super small forward

Chapter 494

Whiteside attracted four people to double-team inside, and Antetokounmpo didn't know what to do standing by.

Whiteside attracted a double-team and passed to Antetokounmpo, who threw it to Nick Young.

Nick Young was unguarded, and when he got the ball and pulled it up from outside the three-point line, it was a three-pointer.

"brush!"

Nick Young scored a three-pointer and overtook it!

36:33.

Liu Ren looked silent, and Kobe probably had tears in his heart.

The two of them were beaten badly by the Eagles when they were on the court.

As a result, Whiteside and Nick Young played together, scoring 19 points in half a quarter, and overtaking the score in twos and threes.

Budenholzer quickly called a timeout, and immediately replaced Teague, who played very well in the first quarter, and Horford and Millsap also quickly replaced.

Except for Carroll's absence, the Eagles are basically the main force, and Dennis Schroeder is the strongest outside substitute for the Eagles, and the three-guard lineup is not bad.

For the Lakers, D'Antoni thought for a while, and under Liu Ren's expectant eyes, he decisively did not let him play. Instead, he replaced McCollum, who was mediocre, with Korver, and Antetokounmpo with Green. .

After the return of the Hawks' main lineup, they want to use a tough style of play to compete with the Lakers.

However, Whiteside is like a prehistoric behemoth, covering the sky with one hand in the paint. Millsap and Horford are too different in size from Whiteside, and they have no advantage in athletic ability, or they can only look at Whiteside. Keep playing high and high, or double-team and see Green catch the ball and distribute it to Korver or Nick Young or Jeremy Lin.

The Eagles, who the Lakers couldn't start with, were beaten by the second team led by Whiteside...

The Eagles still had a clear advantage in the first quarter, but they were beaten in the second quarter, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

Originally, the fans at the scene were still worried about whether they would encounter the same situation as when they were playing the Cavaliers, but they didn't expect that the plot would be reversed, and it was beyond the sky!
Before the Lakers couldn't open the inside line at all, and the outside line was marked again, everyone thought it was not easy for the Lakers to chase points, but now at the beginning of the second quarter, Whiteside knocked the Eagles down.

Sure enough, like Liu Ren who had the foresight, he saw Whiteside abusing the inside of the Eagles like a father beater, leading a group of substitutes to beat the Eagles to death, and the score difference was widened to [-] points in twos and threes. Fans posted on social media They started joking again.

"I finally found the reason why the Lakers will lose this year. It's all because of the boss. Look at him, and we will overtake him!"

"That's right, we should win 82, the boss is a cancer, it's delaying us from breaking history!"

"7 for 1, we are 7 points behind in the first quarter, the boss is to blame..."

"Look at Kobe's helpless face, he must be choked by the boss..."

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With Whiteside's ferocious performance, the point difference was widened. At halftime, the Lakers had a 57-42 lead by 15 points!
Whiteside scored 14 points, 8 rebounds and 4 blocks in a single quarter.

Nick Young scored 16 points in a single quarter.

Together, the two led the Lakers to a 40-17 quarter...

Liu Ren sat on the sidelines and continued to be silent, while Kobe continued to cry silently.

The Eagles are about to collapse. They knew Whiteside was good before, and they felt that it was a luxury for the Lakers to use such a fast-moving, rebounding, and block-blocking big center as a substitute.

But now that Whiteside beat Horford and Millsap's duo, the two couldn't grab rebounds, couldn't defend, and the offense was forced to float outside.

At this time, Budenholzer felt that the Lakers were no longer a luxury, but a waste!It's a waste!It's squandering!

Which team would not be a treasure to get a center like Whiteside?All teams with a big center like Whiteside will be regarded as the core team building!
"The King's management is blind! It's mentally handicapped! Sending such a bug to the Lakers, do you think they are not strong enough? It's better to keep the drinking fountain for yourself!" Budenholzer suddenly blamed the King's management layer.

In Budenholzer's view, they sent Whiteside to the Lakers.

After Budenholzer lost his temper in the locker room and scolded the Kings management and his own players, he began to arrange counterattack tactics for the second half.

Budenholzer arranged tactics against Liu Ren and Kobe in the first quarter. In the second quarter, he was planning to continue playing the tactics of the first quarter, but he did not expect to be directly defeated by Whiteside, and all the arrangements collapsed.

