lakers championship

Chapter 154 Exposure in advance
The Spurs counterattacked defensively. Leonard received the pass from the left wing, pretended to shoot to trick Ingram, and then passed to Green in the bottom corner. The latter hit a three-pointer, and Walton called a timeout.

In the sideline commentary, Mike pursed his lips and shook his head, "The Lakers lack competitive status and need to make adjustments."

Thompson nodded slightly, "Tianyang should re-main the main attack. Although it is right to pass the ball to assist teammates, the Spurs deliberately cut off the connection between him and his teammates, without any help defense."

Mike narrowed his eyes, "Such a defense reminds me of the Spurs playing against the Heat in 13/14, but today Leonard didn't use the way he dealt with LeBron to limit Tianyang, so I don't understand what Popovich is thinking. "

"It's not a big problem, the Lakers will respond immediately..."

While the two were talking, the game continued.

Calderon stopped on the right wing with the ball. After a little observation, he passed the ball to the top of the arc, but he didn't take advantage of the situation to cover.

Tianyang played singles at the top of the arc, bowed his head, dribbled forward with continuous cross steps, and forcibly crushed Green to enter the inside lane.

The Spurs also did not assist in the defense, and the other four watched from the spot.

Tianyang took a step back, and under Green's interference, he hit a difficult mid-range shot.

Finally a goal was scored, and Staples burst into bursts of applause, but in a blink of an eye, it turned into a cry of "defence, defense, defense".

Just because the Spurs sent a long pass from the baseline, Parker ran to the frontcourt like the wind of receiving the ball, and the Lakers players have not yet completed their positions.

Right-wing pick-and-roll, Parker dribbled the ball to the left, reversed the top of the arc to Adelaide, and the latter made a low back on the right.

Randall's height and weight were all at a disadvantage, he resisted forcibly twice, but had no choice but to cut the ball.

Ade turned back, slipped to the basket, and made a backhand layup.

After the shot, Ade didn't even look at it, and ran directly to the frontcourt. When the basketball fell into the ring, he had already run to the three-point line, and Tianyang's fast break plan suddenly fell through.

Since it can only attack from the ground, Tianyang moved to the left elbow area ahead of time.

Naturally, Green wouldn't make him comfortable. The two pushed and shoved, and finally received the pass.

Fortunately, Green is only 198 cm, and his reaction is slower as he is older, so he doesn't have to lean back to force himself. Otherwise, if he hits 5 in a row, I'm afraid Tianyang himself will be tired and stupid.

He hits one after another, then turns and shoots forward.

Hit!The Lakers trailed by 6 points.

Although he was forced twice in a row, Green didn't change his face. He turned around and used Gasol's cover to easily shake off Tianyang and score 2 points at 45 degrees on the right.

The Lakers attacked again, and Tianyang singled Green for the third time, relying on the mid-range shot to score 2 points.

In the sideline commentary, Mike shook his head like a rattle, "Tianyang can play singles, but it's useless to shoot all the time. He scored a two-pointer here, and the Spurs turned around and made a three-pointer. The point difference did not narrow but widened. He must rely on breakthroughs. Let's revitalize the whole team, use offense to drive defense, such a simple principle, even if Tianyang is knocked out, Wharton should remind him, what is he doing?"

Thompson didn't answer immediately. Just now he raised the idea that Tianyang should focus on attacking. The Lakers really played like this, but the effect was obviously ineffective. He put his hands on his forehead and thought for about 10 seconds before he tapped on the table and said, "I guess , Wharton may be playing psychological warfare with Popovich, both of them have dozens of countermeasures hidden, waiting for the other party to make changes first when they can't bear it, and then wait for the opportunity."

When the two armies are at war, they usually test each other and wait for the other side to have a loophole. Thompson's guess is reasonable, but no one knows what Wharton thinks.

Gradually, as long as Tianyang took the ball to play singles, Staples would boo in a small area.

Lakers fans were dissatisfied and questioned this style of play.

But Tianyang on the court and Wharton on the sidelines turned a deaf ear to the boos.

