The Celtics players played extremely tired in the first half, and Ye Zheng was too difficult to deal with.

His unexpected assist made the players run away. As a defender, Irving had to say with admiration, "Although Ye Zheng is a rookie, I am not as good as the opponent in assists."

At this time, Irving's data was 12 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, which was a certain gap with Ye Zheng.

Celtics head coach Stevens clapped his hands and said, "We did not play our own rhythm in the first half, which allowed Lakers rookie Ye Zheng to lead the nose. As long as we play our own rhythm, we can defeat the Lakers! Next, I will set up the tactics for the second half!"

Stevens walked to the tactical board in the locker room and began to draw.

At this time, the Lakers' locker room.

Head coach Walton first fully affirmed the performance of the Lakers players in the first half. Secondly, let the players strengthen their defense in the second half, because he believes that the Celtics will launch a counterattack.

After Walton arranged the complete tactics, he found Ye Zheng and said to him separately: "Ye Zheng, you did a very good job in the first half. It can be said that you connected the entire team and greatly enhanced the initiative between the players.

But in the second half, you have to strengthen your offense. I believe that the Celtics will definitely counterattack, bombard the offensive end, and they will definitely strengthen their defense on the defensive end. And in the team, you are the only one who faces the Celtics' defense and can use your personal breakthrough ability to tear the opponent's defense. So in the second half, you have to seize the opportunity to score."

Ye Zheng nodded to show that he understood.

In the first half, under Ye Zheng's excellent organization and the two breakthrough ability to shake the opponents at the beginning made the Lakers play smoothly. Even the Celtics caught off guard, but in the second half, as a team that was determined to become the boss of the Eastern Conference, how could they be willing to lose to the Lakers, who were at the bottom of last season!

Sure enough, at the beginning of the second half, the Celtics showed strong offensive ability and bombarded the Lakers' basket to a certain extent.

Under the pick-and-roll cover of Tatum and Hayward, Irving held the ball and rushed to the Lakers' inside line frantically, leaving the Lakers' inside line in a storm and crumbling manner. After only two minutes, the score in the first half equalized, and after three minutes, he even led by five points.

On the other hand, the Lakers coach Walton may have been in order to better play Ye Zheng's role in the future, so he did not send him on the court. Other players on the Lakers seemed to not be able to play basketball in these three minutes, making mistakes one by one, and the cooperation between the players seemed to have completely disappeared.

No matter who it is, if you can't break through after holding the ball to half, you will throw it around randomly. The Lakers' lineup is still too young. Once Ye Zheng, the Dinghai Sword, they will have many amateur mistakes.

Facing such a bad situation? Coach Walton still did not send Ye Zheng on. One is to allow Ye Zheng to preserve his physical strength in the next time; the other is to hone these players? When Ye Zheng is not on the court, he can play a certain degree of cooperation.

Unfortunately, the cooperation between Lakers players is obviously not good, as if they have become an amateur player. Although the overall strength of the Celtics is stronger than that of the Lakers, Walton's face is still very ugly.

But what he didn't expect was that the Celtics' defensive pressure was so amazing? This greatly reduced the efficiency of Lakers players on the court! Not to mention organizing effective offenses? It is difficult to shoot during offensive time.

When about four minutes passed in the third quarter? The Celtics led by 8 points. Coach Walton finally sent Ye Zheng to the court, which means that from now on, Ye Zheng will play until the end of the game!

Ye Zheng's appearance? It also aroused warm cheers from Lakers fans.

Before he knew it, Ye Zheng had become a hero in the hearts of Lakers fans who could save the team, which was also a prerequisite for Ye Zheng to take over Kobe's banner.

If your data in the team is very explosive, you average 50 per game. But the team always fails? Then the fans won't like you too much. Because they don't just need a player who can score high scores? They also need a player who leads the team to victory. After Ye Zheng came on the court, he immediately used Lonzo Ball's pick-and-roll to shoot a three-pointer.

"Swish!"

The basketball fell steadily into the net bag. This three-pointer made coach Walton relieve the heart, and also allowed the fans on the scene to see Ye Zheng's role as a core player of the team.

A goal that stabilized the situation also slightly calmed down the hearts of Lakers players on the court.

