NBA: Trading Westbrook at the beginning shocked Lao Zhan

Throughout the first quarter, Westbrook was pushed to the bench by Vogel after 2 or 3 minutes of playing, and he was already a little dissatisfied.

And now at the beginning of the second quarter, Vogel has not sent himself to the court, Westbrook's face is getting heavier and heavier, but because of Vogel's face, Westbrook did not have an attack, just sat on the bench and said nothing.

Horton Tucker and Bazemore, who also haven't played yet, were not dissatisfied, and chatted with each other on the bench with a smile.

Looking at the heartless two people, Westbrook shook his head slightly, leaned back on the seat with a sigh, closed his eyes and rested.

Finally, the break is over and the second quarter begins!
The head coach of the Nuggets replaced Aaron Gordon and Monta Morris, Chick Nagy and Jr. Rivers were replaced on the court!
Jokic is still left on the court!
With a whistle, the Nuggets launched an attack!
Rivers Jr. received the bottom line ball, advanced to the frontcourt and began to dominate the offense.

Little Rivers made a tactical gesture, and the Nuggets players began to move quickly to execute the tactics.

Jokic cooperated with other teammates and started to make a lot of off-ball pick-and-rolls!

Obviously, the head coach of the Nuggets wants to use tactical moves to allow other Nuggets players to participate in the offense more, so as to share Jokic's offensive pressure!
The defensive players of the Lakers are implementing infinite defense tactics, sticking closely to the Nuggets players.

The players on the Lakers are all tall and tall, and the Nuggets don't have many inside opportunities!

Through complex tactical moves, the Nuggets finally found a chance to play big with a small one!
Rivers Jr. also saw this opportunity and passed the ball to Button, who faced Howard's defense with the ball.

As a big center, Howard's defensive movement is not fast, and he is relatively weak against small players like Button.

Moreover, Button's offensive ability with the ball is good, and he also has a mid-range shot. Howard is even more difficult to defend!

Although the defense is difficult, Howard still tried his best to use his long arms to interfere with Button's dribbling and shooting.

But in the end, Barton found the opportunity. After he drew Howard's center of gravity with a bow, Barton resolutely broke through, squeezed through his body and made an easy layup.

Back to the offensive round of the Lakers!

James implemented the previous strategy, called the pick-and-roll to cause the Nuggets to switch defenses, but the Nuggets resolutely implemented the strategy of not switching defenses. Chick-Nagy tried his best to bypass the pick-and-roll, and Jokic returned to the basket after a weak delay Protect the rim.

Howard's pick-and-roll can't be played down, and because Howard has no three-point ability, can't make outside shots after the pick-and-roll, and can't open up space, James' breakthrough is very difficult.

After several attempts to break through to no avail, seeing that the offensive time was about to run out, James finally handed the ball to Howard inside in line with the strategy of consuming Jokic.

Howard slammed twice, then turned and hooked two steps inside the free throw line.

This kind of offensive method is not what Howard is good at. Howard didn't have much confidence in this ball. Howard felt crooked when he shot it.

But Lady Luck is still on Howard's side, and the basketball bounces off the border and ends up in the net.

"Oh? Good luck."

Jokic was surprised. He didn't expect Howard to score this goal, so he joked casually.

"It's no luck, fat boy! You'd better learn."

Howard laughed, kept his mouth open, and sprayed back.

Jokic smiled. Although Howard is good at handwork, he is definitely not as good as Jokic!
"It's all about luck, old guy, I'll show you what skills are."

Jokic replied, ran to the frontcourt, fell into the low post and stuck Howard for the ball.

Seeing that Jokic wanted to hit him back, Howard smiled. He wished that Jokic would hit him back with the ball, so that his task of consuming Jokic's physical strength would be completed!

And Howard's body is still very hard now. He was also a DPOY player before. Facing Jokic's back hit, Howard still has a certain degree of confidence that he can prevent it.

"Oh, little fat man, the flesh on your body is so soft, haha!"

"Hey, just this little energy? My grandma can carry you!"

Howard chattered endlessly, constantly disturbing Jokic's mentality with his own trash talk.

And Jokic was indeed aroused by Howard. In this ball, he did not choose to use his proud back-up technique, but kept using his body to force Howard.

But it's not easy to force Howard, even Jokic took a lot of effort to get inside!

Jokic, who scored inside, was very relaxed, turned around and hooked, and easily scored two points.

Although the goal was scored, the head coach of the Nuggets was very dissatisfied. He yelled at Jokic from the sidelines: "Hey, calm down and pay attention to your physical strength!"

Jokic calmed down and knew that he had played too recklessly, so he nodded to the coach to express his understanding.

In the subsequent offensive round of the Nuggets, Jokic played very rationally. Facing Howard's constant provocations, although he was still spraying back, there was no longer a choice to beat Howard. Teammates perform pick-and-rolls and help teammates complete the offense!
On the other hand, the Lakers' offense is very uncomfortable. Howard can't open the space, and Jokic is squatting inside to defend. This makes it more difficult for James to break through.

Under the ebb and flow, the point difference was pulled to 10 points by the Nuggets and Vogel hurriedly called a timeout.

"James, you come down to rest, Johnson and Howard, you two also come down!"

"Westbrook, Anthony, Dyke, you three come on!"

Finally hearing Vogel calling his name, Westbrook stood up abruptly, ready to go on the court and do a big job.

Afterwards, Vogel picked up the tactical board and began to arrange the players' styles of play.

"Let's play five outside and try to consume Jokic's physical strength. Westbrook, you lead the offense, grab the small guard or Jokic on the opposite side, and kill me hard inside. If there is a double-team, resolutely divide the ball ! The rest of you, do your best to catch and shoot at any time!"

"Defensively, Deckard, you're better off going against Jokic, and then try not to switch defenses. Defending the pick-and-roll is weak and delayed. Their guards' three-point ability and ball-point ability are not high, so don't worry!"

Just after the tactics were set up, the timeout just ended, and everyone on the Lakers returned to the court.

The Nuggets did not make any substitutions and continued with the previous lineup.

The ball belonged to the Lakers. After Westbrook took the ball to the frontcourt, he signaled his teammates to pull away.

The rest of the Lakers players quickly pulled away, and because the players on the Lakers team had good shooting ability at this time, the Nuggets players did not dare to let go, and followed the outside line one after another.

The space on the court was stretched a lot, Westbrook nodded with satisfaction, facing the 193cm in front of the relatively thin Rivers, Westbrook did not hesitate, lowered his center of gravity, and prepared to break through.