The expressions on the faces of the other Lakers players were joyful, calm, thoughtful, but not confused. It seemed that the whole team felt that this style of play was feasible.

In a blink of an eye, the game entered the last 3 minutes of the first quarter.

Wharton replaced Calderon and Tarek, replaced Lu Wei and McGee, and Tianyang changed to point guard.

On the Spurs side, Popovich replaced Gasol, Green, and Parker with David Lee, Ginobili, and Mills.

In terms of statistics, the Lakers are 22 to 32 behind and have 8 fewer assists than the Spurs.

The referee whistled, McGee served from the line, and Tianyang dribbled the ball towards his court.

He rushed to the top of the arc, changed his footsteps, and directly hit Ginobili sideways.

In terms of offense, Tianyang's basic idea is to fight the weak with the strong.To deal with an old driver like Ginobili, playing skills is the most disadvantageous, and using your body to force yourself is the best choice.

After leaning on him, he protected the ball with his right hand and kicked the ground with both feet to exert force, walking towards the inside line like a bulldozer.

How can Ginobili handle it?It is an extravagant hope to start pressing.

Tianyang pushed all the way to two steps inside the free throw line, and the Spurs still had no help defense. He easily threw the ball and hit the board.

Hit, the point difference between the two teams became single digits again.

The Spurs attacked, Mills passed the ball from the center line, and Ginobili singled Lu Wei on the right.

To be honest, Lu Wei's defense is too poor, otherwise, with his offensive ability, he can become an excellent 3D player, and even become the second head of an ordinary team.

Ginobili is quite old, and with only two simple changes of direction, he passed Lu Wei cleanly.But Lu Wei's defense is poor, Tianyang, Ingram, Randall, and McGee are not bad at defense. As soon as he entered the inside line, he encountered a siege.

When he was young, Ginobili might force a layup against four defenses, and he might have to dunk one, but in the 4 Finals, he broke through two dunks against Bosh, which seemed to be his last success. Although there are also dunks, they are still not as violent as before.

He got old and chose to split the ball.

Leonard was in the prime of his life, and he took the ball from the short corner on the left. No one took any leverage, and he took two steps to force it up. He raised the basketball with his right hand, and the four players under the basket were completely out of his sight.

If nothing else, this will be a one-handed snap.

Some Lakers fans simply closed their eyes, as if they couldn't bear to see their players being abused.

He had thought that when Tianyang sprinted from the free throw line, he took two steps and grabbed the basketball in Leonard's hand abruptly in the air.

The fans at the scene were dumbfounded and forgot to make a sound. The other players of the two teams were also a little stunned.

But Tianyang and Leonard, one desperately rushing, the other desperately chasing, didn't seem to feel anything unusual.

The two reached the three-point line with their front and rear feet. Tianyang stopped and pulled the ball and retreated. Leonard braked and turned around.

Unable to grab the rhythm, Tianyang took advantage of the situation and changed his hands to the left. Leonard reversed his body and moved laterally to pursue.

Tianyang didn't stop, rushed to the free throw line and stopped again, Leonard still braked steadily.

Tianyang gave up using his skills, headed straight for the basket, and forced a layup.

"Snapped"!Leonard slapped his hat sideways, and the basketball hit the floor hard.

Tianyang landed and chased after him, and picked up the basketball again in the left bottom corner.

But just as he turned around, Leonard stood in front of him again.

Suffocating defense!
But Tianyang didn't panic at all, he took off steadily and leaned back, and shot the ball based on his feeling when he couldn't see the ring.

"Duang" the basketball hit the rim, and "Crack" the basketball fell into the net.

A 3-pointer was hit, and cheers resounded through the ceiling of the Staples Center belatedly, and the Lakers players also raised their hands in celebration.

Walton was not very happy. He glanced at the Spurs bench and found that Popovich was also unhappy. He guessed that the two had the same mind.

Tianyang and Leonard started super giant offense and defense at the end of the first quarter, which exposed the cards of both teams in advance. The next game may turn into a hand-to-hand fight.

　This wave of unstable updates hurts a lot.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)