Chapter 343

The strategy given by Nash was effective. After the timeout ended, the Lakers stopped playing pick-and-rolls and directly let Kobe play singles in the low post.

This is the most proficient and efficient of Kobe's current singles skills.

Others such as breakthroughs, strong shots facing the basket, and mid-range horns have all regressed compared to the past.

It's okay to play against other opponents, but against the Heat, once James switches to Kobe, Kobe's success rate in facing the basket is not high.

Only the back body, a technique that gets better and better with age, Kobe can still maintain a high success rate.

As soon as the timeout ended, the Lakers used an outside triangle offense to pass the ball to Kobe.

Kobe turned over and hit a fadeaway jumper after receiving the ball, scoring two points.

This was Kobe's first goal of the game. Even Kobe himself breathed a sigh of relief when the ball was scored.

Finally scored!

He didn't score in the opening four minutes and hit four irons. If he couldn't make another shot, he would probably be scolded to death by Li Liang.

In the first quarter of the game, the two sides played inextricably. The Heat's defense has always maintained a strong oppression, which put tremendous pressure on the Lakers.

But Kobe withstood the pressure in the second half of the first quarter, hitting consecutive jumpers from the low post.

The score between the two sides was tight, the first quarter ended, the battle ended at 24:25, and the Heat led by one point.

James only scored 2 points in the first quarter, but grabbed 4 backcourt rebounds.

Bosh scored 8 points, Wade 6 points, the Heat's main attack point in the first quarter.

Except for the opening 5 points, Li Liang didn't score any more. His main purpose on the court was to open up space for Kobe.

Bryant scored 8 points, and began the second quarter to sit off the court and rest with Nash.

The two sides rotated their lineups, and both James and Li Liang remained on the field. This is a battle between them.

Before the start of the second quarter, Mike Brown was interviewed by reporters on the sidelines.

He was asked about Bruce Lee's current role in the team.

Brown also paused, thinking how to put it this way, there are too many effects to talk about.

In the end, he concluded, "Bruce Lee's help to the team is immeasurable. It can be said that he is the key to the Lakers' victory."

The key to victory, Brown's evaluation of his thigh is still very accurate.

In terms of ability, Li Liang is inferior to James, but in the contest between the two teams, Li Liang knows how to make good use of the advantages of his teammates and help each other with his teammates.

Relatively speaking, James is more about letting others adapt to his style of play, rather than forming a perfect complement with others.

After all, James was the chosen one from the beginning, and his ability is too strong. It would be a crime not to play with him as the core.

On the contrary, Li Liang, a training partner, always has to adapt to and help his teammates.

His characteristics and habits, even though he has a strong personal ability, still haven't changed.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Heat attacked, and Bosh and Wade sat on the sidelines.

James, like Kobe, started to ask for the ball in the low post, low on the left, and hit Li Liang one-on-one with the ball behind him.

Li Liang tried his best to defend. After James pushed Li Liang away, he turned inside and went to the basket. O'Neal came to help defend.

James passed the ball hand-to-hand to Anderson who was plugging in, and Anderson easily hit the board and made a layup.

This ball James has dropped to a position too deep, O'Neill didn't come to help defend James just to put the basket and score.

Xiao Ao came over to help defend, that was an assist.

The Lakers' counterattack came quickly.

The core of the offense on the field at this time is Gasol who came off the bench.

Meeks dribbled the ball abruptly, and then responded to the high-ranking Li Liang.

Gasol asked for a positive position and suppressed Anderson behind him.

But Li Liang didn't pass the ball, because the Heat's defense shrinks very quickly, and the area around the three-second zone is dense, and the pass will be intercepted in all likelihood.

Seeing that there was no chance, Gasol left the three-second zone and made a cover for Ci Shiping on the other side.

Ci Shiping slipped the bottom line with the help of a screen, and took a low position on the right.

Li Liang gave the ball to Ci Shiping, and after Ci Shiping received the ball, Lei Allen was defending him.

Ci Shiping used his physical advantage to wipe into the inside line like a steamroller, and hit two points with a close-range throw.

The Lakers are playing retro basketball, all kinds of low-post attacks.

