NBA: This Center Is So Stable

The game was a big success, and Kobe had a big victory.

Chapter 290 30 points in the first half, the terrifying Peter Pan

G4 was different from what D’Antoni expected, the Lakers did not raise the white flag early.

Instead, they regrouped after losing the last game, and the whole team was twisted into a rope.

In the first quarter, under O’Neal’s concession, Kobe, who had unlimited firing rights, ushered in his small explosion in the entire series.

He scored 17 points in the first quarter with 7 of 10 shots!

Even more terrifying than O’Neal’s 16 points in the last game.

In this game, Kobe completely released his long-suppressed emotions. Not only did he shut down his blacksmith shop and turned into “Peter Pan”, but more importantly, he liberated his teammates by shouldering the offensive burden.

O’Neal, who did not need to spend too much time on offense, became better in other aspects.

In the first three games, defense and rebounding were slightly inferior to Wang Song.

In this game, he found the big shark who dominated the league in offense and defense. Not to mention that he was able to suppress the Knicks rookie, at least he was evenly matched.

Under the tone of the Lakers’ outside attack and inside defense, they established a 5-point lead in the first quarter.

This allowed the Lakers fans who had been frustrated for a long time to release their emotions.

On the other side.

Knicks.

If the Knicks won the last game thanks to Wang Song’s three-point surprise attack, then in this game, when Wang Song was significantly double-teamed, the Knicks relied heavily on other players to open up the situation.

Especially Prince, who was facing Kobe, faced Kobe who was selected to the first team for three consecutive times, and the young Prince still seemed to lack some experience.

Although for Kobe, this second-year rookie from Detroit is already one of the few wings in the league that can cause him trouble.

But as a superstar, when he finds his touch, “Little Peter Pan” is not something that can be resisted by personal ability.

Second quarter.

Kobe continued to contribute 13 points. Although Kobe was not in the same state as in the first quarter due to physical influence, he slowly found his touch with the blessing of ball possession.

30 points in the first half!

Even for an All-Star player, this is definitely a dominant performance.

Especially on the Lakers side, in addition to Kobe, another member of the OK combination, the Big Shark, also found his own direction.

In terms of scoring, O’Neal only scored 11 points in the first half.

But on the defensive end, O’Neal got 14 rebounds and 4 blocks, a very luxurious and comprehensive personal performance.

If the Sharks were showing off their muscles in two of the first three games, then O’Neal in this game can be said to have fully integrated into the team and become the role that the Lakers need most.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Kobe had a small outbreak and took over the offensive burden from O’Neal.

Jeanie Buss, who came to watch the game, couldn’t help but give the two guys a thumbs up.

This is the situation she wants to see. The OKs can’t be said to love each other, but they definitely don’t check and balance each other, allowing each other to play at will.

Although this problem can’t last too long when the conflict between OK continues to intensify, as long as the two are in the Lakers, Jeanie Buss wants them to maintain superficial tranquility.

After entering the halftime break, on the other side.

In the Knicks locker room, the players’ emotions are not high.

I thought they would win the fourth game all the way, but the tacit understanding and cooperation between OK was still unexpected.

In the first half of the game, Wang Song, who was targeted, only scored 12 points.

After the lifeline of the Knicks’ offense was cut off, the Knicks coaching staff could only turn their attention to other people.

Nash played steadily as usual, scoring 18 points in the first half.

It’s just that the other Knicks players seemed a little unsatisfactory, perhaps due to the excessive cheers of away fans, or the air conditioning was too cold.

In short, the rest of the Knicks were lost!

Especially the “mid-range shooting king” Alan Houston, the former Knicks’ main core, who has now retreated to the second line and become the team’s third leader.

It stands to reason that after being away from the offensive focus, Houston should be able to improve some efficiency, but the sluggish state of 1 in 8 shots in this game made many old New York fans feel unfamiliar.

Of course, no fan will put pressure on the “mid-range shooting king”. For an ordinary main player who has been injured throughout his career and barely selected as an All-Star substitute, fans know that the requirements cannot be too high.

Even if the regular season is the best

In the last month, D’Antoni’s rotation strategy has well alleviated the fatigue of the main players.

But for a 33-year-old veteran who has played in the league for the eleventh year, the continuous high-intensity battles in the playoffs still led to the previous injuries.

Injuries have always been the top priority of the battle between the two sides.

Whether it is the game on the court or the confrontation on the battlefield, the injuries of the soldiers on both sides have always been kept confidential at the highest level.

Although there are many fake injuries in later generations that are announced before the game to confuse the opponent.

But this concept is still a bit ahead of its time!

As early as the Eastern Conference Finals, Houston was reminded by the team doctor that his hamstrings were tight.

This is also an important reason for Houston’s decline in accuracy. Every time he wants to get rid of the defender, the tension from his thigh makes him dare not fully exert his strength.

As a shooter for the Knicks, Houston often serves as the final point. In such a situation, he completes his shots in many rounds with huge defensive interference.

According to the team doctor, Houston’s ability to hold on to this point is entirely due to faith and desire for victory.

Since entering the playoffs, Houston often says: If you don’t kill them, fight them to death.

Apart from the players’ faith, it’s not that the Knicks coaching staff is ruthless and does not make personnel changes in this situation.

It’s that the Knicks’ outside firepower group really has no successors!

Even as the third-in-command of the Knicks, Houston is irreplaceable to the Knicks.

After the Knicks players showed some respect in their hearts, Houston, who had a short physical treatment in the middle of the game, returned to the second half of the game.

But unfortunately, persistence did not wait for an outbreak.

The second half of the game.

With the decline in physical strength, the accuracy of both sides declined to a certain extent.

The most obvious one is the outside players. Kobe, who scored 30 points in the first half, was called off by the Zen Master in time to rest after three consecutive iron shots.

For the Lakers with OK, rotation is just a way to ease the intensified contradictions between OK and the Lakers.

In fact, their rotation will not have a significant impact on the game.

After Kobe leaves the court, O’Neal can still take over the game.

On the contrary, the Knicks’ personnel adjustments are very different.

The rhythm of the game will be directly affected by the replacement of the main scoring points.

The most intuitive thing is that after Houston leaves the court, Sam Anderson, who was replaced, lacks sufficient three-point shooting ability.

This made the Knicks’ offense very uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)