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Chapter 24 The Lakers' small lineup!

In the second quarter of the game, Li Mu became ruthless and started with 5 players. He only replaced O'Neal and let Jones play as a substitute.

At this time, the Lakers lineup became Billups, Kobe, Jones, Bowen and Ben Wallace.

When Sloan saw the Lakers lineup, he wondered what Li Mu wanted to do?
Putting Horry, Harper, Fox, old Curry, Campbell... a whole set of starting lineups can't make it, and they actually play the role of playing the main force.

This is the operation of that door?

Looking back at the Jazz's bench lineup, I suddenly felt a little sad.

If the owner of the Jazz is willing to spend money, with the backup lineup from the Lakers, the Jazz would have been able to pull down the Bulls dynasty long ago.

Since I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in Li Mu's gourd, I don't need to pay attention to it, and I should go to my regular rotation lineup.

Point guard: Howard Ellis, a second-round pick in the 94 draft, a traditional point guard with a height of 1 meters and a weight of 88 kg.

Shooting guard: Shanton Anderson, the sixth man of the Jazz, the second round of the 96 golden generation.

Small Forward: Also let starter Bryan Russell continue to play.

Power Forward: Adam Keefer, who started as a small forward last season, could only play as a substitute after his comeback due to injuries.

Center: Todd Fuller, the No.96 pick of the 11 golden generation, is the representative of that class.

Sloan knew that the real strength of the Jazz's rotation was the front line.

Russell, Adam Feige, and the sixth man Shanton Anderson all have the strength to start.

Kobe and Jones on the Lakers side can't be moved, and it shouldn't be a big problem to clean up Bruce Bowen on the opposite side.

Ben Wallace, with his afro, couldn't hide his height of just over 2 meters. A short center forward?

Todd Ferrer can force him, if he can't hit, and the big pyrene, he can beat the short center to the ground no matter what!

As long as they stand on the court to deal with it, it is a natural dislocation, or a dislocation close to the basket, what a surprise!

Not surprisingly, the flaws of the Lakers lie in Bowen and Ben Wallace.

It has been decided that the offensive breakthrough will be made from these two people.

In all fairness, it was strange for Sloan to have such an idea.

After all, both Kobe and Jones were selected to the All-Star Game last season. No matter how bad Billups is, he is also a third-ranked pick, and his talent potential lies there.

Bowen and Ben Wallace, in this lineup, are unknown, and what is it if they are not offensive breakthroughs?
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The game started in the second quarter, and the Jazz had the ball.

Ellis received the serve and was immediately pinched by Billups and Jones.

In a hurry, he wanted to pass the ball to Russell, but Kobe suddenly jumped out and intercepted the basketball.

He made great strides, counterattacked to the penalty area, and performed a 180-degree turn and slam dunk with both hands.

21 to 28! !
The gap between the two sides became 7 points.

Immediately afterwards, according to the coach's tactics, Shanton Anderson caught the ball in the frontcourt and singled out Bowen.

As the second round of the 96 golden generation, Anderson, who was strong in offense and weak in defense, began his performance.

Placing an offensive three-threat, there is no next move yet.

Bowen quickly completed the close-fitting, jellybean-like defense, allowing Anderson's forced shot to miss.

The Lakers' "small lineup" began to exert their strength. The tallest player was Da Ben, who was only over two meters old. He fired five arrows at once, rushed up and easily counterattacked, scoring two points.

21 to 30! !
The difference between the two sides came to 9 points.

At this time, coach Sloan's on-the-spot scheduling problem began to be exposed.

His coaching has always relied on the performance of the 'Utah Shuangsha'. After the old Shuangsha retired, he copied his own homework and created a new Shuangsha combination.

Then, tactically, it is also a pick-and-roll tactic to win the world, which has not changed in 20 years.

The only adjustment will be a substitution. Now that the substitution has just been made, what can be adjusted?
Moreover, the "flaws" of the Lakers are too obvious, where do they still need to adjust?

Li Mu was heartbroken. Looking at the Jazz center Todd Fuller, who is 2 meters tall and 11 kilograms in weight, holding the ball and grabbing the big Ben, he felt like laughing.

