Vogel had to continue the timeout. After the timeout came back, the Pacers continued to attack Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen passed the ball decisively, and his assist data was on the rise.
The first quarter ended quickly.
The score in the first quarter was 35-46.
The Lakers scored 46 points in the first quarter. Zhao Chen not only attacked personally, he also led the team's offense.
Pacers assistant coach Mark continued to suggest that head coach Vogel adopt the Jordan Rules, because if Zhao Chen is allowed to lead the team, the Pacers will have no chance at all.
After hesitating, Vogel finally nodded in agreement and decided to restrict Zhao Chen's teammates more firmly and let Zhao Chen attack.
In the first quarter of the game, Zhao Chen played very well, scoring 18 points and 8 assists. During the break, Zhao Chen continued to apply to head coach Scott to continue playing.
Scott nodded and asked Zhao Chen to continue playing!
With Zhao Chen on the court, the Lakers rookies are very confident and will not panic.
The reason why the Lakers lost the previous three games was largely because Zhao Chen was widened when he came off the court.
When Zhao Chen is here, the Lakers are not afraid of any team.
After a short break, the Lakers' lineup changed to Zhao Chen, Clarkson, Grant, Randle, and Jokic.
Zhao Chen leads four rookies by himself.
The Pacers saw this lineup and felt the hope of chasing points...
Starkey, Paul George, CJ Miles, David West, Scola.
This is an offensive point-chasing lineup.
The second quarter started with the Lakers' offense.
Zhao Chen quickly dribbles forward. If he partners with the rookies, Zhao Chen will speed up the tempo as soon as possible to bring out their young impact.
There was no cover and no pause. Zhao Chen passed Paul George after a drastic change of direction.
According to external evaluations, Paul George's defense is pretty good, but Zhao Chen just passed him as if he were crossing the street on the court.
Zhao Chen rushed inside and encountered Scola's help in defense. When everyone thought that Zhao Chen would pass the ball to Randall, Zhao Chen chose to accelerate a second time to rely on Scola to gain strength.
Scola?
Sorry, his defense is really bad. It would be better for Zhao Chen to do it for Randall himself.
Zhao Chen easily scored the ball.
35 to 48.
"Boss, I can also dunk." Randall smiled and came over to high-five Zhao Chen.
"I'll give it to you next time," Zhao Chen replied.
Pacers offense.
Stuckey brought the ball across half court and continued to feed Paul George.
The Pacers' lineup features Paul George.
Zhao Chen personally marked Paul George.
Paul George saw Zhao Chen and did not try to pick and roll. He brought Zhao Chen to the low post and tried to use his height and strength to beat Zhao Chen.
No one from the Lakers players wanted to help defend. They all believed in Zhao Chen's defense.
"boom!"
"boom!"
Paul George's hit didn't create space for him.
Paul George stepped up and turned over for a jumper.
The moment Paul George took action, Zhao Chen jumped up high!
"boom!"
Zhao Chen swatted away the basketball Paul George just shot like a volleyball smash.
"Come on, let's cover each other." Zhao Chen roared at Paul George.
This block made Staples' momentum boil.
The Lakers' substitutes also stood up and cheered.
"Oh oh oh, good job, just fuck him like this!" Zhang Weiping shouted excitedly.
"Zhao Chen's defense can compete for the best defensive player." Xu Jicheng said.
The ball was constantly replayed on site. Zhao Chen's ball jumped too high. Paul George wanted to avoid Zhao Chen's block, but he couldn't.
Paul George's eyes were on the floor, and he was so embarrassed by this play.
Beep beep, the referee whistle blows, the ball is served from the baseline, Paul George sneaks out, and there is space on the baseline.
Paul George caught the ball and shot. When he saw Zhao Chen rushing towards him, Paul George's hands trembled.
Three no more!
The rebound was taken by Jokic under the basket. Zhao Chen accelerated and rushed forward. Jokic threw a long ball to Zhao Chen on the spot.
The Lakers launched a transitional fast break.
Starkey and Scola kept chasing Zhao Chen and forced Zhao Chen to the right corner.
Zhao Chen's eyes flashed, Grant followed up in the middle, and Zhao Chen sent the ball into the sky.
Grant showed off his explosive physical talent, taking the ball with both hands and smashing it in alley-oop! !
"frame!!"
Grant's shot was completed through Starkey who had just turned around.
Shocking!
Grant pulled the frame hard and jumped into the air with his feet! !
Full of arrogance.
Zhao Chen's assist and Grant's dunk were in rhythm, and Stucky didn't even have a chance to dodge.
35 to 50.
The score difference is widening rapidly.
"Zhao Chen is making adjustments. He first used his personal offense to blast away the Pacers' defense, and then mobilized his teammates to fight. This is what a leader does." Barkley said.
"It doesn't matter if you lose in a row, the main thing is to adjust back in time." O'Neal said.
Pacers offense.
The Lakers' defense isn't perfect.
When Paul George was blocked, Stuckey chose to give the ball to Scola inside.
Scott hit Randall in the low post, played with his feet, turned around with dreamy steps and scored a layup, as well as an extra penalty.
Randall is very depressed...
Scola also scored a free throw, 38 to 50.
In the next few minutes, the two sides entered a stalemate, and the shooting percentages of both teams dropped.
Scott motioned to Zhao Chen to play one more round and then come down to rest.
Zhao Chen also needs to rest.
With 5 minutes and 11 seconds left in the first half, Zhao Chen intercepted Paul George's drastic change of direction one-on-one.
After stealing the ball, Zhao Chen turned around and passed Hill, who had just been replaced, and rushed into the frontcourt!
The Pacers can't get back inside, and Paul George's one-on-one dribbling was interrupted, which was too harmful to the team.
"Let's dunk!!" the fans stood up and shouted.
Zhao Chen was not polite. After crossing the halfway mark, Zhao Chen continued to speed up.
Rush into the three-point line and then slow down slightly.
There was still some distance from the free throw line, Zhao Chen kicked the ground hard! !
Take off and take off! !
Zhao Chen grabbed the ball with one hand and headed toward the basket like Michael Jordan.
Extreme display of super strong air lag! !
The fans at the scene started screaming! !
They all saw that Zhao Chen was recreating the classic dunk by the God of Basketball in the dunk contest!
Zhao Chen grabbed the ball with one hand in the air and retracted it slightly, then straightened it again.
He was almost close to the basket, and Zhao Chen had reached his limit! !
"frame!!"
Zhao Chen pushed the ball into the basket! ! !
The free throw line dunk is completed! ! !
38 to 52! ! !
"OOOOMG!!!" Barkley opened his mouth into an O shape.
"God!! What did he do!" Reggie Miller also covered his mouth with his hands.
"Free throw line dunk, Zhao Chen copied Michael Jordan's free throw line dunk!!" O'Neal shouted.
"This is the regular season, this is not a slam dunk contest!!!" Kenny Smith shouted.
The commentator in the TNT studio immediately went berserk, and all four commentators stood up.
It’s not just them who are crazy, but also the audience and Lakers players.
"Oh!" The fans covered their mouths and looked at the big screen on the field in disbelief. They wanted to look back eagerly to see if all this was true.
On the sidelines, the Lakers substitutes were still completely crazy. Covington was lying on the ground, and Thackeray was hammering his chest, performing the drama of his heart being stopped by Zhao Chen.
After Zhao Chen landed a dunk, he rushed directly to the camera and kissed the camera lens.
Lip print!
Domestic fans are completely excited at this moment! ! !
