super small forward

Chapter 185 185. Sudden Drop in Strength
The Lakers played anxiously, McCollum and Thackeray, who were severely restricted by Aldridge's supplementary defense, were replaced by Farmar and Antetokounmpo, Gasol officially moved to the center position, and Antetokounmpo Kumbaugh played power forward.

The Trail Blazers are a team that uses the starters to death. It's not that their coach Stotts doesn't want to make substitutions, but that they really don't have a useful substitute.

Coach Stotts also wants to be the same as D'Antoni, if this one does not perform well, he will change to another one.

The Blazers have the ball, and Lillard advances to the frontcourt.

Antetokounmpo closely followed Aldridge, who had already scored 14 points, not daring to relax in the slightest. He saw Gasol being miserably abused by Aldridge off the court, as if he had seen his miserable state. end.

But although Antetokounmpo was afraid, he didn't back down at all. He was ready to be blown up, and he just wanted to bring more pressure to the opponent.

Antetokounmpo feels that he is much thinner than Gasol, and Aldridge will definitely grab him and beat him up, and his heart is already cool.

But after Aldridge received the ball, he shot unexpectedly and casually. Instead of receiving a turnaround jumper in a low post as before, he caught the ball directly against Antetokounmpo's defense and shot!
I have to say that Aldridge feels really terrible. Under Antetokounmpo's tight-pressing defense, the seemingly extremely casual shot almost made it, rolled twice on the basket and fell out.

Gasol, who usually plays soy sauce, grabbed all of Lopez's rebounds this time and pressed Lopez to get a defensive rebound.

The Blazers retreated like a tide, and the discipline of the retreat was not comparable to that of the Lakers.

Retreating is also very important. In addition to relying on discipline, the speed of the players is also very important. Teams such as the Blazers and Spurs return to defense quickly and effectively. Even if the Pacers were their strongest in the first half of the season Sometimes, the defense is actually average, because they have three players in the starting lineup with very average speed, but they basically don't meet a team like the Lakers, and they haven't been exposed.

Farmar is an assaulter, and he comes up to score. His defense is a little better than Nash, and he is far behind McCollum, so his task after playing is to break through and score or distribute the ball.

Farmar's defense and scoring ability are not as good as McCollum's, but he is an orthodox point guard and can pass the ball. Aldridge will definitely miss people if he wants to cover the defense. He will not reach the scoring position like McCollum Only the basket is left in his eyes, and he can pass the ball.

That's why D'Antoni will replace Farmar.

Farmar passed Lillard equally easily, and he was ready to pass the ball after breaking into the middle distance.

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And the Aldridge people!
Farmar waited for more than a second and Aldridge still didn't come. Instead, Lillard, who was passed by, returned to the defensive position.

Farmar is ready to split the ball, but who knows that Aldridge doesn't defend, he is in an awkward position, and there is no room for breakthrough. He is not good at mid-range shooting, let alone mid-range shooting against defense. So he passed the ball to Kobe.

It was Matthews who defended Kobe. At this time, Kobe did something that Liu Ren couldn't figure out. Kobe just put a few steps on the spot, then cut two steps, and got a chance to make a shot, easily mid-range The shot was made.

Matthews was definitely strong defensively, but Kobe just made the shot without doing much.

Liu Ren asked Kobe how he did it, and Kobe also answered, but Liu Ren felt that it was useless to answer.

Kobe's answer was: "Let yourself be full of fake moves, and you can turn fake moves into real moves at any time."

The reason why Kobe didn't give Liu Ren a detailed explanation is very simple. Liu Ren's physical fitness is still on the rise, and he can dominate the game with his physical fitness for at least ten years. His current style of play has no choice but to use such troublesome tricks. Score, because the physical advantage is not much anymore.

But Kobe, an old naughty boy, would not explain all this to Liu Ren. He preferred to see Liu Ren bewildered to train and want to learn this trick.

It's the Blazers offense again. The Blazers' first scoring point is naturally Aldridge, and Aldridge continues to show his strong firepower.

Aldridge scored again. This time he defended against Antetokounmpo's mid-range shot without missing any more, and fell into the basket accurately.

The Lakers went through the embarrassing situation where Farmar broke through to the mid-range just now, and they didn't play the gap of the Blazers point guard's poor defense, but directly used Kobe, Liu Ren, and Gasol to go hard.

Kobe's singles attract defense, Liu Ren is an assaulter and three-pointer, Gasol is a transfer station, Antetokounmpo can fill in at any time, and Farmar is a point guard pitcher.

After Aldridge's supplementary defense disappeared, the Lakers' offense became very smooth.

Aldridge's offensive firepower on the Blazers side is still strong, and the two teams began to confront each other.

It seems that the two sides are evenly matched, but when they hit the Lakers, they found that the point difference is getting smaller and smaller!Aldridge strikes more and more times!
At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers were surprised to find that they had unknowingly chased the score to only 4 points! 32 is only 36 points behind 4!
Kobe Bryant, Gasol, and Liu Ren each scored 9 points for the Lakers, and Aldridge scored 22 points and 8 rebounds in a single quarter for the Blazers.

The Lakers themselves were surprised, and the Trail Blazers were even more surprised. Aldridge played so well, how did he lead by 4 points?
Only Lillard and coach Stokes on the long side know why, and Aldridge is back to his old ways.

After Aldridge made the Lakers attach great importance to him in the first half of the quarter, his goal has been achieved, the hard work disappeared again, and he returned to his usual style of play.

Although it seems that he is still so powerful, those who really know Aldridge know that his style of play has completely changed. The defensive end only cares about his own defenders, and he is too lazy to defend. The offensive end is not willing to do troublesome things. Freehand shot against the defense.

Aldridge is really good. He can hit over [-]% of the shots against the defense every game, but when he focuses on every ball, he must have the best shot opportunity, which is the first half of the game. The efficiency is completely different!

When Aldridge played seriously in the first half of the quarter, he made various turnaround jump shots. Every time he made the most perfect shot, he shot 8 of 7. However, in the second half of the quarter, because he had already received the attention of the Lakers, he started to shoot as usual. Defensive shooting, shooting efficiency dropped to 8 of 4.

Lillard and Stotts can't say anything. Aldridge has the strength of an All-Star even if he plays casually. Can he ask for more?

The Lakers are very confused, but they don't know what's wrong. The Blazers seem to have changed from a top-level opponent to an ordinary first-class team in an instant. If they really want them to say what's wrong, they can't tell.

(End of this chapter)