super small forward

Chapter 330 330. Nine consecutive victories!
Kobe used Gasol's pick-and-roll and Jeremy Lin's pass to cut to the basket and missed a throw, but Kobe didn't look a little frustrated because he saw No. 1 wearing the same jersey as him following behind him.

If Gasol is the defensive pillar behind Liu Ren, then Liu Ren is the most trusted person on the offensive end of Kobe.

Just as Kobe expected, Liu Ren grabbed the offensive rebound and directly made up the dunk.

This kind of follow-up play is very familiar and nostalgic to Kobe. When he used to partner with O'Neal, Odom, and Gasol, this kind of ball was simply commonplace.

It's just that the hottest player who was violent and random at that time was Kobe, but now it's someone else.

Kobe played for more than half a quarter, his physical strength began to decline, and he began to hit the iron continuously. With 2 minutes left in the first quarter, he was replaced by Nick Young, followed by Jeremy Lin and McCollum. .Nick Young took Kobe's place and continued to play. At this time, Liu Ren began to show his power. With two blue-collar players, Gasol and Green, to help the players, Liu Ren seemed to be flying in the air to play.

In the first quarter, he made 9 of 6 free throws and scored 14 points and 7 rebounds in two free throws. Liu Ren dominated the offensive end.

Kobe scored 7 points in 4 of 11, Duncan played a full quarter, shot 9 of 7, made 6 of 4 free throws, and scored 18 points. Both of them performed very well.

Parker and Manu Ginobili came off the bench. The other two of the troika also performed very well. Parker let Duncan receive the ball in the most comfortable position, and Ginobili helped to open the space and did nothing when the opportunity presented. Don't be soft, hit a three-pointer.

The score between the two sides was tight, 33 to 32, and the Lakers led the Spurs by 1 point.

Tim Duncan deserves to be Tim Duncan. During the holiday break, Liu Ren looked at the statistics on the big screen and thought that this is really an old monster.

But Liu Ren laughed all of a sudden, isn't there an old monster in his team? Liu Ren looked at the one in his team who has been No. 19 in his career and has suffered injuries enough to make other players retire. , but now the scoring average is still ranked in the league's top ten, the guy averaging 24.1 points per game.

Because Liu Ren was pitted by the Sun for two games, Kobe continued to take on the heavy responsibility of scoring in those two games. Now his scoring average is still the team's second, second only to Liu Ren.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Kobe continued to start, and Nick Young was put on the bench again with a depressed face. He wanted to show his face more on the national live broadcast, but he could only watch McCollum partner Kobe play.

As the game continued, Liu Ren had already been aroused with a strong desire to score. He didn't want Kobe and Duncan to take the limelight.

But Liu Ren felt that he had punched Cotton. The players on the Spurs field were Patty Mills, Danny Green, Leonard, Boris Diaw, and Splitter.

The Spurs' troika actually sat on the bench and never played!
Leonard's defense looked so pale in front of Liu Ren, and Kobe began to be self-willed. He was ready to fight Duncan with all his firepower, but Duncan couldn't get up on the bench!

Not only that, but even the shooting guard Manu Ginobili, who had caused him the most trouble for many years, played in less than 4 minutes.

Halfway through the second quarter, Duncan didn't play all the time, Kobe was angry, and no one could stop his waves.Even Leonard couldn't play a big role, let alone Danny Green, who was sieved by Kobe.

Kobe and Liu Ren are inside and outside, as if entering no one's land.

Leonard has indeed improved a lot this year. His shooting, breakthrough, and passing have all improved significantly. Leonard's offensive ability is close to first-rate. Although he can't guard Liu Ren, he is playing well on the offensive end under the Spurs system.

The development direction Popovich planned for Leonard was not as a core from the beginning, but as a functional player. Popovich expected Leonard to become a defensively enhanced version of Ginobili.

Popovich didn't expect Leonard to improve so fast at the beginning. He built the team with Duncan as the core from the beginning to the end. The plan for the future is to find a way to get Gasol, Aldridge, Bobo One of the others, and then use the acquired big man, Leonard, and Parker as the core lineup to form a new troika.

Looking at Leonard, who has gradually been able to drive the team on the offensive end like Ginobili, Popovich feels very relieved. In a championship team, he can still cultivate a top player. Popovich and D'Antoni can do it.

In the past few years, Popovich has done everything possible to help Duncan win another championship, and then he is planning for the future of the team. Gasol is one of his plans, but Gasol unexpectedly renewed his contract in advance. 5 years!Then Bosh didn't even look at them. Aldridge is said to have had some scandals with the Lakers.

Popovich's plan collapsed at once.

In particular, the Lakers also signed such an excellent big man as Whiteside with a basic salary. Seeing Whiteside wantonly bullying their own insiders with a playful expression, Popovich can only lament that he is more angry than others!
Leonard played very well, leading his teammates to try their best to resist the Lakers' onslaught, but the gap in overall strength cannot be made up with hard work. The Spurs are no longer the Spurs of last season.

Kobe has always been the sufferer of the Spurs. For the Spurs' defense, he may know Popovich's defensive system better than the Spurs. There was no rest throughout the second quarter, and he made crazy shots, trying to provoke Duncan to play.

It's a pity that Duncan didn't play again until halftime.

He made 23 shots in the half, made 12 of them, and made 12 of 7 free throws. After Duncan and himself slapped him for a quarter and then sat on the bench, he was so angry that Kobe shot like crazy. In the second quarter, he shot 16 times in a single quarter. .

With 35 points in the half, Bryant didn't play in the second half.

The Spurs' offensive end without the troika can barely support, but the defense has dropped by more than one level. Duncan's role cannot be filled by others.

At halftime, the Lakers had a 71-55 lead.

Kobe and Liu Ren are very depressed. No matter how Kobe shoots from the outside, how Liu Ren bullies the Spurs inside to grab rebounds and wreak havoc on the basket, the Spurs have no intention of changing into a troika.

In the second half, the Spurs still used the second team to deal with the Lakers. With that lineup, Liu Ren played without any pressure.

It was Liu Ren who broke out in the second half. He scored 18 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, widening the point difference to 25 points in one fell swoop. The fourth quarter turned into garbage time.

When Kobe went crazy, Liu Ren's shot rights naturally decreased.

However, Liu Ren is already very powerful on the offensive end. He can complete 2 offenses by grabbing offensive rebounds and scored 9 points in the second quarter.

Liu Ren scored 41 points and 13 rebounds. The Lakers beat the Spurs 120-105 and won nine consecutive victories!

Liu Ren felt that Kobe's average score of 24.1 points per game ranked in the top ten this season, which is simply the performance of an old monster.In fact, he didn't notice that Kobe's shots per game this season are more like an old monster, averaging 22 shots per game.

This is why the Lakers are becoming more and more popular with the outside world. With Kobe as the shooting king, Liu Ren can still become the Lakers' scoring leader, with an average of 27.2 points per game, without affecting the team's offensive operation at all. The number of regular offenses is only 14 or 15 per game, a reasonable second offensive opportunity, and the rest are second offensive opportunities that I grabbed!Some of them grab offensive rebounds directly by themselves, some of them pass the ball out to teammates and pass it back, and sometimes they help the insiders to grab offensive rebounds for their teammates.

The team won, and everyone was very happy. Even Kobe and Liu Ren were no longer depressed. No matter what the process was, people would only remember the winner.

Three consecutive 40+ games, Liu Ren himself has not reacted too much, but the basketball fans have gone crazy!
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