Little did Bird know that his nightmare for this game had just begun.
After Zhou Chen hit a single with his flexible footsteps, the score on the court became 15:4!
The Lakers still have a huge lead!
On the defensive end, Zhou Chen still stared at Bird deadly, not giving him a chance to catch the ball easily!
But the Celtics are, after all, a team of kings.
When Bird was restrained, others were able to step up and share the pressure for him.
Angie faces the tall magician, and although the opponent is not dominant, the cooperation between him and the inside players is seamless!
McHale and Robert Parrish frequently scored inside for the Celtics and quickly chased the score!
Since then, the score between the two teams has continued to be under this situation of you chasing me.
Zhou Chen is fully integrated into the Lakers' run-and-bomb tactics, and his no-ball running awareness and mobility are even much stronger than Worthy!
After only playing a quarter, the magician already regarded Zhou Chen as his first passing target!
However, the tactic of fast attack, after all, cannot be used as a regular tactic, otherwise it will quickly deplete the player's physical strength.
Abdul-Jabbar's singles on the inside are also the key to the Lakers' ability to maintain their advantage over the score.
At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led 25-20.
Throughout the first quarter, Zhou Chen shot 5-of-5 and scored 11 points, as well as two steals and two blocks.
Bird, who previously took the initiative to choose to play against him, played a bad level under Zhou Chen's strong defense, scoring only 4 points and sending 4 errors in a single quarter.
But superstars are always superstars.
Can limit his play for a while, but cannot contain his sudden outburst forever.
As soon as the second quarter began, Larry Bird erupted without warning.
He first hit two three-pointers from the outside to help the team get the score back!
Subsequently, he frequently reached an inside cooperation with his teammates, and hit the basket and caused a foul on the inside of the Lakers!
As soon as the second quarter came up, Bird gave the Lakers and Zhou Chen a dismount.
In 3 minutes, he scored 12 points and helped the team achieve a comeback score!
When the other main players were resting, Zhou Chen remained on the field.
Inevitably there was some decline in physical strength, which affected his concentration on the defensive end.
What Zhou Chen thought in his heart was that since he couldn't prevent him, he would attack him!
After Bird hit another difficult three-pointer, he seemed to regain his previous spirits!
Extremely arrogant celebratory gestures towards the audience!
But then Zhou Chen's operation directly responded strongly!
Coming to the front court, the Lakers attacked!
After Zhou Chen received the ball in the middle, he went down and faced McHale with a tomahawk split!
And caused a foul on the opponent!
After hitting the free throw, hit a successful three-pointer!
At the moment when the Celtics sent the ball, Zhou Chen completed the steal again!
Coming beyond the three-point line, Bird wants to pounce on defense!
Zhou Chen directly shook a shot, and then dribbled the ball!
Fly Byrd!
The basketball cuts a wonderful arc in the air! Straight into the basket!
6 points in a row!
Just when the Celtics were about to rise, Zhou Chen used his big heart to help the team stabilize the situation!
The two teams drew for the first time in this match! The score on the field is 43 draws!
In the middle of the second quarter, the other players of the Lakers' starting team returned to the court!
Zhou Chen finally got a little respite.
Michael Cooper replaces Zhou Chen.
This veteran who has been fighting in the league for many years is more similar to Zhou Chen's style!
It's just that his offensive means are not as rich as Zhou Chen, but his enthusiasm on the defensive end has won him the unanimous approval of the coaching staff.
In the second half of the second quarter, led by Magic and Abdul-Jabbar, the Lakers firmly held the advantage on the court.
At halftime, the Lakers returned to the locker room with a score of 56-53.
In the first half of the game, Zhou Chen alone cut 18 points, 2 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks!
The stats and hit rate are perfect!
It's just that the team's tactics are not completely inclined to him yet.
Among these 18 points, most of Zhou Chen scored opportunities by running without the ball or forcing the opponent to make a mistake on the defensive end!
And the singles offense he is best at seems to have no other opportunity than teasing Bird's goal on the inside!
After all, the current Lakers are a team that pays attention to smooth cooperation and gorgeous running, with the Magic as the axis, spreading outward, and other players are only auxiliary scoring.
But this tactic also has certain drawbacks, once it comes to the key moments of the game, or in the slow-paced games of the playoffs, it is completely ineffective.
Usually, the head coach will choose to let Abdul-Jabbar or Magic finish alone and complete the offense.
Now, Zhou Chen has come to this team, and he hopes to play the tactical point of the team's singles finish.
But to get the approval of the coaching staff and teammates, step by step, it is not something that can change their minds overnight.
Coming back in the second half, both sides felt less and fell into a scoring drought.
Until there were 8 minutes left in the third quarter, Zhou Chen used a backward jumper to help the team open the situation!
The Lakers continue to maintain a weak point difference!
The arrival of Zhou Chen has obviously changed the Lakers' system, and this change is benign, which is a role that Scott cannot play.
But the depth of the Celtics' roster, the defending champions, is unimaginable.
After the start of the second half, they began to use frequent rotation tactics to drain the Lakers' physical strength.
Always able to hold on to the score, the Lakers have never been able to beat the game!
It was like this until the middle of the fourth quarter!
Bird, as the core player of the Celtics, once again burst out with amazing fighting power!
He burst inside and out, cut points continuously, and helped the team slowly smooth out the point difference!
Zhou Chen could not limit Byrd's attack at this time, or in other words, the two were now in a state of "mutual explosion".
No one can prevent anyone!
Then block high, Zhou Chen is directly behind Abdul-Jabbar, three-point shot!
In the eyes of everyone's exclamation, take another three points for the Lakers!
This is his sixth three-point shot of the game, and he hit 4!
This kind of direct three-point shot after blocking is extremely rare and rare in this era of play.
But fortunately, Zhou Chen's hit rate is quite good, otherwise he would definitely be scolded by the coach!
In the confrontation with Zhou Chen, Bird finally slowly recognized this genius defender in the mouths of the outside world!
Sure enough, it lives up to its name!
He is indeed arrogant in this game! Under his defense, Zhou Chen had actually scored a game-high 31 points!
This is a result that is completely difficult for him to accept!
It's just that he can only accept his life! It can't be prevented from Zhou Chen at all!
With 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Celtics were still trailing by 3 points 96-99!
When the head coach asked for the Nth time if he needed to wrap Zhou Chen, Bird finally compromised!
After all, his personal face is not so important for the victory of the game!
If you really lose this opener at home in Los Angeles, it will be a great shame for the entire Celtic!
It is a failure that they cannot accept!
After the timeout came back, the Celtics' tactics really worked!
Zhou Chen was under the strict defense of Bird and Anji, and his hit rate suddenly dropped a lot!
Several shots missed!
But Zhou Chen is also a player with a ten-cent badge, and he can't wait for his opponent to wrap him!
After receiving an assist from Zhou Chen, Worthy hit a three-pointer!
The fans at home stadium in Los Angeles are completely boiling!
The scales of victory have tilted towards the Lakers!
There is 1 minute and 30 seconds left in the game! The Lakers have a 6-point lead!
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