basketball kingdom

Chapter 213

Chapter 213

At the beginning of the third quarter, both the Rockets and Lakers starters returned to the court to compete in tactics and skills.

The Rockets kicked off, and Terrence Jones sent it to Harden, who took the ball to organize the offense.

Xu Tian simply looked back at the Rockets players' running positions, then turned his head to look at Harden, lowered his center of gravity at the top of the arc, and was fully prepared to defend.

Harden watched the Lakers game video and knew that Xu Tian was good at stealing and interfering with the dribbling rhythm on the defensive end. He deliberately sent the ball to Xu Tian in order to lure him to make a move.

Xu Tian was not fooled, and always stayed in front of Harden, using his athletic ability to forcefully ensure that he did not lose his position.

Harden dribbled for too long and couldn't pass the ball anymore, took a breakthrough step with the ball, retreated beyond the three-point line, and opened his hand to shoot.

Xu Tian showed the true nature of the spring, jumping quickly on the spot, interfering with the shot while avoiding contact with Harden's arm.

Harden failed to continue his magical performance in the second quarter, shooting hard.

Tyson Chandler and Josh were both out of position and were forced out by Howard behind him, missing a defensive rebound at their fingertips.

Howard grabbed the ball with both hands, returned to the time of flying and escaping from the ground, and vigorously ravaged the basket.

70-80!

Xu Tian received the serve and led it across the half court. Kobe, who was on the right side of the ball, ran to the left side, and George pulled the defender to the weak side.

Kobe held the ball at the top of the arc, faced Ariza's defense and moved laterally, and borrowed Tyson Chandler to cover and break through.

Josh got rid of Terrence Jones, sprinted to the basket with full power, pointed his right hand to the sky, and called for an alley-oop.

The ball arrives!

Howard has rich defensive experience and knew that he could no longer stop Josh, so he exited the penalty area early to avoid the risk of being dunked.

The basket was hit hard, and the backboard shook violently, making a slight crash.

72-80!

Josh landed on both feet, stepped back and gave Kobe a high-five, thanking him for the perfect alley-oop pass.

Xu Tian stood at the top of the arc, waiting for Harden to dribble forward.

Howard stood at the top of the arc to cover, his posture was lazy, and he didn't go down smoothly after blocking.This kind of cooperation not only did not take away the defender, but made Harden with the ball double-team.

Kobe and Tyson Chandler pinched Harden, completely blocked the drive line, and forced Harden to stop and call a foul.

Xu Tian has excellent dynamic vision, tightly grasping the ball that Harden showed with both hands, wrestling with Harden without letting go.

The referee blows the whistle and the two sides scramble for the ball.

Harden was dissatisfied with the penalty and complained loudly about Xu Tian's foul action.

The referee was silent.

Xu Tian and Harden stood in the frontcourt, their outstretched right arms collided from time to time, preparing to fight for the ball.

Standing behind the two, the referee put his right hand through the gap in his arm, sent the ball in front of the two players, and then tossed it casually, causing the ball to fly into the air.

Xu Tian's bounce speed was obviously faster than Harden's. He was the first to touch the upward flying ball and patted it to George who was standing on the left.

George didn't stop the ball, and Kobe quickly went down the right side of the ball.

Kobe's running speed was not as good as before. When he advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, Ariza had already retreated and lowered his center of gravity to wait for him.

Tyson Chandler screened at the top of the arc, Kobe dribbled the ball laterally, and broke through to the free throw line.

Beverly originally thought that the Lakers would focus on Xu Tian's offense, but when he saw that Kobe was the main attacker, he was half discouraged.He lacks offensive ability and can only strive for performance on the defensive end. The arrangement of the Lakers obviously overturned his wishful thinking.

Harden is good at defending inside players, but it is a bit difficult for him to defend outside players or actively make up defenses. He can only follow George to avoid getting rid of without the ball.

The soul of Kobe's singles awakened, and he made an emergency stop at 10 feet, facing Ariza's defense and pulling out the mid-range.

Here we come, brother!

74-80!

Ariza is 203 centimeters tall and weighs 95 kilograms. He was a Lakers player and won the championship in the 08-09 season. He is one of Kobe's many younger brothers.Therefore, he was not annoyed by Kobe's extreme shot, and ran forward with a stable mentality.

Harden dribbled the ball across the half, gave up cooperating with Howard, and called Terrence Jones to play a pick-and-roll at the top of the arc.

Terrence Jones lacks ability, but he wins in being obedient, solid and good cover, creating offensive space for the leading star.

Facing Josh who was changing defenses, Harden bent over and slowly dribbled the ball under his crotch. Taking advantage of Josh's distraction, he suddenly accelerated to the inside.

Kobe and Ariza spat trash talk to each other, from the right side of the court to the left side, just close to Harden who was holding the ball and breaking through.

Harden faced Tyson Chandler's supplementary defense and forced a layup with the ball.His face was thrown back before the ball was released, and the expression of pain made it hard not to believe that Tyson Chandler had hit him with his hand.

Kobe didn't hear the whistle, seized the timing of Harden's shot, jumped up to the height of the matchbox, and completed the block with his left hand.

Josh is right behind Harden, grabbing the basketball with both hands easily, turning around to push for a fast break.

Beverly ambushed behind Josh, struck directly, and hit the ball to the floor.

Xu Tian flicked his left hand and got the free-jumping ball. Before Beverly could pounce on him, he took advantage of the opportunity to pass the ball to Kobe.

Kobe pushed across the half court slowly, waved his hand to let Tyson Chandler, who wanted to come up to cover, pull away, and singled Ariza with the ball at the top of the arc.

Ariza didn't regard Kobe as a veteran at all. He showed 100% state and concentrated on defense.

Habits are scary things, and superstars are no exception.

Kobe broke through two steps with the dribble, converted into a post-up mode, and singled Ariza who was behind the top defense.

Howard left Tyson Chandler behind and strode behind Ariza to finish the block he missed in the first half.

Kobe turned his back and shook Ariza away. Seeing Howard who was defending, he turned his heart and made a difficult drifting jumper.

Hey, don't tell me!

76-80!

"Kobe feels good today," Director Zhang said, as if he had eaten dumplings today. "If I remember correctly, he also had such consecutive scoring performances in the first half."

"You remember correctly, Kobe also scored consecutive points in the first quarter."

Beverly ran out of the baseline, sent the ball to Harden, and ran forward depressed.

Harden is a person with a high emotional intelligence. Seeing the lonely expression on Beverly's face, he passed the ball horizontally.

Beverly was surprised to receive the ball, but he started to attack in an instant. He just wanted to break through and thought of the head coach's words, so he decisively used Terrence Jones to cover and shoot a three-pointer.

It's not his job, he has to do it.

clang!

Xu Tianhan plucked the green onion, easily picked off the defensive rebound, and made a long pass to Kobe who was going down the court.

Kobe took a step to catch the ball, received the ball with both hands, and slammed with straight arms.He felt the wind whizzing by around him, and he was full of the way he was when he was 20 years old.

Dunk!

78-80!

Kobe couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, spread his arms out, made a classic glider celebration, ran briskly back to the backcourt, and gave Xu Tian who was waiting there a high-five to celebrate.

Morey's gloomy face appeared in Bickerstaff's mind, and he could no longer sit still on the Diaoyutai and came to the sidelines to apply for a timeout.

(End of this chapter)