In the second quarter, Kobe went up to lead the team first, while Zhang Zhiyuan rested off the court.
It's just 11 points behind. Zhang Zhiyuan is not anxious, nor is Jackson. Even Lakers fans are not too anxious.
The team's previous brilliant record gave them plenty of confidence.
The next quarter begins.
On the Lakers side are Farmar, Kobe, Ariza, Hayes, and Kwame Brown.
On the Magic side are Kenyon Dulin, Bogans, Maurice Evans, Lewis, and Adonal.
The poor bench lineup is also a problem for the Magic.
The Lakers attack, Kobe Bryant singles out Bogans.
Upon seeing this, Evans ran to help defend, but Kobe did not pass the ball immediately.
He tried one first against a double team, but the ball missed.
The offense and defense transitioned and the ball came into Lewis' hands.
However, this time he couldn't take the shot as easily as he did in the first quarter.
Hayes defended directly to the three-point line, so he didn't have to worry about the inside.
Kwame Brown is more than enough to deal with one Adonal.
No matter how much Kwame Brown is a parallel import, he is still compared with the top pick. Compared with a fringe player like Adonal, he is still quite strong.
Lewis naturally knew this, so he didn't pass the ball to Adonal, but just used his height to force the shot.
Hayes stepped forward to interfere and the ball missed.
The Lakers attacked, and Kobe was ready to pass the ball this time, but he found that Ariza did not take the opportunity to move and was quite close to Lewis.
If Kobe passes the ball, Lewis can quickly make up for it, and then Morris can make up for it in front of Hayes.
In other words, the Lakers couldn't find an open shot this time.
In desperation, Kobe could only take action himself.
Fortunately, the ball went in and he resisted the urge to glare at Ariza.
Ariza was not aware of his problem at all. His failure to move just now was a subconscious behavior. He subconsciously felt that even if he ran out of space, Kobe would not pass the ball. It was meaningless. He might as well save his energy and stay in
Great performance on the defensive end.
Back on the defensive end, Ariza worked really hard.
In this regard, relatively low-level experts said that Ariza is a top defensive player with low desire to take action and poor running ability.
Experts with relatively high level said that Kobe's too many singles hurt the enthusiasm of his teammates.
The evidence is that when Zhang Zhiyuan and Ariza were on the court at the same time, Ariza moved very actively.
The Magic attacked, Dulin broke through Farmar and scored a layup.
After several rounds, the Lakers didn't take any advantage, which made Lakers fans very disappointed.
According to the lineup, the Lakers should be chasing points during this period.
After a few rounds, Howard was replaced.
Howard now averages 38 points per game and often plays for forty minutes when facing strong teams.
Among centers, he is the most durable.
As soon as Howard came on the court, the Magic's offense immediately went up a notch.
It's not that Howard's scoring ability is strong, the main thing is that once he comes on the court, the Lakers must accumulate two or three players under the basket, otherwise they cannot prevent Howard from scoring and cannot protect the rebounds.
Once the Lakers focus on defending the basket, Magic players can throw hard from the outside.
At his peak, Howard could be replaced by James alone. This is not a joke. He is also the kind of player who can support a system.
Although the upper limit of this system will not be too high, the built-in system itself is awesome enough.
Lewis made a three-pointer and scored.
The Lakers counterattacked, Kobe was severely guarded on the outside, and Farmar passed the ball to Hayes.
Hayes was still a little far away from the basket, but he also chose to take a shot and did not dare to rush to the basket. Howard was guarding the basket.
The ball didn't go in.
During the Magic's offense, Dulin took an outside shot but missed, and the rebound was almost stolen by Howard.
The Lakers immediately made substitutions, Zhang Zhiyuan and Fisher came on, and Kobe and Farmar came off.
Jackson wanted to see if Zhang Zhiyuan could reverse the unfavorable situation.
On the defensive end, Zhang Zhiyuan has no good solution and can only hope that the Magic's touch will decline.
However, he can do some good on the offensive end.
To deal with Bogans, Zhang Zhiyuan is more suitable than Kobe Bryant.
He asked for the ball from the outside and then shot towards Bogans.
Taking advantage of his height and speed, Zhang Zhiyuan's shot was not greatly interfered with and the ball went in.
On the next possession, the Magic learned their lesson and Morris ran to double-team.
Zhang Zhiyuan immediately distributed the ball and Ariza took the ball.
Zhang Zhiyuan prayed silently.
Ariza, who is known as an iron slag, is also very speechless when he is iron.
Fortunately, Ariza's touch was pretty good today and he hit the target.
In two rounds, the two of them jointly contributed 6 points, and their scoring efficiency was terrifying.
40 to 48, the score difference narrowed to single digits.
