Basketball: Dayao Reopened

For this game, Kobe also attaches great importance to it.

Although the Lakers dominate the league so far this season, the scenery is boundless, but in his opinion, if the Lakers don't beat the Trail Blazers head-on, then the Lakers will be vain!

Kevin Garnett has the same idea. In his view, the Lakers can only prove that they have the possibility of winning the championship.

Therefore, this "Christmas War" was not just an exhibition match in the eyes of the two of them.

It's a game that really requires hand-to-hand combat.

But even so, Kobe took the initiative to greet Yao Ming before the game: "Man, congratulations, I'm going to be a father!" He actually congratulated Yao Ming once before, in the form of a text message.

It seems that the congratulations in person are more formal.

Yao Ming expressed his gratitude.

This guy then returned to his team, the smile on his face slowly disappeared, and he was obviously ready to enter a fighting state.

Yao Ming looked at his face that changed when he said that, and he also laughed dumbfounded.

This guy turns his face faster than a book!

However, Yao Ming had planned to play this game seriously, so he could test the current strength of the Trail Blazers!

If you can beat the Lakers...

The running-in these days can be regarded as no running-in in vain, and it is estimated that there will be no more doubts about Cheeks from the outside world!

Soon, at the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Yao Ming came up with a 3-pointer, directly to the Lakers fans on-site to be embarrassed!

What is this going to do!

What is he doing!

No wonder this group of fans panicked after scoring a three-pointer. It is true that Yao Ming is putting too much pressure on the league now!

Every night he scores as soon as he comes up, fans of their opponent team can't help but pray silently for the home team. Don't be the night when this guy feels explosive!

Although the Lakers are very powerful this season, and the media in Los Angeles are not able to blow up and are very happy, as the fans of the Lakers, most of them are still a bit compelling. They are not arrogant New Yorkers!

They take Kobe's words deeply. They will always be challengers before defeating the Trailblazers!

The problem is that the tall man of 2 meters 26 on the other side does not seem to plan to do personnel work tonight!

You gotta ball, give us a good year!

Christmas is like this once a year, the ball is pulled!

Fortunately, the Lakers quickly completed the counterattack. Kobe single-handedly scored 2 points and responded to the three-pointer.

Then he assisted Odom to complete a mid-range shot, turning the point difference to 4-2!

Since then, both sides' hit rate is not high, until 4 minutes and 12 seconds of the first quarter, the Lakers still maintained a two-point advantage.

After Yao Ming hit the first three-pointer in the opening game, he didn't score again.

This could not help but let the Lakers fans on the scene breathe a sigh of relief.

It scared me to death, and thought tonight was another sad night...

so far so good!

To let the Lakers fans breathe a sigh of relief, Cheeks naturally couldn't be satisfied with such an offensive state, and he directly called a timeout.

"Guys, wake up, wake up, we are now playing the Christmas battle, not for Christmas, let the sound of this stadium be quieter, OK!"

What he said now works very well.

After this timeout, led by Chris Pineapple, the Trail Blazers scored 6 consecutive points in the following time, leading the Lakers again at 13:10 in the first quarter.

Now it's the Lakers' turn to call a timeout.

Budenholzer also carried out a similar mobilization, and then looked at Kobe.

Obviously at this time, it's Kobe's turn to stand up!

Kobe didn't speak, but his expression on the collar of his clothes became more gloomy, obviously intending to enter the "lone wolf state".

Although Kevin Garnett has come to the Lakers and has a helper, Kobe will still enter the "lone wolf" state from time to time. Budenholzer seems to be unable to truly combine the two of them and exert their greatest power.

The Los Angeles media also criticized this.

That is to say, the current record of the Lakers is good enough to make these complaints into a bigger storm.

Kobe, who started the "lone wolf state," made two consecutive jumpers to help the Lakers overtake the score. The cheers on the scene suddenly rose again.

After the two teams took the lead alternately, after the first quarter, the two sides battled to a 27-27 tie.

In the case of the increasingly fast pace of the game, the score in the first quarter did not exceed 30 points, which shows that both sides did have some trouble on the offensive end in this game.

