After defeating the Denver Nuggets, the Lakers ushered in a five-game winning streak at home. After the five-game winning streak, they must go to the away game and head to the East to continuously challenge the Eastern Conference teams. For the Lakers, the only good thing about this Eastern road trip is that
There are no back-to-back away games. This is a more advantageous part of the Lakers schedule this season. Although they have continued to encounter strong teams at the beginning of the season, they have never played two games in two days while playing against strong teams, even if they go to away games.
Back-to-back torturous battles. Playing against a strong team is not easy in itself. If you play against a strong team back-to-back, it will be a painful torture. Very few people in the league can escape unscathed, and they will lose at least one of them, unless the opponent is also the same.
Just finished playing back to back.
After heading to the East, the Lakers will have to fight the Pacers first. Since the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills, the Pacers have eliminated Artest, Stephen Jackson and other tough guys who are good at causing trouble. Reggie Miller retired, and the Pacers immediately
They failed to recover. After they stumbled into the playoffs last season, they lost to the Nets 2:4 in the first round and were eliminated. Last season, they failed to enter the playoff lineup.
After the start of this season, their situation is still worrying. So far this season, they have 4 wins and 8 losses, with a winning rate of less than 40%. Moreover, among the games they have lost, there are many league underdogs like the Bobcats and Clippers, but their performance is
When they are good, they can use their skills to compete with strong teams. In the last game, they defeated the Jazz with difficulty by virtue of their home court advantage.
In this game, the Indiana Pacers, who continue to sit at home, really want to win a victory from the Lakers, who are currently the most popular in the league, so that the Pacers, who feel as if there is a noose tightening around their necks, can go up and down.
Breathe a sigh of relief. But the Lakers didn't give them such a chance.
After the start, Gasol passed the ball to Kobe from the high post. Kobe broke through and pretended to shoot, attracting the attention of Jamal Tinsley and then passed the basketball to Fisher. Fisher made a mid-range shot.
Then Gasol passed the ball to Adrian. Adrian forced Danny Granger to break through to the baseline. Suddenly, he passed the ball to the unguarded Andrew Byner who was standing under the basket.
Well, Bynum pulls it up and buckles it.
Then for the Pacers, O'Neal Jr. singled out Pau Gasol and scored two points, but the Lakers took advantage of the Pacers' lack of defense. Gasol quickly sent a baseline ball. Fisher received the basketball and immediately headed toward the frontcourt.
A throw. In the frontcourt, Adrian and Kobe have already rushed straight to the three-point line like two arrows. Avoiding Danny Granger's tackle, Adrian stabilized the basketball. He changed direction and swayed in front of his body.
He jumped left and right to break through Danny Granger's defense and went straight to the basket for a dunk. Kobe followed up with a cold arrow three-pointer.
The Lakers started the game 9:2.
Then O'Neal Jr. showed off his power, making consecutive free throws in the paint, scoring 7 points in the blink of an eye. In addition, Danny Granger hit two mid-range shots to tie the score at 15. Then Phil -
Jackson replaced Fisher with Rademanno, and Adrian returned to the point guard position.
As soon as he came on the field, Radmanov received a pass from Adrian. Facing Danny Granger's defense, Radmanov shot a three-pointer with his hand, and the basketball flew in the air.
After one second, the frame enters hollowly.
The Pacers then replaced Sean Williams to strengthen their offense. After Adrian began to take possession of the ball, he began to break through from the high position continuously, scoring eight points in a blink of an eye with consecutive shots and free throws. The score between the two sides was once again widened.
gap.
But Sean Williams, who just came on the field, immediately showed his strength. He first hit a three-pointer on both sides of the three-point line, and then used a fake move to deceive Adrian during the offense.
, made a foul on Adrian, and after making two free throws, he also scored eight points in a row, continuing to bite the score hard.
After that, the two sides went back and forth, and the score continued to take the lead.
It lasted until the end of the first quarter and the Lakers led the Pacers by two points at 37:35.
At the beginning of the second quarter, there were almost no shots in the first quarter. Kobe Bryant, who became an invisible man on the offensive end, suddenly showed his fangs and broke into the paint twice in a row, causing fouls on O'Neal Jr. and Troy Murphy respectively.
Although O'Neal Jr. blocked the shot when he broke into the paint for the third time, the basketball was shot into Kobe's arms.
After landing, Kobe grabbed the basketball tightly. First, he made a fake shot. O'Neal didn't get staggered. Kobe then turned to the right and shot. O'Neal jumped up to block the shot, but his big hand hit Kobe's arm.
, he immediately committed another foul on himself. At the same time, he accumulated three fouls and was replaced by the head coach to rest.
