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Chapter 491 491. The eagle's tactics are a bit wrong...

Bazemore returned to the Staples Center. Last season, Bazemore made a lot of contributions to the Lakers' revival. The starter went, but he returned to the Staples Center fans still gave him applause.

"Wow, Kenta, you've done well in the Eagles, you've become the starter, and you're playing against me this time?" Liu Ren stepped forward to say hello to Bazemore.

Seeing Liu Ren's fighting spirit, Bazemore could only smile wryly: "I suddenly don't want to start the game anymore, please don't be so serious, okay?"

Liu Ren thought for a while, then nodded seriously: "Okay, I won't hit you to death, half to death is enough."

"..."

Bazemore expressed that he was very tired!

Since the two teams have exchanged a more important player for them who re-emerged last season and have a good relationship with other players in their respective teams, this time the two teams played against each other without the tension of the last time in Atlanta. Before the start of the game Both sides are relatively harmonious.

However, after the game started, the atmosphere on the court was different.

The ultimate goal of the Lakers this year is undoubtedly the championship. The record has already been locked in the first place in the league. Can there be other goals besides the championship?
The same is true for the Eagles, they are already No. [-] in the East, and the only remaining goal is the championship. Even though they have always been ranked behind the Knicks and Cavaliers, they are still No. [-] in the East.

The Eagles also want to beat the Lakers, they want to reach the finals, and then beat the Lakers to win the championship!
Soon the game will start.

The Lakers start here: Clarkson, Kobe, Liu Ren, Green, Gasol.

The Hawks' starting lineup is Teague, Bazemore, Carroll, Millsap, Horford.

Encountering Horford, who is also not good at bouncing, Gasol finally won the jump ball again after many days, which is worthy of celebration for Lakers fans.

Gasol was slightly embarrassed to hear the fans cheer after winning a jump ball.

The Lakers go first.

Clarkson advanced to the frontcourt, and the Lakers started with an open formation, placing Gasol and Green in high positions. As soon as Clarkson came to the frontcourt, Liu Ren immediately ran from Gasol, using Gasol's screen drives inside toward the basket.

Gasol went up to catch the ball, Green screened for Clarkson without the ball, and Horford had to be pulled out from the inside of the Eagles, leaving Millsap alone to defend Liu Ren inside.

Gasol immediately hit the ground and passed the ball, and the ball landed in Liu Ren's hands.

In this game, D'Antoni's idea is to penetrate the inside line first, and it is best to cause a foul to beat Millsap down.

Liu Ren hits Millsap with his back, and he only has one back-to-back technique, strong!

Liu Ren slammed back with all his strength, and Millsap couldn't stop him immediately. Taking this opportunity, Liu Ren used his lame turn to catch the high jump and hit the board!

Millsap's general defense skills are very good, but he really has no choice but to watch Liu Ren's high throw fall into his own basket.

Today the Lakers played Liu Ren in the opening game, and played low in the opening game, decisively using Liu Ren's super physical fitness to bully the opponent.

The key reason why the Hawks are not considered a true championship-level team is because they don't have a strong defensive small forward like Leonard, Iguodala, and James.

Can't defend the low post at all, this is the weakest link of the Eagles.

Only Liu Ren, a small forward, fell to the low post. Except for Horford's low post defense ability, everyone else on the Hawks was suppressed by Liu Ren.

Not only the Lakers will use this method to deal with the Eagles, but the Warriors, Cavaliers, Rockets, Clippers, and Knicks all bully the Eagles in this way.

And once the Eagles use Horford to defend against these low-post players, the Eagles' inside defense will be over. These teams have tall players who stand on the other side of the inside and directly catch the ball before hitting high.

Millsap is only [-] meters tall, as tall as Liu Ren, James, and Anthony. Defense against a real center is simply a disaster!
However, the Eagles have long been used to this kind of thing, and it is not uncommon to be bullied like this this year, so they have long been mentally prepared.

It's the Eagles' turn to attack.

Teague slowed down, allowing Horford, a not-so-fast center, to fall into position.

Playing positional warfare is the strength of the Eagles.

Teague went upfield and passed to Bazemore, then made quick off-ball runs along the sideline and baseline.

Millsap helped Teague make a high-quality cover on the bottom line, and Horford also helped Carroll make a cover on the other side.

The Hawks' tactical movement is really good. They don't have a troika under Popovich, and they don't have two guns in the backcourt like the Raptors, but their record is indeed the best among the three teams in the Spurs. It is because their tactics are really good!
The Eagles had a good double off-ball screen. The Lakers' defense focused on Teague. Bazemore passed to Carroll who responded. Carroll took the ball but did not attack by himself. After he broke through, he attracted Liu Ren's supplementary defense. , and then passed to Teague, and now Teague and Carroll attracted the defense of the three outside Lakers, and Bazemore's top arc was empty!Teague immediately passed back to Bazemore at the top arc.

The Eagles played a very complicated game in the first round, very patient and very Eagle style, but it was a pity that Bazemore missed a three-pointer.

Although it was a miss, the Eagles' ball movement is extremely difficult for many teams to achieve.

The Hawks missed a shot, Gasol protected the backboard and immediately passed the ball to Clarkson.

The Eagles returned to defense quickly, and the Lakers did not fight fast.

Clarkson took the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, Liu Ren and Kobe Bryant, two shooting players, immediately opened up the space at 45-degree angles on the left and right sides, and then Gasol and Green came up to perform an off-ball pick-and-roll for Liu Ren and Kobe.

Exactly the same tactics as the Eagles!