Like Kobe, Gasol, Metta World Peace, including O'Neal, their technical characteristics all retain a strong style of the 90s.

Under the high-intensity oppressive defense of the Heat, the low-post attack is perfect.

However, James stopped going low next. He used Anderson's cover to break into the inside line in the middle, and suddenly turned back and threw the pass, and the ball flew into the hands of Mike Miller at 45 degrees on the right.

Miller catches the ball and hits a three-pointer directly!

At 26:30, the Heat expanded their lead.

It was a beautiful shot, and the whole process was done in one go.

But Li Liang immediately responded. The Lakers still attacked in a seemingly slow manner, but they played methodically.

Li Liang is not a master of offensive organization, but he has a clear mind and knows that the core of the second team is Gasol.

Any attack, regardless of whether the ball is ultimately shot or passed by Gasol, must make good use of Gasol's excellent inside point.

Li Liang made a cover for Meeks first, and then Gasol also put it on.

High double screens are really a luxury for Meeks.

Meeks rushed with the ball and gave the ball to Gasol, who walked in the middle.

The Heat's defense did not lose its position, double-teamed up, Gasol took a step in the middle and had no chance.

But in the bottom corner, Li Liang has already run to the bottom corner.

Gasol's tall stature and wide vision played a role and found Li Liang in the bottom corner.

Li Liang received a pass from Gasol, faced Mike Miller's interference, and hit a three-pointer!

At 29:30, Li Liang's three-pointer opened early tonight, which is not good news for the Heat.

Li Liang's three-pointer opened, and the Lakers' tactical system suddenly became rich and layered.

This is a big problem for the Heat's defense.

Moreover, Spoel still doesn't know when Li Liang's three-pointer will suddenly have an unreasonable explosion, which is really fatal.

The game continued, and the Heat and the Lakers each wasted an offensive opportunity.

Norris Cole seized the counterattack and single-handedly went to the basket with a left-handed layup.

The Lakers immediately responded.

The little prince of three non-sticks, Meeks, took the ball and rushed all the way, holding the ball and rushing to the basket. Under the blocking of the birdman Anderson, he made a high-strike throw with his right hand.

The two sides are fighting against each other, which is the rhythm that the Lakers like.

Once the game enters mutual attack, you score one and I score another, which is beneficial to the Lakers.

The Lakers' two best playmakers are still sitting on the sidelines, and the Heat's best playmaker is already on the court.

If this kind of counterattack, the Heat can't take advantage, then in the second half of the second quarter, there is no guarantee that the Lakers will not play a wave of offensive climax and crush the Heat.

Then, Cole rushed to the basket again, this time his layup was blocked by Xiao Ao!

Jermaine's blocked shots in the first two games are amazing, more than Howard.

In the absence of Howard, Jermaine O'Neal propped up a no-fly zone around the basket.

But the ball was caught by James, and James took the ball and beat Li Liang one-on-one, with his back and his back.

This time Meeks came over to help defend, James pretended to pass the ball to the outside, and Meeks, an idiot, really fell for it and jumped back.

James immediately dribbled the ball and pushed it in, but Meeks made it up again without making two hits.

Now the outside line is empty, James passes the ball to Cole, and Cole shoots a three-pointer!

Missed, Jermaine O'Neal scored a backcourt rebound, and the Lakers had a chance to counterattack.

The ball was handed over to Meeks, and Meeks rushed forward again, Li Liang shouted to stop him.

Meeks immediately gave the ball to Li Liang at the top of the arc. Li Liang waited for Gasol to get in position, and immediately put a straight ball into Gasol's hands.

Gasol caught the ball and turned over and hit Anderson with a hook. The ball was played too comfortably.

Spoelstra shook his head, and immediately called a timeout. This rhythm was completely wrong, and he entered the rhythm of the Lakers.

They played well in the first quarter, and everything went according to plan, but in the second quarter, the second team was taken sideways.

Spoelstra's pre-match preparations have always been adequate, and the adjustments have always been effective, but tonight it seems to be targeted.

Spoelstrom picked his face, and Mike Brown's counterattack did have a set.

And Mike Brown stood on the sidelines with his arms folded and watched for several minutes, did nothing, and was inexplicably praised again.