Before the game against the Mavericks, Lakers fans were still a little worried. Although the veteran coach from the Mavericks was absent again, the veteran coach was absent due to injury in the first match this season.
And the old driver was injured in the last game. In the last Texas Civil War, the Mavericks played against the Rockets at home. The old driver left the game in the second quarter. I don’t know if it was because of the old driver’s departure. The Rockets then played a wave. A small climax of 16:0 completed the team's sweep of the Mavericks this season.
Nowitzki's injury is actually not serious. If he were a few years younger, Nowitzki would have played directly, but now Nowitzki is old after all.
But even if the Lakers are missing their old driver, they don't dare to take it lightly. They are really afraid of losing in recent seasons, not to mention that the old driver didn't play in the last match.
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"Oh~~~Li Hao faced off against Barnes right away." From this matchup, we can see that the Lakers are determined to win this game.
Barnes is the current scoring leader of the Mavericks and the best player in the Mavericks. He even had a very exciting performance in the last match.
So if the Lakers want to win this game, Barnes must die. For now, Ingram is still too young. Yang Shaoxia, uh~~~Does Yang Shaoxia have defense?
Barnes does have a certain level of strength, but he is still some distance away from the star level. And what level is Li Hao at now?
The league's top player, whether on the offensive or defensive end, not to mention that Barnes himself is not the kind of ball-handling player.
It is really not difficult to target players like Barnes, so when Li Hao stands in front of Barnes, Barnes' performance in this game can be predicted.
The following game also proved this point. When he was replaced in the entire first quarter, Barnes only took two shots, and both of them were forced shots. Facing Li Hao, who was concentrating, Barnes couldn't even take any shots. very difficult.
Barnes being held down had a considerable impact on the Mavericks' offense. However, Li Hao of the Lakers did not lose the offense because of defense. Barnes did not score a point in the first quarter, but Li Hao scored nearly 100 goals for the entire team. Half the score.
At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers scored a total of 34 points, and Li Hao scored 16 points alone, completely continuing the state of the previous two games. In the previous two games, Li Hao scored double-digit scores in the first quarter.
Integrating offense and defense is not just talk, otherwise it wouldn't be so scarce. After all, there are only a handful of players in the league who can truly be called offense and defense.
With Li Hao's performance on both offense and defense, the Lakers beat the Mavericks by 11 points in the first quarter, but the Mavericks launched a counterattack at the beginning of the second quarter.
In order to avoid Li Hao, Barnes came on directly at the beginning of the second quarter, but his touch was very cold. Therefore, it was not Barnes who helped the Mavericks launch a counterattack in the second quarter, but Li Hao's fellow player Dwight Powell. .
With Powell scoring 6 points, the Mavericks had a small climax to reduce the point difference to only 3 points. Seeing that the advantage was about to be tied, Lakers head coach Luke Walton made a decisive substitution.
Li Hao replaced the out-of-form Williams as shooting guard, and Li Hao, who returned to the court, immediately completed a fadeaway jumper in front of Powell.
Immediately, the Mavericks' offense was also pressed by Li Hao. Harris sent the ball to Powell, who was in good condition, and the latter was ready to complete the score in front of Nance Jr. again.
But just when Powell made the shot, a figure suddenly appeared behind Nance Jr.
Snapped--
Block shot.
"Man, your performance is over," Li Hao said to Powell after completing the block.
The relationship between the two, who were both rookies in 2014, is not bad, not to mention that they are both second-round picks.
The basketball that was discharged fell into the hands of Nick Young, and then Yang Shaoxia performed a one-stop process to narrow the point difference to 7 points.
Nick Young's status has fluctuated even more this season. At the same time, in order to help Ingram improve, Nick Young's playing time cannot be compared with previous seasons.
In fact, this is understandable. Nick Young is already in his thirties, and his condition will only get worse. Ingram, on the other hand, is a rookie who has just entered the league, and his talent is there.
Under the leadership of Li Hao, the Lakers responded with a small climax, and the point difference between the two sides returned to double digits again. At the end of the first half, the Lakers led the Mavericks by 15 points.
In the second half, Barnes finally found some feeling, but the points he scored were not enough to help the Mavericks change their disadvantage, because everyone on the Lakers can score.
Ingram, who was weak in the last game, also scored 10 points in this game. In the second half, Li Hao handed Barnes over to Ingram.
Wade and Howard are the most stable output points besides Li Hao. As for Li Hao, it goes without saying that he once again scored 40+ in 36 minutes of play.
He made 15 of 26 shots, 6 of 10 three-pointers, and 6 of 7 free throws. He scored 42 points, 12 assists, 9 rebounds, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.
119:101, the Lakers ended their losing streak against the Mavericks, and Li Hao also ended the vicious cycle against the Mavericks.
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"What do you want to say about this victory?" Li Hao, who was interviewing at this time, was already a Chinese host, and she was also a beautiful female host named Zhang Manyuan.
This is not the first time the two have met. They had met once at the beginning of the season, when Zhang was the coach, and they have met several times since then, but today's interview is the first time.
"I have already told my teammates that we will celebrate together later." Li Hao originally wanted to call Powell, but unfortunately the Mavericks are back-to-back and will be visiting Oracle to challenge the Warriors tomorrow.
Although the two places are not far apart, you still need to take a proper rest when facing back-to-backs. After all, everyone's physique is different. Otherwise, wouldn't everyone be Jordan?
Of course, if Powell doesn't go, the Lakers won't be able to celebrate. After finishing the interview and taking a shower, the group set off immediately, and the head coach had already promised that they would have a day off if they beat the Mavericks.
So the Lakers players can go out and play as much as they want tonight.
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"No, I'm not free today. My girlfriend's birthday is coming soon. I have to prepare a gift for her today." Li Hao was the only one who left the nightclub alone last night. Li Hao has always done a good job in keeping himself clean. .
"Okay then." Hearing Li Hao say this, the other end of the phone could only hang up the phone reluctantly.
"You're still struggling after you retired," Li Hao couldn't help complaining.
Who else besides Kobe can disturb people's dreams early in the morning? But this time Li Hao didn't make excuses, he really wanted to buy Kim Seol Hyun a birthday gift.
Although Li Hao couldn't spend Kim Seol Hyun's birthday with her, the gift was still indispensable, and he had to buy it in person. For this reason, Li Hao also called Holtz.
