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Chapter 164 Warcraft?double backed beast
At the end of the half, the Lakers not only failed to make shots in the last 2 minutes, but also missed consecutive breakthroughs to the basket. Only Kobe hit a mid-range jumper on the last attack before halftime.

The Bobcats overtook the score by 63 points in one fell swoop with 56:7.

The Bobcats, who scored 29 points in the first quarter, scored another 34 points in the second quarter.

Dunlap looked at his team's 12-of-7 three-point shooting rate in the halftime, and the corners of his mouth rose. After playing so many games recently, it means that the Lakers can have this shooting rate.

"Ramon, wonderful quarter." Dunlap congratulated Sessions for his outstanding performance in the second quarter.

Sessions, who stretched his hips in the first quarter, fulfilled his promise that he was very familiar with the Lakers at home. He was very familiar with the home basket, and he threw two three-pointers in the second quarter. 11 points in the quarter.

"Ramon, how does it feel to hit a 3-pointer against Kobe?" Middleton, who was replaced by Sessions after a mediocre performance in the second quarter, asked Sessions with wide-eyed curiosity.

In the first quarter, he was beaten to death by Kobe, barely holding on to his heart, but in the second quarter, Sessions played much better than Kobe in terms of scoring, scoring double kills.

"Just so so, I was in Los Angeles before, and I used to shoot him in the face during training." Sessions said lightly, wiping his sweat with a triumphant smile.

Chen Xiao looked at the harmonious and lively locker room with a smile. After halftime, the teammates of the Lakers, who were leading the giants at the Staples Center, did not feel tired, but excitedly chatting about funny things.

"Look here, boys, take a deep breath now, feel your body, and tell me are you tired?" Dunlap stood in front of the locker room, looked at the players, breathing with his hands, and said loudly.

"Not tired." Middleton replied.

Dunlap glanced at Middleton, may you be tired from sitting on the bench for the second half of the quarter, and ignored Chen Xiao, Walker, Henderson and others.

"A little bit, but it doesn't have any effect.", "It's okay." Walker and Chen Xiao, the two who played the most inside and outside, said it was okay.

"Very tired." Henderson, who was panting heavily, knew that he was quite tired, needless to say.

Henderson, who played the whole game in the second quarter and led the defense against Kobe, of course felt tired. The offensive end tried his best and the defensive end had to pay attention to Kobe at all times.

"OK, so how did you feel when you were on the court in the last half?" Dunlap asked with a smile.

Run, the only feeling for the Bobcats players on the court is to run.

This is also the characteristic of D'Antoni's tactics, bombardment, 7-second offense.

The Lakers started to run, and the Bobcats naturally started to run, but it turned out that there were core players such as Kobe, Gasol, and Metta World Peace on the court. The average age of the Lakers was over 30 years old. , but gave the Bobcats more than 10 points in a row.

The obvious things are also seen by the fans.

"A group of old men with old arms and old legs, how can they run with the Bobcats who are all young? Chen Xiao, the youngest in the main lineup of the Bobcats, is only 20 years old, and the oldest Henderson and Sessions are only 25 and 26. "

"Shouldn't you be looking for D'Antoni, Kobe Gasol? It's awkward to think about it. Now it's all right, fourth from the bottom in the West."

"D'Antoni is a SX. He couldn't get along in the Knicks. He relied on Jeremy Lin to continue his life, but he was kicked in the end? It's okay now, the Knicks are second in the East, and the Lakers picked up others. Now they are fourth in the West. The Knicks aren't better than the Lakers, are they?"

"The Christmas game will soon be the Knicks vs. the Lakers. That game is interesting haha."

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"Chen Xiao played very well in the half. He scored 19 points in 18 minutes, 16 points higher than Kobe's 2 points in the half. In addition to scoring, he had 11 rebounds and 3 blocks in the half." Yu Jia Happy to broadcast Chen Xiao's half-time statistics.

Zhang Weiping was also very happy, and continued: "Yes, Chen Xiao, this time, he didn't frequently ask for positions in the low post, but he was able to receive the ball at the right position and then put the ball into the basket in one go.

Besides, there are also wonderful shots of playing Howard in the low post. It can be said that he has all the face in his pocket. "

……

"Welcome everyone to return to the second half of the NBA regular season Lakers vs. Bobcats brought by CCTV Sports Channel. The score was 56:63 in the first half, and the home team Lakers trailed by 7 points."

