NBA: Trading Westbrook at the beginning shocked Lao Zhan

The ball returned to the Cavaliers again. Facing Bradley's close defense, Jialan still chose to enter the interior for this ball.

Under Howard's defense, Jialan decisively chose a small throw. However, he failed to score in two consecutive rounds, which made Jialan feel worse than before. This throw did not score in the end.

Seeing that Jialan didn't throw the ball into the basket, the Cavaliers' "three highs" decisively went inside, trying to use their height advantage to grab rebounds.

However, the arc of this ball plus the blue throw was very high. After it fell on the back iron of the basket, it bounced a long way with a bang. It was obviously a long rebound.

The "three highs" of the Cavaliers who entered the inside had no way to grab this long rebound. In this way, this rebound finally fell into the hands of Brogdon who was waiting outside.

After Brogdon got the ball, he decisively chose a fast break and counterattack!

At the same time, Powell and Bradley of the Lakers also followed Brogdon in the fast break.

The Cavaliers' outsiders Jia Lan and Okoro also reacted, and quickly followed Brogdon's footsteps to return to defense.

But the Cavaliers' insiders were all nestled in the three-second zone at this time, and it was too late to go back to the backcourt to defend.

In this way, at this time the Lakers formed a good opportunity to fast break 3 to 2!

The Lakers have always grasped this kind of opportunity to play more and less. In addition, the Cavaliers' defender Jialan is relatively weak in defense. Therefore, after simply passing the ball, the Lakers simply scored two points.

The Lakers scored another 2 points and fixed the score at 6:2!

Although the points were almost the same, Cavaliers head coach Bickerstaff obviously sensed something was wrong and quickly called a timeout.

During the timeout, Cavaliers head coach Bickerstaff hurriedly called the Cavaliers to sit on the bench, and then took a tactical board and began to paint and draw.

"Hey guys, we're in their trap!"

"Jialan, reduce the number of times you go inside, buddy, when our three-high system is on the court, all you have to do is mobilize them. You know, our inside is much better than the Lakers now!"

"So, play more pick-and-rolls. When Bradley is still defending you like that, just play pick-and-rolls for me. Our inside players can all receive the pie you send, and they can all complete the offense!"

Listening to the words of the head coach Bickerstaff, Jialan nodded. Jialan realized the mistakes in the rounds just now after he got off the court. Now that this problem has been pointed out by the coach, Jialan is only modest. nod.

Seeing Jia Lan being so modest, head coach Bickerstaff nodded in relief.

Meanwhile, the Lakers bench.

The Lakers played well in those rounds just now, and Vogel couldn't point out anything wrong.

However, Vogel has been keenly aware of the possible strategies of the Cavaliers, so he quickly took the tactical board and gathered the Lakers players together at the same time.

"Guys, we did a good job just now. Our defensive strategy is very successful, and our offense is also beautiful!"

Vogel first encouraged the players, and then changed the subject: "However, the Cavaliers must make adjustments now. I'm sure that if the Cavaliers' three-high system is still on the court, Jialan will definitely play. Pick-and-roll, so let's talk about how we should play when we encounter a pick-and-roll!"

"First of all, let's make it clear that there is only one core of the Cavaliers: Jialan. Their internal offensive ability is not strong. Therefore, when we face the pick-and-roll later, our two defenders must give I'll go up and double-team Jialan for a short time!"

"At the same time, the defenders on the far end immediately ran to the inside to block their inside players' swipe!"

"Afterwards, after forcing Jia Lan to take the ball, the center immediately went down, and then every player returned to his defensive position!"

"If their pick-and-roll occurs one step or more beyond the three-point line, we can let Jia Lan shoot a super long three-pointer, and his super long three-pointer can't kill us!"

After talking about the defensive strategy, Vogel paused for a while to give the players time to digest.

After a while, Vogel coughed twice to attract the players' attention. After that, Vogel began to talk about the offensive end:

"On the offensive end, we still use the magic ball strategy, reduce mid-range shots, and go to Jialan to play more!"

Having said that, Vogel paused slightly, his eyes swept around the faces of the surrounding Lakers players. After a short pause, Vogel said again:

"Covington, you go down and rest for a while, Anthony, you go up, remember, guys, on the offensive end, no matter who is against Jialan among the five of you, I will beat him hard!"

The first reason why Anthony was chosen is that Anthony is of sufficient size to be able to withstand the forward players in the Cavaliers' "three high" system to a certain extent on the defensive end.

The second reason is that Anthony's singles ability is better than Covington's. Whether it is a face-up breakthrough or a post-up singles, Anthony has a great confidence in scoring goals when facing Jialan!

"Okay, coach, I understand!"

Anthony met Vogel's eyes, nodded slightly, and responded quickly.

Vogel hummed, then waved his hand, signaling the Lakers players to disperse and let them recover their strength.

After a while, the timeout ended and the players from both sides returned to the field.

The ball returned to the Cavaliers, and Jialan advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

As soon as he arrived in the frontcourt, as Vogel expected, when facing Bradley's press again, Garland directly called his teammate Jarrett Allen to come over for a pick-and-roll!

It has to be said that the pick-and-roll efficiency of the "three-high" system of Jialan and the Cavaliers is very high and it is difficult to defend.

However, fortunately, the Lakers had Vogel's explanation during the timeout. Facing Garan's pick-and-roll, the Lakers' defense was okay.

However, it is far from being able to say that they have prevented their pick-and-rolls, and it can only be regarded as limiting their efficiency.

On the offensive end, the Lakers continued Vogel's strategy. No matter which of the five players on the Lakers is against Jialan, they immediately want the ball to attack.

Under the disadvantage of height, as long as the matchup is formed, it will be difficult for Jialan to guard against the Lakers players.

However, although Jialan's defense is not very good, his offensive ability is still guaranteed. Therefore, Cavaliers coach Bickerstaff has not replaced their outside player Jialan.

In this way, the scores of the two teams became stalemate strangely. For the entire two quarters, the tactics of the Cavaliers and the Lakers did not change, and the players were replaced by players with the same technical characteristics. Change.

It is worth mentioning that during this period, neither the Lakers' starting point guard Brogdon nor the Cavaliers' starting point guard Garland got any rest time!

When the halftime whistle blew, the score between the two sides was fixed at 54:51, and the Lakers temporarily led by 3 points.

However, although the Lakers have a 3-point lead, in a basketball game, these three points are almost negligible.

Vogel, who returned to the Lakers locker room, still had a serious expression on his face. Now that Brogdon of the Lakers and Garland of the Cavaliers have not rested, and the two are not the kind of monsters with perverted physical strength, it is impossible for them to fight together. the whole field.

Therefore, if the two still want to play in the fourth quarter, they will have to rest for at least half a quarter in the third quarter!
Brogdon is okay. Although his end has a certain impact on the strength of the Lakers, the impact is not too great.

The Cavaliers' Jialan is different. Once he is off the court, the Cavaliers can only use LeVert and Goodwin to play instead. Compared with Jialan, LeVert and Goodwin, It's not at 01:30 that the efficiency drops!

The position of point guard is extremely important to the Cavaliers. Their point guard is the key to mobilizing the "three highs" system of the Cavaliers. Once the strength of the point guard declines, it will be a devastating blow to the Cavaliers.

Therefore, in general, the strength of the Cavaliers in the third quarter will be very weak, and this time is also the best opportunity for the Lakers to open the score.