start with scouting

Chapter 405 Formal bidding
The pause ends soon.

Probably realizing that Billups' presence on the court is of little help to the offense and the defensive end is easy to slow down. Clippers coach Nigro arranged for Jamal Crawford to come on as a replacement, skipping Billups' regular substitute Willie Green, Really anxious.

But the Clippers' outside offensive threat has increased significantly.

After all, Crawford's offensive efficiency with the ball and fixed-point shooting percentage are not bad, and his tactical value is much higher than that of Billups.

The game continues.

The Clippers' offense still starts with Iverson's crosscut + LOOP + lower screen routine. The basketball is shifted from the strong to the weak side. Crawford takes the ball on the left wing and then passes it to Griffin in the waist. It seems that a tactic has not been completed. You have to win to continue the game,
Considering that Crawford scored well, Kobe did not shrink and double-team Griffin according to Su Yang's arrangement during the timeout, and Green's single-defense size was a bit disadvantageous. Griffin forced a back attack to squeeze out the space, and hurriedly turned around and rushed to the basket , and turned around on the spot with an emergency stop.

Green jumped into the air to block the shot, and then the basketball crashed into the net. The Clippers broke the long scoring drought and scored two points with difficulty.

Seeing the Clippers score, Su Yang was not in a hurry, and instead shouted a reminder to the court: "This offensive Kobe is here to play..."

It's just to shout loudly, it's to launch a psychological offensive against Crawford. Who made Crawford's defense so poor?
If Kobe succeeds in scoring, it will not only hit Crawford, but also other Clippers players. Maybe Griffin will have some small thoughts: Nima, I worked so hard to get two points, you turn around A few seconds gave the Lakers two points.

In the blink of an eye, Kobe singled out Crawford with the ball behind his back at 45 degrees on the left side, shook his shoulders and shook his hands, then made an emergency stop, turned around and stepped up and down, easily flew Crawford, and finally faced Jordan trying to defend, The low hand draws a foul while also scoring the basketball.

The referee blew his whistle to give an additional penalty, MVP shouts sounded in the Staples Center, and Kobe stood calmly at the free throw line.

Taking advantage of the gap between free throws, Su Yang arranged for Jordan Hill to replace Green, breaking the usual rotation strategy.

Assistant coach Mike Brown asked curiously why he did that. Su Yang explained: "The Clippers arranged for Crawford to play in advance, and they are more anxious about scoring. Coupled with the scouting report research, I guess they will add one more main player in the substitute stage. ..."

The impact of the Clippers' bench is relatively strong. This time, adjusting Green to spend more time on the bench can also deal with Bledsoe, Crawford, and Barnes and Odom. In other words, Jordan Hill is not so good defensively.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Kobe made an additional free throw, and the Lakers led by 11 points. Unfortunately, Paul turned around and hit a three-pointer.

The two teams come and go, Su Yang took advantage of the dead ball gap, and silently replaced Curry with Blake in advance to rest, intending to let Curry come on the bench early in the second quarter, bullying Bledsoe's lack of awareness of off-ball defense, Make up for the Lakers' bench disadvantage.

If it's a regular season, Su Yang will have a high probability of normal rotation, and it doesn't matter if he loses, but every game in the playoffs is very important.

After the first quarter, the Lakers lead the Clippers 33 to 25, and the secondary data such as rebounds and blocks are fully dominant.

The game entered the second quarter. As Su Yang expected, the Clippers chose to have Griffin and Caron Butler on the court at the same time, and together with Bledsoe, Crawford, and Odom, they formed an overall body that was short in height and impactful. A lineup with overflowing abilities obviously needs to play fast.

Su Yang simultaneously dispatched a lineup of Curry + Green + Jordan Hill + Jamison + Meeks, balanced inside and outside, scoring ability far surpassed the Clippers, and the defensive end used 32 defenses, bullying the Clippers inside is not so tough, fully restricting the Clippers The outside line breaks through.

After five rounds, the Lakers played a wave of 14 to 7, leading by 15 points, and the scene showed a crushing trend.

The main points of the Lakers are either to easily conduct open shots, or to play more and less fast breaks, while the Clippers are almost all struggling singles. The impact is indeed strong, but Bledsoe's passing and organizational skills are in the middle Ten Jeff Teague short.

Paul and Jordan Jr., the two main players of the Clippers, had to end their break early and return to the game. However, Su Yang followed up with Kobe and Gasol to suppress the Clippers in both offense and defense, and made the Clippers lose the entire second quarter. , thanks to Paul's 5 of 4 shots to continue his life.

After halftime, the Lakers led 66 to 47. Many Clippers fans took off their outer T-shirts to reveal their Lakers jerseys.

