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Chapter 60 Fight the Raptors!

After defeating the Kings, in the 24th round of the regular season, the Lakers played away against the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves finally couldn't bear Marbury and made a deal.

The Nets sent out Sam Cassell, the Bucks sent out Trier Brandon, and the three teams exchanged point guards.

The Bucks got the alien Cassel, the Nets got the lone wolf Marbury, and the Timberwolves got Brandon.

This man is a two-time All-Star point guard who averaged 19.5 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds per game during his peak period. He was called one of the best point guards in 1997 by Sports Illustrated.

His joining will cause trouble for the Lakers on offense.

The reason why it is called offense is because his height is only 180cm, not even 183cm, he is the type of attacking strong and defending negative.

Looking at their starting lineup, it's still the Big Three, Garnett, Joe Smith and Brandon.

The other two are veteran Sam Mitchell and rookie Dean Garrett.

The game started, and Joe Smith finally got rid of O'Neal's defense.

Garrett went to fight against O'Neal, and then Garnett went to help defend against the sweep.

Presumably he gave up treatment and wanted to make a fuss about offense.

The Timberwolves copied the Jazz's pick-and-roll tactics. Brandon and Garnett, Brandon and Joe Smith took turns to play pick-and-roll tactics, trying to use Brandon to rush into the penalty area and kill O'Neal.

Li Mu didn't accept the move, and directly fought against the Timberwolves on offense, shrinking defensively.

Sure enough, the Timberwolves slowly discovered that no one in their lineup could shoot three-pointers.

Brandon will only hit the basket inside, using the speed of the short man to hit the inside.

This season, the three-point court averaged less than 1 shot, only 20% of the shots.

They can only shoot from the outside. The Lakers catch counterattacks and play fast breaks.

Brandon has speed, doesn't defend, and retreats back, which is also a send.

Mitchell couldn't go back in speed, and the other three insiders couldn't go back either.

Just this defensive move left the Timberwolves with nothing to do.

Can't attack, defend and don't heal, the game has no suspense at all.

With a score of 118 to 95, the Lakers had a 23-point advantage and beat the Timberwolves.

Six Lakers scored in double figures, among which O'Neal scored 6 points, 35 rebounds and 14 assists.

Kobe had 24 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

The OK combination continued to perform steadily.

The game schedule is almost halfway through, and there is no All-Star Weekend this year. The Lakers next started their Eastern Conference road trip.

The first stop is to challenge Billups' old club, the Raptors.

Toronto, Air Canada Center Arena.

July 3, night.

During the warm-up, the two teams knew a lot of people from each other.

Among them, Big Ben and Oakley are mentors and apprentices, and Billups also stayed here for half a year.

Li Mu took a special look at McGrady and Carter, and then became worried about Kobe.

Two cousins ​​are saying hello to Kobe, Kobe and McGrady, good friends from high school.

Just when Li Mu thought that he could see the battle of the three major shooting guards in the "four shooting guards", he found that McGrady was still on the bench as the sixth man.

The starting five for the Raptors are point guard Alvin Williams, shooting guard Doug Christie, small forward Vince Carter, power forward Charles Oakley, and center Kevin Wesley.

Li Mu knew that the Raptors had a strong perimeter offensive team, so he decided to defend against a wave and go to the Iron Squad.

Billups, Kobe, Bowen, Big Ben, O'Neal.

beep~~
As the whistle sounded, the basketball was thrown into the sky and the game began with a scrimmage.

O'Neill VS Wesley.

Wesley hardly jumped. He knew how to maintain himself. Now he is 37 years old and has a height of 2 meters. Compared with O'Neill, he has no advantage at all.

O'Neal jumped to win easily and grabbed the first attack for the Lakers.

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The live broadcast commentator David, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, quickly explained, "Chauncey Billups stayed in the Raptors, the three-pointer is very bad, Alvin just needs to prevent him from breaking through...

No, Billups is not good at breakthroughs, so it is good to defend his pass. "

On the field, Billups controlled the ball to the frontcourt. Sure enough, Alvin Williams seemed to be familiar with Billups, and his defense shrank.