The game came to the second quarter. Kobe, who had entered the "lone wolf mode", did not change his style of play as the first quarter ended. He still shot by himself and scored consecutively, leading the Lakers to a 9-2 attack wave. , The Lakers 36:31 made a 5-point lead.

So far, Kobe has scored 15 points alone and has shot more than 50% from the field.

I can see that he is in very good shape tonight!

However, in addition to his very good condition, it must be pointed out that the arrival of Kevin Garnett did give him more shot space!

The defensive pressure he has to face offensively has been shared a lot!

This is why he can still play so well against the Trail Blazers defense tonight!

This is also the reason why he ushered in Kevin Garnett this season, the number of shots decreased but the average points per game can still be maintained at around 26 points!

He has become more efficient!

The next time the Lakers have been firmly occupying the advantage on the field, Vujacic made two free throws to help the Lakers take the lead to 10 points!

Cheeks had to call a timeout again.

Upon seeing this, Yao Ming shook his head helplessly, he still had to take a shot!

At first, he had the intention of full firepower, but he thought that this game was not to win, but to test the current strength and quality of the Trailblazers. He just wanted to play hard, so he didn't continue to strengthen the firepower.

It's just that if he doesn't stand up and continue to score and face the current Lakers with the current Trailblazers lineup, even if he can't even last half of the second quarter, the point difference will have to be widened to more than 15 points!

With the help of Kevin Garnett, Kobe, whose scoring skills have become increasingly exquisite, is really too strong!

If he doesn't shoot again, it is estimated that he won't even be able to make it through the second half!

He started to result in the offensive end of the banner!

First, he cooperated with Chris Paul and completed an aerial relay dunk. Then, facing Bynum, he used his footsteps twice in a row to make him sway and score a layup. In just 1 minute and 35 seconds, he took it. By 7 points, it helped the Trail Blazers reduce the point difference to 6 points.

The Lakers had to request a timeout.

He was beaten three times by Yao Ming and made a 2 plus 1 Bynum for the last time. When he was off the court, his face was dumbfounded and his face was full of questions: "Who am I, where am I, what am I doing!"

Speaking of this season is the third season of Bynum's career. In the third season, he averaged 15 points and 9.8 rebounds per game. He has become a guy worth paying attention to among the new generation at No. 5!

This season, as the Lakers climbed to the top of the league, their reviews have risen sharply.

They all think that he will be another representative of the league's traditional No. 5 position after Yao Ming!

For this remark, Yao Ming was not surprised, because originally it was about this time, there were similar remarks, but if you really want to say, Bynum's superiority actually indicates the loneliness of the league's traditional center.

It really belongs to "the tall one in the short", no, not even the tall one in the short, at most it is a short with a Mohican haircut!

But this time he shouldn't be able to represent the new generation of the league at No. 5, because Oden didn't get injured like he originally wanted, which means that he is very likely to play!

You must know that Oden, who was originally reimbursed for the season, can average 13 plus 8 per game. If this is healthy Oden, although it is impossible to be too abnormal, it should be no problem to get an 18 plus 10.

That's also stronger than Bynum!

And now Yao Ming has proved that Bynum wants to represent the league's fifth position with continuous offenses, it is really far away!

"Anyway, he is like a baby in front of Yao!" Bill Walton commented on Bynum just now.

Really full of immature!

After the timeout, Kobe hit a 3-pointer at the top of the arc to help the Lakers stabilize the situation. Since then, the two sides have come and go, and the intensity of the game has gradually increased. At this time, Bynum once again showed his immature side and made two consecutive rounds of turnovers. Chris Paul and Vince Carter took advantage of the chaos to score consecutively and completely narrowed the point difference. Even 21 seconds before the end of the first half, Chris Paul rushed into the interior and successfully made a foul, relying on free throws to help the team formally reduce the point difference. Overtake!

The person who committed the foul is not someone else, but Bynum 1

It's a pity that Kobe tonight is really amazing!

He scored a three-pointer in 6.5 seconds before the end of the first half, which was a go-ahead!

