NBA peak

Chapter 149 The New Lakers

The Lakers only kept Clarkson, and all the other four players were replaced.

Ball replaced Thomas Jr., Kuzma replaced Pope, Randle replaced Lopez, and Nance Jr. replaced Ingram.

"The change of the Lakers team this time is somewhat incomprehensible!" Harlan said in surprise in the live broadcast room.

Walton followed up and said, "That's right, there are actually two new recruits in the Lakers lineup. Could it be that they have given up the game and are ready to train?"

Harlan's complexion changed: "No way, they played well against the Raptors in the first quarter, so they won't give up the game so easily. Let's look at what will happen next on the field with expectant eyes."

When the game returned to the court, the Raptors were stunned to see the new lineup of the Lakers.

Why was Thomas Jr., who played so well in the first quarter, replaced?
With doubts, the two sides started the contest in the second quarter.

Brother Qiu and Ge Feng faced each other, the new Kuzma played against DeRozan, Ingram, who had previously played against DeRozan, was replaced, and Nance Jr., who came off the bench, got entangled with Siakam.

Use the last rookie Kuzma to face the Raptors core?
What's going on in the Lakers' minds?
This DeRozan can't turn into a killing god, and hit one into one?
The Lakers' possession.

Brother Qiu dribbled the ball across the half court. Unlike Thomas Jr., who likes to play singles, Brother Qiu is a point guard who is very good at coordinating the overall situation.

Clarkson and Nance Jr. became the team's main attack points.

Ge Feng defends Brother Qiu, and Brother Qiu doesn't mean to play singles.

Nance Jr. got an offensive opportunity by going around the pick-and-roll.

Little Nance's physical fitness is nothing to say, not only is he tall and long, but he also inherited his father Larry Nance's excellent jumping ability.

In 63 games for the Lakers last season, he completed a total of 53 dunks, averaging 0.84 times per game. This season, Nance Jr. completed as many as 21 dunks in only 31 games, averaging 1.48 dunks per game.

He is like an invisible bomb lurking on the court, and every dunk can arouse enthusiastic reactions from the audience.

Facing Siakam, Nance Jr. turned around continuously and finished with a powerful dunk, which once again made the Lakers fans scream for a while.

After being dunked by his opponent with both hands, Siakam looked a little ugly.

Unbelievable, this is the performance of a player who has just experienced a serious illness.

Now Nance Jr. has not only defeated the illness, but his strength is even better than before!
There is no doubt that Nance Jr.'s appearance must be what Kobe meant.

Kobe likes such players the most, players who can overcome all difficulties and move forward bravely.

The return of Nance Jr. has inspired the fighting spirit of the Lakers in a certain sense.

Clarkson is no longer invisible on the defensive end. Facing Lowry's breakthrough, Clarkson fought to the extreme.

Although they lost a foul in the end, the fans have seen the determination of this Lakers lineup to win.

Lowry made two free throws steadily.

Ball's breakthrough, Clarkson took the initiative to pick and roll, and when Ball went down, he saw Kuzma who was empty.

Ball immediately threw the ball to Kuzma who was open.

Brother Qiu's passing vision is really wide!
Kuzma took a breath, made a mid-range shot, and scored again.

Off the court, Kobe smiled.

The reconstruction of the team does not have to rely on a group of talented players to complete.Sometimes, a player who works hard is more worthy of being the cornerstone of the team's rebuilding.

Not long after, Kuzma got the ball again.

Kuzma is feeling hot now, so DeRozan dare not easily help defend other players.

Kuzma faced DeRozan head-on, and the Lakers fans chanted that Kuzma had already scored 4 points shortly after the game, and the fans wanted to see Kuzma play DeRozan singles.

DeRozan staggered and took two steps forward slightly, forcing Kuzma to make a mistake.

But Kuzma reacted quickly. When DeRozan was unsteady, he suddenly launched a breakthrough.

The speed is very fast, and Kuzma is definitely a high-quality rookie underestimated by the league.

DeRozan went close to defend, Kuzma stopped halfway, and then leaned hard on DeRozan's body, pushing DeRozan a step away.

Take off, shoot.

Kuzma's shot is beautiful.

"Shh."

Immediately there was a lot of screaming from the audience.

"Oh ho ho ho ho, it's unbelievable that Kuzma singled out DeRozan."

During the commentary, Harlan gasped and said.

It could be seen that Harlan was very surprised now.

Walton responded, "That's right, my buddy. At first we thought the Lakers were planning to give up the game. Unexpectedly, such a Lakers team is the truly terrifying Lakers. Their fighting spirit makes me doubt that they will make it to the playoffs."

In this way, with the help of Ball's large passing vision and the continuous impact of Kuzma and Nance Jr., the Lakers have been entangled with the Raptors until the fourth quarter.

During the banquet, all the Raptors players were exhausted.

It took three quarters for the Raptors to lead the famous Lakers team by 3 points, which is really unbelievable.

Facing the young Lakers with a new lineup, the physical strength of the Raptors players is a little bit overwhelmed.

They simply can't compare with the fast, jumping and desperate lads of the Lakers.

If the Lakers disagree with each other, they will break fast. Fortunately, Siakam and Ibaka can run, otherwise the Raptors will definitely be exhausted by the Lakers.

Lowry, who was a little older, even started to breathe heavily.

"After playing so many games, today is the most tiring." Van Vleet, who came off the bench for less than 15 minutes, panted.

The Raptors played really tired this time.

Kuzma and Nance Jr. have been running on the court, not idle for a second.

DeRozan and Siakam, who were defending them, kept running on the court, and DeRozan was about to run and wanted to curse.

In the fourth quarter, if the Raptors don't come up with something real, they will be overturned by the young team of the Lakers.

"Ten consecutive victories, brothers, this is ten consecutive victories! Can we fall here?"

Lowry took a breath, stood up and encouraged his teammates loudly.

"cannot!"

"Okay! Then let's go on stage and give these boys a good look!"

Back in the fourth quarter, the Raptors began to exert their strength.

Hitting a long-range three-pointer, Ge Feng took a look at Ingram, who had been sitting on the Lakers bench for nearly 10 minutes.

Ge Feng wished he could rush over and scold him to wake him up immediately.

But Ge Feng can't do that, what he can do now is to wake up his good brother with his performance.

Brother Ball's three-point shot was crooked, and the Raptors took the rebound and quickly launched a counterattack.

Facing Brother Qiu, Ge Feng taught this rookie a lesson well.

The left and right cross steps, the seemingly protruding movement suddenly stagnates, and becomes the starting position of a retreating step.

Brother Qiu rushed out to defend, unexpectedly Ge Feng was not in a hurry to make a move at all, he just waited for Brother Qiu to approach him before jumping up and bumping into Brother Qiu.

If the ball is not scored, there will be three free throw opportunities.

Unexpectedly, the ball was scored.

3+1!

Van Vleet on the bench is happy, isn't this a special skill pack for Pengcideng?Did Ge Feng learn such a shameless style of play so quickly?
Ge Feng made a steady free throw. Relying on a three-pointer and a 3+1 in the fourth quarter, the Raptors suddenly opened the point difference to 10 points.

This is the power of the three-pointer!
(End of this chapter)