The Lakers, led by the Black Mamba, have already driven out their momentum.

After this timeout, Stan Van Gundy replaced Vince Carter and Gerald Wallace. And Paul Gasol also came on the Lakers.

Wu Feng would not be scared by Kobe's performance. He caught the ball in one step within the three-point line and aimed at the basket, which made an unreasonable jump shot. The basketball drew a beautiful arc and flew into the box.

Wu Feng was completely in a row with Kobe, and the two of them were slamming back and forth.

Kobe organized the Lakers' offense, broke through the baseline, and passed the ball behind him to Shannon Brown at the top of the arc, who scored a three-pointer with a hand.

With a "swish", the ball entered again.

The Magic's offense, Gerald Wallace received a wonderful pass from Wu Feng, and the bottom corner also made a beautiful three-pointer.

During this period, the hit rates of both sides were quite high.

Kobe tangently towards the basket from the middle, received a pass from Lamar Odom and made a layup directly, but was disturbed by Wu Feng and failed to make a layup.

Dwight Howard caught his eighth rebound in the game and threw it to Wu Feng.

After dribbling through half the court, Wu Feng used Brandon Bass' cover to penetrate the Lakers' basket, attracting another defensive player to make up for defense.

The result was predictable. Wu Feng directly passed the ball to the free Brandon Bass. After receiving the ball, the latter took a big step and then dunked.

Phil Jackson shook his head in disappointment as the Magic completed another wave of attack.

In the second quarter, the Lakers' defensive intensity dropped a lot.

So Phil Jackson also requested a pause.

"I believe everyone understands the purpose of my call for this timeout. Look at your defense, it's like a piece of paper. I don't want to see such a defense again. If anyone still has this attitude, then anyone will end up. There is no shortage of people in our team." Phil Jackson has always been relatively calm, but today, after seeing the players' bad defense, Jackson also angrily shouted at the Lakers players.

After the timeout, Wu Feng of the Magic was replaced by Chris Du Hong.

Since the beginning of the game, Wu Feng has only rested for a while at the end of the first quarter. So for the next game, Stan Van Gundy decided to let Wu Feng rest for a while.

For the Lakers, starting small forward Ron Artest replaced Matt Barnes.

Perhaps it was Phil Jackson's reprimand that worked. The Lakers indeed strengthened the intensity of defense in the next game, which made the Magic's offense at a loss.

Kobe easily led the ball over half, passed the ball quickly, and the ball quickly bounced into Paul Gasol's hand, who turned around and made a jump shot.

Gerald Wallace's three-point shot missed, Dwight Howard grabbed the offensive rebound and handed it to Vince Carter. Vince Carter singled Ron Artest, and made a backward jump shot, but he didn't hit it. After Andrew Bynum took the defensive rebound, he quickly stuffed it into Kobe's hand.

Kobe hit a three-pointer again without anyone to guard it, and Vince Carter only took six seconds to retaliate. He broke through to the Lakers' three-point line, directly hitting a three-pointer and also hitting.

But in the following time, Kobe launched a fierce counterattack.

After halftime, Kobe threw the ball high, and Ron Artest jumped high from the wing to the basket and dunked with both hands.

After only one and a half minutes of the timeout, Kobe scored 3 points and 2 assists. His performance was too exciting, which made all the fans scream.

With four minutes left in the first half, Wu Feng made a comeback, but in the duel with Kobe, Wu Feng did not take advantage.

Wu Feng quickly led the ball over half, watching the "World of Warcraft" keep getting stuck in the inside and asking for the ball, and a high hanging ball was quickly handed to Dwight Howard.

The ball was very clever, just as Dwight Howard turned around and carried it hard, and his shoulders suddenly exerted force, squeezed Paul Gasol out, winning a little jump space at the basket.

Dwight Howard was really like a fierce 'warzard', yelling at the basket, his huge body soared into the air. Andrew Bynum, who was resting on defense, could not stop his movements at all. On the contrary, the referee called a defensive foul because he had just stepped on one foot in the reasonable collision zone.

