NOVEL NEXT Chapter 54
Two days and one night of warm-up!
The Eagles and Lakers are facing off, and the heat is growing wildly.......After countless fans' anticipation, it finally arrived!
At 8pm, at the Philips Arena, the Hawks and Lakers faced off!
The starting lineups of both teams came on the court.
Atlanta Hawks starting lineup: Point guard: 188cm Jeff Teague, shooting guard: 196cm Kent Bazemore, small forward: 201cm Kyle Korver, power forward: 203cm Paul Millsap, center: 208cm Al Horford.
Los Angeles Lakers starting lineup: Point guard: Su Hao, shooting guard: Kobe Bryant, shooting guard: Clarkson, power forward: Randle, center: Jokic
"Jump ball!"
Horford and Jokic compete for the ball. Jokic, who is taller, beats Horford tonight and throws the ball away.
Su Hao catches the ball.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
Push over, execute the first attack of the game for the Lakers, face Jeff Teague, speed up and force it, just as unreasonable as before
"boom!"
""Swish!"
He pushed Teague away and made a layup.
In the next round, Su Hao continued to set a screen and faced Bazemore, still using his speed and strength advantages.
Acceleration + confrontation.
Pushed Bazemore away and made a quick stop and shot from the free throw line
"Uh-huh!"
Hit again
"Tsk tsk......Another two defenders in a row, Su Hao deserves to be called the"defender nemesis". Facing the defenders, it is really easy to score."
【Eagles 0:4 Lakers].
Su Hao scored two goals in a row, giving the Lakers a good start. but.
The Hawks are the All-Star starters. This is their home court. They were full of confidence before the game and would not sit still.
I won't let Su Hao do whatever he wants
"Whoosh!"
The short and stocky All-Star power forward, Millsap attacked Randall in the low post. After several confrontations, he attacked the basket laterally and made a lob.
""Swish!" The next round
, Teague seemed to be looking for Millsap who was cutting to the left wing, but in fact he passed the ball to the right corner, where Korver, the shooter who was waiting in the wings, was waiting.
"Wow!"
Open your hand and score a three-pointer.
Raise the knife and drop it."
""Swish!"
Hollow hit.
A breakthrough, a three-pointer, Millsap and Korver teamed up to score 5 points, gave the Lakers a positive response, and bit the score.
In the Tengxun Sports NBA studio.
Wang Meng smiled and said:"If it was last season, the Lakers and the Hawks would face off, there would be no suspense, and the Hawks would win.
But.
Now that the Lakers have Su Hao, everything has become different. The two teams started to go back and forth, and the score took turns to lead.
This game is good"
"Yes. Director
Zhang also laughed, but then said:"Su Hao performed as well as ever, but......Kobe cannot be underestimated either. recent.
His condition is also gradually improving. Even if he cannot return to his peak, if I want to explode, it will definitely cause headaches to my opponents."
Barrage area
"Rookie Su Hao vs. the All-Star starting Hawks. This may sound a bit exaggerated, but it is actually happening right now."
"ox!"
"After all, even if Teague is an All-Star, he will be ruthlessly crushed against Su Hao."
"Kobe hasn't scored yet, but Coach Zhang is just praising him"
"Hehehe......After all, he is a famous"Kobe fan" and is known as"Weiping Bryant", so it is understandable."
"......"
The opening matchup between the Hawks and the Lakers was just as the commentary had shown. The game was very close, and Su Hao lived up to his reputation as the"guard nemesis" by defeating Teague and Bazemore. After the first quarter,
Su Hao scored an astonishing 17 points with an unstoppable momentum like autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves.
Will the Hawks spend?
No.
Not really.
【Hawks 35:30 Lakers].
Even though Su Hao scored 17 points in a single quarter, the Hawks still led by 5 points.
At the end of the first half, Su Hao scored 28 points. On the offensive end, he once again did his best tonight, which was flawless.
But
【Hawks 70:59 Lakers].
The Hawks actually expanded the original 5-point lead to 11 points. This seems incredible. Why?!
"Haha, so what if we scored 28 points in the half. After all, there is only one person. After all, he is just a rookie. How can he beat our All-Star starting lineup?"
"that is"
"6 consecutive wins this season and no defeat? tonight......In the Eagles' home court, give your first blood!"
"......"
The home Eagles fans were excited.
And inside the Tengxun Sports NBA studio.
Director Zhang frowned and asked:"Su Hao played very well, and Kobe also scored 10 points. His performance was not bad.
How come he is 11 points behind?""
"Well..."
Wang Meng thought for a while and said:"This is actually understandable."
"How to say?"
Director Zhang asked
"call..."
Wang Meng adjusted his breathing and analyzed:"Yes, in the back line, Su Hao is the"back nemesis" and can play freely.
Kobe is also okay.
But......In the forward matchup, there is still a big gap between the Lakers and the Hawks.
At the small forward position, Korver is an All-Star, but Clarkson, who is barely able to take over, is only a second-year shooting guard and is a bit unqualified.
At the power forward position, Millsap is also an All-Star, while his opponent Randall is only a second-year pick.
The technique is not good enough, the shooting is not stable enough, the experience is not enough, and it is completely unmatched.
As for the center, Horford has long since grown to All-Star level, while Jokic is just a rookie, although he occasionally flashes passes.
However.
Against Horford, you will only get crushed.
The three are superimposed. Even if Su Hao and Kobe are online, the huge gap between the front lines will cause them to lose offense, lose rebounds, make mistakes, etc.
Only then would they be 11 points behind. certainly.
There is another point behind being so far behind: that is the three-pointer. Teague, Bazemore and Korver can all shoot three-pointers.
Especially small forward Korver, he is a shooter, his shooting is very accurate, and he performed well tonight.
On the other hand, Su Hao, the Lakers' strongest offensive core, does not have a three-pointer.
Clarkson's three-point shooting is also unstable, and Kobe is not a player who is good at shooting three-pointers. His offensive weapon is still the mid-range. in this way.
The advantage of three-pointers also allowed the Eagles to expand the point difference.
Anyway.
After this half, we can clearly understand the two shortcomings of the Lakers' lineup: the forward gap and weak three-pointers!"
"Yes."
After listening to this, Coach Zhang nodded in agreement, and then said:"I think many teams and even the Lakers themselves know these two weaknesses.
However.
Even so, the Lakers can still win 6 games in a row this season, which shows that they have their own ways to win. Only two quarters have passed.
The 11-point difference is not very big.
There is still time.
Let's look forward to the second half together.......How can the Lakers overcome their shortcomings and weaknesses and turn the game around!!!"