For the Hawks, not only was the offense contained by Whiteside in the second quarter, but the defense was also shattered.

For a coach like Budenholzer, the most important thing is defense, especially in this situation, and the defense can stabilize the situation.

D'Antoni didn't say anything special during the halftime break on the Lakers' side. The overall strength of the Lakers is obviously much better than that of the Hawks. The Hawks are not on the Lakers' opponent list.

In D'Antoni's view, only the Cavaliers and Warriors can pose a threat to them, and no other team is an opponent.

In the third quarter, D'Antoni was ready to finish and put on the strongest lineup.

The Lakers sent Clarkson, Kobe, Liu Ren, Green, Whiteside.

The Eagles have also replaced the main force, otherwise there is no other way but to kill the main force, otherwise Budenholzer is really afraid of being tortured to death by the Lakers.

Seeing that Liu Ren is finally on the court again, and has already led so much, the Lakers have been famously stable this year. They have never been reversed after leading by 15 points, so the fans began to come alive again.

"Oh, the cancerous boss is on the field again, my God, take him back, Mustache, do you still want to win?"

"D'Antoni quickly take away your magical powers, the boss is a trap!"

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Immediately there was another upsurge of ridicule on the Internet.

Back from halftime, the Eagles went first.

Seeing the defensive combination of Whiteside and Green on the inside of the Lakers that can be described as terrifying in the second half of the second quarter, Millsap and Horford simply stopped going inside and ran out to pick and roll for teammates.

The Eagles still held the ball with Bazemore, Millsap went to pick and roll, Clarkson and Green, who were defending Bazemore, switched defenses, and Bazemore passed the ball to Millsap.

Clarkson can still defend Millsap from the outside, as long as he doesn't let the opponent shoot directly.

At this moment, Horford unexpectedly ran over to pick and roll for Millsap, and Millsap immediately rushed to the outside of the three-point line, picked up the ball and directly scored a three-pointer.

Sometimes the rhythm of Millsap is different from the rhythm of the entire Eagles. The rest of the Eagles only shoot when they have space, but the timing of Millsap's shots is not whether he has space, but when he wants to shoot.

This is Budenholzer's only player who can jump out of tactics among all the players of the Eagles. There is no other reason. The original 28 seconds and 11 points proved that Millsap is not a regular player.

Millsap felt bad in the first half, so there was no wave. After the intermission, he started to try his hand again. His unreasonable shot was really not ready for the Lakers. Clarkson thought Millsap Either pass it to Horford, or break through. Whiteside thought so too. After Horford blocked Clarkson, he took a step back to prevent Millsap from breaking through.

Then I saw Millsap shot a three-pointer and fell into his own basket.

"brush!"

Millsap scored a three-pointer, 45 to 57, with 12 points left.

It's just a three-pointer, and the Lakers have no psychological fluctuations.

The Lakers attacked, Liu Ren proved that he was not a cancer, and started to run in a wide range, trying to disrupt the opponent's defense, and then get a chance to score.

but!The method adopted by the Eagles is to block the contact between Liu Ren and other players, so as to prevent Liu Ren from receiving the ball.

The eagle's defense has very high requirements for rotation. Once the defender blocks Liu Ren, the players behind will take on the task of rotating defense.

However, what Spurs teams like the Eagles and Raptors are best at is rotation. They can play so well without superstars in their prime and without superstars, relying on rotation and running positions.

Seeing that the eagle's attention was on Liu Ren, Green immediately pulled out to ask Clarkson for the ball. Liu Ren wanted to prove himself, and so did Green!
Green came up to pick and roll with Clarkson. After Clarkson broke into the inside line, he saw that the pass to Whiteside was not good. Liu Ren was entangled again, so he passed back to Green who was in the high position. Green took the ball and took a look to defend himself It was Bazemore, who was a head shorter than him, so Green took a decisive step and shot from the middle of the free throw line.

"bang"

Still strong!

The moment Green made the shot, the five Eagles collectively moved inside, and the Eagles grabbed a defensive rebound when Whiteside was hung on the body by three people, his eyes widened and roared.

Millsap made a three-pointer just now, and his fighting spirit recovered in an instant, and he came to the frontcourt and continued to ask for the ball.