With Todd Fuller's strength, he couldn't squeeze at all. In order to play according to the head coach's tactics, he could only turn over and shoot a jump shot...

Indeed, he is a representative of the 96 golden generation, but he represents a proper parallel import, and he can't even "comparison parallel imports". At the peak, he averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds per game.

He has rough skills and can only play with his body. In the NBA, the most indispensable thing is physical talent.

His shot, hit the rim and popped out.

Not surprisingly, Big Ben took off the rebound, and then quickly passed the ball to Billups, and the Lakers rushed up again.

Jones easily broke through for a layup and scored two points again.

21 to 32! !
The point difference between the two teams became 11 points.

On the commentary stage, Mike Brin shook his head and said that the Jazz should call a timeout to interrupt the Lakers' offensive. Everyone can see that the current lineup of the Lakers is a crushing blow to the Jazz.

To rotate the lineup, what is needed is to press the rhythm and let the main players have more time to rest.

However, Sloan would not be able to hear the commentator's voice. He was a little dazed at this moment, feeling that the situation on the court was not bad enough, and he could still watch it.

Soon, he saw the action of the Lakers. The Lakers suddenly pressed the whole court, and the point guard Ellis almost couldn't pass the halftime.

Seeing that the time was about to be called a violation, Ellis passed the ball hastily again, but was intercepted by the Lakers again. Ben broke through and jumped up, taking off the basketball in the air.

Billups received a pass from Big Ben and hit the ground like a scalpel.

Kobe received the ball, got up in three steps, glided in the air and dunked with one hand, and scored the basketball.

21 to 34! !
More than 2 minutes into the second quarter, the Lakers beat the Jazz to an 8-0 spurt and stopped the game directly.

The gap between the two sides widened to 13 points. No one could have imagined this situation before the game.

How to say that the Jazz is also the nemesis of the Lakers, shouldn't it?

Mike Breen shook his head and explained, "The Lakers lineup is horrible.

The core players are getting more ball every year, and the Jazz has a poor bench, but now the core lineup is getting older year by year.

With the lineup of the Lakers, I saw what the dynasty looked like at the beginning. "

Sloan had no choice but to replace Stockton and Malone in advance to recover the score as soon as possible.

For the Lakers, Li Mu let the other starters rest.

For Harper, Dell Curry, Jones, Horry, and O'Neal who rested for a few minutes.

Seeing the lineup of the Lakers, Keelon was a little speechless.

You call this a rotation lineup?

He is too strong to be perverted!
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Dell Curry stayed for a second, received a pass from Harper at the bottom corner of the three-point line, and the opposing Jazz players could actually ignore him as a three-point "sharp shooter".

At this moment, he finally experienced the feeling of playing basketball next to a superstar, no, O'Neal.

It's so comfortable, it's a sea of ​​space.

Curry pretended to lob the ball to O'Neal when the man named Shandon Anderson made a save.

Immediately, Anderson flinched back again.

To save, just to prevent Curry from aiming, not really trying to block the shot.

The Jazz never blocked a [-]-pointer, all they wanted to do was defend the two-point zone.

Taking a deep breath, Curry lifted the ball, jumped, aimed, shot, and the entire shooting action was clean and neat, without any extra movement.

Gives a silky smooth feel.

Swish-!
The rim was splashed, and the basketball was hollowed into the net.

Next, Curry missed the shot, no way, there were too many three-pointers and it was too easy.

He thought it was a dream!

I was in a daze, my hands trembled, and my shot was short.

Fortunately, later, Curry knew that this was not a dream.

Then he won't be sleepy.

In the second quarter, he made 6 of 4 three-pointers and scored 10 points, 12 assists and 2 rebound in less than 1 minutes of the first quarter.

I heard that last season the Lakers had three perimeter players, all of whom were selected as All-Stars.

I don't know if he is old and handsome, can he be selected for the All-Star Game for the first time?
Of course, if he is allowed to continue to shoot next to O'Neal, Curry feels that it is not a dream to be away from his first All-Star Game!

After the first half, the score was 44 to 59. In the confrontation, the Lakers opened the score to 15 points.

The most important thing is that the three veterans of the Jazz have almost no chance to rest and have always been the main force on both offense and defense.

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(End of this chapter)