NBA: Trading Westbrook at the beginning shocked Lao Zhan

Hearing Vogel's words, Westbrook nodded heavily. Just in the first quarter, Westbrook didn't play well, and he kept holding a breath in his heart waiting to be released.

"Coach, I'm ready!"

Vogel nodded: "Stanley Johnson, how is your physical strength now?"

"Of course, of course, Coach Vogel, I'm always ready!"

Stanley Johnson, who has been in the league for many years, of course knows how to seize the opportunity and nodded quickly.

"Well, you will play in the next quarter, top center!"

"Westbrook, Monk, Horton Tucker, Stanley Johnson and Bazemore, five of you play!"

Vogel ordered 5 people on the bench and brought them together to talk about how to play.

"Hey guys, get on the court and get me up to speed!"

"Westbrook, break through more inside and use your strengths. Let's play zone defense and seize every opportunity to defend and counterattack!"

"Bazemore, grab the open shot, Horton Tucker, do that damn defense, defend faster!"

After Vogel finished speaking, the five Lakers who were about to play quickly agreed.

Among them, Westbrook is particularly excited. Vogel's lineup is Westbrook's favorite style of play. With Westbrook as the core, speed up, counterattack, no big center, and 4 teammates who can shoot!

Finally able to enjoy the game!

Westbrook exercised his muscles and bones, ready to show his energy on the court.

The referee's whistle sounded, and the second quarter began, and Westbrook took the remaining 4 players on the court.

The Pelicans Ingram and Varan are still on the court. Obviously, the Pelicans still want to recover the point difference!
"Oh, the Lakers actually only kept Stanley Johnson on the court, and both Thick Eyebrow and James were left off the court!"

After seeing the Lakers lineup, O'Neal was a little surprised.

"Yeah, this kind of substitution is rare, and this lineup is only supported by Stanley Johnson inside, which is really too weak!"

Barkley in front of the commentary shook his head slightly, not very optimistic about this lineup.

Unlike Barkley, after seeing this lineup, Lin Fei's eyes lit up as he was sitting in the box.

Lin Fei doesn't know if Vogel's lineup can win points, but Lin Fei knows that this lineup will definitely allow Westbrook to play beautiful statistics!

Not only that, but due to Westbrook's breakthrough ability, Bazemore and Horton Tucker can also get a lot of open shots and cuts, which is also very important for their data improvement!

Of course, the shortcomings of this lineup are also obvious. As Barkley said, the interior is empty and the defense is difficult to guarantee!
But this lineup is all about attacking!

It seems that the second quarter of the game will be very interesting.

Lin Fei smiled slightly, sat up a little bit, and concentrated on watching the game on the field.

The game officially started, the Lakers sent the baseline ball, Westbrook deeply implemented Coach Vogel's words, raised his speed and rushed towards the Pelicans penalty area.

After attracting double-teaming, he passed the ball to the outside line. Bazemore on the outside line got an open opportunity and made a shot!

During the Pelicans offensive round, the Pelicans coach made tactical gestures to Ingram on the sidelines.

Ingram understood and signaled the other players to try their best to attack the inside of the Lakers and let Valando play!
Although the Lakers are defending the zone defense at this time, the Pelicans still rely on the height advantage of the inside to score frequently.

On the other hand, the Lakers are trying their best to speed up, and Westbrook also frequently sent explosive dunks and assists!
The entire second quarter completely turned into a stage for Westbrook's performance, and the crazy performance made countless Lakers fans present go crazy!

But under the crazy performance, Westbrook also made a lot of mistakes, and the Pelicans frequently used the inside advantage to counterattack, the point difference did not actually widen!

At the end of the second quarter, halftime, with the cheers of the Lakers fans, the Lakers players returned to the team lounge.

Vogel looked at Westbrook recovering his strength in the lounge, and nodded in satisfaction.

Although the point difference has not widened, Westbrook still bought precious rest time for James and Big Eyebrow!
Perhaps it is the best way to use Westbrook in this way!
"Westbrook, you did a great job, but you still need to reduce your mistakes!"