Lakers fans cheered, they saw hope of overtaking.
When the Magic attacked, Hayes defended a little outside, and Dulin immediately passed the ball to Howard.
Howard caught the ball and was about to go for a layup, but was pulled down by Kwame Brown. Howard made a free throw.
Still made one of two free throws.
During the transition between offense and defense, Zhang Zhiyuan was double-teamed, and Ariza was also being watched.
Fisher broke through on his own and hit a mid-range jumper.
The ball goes in.
Kobe was silent in the audience, wondering if he was being played.
Why do those bastards become so accurate as soon as I get on the stage?
Moreover, this is not the first time he has felt this way.
The game continued, Zhang Zhiyuan led the team to chase points one after another, and the Magic were forced to call a timeout and replaced Turkoglu and Nelson.
For the Lakers, Kobe and Odom also played again, Ariza and Hayes came off, and Zhang Zhiyuan returned to the small forward position.
The two sides continue to compete between the main forces.
The Magic attacked and Howard dunked and scored two points.
47 to 54.
The Lakers attacked, and Kobe successfully singled out Bogans and scored two points.
Bogans played for a long time today and his physical strength began to fail him.
The Magic attacked, Lewis caught the ball from the outside, and then threw a three-pointer, but missed.
Howard turned the rebound toward his teammates in the crowd under the basket. This was not his rebound, but his effect was indeed the greatest.
Lewis caught the basketball and threw another three-pointer.
This time he didn't miss and the ball went in.
49 to 57.
The fans at the scene cheered. They especially liked watching the team grab offensive rebounds. It felt like a free offensive opportunity. It was very refreshing.
During the transition between offense and defense, Zhang Zhiyuan caught the ball and broke through, got to the basket and made a jump shot, but the ball missed.
This is not the way he is good at scoring, but opponents on the court are unlikely to give him too many comfortable opportunities.
Magic offense, Nelson shot and hit the ball.
It was the Lakers' turn, Zhang Zhiyuan ran wildly and slipped from the bottom line to the other corner.
Turkoglu failed to catch up. Fisher originally planned to shoot by himself. As soon as he saw Zhang Zhiyuan had a chance, he immediately passed the ball behind him and blocked Nelson by the way.
Zhang Zhiyuan took an open shot and scored.
52 to 57, the point difference narrowed to 5 points.
This is not over yet. As the Magic's touch declined, the Lakers relied on their stable output to win another goal.
At the end of the first half, 57 to 60, the point difference had narrowed to 3 points, and the two teams were almost back on the same starting line.
"This is the foundation of a strong team. Their scoring is very stable. The Magic are not that good. Their scoring depends too much on their form and feel. When they feel good, they play like a championship team. When they feel bad, they play like a bad ball."
Team."
Smith commented.
This may sound reasonable at first glance, but it is actually nonsense.
This is not just the case for the Magic, most teams rely on state and feel.
If the feel is not good, no matter how good the tactics are, it will be in vain.
"If you want to beat the Lakers, you still need some luck. The Lakers at this time seem to be more dominant than in the OK period."
Buckley sighed.
Zhang Lili also expressed the same emotion.
Sun Zhengping then asked: "Kobe Zhang Zhiyuan is more dominant than Kobe O'Neal. Does this mean that Zhang Zhiyuan is better than O'Neal at his peak?"
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Zhang Lili was silent for a moment and said: "You can't calculate it like this. After all, Kobe is definitely much better now than he was in 2002. However, when Zhang Zhiyuan enters his peak period, he should be better than O'Neal."
Chinese fans love to hear this.
Better than O'Neal, this evaluation is already very high.
"If this is the case, I think it would be better for Zhang Zhiyuan to change his team and become the boss."
Sun Zhengping said.
This is also the voice of Chinese fans.
Although you can keep winning if you stay with the Lakers, the Chinese people still prefer the feeling of being dominant.
"Don't worry, this is only his second season. Even Kobe Bryant was O'Neal's little brother for 8 years."
Zhang Lili said with a wry smile.
Most of the second-year players are still worried about playing time, but when it comes to Zhang Zhiyuan, he actually starts to study the status of the team.
In the second half, the Magic suddenly started to rise again, hitting shots one after another, beating the Lakers to a 12-5 spurt, and the point difference returned to double digits.
This is the characteristic of a three-point team, it is very unstable.
It often happens that there are 40 points in a single quarter, followed by more than ten points in a single quarter.
Against three-point teams, don't be happy if you're ahead, and don't be too anxious if you're behind.
Because if you keep fighting, you will fall behind inexplicably if you are ahead, and you will catch up if you are lagging behind.
The Lakers continued to play their regular tactics patiently.
Unconsciously, the proportion of the triangle offense in the Lakers has dropped a lot.
