lakers championship

Chapter 169 I'm Playing!

In the first 3 minutes, the Warriors led by 10 points. What was even more frightening was that Curry activated the "Sunday" skill ahead of time. The ultra-long three-pointer near the midfield had a great psychological impact on most Lakers players.

When he got off the court, Wharton patted Tianyang on the shoulder, "Why don't you panic at all? On the contrary, it seems like you're winning?"

That's right, why isn't Tianyang panicking at all?Ingram and other players looked sideways.

Tianyang shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, "The opponent is a strong team recognized by the league at the cosmic level. If we lose 30 points, we win, if we lose 20 points, we win, and if we lose 10 points, we win. If we win, we can brag for the rest of our lives. Why should I panic?"

It was a very nonsensical answer, but he understood that Wharton took the initiative to ask him to revive the morale of his teammates.

Needless to say, when he said this, Ingram and several other young players suddenly became enlightened, and the gloomy expressions on their faces gradually dissipated like the wind.

Wharton nodded in satisfaction, "It's okay for the Warriors to make three-pointers. Next, we will play man-to-man defensive tactics. We will be tougher, and we will not be afraid of being called a foul. Even if the Warriors have always maintained such a high three-pointer percentage, we must Stick to it, understand?"

The Lakers players nodded one after another, and Randall was even more eager to try.

"In addition, the next offense will be controlled by Carat, and Tianyang will go to the bottom corner and continue to play high pick-and-rolls."

With such an arrangement, the Lakers players are a little confused, especially the four starters.

It's not uncommon to let the boss of the team play off the ball. For example, the opposite Warriors Curry played off the ball, but the Lakers only have Tianyang as a strong offensive point, which may be a bit overbearing.

Seeing the puzzled looks of his teammates, Tianyang explained with a smile.

"From the continuous double-teaming of Durant and Green, it can be seen that the Warriors put 50% of their defensive attention on me. I contain them, which will help you play better; in addition, the Warriors have been letting me go. Sudden, just wanted to prevent me from catching up when they played fast breaks. Just now they played fast breaks twice, and I was still in the three-second zone. This is their strategy, I have to play off the ball."

Hearing what he said, the other 4 starters of the Lakers immediately understood.

Wharton explained a few more words, the timeout ended, and the game between the two teams continued.

Carat took the ball to the front court, from the left wing to the right wing, circled back and forth, and then passed the ball to the right elbow.

Randall bends down to protect the ball with both hands, the left foot is the axis, and the right foot moves back and forth to adjust the posture.

At the same time, Tianyang strode towards the basket from the right corner, and Iguodala chased after him.

Randall also took a step forward to the right, walking close to Durant to the basket.

The four huddled together under the basket, Tianyang received the hand-to-hand pass from Randall, then borrowed a pile of people to get rid of Iguodala, and slipped to the free throw line in two steps.

Just about to take off for a throw, Green and Durant double-teamed again, and he immediately passed the ball back to Randall.

No matter how strong Iguodala's single defense is, he can't stop Randall who is catching the ball directly under the rim.

Dunk with both hands!

Very uplifting, but the Lakers players did not celebrate, but ran to the backcourt immediately.

Green's long pass and fast break plan failed, and Curry slowly took the ball forward.Clarkson started to interfere from the middle circle position, but Thompson suddenly accelerated to shake off Ingram and rushed to cover for Curry.

The Lakers' defense suddenly spread to the outside. It was thought that Curry did not make a strong shot, but Green who passed the arc at the top.

Green passed another pass to Durant, who ran back and cut, and the latter scored an easy layup.

Cole looked at Walton with a smile on the sidelines, as if saying, "Who can't man-to-man?"

Wharton smiled but didn't smile. He knew that his defensive tactics were fine, but whether he could implement them properly depended on the performance of the players and opponents. In the round just now, it was purely the team's ability to crush them.

The Lakers attacked again, Clarkson received the ball from the left elbow, and once again singled Durant face-to-face.

Perhaps knowing that Randall couldn't shoot, Durant took a small step back arrogantly.

Randall didn't hesitate, and took off directly to shoot.

bingo!

Durant shook his head, then walked to the frontcourt.

When he got to the right wing, he reached out for the ball and faced Randall to defend. After adjusting his posture continuously, he made a three-pointer!