However, while Irving was marching, he threw a magical three-pointer into the net bag and chased back a three-pointer.

Seeing this ball fall into the basket, Irving was obviously stunned and couldn't believe it was the ball he shot.

First of all, this ball is still a certain distance from the three-point line, which is considered a very long three-pointer. Secondly, Irving is standing under the rebound, and he also intends to make a random shot, even if he doesn't make a goal. Finally, he is unbearable and wants to try it out.

Sure enough, Irving jumped up excitedly, and the Celtic players surrounded him excitedly and celebrated with high-fives.

"Irving, your goal is so awesome. It's so unexpected. This goal will definitely become the best goal in this game."

This goal made Irving, who had been depressed in the first half, vent his gaze at Ye Zheng differently. He even had a hint of provocation.

70:78! The Celtics are still leading by 8 points. Tatum even deliberately came to Ye Zheng and hit Ye Zheng with his chest. The provocation is very obvious.

After all, he was the most depressing person in the first half. The defensive end made Ye Zheng almost a sieve. Now that he has the opportunity to fight back, he certainly won't miss this opportunity.

Ye Zheng frowned, and the expression on his face finally became angry, and his expression was no longer as calm as the wind and wind.

"Are you going to be serious?"

"It seems that the Celtics' Tatum has to pay the price for the provocation just now. This guy is still young and thinks he can win with an 8-point lead. This is the middle of the third quarter of the game. I'm too uneasy!"

After all, Ye Zheng's scoring ability is still very profound in the fans' memory. Seeing Ye Zheng's expression also made Lakers fans have very high expectations.

Sure enough, the next second, they immediately started to start after seeing Ye Zheng pick up the ball from the bottom line.

Facing Tatum, who was the first to come up to defend, Ye Zheng broke through the past easily and simply as if he had crossed the road in the morning. With an acceleration, he reached the three-point line!

Irving had just made up for defense, and Ye Zheng did not save him any face. He used the continuous change of directions of the butterfly step to shake off the opponent's defense and directly rushed to the basket.

At this time, Horford and Hayward were standing under the rebound. They stood under the rebound like two goal gods, blocking the offensive line of the basket from left to right.

However, Ye Zheng accelerated his pace instantly and jumped up as soon as he stepped into the free throw line.

He raised the basketball high with one hand, and the violent posture was like a James' tomahawk dunk, which made the two defenders retreat slightly under the pressure of momentum. Ye Zheng dunked the basketball through the gap between them.

With a bang, the entire basket was shaking violently. It can be seen how powerful Ye Zheng's ball was!

Horford and Hayward had a hint of helpless expression on their faces. The goal just now was not that they didn't want to defend, but that the impact of this goal was too great!

If you want to defend, you must be prepared for injury. All the Lakers fans at the scene stood up excitedly and cheered loudly.

Offensive and defensive conversion!

Irving moved the basketball from the bottom line through half. Facing Lonzo Ball's defense, he used a fake move to shake the opponent away and cut into the basket.

This immediately attracted the attention of the three Lakers. First, Lonzo Ball was shaken away, and he was still following the defense. Secondly, Roll Deng, who came back to defend, and finally stood under the rebound and Lakers center Ivica Zubac.

However, at this time, Irving stopped suddenly and threw the basketball over the rebound. At this time, he saw Tatum speeding up and running down the rebound, followed by a jump, and received the basketball in the air, wanting to have an air relay and dunk the basketball in.

When fans of the Lakers' home court thought that the ball was about to be dunked, Ye Zheng suddenly appeared under the rebound, suddenly accelerated and jumped, slapped the basketball with a heavy slap!

He slapped the basketball directly out, and Tatum could no longer control the balance from mid-air because of the power of this block, so he fell to the ground!

The entire Lakers' home court was quiet at first, followed by thunderous applause.

"Ye Zheng, he is really majestic and domineering. It seems that Tatum's provocation has opened Ye Zheng's violent mode."

"I wonder if Tatum, who is lying on the ground now, regrets hitting Ye Zheng with his chest just now."

Tatum, who was lying on the ground, regretted it now and wanted to cry. If he had known it, he would not have gone up to provoke it. This was equivalent to opening the violent button on Ye Zheng's body.
Chapter completed!