Suddenly, Billups was one step away from the three-point line, and made a cold shot with a three-pointer...

Alvin Williams just stretched out his hand and didn't care much.

How bad Billups's three-pointers are, he has not seen it before.

Underneath, teammates will call him "Tie Lu".

Swish-!
In the next second, Alvin Williams was slapped in the face.

The cold arrow three-pointer is the shooting rhythm Billups is most familiar with. Entering the league, neither the Celtics nor the Raptors allow him to shoot like this.

His three-point shooting percentage can be as high as there is a ghost.

"Billups' three, Oakley on the rebounds...

Oh, the three-pointer actually scored! "

David froze for a moment, and immediately added, "It was an accident!"

3 to 0! !
Off the court, Li Mu nodded. He didn't care about Billups rushing to shoot a three-pointer.

Billups' confidence and skills are the key to the Lakers' dominance.

On the court, the offense and defense transition, the Raptors attack, Alvin Williams dribbles to the front court, and hands the basketball to Christie.

Who would have thought that the core of the Raptors' offense now is not Carter, but Christie.

I saw him outside the three-point line on the left, catching the ball and posing three offensive threats. He lifted the ball and swayed a shot. Finding that Kobe was not easy to fool, he directly forced a breakthrough, carried Kobe's defense, and made an emergency stop and made a two-point jumper... …

Boom-!
Christie's two points were missed.

This is not his rhythm. He likes to play key shots, likes to play off the ball, catch and shoot offense, and his offensive desire is not strong.

Forcing him to attack and let him take the shot, in exchange for the offensive efficiency is not high.

Fortunately, Jiang is still old and hot. Oakley used the precise positioning technique to teach Ben a lesson, and he also gave Ben an elbow and grabbed the rebound.

In other words, from the time he and Daben met on the court, it was this iron-blooded way of grabbing rebounds.

At this time, Carter rushed inside, threw off Bowen, received a pass from Oakley, and jumped up with his head almost level with the basket.

Boom.

With a one-handed tomahawk dunk, the basketball was smashed into the basket.

3 is better than 2!

"UFO!!
This ball comes from outside the earth, and Carter's physical talent is too strong! "The live commentator kept praising Carter.

Off the court, the fans and audience also cheered. They had long been conquered by Carter's dunk.

Standing next to the court, Li Mu's face was calm, and his eyes fell more on Bo Wen.

At this time, Bowen also followed up the inside line.

He was really worried that Bowen would give Carter a foothold.

Perhaps, now is not a good opportunity?
The Lakers attacked, and Billups didn't make waves this time. He was steady and hoisted the basketball to O'Neal.

He catches the ball with his back, sits behind him, dribbles a step, and goes to the basket. When he turns around, he faces Oakley's pincer attack. He doesn't care, and forces a basket.

With a bang, his hands were clasped again.

5 to 2! !
Although Kevin Wesley is called a hero, he is 2 meters tall and weighs only 13 kilograms.

Faced with the impact of O'Neal, he didn't want to joke about his career.

He is good at playing healthy basketball, but he is determined to play until he is 44 years old.

He didn't want to fight, and he knew he couldn't fight.

The tactic of flanking O'Neill is naturally not very effective.

On the court, looking back, the Raptors attacked, and Alvin Williams handed over the basketball to Carter to play.

Now the Raptors' offensive tactics are Carter and Christie, you play one, I play the other.

When catching the ball, Carter didn't stay on the outside for too long, started to accelerate, changed direction, rushed inside, and used his talent to play.

Bowen's speed is good, but facing Carter's explosive power, he can't make any tricks, which is not enough at all.

Carter, who got to the basket, jumped up, wanting to continue dunking with one hand.

Da Ben flew up under the basket, the bullet speed was amazing, and he slapped his hand.

Seeing the big hand, Carter turned around in the air, retracted the basketball, and while avoiding Big Ben's block, came a stunning back button.

Clang!
Carter's gorgeous dunk ignited the entire arena.

5 is better than 4!

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(End of this chapter)