Yang Zhenxing's elegant shot from the left failed to hit under Kobe's defense. Jamison grabbed the backboard and handed the ball to Nash. Nash moved to the frontcourt and made a three-pointer.
The defensive quality of the game improved. In several consecutive rounds, neither side formed an effective offense and failed to score.
"Yang, come on!" Rivers is still cheering Yang Zhenxing. It can be seen that Rivers now attaches great importance to Yang Zhenxing.
Yang Zhenxing quickly got rid of Kobe's ball and Garnett's screen. After receiving the ball, Yang Zhenxing still bypassed Garnett and went directly to the basket. Howard was still guarding the basket. Howard was ready.
After blocking the shot, Yang Zhenxing made a pull rod in the air, avoided Howard's big hand from the left with his left hand, and scored the ball.
Beautiful! Yang Zhenxing shouted himself
After seeing Yang Zhenxing score the goal, Rivers clenched his fists and celebrated.
In the next 5 minutes, Yang Zhenxing and Kobe entered into a point battle. First, Kobe hit Yang Zhenxing's pull-up jumper.
Then Yang Zhenxing made a breakthrough layup.
Kobe played a post-up game again, turned around and found the basket, and hit a two-pointer with a rebound.
Looking back, Yang Zhenxing came out to catch the ball again and hit a three-pointer.
The game became more and more exciting and tense. As Yang Zhenxing made another steal and succeeded in a fast break dunk, the score reached 40:35. The Celtics led the Lakers by 5 points.
Garnett held the ball inside and beat Howard in isolation. Garnett turned around and Howard rushed to block the shot. Garnett faked a shot and actually passed it to Pierce. Pierce cut in.
When Jamison saw that Pierce had already come in, Jamison had to defend. Pierce was holding the ball but didn't make a move. After Jamison took off, the cunning Pierce got up and made a layup.
The referee called Jamison's foul
There were only 5 minutes left in the game, and the two sides entered the official timeout period.
In this period of time, Yang Zhenxing performed well. In just these 5 minutes, Yang Zhenxing scored 7 points in a row, and his performance even surpassed that of Kobe Bryant.
During the timeout, the players rested off the court. The fierce confrontation just now took a lot of physical exertion on the players, especially Celtics veterans like Garnett and Pierce.
Rivers walked up to Yang Zhenxing and said, "Are you tired, Yang?"
Yang Zhenxing took a sip of Gatorade, wiped his sweat, smiled and said confidently: "I'm not tired."
Rivers also smiled. He is now more and more optimistic about Yang Zhenxing. He is now very pleased with himself because of his sharp eyesight in the previous draft. He said in his heart: "Anji, luckily you listened to me back then."
My opinion, with Yang Zhenxing’s current level, I’m afraid it’s hard for even Luol Deng to compare with him.”
After returning from the timeout, both sides made substitutions. The Celtics had Rondo, Yang Zhenxing, Pierce, Green and Garnett on the court. It seemed that these people were expected to play the entire quarter.
The Lakers are basically in the starting lineup, with Nash, Kobe Bryant, Barnes, and Gasol back on the court, and Howard is still in charge of the team's interior.
After returning from the timeout, Pierce made two free throws.
Then Kobe missed a jump shot and Yang Zhenxing grabbed the rebound.
Garnett's strong attack failed to score under Howard's strong defense, and then Nash made an elegant mid-range jumper to close the score.
Then Pierce once again caused Howard's foul, and once again made two free throws steadily. Now the Celtics have opened the point difference to 7 points and once again grasped the advantage in their own hands.
Kobe will definitely not be outdone. After he got to the position, he once again succeeded in posting up Yang Zhenxing in the paint. Yang Zhenxing was also quite helpless. After all, his body height and other things could not compare with Kobe.
With a five-point difference, the two teams entered the final 2 minutes.
Celtics possession
Yang Zhenxing was controlling the ball. After a series of screens, Kobe was thrown away by Yang Zhenxing, and Nash was defending Yang Zhenxing in front of him. Yang Zhenxing hesitated, and Kobe immediately replaced Nash to defend Yang Zhenxing.
"Kobe, you're here anyway" Yang Zhenxing said to Kobe
"Humph, boy, that's good, come again." Kobe's tone was still arrogant. He and Yang Zhenxing had just exchanged points. Kobe failed to defend him a few times. On the contrary, he had several goals that he would usually score, but Yang Zhenxing failed to defend him.
Can hit
Garnett came up to prepare for a pick-and-roll and knocked Kobe away. The referee did not call Garnett a foul.
Kobe was hit by Garnett and the referee didn't call a foul. He was a little annoyed. Naturally, he felt unhappy. Fortunately, Kobe suppressed the little depression in his heart.
Garnett is still in front of Yang Zhenxing, preparing to cover him. Kobe is not happy about it now. He has been hit just now. Yang Zhenxing didn't even seize the opportunity to lay up. You, Kevin, are still blocking my defensive line.
Kobe stepped forward and rushed Garnett, pushing Garnett away. The referee still did not call a foul. This was only a small action, but Garnett refused to give up and looked at him with wide eyes.
Kobe is a superstar. Naturally, Kobe is not content with the two people staring at each other like this, just waiting for a little flame to detonate.
Yang Zhenxing glanced at Garnett, indicating that Garnett didn't need him to cover the ball. Yang Zhenxing wanted to pull away from Kobe in singles. Garnett looked at Kobe angrily, then moved away, retracted inside, and looked.
Looking at how Yang Zhenxing will respond to Kobe's defense with this ball, Garnett is also ready to respond in the paint at any time.
Yang Zhenxing made a tentative step with his left foot, but Kobe didn't move at all.
Yang Zhenxing thought to himself, he is really awesome, how did he know that my ball was a test?
Yang Zhenxing took another tentative step from the right. Kobe chased him sideways. Yang Zhenxing was unable to shake off Kobe. Naturally, he couldn't make a hasty move at this time.
Yang Zhenxing pulled back again, pretending to pick up the ball and shoot. This action was very realistic. One of his hands was dribbling, and the other hand was close to but not touching the ball. At the moment he took it back, he watched
It really looked like he was about to shoot. Kobe was fooled and rushed over. Yang Zhenxing suddenly accelerated and rushed over.
Oops! Kobe realized he made a mistake again, boy, how cunning
Yang Zhenxing had already passed by. In three steps, he pretended to shoot for the first time, which sent Gasol flying. However, he was still moving forward. Gasol looked back at Yang Zhenxing in surprise. Actually, that shot just now was not a shot.
He can even make fake moves in three steps
He passed Kobe and then Gasol, but there was monster Howard waiting for him under the basket. Yang Zhenxing didn't dare to be careless at all. Yang Zhenxing was about to throw, Howard came up to cover, and Yang Zhenxing passed to Garnett.
