super small forward

Chapter 36 36. Two Straight Wins

Why is O'Neill's dominance so inexplicable?It's because his style of play is simple, with strength and a small hook. With just these two moves, no one can defend him. This sentence is also effective in basketball.

Liu Ren's strength is extremely good, but the previous Liu Ren couldn't use it. Before Liu Ren was fully familiar with his body, he was able to score 25+ consecutively in the playoffs, thanks to his absolutely tyrannical strength.

The Spurs knew where Liu Ren was going, but they couldn't stop the opponent. Liu Ren's strength was too strong. Blocking him was like being hit by a car.

After realizing his strength advantage, Liu Ren began to use his body to play unscrupulously on the court.

It is said that James relies on his body to play basketball. Liu Ren thinks this is true. With such a strong body, you don't need to play tricks?Even if you are playing flowers, you must have physical fitness!Jordan and Kobe don't have the physical fitness to make those twisted and picturesque movements?

Barkley said that being able to give full play to his physical advantages is enough to gain a foothold in the NBA.

Can use the body, as well as technology, is a star.

At any rate, the Spurs have a top-notch Leonard who can slightly limit Liu Ren's rampage. Ren is half a head taller than him, and his strength is crushed, so he can only watch Liu Ren abuse the basket again and again with tears in his eyes.

When the Warriors shifted all their defensive focus to Liu Ren, D'Antoni's goal was achieved. What he is best at is to use the team's superstar's restraint to create opportunities for role players, and then play wave after wave of offense Climax, as for the defense, it depends on the player's ability. Anyway, he can force a counterattack without a counterattack.

The Lakers played well in the second half of last season because they implemented D'Antoni's style of play, no longer going to Howard, using Kobe's scoring ability to attract defense and play team offense.As for Howard's style of play, if D'Antoni really wants to coach, he will be as finished as the first half of last season.

With Pau Gasol and Green, the Lakers' offensive cooperation is very smooth, at least it is much better than the Warriors who only have two backcourt swinging the ball in singles and making three-pointers. Farmar, Nick Young, and Henry came out of the bench. Both have the ability to attack with the ball, and Liu Ren and Gasol are not sticky to the ball. They beat the Warriors whose confidence was lost by Liu Ren.

115 to 100, the Lakers beat the Warriors to get two consecutive victories.

Liu Ren scored 31 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists in this game, got his first double-double in his career, and both scoring and rebounding set a new career high!
Gasol seems to have started to play health balls. He scored 23 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists in 5 minutes of playing. Whiteside, who came off the bench, scored 9 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks, continuing to lead the block list. Green's data cannot reflect his ability to connect games Effect, 4 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. He played the most time on the Lakers side. Jordan Hill dunked five times and scored 12 points and 5 rebounds. It's great.

Antetokounmpo still didn't get a chance to play, and the playing time in the frontcourt was divided by Liu Ren, Gasol, Green, Whiteside, Jordan Hill, and Nick Young.

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"Our inside line is a bit bloated, Mitch." D'Antoni drew out several sets of inside partner combinations, and the biggest problem is Jordan Hill.

The Lakers gave Jordan Hill a two-year contract in the summer. The biggest purpose is to rebound. Losing Howard and Gasol is one year older. They hope that Jordan Hill can rely on his youth, vitality, and physical fitness to protect him. rebound.

But now the Lakers have better candidates, Whiteside stepped up from the bench and became the team's rebounding leader, Liu Ren's rebounding is also very good, even Green's seven or eight rebounds per game is not a big problem , In this way, Jordan Hill seems a bit redundant.

But Jordan Hill's contract is there, and the Lakers have the biggest contract except Gasol.

In addition, the Lakers have a huge potential stock Antetokounmpo. If they want to give Antetokounmpo playing time, they can only squeeze out time from the frontcourt.

Liu Ren and Pau Gasol are unstoppable forwards to start. They must play for at least 30 minutes. Nick Young was signed by the Lakers to be used by the Super Six. Green is a very important part of D'Antoni's tactics. The inside line for the ball to advance is very rare, so he said that the inside line is a bit bloated.

If Jordan Hill is a player with a basic salary like Thackeray, he will be bloated. The key is that his contract is 100 million higher than the middle class, and he even has the strength to start for a team with a weaker interior. It's embarrassing.

Jordan Hill has no coping ability, his defense is average, and his rebound protection is okay. The biggest role is the rebounds in the front and back courts, and his ability to attack the basket is excellent.

But these abilities overlap with Whiteside.

This is not the biggest problem. The biggest problem is that when Jordan Hill plays, the Lakers must put two of Gasol, Green, and Liu Ren on the court, otherwise the smooth offense will be gone.Jordan Hill's pick-and-roll ability is average, and his off-ball running is not very good. The most important thing is his height. He is only [-] meters tall in this style of play and has no ability to hold the ball.

His offense is a second offense besides the lob, and he has no other choice, relying on his random mid-range shots?Even a bold coach like D'Antoni would not dare to play like that, and now the Lakers don't look like the time to play badly.

"Mike, you mean Jordan?" Kupchak said with a wry smile, "How do I know that Liu's eyes are so vicious, Hassan's immediate combat ability and Giannis' talent are so outstanding, I can't believe that we almost didn't Get the two of them at any price, King Xia wants to sign with me first and then trade, I didn't agree at the time, and now it seems a bit wrong."

"Mitch, I think we should solve this problem as soon as possible. We can't delay until the season is deep, or send Giannis away, or send Jordan away, let the lineup stabilize, and wait for Kobe to come back and hit the playoffs." D'Antoni said firmly.

"Just say you want to trade Jordan away, are you willing to give up Giannis as a potential stock?" Kupchak said angrily.

"Mitch, it's your decision, I didn't say anything."

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The management also likes to deal with work in a relaxed way. After these things were shown in the aura of Antetokounmpo's short playing time in the preseason, the two began to discuss.

After they both decided who to send, Kupchak started contacting teams that were interested in Jordan Hill.

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