super small forward

Chapter 521
jump ball!

Lopez and Gasol jumped the ball in the middle circle. In the end, Gasol still jumped a little short, and Lopez Jr. pointed the ball into Lillard's hands.

Lillard advanced to the frontcourt.

For Lillard, Liu Ren attaches great importance to Lillard. Lillard, who is only in the third grade, has gone one step further this year. Second to Curry's.

Although this era is an era of point guard blowout, compared with Lillard, Wall can't shoot, Irving only knows crossover, Rondo can't change the opponent's defense alone, Lowry likes long shots too much instead of passing , Westbrook has begun to move towards an epic player who cannot be defined by a point guard, and Paul... can't touch the floor of the Western Conference Finals.

The best point guard today is undoubtedly Curry. Shooting and passing, Curry combined the two things to a very perfect level. He averaged 23 points and 8 assists per game. Not many, but not many.

Lillard is the most similar to Curry in terms of statistics and playing style.

What Liu Ren regrets most is that Lillard is in the Trail Blazers. If the Trail Blazers have the same lineup as the Warriors, there will definitely be interesting things happening.

Liu Ren once wanted to suggest that the team consider Lillard as a signing target, but since Lillard took the initiative to provoke last season, he dismissed this idea.

This is just one point. Of course, if you can get Lillard, Liu Ren will definitely not refuse, but the price of getting Lillard back will definitely not be small. Those young players who have cooperated happily will have to leave two or three.

Generally speaking, although Lillard can reach his peak as soon as possible, but he is too old, he will be 25 years old soon, and the Lakers management must be reluctant to replace those young players.

Lillard came over with the ball without any fireworks.He used the screen calmly, and then moved horizontally to suppress the Lakers' free throw line to control the ball.

Lillard is attacking with the ball, and of course Liu Ren is defending him.

Speaking of which, Liu Ren likes to defend opponents who rely on speed like Westbrook and Wade the most. He believes that Tony Allen is the same, because that kind of straight attacker can be very good as long as you are faster and stronger than him. After defending, it is the same reason that Ross East was beaten to death when he met James.

And offensive players with this kind of technical flow and super shooting ability are the most difficult to guard.

This kind of player can only be restricted. For example, Liu Ren can only suppress Lillard to go in one direction. If he wants to block Lillard on the outside, he must retreat and defend, which will leave enough room for Lillard to shoot. , Lillard is no worse than Curry in terms of three-point threats.

Liu Ren could only reveal the gap in the off-line and guide Lillard to break through from the right. Lillard really followed the gap exposed by Liu Ren to break through, and Whiteside was also ready to help defend. When Ren wanted to stick tightly to suppress Lillard and could only break through from the bottom line, Lillard suddenly changed direction and wanted to move towards the top arc. Liu Ren quickly blocked him, but hit someone!

Aldridge!
Liu Ren was blocked by Aldridge!

On the other side, Green hurried to defend Lillard, and Lillard quickly passed the ball to Aldridge.

Easy and simple to create a dislocation, Liu Ren had to face the task of defending a power forward who was so much taller than him.

After Aldridge got the ball, he jumped up and made a fallback jump shot. Liu Ren tried his best to interfere, but the ball still fell into the basket accurately and made a hollow hit.

With Aldridge's height, he still leans back. Apart from the bad hand feeling and the inability to make shots, there is really no other way.

Aldridge's personal ability is really too strong and outstanding, and Liu Ren also admires it very much, but for some reason, he feels that Aldridge seems a bit unsuitable as a championship player. This guy is too free-wheeling!Just now there was obviously a more secure way of playing after the pick-and-roll and cutting inside, but in order to show off his shots, he just stopped in the middle distance and waited for the ball.

The Lakers attacked, and Liu Ren tried his hand first, and directly shot a three-pointer against Batum's defense from outside the three-point line.

