NBA: Trading Westbrook at the beginning shocked Lao Zhan

Hearing O'Neill's ridicule, Barkley curled his lips with a dark face. He didn't want to bet with the old boy O'Neill again, let alone kiss that damn donkey's ass again!

"Forget it, ahem, I'm actually still very optimistic about Covington and Norman Powell!"

"So don't make this bet!"

As soon as Barkley said this, the home fans laughed and booed after hearing this.

Hearing the boos of the audience, Barkley's face darkened even more, but O'Neal beside him raised his eyebrows happily, and said with a smirk: "Haha, I didn't expect Mr. Barkley to have a cowardly day, okay? Come on, then don't gamble!"

While O'Neal was chatting with Barkley, the game was about to start, and the starting lineups of both players entered the field. O'Neal quickly explained the situation on the scene.

"Okay, the game is about to start now, and the starting lineup players from both sides are ready to enter the field. Let's see what kind of starting lineups the two sides have sent!"

"The Lakers sent James, Howard, Thick Eyebrow, Monk, Johnson!"

"And the Suns sent Booker, Paul, Bridges, Ayton and Crowder!"

While O'Neal was introducing the situation on the court, the referee blew his whistle, and the game officially started. Howard took the lead and won the jump ball with the advantage of his height and arm length. The Lakers won the ball for the first time.

James took the ball and slowly advanced forward.

Before the start of the game, the head coach Vogel explained the game strategy, and deliberately repeated orders, must strictly implement the game strategy, and raise the intensity!
Therefore, after arriving in the front court, facing Bridges who was defending in front of him, James did not choose to play directly, but followed Vogel's instructions before the game, stretched out his right hand, made a gesture and called a pick-and-roll, Deliberately looking for Paul to fight.

Seeing James' tactical gesture, Monk rushed to the top of the arc with Paul behind him, made a pick-and-roll to block Bridges, and then raised to the three-point line to prepare to shoot.

But the Suns have been implementing the strategy of not switching defenses and weak delays, and resolutely not allowing the short Paul to match up with James. Under this defensive strategy, James has gained a lot of shooting space!
But the defender Bridges is not a vegetarian, he quickly bypassed Monk's pick-and-roll, wanting to continue defending in front of James.

Seeing this, James quickly took advantage of Bridges' chance to defend, and decisively pulled up the shot and shot a three-pointer directly to the basket!
The Lakers went first and scored 3 points!
"Wow, good job, it seems that the Lakers' opening strategy is very clear, that is, chasing Paul!"

O'Neill saw James scored a goal, applauded quickly, and analyzed the situation on the court.

Barkley also nodded, and said softly: "You're right, but the Suns' defensive strategy is also very clear. Try to hide Paul on the defensive end as much as possible, and don't give the Lakers a chance to make a fuss!"

"No way, although Paul's defensive awareness and skills are very good, but his physical fitness is too different from that of James!"

"However, Paul's role on the offensive end is quite good, which is why Suns coach Monty is willing to put him on the court!"

While O'Neal and Barkley were explaining, Suns point guard Paul dribbled to the frontcourt and prepared to attack.

In order to preserve his strength, Paul passed the ball to Booker on the side after dribbling the ball to the frontcourt, and handed it to Booker to deal with.

After Booker got the ball, facing Deckard who was defending in front, Booker didn't choose to play singles directly, but chose to call Ayton to pick and roll, wanting to play Howard!
But what Booker didn't expect was that Ayton's downward pass after coming up to the pick-and-roll did not attract the defenders, and Howard and Deckard who came up came up directly to pinch Booker who was holding the ball.

And because Booker's ability to play the ball was not very strong when facing a flanking attack, the ball was finally passed to Ayton who was going downhill.

When Ayton got the ball, the Lakers' defensive system had quickly operated successfully, and Johnson at the far end made it to the basket and got in front of Ayton.

After Ayton got the ball, he glanced at Johnson who was in front of him, and immediately sat down on Johnson with his butt, and then used his familiar small hook to throw the basketball.

Johnson knew Ayton's tricks, so he jumped up and stretched out his hands to interfere, but Ayton's small hooks and flip-backs had a good shooting rate. His touch was very soft. The ball hit the basket directly, and Ayton scored 2 point.

Seeing that the basketball hit the rim, Johnson shook his head slightly, and said to Ayton in a low voice: "Hey, kid, good luck, I know how you shot, and I interfered, but you still got caught, I can only say that you are lucky!"

Ayton raised his eyes and glanced at Johnson, pouted: "What's the use of you knowing? Did you interfere? Why don't I feel anything?"

Hearing Ayton's words, Johnson smiled and shook his head, and simply said: "Haha, wait and see, kid."

Originally, he took the initiative to talk to Ayton to get Ayton's mentality. Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Johnson began to rush to the frontcourt, ready to participate in the offense.

In the offensive round of the Lakers, James still held the ball and pushed forward, still looking for Paul to play.

The Suns still used that strategy, but for this shot, James did not choose to shoot a three-pointer again, but took advantage of the short period of time when Paul was weak and delayed, he kicked the ground and rushed forward.

After squeezing past Paul, James strode inside, attracting the help of outside Suns players.

Seeing this, James quickly passed the ball to Johnson who was open outside. After Johnson received the ball, he raised his hand and hit a three-pointer!
The Lakers are 6 to 2 the Suns, temporarily leading!

After Johnson scored, he looked at Ayton inside the Suns, twitched his lips, and shook his head slightly.

No sound was made, but the mocking effect was full!