The two sides continued to play for several rounds, and the coaches of the two teams began to make some substitutions.

Rivers first replaced Posey with Tony Allen to strengthen his defense against Zhang Zhiyuan.

As a result, Jackson immediately replaced Zhang Zhiyuan in the next round, allowing Zhang Zhiyuan to rest early and prepare for the second quarter.

Then Rivers immediately replaced Pierce and replaced him with Perkins to increase interior defense.

Then the two sides continued to fight.

When Zhang Zhiyuan came off the court, the score between the two teams was 17 to 12.

At the end of the first quarter, the score between the two teams was 29 to 26.

Kobe lost 2 points when he led the team.

In fact, losing two points does not count as a loss at all, it is only a matter of one round.

However, because of the battle between Kobe Bryant and Zhang Zhiyuan for the ball, the outside world is now paying special attention to the situation when they lead the team alone.

This is also done by Anta. They have made friends with some media and hyped up the concept of team leadership. The purpose is naturally to prove that Zhang Zhiyuan is better than Kobe.

I have to say that this trick is quite effective. At least more people are starting to pay attention to high-level data instead of just focusing on the score.

In the second quarter, Kobe wanted to continue playing, but Jackson arranged for him to rest.

Jackson sent Farmar, Zhang Zhiyuan, Ariza, Odom and Kwame Brown as a semi-main lineup.

The Celtics' Big Three didn't have all of them on board, so they had to reserve some strength to deal with the Lakers' full lineup.

Rivers sent Rondo, Tony Allen, Posey, Leon Bowie, and Garnett.

Among the three forwards, Rondo is not particularly disadvantaged against Zhang Zhiyuan, and Garnett is fast and can help defend.

In order to deal with Zhang Zhiyuan, Rivers has become a little crazy.

When the Lakers attacked, Zhang Zhiyuan encountered Tony Allen's entanglement, and Posey also went to double-team.

Zhang Zhiyuan immediately passed the ball to Ariza. Before Ariza could take action, Bowie stepped in front of him. Ariza passed to Odom, but this was all within Garnett's prediction.

After all, when Bowie starts, it means that Odom will be shorted. Can Odom be shorted? Of course not.

Garnett dropped Brown and replaced Odom.

After Odom received the ball, he didn't dare to pass it to Kwame Brown. On the one hand, Brown's ability is limited, and on the other hand, Garnett is not really far away from Brown.

There was no other way, Odom had no choice but to take action himself.

The ball didn't go in.

Kwame Brown grabbed an offensive rebound. Garnett rushed over and slapped Brown on the hand, but the referee did not call it.

Kwame Brown let go of the basketball, and Odom and Garnett threw themselves on the ground fighting for the basketball. The scene was very chaotic.

The referee blows the whistle and the ball is scrambled.

Garnett jumped higher and gave the ball to himself. The ball was transferred and the Lakers retreated quickly.

Rondo dribbled the ball past half-court and observed the situation.

Odom is relatively close to Garnett because he has to help Kwame Brown defend Garnett.

With no one around Bowie, Rondo passed the ball to Bowie.

Bowie made a jump shot on the spot and hit the rebound.

This is a shot that middle school students all play.

29 to 28, the score is close.

When the Lakers attacked, Zhang Zhiyuan changed to play without the ball and quickly got rid of Tony Allen.

Farmar passed the ball over. There was Bowie in front of Zhang Zhiyuan and Tony Allen behind him.

But this didn't bother him. He started directly, changed direction and passed Bowie, and then went to the basket.

Garnett hesitated and did not step forward to defend.

Even if he goes up and Zhang Zhiyuan passes the ball, Odom and Kwame Brown can put the ball into the basket.

The ball goes in.

The Celtics attacked and Rondo continued to pass to Bowie.

Odom pounced on it, but Bowie had already made a take-off action and could not pass the ball again, so he threw the ball.

The interference he received was actually not that big, but the ball didn't go in.

There is no way, his ability is only so great.

With a salary of 690,000 yuan, being able to play can be regarded as a contribution and is worthy of the salary.

The man holding $23.75 million didn't think so. He shouted at Bowie: "Pay attention to the position of your teammates and pass the ball."

Bowie no fuck said.

The Lakers attack, Tony Allen continues to pester Zhang Zhiyuan.

This time he was not let go and followed very closely.

Even so, Farmar passed the ball to Zhang Zhiyuan and asked Zhang Zhiyuan to handle it.

As soon as Zhang Zhiyuan caught the ball, Posey immediately rushed to double-team him.

Zhang Zhiyuan passed the ball to Ariza. Ariza shot the ball very quickly this time, and Bowie had no time to make up the defense.

The ball goes in.

Then Rivers immediately replaced Pierce and threw Bowie back to the bench.

The Celtics attacked, Pierce received the ball and broke through Ariza, went to the basket and caused Odom to foul.

Made both free throws.

When the Lakers attacked, Zhang Zhiyuan had four assists, so he faced Tony Allen and threw a long three-pointer.

This move was so sudden that no one else expected it.

Tony Allen's reaction was already very fast, and he took off to block his vision.

But it didn't work, the ball went in.

37 to 30, the score was immediately stretched.

"Actually, there is no need to discuss it anymore. In terms of leadership ability alone, Zhang Zhiyuan is definitely better than Kobe. There are too many facts before our eyes."

Barkley commented, and Smith echoed.

Based on their relationship with Zhang Zhiyuan, they naturally wanted to praise Zhang Zhiyuan. No matter how much money Nike made, they did not share the benefits with them.

And Zhang Zhiyuan has been a guest on their TV station many times, making TNT's ratings surpass those of ESPN, ABC and other TV stations.

Ke Mi was slightly dissatisfied, but they couldn't provide any evidence to prove it.

As for Zhang fans and other neutral fans, they have long recognized this view.

Kobe's ability to lead a team seems to have never been proven.

On the court, the game continues.

Zhang Zhiyuan's three-pointer frightened the Celtics at a loss. They didn't know whether they should continue to increase their defense against Zhang Zhiyuan.

Later, Zhang Zhiyuan relied on his personal ability to make a shot from time to time, and from time to time he made a pass, which made the Celtics very angry.

Even with the help of the home whistle, they were still at a disadvantage.

After six minutes of play, Kobe, Fisher, and Bynum were all on the court.

Now the pressure on the Celtics is even greater.

The Lakers attacked, Zhang Zhiyuan encountered a double team and passed the ball to Kobe.

Kobe dribbled the ball to the basket and dunked.

During the transition between offense and defense, seeing that the team's advantage was already relatively large, Zhang Zhiyuan's defense against Pierce was not so strict. He shrank to the basket and prepared to grab rebounds.

This disregard made Pierce angry, so he threw a three-pointer.

It's a pity that his three-point shooting was not stable enough and the ball was not scored.

Relying on his excellent basketball sense, Zhang Zhiyuan picked off another rebound, breaking the rumors about Zhang Yilan.

In the past, the lack of rebounds was just because he was lazy to grab them. If he really had to ignore the defense and grab them, he would only get seven or eight rebounds in one game. After all, his jumping is not bad.

The Lakers attacked, and Zhang Zhiyuan took action himself.

Not a big problem.

The Celtics also failed to seize the opportunity and narrow the gap.

The Lakers counterattacked, and Zhang Zhiyuan once again hit a chasing three-pointer.

47 to 35, the Lakers led by 12 points.

The scene became extremely quiet for a time, and the fans' passion was completely exhausted by the team.
To be continued...