In the NBA court, the basket is centered on the center of the basket and a semicircle with 4 feet (1.2 meters) as a radius. This area is called a reasonable collision zone.

Standing within the arc, as long as the defender has physical contact with the offensive player, a defensive foul may be awarded. Outside the online, the defender can stand in advance. If the offensive player touches the defender with his body, the offensive player will be awarded an offensive foul. In the reasonable collision zone, when the opponent attacks, the defensive player will not be called a foul if he jumps up, and if he doesn't jump, he will be called a defensive foul.

Dwight Howard made the first free throw, but the second free throw was out of the basket.

The extremely ferocious Dwight Howard grabbed the offensive rebound and then passed the ball to Wu Feng on the outside.

After Wu Feng received the ball, he quickly broke through, but as soon as he took the first step, the ball in his hand disappeared.

Wu Feng looked up at the watch and the ball was actually cut off by Kobe.

"Swish", Kobe made a breakthrough layup and completed a fast break counterattack.

This is already the 21st point that Kobe scored in the first half, and Wu Feng's mistake just now was also his third mistake in this game.

Phil Jackson was very satisfied with the current situation of the Lakers. He sat on the coach's seat with a smile on his face and was discussing something with the assistant coach.

Magic coach Stan Van Gundy is not in the mood to sit at this moment. He is standing on the sidelines, anxiously reminding the players to defend, pass more balls, and cooperate.

The Lakers' outside line is very crazy. The Lakers' outside line led by Kobe has brought great impact to the Magic.

Stan Van Gundy quickly called a timeout and prepared to arrange the defense in the last two minutes of the first half to find the right opportunity to narrow the gap to single digits.

Now, the Magic are 13 points behind the Lakers. This is a very big test for the Magic. If they cannot narrow the gap to single digits before the end of the first half, it will be difficult to play in the second half.

Stan Van Gundy also understood that the continuous back-to-back had exhausted the players physically and mentally. So during the timeout, he did not criticize the players' performance with a stern face, but encouraged them earnestly.

"In the last two minutes, we must do the defense well. The Lakers' outside feel is too hot. They can always hit our baskets. We have to strangle them and then use our inside advantage to pose a threat to the opponent's inside. So, next, we have to play two-and-three-defense." Stan Van Gundy held the tactical board, drawing and placing tactics in detail to the players.

Joint defense, as the name suggests, means joint defense. It is divided into joint defense and counter defense. If combined with man-to-peer, it can also be changed into mixed defense (mixed defense).

The biggest difference between joint defense and man-to-peer is that people-to-peer targeting is the ultimate goal, while joint defense is the ultimate goal of preventing the ball.

The second and third joint defense is transformed from the most basic 2-1-2 joint defense. The advantages are similar to 2-1-2. They are both aimed at consolidating rebounds and protecting the basket, and strengthening the defense of the opponent's bottom line. The blind spot on the outside is similar to 2-1-2. However, if the center at the basket is too slow, the forward who is inserted from 45 degrees may be a tycoon in the free throw line and the blind spot of the small penalty area.

The advantage of the second and third joint defense is that it strengthens the periphery defense, which is conducive to defending the mid-range shots on the front and sides of the periphery, and is also conducive to the periphery intercepting the ball and counterattacking and fast attacking.

Since there are advantages, there are disadvantages in the second and third-tier defense. Its disadvantage is that the defense in the two bottom corners and free throw areas is weak, and the defense is prone to fouls to grab rebounds, which is not conducive to the defense's rebounds.

The second and third-tier defense set up by Stan Van Gundy had an effect in the following time. Not only were the outside shots pinned by the Magic, but the firepower that hit the basket was extinguished by the Magic.

Moreover, the Magic used the second and third joint defense to force the Lakers to make mistakes, and used these mistakes to make a fast break counterattack.

With the end of the first half, the score between the two sides reached 44:50.

The Magic played a 11:4 climax in the last two minutes, successfully narrowing the gap to 6 points. It can be said that the tactics that Stan Van Gundy arranged at the last moment of the first half were very successful.

