I'm really strong in basketball

Chapter 62
Lakers offense.

Payton holds the ball at the top of the arc to control the rhythm.

Kobe waited for an opportunity to make an air cut on one side, while Liu He kept running on the other side.

The two major off-ball attackers gave the Nuggets a huge threat.

Once one side has a chance, Payton will give the ball as soon as possible.

On Liu He's side, Nene tried to keep up with Liu He.

But after all, he is a big player of 211cm and 113kg. Even if he can run and jump, he is seriously lacking in flexibility.

If Liu He was simply running around, Nene could barely keep up.But just add some switchbacks, curves, or a teammate's cover... Nene can't keep up.

After all, not every power forward is called "Eight-legged Spider" Kevin Garnett.

Soon, Liu He got rid of Nene, received a pass from Payton, and shot immediately.

Leonard came back to defend, but his height was a bit behind Liu He, so he couldn't interfere too much.

Swish!
Liu He scored the third three-pointer in a row.

11: 8.

This is where the tall shooter bugs.

Those who can keep up with their rhythm are not tall enough; those who are tall enough cannot keep up with their rhythm.

There are very few players who are just right.

ESPN Studios.

Bill Walton said in surprise: "It is said that the rebounder wins the world. Is Liu He going to break this law tonight? The Lakers lost all rebounds, but they are leading in points."

"If I'm going to score every shot I take, I don't really need a rebound," Drexler said.

Bill Wharton agreed: "Three-point devil! Sure enough, there are only wrong names in this world, not wrong nicknames."

The two chatted and laughed.

But Drexler finally said: "Of course, Liu He cannot always be so accurate. Even if he has been so accurate, the Nuggets will not always let him make easy shots."

Wharton nodded again.

The game continues.

Miller broke through the inside and made a wonderful pass to Nene to score.

11: 10.

Lakers offense.

Sure enough, the Nuggets stepped up their defense on Liu He's side.

A top marksman, even off the ball, is a great threat.

And because of this, their defense on the other side is naturally weakened.

Bryant seized the opportunity sharply and cut into the paint without the ball.

Payton looked at all directions, listened to all directions, and immediately threw the ball over the sky directly in front of the basket.

No. 8 "Peter Pan" soared into the air and dunked in the air.

boom!
13: 10.

The Nuggets attack.

Leonard bounced a three-pointer out of the frame, and Liu He finally grabbed a rebound.

Lakers offense.

Bryant made his second cut to the basket.

Marcus Camby didn't intend to pounce, but waited for Kobe to make a shot before jumping up to block the shot.

Counting Camby's career: one best defensive player DPOY, four blocked shots, four best defensive teams.

Looking at the honor, you must think that he is an inside gate and a guardian of the penalty area.

But in fact, Camby is a hot pot nerd with a morbid obsession with blocking shots.

He often deliberately does not defend, allowing opponents to shoot and giving himself a chance to block shots.

Once successful, the number of blocked shots will be increased by one.If you fail, you will send points to your opponent.

It's a bit like Iverson's gambling steal.

But Iverson was physically unable to guard the big man and had to be forced to make a move.

And Camby obviously has excellent physical talent and can make up for defense very well, but he just needs to block the number of shots.

At this moment, Camby was obviously ill, and wanted to block shots from Kobe.

However, he found the wrong person.

Seeing through Camby's mind, Kobe was not afraid, but jumped up, ran into Camby, and completed the dunk against Camby.

boom!
15: 10.

Kobe dunks Camby.

Camby was dunked "again".

Liu He sneered: Is this kid stupid, dare to play tricks in front of No. 8 Kobe.

Kobe on the 24th is nicknamed Black Mamba, and Kobe on the 8th is nicknamed Peter Pan... He can fly!
Camby, who was dunked, was dumbfounded, and the confidence that had just been built at the beginning was shattered again.

The Nuggets coach took the opportunity to call a timeout.

Replaced by "Birdman" Chris Anderson.

Chris Anderson is called a birdman by fans because of his fancy tattoos all over his body, and he can run and jump, and he plays extremely passionately.

Then, his height is only 208cm, his feet are flexible, and the effect of defending Liu He will be better than that of Nene.

For the Lakers, Phil also made some adjustments.

The lineups for both sides became:

Nuggets:
Nene, Birdman, Anthony, Leonard, Miller.

Lakers:
Medvedenko, Liu He, Kobe, Payton, Fisher.

The Nuggets attack.

Miller breaks through to the paint and passes the ball to Anthony.

Anthony's long two-point jumper is still missing, and the "iron" content of Melon tonight is quite high.

But Birdman grabbed the offensive rebound and succeeded in the second offense.

15: 12.

As soon as Birdman came on stage, he made a contribution and roared excitedly.

Lakers offense.

Bryant cuts into the paint again and catches a pass from Payton.

