Chapter 52
Chapter 52 Play one team
On November 28th, US time, the game between the Mavericks and the Lakers began at the American Airlines Center.
The Lakers currently rank first in the Western Conference, with 12 wins and 1 loss since the beginning of the season. In addition to losing one game against the Pistons on November 14th, it has won five consecutive victories so far.
The Mavericks also won five consecutive victories, and this game has also attracted much attention. Today’s game between the two teams was broadcast live throughout the United States.
The Mavericks’ starting lineup in this game, in addition to the outstanding performance of these games, Antoine White has been put on the starting position by coach Carlisle again. No other changes.
The Lakers’ lineup is the same as the lineup of the two teams on the field, and there is no change.
Game start.
In the first quarter of the game, the two armies were evenly matched. The two teams’ stars Nowitzki and Kobe Bryant both got efficient performance. Nowitzki scored 8 points and 5 rebounds, and Kobe scored 10 points and 2 assists.
At the end of the first quarter, the score between the two sides was 30:27, and the Mavericks were three points behind.
This section of the game also exposed a serious problem for the Mavericks. The main center Eric Dampier only got one rebound and two fouls in the first quarter. The Mavericks were seriously threatened inside.
Both sides replaced the bench in the second quarter. Terry led the bench to not only stabilize the score, but also overtook the score under his burst. At the end of the second quarter, the score of the two sides was 57:51, and the Mavericks led by 6 points.
In the third quarter, both sides replaced the main force. The Mavericks had to call a timeout in the opening two minutes. Dampier, who was back on the court, was repeatedly framed by Bynum and Pau Gasol in the interior. Nowitzki had to focus more on defense and offense. The efficiency is significantly reduced.
Mavericks coach Carlisle has been very disappointed with Dampier and can only be replaced by Wang Dachun, who has not played this game.
The game continued and the Lakers attacked.
Fisher brought the ball to the front court, Kobe cut into the inside through the screen of Pau Gasol, Bynum stuck Wang Dachun, Kobe dunked two points.
The score 57:53.
Kidd passes the ball to Nowitzki! Was steal by Gasol, fortunately Kidd caught up in time to pick up the basketball. Reorganized the offense and re-passed Nowitzki through Wang Dachun’s high screen. Nowitzki made a two-pointer with a back hook.
The score is 59:53.
Kobe came to the high post with the ball, Bynum asked Kobe for the ball, Kobe saw no better offensive opportunity, so he dropped the ball to Bynum inside. Bynum thought he had jammed Wang Dachun behind him and stretched out his hand to catch the ball, but he still ignored Wang Dachun’s wingspan. Before his hand touched the basketball, Wang Dachun’s big hand suddenly stretched over to steal, which caused it. Kobe’s mistakes.
Wang Dachun passed the ball to Kidd. Kidd quickly passed the ball to White who had run to the bottom line, and White hit a three-pointer.
The score is 62:53.
The Lakers offense. Fisher took the ball and Kidd stepped forward and prepared to steal. Fisher passed the basketball to Kobe, who was three-pointers away.
Kobe saw Wang Dachun being blocked by Gasol. Bynum had entered the inside and quickly passed the ball to Bynum, who was close to the basket. Bynum was about to get up and dunk. Wang Dachun, who was chased again, directly shot the basketball. , A very clean cap.
The basketball was picked up by Nowitzki and quickly passed to White, who was running wild. White went to the 45-degree three-point line to take off and prepared to shoot. Fisher, who was rushed to stop him, interfered with the shot.
The rebound was picked up by Radmanovic. Radmanovic handed the basketball back to Fisher. Fisher came to the front court and broke into the false pass. The basketball passed to Kobe behind him. , Kobe scored two points on the board.
The score is 62:55.
Kobe’s goal also opened his own singles mode. He doesn’t have much hope for the inside.
Since Wang Dachun came on the field, after a few rounds between the two teams, he can see that Wang Dachun has made significant progress during this period, and defending Bynum has become much easier than before.
After Wang Dachun came on the court, Bynum didn’t get a single point in the paint and allowed himself to accompany a turnover.
White actually felt wronged at this time. In the past few games, he finally found the feeling of a professional NBA player who can score strong goals on the court.
Today he returned to the starting position, but he did not expect that he returned to the starting position to match Kobe Bryant. His first matchup was McGrady. After being beaten by McGrady, he entered himself. The hand feels cold period.
When he returned to the starting lineup, he met Kobe, and he was already beaten in the first quarter. I thought the coach should make adjustments when he saw him so weak, but he didn’t expect that he would still have to defend Kobe in the third quarter.
He has a feeling that after starting this game, he should be kicked down again. He already deeply suspects that he is guilty of starting positions. Every time he starts, he encounters the best shooting guard in the league.
Without what White did, Kobe played him like a family. If it weren’t for Wang Dachun, who was inside, to help him defend and interfere with some of Kobe’s goals through the basket, perhaps Kobe would break White’s funnel into a horn.
Kobe’s explosion in the second half of the third quarter, coupled with White’s defensive weakness, ended the third quarter with a score of 73:73. Kobe scored 13 points in a single quarter.
In the fourth quarter of the game, the Mavericks replaced the bench first, and the center position was still Wang Dachun.
Coach Carlisle can obviously feel that Wang Dachun is now more and more useful than before. After Wang Dachun came on the field, the protection of the inside line has obviously surpassed Dampier. In the entire third quarter, Bynum’s defense only got two. Rebounding basically completed the single quarter’s score of “0” against Bynum.
The Lakers head coach Phil Jackson naturally discovered that the current interior is restricted. In terms of size, Bynum’s figure seems to be much stronger than Wang Dachun.
But he could see that in the competition on the court, Bynum was only stronger in his upper limbs, which could limit Wang Dachun’s scoring, but his lower limbs were clearly unable to squeeze Wang Dachun who looked thinner than him.
So an adjustment was made. Bynum was replaced 2 minutes after the opening of the fourth quarter, allowing Gasol to top the center position, Odom played defense and returned to Nowitzki on the field.
Ask Pau Gasol to pull Wang Dachun out of the inside line to limit his ability to protect the inside line.
No adjustments were made to Kobe’s singles. Ariza was replaced by Demanovic and the two strikers rushed into the frame to grab rebounds.
From the perspective of Phil Jackson, Kobe feels good today. He just wants to hit the giant planet, open fire to Kobe infinitely, and let Kobe play a team alone!
Phil Jackson’s tactics were very successful, and Kobe is worthy of Kobe Bryant. The Lakers led the Mavericks by five points in the eighth minute of the fourth quarter.
After Pau Gasol and Wang Dachun faced off, they also limited Wang Dachun’s ability. If Wang Dachun dared to help defend against Kobe, who was inside, Kobe would split the ball to Pau Gasol. You must know that Pau Gasol has a hand. The very precise CIC made Wang Dachun dare not help defense casually.
This forced the Mavericks coach Carlisle. Wang Dachun had to be replaced, and Nowitzki was replaced at the center position and replaced with Bass to defend Odom. At least Buzz doesn’t suffer in strength, and he has a certain self-service scoring ability.
But in the end the Mavericks still failed to catch up and lost to the Lakers 107:114.
Kobe scored a game-high 35 points, and Wang Dachun scored 2 points, 9 rebounds, and 2 steals and 2 blocks in 18 minutes.