Vogel explained to Westbrook earnestly.

Westbrook nodded and showed a satisfied smile. It can be seen that Westbrook played very well in this quarter.

"As for the others, Johnson and Monk are also doing well, very energetic!"

Vogel also praised Stanley Johnson and Monk, and then turned to Horton Tucker and Bazemore.

The defensive problems of these two people are too big. Bazemore's pace is slow and his defensive awareness is average. As for Horton Tucker, although his physical foundation is good, his defensive awareness is too poor, so he jumped at one point!
Vogel shook his head lightly, and explained to the two, and the two agreed, saying that they would pay attention to their defense.

But how can defensive footsteps and awareness be corrected with just a little attention?Vogel has coached for so many years, so he naturally understands this truth.

Bazemore is okay. It was originally a basic salary contract, and he did as much work as he paid. Vogel didn't expect Bazemore to do much.

And looking at Horton Tucker, who has a good body but poor defense, Vogel gets angry. With such a big contract, the offense will only be done alone, and the defense will always be missed!

Thinking of what Lin Fei said before to trade Horton Tucker, Vogel shook his head secretly in his heart.

With such a player, Vogel thought about it and didn't know which team would take over.

Hey, let our Chinese boy solve this kind of troublesome thing!

Vogel sighed softly and brought his thoughts back to the game.

"In the next quarter, James, you will bring the big lineup in the first quarter to play, widen the game point difference, and try to beat the game!"

Vogel chose to send a large lineup led by James to play. After widening the gap in the game, let Westbrook play with a small lineup. This will not only guarantee the victory of the game, but also allow Westbrook to play good statistics!

James quickly agreed.

Although he didn't play the entire second quarter, James did not show any dissatisfaction.

James, who has experienced many battles, naturally understands that the reason Vogel did this is to make Westbrook's data more beautiful and increase the value of the transaction.

After so many games, James also saw that Westbrook was really incompatible with the Lakers. James agreed in his heart about trading Westbrook away.

But after all, he was the one who pulled Westbrook over by himself at the beginning, and it would not be appropriate for him to come forward and say that Westbrook should be traded away.

Now that Lin Fei is the villain, James agrees with both hands.

So for things like playing time, James is very open. In front of the championship, no one will care about these things!

But Westbrook on the side doesn't think so!
Throughout the second quarter, Westbrook felt that he played very well, but the head coach Vogel actually refused to let himself continue to play in the third quarter to continue his state. Westbrook was very puzzled.

But due to the atmosphere in the locker room, Westbrook did not question it in the end, and silently accepted Vogel's decision.

Intermission time has passed, the game continues!
James led the big lineup and performed well. After more than half of the third quarter, the point difference has been completely opened.

At this time, the point difference has reached more than 20 points, and it can be said that the game has been spent.

Vogel quickly replaced the big lineup, and pressed Nongmei firmly on the bench, for fear that Brother Nongmei would be injured.

The subsequent games were very casual. Under Vogel's arrangement, Westbrook played and led the small lineup to maintain the point difference.

In the middle of the fourth quarter, Westbrook dedicated his tomahawk dunks many times, which made the Lakers fans present hooked, and it was worth the fare!

After that, Vogel asked James to play for a while to stabilize his playing time.

With the final whistle, the game is over!
The Lakers beat the weak Pelicans by a dozen points!
At the same time, the system prompt sounded in Lin Fei's mind.

(Complete the task and get 3 dynasty points!)

After hearing the system prompt, Lin Fei stood up from the box seat. He didn't use Dynasty Points to buy lucky draw opportunities immediately, but went straight to the backstage to attend the post-match press conference.

This was Lin Fei's first game for the Lakers after becoming the general manager. The reporters must have a lot of weird questions waiting to ask Lin Fei.

Jessica, who was beside her, looked at Lin Fei with a nervous face, and teased, "Lin Fei, this is the first post-match press conference in a while, are you nervous?"

Lin Fei took a deep breath: "It's okay, I'm just a little bit nervous!"