NBA: Garnett at his peak at the start

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Clippers by 6 points at 26:20!

Qi Ming took a large part of the credit, as he perfectly limited the main scorer on the opposite side, Brand.

Brand scored 4 points and 2 rebounds in the first quarter, which is indeed a bit behind his usual performance, and Jean's shooting percentage is not good, 2 of 5 shots, and the shooting rate is only 40% after shooting.

Under Qi Ming's defense, he lost points on singles under the basket many times.

During the break after the end of the first quarter, the Clippers continued to analyze their tactics, and after a few minutes, they decided to focus on defending Qi Ming.

Because Qi Ming has scored 7 points and 5 rebounds in the first quarter, almost blowing up Brand.

So if you want to win this game, you have to limit Qi Ming, otherwise with Qi Ming's deterrence, the Clippers' interior line will definitely be difficult.

At the referee's whistle, the second quarter began.

First, Qi Ming scored on his own inside, and then Odom hit a shot from the left.

The two of them still feel hot.

The Clippers adjusted their form slightly and increased their defensive intensity, and Cory Maggeti stepped up and made a direct three-point shot under Brand's pick-and-roll.

Odom didn't cover him at all.

"Huh".

This ball went directly into the net hollow, which is so unreasonable.

"The difference between the two sides is still six points. "

"Although Bryant is not in good shape on the offensive end, he can already make his contribution on the defensive end, and Mobley is very well limited. "

But Cory Magetti's brief outburst gave the Clippers a sigh of relief. "

"Now the Lakers need to give Qi Ming more balls. "

Eli John said quietly.

"That's right, Qi Ming is now in full form on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and then he has to turn those advantages into a huge point difference. "

"I'm sure the Zen master understands this. "

Kenny Smith continued.

......

The Zen master did understand this, so for the next few minutes, the Zen master kept making tactical gestures and pointing at Qi Ming.

He hopes that the rest of the Lakers can create better space for Qi Ming to play and shoot.

Relying on Odom's positive lane running, Qi Ming got a few chances, and the shooting rate was not bad, reaching 50%.

With 3 minutes left in the second quarter, the Clippers trailed by eight points, and the interior line where Brand and Carman were was completely blown out by the Lakers, and Brand was still a little unwilling.

Although he struggled to score goals on the inside, he was always running back in the neutral zone or looking for shots with pick-and-rolls.

Finally, under Qi Ming's tough defense, he got lucky to hit the shot, but in the eyes of Clippers head coach Mike Dunleavy, it doesn't matter if he gets it away or not, because what he hopes most now is Brand's self-confidence coming back.

At the moment, it seems that Brand hit this goal, which really gave him a different feeling.

That omnipotent Brand seems to be back.

Qi Ming increased his defensive efforts against Brand, but because he was too tired, the defense in the second half obviously lagged behind.

However, he still limited Brand, who still hit a miserable shooting percentage in the first half of the second quarter, only to catch up some in the second half.

And then because Bryant rested for three minutes in the second half of the second quarter.

Until the end of the second quarter, Bryant did not play.

Qi Ming himself played for 21 minutes...... I have to say, a little tired.

The Zen master looked at Qi Ming's expression and wrote directly in his small notebook: "If you have enough physical strength to support your state of play, you can play 48 minutes in the playoffs." "

If Qi Ming knew that the Zen master had this idea, then he would definitely vomit blood.

Playing 48 minutes, don't talk about him, O'Neill is going to throw up...... He's in this state and he's maxed out in 43 minutes.

Of course, unless his stamina reaches MAX, which is 100, he will definitely not be able to withstand the ...... for 48 minutes

At halftime, Kobe Bryant looked at Qi Ming's sweaty face and said, "Qi, you can relax in the third quarter, and I'll carry it on the offensive end." "

Qi Ming nodded after hearing this, and said, "I hope your feel can come back." "

"Or use more break-through attacks. "

Kobe Bryant was a little embarrassed, he really felt terrible in the first two quarters, scored 3 goals in 10 shots, and scored 10 points in the last two quarters...... Thankfully, there were a lot of free throws.

"Don't worry, as long as you keep shooting, the feeling will come back sooner or later, I'm Kobe, I will win the scoring title this season. Kobe Bryant swore that he would.

"Well, I believe in you. Qi Ming smiled and said, but after hearing Kobe's words, "Keep pitching, and the feeling will come back sooner or later." After that, he was still a little worried.

As the first place in the iron list in later generations, he hopes that Kobe Bryant can stabilize and break through more.