super small forward

Chapter 107 107. This is just the beginning

At halftime, Liu Ren made 5 turnovers!Just after halftime, the personal turnover record was refreshed, and the Nets' defense was almost nothing.

"Everyone did a good job in the first half. The opponent is one of the best defensive teams in the league. We must do a good job in the second half..."

During the intermission, D'Antoni kept cheering his players on.

D'Antoni really has no choice but to rely on the players themselves to deal with the Nets' style of play.

That's how the Spurs dealt with his Suns back then, and tortured him to death. Back then, his Suns were usually very sharp offensively, much sharper than the current Lakers, but they misfired when they met the Spurs.

Seeing that D'Antoni only kept emphasizing offense, Liu Ren felt a little bored.

He remembered that the Suns could not pass the Spurs level under D'Antoni. Later, after the coach was changed to Kim Terry, they obviously lost several key players, but passed the Spurs level. The offensive and defensive balance was achieved, and the defending champion Lakers played in Game [-] of the Western Conference Finals.

Liu Ren feels that D'Antoni is an idealist, always wanting to prove something that has been proven unworkable.

"What's the matter? You're about to collapse from being guarded by that Russian?" Kobe's teasing voice came.

Liu Ren gave Kobe a white look: "That guy is so disgusting, I really want to punch him."

"Then give him a punch!" Kobe said with a sneer.

What the hell?Liu Ren was stupefied, while Kobe was talking in a low voice while smiling slyly.

……

The second half of the game begins.

Now the score on the field is very close, 47 to 51, the Lakers are 4 points behind the Nets.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the two sides did not replace the main force, but each replaced the rotation lineup.

On the Lakers side, Marshall, Nick Young, Wesley Johnson, Antetokounmpo, and Whiteside played, and they were said to be the second team, but the Lakers' second team is no worse than their current starting lineup.

The second lineup of the Lakers is often used to chase points, that is, the Lakers, Spurs, and Eagles can rely on the second lineup to chase points when the main lineup is not performing properly.

Like the Lakers' games in the first two months of this season, the Lakers' second team played against the opponent's second team after playing. Which team would be extravagant enough to put a top-five rebounder like Whiteside on the bench ?
With Whiteside here, Nick Young is unceremonious on the outside and makes wild shots, even if the shooting percentage is not high, it doesn't matter, brother has a board!

The 4-point difference was wiped out by the Lakers in less than 2 minutes.

59 to 57, the Lakers overtook by two points, and only 2 minutes passed, forcing the Nets to a timeout.

Less than 2 minutes into the third quarter, Kidd called a timeout.

There’s no way, it looks like the Lakers might open up the point difference in two or three hits. This is terrible. The Nets’ main defense is good, but the offense is not good. The point difference is too big even if their main force comes back. The opponent can't catch up!This season they lost the game not once or twice.

In desperation, Kidd took the lead in replacing the main force, and after resting for so long at halftime, the starters also recovered a lot of physical strength.

Deron, Joe Johnson, Pierce, Kirilenko, Garnett played together.

D'Antoni also made substitutions, but not all of his substitutions started. Antetokounmpo, Marshall and Wesley Johnson were off, and Liu Ren, Gasol, and Nash were on.

Nash, Nick Young, Liu Ren, Gasol, Whiteside.

This is basically the strongest lineup the Lakers can come up with right now.

D'Antoni is preparing to open the gap in one fell swoop in the third quarter.

The Nets made the first attack, Pierce played singles from the outside, and Liu Ren was defending him.

The old offensive kaleidoscope is still an offensive kaleidoscope, Pierce is full of fake moves, Liu Ren has been telling himself not to be deceived by the opponent's fake moves.

Pierce stepped forward continuously, and his movements tended to be between walking and non-walking. Even the referee was confused. His small small steps are estimated to be comparable to him in the entire league.

Is it time to dance?Or is it about to break through?Still going to dance?Still want to break through?
It took several seconds to dribble with the ball, and Pierce was still making fake moves there, not in a hurry at all.

Liu Ren finally understood why James would fall in front of the Celtics a few years ago. The old man played too much and made the opponent anxious. Unknowingly, he felt inexplicable irritability in his heart.

Pierce made another small jump, this time Liu Ren finally couldn't help but took half a step back.

Meanwhile, Pierce picked up the ball for a quick [-]-pointer.

The goal was scored, 60 to 59, and the Nets took the lead again.

Fuck me, this old man can do it!
Liu Ren understood why James couldn't guard Pierce anymore. This guy was too patient and determined.

And this ball is very horizontal!There is a feeling of being unreasonable.

The Lakers attack and Nash holds the ball.

Liu Ren ran into the inner line instead, and Kirilenko followed closely. For some reason, Kirilenko felt that Liu Ren was not running as fast as before. Before, he had to work hard to keep up. , this time it seems to be a little bit slower.

"Maybe you were tired from running in the first half?" Kirilenko thought.

Liu Ren entered the inside line from the weak side, and Garnett's defensive focus suddenly shifted to the weak side. After receiving the point from Gasol, Liu Ren immediately passed it back to Nash, then circled from the baseline, and circled from the weak side to On the strong side, he just ran from the baseline to the strong side, and Nick Young and Gasol went to the weak side after picking and rolling off the ball.

A sudden change in strength and weakness, Liu Ren's position is still on the weak side, but Garnett is blocked by Whiteside!
Nash passed the ball to Liu Ren in time, Liu Ren didn't stop the ball, and walked around Kirilenko in three strides!
Liu Ren didn't walk very fast in three big strides, and Kirilenko caught up with him!

Just when Liu Ren took the first two steps and was about to take off, Kirilenko suddenly pushed Liu Ren to the ground, and Liu Ren threw the ball to the basket before being pushed down.

The referee blew the whistle, called Kirilenko for a foul, and made two free throws. Unfortunately, the ball was not scored, otherwise it would have been 2+1.

"Referee, isn't this a malicious foul?" Nash complained to the referee, "If Liu jumped up and was pushed just now, he might be injured, right?"

"OK, I understand, but Liu didn't jump up, I will pay attention." The referee saw that it was Nash, an old acquaintance, and his tone was a little more polite.

Nash nodded. He didn't really expect the referee to give Kirilenko a malicious foul after complaining like this. That's unrealistic. Let the referee pay more attention to Kirilenko's small movements, and he will definitely blow more firmly next time .

Liu Ren was pulled up by Whiteside and Nick Young. He didn't fall too painfully, and he had prepared for the fall and his posture in advance.

Walking towards the free throw line, just passing by Kirilenko who looked blank, Liu Ren whispered: "Don't stop, this is just the beginning."

(End of this chapter)