Feeling good, straight in!
D'Antoni on the sidelines was determined. Liu Ren made a strong shot at the start today, which proves that Liu Ren feels good today. Liu Ren feels good. The opponent's defense is bound to be affected by this, and the Lakers' team offense will be very smooth. conduct.

"Director Zhang, both teams seem to be in good shape at the beginning of today's game. What do you think is the way for the two teams to win? What should the two teams pay attention to?" Sun Zhengping will always be so stupid, although for Mr. It's a pity to snatch the commentary back.

"From past experience, if the Lakers want to win, they must first pay attention to the bench lineup. Everyone knows that the Lakers' bench lineup is often the key to their success. Liu Ren's performance is very important if the second wing can play well. Yes, the Lakers played very anxious games this year because Liu Ren's performance was affected. The third controlled Aldridge. If Aldridge shot like this the whole game, there is no way. Last year's playoffs, everyone also As you can see, the rocket was shot to death by Aldridge."

"Director Zhang is right!" Sun Zhengping continued.

"In more detail, the Trail Blazers' bench lineup is not effective. The easiest way for the Lakers to win is to keep the main score and beat the opponent with a strong bench lineup when the rotation lineup is on the court. The style of play that defeated the Blazers three times. What the Lakers should be afraid of is the Blazers' striker combination. The striker composed of Matthews, Batum, and Aldridge has a balanced offense and defense. It is quite difficult to deal with. If Liu Ren can penetrate Batum's Defensively, the main lineup of the Lakers may have a little advantage, but the focus is still on Aldridge, if Aldridge enters the playoffs now, the Lakers must also play a good offense."

Director Zhang analyzed several factors that the Lakers need to pay attention to in order to win.

"Director Zhang, after talking about the Lakers, let's also talk about the Blazers. I can't bear to have someone attack you again." Sun Zhengping kindly took the microphone away and reminded in a low voice. The live broadcast platform has been fired, and now the domestic commentary circle is in turmoil, and everyone is afraid of being attacked by fans.

Sometimes the fans' attacks are very nonsensical. For example, the Cavaliers play a fairly strong team but not much popularity. The commentary must be biased towards the Cavaliers. pink.

At this time, the anchor was biased towards the Cavaliers, and then those fans attacked the commentator. Of course, the Cavaliers, Lakers, and Rockets are very popular, and they are also very popular, so the commentator will be attacked by black fans. It's terrible, use the commentator as a scapegoat.

Only then did Director Zhang realize that as a Laker, he seemed to be acting too much, and he was analyzing it from the perspective of the Lakers coach.

"Ahem, after talking about the Lakers, let's talk about the factors that the Blazers need to pay attention to if they want to win this game. The first point is not to follow the rhythm of the Lakers. The second point is to fully open up the offense. The three points are not to let the Lakers connect inside and outside."

"..." Sun Zhengping, who doesn't know much about basketball, can see Teacher Zhang Lili's perfunctory. The treatment difference between the two teams is too big!
At this time, Aldridge made another singles hit. This time it was Lillard and Aldridge's pick-and-roll, but Liu Ren was prepared and bypassed Aldridge at the first time. Green directly defended Aldridge from behind.

But the facts have proved that Aldridge really wants to shoot, and then he can only see how good his hand feels, but when he reaches the playoffs, his hand feels so hot that it explodes. He likes the kind of game that people pay attention to...

Such a power forward should be considered unique in this league. It is reasonable to say that Aldridge should be at least as popular as Odom, but in fact people habitually ignore him, and then in the playoffs It was only then that I realized that this guy was so daft.

This is why Aldridge wants to go to the big ball market.

The Blazers have no sense of presence. Even though they are third in the Western Conference this year, they still have no sense of presence. Aldridge is too envious of the three western teams, the Lakers, Rockets, and Spurs.

Seriously, Aldridge is not only strong on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end. When Green is not paying attention, he steals the ball, and his hand speed is as fast as he has been single for 29 years.

