Chapter 342: Battle of Los Angeles (2)

A 10-point lead is enough to make Los Angeles fans feel relieved for a while. At least they can happily eat some popcorn, listen to music, watch the midfield performance, and have a good time during the ten minutes of intermission. The second half of the game gives expectations. The Lakers' performance in the first half was indeed very good. They had the same style in the Western Conference semifinals and finals. They had clear tactics, determination, internal and external connections, and they used extremely rich experience to do their best in details.
For them, the main problem in the second half is whether they can maintain the state of the first half, especially whether they can continue to maintain a high degree of concentration and not be disturbed by other factors. This will be for the veteran Lakers. It is a major test, and physical strength will be a big problem in the second half.
Secondly, the Lakers must think hard about how to withstand the Celtics' counterattack. In the final stage of the second quarter, the Celtics made a three-pointer plus a steal and layup, and the scene of recovering five points in an instant gave Jackson a cold sweat. This also made Jackson realize that if he is not paying attention in the second half, the Celtics are likely to catch the score in a short time.
During the intermission, Jackson also repeatedly emphasized that the team must increase their attention and be careful of the Celtics' various methods in the third quarter. He knew that the Celtics in the third quarter were the most terrifying Celtics. . In the first two games, the Lakers were basically able to compete evenly with the Celtics in the first and second quarters. As a result, they were crushed and beaten once in the third quarter. As a result, the Lakers always entered the fourth quarter at a disadvantage, and finally had to pin their hopes on Kobe's outside attack.
And Fox Leon has fully seen the rhythm of the Lakers, using Lagabele's bite and Kevin Garnett's interference to contain Kobe's play well, resulting in the last struggle of the Lakers to no avail.
Tonight, in the first half, Kobe obviously played more constrained. He passed the ball to O'Neal many times, made tactics, and participated in the team's offense, which indeed played a very good role.
"Keep the momentum of the first half, don't think too much, do it well, hope that we will start our real journey to the finals from this game." Jackson encouraged the players in the locker room, his "don't think too much" "Obviously, he said to Kobe, he hopes Kobe can maintain the team play in the first half.
But it seems that Kobe didn't catch a cold with Jackson's words. He was silent in the locker room. Although he and O'Neal had a lot of cooperation in the first half, the two of them still did not speak in private. Kobe has his own ideas, he wants to win the game, in his own way.
On the other hand, in the Celtic dressing room, there is no tension and dullness that people expected, on the contrary, it is filled with a relaxed atmosphere. Leon only made a simple mobilization and tactical arrangement, and then asked the players to relax as much as possible, chat, listen to songs, and eliminate the tension in the first half.
One of the reasons why the Celtics played worse in the first half was that the team was a little tight. It can be seen from the shooting percentage. In the first half, they made 2 of 11 three-pointers, which was terribly low. This also allows Jackson to confidently adopt psychological tactics, shrink the defense, release the Celtics pitcher, and then wait for the opportunity to counterattack.
This is Jackson's usual trick on the defensive end. Jackson's team never rests its destiny on three-pointers, but the powerful low-post singles of superstars. Perhaps some teams can use the three-pointer to form an advantage at some point, but once they don't feel the touch, Jackson's team will use a stable low output to let the opponent know what absolute strength is.
In the face of absolute strength, opportunism will only die faster.
Now, Fox-Leon wants to make Jackson more deeply understand the meaning of this sentence.
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At the same time, in the room where the midfield referee rested, Steve Jarvey was sitting in front of the video recorder looking back at several penalties in the first half. This is a review work that the referee needs to do in the midfield. Obviously, Javie didn't think there was a big problem with his penalty in the first half. Of course, he didn't mean that he did not favor any side, but that his favoritism was seamless.
Javie knows that anyone who has been in the NBA for many years can see some of them, but he has always been confident in his ability to deal with related issues. Only in the face of Fox Leon's eagle eyes, can Javie feel his back. He has long heard that this kid has never forgotten his eyes, and his eyes are sharp like bald eagles. After he became the Celtics coach, the most embarrassing time for Javie was after a certain game in the regular season last year. After the game, he openly bombarded the unfairness of some of the penalties that Javie had in the game, and personally pointed out those penalties and what tricks Javie used to affect the situation of the game.
This made Javie lose face, because every point Leon said hit the bullseye. After that, Javie would be ridiculed in almost every game when he cooperated with other referees, especially when he whistled the Celtics. It also made him more rude to the Celtics.
In this finals, as usual, he will teach the Celtics, who are still a big lead in away games, a lesson. Of course, he will not play indiscriminately, but together with other referees, he has obviously stepped up the whistle-blowing scale of defensive actions on the inside. Some of the entanglement of the line is ignored, which obviously gives the Lakers more benefits. In particular, Kevin Garnett's foul that can be blown or not, directly caused the Celtics' inside core to leave early. At the same time, the control of the end time at the end of the second quarter will not have much impact. It can be said that Javie is really in control. Good scene in one hand.
Of course, such a trick did not escape Leon’s eyes. Naturally, Javie was embarrassed by Leon’s scream. In the second half, Javie decided to continue to put pressure on the Celtics.
"Both sides fouled a little bit in the first half. In the second half, we should relax the scale, especially the scale of hand movements." Javie's video and colleague Jack Niels said that as the referee of the game, he is qualified. Set the tone for the whistleblower of the game.
In the first half, Javey decided to loosen the tie for both sides in the second half, but he was not for the Celtics. In fact, the lagging team would like to be stricter and slower in order to slowly score the score. Grind it back. Once both sides are relatively loose, the two sides continue to open up the attack, making the Lakers feel like playing on the offensive end.
And for the leading team, greater defensive freedom is conducive to them extinguishing the opponent's counterattack flames while they are psychologically dominant. Once the Celtics' close-to-basket attacks are destroyed by the Lakers, their chasing club will Very difficult—unless they can find a touch beyond the three-point line. This kind of thing is not something the referee can decide.
"Okay, Los Angeles people, I have done my best. As for the result, it's up to you~EbookFREE.me~ Before the game started, Steve Jarvie thought in his heart, ready to leave the lounge and go to Arena.
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"Think about our hard training in the regular season. I bet that there will be no team in the entire league that is more difficult and efficient than my training; think about the pain of our failure last year. I bet this pain. All of us don’t want to experience it for the rest of their lives; think about our high spirits and incomparable self-confidence, Fo-Fo-Fo-Fo, I want to tell you, this is not a joke, not a casual encouragement, this It's a promise and an oath. Because we are good enough, strong enough, and outstanding enough, we won the game like this not to humiliate our opponents, but to respect them. Tell them that you are so much worse than us. The Lakers are no exception. Well, Boys, girls, scumbags, played such a terrible first half, now I'm going to kick your and tell you that I will kill them for me!"
Before the start of the second half, Fox Leon made the final mobilization. Yes, this is his final mobilization of this series and the final oath. Although it is only the third game, it is only the third quarter of the third game. But Leon knew that as long as he crossed that step here, then everything would be a matter of course.
10 points, a showdown. (To be continued.)