This actually earned Jackson some praise.
In the past, the media's evaluation of him was that he only knew how to play the triangle offense, but now his evaluation is much more flexible. New
Odom helped set up a screen, and Zhang Zhiyuan threw away his opponent and ran to the unoccupied place on the weak side.
When people arrive, the ball arrives.
There is also a good understanding between Fisher and Zhang Zhiyuan.
Later, Zhang Zhiyuan caught the ball and threw it.
The ball goes in.
65 to 72.
Fisher assisted 1, and he returned to defense with a happy smile.
Before this season, Fisher averaged only 3.5 assists per game, and he didn't even have 3 in the season he partnered with Kobe.
Without looking at his name and just looking at his statistics, no one would have thought that he was a point guard.
However, after partnering with Zhang Zhiyuan this season, his assists have reached 5.2, a leap forward.
These additional assists were all contributed by Zhang Zhiyuan.
During the Magic's attack, Turkoglu's mid-range shot was interfered by Zhang Zhiyuan and missed.
During the transition between offense and defense, the Magic players paid too much attention to Zhang Zhiyuan, and Kobe found a good opportunity.
Then Fisher passed the ball. There was no one in front of Kobe, so he went all the way to the basket and dunked in.
There is no harm without comparison. Fisher completely lost his love for Kobe.
67 to 72.
The Magic counterattacked and Lewis missed a three-pointer.
The Lakers chased two more points, but the Magic still struck gold.
The two teams played back and forth for several rounds, and the score difference was inexplicably evened out.
The Magic started to get impatient, and Howard kept asking for the ball under the basket.
However, every time he caught the ball, Odom and Bynum took turns fouling him and sending him to the free throw line.
Howard did not disappoint the fans, maintaining a 50% shooting percentage.
"The only difference between Dwight and Yao Ming is free throws. As long as he can practice free throws well, he will be a star on the same level as Yao Ming."
Smith commented.
"I advise everyone not to get their hopes up, just like we never expect O'Neal to be able to practice free throws."
Barkley hacked two at once.
On the court, the Lakers maintain a high scoring efficiency, but Howard's method of scoring one point at a time is obviously not very effective.
Although this can put Odom and Bynum in foul trouble, the problem is that they are not the core of the Lakers. Even if they are sent off, the Lakers still have Kwame Brown, Mihm, and Hayes.
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If they were replaced, the Lakers wouldn't be much weaker.
The Magic began to change their strategy, first letting Lewis and Turkoglu shoot, trying to move the Lakers' inside line out of the penalty area.
However, Lewis and Turkoglu's touch seemed to begin to decline and they missed hits one after another.
The Lakers seized the opportunity, scored steadily, and achieved a lead.
By the end of the third quarter, the Lakers were already leading by 5 points.
90 to 85.
After three quarters, the Magic went from promising to still having an advantage, to now still having hope.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Lakers did not show politeness to their opponents and went straight to the double star.
The Magic's hot touch has not yet recovered, but Zhang Zhiyuan's side started to surge first.
He suddenly hit two three-pointers in a row, hitting both of them.
This ball pierced the hearts of Magic fans like a knife.
Immediately afterwards, the Magic stepped up their defense against Zhang Zhiyuan.
Zhang Zhiyuan ran outside the three-point line and helped Kobe open up the space.
Then Kobe hit two consecutive mid-range shots, beating the Magic to the point of tears.
Although it was only a two-pointer, it couldn't hold up such a consecutive hit.
After a big headwind, the magic was completely messed up and lost its rhythm.
Outside players were afraid of missing shots, and Howard was once again troubled by shark-cutting tactics at the basket.
The Magic's scoring efficiency has never improved.
Odom and Bynum were sent off one after another, and Howard was much more relaxed under the basket.
Unfortunately it's too late.
As the game time goes by, their hope becomes increasingly slim.
With two minutes left, the Lakers already led by 17 points.
This is already garbage time.
But the Magic did not replace the main players, and the Lakers did not replace them just in case.
The Magic continued to throw things around, while the Lakers slowly controlled the rhythm.
At the last moment, the Magic threw in two three-pointers.
But this no longer makes any sense.
In the end, the game was without any suspense.
119 to 104, the Lakers won the game.
"This Magic is still a little young. They need at least one outside star who can break through and shoot three-pointers to have any hope of winning the championship."
Smith commented.
"You might as well name them and say they still need a Zhang Zhiyuan."
Barkley complained.
There are many outside players who can break through, and many who can shoot three-pointers. But there are not many players in the league who are both sharp, and Zhang Zhiyuan is the most typical one.
Smith and the audience laughed.
Not only the Magic are missing Zhang Zhiyuan, which team is not missing him?
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