super small forward

Chapter 359 359. Countermeasures
"Rashid Wallace also played in the Trail Blazers." Kobe Bryant, the living fossil of the league, said a word.

Liu Ren was speechless.

These black people are simply amazing!

Teammates from more than ten years ago, can they still be so supportive now?

Well, he just admired it.

Don't look at Rasheed Wallace, a player who has a very bad reputation in the eyes of opponents and a villain in the eyes of fans, but his teammates have a very good relationship with him!

Why did Randolph target himself? Liu Ren also recognized it after he figured it out.

But he still wants to continue to 40+!

And this game has to be won!

If the Grizzlies continue to slow down the rhythm and the Lakers fall into the quagmire, this game will become more and more difficult to play, so that the touch will disappear, and finally defeated by the Grizzlies with rich experience in low shooting percentage!
All teams in the league have experienced this for several years!
D'Antoni is also very anxious now. He really can't think of a way to deal with the Grizzlies temporarily. If he knew before the game that the Grizzlies would play like this, he would definitely be able to think of a way. But this season, the Grizzlies have always sacrificed some defenses to play brisk offense. The record of the Grizzlies is therefore much better than the start of last season, so he did not expect the Grizzlies to play like this!
Suddenly, D'Antoni glared, what the hell, speed up!Just to speed up!
Just press the opponent's rhythm, let's all run!

D'Antoni was not a trouble-free person. At that time, the whole league thought that Nelson's running and bombing was funny, but D'Antoni insisted on playing, and he made a name for himself.

D'Antoni called Nash, McCollum, Liu Ren, Antetokounmpo, and Whiteside who started the second quarter together.

"Liu, you shoot from the outside on the offensive end! Shoot as soon as you get the ball! The offensive time cannot exceed seven seconds! Hassan, Giannis, can you grab all the offensive rebounds?" D'Antoni boldly arranged.

"Don't worry boss, coach." Whiteside was always so concise.

"No problem!" Antetokounmpo's confidence has also risen this year.

"OK, go ahead, don't worry about how the opponent defends, Steve, you give the ball to Liu!" D'Antoni ordered.

"Understood." Nash smiled, this is the D'Antoni he knew, the D'Antoni who dared to sing against the whole league back then.

"If the two insiders on the opposite side of the defense come out for pick-and-rolls, don't worry about them, just defend the inside rebounds! CJ, follow Lee closely, and Liu, guard Carter!"

The game is back, and the second quarter begins.

The Grizzlies replaced Conley, Courtney Lee, Carter, Jon Leuer, and Kufus.

Randolph smiled smugly off the court. If their starting lineup is the type that grinds the opponent to death, then the second lineup is even more so!

The Grizzlies' starting talent is still very strong, they can play any tactics, they can play fast breaks, and they can play with rhythm, and their second lineup is the type that really drags the opponent to death.

The current lineup of the Grizzlies has basically no offense except for Carter's offense, including Conley's personal offense, which can be regarded as second-rate at best, but the defense of the others is really exhausting, and because of insufficient offensive talent. Go as slow as you can slow down the tempo.

Back then, the Grizzlies really pulled the tempo down with the second lineup. They were good at pulling down the tempo momentum in the first quarter, and the second lineup was completely consolidated!
Randolph seemed to see the Lakers' rhythm being dragged to death, and then he went to reap the victory, and interrupted Liu Ren's 40+ by the way.

Grizzlies coach Joe Geer and inside core Gasol Jr. saw Randolph's smile, and then looked at each other, both of them could see the other's worry.

Randolph's little spirit has disappeared with age!
Instead, I started to pay attention to such out-of-the-box things!
Before the game, when Randolph proposed to use defense to drag the Lakers to death, the Grizzlies coaching staff was very depressed. Although they accelerated the pace of the game, they still kept the previous style of play, and used it when they couldn't win against the opponent's offense.

Now it seems that Randolph's suggestion is indeed good, and the rhythm of the game has followed them.

but!

It has been proven in the past few years that Hollins' style of play when he led the Lakers was okay, but it is impossible to truly become a top team!

Neither Jogel nor Gasol believed that the Lakers would really follow the rhythm of the Grizzlies to the abyss!
Sure enough, the first round at the beginning of the second quarter confirmed their thoughts.

The Grizzlies go first.

Conley and Kufus picked and rolled, the Lakers ignored Kufus, Whiteside guarded the inside, Nash bypassed Kufus and Whiteside and flanked Conley back and forth.

Kufus ran back, and Conley immediately passed the ball to Kufus who cut into the line, and Kufus flew to the basket!
"Snapped"

Whiteside turned around and slapped the ball off Kufus with a big hat!
Conley saw the banter in Whiteside's eyes, and he understood that this guy was just waiting for him to pass an air cut!

This defensive awareness, this blocking sense of smell!
The ball was grabbed by Antetokounmpo!
"The Lakers' centers are all monsters!" Conley quickly turned around and returned to defense. He saw that Liu Ren had already run towards their backcourt!

The Grizzlies returned to the defense very quickly. When Antetokounmpo pushed out of the three-point line, the opponent had already returned with three defenses, and Courtney Lee followed closely beside Liu Ren.

Liu Ren rushed to the opponent's free throw line and saw two people inside, Carter and Courtney Lee, and behind him was Conley who was chasing back.

Antetokounmpo accelerated himself and beckoned Liu Ren to come out to catch the ball.

Liu Ren ran back from the opponent's free throw line, and Antetokounmpo immediately passed the ball. At this time, Liu Ren was more than one meter away from the three-point line.

Double team out?Carter didn't do this, it was too far away, and Courtney Lee was still outside the three-point line, a little distance away from Liu Ren to prevent Liu Ren from breaking into the inside.

The Grizzlies don't believe Liu Ren will just vote like this...

"watt?"

The Grizzlies players were stunned, Liu Ren really made a shot!Just shot like that from a distance of more than one meter from the three-point line!I didn't even dribble the ball, that is to say, I shot without receiving the ball without a chance to adjust!

"Will it go in?"

This was originally just an ordinary attack in the second quarter, but everyone in the Grizzlies was inexplicably nervous!
"bang"

Miss!

The big stone in the Grizzlies player's heart has finally fallen. If Liu Ren can make shots like this, he really can't play. Double-teaming him has to expand his defensive space a lot!It is impossible to rely on defense to slow down the tempo like that!The opponent turned into a real 4 on 3, and the two double-teamed players had no chance to come back to defend!

Just when the Grizzlies players secretly rejoiced...

"bang"

Antetokounmpo flies across Kufus and presses the ball into the basket!
(End of this chapter)