lakers championship

Chapter 219
As Simmons expected, at the end of the half, the Lakers led the Thunder by 62 points 46 to 16.

In terms of personal data, Tianyang scored 15 points and 9 assists, overtaking Westbrook with 18 points and 6 assists.

Halftime timeout, the Lakers locker room.

Everyone applauded Cousins. He made his debut with the Lakers tonight. He scored 18 points, 5 rebounds and 4 blocks at halftime.

"Keep going in the second half. I hope to see you completely released. It's time to show the world how good you are!" Wharton walked up to Cousins ​​and patted him on the shoulder.

"Thank you coach, I will definitely work hard." Cousins ​​grinned, but seemed to realize something, and hurriedly added: "I will grab more rebounds and assist Tianyang. Tonight is the key game of the MVP battle."

These words were nodded and approved by everyone. Although it was the first show, the protagonist was undoubtedly Tianyang.

"It's absolutely fine, you grab the rebound and pass it to me to dribble, and I pass it to you to attack, you score, my statistics are good, and I can win the game, it's perfect!" Tianyang also walked up to Cousins ​​and gave him a high-five celebrate.

"Then it's settled!" Cousins ​​smiled completely relaxed.

……

In a blink of an eye, the halftime timeout ended, the game continued, and the two teams each sent their starting lineups.

The Lakers attacked first, and Tianyang dribbled the ball to the top of the arc. After making a pick-and-roll with Cousins, he continued to go to the right. At the same time, Cousins ​​turned around and took Westbrook to the basket.Tianyang made an emergency stop at 45 degrees, pretending to take off and shoot to attract the attention of the defense, but actually lobbed the ball into the paint.Cousins ​​received the ball, stepped to the basket continuously, put the ball into the circle, and scored easily.

Wharton crossed his arms on the sidelines, with an uncontrollable smile on his lips. When the deal was first announced, fans joked that Tianyang and Cousins ​​were a poor man's OK combination, but in his opinion, the two pick-and-roll offense , the power is not much worse than Dooku's pick-and-roll, because Cousins ​​​​also has a three-pointer.

The Thunder attacked, trailing by 18 points, but Westbrook slowed down. While dribbling the ball up the front court, he waved his hands to signal his teammates to set up, and walked to the top of the arc before bending down to control the ball to look for opportunities.

Adams stepped forward to pick and roll, but was a little suspected of moving, and bumped into Cousins ​​​​who was about to switch defenses.

The referee didn't blow it, and Cousins ​​didn't care, and continued to go around and change defenses against Westbrook.

But Westbrook passed the ball, Adams caught the ball and made an empty cut, and Cousins ​​quickly returned to defense.

They missed a layup, and the two took off at the same time. Adams got an offensive rebound, landed again, and dunked with both hands.

The basketball hit Cousins ​​on the head, but he didn't mind. Instead, he spread his hands at the referee, "He fouled, press people!"

The referee didn't seem to hear it, and probably did, but didn't think that was the case.

So the referee didn't whistle a foul, and Cousins ​​couldn't help muttering a few words, and silently withdrew from the baseline to serve.

Tianyang waved his hand to signal that he should not take it to heart, and then took the ball forward, and when they reached the top of the arc, the two picked and rolled again.

This time Adams directly gave up switching defenses and let Westbrook pursue. Tianyang got space at 45 degrees and passed the ball again.

Cousins ​​received the ball, started a three-step layup, and went straight to the basket.

Adams also raised his left hand to interfere, while putting his right hand on Cousins' waist.

The two reached the basket, one forced a layup, and the other jumped to block the shot.

"Crack!", Adams volleyball-style, the basketball flew out of the field, the referee whistled, signaled the Thunder possession of the ball.

There were boos instantly at the scene, the layup was blown away, and the Thunder actually had the ball, the referee might not be Shi Lezhi?

Cousins ​​also rushed to the referee, "I don't care who has the ball, but just now he put his hand on my shoulder..."

The referee shook his head, "I didn't see it!"

Cousis spread his hands, "You watch the video!"

The referee ignored it, and Adams had already stood on the bottom line to serve.

The general situation is gone, Cousins ​​complained, turned and walked to the frontcourt.

"Beep!" The referee whistled and called Cousins ​​for a technical foul.

The audience was dumbfounded, and when the reaction came, the fans shouted, 'garbage referee'.

The voice is very loud, the momentum is very full, and the degree of order is also very high, but the referee has seen this kind of scene too many times, running to the front court without changing his face, the key is indeed to call a technical foul.

Westbrook dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and before Adams went up to do the pick-and-roll, Tianyang pressed ahead and delayed.

Westbrook immediately held the ball with both hands, and at the same time Adams turned and ran to the basket, received the pass and went straight to the basket.

After scoring 2 points, Cousins ​​turned to face the referee, put his hands on his chest and turned up and down, signaling to walk.

The referee didn't seem to see it, and he didn't even blink his eyelids. Cousins ​​still wanted to reason, but Tianyang hurried forward to stop him.

You can't take a technical foul anymore, and you will be expelled if you eat it again!

Cousins ​​calmed down and withdrew from the baseline to serve, Tianyang took it and brought it forward.

Walking to the top of the arc, the two cooperated in a pick-and-roll, Tianyang made a 45-degree pass, and Cousins ​​made a layup from the free throw line.

Outside the reasonable collision zone, Cousins ​​raised his hands to put the ball into the frame, but Adams suddenly fell back!
"Beep!" The referee blew his whistle, calling for an offensive foul.

This whistling was the last straw that broke the camel's back, the last ignition that detonated the bomb, and the last rain that broke the dam. Cousins ​​immediately jumped and shouted: "WTF!".

"Beep!" The referee blew his whistle again, calling for a technical foul. Cousins ​​had a total of two times in the same game.

According to the regulations, in this case, he should be sent off!
"Trash referee, rubbish referee, rubbish referee!" The fans shouted loudly.

The on-duty referee signaled to be quiet, and led the other two referees to the technical platform to retrieve the video playback.

Soon, the video of the attack just now began to play back on the big screen at the scene.

The slow motion shows that Cousins ​​raised his left elbow before his feet stepped into the reasonable collision zone.

It may not have been intentional, but the video was very clear and there was nothing wrong with calling an offensive foul.

The audience was dumbfounded, Cousins ​​threw a towel angrily, and accompanied by the staff, he turned and walked towards the player tunnel.

"Hey, boogie!" Tianyang yelled, Cousins ​​stopped and looked back with doubts, Tianyang said again: "Take a good rest, I will win this game for you!"

"Okay!" Cousins ​​thumped his chest and paid respects from the air.

Tianyang nodded and was about to enter the arena when Wharton grabbed him and said in a low voice, "This matter was not handled well. In the locker room just now, Cousins ​​may have misunderstood what we meant. Now you say that again, It takes a long time for him to realize that something is wrong. The fact that you can't control your emotions is very fatal."

"I understand what you mean. He did lose control just now, but in my opinion, Adams was not called for fouls in the previous two times, which led to the last situation. I can tell him to let his guard down first, and then he will be careful later. Talking to him about emotional control may have a better effect." Tianyang said eloquently.

Wharton thought about it and wanted to say it again, but the referee signaled the game to continue, so he could only simply say: "Okay, I trust you, do it according to your idea!"

The match between the two teams continued, and Tianyang was determined to take the game away with one wave.

He signaled to his teammates behind him and demanded a full-court press!

(End of this chapter)