Su Yang was interviewed by ESPN team reporter Lindsay on the sidelines. He talked about why the lead was as high as 19 points. He said with a smile: "We played very hard. 15 assists scored..."

There is another sentence that Su Yang didn't say: The Clippers' rotation arrangement is so funny, it's a waste of time to give away the victory.

Back in the locker room, he briefly summarized the gains and losses in the first half, and then analyzed and predicted the changes that the Clippers might make in the second half. Su Yang settled the halftime meeting in a few minutes and led the team back to the court. Grab the shooting warm-up practice.

Seeing the cautious efforts of the Lakers, ESPN guest commentator Van Gundy sighed: "Many people think that the Lakers are ranked fifth in the Western Conference in the regular season, and their strength has dropped significantly compared to last season, but they ignore Kobe's injury. They are one of the four favorites to win the championship..."

Breen asked: "The other three favorites, are they Miami, San Antonio, and Oklahoma?"

Van Gundy shrugged: "Of course, the west is strong and the east is weak..."

During the conversation, the third quarter started.

Perhaps in order to help the Lakers win better, Clippers head coach Nigro very cooperatively arranged for Billups to continue to start the game. Su Yang watched the operation and adjusted the defensive strategy to a 23-zone defense, making full use of the Clippers' shortcomings in shooting deviation from outside .

The Clippers used a large-scale defense, and they did not hesitate to foul to reduce the scoring efficiency of the Lakers. Butler got 2 hits, and the referee acquiesced in some slight pushes and bumps, which really made Curry struggle, but it did not affect the overall situation.

After three quarters, the Lakers 91 to 67, leading the Clippers by 24 points, allowing the fourth quarter to enter garbage time ahead of schedule.

Maybe it's the idea that losing the game will consume the Lakers, or maybe it's the historical case of a 22-point reversal in the fourth quarter against the Grizzlies. The Clippers didn't give up in the fourth quarter and continued to use a large-scale defense. Even against Curry.

However, Sao made a lot of manipulations and was unable to change the situation. The Lakers started to use all substitutes in the last 3 minutes and still won 105 to 83.

Throughout the game, Kobe and Pau Gasol also scored 24 points, while Curry sent 13 assists and scored 16 points.

In addition, a total of six players in the team scored in double figures, but the Clippers made 13 to 8 turnovers, mainly because they were intercepted by the Clippers as many as 8 times.

After the game, there was a simple review in the locker room. Su Yang reminded that in the next game, attention should be paid to reducing the number of live balls being intercepted, and trying to avoid the Clippers from playing efficient and fast counterattacks. At the press conference, he took the initiative to say that he would focus on solving the Clippers' steals. The problem.

Anyway, after the on-court game is over, the off-court game continues, smoke bombs and psychological warfare are carried out together, trying to play the Clippers stupidly.

Returning to the apartment early in the morning, Jiang Ruolan served the prepared dumplings for supper, and massaged Su Yang's shoulders to relax, chatted a few words and turned to the main topic: "The funds have been raised, the bidding committee has been formed, and we can start the bidding." Buy King's Plan."

Su Yang thought about it. The Kings owner Marouf Brothers had reached a preliminary agreement with the Seattle consortium before, but the plan to relocate the Kings still needs to be approved by the NBA board. Bid for the king so that the king can stay in Saskatchewan, even at the expense of reducing the share in the next few years.

According to the original history, the NBA Board of Directors will initially vote against the King’s relocation plan on April 4, and then the Seattle consortium will increase the purchase price by 30 million US dollars, but the NBA Board of Directors continues to deny it, followed by Saskatchewan Mayor Kevin Johnson to find The Indian boss jumped out and successfully completed the acquisition of the king from the hands of the king boss Maruf brothers.

"Formally submit the application for acquiring the Kings to the NBA board of directors, and prepare an explanation for me first..."

Su Yang made up his mind that the cut-in time of the acquisition application is very important. If he rushes to April 4, before the NBA board of directors denies the relocation, he directly promises not to relocate, which will have a great advantage for the bidding, and can also cut off the relocation. Hu Indian boss.

The Indian boss is backed by the mayor of Saskatchewan and the Jacobs family of the Goldman Sachs consortium, so he will be a difficult opponent.

Another advantage of making an early move is that there is no need to reduce the king's share in the next few years in order to win the approval of the council.

But in this bidding, the identity of MT company will definitely be announced, and Su Yang, as the owner of MT company, will definitely be exposed.

At that time, his identity as the head coach of the Lakers will be very embarrassing, and he must prepare a statement in advance to avoid rumors.

(End of this chapter)