Millsap made a three-pointer before, announcing the return of touch. At this time, the Eagles players also knew that Millsap had a good touch, so when they saw him wanting the ball, they immediately picked and rolled him and passed the ball back to him.

Millsap got the ball this time, and Clarkson, who had switched defenses, had already defended in place, sticking to Millsap directly outside the three-point line.

But Millsap didn't seem to see Clarkson, and directly made a three-pointer against Clarkson's defense!

Clarkson is in place, with his finger almost in Millsap's eye.

But Millsap's three-pointer was still hollow.

"Fuck! Isn't it?" Liu Ren watched the score change to 57 to 48, only 1 minute!The point difference is back to within 10 points.

Liu Ren faintly felt that he couldn't get his poop out again.

Clarkson is also very desperate. This cannot be prevented better, but the opponent just made a shot!

Liu Ren was angry again, and wanted to make a move, but the Eagles defended him more tightly. Green was shamefully let go, and used more manpower to mark Liu Ren...

Seeing the eagle coming like this, Liu Ren saw that there was nothing wrong with it, so he simply took advantage of the opponent's pursuit and interception, and ran around to disrupt the opponent's defense.

After Liu Ren entered the inside line, he ran back. Bazemore was blocked by Whiteside and couldn't catch up with Liu Ren. Schroeder, who was defending Kobe, immediately rushed over to help defend. In this way, both Kobe and Green were empty!

Green was supporting in a high position at this time. After thinking about it, he decided to pass it to Kobe. He himself began to doubt his life.

The moment Kobe took the ball, he hesitated for a moment whether to rush in and then split the ball or shoot directly, and finally chose to shoot.

Just when he hesitated for a second, Bazemore, who was chasing Liu Ren, caught up and jumped in front of Kobe. Kobe's shot was affected and he missed a mid-range shot.

The Eagles once again shrunk to protect the rebound.

Teague advanced with the ball, and Liu Ren pressed the defense directly from the midfield. If the opponent defended him like that, he would fight back!
At this time, Teague was restrained by Liu Ren and no longer had the magic of the first quarter, but Millsap once again came to the high post to ask for the ball.

Another traumatized Lakers player, Green, chased Millsap desperately, not giving Millsap a chance to get the ball.

Seeing that he had a chance at this time, Bazemore exchanged glances with Millsap. The two of them are the most tacit understanding in the combination of inside and outside the Eagles. They can communicate what they want to express with one look. Millsap immediately went up to give Bazemore sets an off-ball screen.

Bazemore went up and made a circle, and got rid of Clarkson directly after a circle. Both Clarkson and Green were particularly afraid of Millsap who scored two consecutive three-pointers, and the two double-teamed Millsap. past.

You must know that Millsap is off the ball at this time...

Then Bazemore was empty!

Tigger, who was physically bullied by Liu Ren, hurriedly passed it on.

Bazemore's 45-degree open three-pointer!
Hit again!
The Eagles scored three three-pointers in a row, 51 to 57, with only 6 points left!

The Lakers players are starting to worry about being scored consecutively by the opponent. The Lakers seldom encounter such a situation this year. They are still too young. They only played against the Cavaliers and the Lakers twice. Other times, which game is not smooth of?

Having not experienced too many such situations, the mentality of the young people of the Lakers team began to become unstable. Once the mentality is unstable, mistakes are prone to occur.

Sure enough, in a state of anxiety, Liu Ren took the ball and came over to play in a low position, but he missed a dribble and was intercepted by the opponent!

The Eagles made a steal and quickly formed a fast break. Teague went down immediately, caught the ball and made a layup.

53 to 57, only 3 minutes into the game, and the difference is only [-] points!
D'Antoni can't sit still anymore, Liu Ren, Kobe, Green, Clarkson, these four guys are going to make trouble!
Consecutive misses, continuous unstoppable, 11 points in a row by the opponent!
D'Antoni hesitated for a moment, and then very firmly replaced today's four major pitfalls with Jeremy Lin, Nick Young, Korver, and Antetokounmpo.

The fans who were joking before were also stunned.

"Hey, we're just joking, boss, you're not really a scam, are you?"

Tonight is destined to be a night that Liu Ren doesn't want to look back...

(End of this chapter)