Nene was obviously much more honest than Camby, and immediately rushed forward to defend Kobe.

Kobe scored the ball to Medvedenko.

Medvedenko made a shot from the basket.

But at this moment, a big bird spread its wings, soared into the air, and slapped Medvedenko's shot away.

It's Birdman Chris Anderson again, he really has a sense of presence.

The Nuggets seized the opportunity and played a wave of defensive counterattacks, and Anthony made a layup.

15: 14.

With the help of Birdman, the Nuggets quickly caught up.

Lakers offense.

Liu He received Payton's pass and shot from the bottom corner, but missed under the interference of Birdman.

The Nuggets once again played a wave of counterattacks, and Birdman received a pass from Miller for an alley-oop dunk.

boom!
15: 16.

With the help of Birdman, the Nuggets quickly achieved a lead.

The atmosphere of the Lakers is a bit not good.

Malone and O'Neal were seriously injured one after another, and the team fell behind again, which hurt morale too much.

At this time, Peyton ran past Liu He: "Little guy, this is not enough? Watch it, brother, I will show you."

Lakers offense.

Payton called Liu He out to pick and roll.

Liu He blocked Miller, and Payton took the opportunity to speed up and get rid of Miller, forcing Birdman to switch defenses.

Facing the Birdman, Payton made a direct shot... and then closed it, which turned out to be a shooting fake.

But Birdman leapt high.

Peyton smiled, and made another shooting motion. The shooting hand deliberately hit the birdman's arm. The birdman flying in the air could only watch helplessly, but there was nothing he could do.

Beep!
The referee blew the whistle.

Hitman fouls, two free throws.

Before walking to the free throw line, Payton said to Liu He again: "See? These young people are really good at dancing! They really like dancing too!"

Subsequently, Payton hit two free throws steadily.

17: 16.

The Nuggets attack.

It was "Birdman" Chris Anderson again, grabbing the offensive rebound and helping Anthony's second shot from the outside.

17: 19.

Lakers offense.

Liu He suddenly pushed the birdman, turned around and ran back.

Birdman reacted quickly and quickly caught up with Liu He.

Liu He did not give up, and stretched out his hand to signal the pass.

As soon as he got the ball, Liu He turned to face the basket, bent his knees and prepared to jump.

Swish!
Birdman flew straight up, but found that Liu He didn't jump at all.

Another fake!
Almost exactly the same, Liu He jumped up, and his shooting hand slammed into Birdman's arm.

Beep!
Foul, and it was a three-point foul, Liu He got three free throws.

As soon as Birdman Anderson landed, he kept patting himself on the head in frustration.

Liu He blinked at Peyton.

Peyton laughed.

"Learning too fast!"

With this kind of learning ability, he was selected with the 25th pick in the first round. It seems that these NBA scouts have become more and more blind in recent years.

Lower limit Rashard Lewis, upper limit Peja Stojakovic?
Doesn't anyone think he's more like Big Bird?
Liu He walked to the free throw line. With his free throw percentage of more than 90%, he made three free throws and three free throws.

20: 19.

The Lakers once again overtook the score.

The Nuggets attacked, and Leonard's three-pointer bounced out of the frame.

Liu He struggled to protect the rebound.

He keenly noticed that "Birdman" Anderson hesitated and was not as fierce as before when he got stuck, which allowed Liu He to take the opportunity to grab the rebound.

After all, he had two fouls on his back, and the game had just played a quarter, and one foul on his back, Anderson could have been guarding the drinking fountain in the first half.

Now that Birdman is under pressure, Liu He will naturally take advantage of your illness to kill you.

Lakers offense.

Liu He continued to run around looking for opportunities, Birdman followed Liu He closely, but this time the pressure was much less.

Liu He received the ball easily and pulled it up facing Birdman.

But Birdman hesitated for a moment, and found that Liu He was really shooting, and then took off to block the shot...but it was too late.

The basketball goes into the rim with precision.

Swish!
23: 19.

In the next round, Kobe also rushed inside, causing damage.

Without the assistance of Birdman, Nene cannot guard the basket alone.

25: 19.

In the end, the Lakers led by 6 points and entered the second quarter.

Back in the second quarter, the Lakers had few adjustments because they really didn't have anyone to use.

The outside line is still a little more generous, and the inside line is really no soldiers and no generals. Even Liu He, who has always played the third position, now plays the fourth position, and the old "Cobra" who came to retire and rub the ring has also been reused.

But even so, Grant, Medvedenko, and Liu He are not the type with the ability to guard the penalty area and protect rebounds.

Looking at the first quarter alone, the number of offensive rebounds between the Nuggets and the Lakers was 6:0.

The Nuggets grabbed 6 offensive rebounds, and the Lakers had 0.

With the addition of backcourt rebounds, the Lakers lost even more.

