super small forward

Chapter 57 57. The winning streak in progress 3
After playing the Nuggets, the Lakers ushered in consecutive home games, first of all, the menacing Grizzlies attacked.

The Lakers played very hard in this game. The Grizzlies are the kind of defensive team. Logically speaking, this style of play has been eliminated by the NBA, but they are still strong in the league. And every year the playoffs will bite the opponent hard.

The belief of the Grizzlies is to make their opponents score lower than us. So far this season, they have a record of 6 wins and 4 losses and rank seventh in the Western Conference. They averaged only 93 points per game, but their opponents averaged only Getting 89 points is simply a hard bone to bite.

But they seem to be very strong, but Liu Ren knows that their peak is probably the Spurs in that black eight, and because of that black eight, people have too high expectations for this team. In fact, they can only be a team. A playoff spoiler, when their defense fails, they're out of luck.

Generally speaking, it is difficult for a team to make the Grizzlies' defense ineffective, especially in the playoffs. They can only figure out their defense game by game, then think of countermeasures, and then win with difficulty.

Another way is to blow the wind outside and kill them.

Just like the Lakers today.

Nick Young is having a convulsion!

At the beginning of the game, the Lakers were brought in by the opponent's slow-paced play and did not run up to play. So it became a duel between Liu Ren hitting the basket face-to-face and Randolph hitting the basket with his back.

Just like Liu Ren's powerful face-up singles with his physical fitness, Randolph's back-up singles are almost incomprehensible, with soft touch like Nowitzki and brutal strength like O'Neal. The basket, Gasol and Green were made miserable, and it was not easy to replace Whiteside, let alone the thin bamboo pole of Antetokounmpo.

The Grizzlies' defensive strategy is to allow Liu Ren to single out Tony Allen in the interior, not to help defend, and not to give Liu Ren a chance to pass the ball.

So the two began to chisel each other hard.

Lowering the opponent's offensive ability to the same level as his own, and then defeating the opponent with rich experience, this is the Grizzlies' style of play.

After the first quarter, the two sides scored extremely low, 17 to 19, and the Lakers were still two points behind.

The second quarter was not much better. It was still players from both sides who scored hard. The Grizzlies have perfected their ability to control the rhythm over the past few years. The Lakers can't play their style of play at all and can only be led by the nose Walk.

D'Antoni on the sidelines was flushed with anxiety, but he couldn't think of a temporary solution. That's how he was killed by the Spurs back then. At that time, he still had top offensive players such as Nash, Marion, and Stoudemire.Now the Lakers team with the strongest scoring ability is Liu Ren, who can only rely on Liu Ren to go hard.

Thanks to Liu Ren's outstanding physical fitness and tyrannical strength, he has an advantage against Tony Allen, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to fight.

At the end of the half, the Lakers trailed 33 to 37 by four points, of which 22 points were scored by Liu Ren!That is to say, others were defended by the Grizzlies and only scored 11 points in the half!
In addition to physical confrontation, this game was also physical confrontation. The Lakers only had the advantage in such a fierce physical confrontation, and everyone else was stunned.

Compared with another Warriors game against the Heat today, this score will be equal to the opponent's first quarter score.

If the game continues like this, the Grizzlies will succeed. They just want to wear down the opponent's patience, and then play blindly to match their defensive dominance and kill the opponent.

However, someone from the Lakers played blindly, and the Grizzlies couldn't bear it!

The third quarter was the turning point of the game. After the start of the third quarter, Nick Young scored three three-pointers, tying the score to 45.

They were all unreasonable goals, with two dribbles and defensive shots, and they scored neatly.

The Grizzlies were taken aback, this little brother seemed to have seen this before!

Yes, Nick Young, who got excited when he saw the Grizzlies, went crazy again today.

In the third quarter, Nick Young scored 22 points in a single quarter, all of which were difficult shots. The Grizzlies did not defend well.

However, whether Nick Young can shoot accurately has nothing to do with how well the opponent defends. It all depends on whether his hands are smooth, which may be the fate of the Grizzlies. Scored 22 points in the first quarter, and scored 18 points in the fourth quarter, tearing up the Grizzlies defense on their own!
The Grizzlies planned to lower the pace and score low to win, but Nick Young scored 22 points alone in the third quarter, one point more than the Grizzlies team scored in a single quarter, and the Grizzlies panicked all of a sudden.

The Grizzlies panicked and began to speed up the pace unconsciously. The Lakers' offense started to come alive. In the fourth quarter, they finally hit a run and bomb. Liu Ren and Nick Young scored 30 points in the fourth quarter, defeating their opponents in one fell swoop.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Grizzlies 93 to 85 and won seven consecutive victories.

Liu Ren scored 38 points in the game, and missed 40 points in a single game. Not only that, but his teammates also scored 40 points.

Nick Young scored 40 points in the halftime, setting a new record high for a player in the halftime this season. At the same time, this is the second time in his career that he scored 40+ points, and it is his second highest scoring game in a single game.

After a day off after playing the Grizzlies, the Lakers ushered in their second consecutive home opponent, the Pistons.

Since the era of the Five Tigers was completely over, the Pistons have been reduced to the belly of the Eastern Conference. It is not at all obvious that they are the team that dominated the Eastern Conference in the last decade.

Big belly has its own advantages. The Pistons' players with great potential made Kupchak drool while sitting on the sidelines watching the game. Jennings, Monroe, Josh Smith, Drummond, it's a pity these players The transaction value is too high, and the Lakers probably have to change most of the team if they want to get any of them.

The Lakers' re-emergence this year depends on the depth of the team's lineup. Their opponents have to go all out for the entire game. There is no way. The strength of the Lakers' first team and second team is not much different. Except for Liu Ren who averaged 37 minutes per game, none of the others played more than 25 minutes. Except for Thackeray who was waving a towel on the sidelines, Kobe and Nash in suits, everyone else played more than 15 minutes. Rotation is simply impossible for opponents to guard against.

Moreover, the four players of Whiteside, Antetokounmpo, Green, and Liu Ren, Kupchak does not think that the Pistons have players with better talents than them, but the Lakers are still keeping a low profile. The team is watching.

Although the Pistons have good talent and have shown people their ability, it is a pity that their running-in is a problem.

(End of this chapter)