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Chapter 345 345. Thompson's Ambition
Kobe's defense against Thompson, a pitcher, can't be said to be defensive, nor can it be said that he can't defend it. It depends on how Thompson feels when he shoots strong.

Thompson is not a particularly good physical type, similar to Kobe in his thirties.

Iguodala, it’s not that Bickerstaff doesn’t like him, but that he really has no desire to attack. It’s okay in one game or two. Since he came to the Warriors, he has been like this for the past two years, except for direct dunks and layups , He seldom shoots when he has a chance at other times.

Green was two meters away from Iguodala, but Iguodala didn't choose to shoot, but wanted to pass it to someone else.

The Warriors' offense was rough, and Iguodala dribbled for about ten seconds, and then threw it to Thompson. Thompson's singles ability is really average, and there is only one way to play, forcing a shot against the defense.

Under Kobe's defense, Thompson forcibly missed a shot.

Liu Ren grabbed a defensive rebound, the Warriors quickly returned to defense, Liu Ren handed the ball to Jeremy Lin, and Jeremy Lin advanced.

After the Warriors changed coaches this year, their defensive awareness is still very good. Otherwise, they would not have won so many victories just by attacking. Just like this return to defense, they have shown their defensive enthusiasm very well.

Without a counterattack, the Lakers are attacking in position this time.

Although Bogut's defense is good, he is relatively slow.

Gasol pulled up to a high position. Bogut weighed it up and chose to guard the inside. Just now, Liu Ren's dunk that ignored Green could easily affect the Warriors' psychology. It is related to morale. Just let him in.

Bogut's idea was in Liu Ren's arms!

Breaking through Thompson was still so easy, Liu Ren rushed to the basket, took a leap, stepped heavily on the floor with both feet, knee joints of both legs bent sharply, and wanted to dunk!
Bogut took off with all his strength and rushed towards Liu Ren, looking like he wanted to block the shot!

but!Liu Ren didn't jump right away!But an emergency stop!This is a feint!

After Bogut threw himself in front of Liu Ren, Liu Ren jumped up, bumped into Bogut, and threw the ball to the basket with a big hook with his right hand.

Bogut couldn't dodge in the air and collided with Liu Ren. The referee whistled and the defense fouled!
Although Bogut was slow and not the most powerful center forward, he was very heavy and tonnage. After being knocked to the ground, Liu Ren staggered and sat on the ground, his butt hurt to death.

But this is not important, what is important is that the ball circled around the basket and scored!

2+1!

This ball is really lucky, Liu Ren can be said to throw it at the basket casually, and it really scored.

Bogut has only played a few minutes and has committed two fouls. Cole has no choice but to replace him and replace him with backup power forward Marris Speights.

Speights often played center when Bogut was injured in the past two years, and his height of less than [-] meters was a bit of a disadvantage.

Speights was almost out of reach in the past, but some of his characteristics caught Kerr's attention. He was entrusted with important tasks in the Warriors. So far, he has averaged 12 points and 5 rebounds per game, hitting the peak data of his career.

When Bogut was on the court before, Gasol had to guard him.

Bogut is huge, bigger than Gasol. Only Gar Whiteside and Thackeray can handle the inside of the Lakers, and Gasol is very reluctant to defend.

So playing Bogut off the court is good for the Lakers in terms of offense and defense.

Now that Bogut is replaced, Gasol can finally be freed and go back to the inside to defend. Randall didn't make a mid-range shot. If he likes to support him, he can support him. Green will defend Speights.

The Warriors' offense played poorly against the Lakers' defense. Randall couldn't defend against Gasol, but Gasol could limit Randall in the paint very well, forcing Randall to play in high positions.

High support who can't pull out the inside space is just a paper tiger.

Don't look at Speights' high scores, they are all based on shots.

The Warriors basically have no effect on the inside. They can only rely on Thompson and Curry to make strong shots from the outside, or Randall throws the ball to the basket against the taller Gasol.

The Lakers have all kinds of air cuts on the offensive end, and Gasol is the supporting point. The high post and Jeremy Lin block and split the ball.

If Jeremy Lin defends against Gasol from the outside, Jeremy Lin will shoot. Liu Ren, an offensive rebounder, will overwhelm the inside. Randall and Speights are completely ignored. If Bogut is there, he can still have some protection on the rebound, but this The two of them are just for show.

Once the team's offense fails, Liu Ren and Kobe will play singles.

It's just so incomprehensible, the Lakers' style of play this year is so rigid!
If Speights was defended when Gasol was in the high position, Green, Liu Ren, and Green would actively cut and score easily. Without the barrier of Bogut inside the Warriors, it would be like a road at five o'clock in the morning, empty.

Rolling all the way, the Lakers led the Warriors 33 to 18 in the first quarter by 15 points. After Barnes, Ezeli and other substitutes replaced Iguodala and Speights, the Warriors' offense improved a bit, and the Warriors just had more shooters.

When Bogut came back in the second quarter, the Warriors' style of play became richer. The Warriors' offense and defense improved. They once played a 12-2 counterattack climax, but in less than 5 minutes of the second quarter, Bogut was defeated by Whiteside. The Warriors went back to the situation in the first quarter, and the 5-point gap was pulled away again. The Warriors scored 17 points in the first half of the quarter, but at the end of the quarter, they only scored 25 points. Scoring 7 points, the Lakers only scored 30 points in the first half of the quarter, but scored 20 points in the whole quarter, pulling the point difference to [-] points in one fell swoop and almost crashing the Warriors.

63 to 43, the Lakers led by 20 points at halftime.

Liu Ren overwhelmed the weak inside of the Warriors, scored 31 points in the half, Whiteside played the rest of the first half after playing in the second half of the first quarter, angrily scored 13 rebounds in the half, Gasol scored 8 points and 4 rebounds 8 assists, quite a passing master demeanor, Kobe 10 points and 2 assists, played very well.

Others are more or less, as long as they are active enough, they can easily make calls. The Lakers played a very reasonable and excellent halfcourt.

The Warriors played in a mess. Fortunately, Rush, Barnes, Livingston and others on the bench felt good after playing, otherwise the Warriors would fall even further behind.

During the intermission, the atmosphere in the Lakers locker room was very relaxed, while that of the Warriors was Cole's roar.

Curry had expected that Liu Ren would explode, but he didn't expect Liu Ren to explode so fiercely, but his hand felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

Curry remembered that he called Liu Ren again in the morning, and Liu Ren cursed that he would have retribution. Did this curse really come true?

Curry was thinking, for Thompson, the other gun of the Warriors, he was not happy that the team played so badly.

Thompson played very well for the Warriors in his first year in the league and almost made the playoffs. He was sixth in the Western Conference in the second year and still entered the playoffs last year. His goal now is the Western Conference Finals and even the Finals championship!
Although these things are difficult to do, some superstars who are much stronger than him can't do it in their entire lives, but they just want to do it!
(End of this chapter)