Fortunately, the Nuggets are really not allowed tonight!
"Clyde, have you noticed that the Lakers' defensive formation has shrunk even smaller, and they are all gathered around the basket."

Bill Walton said.

Drexler nodded: "That's something that can't be helped. They lost too much rebounds in the first quarter. Only in this way can they protect the rebounds."

Walton continued: "Now, the opportunity for the Nuggets is here. The Lakers' three-point line will become extremely open, and they can easily get opportunities."

Drexler shook his head: "Unfortunately, if I remember correctly, the Nuggets only hit one three-pointer in the first quarter! Now the best three-point shooter in the league is not with the Nuggets, but opposite them."

Bill Walton was surprised: "Clyde, you said that Liu He is the best three-point shooter in the league? But his rookie season has just started, not even halfway through. Is it too early for you to say that?"

Drexler insisted on his point of view: "Facing the Heat, he made 7 three-pointers. Facing the Rockets, he made 7 three-pointers. Facing the Timberwolves, he made 9 three-pointers. He only finished the first quarter tonight, and he has already made 4 three-pointers...Bill, have you ever seen a more exaggerated three-pointer performance than him? In terms of three-pointers, Liu He is already phenomenal."

Wharton was speechless for a moment.

Lineups for the second quarter:

Nuggets:
Camby, Birdman, Anthony, Leonard, Boykins.

Earl Boykins is the first scoring point of the Nuggets bench. Although he is only 165cm tall and is the shortest active player in the NBA, he can score 22.5 points, 10.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 3.6 minutes this season.

Lakers:
Old Grant, Liu He, Wharton, Kobe, Payton.

Replacing Fisher and replacing Wharton is also a small adjustment for Phil.

Since the height of the inside line is too disadvantageous, then increase the height of the outside line, hoping that the outside line can bring as much help as possible to the inside line.

Phil is also helpless.

The Nuggets attack.

Facing the Lakers' defensive formation that shrunk to the basket, they easily found opportunities outside the three-point line.

Boykins shot from the top of the arc.

Bang!

No.

The Nuggets' three-pointers tonight were really inaccurate, and they couldn't make any shots.

Lakers offense.

The Nuggets' defensive formation has also been adjusted. Camby guards the basket, and the other four try their best to lift to the free throw line, exerting greater defensive pressure on Kobe and Liu He on both sides.

This allowed Wharton to seize the opportunity.

As an athlete who relies on golf intelligence to play, Walton keenly discovered the problems of the Nuggets, quickly ambushed the bottom corner, received a pass from his teammates and hit an open three-pointer.

Swish!
28: 19.

This scene also became the epitome of the entire second quarter.

The Nuggets have frequent outside opportunities, but they just can't make shots.

On the other hand, the Lakers, under the leadership of Liu He, the shooters fired one after another.

The first half is over.

52: 41.

The Lakers led by 11 points.

Throughout the first half, Liu He scored 6 three-pointers and scored a total of 27 points.

But in the third quarter, the Lakers' feel began to decline.

No one is always right.

Of course no one is ever wrong.

Even the "basketless" Simmons can hit a hundred shots when he poses for a photo in the summer.

Back in the third quarter, Anthony's touch broke out. Coupled with the Nuggets' completely crushed inside lineup, he scored 14 points in a single quarter and led the Nuggets to tie the score.

End of three quarters, 67:67.

In the critical fourth quarter, Kobe stepped forward and scored 16 points in a single quarter, helping the Lakers take the lead and winning until the end.

In the end: 103:98, the Lakers narrowly beat the Nuggets after losing two behemoths at the basket.

科比砍下全场最高的38分9篮板3助攻2抢断1盖帽。

Even the Lakers are tonight's scoring leader and rebounding leader.

Liu He scored 31 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals.

The "Bullfighting" combination scored 69 points.

This is the name that Chinese fans just gave them.

Kobe's middle name "bean" translates to bean, bean plus Liu... bean ox, bullfighting.

For the next game in January, the Lakers can only rely on the "bullfighting" combination.

In addition, Payton scored 12 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists and 1 steal.

If Payton is added, the trio can be called "Bullfighter".

Only three of the Lakers scored in double figures. Grant, Medvedenko, Fisher, George, Walton, and Rush all scored in single digits.

For the Nuggets:
Anthony scored the highest 30 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks.

Andre Miller had 19 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists.

Camby had 16 points, 13 rebounds and 2 blocks.

Nene had 15 points and 8 rebounds.

Birdman had 10 points, 9 rebounds and 5 blocks.

As many as five Nuggets scored in double figures, and Anthony scored 5 points.

It's a pity that Kobe and Liu He are more fierce.

Liu He took the lead in the first three quarters, and Kobe decided the victory in the last quarter.

(End of this chapter)