97. Stay warm
Returning to the bench, he and Hart looked at each other, then smiled in unison, and the two shook their heads helplessly.
He is still too young and cannot compare with the veteran players in the league.
In Lin Feng's eyes, if this momentum continues, the fight that happened in the previous life is inevitable.
Rondo and Paul have always had a grudge. The two had a feud as early as the Hornets and Celtics days.
Now that we are a championship contending team like the Rockets and Lakers, we naturally want to prove something.
Ingram's performance was quite satisfactory, scoring 12 points after halftime. When the team couldn't open up the situation, James would rely on his tank-like body to force his way to the basket.
Seeing her brother receiving special attention on the court, Evelin felt a little aggrieved.
Andrew just smiled and said, "He is a man, and men's matters should be solved in a man's way. The court will not give you victory just because you cry twice."
Evelin pouted, even though it was true, he still felt sorry for his brother.
The Los Angeles fans at the scene saw that their rookie was being taught a lesson by that veteran Paul. At the end of the second quarter, whenever Paul got the ball, the whole audience burst into boos.
But this does not prevent Paul from playing according to his own ideas. The Clippers' home court is also the Staples Center, and he is too familiar with it.
Lin Feng was still at a disadvantage in the matchup with Paul. After all, his opponent was the former No. 1 point guard. Even if he was older, he could easily capture the rookie.
Compared to the tough guy McCollum, playing against Paul is a different experience. To put it nicely, it's a battle of wits and courage.
His breakthrough can tear apart the Rockets' bench, even Eric Gordon, which is Gary Smith's talent.
It was precisely because of this that Walton let Lin Feng appear at the end of the first quarter.
There is still a chance in the second half, when Harden comes off the court and that's when he will perform. Then Paul will be the only offensive starting point on the court, and the Lakers' defensive work will be easier.
When Harden returned to the court, the Lakers could only resign themselves to fate and try their best to give the bearded man a physical confrontation. This guy had already scored 20 points in the first two quarters.
Ball appeared on the sidelines wearing a suit. His eyes were a little lonely. Perhaps seeing Lin Feng's performance made him feel that he was being marginalized by the team.
Little did they know that Ball’s dad had just tweeted two minutes ago, with a picture showing Lin Feng falling to the ground in pain, and the words: My son will beat Paul.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the starting lineups of both teams returned to the court. The game between the two offensive teams was always very entertaining to watch.
Big Beard turned on the killing mode and took a three-point step back as skillfully as he was crossing the road.
The defensive Pope could only cover up his shortcomings by falling to the ground in embarrassment.
James has strengthened his personal offense. His breakthrough will inevitably attract double teams, and then pass the ball to the outside space.
Unfortunately, the Lakers' three-point shooting rate was poor. It was not until the middle of the third quarter that Pope made two consecutive three-pointers.
God punished their shooting percentage, and the Rockets played steadily and widened the score gap to eight points.
Tucker was like a mixer in the frontcourt, stirring up nothing inside the Lakers and grabbing four offensive rebounds alone.
It's a bad feeling to see the team in decline and being unable to do anything about it.
In an apartment in downtown Los Angeles, Chloe was sitting on the sofa eating potato chips. The TV screen was focused on the Lakers bench. She said to herself, "Keep your blood hot, Mr. Gary, the big boy."
Qiqi, who was cooking in the kitchen, showed half of her head, "What are you talking about? Chloe?"
Chloe glanced at her brother and said, "Put more cheese on the pizza."
At the Staples Center, Lin Feng's name was called on the bench, and Walton asked him to replace Pope.
When he came on the court again, he took a breath. Hart was already a little tired and half bent over to rest.
"Keep the blood up my brother, we're going to win!"
For some reason, Lin Feng felt as energetic as taking a shot of chicken blood.
I was still worried about Paul's little action just now. The moment I heard Walton call his name, all the unhappiness was thrown away. Now I only have one goal, continue to score.
No one can stop him!
James increased his personal breakthroughs and relied on his strong body to cause damage at the basket, but the effect was not very good.
The Rockets relied on the big beard to score consecutively and played a wave of small gao chao.
When Paul saw Lin Feng come back on the court, his eyes were playful. He twisted his hips and walked back to his own half to prepare for defense.
It seems that Walton will use him to connect the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter. At the last moment, Rondo will still come up to end the game.
As James's strong attack failed, Harden took off the rebound and quickly advanced, passing Rondo in one step and directly facing Lao James who was standing under the basket.
The two got entangled and rolled to the ground together.
The referee decisively awarded the Lakers the ball. James took out Harden's layup and hit him out of bounds!
A false alarm, the ball was passed to Lin Feng in the backcourt, but he still faced Paul's defense.
Paul deliberately crossed the center line to press for the ball. Lin Feng had to half-turn to protect the ball, but this guy was as sticky as a gummy candy. Eight seconds passed and Lin Feng had to throw the ball to Ingram who stepped forward to receive the ball.
Paul, who successfully defended, showed an enigmatic smile. He seemed to have taken Lin Feng for granted, thinking that the latter was the pull ring that opened the door to victory.
Ingram dribbled the ball to Rondo across half court, and after running, the ball returned to Lin Feng's hands again.
The fans at the scene shouted attack! Attack!
Singles? Not very wise. At this juncture, even singles should be left to James, and his own position is not good.
Lin Feng had no choice but to lob the ball to Ingram, who was one step outside the paint area. Facing Tucker's close defense, Yingge turned over and hit a jump shot into the basket.
Converted into an assist, not bad.
During the transition between offense and defense, Lin Feng stared at Paul seriously. He planned to successfully defend a ball to let this guy understand that he was not a rookie who could be slaughtered by others.
Paul, who was at the top of the three-point arc, supported Tucker, who stepped forward to pick and roll. He wanted to play Lin Feng alone, or maybe it was just a cover, and finally passed the ball to Harden, who was running.
Three seconds later, the world was extremely clear. Lin Feng saw through Paul's route. He was going to go to the left and suddenly stop and pass the ball to Harden who was reaching the three-point line! Yes, that's it!
Paul, who was holding the ball, switched to his left hand to dribble and suddenly accelerated. Everyone thought he was going to attack Lin Feng alone. Kuzma on the inside was even preparing to come out to cover the defense.
But Lin Feng disrupted Paul's rhythm with just a slight stretch of his hand. When he was about to pass the ball, within 05 seconds at most, Lin Feng appeared between Paul and Harden and reached out to touch the ball passed by Paul!
Lin Feng's wingspan allowed him to intercept the ball, but he did not get it in his hands. The basketball bounced and rolled towards the midline.
Lin Feng rushed toward the basketball with both feet, but Paul, who was about to make a mistake, was not in a hurry. He jumped back a step and then hit Lin Feng's body forward, creating a fake car accident scene!
Lin Feng, who had already seen the trick clearly, dodged to the right. Paul jumped in the air, and the inertia caused him to fall directly to the ground.
It looked like a gravity-defying dive.
And Lin Feng chased forward hard, entangled with Harden and hugged the basketball tightly!
Harden's upper limbs are very thick and his strength is not limited. It took a lot of effort for Lin Feng to control the basketball under his chest.
The referee awarded a duel.
"Facing for the ball? I already have control of the basketball! Why do we have to compete for the ball?"
After getting up, Lin Feng went straight to the referee. He wanted to put pressure on the referee. Even if he knew that the result could not be changed, he had to show his tough attitude.
Rondo was also arguing with the referee, as well as James. They all thought it was the Lakers' ball. Harden even committed a foul just now.
Chapter completed!