NBA: Trading Westbrook at the beginning shocked Lao Zhan

"Guys, in a moment, we play a small lineup, Johnson, Bembry, Dyke, Boucher and Rivers, five of you play, Rivers, you handle the ball."

"At the offensive end, it's still the same strategy. The five of us on the court are all capable of three-pointers. If you find an opportunity, give me a bold shot. You must dare to make a shot!"

"As for the defensive end, Dyke and Boucher, the two of you have heavy tasks. I only have one request. Protect the rebounds for me, and then withstand their inside attack and low attack!"

Vogel quickly arranged his strategy in the Lakers locker room. After speaking, he waved his hand and signaled the Lakers players to go to rest by themselves.

Meanwhile, the Cavaliers locker room.

The atmosphere in the locker room was a bit heavy, because of Bickerstaff's bold strategy in the first two quarters, Jialan has played for two consecutive quarters.

In these two quarters, Jia Lan took on most of the offensive tasks. On the defensive end, he was also frequently targeted by the Lakers. On the seat, bead-sized beads of sweat emerged from the pores, ran across the cheeks, and landed on the ground. After a while, a small puddle of water appeared under Jia Lan's body.

Seeing Jialan's appearance, Bickerstaff knew that Jialan's current physical strength could no longer last for two quarters, and he had to get a certain period of rest in the third quarter.

Ugh.

Bickerstaff couldn't help but sighed slightly. The reason why Jialan played two consecutive quarters was to widen the point difference in the first two quarters, but he didn't expect that the Lakers' players were so resilient.

Not only that, the Lakers feel very good today, especially Gua Anthony, facing the "three highs" of the Cavaliers on the offensive end, Anthony is not afraid at all, using his experience to continuously single the Cavaliers inside.

Post-up singles, fadeaway jumpers, all kinds of skills are very sophisticated, and the Cavaliers playing inside are miserable.

In this way, under the toughness of the Lakers and Anthony's continuous singles, Bickerstaff's goal of opening the score in the first two quarters not only failed, but even fell behind by three points!
However, although the current situation is not very good, Bickerstaff, as the head coach of the Cavaliers, still has to stabilize his emotions and actively make adjustments.

After coughing twice, Bickerstaff clapped his hands, signaling the Cavaliers players to look over.

"Well, guys, we had a good first half!"

"But the situation is still very serious now, guys, cheer me up!"

"When I'm going to play in a while, Jialan won't play first, so take a break. You have a heavy task tonight, and you only have half a quarter of rest time at most!"

"Then, you two, Le Vere and Goodwin, took turns to take the place of Garan. Remember, you won't have too many chances to perform today. When you play, cheer me up! "

"Afterwards, Love, Mobley, Allen, Markkanen, you four take turns to play, we must maintain at least two tall centers!"

"Stevens, Dean Wade, Osman, Okoro, Wendler, the five of you will take turns playing and share the playing time at positions 2,3 and [-]."

After talking about the playing arrangements of the players in detail, Cavaliers coach Bickerstaff paused, and then said: "Defensive strategy, we mark people and let them play singles. Now our lineup is very high. They want to If we are singled out, the efficiency will not be too high!"

"On the offensive end, Allen, Love, Mobley, Markkanen, you all play inside for me. Their inside Howard won't play too much time. Take advantage of his height and play high!"

After the arrangement, Bickerstaff waved his hand, signaling the Cavaliers players to disperse and recover their strength.

After a while, the intermission ended and players from both sides re-entered the field.

As soon as they played, the goal of the Cavaliers was very clear. Through the pick-and-roll or the low position, let the Cavaliers receive the ball inside and frantically hit the inside of the Lakers.

Faced with such an offensive strategy, all members of the Lakers have long been prepared.

Although the Cavaliers have a height advantage, the defensive ability of the Lakers' inside combination Boucher and Deckard is not bad. Dyke defends top and Boucher assists in defense. The two cooperate perfectly!
Even if sometimes they can't catch the rebound, Boucher and Dyke can quickly build up the defense again.

When the Lakers were attacking, Anthony and Rivers of the Lakers fired frequently, especially Anthony, who still continued his firepower output in the first half. Frequent shots.

Even though the hands of the Cavaliers defenders have been sealed to Anthony's face in some rounds, Anthony has been able to stagger throw the basketball into the basket with his fiery touch.

In this way, the Lakers relied on Anthony's outstanding performance on the offensive end to maintain the point difference until the second half of the third quarter, when Jialan played again and the situation changed.