champion heart

Chapter 167 166. Three consecutive victories

The timeout ends and the game resumes.

With a 15-point disadvantage, even if the Pacers want to chase, it is not so easy.

After returning, the Pacers finally gave up the strategy of shrinking the basket, and let Hibbert go around to defend against the white side.

Although the effect is still not very good, it is still much stronger than the three-man shrinking tactic.

As for the Lakers, they have always played fast against slow. Under the connection of Kobe and Tang De, they continued to shoot three-pointers frantically.

After halftime, the point difference hardly changed, and the Lakers still led by 13 points.

TNT commentary seats.

O'Neal: "Charles, if I were you, I would never bet again. You seem to be losing again tonight."

Barkley: "The game is far from over, why should I say that I lost, don't underestimate the Pacers, they are number one in the league!"

O'Neal: "You're right, they are indeed No. [-], but tonight's special situation, they lost too many rebounds, and the offensive rhythm is too slow, so in my opinion, it's not that they are not strong, I can only say that the Lakers The style of play is a bit overpowering them!"

O'Neal's words are on point. It's not that the Pacers are not strong, but because they have an obvious weak point compared to the Lakers, and that is the basket.

It is said that those who get rebounds on the basketball court win the world. This sentence couldn't be more appropriate for the Lakers.

Due to the advantages of offensive rebounds, the Lakers can always get more offensive opportunities, and the Lakers' game rhythm is inherently fast.

So it can even be exaggerated to say that the number of rounds played by the Lakers tonight is almost double that of the Pacers!

In other words, the Lakers played two offenses and the Pacers only had one.

Penguin Sports Live.

Wang Meng: "In the past few days, the Lakers first won the third-ranked Raptors in the East, and then won the fourth-ranked Bulls in the East. If they can win the No. [-] in the East today, it will be a bit interesting."

Yang Yi: "It's very possible. The Pacers are very strong, but I always feel that today they seem to be completely unable to play at their true level. There is a feeling that they can't use their strength."

Wei Ping: "Who says it's not? I think it's because the Lakers' fast pace messed them up and they were at a disadvantage in rebounding. That's why they fell behind by 13 points at halftime. It’s hard for them.”

During the halftime break, in addition to TNT and Penguin Sports, many authoritative media and experts were talking about the current Lakers team.

Of course, there are many summarizing the Pacers tonight, and the conclusions are surprisingly consistent. The first is that the Pacers' game rhythm is too slow, so that they are messed up by the Lakers, and the second is that they lose too many rebounds.

Those so-called experts are crazily bragging about the Lakers, saying that this year's Lakers are the most surprising team in the entire NBA, and the results they have achieved so far are simply unimaginable.

Can you not be surprised?

At the beginning, those experts predicted that the Lakers would be among the bottom five in the Western Conference for the new season. What about now?

If they can win against the Pacers tonight, they will be directly in the top five in the Western Conference!
Top five and bottom five, no surprise...

While bragging about the Lakers, experts have even begun to discuss the possibility of Tang De winning the MVP of this season's regular season.

The answer is: the possibility is very high, extremely high!

If after the regular season, the Lakers' record can be ranked in the top four in the Western Conference, coupled with Tang De's current data, then winning the MVP is almost a certainty.

Personal data is not difficult for Tang De, the most important thing is the team ranking!
The top four in the Western Conference, that is simply too difficult. Which teams are the current top four in the Western Conference?

Spurs, Thunder, Clippers, Rockets.

None are to be trifled with.

wrong.

Relatively speaking, the Rockets can be easily provoked. After all, they are a convulsive team. At the beginning of the season, the Rockets sat at the top of the Western Conference for a long time. However, as the schedule progressed, they were even surpassed by the Trail Blazers. It reached fifth in the West, and now it has climbed to the fourth position in the West again.

The top four in the Western Conference, if the Lakers really want to enter, the only team that has a chance to replace them is the Rockets.

As for the Spurs, Thunder, and Clippers, don't even think about it. These three teams are as stable as old dogs, okay?

You expect them to roll over?
That is simply a fantasy.

Needless to say, the Spurs are not only as stable as dogs this year, but as stable as a day in 20 years. Unless Mr. Popo's frantic rotation is the main force, they cannot fall out of the top three in the Western Conference.

The Clippers, with the absolute engine of Chris Paul, are also stable in the regular season, and they are unlikely to fall behind.

Thunder, let alone, the sledgehammer and the second hammer hit whoever they see!

How dare you say that labor and capital are unstable?
Labor and capital can't beat you to death!

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After returning from the second half of the game, Vogel really wanted to adjust, but the team style has been finalized for so many years, and it would be a bit of a dream to change it all at once.

The Pacers' style of play, this kind of slow-paced offense that relies on the team's strong defense, can indeed deal with most teams during this period.

Even if they were in better form, they would be invincible, but the Lakers are different.

Because the Lakers have Tang De, because the Lakers have D'Antoni.

What kind of effect will these two guys bring together?
There is no doubt that it is a whirlwind.

If you have rebounds, you can do whatever you want, and if you can't make a shot, it's just practice. Anyway, Baibian will catch the offensive rebound.

At the end of the third quarter, although the Pacers narrowed the point difference to 7 points, it was just that.

In the end, the game was played until the last moment before the suspense was completely lost.

The Lakers beat the Pacers by 5 points in the away game and achieved a record of three consecutive away games.

Tang De made 17 of 8 shots and 6 of 4 three-pointers in the game. He scored 24 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists. The Pacers defended it!
尼克杨个人投进6记三分，拿到20分。科比拿到12个助攻，白边18个篮板，加索尔也有12分10篮板的两双入账。

In this game, the starting five of the Lakers performed better than the other, which is the most important reason why they were able to win this game.

As for the Pacers, the starting five also scored in double figures. The highest scorer, Paul George, had 28 points and was also the player with the highest score in the game.

Even in rebounds, George grabbed the most on the Pacers side, with 11. As a big center, Hibbert only had a poor 8 rebounds.

So the Pacers lost 16 rebounds alone!
But even so, the Pacers, who lost 16 rebounds in the game, only lost to the Lakers by 5 points in the end, which also shows their strength from the side.

Again, it's not because the Pacers are weaker than the Lakers, but because the Pacers' style of play has no advantage over the Lakers.

(End of this chapter)