After D'Antoni successfully imitated the Rockets' style of play once, he fell in love with this style of imitating the opponent's tactics. Once the opponent cracked their imitation, it was to help the Lakers find a way to deal with them!

Of course, some teams cannot imitate the opponent's style of play. For example, the Warriors' double guns in the backcourt cannot be imitated. The Cavaliers' style of play is also unique and cannot be imitated.

But most teams, including championship contenders like the Rockets and Hawks, can be imitated, because they basically don't have the ability to far surpass the players at the same position as the Lakers in any position.

Relatively speaking, Kobe, who often abused various "animal" teams, was a greater threat to the Eagles, so Clarkson passed the ball to Liu Ren who accepted the pick-and-roll again and fell to the low post.

Once again, Liu Ren was backed by Millsap. This time, the Eagles did not dare to let Liu Ren easily single-play Millsap. Carroll, who was switched to defend Gasol, quickly came back to double-team.

Liu Ren immediately gave the ball to Gasol, and Gasol made a mid-range shot...

Miss!

Gasol missed the shot, and Millsap and Carroll on the inside caught Liu Ren and grabbed a defensive rebound and passed it to Teague. Teague took the ball and dribbled quickly.

Defensive counterattack is also one of the tactics of the Eagles.

However, the Lakers retreated too quickly. The Lakers' offensive rebound strategy is very clear. Except for inside singles players, only Liu Ren, Antetokounmpo, and Whiteside can stay in Bickerstaff's tactics. When grabbing rebounds in the frontcourt, other players will quickly retreat after taking shots. You cannot be hit by the opponent for fast breaks because of hitting offensive rebounds.

Gasol ran back immediately after the mid-range shot, and with Kobe and Clarkson returning to the defense, the Lakers already had three people returning to the defense, and Teague and Bazemore's quick play didn't help.

At this time, the Eagles decisively landed. After the other players were in position, they immediately started the double off-ball pick-and-roll tactics again, completely opening up the space. The other four Lakers, who are not at a disadvantage in speed, did not watch the opponent's pick-and-roll this time. Instead, he stepped forward to mark, so Teague singled out Clarkson in the middle.

Teague's speed is not bad, but Clarkson's speed is not slower than Teague's, and his movements are fierce, and he is not afraid of fouls. Anyway, there is another Jeremy Lin on the bench who has the strength of an NBA starter and Nash who can play well in a short period of time. , Clarkson is not afraid of foul problems at all.

Teague couldn't break through, so he had to turn around and pass the ball to Horford, who was backing Gasol in the middle distance on the left and asked for the ball.

Horford took the ball from the high post and shot directly against Gasol's long arm. Gasol interfered very well, and Horford forced the shot to miss.

In the opening 2 minutes of today's game, the two teams did not play smoothly.

It is basically difficult for the Eagles to take advantage of the Lakers' tenacious defense. Even if the Lakers imitated the Eagles' style of play, they failed to easily open the score.

The defense of both teams is very strong, and it is difficult to score.

This game looks very lively, but it's the same as licking and licking. The operation is as fierce as a tiger, and the score is only 2 to 0.
In the next few rounds, both sides were testing. The Lakers used the Eagles' offensive method to attack. Unfortunately, the Lakers' Gasol and Green, who are in the same position as Horford and Millsap in the Eagles' tactics, did not feel good in the middle distance today. Great, Horford and Millsap on the Eagles also feel bad.

Now the two insiders of the two teams playing the same tactics are misfired.

The Eagles missed another attack, and Liu Ren grabbed a defensive rebound and handed it to Clarkson to advance.

Liu Ren clapped his hands towards D'Antoni while running to the frontcourt, and then pointed to himself, meaning I'm coming, D'Antoni nodded. Now the situation is a little stiff, and it's been several minutes without a single sports game score .

"This Budenholzer's tactics are not very good!" D'Antoni complained about the Eagles' tactics in his heart. He agreed with Liu Ren's idea of ​​wanting to come by himself. He originally planned to use the player's personal strength to break this situation. up.

The Lakers attacked. Liu Ren pointed to the inside and then pointed to the basket. Clarkson immediately used Green's pick-and-roll to break into the inside and attracted Millsap to defend. The inside line faced Horford.

After Liu Ren entered the inside, he leaped high, and Clarkson passed the ball just right...

Horford actually withdrew from the inside line at the first time and gave it to Liu Ren. Liu Ren easily caught the dunk.

It’s not that Horford is so cowardly, but since the Eagles defeated the Lakers once at the beginning of last season, Horford was dunked by Liu Ren enough in the next two matches. He didn't even think about resisting Liu Ren.

Even Howard and Jr. couldn't stop Liu Ren who was already rushing up, so Horford wouldn't be in the limelight...

With Liu Renkong taking over, the score that had been stagnant for a long time finally changed, 4 to 0.
But this score is really low!The fans were about to fall asleep watching the running tactics of the two teams.

Liu Ren used his personal strength and cooperated with Clarkson to break the deadlock. The Eagles also began to play less rigidly and followed the tactics. They shot when there was a chance. They all scored three points and scored no points in nearly four minutes. Going to play tactics to create opportunities for Millsap and Horford, two guys who feel bad today, might as well come by themselves.

Needless to say, the Eagles' offense this year is indeed not bad, and their outside shots are not bad. They let go of the game and finally started to score.

However, the scores of the two teams came relatively late. When the official timeout in the 7th minute of the first quarter, the score of the two teams was only 10 to 7, and the Lakers only led by 3 points.

(End of this chapter)