super small forward

Chapter 62 62. Barnes' Fear
The Lakers, who had a four-day break, continued their season journey. There are still five games in the first month, two consecutive home games and three consecutive away trips in the East.

The opponents of the two home games are in the same division, that is, opponents in the Pacific Division.

Once upon a time, the Pacific Division could be called the Western Kings Division. In the two seasons of 05-07, the Pacific Division occupied four playoff spots, that is, half of the teams in the Western Conference playoffs in those two years were from the Pacific Division. , It wasn't until the 14-15 season that the brutal five teams in the Southwest Division all entered the playoffs, surpassing the highest number of domination of the Pacific Division in the playoffs that year.

But after that, the Pacific Division was gone, and slowly became two teams, the Lakers and the Suns. The Warriors are a team in the playoffs. Fortunately, the Warriors are strong enough to even break the Bulls' record of 72 wins.

The Lakers' first opponent after a four-day break is the Warriors.

The Warriors in the 13-14 season had the strength to hit the top four in the Western Conference. Although they were kidnapped by the Lakers, the future insider Green, their strength is not worse than that of Liu Ren's memory this season. Green came to the Warriors in Cole He was not taken seriously before, and often sat on the bench throughout the game.

On the contrary, because the Warriors got Blake, the strength of the bench has been strengthened a lot. In the last game between the Warriors and the Rockets, Curry missed the game due to injury. Blake started instead of Curry. He was complained by the Lakers fans that he was slow and couldn't jump. He actually dunked. He was as fast as Wade in front of Harden's defense. Thompson led the Warriors to beat the Rockets with occasional misses.

The coach Mark Jackson has his strengths. He is very good at pinching the team's defense, but he is not very good at other aspects, such as being too egotistical, no one can change the things he decides, stubborn, and so on.

For the team members, his approach is: either agree with me, or you leave, and for the boss: either listen to me, or you fire me.

Blake was traded by him with the boss, and he got such a high-quality substitute at no cost. He is very happy. Today Curry is in the injury observation stage. He continues to let Blake start and encourage Blake to follow Play at your own pace.

To say that Mark Jackson is very straightforward in delegating power, it doesn't matter how Curry and Thompson play on the offensive end, but if someone not appointed by him does something he didn't arrange on the court, he will make people sit on the bench.

For example, Iguodala was deprived of his starting position today because he "seized power" to organize the offense in the last game, but Mark Jackson positioned him as a defensive and open three-pointer, that is, a 3D player, with an annual salary of 1100 million The 3D player is very good and powerful.

Instead of Iguodala, Harris Barnes, the first-round pick selected by the Warriors last year, is a very talented small forward. He is a little thinner, but he is tall, long, fast, and he is not good at confrontation. He was very good and was selected to the first team of the All-Rookie Team last season.

However, in Liu Ren's memory, this potential man was still a potential man until the 15-16 season. His current strength is far behind Iguodala.

This gap is reflected in the defensive end. Iguodala can't prevent Liu Ren from rampaging, but at least he can make up for it with defensive experience and awareness. Barnes' defense against Liu Ren is really a disaster for the Warriors!
But for Liu Ren, it doesn't take much effort to rush into the inside of the Warriors, and he can rush to the basket with Barnes on his body.

The Lakers took the lead to get the offensive right in the opening game. Seeing Barnes's bamboo pole-like figure, Liu Ren decisively chose to bully his opponent, directly asking for the ball and gesturing to open the singles.

Gasol took the lead to take a step inside the three-point line from the bottom corner. Others saw that the oldest player on the Lakers field had pulled away, and then pulled away. Green took two steps inside the three-point line on the other side. Inside, Wesley Johnson and Bazemore stand at two 45-degree angles.

Liu Ren can have so much freedom on the court, in addition to the coach's arrangement, Gasol's support is inseparable, for which Liu Ren has always been very grateful.

After playing more than ten games, Liu Ren has played against many very powerful players in the next few years. He also understands that the reflex arc is super long. Now most of those players are still growing up, so it is not so scary. Thompson, who scored 37 points in the quarter, the ultimate 3D player, is not so accurate in 3 now, and his defense is not so good.

As for James, the guy Liu Ren thought he played dead in the regular season, during the beginning of this season, although Wade missed several games due to injury, he averaged 29 points, 9.2 rebounds and 8.8 assists per game, leading the Heat to dominate the Eastern Conference.

After pulling away, Liu Ren faced Barnes, he was a little confused why the Warriors used Barnes to defend him, did they look down on him?

Thinking of this, Liu Ren was angry, and he stepped forward to break through to the right, and Barnes hurried to the left to defend the past.

But Liu Ren's first step was at the Wade level. The super fast first step passed by Barnes who had just defended, and Barnes directly hit Liu Ren. With Barnes's small body, Liu Ren Jen rushed inside unaffected.

To defend, or not to defend?Of course, it wasn’t David Lee who was thinking about it. His defense was just for fun. Didn’t you see that the first thing Kerr did after he took the stage was to abandon him? David Lee has made a wish since he entered the league, and he will never become Duncan... …that background, so he clings to Green who is a few meters away from the basket.

What I was thinking about was that Bogut, the wise man from Australia, should he not go to the defense, or should he not go to the defense. Basically, the defense can only be used as the background except for fouls.

Just as the wise Bogut was thinking, Liu Ren had already rushed into the three-second zone, ready to take off.

"Huh?" Just as Liu Ren was about to take off, his arm was pulled.

It turned out to be Barnes. He had never faced Liu Ren before, and he didn't expect the other party to pass him as easily as walking on the road in the morning, so he directly grabbed Liu Ren in a hurry.

Then, Barnes felt the fear that the man gave him in his rookie season again.

It was a cold winter in Miami, far east, and despite the warm weather in Miami, Barnes felt cold.

It was a singles match after he came on the court. He was intercepted by the man and counterattacked head-on. He tried his best to catch up and finally caught up. He wanted to hold the man, and would rather foul than let the opponent succeed in the counterattack.

However, he was almost hanging on the man, and the man still took three big steps, dragging the ball into the basket with one hand like a joke and scoring 2+1.
This scene was repeated today. He grabbed Liu Ren's right hand, but Liu Ren picked up the ball with his left hand. Following the referee's whistle, he took three steps, dragged him for two steps, and threw the ball into the third step. basket.

The goal is valid, and a penalty will be added!
(End of this chapter)