Bishop of the Devil

Rondo's magic on the court continues.

In the Lakers' next offensive round, Rondo grabbed another defensive rebound.

Grabbing four rebounds directly made Kwame Brown's face turn pale...

If you can't rebound those top centers, forget it, but now you can't rebound a short guy?

Kwame Brown directly felt his face burning...

Not to mention Kwame Brown, even Varejao is in pain. You must know that he is a blue-collar center, and rebounds are his bread. As a result, Rondo has snatched four rebounds directly on his head!

After the first quarter of the game ended, Richard looked at Rondo's data and was amazed.

2 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals. In just one game, Rondo recorded such data.

He directly earned 38 points in a single quarter. If he continues to play at this efficiency, Rondo may really surpass Paul tonight.

Paul also had some worry on his face. It would be embarrassing if his starting spot was taken away by Rondo...

He was the Rookie of the Year last season and is known as the leader of traditional point guards in the future.

As a result, Rondo, a new guy who just entered the league, stole the starting position of this leader. It shouldn't be too embarrassing.

Under Rondo's strong performance, after the first quarter of the game, the Pirates led by four points.

The game entered the second quarter.

Richard knows very well that it will be difficult for Rondo to find such an opportunity for an explosion in the future.

Jackson Jackson will definitely not sit idly by and is expected to give Ben a lot of playing time tonight.

The Lakers can lose other games, but against the Buccaneers, Jackson doesn't want to lose...

Not only did Zen Master not want to lose, but even Kobe was confident of winning.

Kobe has always wanted to win against Richard. Not to mention Richard's unformed coaching lineup and deliberately bad games, Kobe rarely wins against Richard.

Now that the Pirates' lineup is completely formed, how could Kobe pass up this opportunity to win against Richard.

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In the second quarter of the game, Richard let Rondo rest for a while and replaced Paul.

Then Kobe's touch started to get hot, and he led the team to quickly erase the four-point difference, and then began to grab points.

Although the Pirates currently have a formed lineup, they don't say the lineup is perfect.

Because the players are too young, the team lacks a top attacker at the moment.

The kind of top attacker who can stand up and lead his team to score in points-grabbing battles.

Granger does have the potential in this area, but he is still too immature now and does not have Kobe's decisive offensive desire.

…

In just four minutes, Kobe led his team to even the score difference and then overtook it by five points.

This is equivalent to saying that in just four minutes, the Pirates lost by nine points.

Richard was completely helpless. Ben, a bug-like inside monster, really complemented Kobe. The two of them, inside and outside, directly produced a staggering effect.

The Lakers fans in the stadium cheered wildly for Kobe and Ben. They may be the happiest fans this season.

Watching the Lakers rise again from the trough!

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With 8 minutes left in the second quarter, Richard replaced Rondo on the court again.

Because of the presence of Big Ben, Rondo obviously couldn't grab rebounds so easily, but he could still pick up a few rebounds. Before the second quarter was over, Rondo's rebounds had already reached double figures.

Of course, Richard knows very well that Rondo has a lot of rebounding data, but that doesn't mean Rondo can really play inside...

In fact, there are some moments when this guy grabs rebounds very unnaturally. He almost steals them from his teammates.

In the same situation, there was actually a point guard in later generations who did similar things...

And what this point guard did was even more blatant.

With a center teammate stuck in the position, he has a pair of big hands, and excellent rebound prediction, this is the real reason why Rondo has so many rebounds.

If he was really asked to compete with a center to grab rebounds, he would probably be badly beaten.

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"Beep!" the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half.

Rondo's statistics were 2 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 steals. Rondo's performance in the second quarter was far inferior to that in the first quarter.

This is quite normal. Rondo's data in the first quarter can almost be said to be extraordinary. Very few people can produce such data in a single quarter.

Paul breathed a heavy sigh of relief, the situation was quite acceptable.

After the first half, Rondo scored a total of 54 points, of which only 16 points were scored in the second quarter. It was expected that Rondo would be unlikely to catch up with him.

The most important thing is that the Pirates are currently behind by a lot of points, which has reached eight points. It is still somewhat difficult to win this game.

…

Richard looked calm and did not become angry or annoyed because the team fell behind.

Richard doesn't care much about winning or losing this game. The Lakers are unlikely to encounter their Pirates in the finals.

In other words, the Lakers are unlikely to break out of the West.

Richard's real opponent is the Spurs, not the Lakers.

Although they fell behind by eight points after the first half, in Richard's view, this point difference could be made up as long as Mourning came on the court.

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The two sides continued to face off in the second half. Kobe did not hide his desire to attack at all. He could pass a few balls at the beginning, but now he has stopped passing them at all. As long as he has the ball in his hand, he must play singles.

Under Kobe's crazy offensive, although the Pirates organized wave after wave of offense, they still failed to close the score difference in the end.

"Beep!" The referee blew the whistle to end the game.

Rondo hung his head and began to leave the game. The Buccaneers lost, and eventually lost by 7 points at the Lakers' home court.

In this game, Rondo's performance can be said to be quite outstanding if you don't look at the scoring.

2 points, 16 rebounds, 20 assists, 4 steals and 1 block. If not for the loss, he would have scored 99 points in this game.

Originally, he was only 104 points behind Paul, a gap of only five points. In fact, it was basically negligible.

Even if you lose, it's not a shame.

But now it's better. He lost this game. His 99 points could only be cut in half, and in the end he was more than 50 points behind Paul.

"Chris, I lost..." Rondo walked up to Paul and took the initiative to admit defeat.

Although Paul wants to laugh at the moment, the team has lost. If he laughs, he will probably be in tomorrow's newspaper...

"It doesn't matter, Rajon, you are one of the strongest rookie point guards in this league. I think it won't be long before the two of us will become the most dazzling point guard twins in this league." Paul patted Rondo on the shoulder and said .

Richard stood nearby and said nothing.

"Coach, it feels really bad to lose."

"Will we still have a chance to have a winning season in the future?"

Rondo looked at Richard again and asked distressedly.

Richard once had a complete victory record in the shortened season. Rondo had been thinking about it. He originally thought that after joining the Buccaneers, not to mention a complete victory, he could at least achieve 75 wins.

But now it seems that there is definitely no chance.

"Remember this feeling of losing, Rajon, and you, it's what motivates you to improve."

"As for whether we will be completely victorious in the future, believe me, there will be one day." Richard said with a smile.

The generals opened their eyes wide, the coach mentioned a complete victory?

How can this be……