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After scoring, Payton habitually wanted to make a demonstration to provoke the opponent.

But when he saw Boykins, who was 165cm tall, he even had to lower his head to see him, which immediately made Payton lose all interest in provoking.

Payton, who was 193cm tall, was considered tall in the NBA, but he was still a big guy in front of Boykins.

Besides, Payton had been in the league for more than ten years and was a well-known figure. He really had no interest in provoking a small point.

After the Lakers and the Nuggets became familiar with the offensive rhythm of the Nuggets, the Nuggets played a little bumpy.

The main reason was that Anthony did not exert his strength. Wang Chen had already agreed to let Anthony play and only shoot open shots.

It is not necessary to cultivate Anthony's touch to a hot state, at least Anthony's touch should not drop to snowflakes, and it is difficult to get it back after snowflakes.

Moreover, the Nuggets did not have the capital to slowly find it for Anthony at that time. It is better to take advantage of the current [Beast] bond trio to cultivate Anthony.

Anderson got the fetter of [Beast], but he couldn't compete with O'Neal. Although the fetters prevented him from being bullied, Anderson couldn't become the main attack point to single out O'Neal.

Without the stable 677 inside attack, he had to rely more on Nene and Boykins.

When the 24-second offensive time was about to run out, Boykins barely got a chance to break through and forced a floater.

But he was directly pressed down from the air by Malone who came over.

Beep!

The referee also blew a whistle.

According to the scale of this game, plus the Lakers' home whistle, Malone's foul on Boykins could be whistled or not.

But watching Boykins being pressed to the ground from mid-air was too miserable.

Malone's terrifying muscles were like a mountain in front of Boykins, which looked more exaggerated than an adult beating a child.

Out of humanitarianism, the referee still gave Malone a whistle.

However, it seems that Malone fouled him hard, and Boykins felt a little powerless. He only made one of two free throws.

Lakers 33:42 Nuggets

The Nuggets (bfba) finally got a point here, and it was the Lakers' offensive round.

Payton also played with confidence and played against Boykins again. Although he did not get rid of Boykins, he chose to shoot against Boykins again with his height.

Lakers 35:42 Nuggets

The second quarter was basically played at this rhythm.

Although Payton did not continue with such a high hit rate, the Nuggets' scoring efficiency was lower than that of the Lakers under the high-intensity defense of the Lakers.

The Lakers relied on Payton to play against Boykins, and after Payton opened up, Kobe also started to play one-on-one.

Of course, Kobe's singles still faced double-teaming. No matter what, the Nuggets were stuck with the bug of [Unlimited Switch Defense] and it was useless not to double-team, and they also encountered [Ultimate Paranoia] Kobe.

Kobe is really strong. Even under such a strong defense, he can still score in singles.

The outside two players played well and the score was caught up, but Wang Chen did not call a timeout.

Wang Chen did not call a timeout, so the Lakers, who were in the upper hand, naturally did not need to call a timeout.

Halftime ended.

Lakers 49:52 Nuggets

The Nuggets still maintained the lead, but the three-point lead was almost negligible. It was just a matter of one round.

Inside the Nuggets locker room

"It's pretty good, keep it up."

Wang Chen said to everyone with a smile. (To read the exciting novel, go to Faloo Novel Network!) When the players heard Wang Chen's words, they all fell silent.

Because they didn't know whether Wang Chen was encouraging them or because he was too disappointed with their performance and mocked them in various ways.

"Wang, we are the challengers, so it is good to be able to play like this."

Stokes felt that Wang Chen's mentality was a little unstable.

It was inconvenient for other players to say that he was the first assistant coach and had the obligation to remind the head coach.

"That's right, I do think we played well."

Wang Chen looked at Stokes strangely, not understanding what Stokes was talking about.

His original expectation for the team was that they would not be defeated when they made substitutions in the second quarter, but they did not collapse and maintained their lead. Wang Chen was in a good mood.

"Uh, really?"

Stokes looked at Wang Chen with some doubts. Judging from Wang Chen's tone, he seemed to be serious and did not blame the players.

Wang Chen looked and saw that except for Stokes, other players were also looking at him.

Wang Chen immediately understood and smiled helplessly.

He could see the changes in the [Information Tactics Board], but others could not. Maybe in the eyes of others, although the Nuggets are leading now, they have fallen into a disadvantage in terms of the rhythm of the game.

【On the information and tactics board, although Anthony's touch has not yet shown a flame, the icon representing the small flame in the status bar above Anthony's avatar has been flickering faintly.

On the contrary, although Kobe scored a lot of points in the second quarter, and Payton also scored a lot of points.

Payton's touch is still lukewarm and has not changed.

It is because Kobe forced too many double-team shots, he scored a lot of goals and missed a lot of goals.

Not only did Kobe's touch not get hotter, but above his avatar, a snowflake icon has been looming, and it has not yet materialized.

If Kobe continues to double-team like this, the number of times he misses will increase, and his touch will also turn into snowflakes.