After a 15-minute break at halftime, the two teams dispatched troops and deployed their main lineups at the beginning of the third quarter.

The Lakers had the ball, and Chen Xiao, who was at the free throw line in the backcourt, watched Gasol and Howard running towards this side, and the Lakers put on a twin-tower lineup again.

Kobe received a pass from Duhon in the frontcourt. Facing Henderson's aggressive defense, Kobe handed the ball to Gasol at the top of the arc.

Meeks made consecutive hand-offs with Gasol, who was holding the ball in the high post, and Howard, who was holding the ball in the low post, and then reached the penalty area.

Chen Xiao jumped up and spread his arms out. Meeks had no chance to pass the ball to Kobe, who was directly facing the three-point line.

Kobe chose to shoot a three-pointer in the face of Henderson who had already thrown himself in the face. Chen Xiao stuck Howard behind him while watching Kobe complete the three-pointer with an absolutely beautiful shooting posture.

"Kang", the first grain of refined iron in the second half came out, it was a picturesque shot, and the quality of the refined iron was absolutely excellent.

After the rebound bounced wide, Chen Xiao saw that he was about to lose the rebound. Mullens ran back from the outside line and just copied the rebound with both hands on Howard's head.

"Good Reb." Chen Xiao shouted and rushed to the front court.

Chen Xiao, who ran into the basket first, attracted Gasol to his side, and the beautiful-haired sister-in-law Jia opened her hands to protect Chen Xiao behind her.

Chen Xiao looked at Gasol in front of him and Howard who was also in the paint, and felt that Mu Zi had a chance.

Sure enough, Walker and Henderson made a small pass on one side. Henderson squeezed the replaced Duhon to step on the paint area, and at the same time distributed the ball to Mullens, who was wide open at the top of the arc, at Howard.

Mullens, who was super god in the first quarter and super ghost in the second quarter, was unpredictable. He received the ball steadily, bent his hips and sank the ball and jumped up to shoot.

"Shua" hit the first three-pointer in the second half.

"Now the Bobcats are [-] points ahead, and the situation is very unfavorable to the Lakers. Let's see what special adjustments D'Antoni will make next." Yu Jia's voice was clearly transmitted to the ears of the Lakers fans in front of the screen.

D'Antoni?Or count on our boss.Lakers fans are now counting on Bryant to turn the tide in the second half.

The ball hit the net, and the crisp sound of the goal also liberated Chen Xiao from the entanglement with Gasol and turned around to defend.

"Defense, Defense!" Dunlap, who was standing on the sidelines, clapped his hands, reminding the players to come back and pay attention to defense.

Staring at Kobe in front of him after the pick-and-roll with Howard, Chen Xiao adjusted his steps and was always ready to interfere.

Seeing Kobe jumping up, Chen Xiao stepped forward and stretched out his hand like a knee-jerk reaction, and threw the ball from Kobe's hand diagonally towards the court.

Before reaching Gasol, who was standing outside the three-point line on that side, the ball flew into the arms of Walker, who was standing in the elbow area.

In Zhang Weiping's words of "Ouch, another mistake", Walker, who rushed into the Lakers' half court, faced Du Hong in front of him and handed the ball to Middleton, who won the full-court running game against Gasol. Delton made a layup and Gasol fouled.

Chen Xiao walked slowly from the backcourt to the frontcourt, stepping into the key area.

"Kris Middleton, the No. [-] pick in the second round this year, is selling the ball and his size, as well as his defense and organization." Yu Jia introduced Middleton on the free throw line.

"Kang" Middleton rarely missed a free throw.

Looking for the feeling, the second free throw was successfully hit. So far this season, Middleton's free throws are still one of the few in the team, with an 8% hit rate.

Adding one point to the point difference made it a full 11 points.

Looking back, the Lakers played another 7-second attack, but this time it was Meeks who found an open corner from Du Hong across the entire three-point line. The man most like Kobe scored and stopped the bleeding for the Lakers.

When the score returned to single digits, the Bobcats had to use their housekeeping skills, and the cooperation between Walker and Chen Xiao was perfect.

Walker received the ball near the bottom corner on the right side, and Duhon defended sideways, limiting Walker's breakthrough direction to the bottom line. On the breakthrough route, Howard had already spread his feet slightly and looked at it.

Seeing that Howard's attention was on Walker holding the ball, Chen Xiao bounced towards the free throw line.