The Blazers did not fight back, but chose to play steadily, because the Lakers checked out very quickly. When Whiteside started without the slow-footed Gasol, the Lakers could improve both offensive and defensive speeds to a very high level. Hurry up, it's unwise to play fast-paced games against the Lakers. Coach Stortz repeatedly told him to keep the tempo down and play positions before the start of the game.

It is safest to fall into the positional battle and fight around Aldridge.

Falling to the ground again, Liu Ren felt a little overwhelmed.

For the Blazers, as long as Aldridge plays well, the defensive end is not worse than their Lakers, and the other four players except Lillard are very good defensively, and the team defense is also very good.

Speeding up the pace, this is a point that the Lakers attach great importance to.

Lillard controlled the ball and advanced, Liu Ren rushed forward and defended Lillard just after he passed the free throw line.

Liu Ren is not afraid of Lillard rushing into the inside line, with Whiteside guarding the inside line, and he is not afraid of making a sudden stop for a jump shot after Lillard passes by. If no one blocks him, he is enough to catch up and interfere with Lillard. What he fears most is The pick-and-roll of Lillard and Aldridge, the pick-and-roll of the two is too powerful.

He couldn't stop Lillard and Aldridge from cooperating many times. Every time he defeated the Trail Blazers with the depth of the team lineup, this is what Liu Ren is most worried about. He really wants to rely on his own strength to beat Lillard. De's face that others owed him millions was crushed.

Liu Ren left a bigger gap this time, just to let Lillard rush directly to the inside. At that time, Green will block the passing route between him and Aldridge, and then Liu Ren and Whiteside will make Lila De's dumplings.

But Lillard was not fooled, and was blocked by Liu Ren, so he pushed forward slowly without worrying about time being consumed. Anyway, his purpose was to fight positional warfare at a slow pace.

D'Antoni and Bickerstaff looked at each other on the sidelines and then shrugged, saying that they had no choice but to rely on the main force to attack, and then use the second team to win.

Sure enough, after the slow pace fell into position, it was difficult for the Lakers to form too many obstacles to the cooperation between Lillard and Aldridge. Kobe and Clarkson did not dare to double-team, and Batum and Matthew Si may not be really good at offense personally, but the catch and shoot three-pointers are accurate. The two are the focus of the Blazers' almost invincible starting combination. Without their two excellent forwards and guards who catch and shoot three-pointers The Blazers really have nothing to play.

This time it was Lillard who scored the goal. When Liu Ren and Green both went to defend Aldridge, Lillard stepped back and hit a long-range two-pointer.

The Lakers were beaten 6-2.

Want to be opened by the Blazers?Clarkson said it's not good...Although the substitute lineup, even if the starting lineup is more than ten points behind the Trail Blazers, but the Trail Blazers substitute can catch up after two or three hits. The Blazers' substitutes are not bad, they are simply It doesn't look like it's composed of NBA players, but it looks like a development league.

After the 76ers defeated the Lakers last time, some fans joked that if the 76ers' role players played with the five starters of the Trail Blazers, they would definitely dominate the league.

... This is not the point, the point is that Clarkson can't figure it out: why does the boss want to be hard steel with the Blazers?

It is true that Clarkson felt that no matter whether it was Aldridge or Lillard, they would definitely not be Liu Ren's opponents alone, but the power of the combination is very powerful. Without seeing them, they won the first place in the Western Conference with this starting lineup. Three?
But so what?Even Clarkson never regarded the Blazers as a real opponent. He believed that their opponents in the West were only the Spurs and the Warriors.

Clarkson thinks it's better not to put more pressure on the second team. If you follow the pace of the Blazers like this, the starting lineup will suffer!
It is very difficult to speed up when the defensive end is working hard. When the oppressive defense does not make the opponent speed up, it proves that the defense is basically useless for the Trail Blazers starter.

So as the point guard on the field, Clarkson gestured to announce that he would give up defense and run away!

