NBA: Trading Westbrook at the beginning shocked Lao Zhan

As the referee blew his whistle, the Lakers sent a baseline ball, and James held the ball and pushed forward.

James dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and Ingram, who was defending him, did not dare to neglect, and kept a half-step distance from James tightly.

James scans his eyes, looking for the Pelicans' defensive weaknesses.

At this time, the Pelicans followed the coach's instructions and adopted a man-to-man defensive strategy.

Man-to-man is an opportunity for the offensive team to show their personal abilities one by one!
James, who has experienced many battles, immediately understood how to fight!
"Hey Anthony! Get him stuck!"

James signaled Anthony to get stuck on the bottom line, and Anthony immediately understood, and firmly stuck Abvarado, who was defending him, behind him.

James lobbed the ball high into Anthony's hands, and Anthony used the ball to sit inside twice.

Seeing that the rest of the Pelicans hadn't come to help defend, Anthony made a decisive decision and made a steady jumper.

The Lakers pulled back two points!
"Oh oh oh, James is very smart, just find your defensive weakness!"

"Yes, I have to say, this is a very easy score!"

Barkley and O'Neal in front of the commentary praised James again and again.

"You can't stop me at all! Young man, change someone to defend me!"

Anthony laughed, and taunted Abu Varado beside him.

Abvarado didn't speak, took the ball silently, advanced to the frontcourt and handed the ball to Ingram.

Ingram shook his head and passed the ball back to Abvarado: "Hey, man, show them some color!"

Abwala's multi-point head holds the ball and prepares to attack.

At this time, the player defending Abvarado was Stanley Johnson, who Lin Fei had just signed.

Facing the tall Stanley Johnson, Abvarado didn't panic and dribbled the ball looking for opportunities.

In a disguised form, take a step back, make a false obeisance, break through and pull back!
Stanley Johnson's defense was good. After a series of technical moves, Abwarak found a chance and shot quickly.

But Stanley Johnson's athletic talent is much better than that of Abvarado. He jumped high and interfered with Abvarado's shooting.

In order not to suffer from hot pot, Abvarado was forced to adjust the shooting arc higher. The basketball fell on the back iron. Valan took the opportunity to rush into the inside and prepare to grab a rebound.

Howard found Wa Lan, and got stuck in front of Wa Lan with a step. He pushed Wa Lan slightly with his butt and then jumped up to grab the board.

Varan was so disturbed by Howard, his force became no longer smooth, his take-off height became lower, and he didn't get stuck in the position, this rebound was finally firmly grasped by Howard.

"Howard, throw it!"

At this time, James had quietly ran to the center line, and he turned his head and shouted loudly at Howard.

Howard froze for a moment, and quickly threw the basketball forward.

James staggered to catch the ball, blew the ball vigorously and adjusted it, pushed away Ingram who was blocking in front, and made a dunk.

The ball was played very tough, and the Lakers fans stood up and cheered, even Barkley and O'Neal in front of the commentary also exclaimed.

"Oh! This ball is definitely the top five balls today!"

"Yeah, yeah, that's tough! Oh my god!"

Pelicans 11:6 Lakers!
Although the Pelicans are still leading at this time, the momentum has completely fallen on the Lakers' side. The head coach of the Pelicans also saw it. He stood on the sidelines and yelled at Ingram.

"Hey, hey, play tactics, play tactics, don't let me see your brainless singles again!"

Ingram nodded, took the ball and sent it to Abvarado, and Abvarado dribbled the ball to the frontcourt.

The Lakers are adopting a 3-2 zone defense at this time, which has relatively large restrictions on three-pointers.

Abvarado took the ball and began to direct his teammates to run.

On the wing, Ingram skirts the pick-and-roll and comfortably catches the ball on the baseline.

Howard hurriedly went to make up for Ingram, and the Lakers were empty inside at this time!
The 45-degree Trey Murphy hurriedly cut into the Lakers penalty area!

Ingram understood, a ground pass, and the ball fell firmly into Trey Murphy's hands!
Trey Murphy didn't think much, jumped up and dunked with the ball, and suddenly, there was a bang!
James came out from behind, jumped high and nailed the ball to the backboard!

The sound of the basketball hitting the backboard echoed in the Lakers arena, and was instantly overwhelmed by the roar of the fans.

"OMG! OMG! This is James!"

"Oh, shit! That's something a 37-year-old guy can do?"

"Shit! This is James!!"

At this time, Trey Murphy was sitting on the ground blankly, the noisy voices of the fans filled his ears, Trey Murphy was unmoved, his brain seemed to be down.

At this time, James held the ball and was about to push a fast break. Ingram quickly returned to defense, and at the same time shouted at Trey Murphy who was sitting on the ground: "Hey! Get up and defend!"

Trey Murphy finally reacted, and quickly got up to catch up.

But after all, it was still a slow step. The Lakers were 5-on-4 in the frontcourt at this time. James made a breakthrough, attracted double-teams and passed to Stanley Johnson on the three-point line.

Stanley Johnson raised the knife and hit a three-pointer with one hit!
The score gap has narrowed to 2 points, and the head coach of the Pelicans hastily called a timeout.

During the timeout, the big screen at the Lakers' home court began to replay James' wonderful performance just now.

I saw Trey Murphy on the screen receiving a pass from Ingram, jumping up and dunking, while James and Trey Murphy in the back jumped up one step away, relying on super high bullet speed, his big hand covered him heavily on basketball.

After seeing the slow-motion playback, the Lakers fans couldn't help cheering, and even Barkley and O'Neal in front of the commentary couldn't help but exclaim.

"To be honest, it's hard to imagine that a 37-year-old guy can complete such a block!"

"This is really crazy!"

"You're right, Barkley, oh oh oh, look, look, Trey Murphy is confused by this big hat!"

O'Neill suddenly changed the subject, pointing to Trey Murphy who was sitting on the ground on the screen with a smile.

"No matter what happens, you must return to defense. Trey Murphy's move is very unprofessional! Maybe he was really stunned by James!"

Buckley looked at Trey Murphy's embarrassment and smiled helplessly.

"Hey, he's just a rookie, where did he experience this?"

"Okay O'Neal, he does have a lot of room for improvement! Oh, the timeout is over, let's continue to turn our attention to the field!"

At the end of the timeout, the Lakers lineup remained unchanged, and the Pelicans raised the lineup height, replacing Abvarado and Hayes.

Afterwards, the Pelicans and the Lakers played a regular game. At this time, the Pelicans hadn't traded for CJ and Nance Jr., and the lineup only had Ingram as a blast point, and the team's record was also at the bottom of the Western Conference.

The strength of the Lakers lineup is higher than that of the Pelicans!After a quarter of tug-of-war, the Lakers lead by 6 points!
At the end of the first quarter, Vogel already knows the level of the Pelicans, and it will not be a problem to win the Pelicans this time!

In this case
Vogel turned his gaze to Westbrook on the bench.

"Hey, Westbrook, it's your performance in the next quarter!!"