Walker took a step towards the baseline and immediately distributed the ball to the elbow.

Chen Xiao received the ball steadily, ignoring Meeks who was rushing from his side, raised the ball above his head, dialed the ball with his right hand, and made a mid-range shot.

"Shua" Chen Xiao made a successful mid-range shot for the first time in this field.

Chen Xiao, who tried a direct hit, was overjoyed and pointed at Walker to signal a good pass.

"If Chen Xiao starts from the middle distance, the Lakers will be hard to defend. Howard has to go out to defend. The inside line is empty. Du Hong's breakthrough against Walker is useless. If there was no Howard inside before, then Walker will directly Come on." Zhang Weiping pointed out the concerns of the Lakers.

Soon, Walker broke into the penalty area and faced Gasol with a perfect parabolic high throw to score another 2 points.

In this game, Walker's toss through the inside line made the Lakers hard to guard against, especially when he and Chen Xiao had a pick-and-roll with Howard in front of him. Next, carry out the second attack of pure height talent suppression.

Even being blocked by Howard, Chen Xiao managed to save the ball in mid-air and continued to score.

Several minutes into the third quarter, Howard, who had never made a shot, finally couldn't help it.

The Lakers served from the sideline of the frontcourt, and from the other elbow, Howard squeezed Chen Xiao to a low position close to the ball.

Howard squeezed, so Chen Xiao pushed, pushing Howard to a big step outside the paint to receive the ball.

Howard received the ball and immediately stepped up to the line to break through. Chen Xiao slid against Howard's half body, but as soon as he took a step, Chen Xiao saw Howard's ball protector put the ball together.

Just start or turn around when you close the ball, but Howard doesn't agree, put down the ball after closing, then turn around and squeeze into the basket with a deep step.

On the other side of the "beep", referee No. 14, who was in the best view, clapped his hands up and down, indicating two dribbles.

"Cao, Warcraft has a brain hole, right? Kobe is on the three-point line of the breakthrough route, and he doesn't pass in a wide open? He dribbled the ball twice, really convinced."

"Warcraft is really uncomfortable if you don't make a joke in the low position. Chen Xiao covered the basket as soon as he stretched out his hand. Are you playing a ghost with a low position that is 10 centimeters shorter?"

Lakers fans spoke out angrily.

Chen Xiao was wrestling with Warcraft when he was serving, and he was facing the back of Warcraft when he was defending. He didn't pay attention to Kobe's position.
But the fans in front of the screen clearly saw the vacancy through the broadcast angle, Kobe first raised his right hand and then raised his hands to indicate that he was in the vacancy.

And when Howard turned around to face Kobe, Kobe immediately bent his hips and made a catching posture to catch the ball.

But Howard, who was obsessed with his post-up singles, chose to ignore it, and handed over the ball in the Second Games.

Chen Xiao, who heard the whistle, looked at the referee. At the same time, he saw Kobe, who had opened his hands slightly, completely opened them. Then he clapped his hands and left speechlessly. Howard looked at the referee inquiringly.

What's the matter, you didn't know that you had your second luck. The turn was very smooth, but it was the ball protector who supported the ball, otherwise Howard might have lost the ball when he turned this time.

"Howard's move is rough enough. After dribbling, I continue to dribble, and I turn around and dribble again." Zhang Weiping commented sharply with a smile.

"Howard relies on physical fitness after all, and he is not good enough technically." Yu Jia agreed, and extended, "Just like Chen Xiao's double turn in the first half, at that speed Howard might have to do half of it and get a second luck or make a mistake." .”

Howard's side ended up making a mistake and made a fool of himself. When the ball was converted, Walker called Mullens to perform a pick-and-roll and chose to attack Gasol who was on the court at this time.

Mullens blocked and went down to take Howard away. Chen Xiao, who was also at the free throw line at this time, took another screen. Walker, who used the pick-and-roll to cover consecutively, faced Gasol's continuous delay and Du Hong's hot pursuit. Chances to score directly.

But Gasol, who had been delayed to the paint, looked left and right and could only come to the basket to defend beside Chen Xiao, while Howard was transferred from the mountain and came to the three-point line to follow Mullens, who was threatening to shoot.

Walker passed the ball to Henderson, who was posing in the low post, and Henderson turned his back to Meeks' defense.

Sitting down to the paint, Henderson turned to the baseline and fired a fadeaway jumper.