Kobe made six of six free throws. While Kobe scored six points in a row, he also sent O'Neal, the core player of the Pacers, to the bench. Without O'Neal, the inside fulcrum, the Pacers' offense on the court cannot be carried out.
When entering the paint, you can only rely on outside jumpers. As for outside jumpers, many times it depends on the feel, and obviously, the Pacers' feel is not very good.
Halfway through the second quarter, the Pacers had to substitute O'Neal again. Although he had already committed three fouls, the Pacers couldn't care less about it, because if they didn't replace O'Neal, the Pacers would have to
The Lakers solved it in one quarter. However, after O'Neal reappeared, it seemed that the bench ice for a few minutes had taken away from his touch. He missed consecutive jump shots, and the Lakers seized the opportunity to shoot a wave of 13:
0 shock wave.
By the end of the third quarter, the Lakers had led the Pacers by 26 points, 88:62, basically establishing the victory. Halfway through the fourth quarter, the game had entered garbage time, and the Pacers put on all their substitutes and announced their surrender.
After defeating the Pacers in an away game, the Lakers flew to Milwaukee to challenge the Bucks. The Lakers established the victory from the beginning of the game, beating the Bucks by 16 points in a single quarter, 38:22. At the end of the first half, the lead was even further expanded.
At 25 minutes, the game entered garbage time early.
Then, the Lakers left the cold Milwaukee and flew to Boston to face the last and most powerful opponent in this three-game road trip in the Eastern Conference.
Boston Celtics!
In the era long ago, the once feared Celtics ushered in a great renaissance this season. They made consecutive blockbuster transactions in the summer trade market, and successively acquired "Gentleman Sword" Ray Allen and "Wolf"
King Garnett formed the Big Three lineup that everyone in the league talks about.
At the same time, the Boston Celtics are also one of the Lakers' main competitors on the road to the championship this season.
Since the start of the season, the Lakers have only one game left against the Celtics in November, and the same goes for the Celtics. The Lakers' record is needless to say brilliant. They won 13 games in 15 games, which is the best record in history.
The Lakers have had a great start and have only lost two games in the whole of November. Not to mention that after consecutive defeats of the Pacers and Bucks, the Lakers have created a record of seven consecutive victories, and almost every game has an early start.
The outcome was decided, and the Lakers gained a big lead in every game.
The Celtics' record can be said to be the king's. At the beginning of the season, they defeated the Washington Wizards, Toronto Raptors, Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks, and Indiana Pacers. They even defeated the Nets and beat the Lakers.
An even more brilliant start to the eight-game winning streak, with the Big Three joining together almost seamlessly, making other teams in the league unable to help but exclaim who can stop the Hulk!
Although they were lucky to be defeated by Warcraft Howard's tip-in in the game against the Magic, after the eight-game winning streak was interrupted, they defeated the Warriors, Bobcats, Knicks and Cavaliers in a row to win four consecutive games, not to mention at home, the Celtics
The Celtics completely dismembered the Knicks with a terrifying score difference of 104:59, 45 points. The Celtics are in such good condition that they don’t need words to describe. In the thirteen games since November, Kyle
The Specials only lost one game to the Magic and won all other games.
The Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers are currently the two teams with the best records in the league. One has 15 wins and 2 losses in 15 games, and the other has 12 wins and 1 loss in 13 games. The two teams have played most of the games against each other.
The two teams have shown a crushing gap in strength, one in the East and one in the West, which has made other teams change their minds. In comparison, other teams that made big deals this summer look so inferior.
Unexpectedly, in the past month, Jason Kidd has proven to be unable to integrate with the Mavericks' inherent tactics. After joining the Dallas Mavericks, Jason Kidd has only averaged 8.6 points and 6.8 points per game so far.
assists and 6.4 rebounds. Last season with the Nets, Jason Kidd averaged 14.6 points, 10.9 assists, and 9.7 rebounds per game, nearly a triple-double.
Jason Kidd's data has plummeted, and the Dallas Mavericks' record has also appeared to be stumbling. They can still win against weak teams, but they lack strength in dialogue with strong teams. Currently, they have only scored 8 points in 14 games.
With a record of 6 wins and 6 losses, although the winning rate exceeds 50%, it is far inferior to the performance of the Mavericks last season.
The Rockets' performance is much better than that of the Mavericks. In the past 15 games, the Rockets have also achieved a winning rate of 10 wins, 5 losses and 66%. Artest's help to the Rockets is quite obvious. However, Adelman is very helpful to the Rockets.
The transformation has been slow to show results. The current Rockets still insist on the half-court offense of last season, but there is no sign of Princeton, which everyone is looking forward to.
However, whether it is the Rockets or the Mavericks, their performance is quite different compared to the two terrifying giants, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics. It is precisely because of this that it is natural for these two teams to face each other.
It has become a hot topic in the league. (To be continued...)
