super small forward

Chapter 291 291. Unstoppable!

but!Liu Ren is not a fool!Nick Young, who replaced Kobe on the outside, has been waiting for a long time!

Attracting the pass after double-teaming, Nick Young dribbled the ball under his crotch and "stopped" Liu Ren's assist, and then hit a three-pointer.

This guy!Every time Liu Ren passes the ball to Nick Young, he wants to beat him up. If he goes in, he goes in. This is nothing to say, Nick Young's shooting ability is really accurate.

But Nick Young likes to dribble twice every time he catches the ball. He may be the league's pitcher who gives the fewest assists to a point guard.

28 to 30, the Lakers are still two points behind!

Seeing that Liu Ren had already played two goals, D'Antoni clapped his hands and gestured for the players to make defensive changes.

Liu Ren shrugged helplessly, the difference in treatment was too great!Kobe can play blindly, and he will start playing according to tactics after he has played two goals.

D'Antoni's gesture just now was four-one defense, and Liu Ren still remembered this.

Usually the zone defenses are three-two zone defense and two-three zone defense. The Lakers' four-one zone defense can be said to be the first real tactical appearance!

Bickerstaff is a defensive strategy specially formulated according to the composition of the Lakers players, because the Lakers have Whiteside on the inside!
Whiteside relied on his stronger body this year to suppress Kaman and Lopez Jr., Liu Ren single-handedly defended Lillard, Jeremy Lin followed Batum, Nick Young followed Matthews, and Green followed Liu Ren. Ren walked left and right behind him, ready to defend at any time.

Liu Ren didn't give Lillard half a step this time, and directly bullied him!

The defensive advantage of having a big center like Whiteside is too great!

Just like Howard was in the Magic at his peak, he can easily build the strongest defense in the league, because there is a super defensive champion inside.

no chance!
Neither is Lillard's breakthrough, nor is it necessary to pick and roll. The outside opponent uses four people to defend three, and the rotation is too fast, and they are not given a chance at all.

It was useless for Kaman and Lopez on the inside to come out for pick-and-rolls. After Kaman got old, he lost his outside shots, and Lopez Jr. had no offensive ability.

"When did the Lakers have such a defense!" Lillard was shocked. Since his first day in the NBA, the Lakers have not been a good defensive team.

Lillard can only make a strong shot!Because Liu Ren was not shaken by the opponent, he jumped up suddenly, forcing Lillard to lean back sharply.

Missed a three-pointer, Whiteside received the rebound with his long arm and handed it to Jeremy Lin, the Lakers counterattacked!

Liu Ren was the first to quickly play, and Jeremy Lin accurately sent the ball to Liu Ren.

No one dared to block Liu Ren when he ran, and no one dared to even make an offensive foul.

Who dares to stop?

With one-handed fast break and dunk, Liu Ren is unstoppable like a giant beast!
Batum, who came back from the defense, Lillard could only watch Liu Ren dunk.

30 tie, the Lakers tied the score!

"Run, hurry up!"

Just when his teammates were stunned by Liu Ren's brutal performance, Lillard's voice woke them up, but it was too late, Liu Ren returned to the defense, and Whiteside stayed at his own basket and did not leave.

Lillard now feels the same aggrievedness as Aldridge. Not only are these teammates not good at strength, but their brains are not easy to use. The opponent counterattacked alone, and all five of them returned to defense, including two centers!
"Can this group of people have some brains!" Lillard finally understood why Aldridge was eager to escape from this famous Portland prison.

After Lillard received Matthews' serve, he was transported to the frontcourt, and the Lakers' defense had already settled down.

After reaching the frontcourt, Lillard gestured for Batum to come to the pick-and-roll. Sure enough, Liu Ren, Green, and Jeremy Lin of the other side came to double-team him. Lillard suddenly accelerated and sprinted to a 45-degree angle, and suddenly stopped and jumped, throwing the Lakers All three defensive players took over.

Lillard passed!Passed to Batum at the top arc.

But Batum didn't react at all, and almost missed the ball.

Lillard roared angrily: "Shoot!"

At this time, Liu Ren had already rushed to the top arc, and Batum almost made a three-point shot in a hurry. His offense was mediocre, and this kind of hasty shot was not a good chance.

The rebound was picked up by Whiteside again, but this time the Blazers returned to the defense very quickly. Lillard knew that the possibility of making a shot was not high when he saw Liu Ren defending back, so he and Matthews returned first. In their own half, the Lakers did not give the Lakers a chance to counterattack and fell into a positional battle.

Jeremy Lin advanced to the frontcourt, looking for Liu Ren, but found that Batum changed his defensive method and started to go forward!

Batum is a very smart defensive player. He has good flexibility, speed, and brain. After several defensive failures, he knows that it is unlikely to defend the opponent. He double-teams the opponent and is willing to pass the ball. So now he Only one thing to do is to interfere with Liu Ren receiving the ball. Although Batum is not as powerful as Liu Ren, it still took him a lot of effort to get the ball. At this time, Matthews had already double-teamed.

Decisive double-teaming!Liu Ren found that Batum was too difficult to deal with, and there was another Matthews next to him, how can this be played!
"Huh?" Liu Ren found out that Jeremy Lin was in a big gap!
Obviously, there are still many players in the United States who look down on Chinese players. In their opinion, Jeremy Lin was so popular at the beginning because he was lucky, and now he is vacated again.

In the past two seasons, Jeremy Lin often had vacancies in the Rockets, but the Rockets players did not trust him.

Liu Ren found out that Jeremy Lin was free, and passed it on immediately.

Jeremy Lin lived up to Liu Ren's expectations and hit an open three-pointer.

33 to 30, the Lakers overtook!

The opponent is not your opponent!Liu Ren has clearly understood this through several rounds. The seemingly powerful Blazers starter is actually a duo between Lillard and Aldridge. Without either of Aldridge and Lillard, this This team is no longer the top four team in the West.

However, both Aldridge and Lillard have the strength to compete for No. 1 in their respective positions, and they are powerful strengths.

The game against Biao Liu Ren with Lillard was so cool. Lillard dragged his feet very hard to prevent the score from being quickly increased, but the gap between the role players of the two sides was too big. Whiteside was completely clueless inside. Liu Ren's pass after attracting double-teams from the outside is directly an assist.

The most obvious characteristic of basketball players is that the better the record, the harder they work, because not only will they be eliminated by the team if they don’t work hard, but they can also get closer to the championship if they work hard. In addition to money, the most important thing in playing in the NBA is the championship.

Even for many players, the glory of the championship is above everything else!
For example, David West, who would rather give up a maximum salary of 500 million to join the Spurs with a basic salary this past summer.

For the Lakers, today is a good day for training. The Blazers are a good opponent to concentrate the players' attention, but the Blazers head coach Stotts doesn't think so. He doesn't want to play against the Lakers at all. A first-tier team, but the Lakers are obviously aiming to wrestle with the Spurs.

The young players of the Lakers have made great progress this year. In Stotts's view, they are obviously the same as last year's Spurs. They are a super team that surpasses most teams in the league by more than one level!

After Lillard and Aldridge led the team to fight the Lakers for halftime in the first half, Stotts did not send two cores in the second half, but trained the bench lineup. The Lakers proved that their defensive system is capable After restricting the opponent's super point guard, he replaced the starter and began to hone the substitute.

In the end, the Lakers beat the Blazers 112 to 100, struggling to get their preseason winning percentage back to [-]%.

(End of this chapter)