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Chapter 468 468. You Can Only Rely on Yourself!

No one expected that Mo Williams would explode suddenly, it came too suddenly.

In the third quarter, the Lakers played very passively. Liu Ren took the initiative to defend Mo Williams, which made the Lakers' defense problematic. five points!

The entire defense of the Lakers was crushed by Mo Williams' various unreasonable goals, setting a record for the Lakers to lose the most points in the first three quarters of this season.

Liu Ren saw that Kobe was exhausted enough. The Celtics' well-targeted defense and ridiculously high scoring efficiency forced Kobe to use more physical energy to keep scoring.

Originally, the Celtics just wanted to consume Kobe's physical energy and freeze Liu Ren's scoring to try to win as much as possible. Who knew that Mo Williams broke out and solved Stevens' most troublesome offensive efficiency.

The most terrifying thing about the Lakers for some teams that can make the playoffs but are not top teams is their defense. If the Lakers play against a weak team, they don't care much about defense at all, just rely on offense.

But against this kind of opponent with certain strength but not so strong, the Lakers tend to defend very seriously and don't want to capsize in the gutter. For these not so strong but playoff-level teams, the Lakers' The defense is simply a terrifying wall.

But now Mo Williams is shredding the Lakers defense with his incredible shooting.

"Only by myself!" Liu Ren clenched his fists.

Today he was shattered by two Celtics defensive freaks.

The overall strength of the Lakers is very strong, yes, but in general, most of the Lakers are team players. Antetokounmpo, Gasol, and Green are organizers, Clarkson and Jeremy Lin are assaulters, Korver , Nash is a three-pointer.

These people are very strong, and many of them are even players with the ability to serve as the core team.

However, the core does not mean that they have the ability to break the deadlock, just like Pippen of the Bulls back then, he is the absolute core of the Bulls, but it is indeed Steve Kerr and Michael Jordan who have repeatedly come out to break the deadlock.

The only players who can break the deadlock for the Lakers are Liu Ren, Kobe and Nick Young.

The Lakers are now clearly at an impasse.

To say how far the Celtics can stretch the score, they don't have that ability.

But as long as you lose one point, you lose!As long as the Celtics maintain the current situation until the end, the game for the Lakers will be over!
Kobe's physical fitness is the biggest problem that limits him. Kobe averaged 22 points per game this season. It doesn't mean that he only has the ability to score 22 points per game. If you give him the ball, he can give you 60 or 70 points. But if he does that, he basically won't want to play well in three or five or even seven or eight games.

After Nick Young returned from injury, he was in a relatively average state, with occasional explosive performances, but today was obviously not very good, only 8 of 2 performances, and the touch may have been used up on the "ball" of the New York woman.

One thing is lucky for Liu Ren, that is, he has a group of strong teammates who can close the score. All he has to do is to break the tight score!
The final game begins.

Sure enough, as Liu Ren expected, Kobe was not sent by D'Antoni in the fourth quarter. It was just a regular season. D'Antoni didn't want to let Kobe, who had just recovered from his injury, overdraw his physical fitness.

The Lakers sent Clarkson, McCollum, Liu Ren, Antetokounmpo, and Whiteside.

The Celtics replaced Dragic, Mo Williams, Bradley, Crowder, Olynyk.

The Lakers go first.

Liu Ren came directly to the outside to hold the ball this time.

Sure enough, Bradley posted it immediately.

Enduring Bradley's ups and downs and trying to adjust his rhythm, Liu Ren forced Bradley away and shot directly from outside the three-point line!
"Swish"

Seeing the ball falling steadily into the basket, Liu Ren gave a rare roar, glanced at Bradley and turned back to defend.

At this time, it depends on the feel and personal ability!
Bradley was also helpless, he could not have defended better, his movements were not small, the referee had already watched him, but Liu Ren just threw the ball in!

The ball was scored, 90 to 92, the Lakers were only two points behind, and the most important thing for Liu Ren was defense!

Liu Ren is defending Mo - Williams!

Liu Ren only scored 17 points in the first three quarters, but Mo Williams has scored 37 points!
Players like Mo Williams are very similar to Liu Ren in a way, they are the type who will continue to shoot when they feel good.

This time, Liu Ren bullied him shamelessly, covering Mo Williams with his crushing physical fitness.

Liu Ren is more than ten centimeters taller than Mo Williams, with a wingspan of more than ten centimeters, and his weight and strength are even more explosive.

But Mo-Williams was stunned to find a space to face Liu Ren's defense and blast a three-pointer.

"哐" "唰"

Mo Williams made a frontal three-pointer!
"I'll go to your uncle!" Liu Ren looked as if he had seen the devil.

Are point guards so good these days?In this game, Mo Williams is almost the same as Curry!
Liu Ren had to admit that the Celtics used the second-round pick to bring back the veteran who picked up a treasure!
Still trailing by five points, Liu Ren's previous three points were in vain.

"I can't prevent it... I will get more points than you!"

Liu Ren couldn't believe it, a 33-year-old veteran can jump even better than him!
Liu Ren still remembered the tactical gesture. He made a gesture to his teammates. The teammates were stunned. Didn't the coach say that defense should be the first?
Speaking of which, D'Antoni often shouted that when defense was the most important thing this year, the Lakers players looked like they had seen a ghost at first, but they are used to it now.

Seeing that Liu Ren was already running, the Lakers players couldn't care less about D'Antoni's defense first, and began to follow Liu Ren's gestures to prepare to run and bomb!
After the Lakers got the ball to the frontcourt, Liu Ren squeezed away Bradley and rushed straight into the paint. With a sudden explosion, Crowder, who rushed to defend him, was left behind.

When the ball arrives, Antetokounmpo passes the ball when Liu Ren enters the three-second zone. Liu Ren catches the ball and smashes it into the basket against Olynyk.

"Okay... so fast!"

Except for the Lakers players who have long been used to all this, the Celtics players, including the fans at the scene, were stunned. This speed is definitely ten seconds faster than [-] meters!

How the hell can I participate in the World Series!
This kind of scoring method is completely bullying the opponent who is not as fast or as strong as he is. This is the style of play that James often used in the last Cavaliers period. Liu Ren will naturally do it too. The technical content of this style of play is not high.

But even James later abandoned this style of play. Liu Ren used his shooting ability when he was injured in Kobe Bryant's injury season in order to gain a firm foothold.

The reason is simple, the burden on the knees is too great, and at the same time, this style of play is similar to a [-]-meter race, which consumes a lot of physical energy!
(End of this chapter)