Seeing Gasol, who was in front of him leaning towards Henderson, Chen Xiao grabbed the basket in one step, leaning on Kobe's shoulder and leaning on the side, and seeing the basketball iron falling from the edge of the basket, Chen Xiao was about to reach out to pick it up. ball.

But the thrust from the waist made Chen Xiao's center of gravity a little unstable, and he missed the opportunity to directly pick off the board.

However, Middleton, who came a little slower than Kobe, hit the ball in the fight with the turning Gasol, and the ball fell to the bottom line.

Chen Xiao, who broke away from Kobe, bent forward and grabbed the basketball back before the ball went out of bounds. He put his back foot on the ground, retracted his front foot, and returned to the position under the basket.

While standing up, there was a push from behind, which affected the balance of his body. Chen Xiao reluctantly put the ball towards the basket, and within a short distance, the basketball fell into the basket smoothly.

"Beep" The referee whistled, Howard fouled, and it was an obvious pushing foul.

Walking two steps along the baseline, he gave a high-five to Henderson who sent an indirect assist. Standing outside the three-point line, the Mullens Bobcats players who immediately returned to defense when they saw the ball shot all surrounded the paint.

"Just play like this, mobilize their big men, the coach is right, we will have an easy chance to score." Chen Xiao communicated with his teammates after scoring.

Chen Xiao, who walked to the free throw line, exhaled lightly and prepared to catch the ball.

At this time, Kobe and Howard, who were standing on the sideline of the paint area as far as they could see, were sweating profusely, and the sweat on their bodies reflected clearly under the light.

Using Jordan's free throw posture in front of Kobe is also a novel experience. After Chen Xiao finished the action, with a flick of his wrist, the basketball flew into the basket.

And this dead ball, the Lakers removed the twin towers, did not replace Howard, who was directly responsible for offense and defense, but replaced Gasol as usual in the first half.

In the last two quarters, the Lakers have achieved good results by switching to Shanta Ci Shiping to play 4, but now they are more than 10 points behind and the game has reached the third quarter. There is a cliff behind the Lakers.

Ci Shiping, who had just entered the court, took the ball from the right wing and tried to get out of Mullens. He rushed all the way to the edge of the backboard.

Chen Xiao, who was stuck with Howard at the basket, saw the basketball whizzing into Howard's hands, raised his hands and pressed against his body, Chen Xiao confronted Howard to prevent it from ending easily.

Howard, who immediately jumped up after catching the ball, was not blocked by Chen Xiao but waited for Mullens. Just after the cap, Ci Shiping landed on the basket. Mullens saw the ball rise in Howard's hands again, and it was another step A solid big hat.

Walker, who was right next to him, jumped out in one step, got the ball and accelerated again, making rapid progress all the way.

Although Kobe's defense was in place, Walker had no room for a direct layup, but Walker, who jumped up and turned around in the air, returned the ball to Middleton, who was also on a fast break. Middleton caught the ball from the basket and dunked with both hands. .

Chen Xiao, who has always been active, also ran into the interior, but after all, he was fighting with Howard. Seeing that Walker and Middleton had formed a fast break, Chen Xiao ran over at a normal speed, unable to keep up with the fast break The first echelon, but can also be a support.

It's just that the two of Womi finished the ball beautifully, and Chen Xiao is equivalent to practicing a back and forth run.

But as long as the team can score, it is not useless to turn back and run steadily. Maybe you will get 2 points next time.

In comparison, Gasol's turn-back running under D'Antoni's 7-second offense system was really torture. His teammates shot when he ran over, and he had to run back, and then he was suddenly hit by a small guard, struggling left and right.

Saying that a 7-second offense is a 7-second offense, Kobe dribbled the ball into the interior, twisted his body in the air and passed the ball to the outside, and it had to be Meeks.

In the connection between true and false Kobe, Meeks seized the opportunity and hit a 3-pointer.

But looking back, Chen Xiao set up a pick-and-roll for Walker, Howard stepped forward for a while and then drew back to follow Chen Xiao. Walker took a small jump along the three-point line to collect the ball and pulled it out.

Meeks, who was too late to catch up, stopped, his swinging hands were full of powerlessness, "boom", the basketball hit the inner basket and made a hit.

"Just block it, there is no one in front of three meters, Walker's three-pointer is easier than the one made by Meeks." Yu Jia sighed.

(End of this chapter)