averaged [-] points per game as the team's sixth man, and was one of the important scoring points for the San Antonio Spurs' bench lineup.

For the Los Angeles Lakers, the high-low coordination between Josh McRoberts and Yao Ming became a bright spot.Yao Ming and Josh McRoberts are on both sides of the free throw line. After one of them holds the ball to attract the defense, the other will move to the low post, and the pass of the ball holder will follow.After receiving the ball, the player in the low post either scores a dunk, or uses a hook shot to score, and if the opportunity is not good, he will pass the basketball back to the player in the high post for a jump shot.

The combination of Yao Ming and Josh McRoberts accounted for nearly half of the team's scoring in the second quarter.Relying on the cooperation of the two and the outside shots of Tracy McGrady and others, the Los Angeles Lakers temporarily led by eight points after halftime.

In the second half of the game, Tony Parker found the feeling of shooting three-pointers and made four of six three-pointers. Tim Duncan used his iconic rebound shot to score eight points under the defense of Pau Gasol. Tom Duncan also failed to prevent Pau Gasol's offense on the defensive end, and the two exploded at best.

Compared with the mutual explosion between Tim Duncan and Pau Gasol, the matchup between Li Yifeng and Tiago Splitter is complete abuse.Under Li Yifeng's defense, Tiago Split scored four fouls without a single point. In the second half of the game, he was replaced due to too many fouls in less than 5 minutes.

After Tiago Splitter was replaced by the San Antonio Spurs, which did not have an advantage in the interior, the disadvantage of the interior was magnified.Steve Nash also deliberately played the basketball inside, and even communicated with Li Yifeng to play Tim Duncan in a misplaced position, trying to beat Tim Duncan as well.

Although the idea of ​​causing Tim Duncan's foul to get him off the court was not successful, the Lakers used another way to get Tim Duncan off the court for a rest.Li Yifeng used his physical advantage to single-handedly beat Tim Duncan, leaving Tim Duncan exhausted and depressed, with a gloomy expression on his face, because the team had already fallen behind by as much as [-] points.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the San Antonio Spurs' troika was present at the same time, kicking off the prelude to the counterattack.Inside and outside shots from Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, combined with a shot from Tim Duncan, cut the deficit to seven.However, Lin Fengzhe and Tracy McGrady also fought back and pulled the point difference to double digits again.

Two minutes and 50 seconds before the end, the San Antonio Spurs were still [-] points behind. Coach Gregg Popovich replaced Tim Duncan and other main players and announced that he would give up the game.Seeing this, Phil Jackson also replaced Kobe Bryant and others, and the game entered garbage time.

In the end, the Los Angeles Lakers won the first game of the series 115-99 on the road.In this game, the Los Angeles Lakers scored the most points from inside players. Li Yifeng had 24 points and [-] rebounds, Pau Gasol had [-] points and [-] rebounds, Yao Ming had [-] points, [-] rebounds and [-] assists. The outside players scored the most points. Nineteen points for Kobe Bryant.

On May [-]th, the second game of the series between the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Antonio Spurs will still be held at the home of the San Antonio Spurs.

In an interview with the media before the game, Tim Duncan said, "Tonight is our second home game, and we will do our best to win this game so that the team can compete in the next game. Take a certain amount of initiative, otherwise, if you want to go further in the playoffs, the difficulty will increase exponentially."

Gregg Popovich said in an interview: "I believe in my players. They are all very good members. We just need to follow our own rhythm in the game and strengthen the team's defense. The strength of the game is very important. It was all in the second quarter and we didn't have a good way to defend the L.A. Lakers ie high and low to get them an advantage in the halfcourt and keep it going. But now, we've figured out how to defend the L.A. Lakers, I have enough confidence to believe that the team can win the game and tie the big score."

Phil Jackson said in an interview with the media before the game: "What we have always wanted to do is to maintain the unbeaten record in the playoffs to win the championship, and create a record of winning the playoffs for three consecutive seasons. record. But as you can see, we lost a game to the Golden State Warriors in the first round due to carelessness. However, we made up our minds after that, and we are going to win all games. We are now moving towards Steady progress in this direction.”

"We will win the game because we have the best players and coaches in the league. This is our strong backing!" Kobe Bryant had only this sentence in his interview with many reporters.

"Win or lose? Sorry, I have never considered this issue." Lin Fengzhe said, "First of all, I admit that the San Antonio Spurs are strong. They have achieved great achievements. But now they are old, we will tell them what the facts It is 'a new generation replaces the old'".

(End of this chapter)