NBA: The start beat Kobe Bryant in his old age

Chapter 20 Show Him Your Damn Defense
After Nick Young appeared on the stage, he began to show off again.

Fortunately, he had a good shooting percentage today and scored two goals in a row.

The substitution time of the Suns is different from that of the Lakers, and their main players are still on the court.

Without Lin Tian's defense, Tucker finally made a three-pointer.

When the basketball hit the net, he swung his fist hard, obviously venting his previous depression.

After the first quarter, the Lakers had a 6-point lead.

Scott called the players to gather around and began the formation of the second quarter.

The NBA's competition rules are very strict. After 130 seconds, with the referee's whistle, the players from both sides re-appeared.

The Lakers' lineup is still the few players at the end of the first quarter.

The Suns have already put on a substitute.

I don't know what's going on, but both sides played extremely badly at the beginning of the second quarter. They both didn't score a point after 2 minutes of the start.

Lin Tian and Kobe on the bench could only be anxious.

After a dead ball, Lin Tian was replaced early, but the replacement was Anthony Brown, who had no sense of presence on the Lakers.

Nick Young, Russell and Randle are all on the court.

In other words, Lin Tian will play with a group of substitutes.

In fact, there is not much difference in strength between the Lakers' bench and starters, and sometimes the performance of the bench is better, after all, they are young.

And Randall and Russell will become All-Star players in the future...

Of course, this is a follow-up.

Lin Tian holds the ball at the top of the arc, Russell and Nick Young are standing on the flanks, and Randall has been keeping a position inside.

Facing the Suns defender TJ Warren, Lin Tian ignored Nick Young who was standing on the wing reaching for the ball.

He bent slightly, dribbled with his hands crossed, and suddenly passed Warren with a crossover caught off guard, and rushed to the basket with a lunge. When he was more than one meter away from the Suns center, he stopped and jumped, and shot face-to-face.

"Shh!"

With this goal scored, the scoring drought at the beginning of the second quarter ended.

When returning to defense, Lin Tian was responsible for defending TJ Warren.

This is a second-year player with outstanding defensive ability and remarkable offensive ability.

But under Lin Tian's defense, TJ Warren didn't even have a chance to touch the ball.

Lin Tian's strong defense also affected Nick Young and others. Although Nick Young, Russell and Randall's defense was poor, they worked very hard.

They managed to force the Suns point guard to scramble the ball at the last second.

"Bang Dang!" The basketball hit the rim, and Randall, who had amazing jumping ability, took off the rebound, and then pushed all the way, single-handedly advancing the ball.

The Suns hastily replaced the main force. After all, the Lakers were already imposing, and taking advantage of the substitution, they could interrupt the rhythm of the Lakers a little.

I don't know what happened, but after Devin Booker came on the court this time, it was as if he had been beaten, and he succeeded three times in a row!
And this three times!It was he who scored the ball against Russell's defense through his teammates' pick-and-roll.

In contrast, Russell's touch is much worse. It seems that the basket is a bit difficult for him today.

Russell and Booker, both rookies this year, stopped passing the ball as if they were fighting.

Barkley in the studio obviously also noticed the situation of the two: "This year's No. 13 pick and No. [-] pick seem to be a bit difficult."

Smith smiled: "Isn't it always like this in previous years? Russell is the No. 13 pick, and his team is in the metropolis of Los Angeles! Booker is different. He was not selected by the Phoenix Suns until the [-]th overall pick. Both of them had good statistics in college. Booker is naturally not convinced by Russell."

"Haha, so far this season, the performance of the two seems to be pretty good."

……

On the court, after the second quarter, Lin Tian scored 22 points, 10 of 8 shots and 6 of 6 free throws. This is the reason why there are few opportunities in the second quarter.

Russell's data is 10 points, but he used 11 shots, which is frighteningly inefficient.

The score was also chased by the Suns to 48:48.

Such a score is difficult to satisfy Scott and Kobe.

When they returned to the locker room to rest, Kobe in a suit also came. He said sullenly: "We played very well in the first quarter, but in the second quarter, some young players only care about their own numbers! This is not going to work! The ball needs to move! Guys!"

Scott also nodded: "We had too few assists in the second quarter, and we had 3 more turnovers than in the first quarter! It shouldn't be."

After the lecture, Lin Tian sat back in his seat.

Kobe suddenly walked towards Lin Tian: "Lin, do you know who the Suns scored the highest in the first half?"

Lin Tian looked at the statistics of both sides before leaving the court. He nodded and said, "Devin Booker, he scored 16 points in the first half."

"You have the potential to grow into a superstar, so you can't let your peers get what they want when facing your team, you have to be tough! Look for opportunities to defend against him in the second half! Let him see your damn defense." Kobe clenched his fists and said earnestly, "He was angry that he was selected at the 13th pick, but he forgot that you were still an undrafted one!"

Lin Tian wanted to defend Booker very much, but in the first half Russell came up, and he didn't bother Russell.

"I know."

……

At the beginning of the second half, the lineups of the two sides were the starting five, and Russell was on the bench.

Clarkson just heard the conversation between Kobe and Lin Tian in the locker room, and he took the initiative to defend the Suns forward very wisely.

Although he suffers a bit from his height, he can barely defend.

Since Clarkson is so knowledgeable, Lin Tian doesn't need to say anything, he took the initiative to come to Devin Booker.

Looking at Devin Booker, he grinned, showing his white teeth: "Is that Devin Booker? Let me meet you."

In all fairness, Devin Booker's face is a bit like that of an oriental man, and he is only 20 years old this year, so he looks quite immature.

Devin Booker frowned slightly, and after a tentative breakthrough, he passed the ball to Brandon Knight.

"Hey hey!" Lin Tian laughed, "Don't you dare to break through against me?"

At this time, Brandon Knight had already hit the inside line, but the ball did not go up.

Back to the Lakers frontcourt, the basketball was in Lin Tian's hands.

He first passes the ball to Hibbert inside, and then Hibbert passes the ball back to him, allowing him to reorganize.

The reason why Lin Tian didn't pass it to Lu Wei and Clarkson was because if he passed the ball out, it would be difficult to get it back into his hands.

It just feels good to have the ball in your hands.

He stretched out his left leg forward, leaned forward slightly to make a tentative step, and then dribbled the ball behind his back suddenly, passing PJ Tucker in an instant.

Before PJ Tucker could react, Lin Tian had already come near the free throw line, making an emergency stop and jumping back, and there was no one in front of him!
"Shua!" Easy goal!
(End of this chapter)