At the end of the first half, the score between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Los Angeles Lakers reached 54 to 54!

The Los Angeles Lakers and Seattle SuperSonics had a crazy half-game matchup at home, and the final result was actually a tie!

In the Lakers locker room, everyone in the Lakers were shocked and dissatisfied with this score.

Kobe was dissatisfied and felt that these teammates on his team should be in the lead and should help him cooperate with his psychological warfare against Yes and put psychological pressure on Yes!

Damn it, the score between the two sides is even.

Yes, taking the lead creates psychological pressure!

The Lakers players themselves are also very dissatisfied.

This series between the Lakers and the SuperSonics is predicted to be very close, 50-50, and the Lakers players themselves recognize it, but what they recognize is that they are better than other Sonics players, and Yes is better than Kobe. The top score of this game

At halftime, Kobe didn't hold them back, and Yes didn't start attacking. They couldn't beat the Sonics!

This is really, really incredible, okay!

The Lakers and SuperSonics were very tangled in the past, but basically they were abusing the other Sonics, while Yes was abusing Kobe.

Right now Yes doesn't abuse Kobe Bryant, but they can't abuse the SuperSonics players anymore!

what does that mean?

This means that these young Sonics players are making progress!

This group of Sonics players who were beaten by Nowitzki in turn have become stronger!

Is it because they have become stronger a long time ago and are still beaten by Nowitzki?

Or did he become stronger after being beaten by Nowitzki?

The order is no longer important.

The important thing is that when Yes and Kobe's offense didn't intervene in the game, they couldn't beat the Sonics!

In the Lakers locker room, except for Kobe, who felt the most uncomfortable.

The second most miserable Lakers player is Artest.

This is unscientific!

Artest felt as if he was being tricked in this game.

Damn it, I didn’t pay much attention to defending you in the first quarter. I focused most of my energy on helping to defend Yes. You had so many good opportunities and took a lot of open shots, but your shooting rate was less than 30%!

In the second quarter, Yes and Kobe were engaged in a mind war. I completely took my attention away from Yes and focused my defensive attention entirely on you. You damn sure shot 5 of 8 for me, more than 60% of the hits.

Rate!

Are you kidding me?

Didn’t you know that I have changed my name to World Charity and Peace?

It's okay to tease Artest, but now you are making fun of world peace!

Kobe, Artest and other Lakers players had a hard time with the first half.

Phil Jackson was not uncomfortable, this was a situation he had anticipated since the game started.

In the past, whether Durant was really useless or not was a matter of one game or one series.

But in this game, Durant put his speculation on whether he was useless into the game one by one.

The first quarter was abolished, and the second quarter was restored.

No one knows whether Nima's body was destroyed or restored.

For a team like the Heat, there really is no need to care whether Durant is dead or not.

Anyway, James can just crush Durant directly.

But for the Lakers, that’s really not possible!

Artest has increased his intensity, and Durant, who is still alive, can still score whenever he wants. This means that even Ariza and Batum are of no use!

The Lakers' seemingly strong small forward position is actually very, very weak.

Wasn't the Rockets' small forward position strong last year?

Stronger!

In addition to Durant and Ariza, there is Tracy McGrady!

The Lakers only have Ariza and Artest.

No Tracy McGrady.

Without McGrady, we can't pressure Durant through offense, we can only be suppressed by Durant!

Artest and Ariza proved last season that they couldn't simply suppress Durant on the defensive end, but they couldn't suppress Durant on the offensive end like McGrady did!

In other words, the SuperSonics and the Lakers are matched up at the point guard position, at the power forward position, at the center position, and even at the shooting guard position. Kobe can play both offense and defense.

For Yes, it is a bit weaker regardless of whether it is, but Kobe can indeed be both defensive and offensive.

As for Artest, Ariza and Turkoglu, they can only be able to defend but not attack, or they can attack but not defend!

Before this series, many media felt that Durant was an undercover player when predicting this series.

When playing against the Mavericks, the small forwards who had no defense were so stretched out, and when playing against the Lakers, their hips would definitely be stretched even more.

These people are completely unaware of the pressure Nowitzki has on Durant and other Sonics big players on the offensive end.

And there is indeed something wrong with Durant.

What does it mean if the empty position of Nima is not in the middle, but it is in the middle of the people?

This is telling the defensive players that in front of me, you are not even as good as air.

Has this kid really reached the point where he doesn't care about the defensive player's defense whether he can score or not?

No way?

There are not many people in the entire history of the NBA who have reached this level, right?

Phil Jackson is very solemn now.

Very dignified.

The Lakers and SuperSonics originally matched up in every position, but a breaking point like Durant appeared.

At the same time, in the key matchup between Kobe and Yes, Kobe was at a disadvantage.

In the showdown between Yes and Kobe, many Lakers fans around the world will emotionally side with Kobe, but from a rational perspective, almost most people know that it will be difficult for Kobe to save the Lakers by defeating Yes.

Just like in the first half, both Kobe and Yes did not score a point in the first half, which is their greatest contribution to the Lakers!

Of course, Phil Jackson must never say this.

If he really dares to tell Kobe, he also hopes that Kobe and Yes will engage in this kind of ideological war in the second half. If he doesn't take action, Kobe will get angry with him.

Kobe scored 0 points in the first half, which was the lowest half-time score in Kobe's playoff career. It broke the record of the lowest half-time score in G3 of the 2004 Finals, when he, Shaq, and his teammates and coaches were so frustrated that they could only score 1 point.

This time it's not out of anger, this time it's out of the need for psychological warfare with Yes.

Of course, although psychologically I am not optimistic that Kobe can beat Yes after he steps up in the second half.

But Kobe does have the possibility to defeat Yes and save the team.

Although he is a Yes Party member, he cannot unconscionably say that Kobe has no chance at all.

However, if the outcome of the series is truly determined by the offensive status of Yes and Kobe.

So the Lakers are really in trouble no matter what...

Phil Jackson sighed helplessly in his heart...

Stare~

Before Phil Jackson finished sighing, he was caught by a line of sight, and then he subconsciously held back all the breath he sighed.

You old guy is very strange!

Just when I thought about not being able to bear it anymore in the second half, you sighed, what does this mean?

Don’t give undergraduates face?

Noticing Kobe's look that said, "I'll get mad if you don't give me face." Phil Jackson was so embarrassed that he didn't know what kind of expression appeared on his face.

Damn it, you have learned my psychological warfare skills and you can’t do it to Yes, but you can really do it to me, an old man!

Unlike the solemn atmosphere in the Lakers locker room now, the atmosphere here in the SuperSonics is much more relaxed.

When beating Mavericks or other opponents, they are usually undercover, but in the end, Yes has to step up and wipe the mess.

But against the Lakers, Yes didn't even pick up the paper, they wiped themselves clean.

This is so cool and relaxing, okay!

Although Yes really doesn't care about wiping their butts, Yes doesn't care. Yes is a good person, the best and best leader in the world, but they really care!

Especially after playing the seven games against the Mavericks in the last round that made them doubt their lives, the SuperSonics players felt even more comfortable about this game against the Lakers.
To be continued...