Randall's hands are almost sealed to his eyes, and the basketball is still hollow into the net.

If it was before the timeout, Randall might look displeased, but this time, he glanced back and ran to the frontcourt, walked to the top of the arc, offered to help Tianyang with an off-ball screen, and then took advantage of the situation to stand on the left elbow area.

Clarkson passed the ball, Randall took off to shoot, and Durant took off to block.

With a fake shot and a true pass, Randall scored in the air.

Tianyang received the ball from the left sideline, raised his hand to shoot, and Iguodala blocked the shot.

The real shot fell to the ground, the referee whistled, and Tianyang got 3 free throws.

Iguodala was full of grievances, and Green immediately rushed to the referee to explain it, but it was useless.

3 of 3 free throws, the Lakers trailed 9 to 17.

The Warriors attacked again, and Kerr signaled to speed up the pace on the sidelines. In his opinion, the young players of the Lakers were too calm in this round just now, and keeping it going would cause little trouble for the Warriors to win the game.

After receiving the order, Curry took the ball and ran to the top of the arc. After making a pick-and-roll with Durant, he took a step laterally to the right and shot the ball like a sniper.

The basketball hit the rim and bounced back and forth, but still fell into the rim.

Curry scored the third 3-pointer of the game, and the game time is 6 minutes plus three quarters. The feeling is so good that it explodes, and the time is extremely abundant. Can you try to break the NAB single-game three-pointer record?
Before he could make a decision, the Lakers launched a fast-break counterattack.

Clarkson and Randall picked and rolled, he went inside, twisted his body in the air, passed the ball steadily to Tianyang in the left corner, and after landing, he took advantage of the situation to block in front of Curry who wanted to help defend.

Tianyang raised the knife and dropped the basketball, but fortunately, Randall, who followed up, turned his back to Green, who was observing whether the basketball was hit, and pushed the ball back.

The strength is a bit big, the sound is a bit loud, and it has a button-like taste.

Green gave a very uncomfortable look, as if to say, "Let's see!"

The Warriors attacked again, still the strongest move, Dooku's pick-and-roll.

The difference is that this time it was Curry who made the shot.

With a bang, Randall grabbed a rebound above Green's head and landed a long pass to Tianyang.

Tianyang rushed to the frontcourt at high speed, singled Iguodala with his back, and was about to turn around and shoot when he suddenly felt a huge force hitting his waist.

This time it really fell to the ground, and the Oracle Arena was booed everywhere, but the referee did not whistle.

Iguodala picked up the basketball and made a pass with both ends of the urinal.

Curry received the ball from the right wing and was about to shoot, and Ingram rushed up to block the block with big strides.

But in the middle of the rush, Ran Green stopped him, and the two entangled and both fell to the ground.

The referee blew his whistle and couldn't give a result for a while, so he went to the technical platform to watch the video playback.

In the end, the result of the penalty was Green's pushing foul.

Oracle Arena was booed again.

"Trash referee! Are you following the league's instructions to promote newcomers?"

"What Green was worried about happened. Is this the Staples Center?"

"NBA history proves that teams under the care of referees can't go far!"

Among the Warriors' abuse, taunts, and conspiracy theories, Clarkson brought the ball to the top of the arc and then passed it to Randle.

Randall made another pass, but Tianyang, who ran back without the ball, staggered and fell to the ground as soon as he received the ball.

The basketball flew out of his hand, bouncing and rolling towards the middle circle.

Players from the two teams rushed forward, and finally Curry succeeded.

Curry didn't dribble forward with the ball, but passed it directly to Thompson who ran to the three-point line in advance.

Thompson caught the ball and hit a three-pointer, and the cheers of the Oracle Center shook the mountains.

On the sidelines of the Lakers bench, Calderon complained that Tianyang was pulled by the corner of his shirt by Iguodah, thinking it was a very obvious foul, but Walton smiled, as if he didn't care much, and only nodded at Ci Shiping .

"Yah, it's my turn!"

Ci Shiping got up and walked towards the technical platform, taking off his coat while walking, revealing his sturdy muscles.

In Walton's view, since the Warriors are going to play a 'playoff-level' defense, Metta World Peace can just shine.

(End of this chapter)