January 1, 2013, the first day of the New Year, New Year's Day, NBA will not have holidays.

The Los Angeles Lakers ended their three-day break and were about to usher in the first opponent of the New Year at Stamps, the visiting Philadelphia 76ers.

In the service industry, there is no way, ordinary people have to go to work after resting.

After defeating the Trail Blazers in the last game, the Lakers have won 7 consecutive victories.

They are the hottest team in the league at present, and their momentum has surpassed the Miami Heat.

In the eyes of everyone, this game is just a game that can be easily won.

But the 76ers once again proved that the NBA has no weak team, and they always suppressed the Lakers in the first half.

Zhu Holiday performed well at this point, pressing Nash to play, various individual offenses, breakthroughs, three-pointers from the outside, and passing to drive the entire team.

The 76ers just finished the Black Eight last season. Although it was due to Rose's reimbursement, they then fought the Celtics in seven games in the semi-finals, which shows their strength and tenacity.

This season, the 76ers have retained their main lineup, Holiday, Sadies Young, and Alvin Turner.

After being "humiliated" by the Lakers at home in the last game, of course, I had to go to Stamps to find the game back.

The 76ers led the Lakers by two points in the first half with 54:52.

In the third quarter, the 76ers still firmly suppressed the Lakers.

The reason is that Howard's poor performance is one of them.

He was disastrous again tonight's offensive end, and he didn't make a single shot in the first half.

But Howard did not have Li Liang's Yin-Yang Mixing Dafu Wan, so he didn't go in the first half, but still didn't go in the second half.

Not only did he not hit a single in the low post, but even Nash and Li Liang's support balls were not stable.

After the start of the season, Howard's condition was ups and downs, sometimes good and sometimes bad, and there were more bad ones, and fewer good ones.

At first he was quite emotional, thinking that Kobe would not pass him, and Brown would not set tactics for him.

But after a while of fighting, he had to admit that he was really not the same monster as before.

Don't think about the buckles or something. He can't even beat the long center like Hawyce who was pushed away by him in the past and beaten up in a violent way.

The negative impact of back injuries and lumbar spine injuries is huge. Now his knees are not healed, so he has to wear knee pads for the game.

The style of playing in the Warcraft relies heavily on physical fitness. The physical fitness suddenly slips, becomes slower and slower, and the jump is not that high, and the power is no longer good.

In the third quarter, Brown still tried to take care of Howard and let him attack more.

As a result, several opportunities were wasted, and both sides fought from 52:54 to 78:84.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers were 6 points behind.

Kobe quit. Everyone had dinner together yesterday and agreed to have a goal for the championship in the new year.

Thinking about today's game, I want to win the first New Year's game, but the result is like this?

Kobe has always been straightforward, Howard has failed to make a lot of shots, and he still misses the defensive end.

During the bench break, he told Howard directly that you should not take action in the fourth quarter, defend well first.

For a moment, the atmosphere on the bench was very awkward. Howard didn't say anything, but he threw the towel on his hand.

In the entire Lakers, only Li Liang cursed, and no one would be angry. He had a hair dryer.

Howard is a little unacceptable to Kobe's directness.

But his spirit has been consumed by reality a lot. After holding it in for a long time, he said, "I know how to play basketball."

Brown didn't want to see such a situation, but he didn't know how to handle it perfectly, so he had to clap his hands and loudly encourage the players to divert his sight.

He thought to himself, the team's record is so good, can't we give in to each other?

Before he got on the stage, Brown patted Li Liang and gave him a wink.

Li Liang rolled his eyes to Brown, why do you want me to be a reconciliation again?

Don't do it.

Li Liang himself was upset.

He couldn't get over the task for several consecutive days. In today's game, he played well in the offense, but was hit by various defensive ends.

Why? Because he has no defensive focus.

Li Liang's current defensive level is suitable for biting.

The other party has a core, and he consumes the opponent one-on-one.

But there is no absolute core for the 76ers, making Li Liang support a defensive system like Warcraft and Duncan?

It's impossible, he is not that level.

The backcourt rebounds are well protected, and they have already grabbed 11 boards in the third quarter.

But don’t think about blocking the shot or something, protecting the basket is still his weakness.

Howard was so depressed that he had no reassuring barrier behind him, wouldn't he beating upset?

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Holiday entered the inside and made another throw.

Li Liang tried his best to block it, but it still failed to interfere.

Li Liang was so angry that he punched the basketball that landed on the ground and knocked the ball away.

"Beep~beep!"

The referee blew a whistle and gave Li Liang a technical foul.

This is Li Liang's first technical foul since he entered the NBA.

Of course, the system has no reward, and the referee rewards the opponent with a free throw.

Seeing this, Mike Brown replaced Li Liang and let Gasol go.

Li Liang was off the court, and Brown sat next to him and asked him if he was in any condition.

He doesn't look very good tonight.

Li Liang said: "Our basket protection is too bad, but I have nothing to do."

Brown sighed and thought, this kid is really worried about the team.

He played from a third position to a fourth position, and was just grabbing rebounds and defending himself. Now he has to worry about protecting the basket again.

Brown said: "Some things are not something you can do just as you want to do. After all, human abilities are limited."

Li Liang didn't say anything, you know nothing! I didn't know how to support him before, but now I won't be able to do it anymore?

Others can look down on me, how can you, Mike Brown?

Seeing that Li Liang didn't speak, Brown said, "Well... If you want to practice, the team trainers can help you, but this requires more talent. People should do what they are good at."

Li Liang wiped his sweat, and he didn't think about elevating his basket protection to Howard's level.

I just wanted to improve it a little bit, and then enter the system and complete Duncan's task first.

It can be used in competitions in the future.

His current weak side defense is 21 points and the cover is 22 points. His ability to protect the basket is stronger than Curry and Nash.

Of course, this value is much stronger than when I first got the system.

As you gain weight, strength increases, tasks are improved, and training is improved, from almost no to a little bit.

But it's still not enough to watch, not enough to watch, especially the one you have to deal with is Duncan.

It's useless to deal with Duncan with external tricks.

Li Liang was still thinking about Duncan. On the court, Kobe had already made the stage and began to launch a final counterattack.

He first forced himself to rush into the inside to commit fouls, killing Hawys, and knocking Hawys into 5 offenses.

Holiday's mentality was a bit broken, two were cut off and one was capped.

The young man actually played well today, but his Taoism was not deep enough.

The Lakers who controlled the situation were left with Kobe taking one shot at a low position, one goal after another.

Keep the advantage until the last minute of the game.

108:101, the Lakers beat the 76ers with a 7-point advantage.

Kobe scored 36 points, rushing his average score per game to more than 30 points, and continuing to lead the scoring list.

Of course, I won’t talk about the hit rate, cough...

Li Liang has average data, 10 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 key block.

But his role is something that data cannot reflect.
Chapter completed!