However, Stan Van Gundy also understood that the second and third joint defense cannot be used all the time. During the half-time break, the opponent will definitely develop a tactic to crack the second and third joint defense.

Kobe walked towards the rest area, and the fans of Staples Arena were calling his name.

It is also understandable that Kobe, as the best player in the first half, deserves such enthusiasm from home fans.

In the first half, Kobe played for a total of twenty minutes and only had four minutes of rest. In these twenty minutes, he made nine of fifteen shots and frantically slashed 23 points, making him the player with the most points in the first half.

In addition to scoring 23 points, the 'Black Mamba' also sent 7 assists, forcing Wu Feng to make three mistakes. Such a performance can be regarded as the most valuable player in the first half.

Wu Feng, in the first half, played about four minutes less than Kobe. He was competing with Kobe in this game, so he scored a lot.

16 points is the highest score of the Magic team.

"Wu, how do you think your opponent today, Kobe, is his performance?" The female reporter of tnt handed the microphone to Wu Feng.

Wu Feng wiped the sweat from the corner of his eyes, and then replied bluntly: "Bryant is one of the greatest stars in the field of basketball. His performance today is very consistent with his identity. I like to fight against such opponents."

"Then are you sure to beat them? I mean, can you help your team take a victory away from Staples Arena?" the female reporter continued.

Wu Feng smiled and shrugged, saying, "Everyone wants to win, it is very difficult to defeat them. However, we are never afraid of doing such a thing. I believe that as long as we perform normally, we can definitely defeat them."

"Okay, thank you, and I wish you and your team a great performance in the second half."

"Thanks."

After finishing the interview, Wu Feng quickly slipped to the locker room.

It is a very hard thing to confront opponents like Kobe. The reason why he took so long in the first half was because he consumed his physical strength too quickly.

Kobe's speed is very fast, and he has to increase his speed to the fastest to defend him.

Therefore, in order to be able to defend him, he must do his best.

Unfortunately, in the first half, he did not effectively defend Kobe. He allowed the opponent to score 23 points in the first half and had a 50% shooting percentage.

This is something that Wu Feng cannot tolerate.

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Kobe tried to trick Wu Feng into making a foul, but Wu Feng, who had been learning from Reggie Miller and Clyde Drexler for so many days, naturally could not be fooled.

However, Kobe passed the ball with a back pass and sent it to Lamar Odom. After Lamar Odom received the ball, he took the ball directly.

With a "swish", Lamar Odom hit his first three-pointer in the game.

The score on the field became 53:44, and the Lakers will sometimes expand the lead to 9 points.

As soon as the third quarter began, the Lakers quickly got into the state.

Wu Feng used the ball and quickly advanced towards the Lakers' half. Kobe watched Wu Feng come to the frontcourt and quickly posted it on.

Since Wu Feng had already made three mistakes before, Kobe is now a little careless. After seeing Wu Feng vaguely revealing his flaws, he immediately stretched out his hand to break Wu Feng's ball.

But just when Kobe thought he was going to cut off the ball from Wu Feng's hand again, Wu Feng's mouth suddenly rose, pulled it to the left, and directly threw Kobe behind.

Getting rid of Kobe's defense, Wu Feng rushed straight toward the Lakers' basket.

At this moment, at the Lakers' basket, Andrew Bynum was guarding there. Andrew Bynum did not dare to easily defend Wu Feng, because Dwight Howard was behind him.

Seeing that Andrew Bynum didn't make up, Wu Feng felt secretly proud, and without any pause, he still rushed to the Lakers' basket and then layup.

Andrew Bynum was anxious and quickly came up to block the block, but when he rushed to block the block, Wu Feng shook his wrist and the ball reached Dwight Howard behind Andrew Bynum.

After receiving the ball, Dwight Howard yelled and dunked his hands.

"How is this guy... possible? Well, I was careless!" Kobe immediately realized his mistake and regretted it.
To be continued...