This is D'Antoni's plan from the beginning. If he can't guard against it, he simply can't guard against it. Anyway, if he can't guard against it, it's better to fight against Biao.

This is where D'Antoni is different from ordinary head coaches, and it also makes it easier for the teams he leads to open the situation.

As for why it is unnecessary to defend at the beginning of the game when you know you can't defend it?This is entirely because D'Antoni wants to take care of Liu Ren's emotions, because Liu Ren was very excited before the game against the Trail Blazers and wanted to fight Lillard and Aldridge.

Seeing Clarkson's gesture, Liu Ren knew that he was going to run away, so he could only follow the tactics.

The defensive pressure on the Lakers suddenly eased. In addition to dunks and three-pointers at the basket, the Lakers showed a big gap in the mid-range position, the worst position for NBA players, that is: you need to shoot three-pointers Let's rest for the dunk, how about the mid-range shot for you?

Then regardless of whether the Blazers make it or not, the Lakers will fight back.

All of a sudden, the game changed from a personal performance show of the Blazers to a confrontation between the two sides.

It has to be said that as the most physically fit player of the Lakers, Liu Ren played very comfortably in running and bombing, counterattacking dunks and chasing three-pointers very well, but judging from his expression, anyone who is familiar with him knows that he I still want to confront Lillard and Aldridge.

D'Antoni was also helpless on the sidelines: "I said Bernie, why does Liu love to fight his opponent so hard? Well, I'm not saying that there is a problem with him wanting to defeat the opponent on both ends of the offense and defense, but we can easily The strategy of completely defeating the opponent is easy, but he always likes to do it by himself, isn't it part of strength to have strong teammates to help!"

"Did you forget that Boss is only in his early 20s? Isn't that the case for young people? If he was lucky enough to go to the lottery team in the draft, shouldn't he be a young man who wants to challenge all powerful enemies? "

"Haha, then he will be depressed again, because we need a mature him, and we can only let him get used to the easiest way to win."

In D'Antoni's view, although young people like Liu Ren and Kobe who entered the NBA and stayed in a strong team say that the pressure to rise is relatively high, they can also be described as being born in the blessing and not knowing the blessing. Kobe envied Iverson when he was young. Leading a team to challenge the world alone, Liu Ren envied that James, Lillard, and Aldridge could fight against the entire league by themselves.

To put it bluntly, it is hypocritical.

Yes, Liu Ren started to be hypocritical again.

After running and bombing, the Blazers deliberately pressed the rhythm on the offensive end, and the mid-range efficiency was very good. The Lakers didn't care whether the Blazers scored or not.

Then the starting lineups of the Lakers and Trail Blazers started their fourth confrontation this season. The point difference fluctuated back and forth within 4 points, and the starting lineups of the two teams played evenly.

After the rotation lineup came on the field, the Blazers couldn't hold on for a while, and the score was pulled away in two or three times, forcing the Blazers to start up, and then when the Blazers started and wanted to recover the score, the Lakers also played. Putting on the starting lineup and facing off against Biao, the energy of the Blazers' main force was almost exhausted. When the Blazers replaced the main force, the Lakers also changed to the second team, until the Blazers' main force was overwhelmed, and the Lakers' second team Just win the game easily.

97 to 108, the Blazers lost to the Lakers by 11 points. Lillard and Aldridge scored 68 points in this game. Their entire starting lineup scored 86 points, and the bench lineup only scored 11 points.

On the Lakers side, the second team with Korver and Nick Young as the main scoring points scored 44 points. The gap is not a little bit big.

Then Liu Ren became hypocritical, and had a kind of invincible thought in his heart like the previous three times.

Liu Ren's statistics today are not bad, 27 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, not particularly good but certainly not bad.

Seeing that Liu Ren has become a boring gourd again, the rest of the Lakers are also helpless. They know Liu Ren's thoughts too well, but the game is like this, and winning is the truth.

(End of this chapter)