And he scored 25 points in the first half!

Afterwards, Vince Carter missed a 3-pointer on the right, halftime ended, the Lakers led by 55:53 by 2 points, and the "Christmas War" ended in the first half...

Bynum is obviously more frustrated than just now!

He can feel it himself, he has become a breakthrough point for the other party...

This made Bynum, who recently felt that he had broken up, was very unhappy, and he felt like he had returned to the pre-liberation overnight.

But he really has no way to face Yao Ming.

This made him almost fall to the ground with his head down.

What he didn't know was that the Blazers' tactics in the locker room were to continue to play against Bynum in the second half.

This is the tactical quality of a championship-level team.

They will not see the opponent's weaknesses not exploited.

Once they find a weakness, they will only bite it unceremoniously, until they bite a bigger flaw, until they tear their opponents apart!

The third quarter started very quickly. Kobe, who had been erupting in the first half, became the focus of the Trailblazers' target of encirclement and suppression. Under the siege of the Trail Blazers, Kobe also had some struggles.

If it were the first two seasons, when he had some struggles on the offensive end, he would definitely continue to attack and fight hard against the ups and downs of the state.

In some cases, he succeeded, and that state will get better.

That's how 81 points came in a single game!

But most of the time, he will make the team fall into a passive position by doing so.

But this time, when he found that his hand was struggling, he decisively gave up the shot to Kevin Garnett.

Garnett did not disappoint him at all. Facing Kwame Brown's various defensive goals, he scored 7 points in a row in less than 2 minutes, blasting Kwame Brown.

Upon seeing this, Yao Ming immediately changed positions with Kwame Brown and ran to defend Kevin Garnett.

Whether to say it or not, Yao Ming is indeed somewhat restrained Kevin Garnett.

Facing Yao Ming, Kevin Garnett's smooth back hit was gone, and he started to deal with Yao Ming near the high post.

The Lakers' offensive is so weak.

Yao Ming made a contribution on the defensive end, but he did not take his own shot on the offensive end. Through high position support, he first helped Vince Carter hit a three-pointer, and then helped Kwame Brown hit a 2-pointer. The point difference was at this time again. Trailblazers lead!

After Kwame Brown scored this goal, his mentality also stabilized, and the defensive end also risked Bynum!

You must know that Kwame Brown didn't even have one block per game, and he actually risked Bynum at this time... This undoubtedly made the Blazers morale soar.

Bynum's whole expression became even more entangled. He saw Kwame Brown being bullied, and he wanted to bully, so he could look for the status at random. As a result, the guy he looked like bullied actually bullied him!

This is really...

The Lakers were pulled to a five-point gap.

The critical moment still depends on Kobe. He has been responding to a request from outside the three-point line on the right. Then he opened his hand and hit a 3-pointer. After the difference was reduced to two points, he continued to chase after the victory and hit Lagabele again. Successfully broke through, completed a layup with 2 points, and the two teams scored once again back to the unified starting line.

But then Vince Carter broke out, and he also scored 5 points in a row, pulling the difference to 5 points!

After that, Lagabeel, who had been quiet after that, also hit a 3-pointer, and the Portland Trail Blazers once again hit a shock wave of 8:0!

This gave them an instant lead by 8 points!

Vince Carter gave Lagabe a high five in the defense. This time they finally responded to Kobe's goal. Kobe's explosion in the first half made them exhausted but unable to give a good response. The hearts of the two people have been It's not very comfortable. Although he still failed to prevent Kobe this time, he gave some responses on the offensive end.

Their eyes made Kobe's face more and more sinking, "Black Mamba" completely ran away, but the next three attacks on the Trail Blazers team defended well.

Kobe only hit one of them.

Seeing that even Kobe's state began to struggle, the Lakers had to request a timeout again. This timeout was still somewhat effective. After returning, Vujacic made a jumper and Odom hit 2 consecutive three-pointers. These small Lakers roles His prowess allowed the team to narrow the point difference to only 2 points before the end of the third quarter.

72 to 70, the Trail Blazers came to the fourth quarter of the game with a weak lead.