Faced with this wave of offensive by the Trail Blazers, Kobe did not give up. He kept mobilizing his attack and wanted to counterattack, but he had only 1 minute and 12 seconds in the second quarter. After continuous mid-range shots, the score reached 46:38, only 8 points behind.

After the halftime break, the game continues.

Kobe Bryant made a direct appearance on the Lakers, and the Trail Blazers head coach still let the substitute come on the bench to fight against the Lakers.

Xue Ding understood that the head coach was considering the overall situation. First of all, we must ensure that the substitutes cannot be benched for a long time, as this will affect the feel. More importantly, the main players can get enough rest. After all, neither side has the ability to completely suppress the other side.

So in this case, fighting a protracted war is the right idea.

Under Roy's leadership, the Trail Blazers' substitutes were also very active, but they were still struggling to face the Lakers' first team.

First of all, from the offensive perspective, the defense of Atai and Kobe on the outside has prevented the Trail Blazers from making good use of mobile phones, and facing the inside double towers, no one has the ability to impact the heart.

Therefore, both offense and defense are quite passive. The only scoring point is that Roy uses his experience to create opportunities to take action through his own rhythm when his speed is not there.

Fortunately, Roy feels good and scores every time he attacks, but the Lakers quickly adjusted their defensive strategy and double-teamed Roy. Once they broke through to the two-point line, the Lakers' two tall inside lines came out to interfere. After being disturbed, Roy's shooting rate also plummeted.

The Lakers took this opportunity to score a 16:4 climax, overtake the score, and lead by 4 points, and the score reached 54:50. There are still 9 minutes and 15 seconds left.

McMillan decisively asked for a timeout and replaced the main force again.

Xue Ding once again led the main players such as Ade to climb the mountain course and had a head-on confrontation.

In terms of consuming Kobe's physical strength before, Xue Ding did a lot of success, especially in the last stage of the second quarter, Kobe's desire to attack was very strong, but his physical strength dropped too much, and his shooting percentage was greatly affected. This is also the main reason why Xue Ding led the Trail Blazers to continuously play defensive counterattacks and open up the score.

But after experiencing the intermission, Kobe's physical strength obviously recovered to a certain extent. In just three minutes, he made four shots and hit all of them. He scored 9 points alone, leading the Lakers to overtake the score.

Xue Ding also noticed that Kobe's playing style has also been adjusted. He had been in a crazy singles under his own stimulation, but after playing in the third quarter, he played very reasonably. While scoring, he also took into account his cooperation with his teammates.

Xue Ding was not surprised at this point. After all, the reason why the Lakers head coach Zen master is called Zen master is that his main feature is that he is very good at adjusting the players' mentality.

I must have communicated with Kobe during the halftime break. This change means that when I continue to play against Kobe, I must have new strategies.

Xue Ding's strategy is very simple. He continues to strengthen his opponents against Kobe in the matchup, consumes his physical strength, and increases his score, gives his teammates more confidence through his score, and also creates better mobile phone opportunities for them.

It can be said that after experiencing the first half of the confrontation, both sides had a certain degree of understanding of each other, and after recovering their physical strength during the intermission, they are now in the best state to fight each other.

Xue Ding, on the Trail Blazers, kept making breakthroughs. While scoring, he did not miss any chance to create scoring for his inside teammates. For teammates who were constantly running on the outside, he would pass by in time in seconds from time to time.

As a competitive Kobe, he is even more unwilling to be overwhelmed by Xue Ding. He also makes full use of his super scoring ability to restrain defense while connecting the team.

But the only difference is that Kobe believes in himself more and thinks that he can solve the problem. The first choice is himself, but unfortunately, with good physical strength, Xue Ding cannot completely limit Kobe.

Both sides were going back and forth, clinging to each other to make the score difference wider.

There were 5 minutes and 45 seconds left. After most of the quarter of fierce fighting, the score was 72:76, and the Trail Blazers still maintained a slight lead of 4 points.

The similarity of the configurations of the two teams also determines the similarity of styles, so once a stalemate enters the situation, the inside line becomes important.

After all, the place closest to the basket is the easiest place to score, and as the physical strength on the outside decreases, the shooting percentage of both sides is declining. At this time, if you still shoot in the outside, it will give the opponent a chance to grab the rebound and counterattack.

It was obvious that they all realized this and started to feed each other's inside.

The inside line once again launched a new round of fierce confrontation. Perhaps due to the decline in physical strength, both sides' movements began to become less clean and neat, causing each other's movements to become bigger.

However, the referee turned a blind eye to these things. As an experienced referee, he also knew very well that fans all need to see exciting games, and exciting games are inseparable from fierce confrontations.

Xue Ding was also keenly aware of the referee's judgment standard, quickly changed the scoring method, constantly breaking through, frequently hitting the Lakers' inside line, attracting double-teams, and once again played aerial relay with Chandler, and successively played a series of hands.

The Lakers responded, and Gasol also used his good feel to frequently catch the ball at high positions, and kept shooting two points.

The fans at home kept cheering and screaming to express their excitement. After all, the opponent's team had a mid-range shot, and they immediately responded by recording the dunk in the air relay. That would be a great word.

While the inside was constantly fighting, Kobe was not willing to be lonely. Facing Xue Ding's defense, he made a super difficult mid-range shot again, and rushed towards the frontcourt like a glider.

Xue Ding decided to respond quickly. At this time of the game, the competition of momentum is more important. If we say that after the opponent's superstar is at home, it will definitely bring about the opponent's all-round tougher.

After half of the game, facing Kobe's defense, Kobe kept pulling the ball with his hands, trying to disrupt Xue Ding's rhythm. Xue Ding seized Kobe's opportunity to take action, accelerated to grab half of his position with a change of direction, dribbled the ball and rushed to the inside.

Gasol quickly came up to make up for the defense, and Ade followed, but as soon as Ade brought it up, he quickly made a counter-run and ran to the basket. Xue Ding immediately passed the ball accurately from the crowd.
Chapter completed!