lakers championship

Chapter 223 The Third Generation F4
As Barkley said, after the Lakers suffered a 11-4 loss to the Mavericks on their way to defend their title in the playoffs in 0, they began to decline. In 13, the Lakers introduced Nash and Howard to form the second-generation F4 with Kobe and Gasol. However, due to various unfavorable factors, they suffered 4-0 against the Spurs in the first round, and then the Lakers entered a long dark period.

It wasn't until the management cost a lot, got Tianyang and Ingram, Randall grew further, and then traded for Cousins, the Lakers finally rose again, so strong that even a strong team like the Spurs could play an 11-0.

I don't know who first announced on Twitter that the Lakers now have 4 stars, which happen to form the third generation of F4.

Such a statement was endorsed by tens of thousands of people within a few minutes, and even O'Neill and others mentioned it in the live broadcast room.

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On the court, 11 to 0 did not shake Popovich's calm heart. He did not want to pause, but asked on the sidelines to continue to give the ball to Alder.

After Parker took the ball to the top of the arc, he naturally obeyed the command and passed the ball inside very safely.

Alder received the ball from a low position on the right side, faced Randall's defense, turned forward decisively, and threw a face-to-face throw.

The turning angle is extremely large, the take-off speed is extremely fast, and the hook posture is extremely standard, but the sound of smashing the frame is also extremely loud.

Randall jumped up with his back to the backboard, grabbed the basketball, and passed the ball before it landed.

Tianyang received the ball at the top of the arc, turned in front of him and passed Parker, and then used Nick Young's off-ball screen to get rid of Leonard, and rushed forward with the ball like a speeding carriage.

At the same time, Ingram and Cousins ​​followed up from the left and right respectively, and the Spurs Green and Diamond followed behind.Tianyang thought for a while, passing the ball was not the best strategy, so he rushed all the way to the end.

Rushing into the paint area, SkyOcean made an emergency stop and tricked Leonard who was chasing after him with all his strength, and easily hit a layup with a hook.

13 to 0, although it was only 1 minute away from the first official timeout, the veteran Popovich still couldn't stop calling out the timeout.To be honest, there is nothing wrong with the Spurs' offense, but they just can't make shots. On defense, they encounter consecutive Lakers fast breaks, which is better than Leonard and can only defend one at a time.

O'Neal guessed that Popovich would adjust his defensive tactics; Kenny believed that the Spurs would strengthen their outside offense; Barkley said that the Spurs' adjustments were useless, and the reason why they couldn't make shots was because the Lakers' defense was too strong.

The timeout ended in a blink of an eye, the game continued between the two teams, and the Spurs attacked.

Green started to cover from the backcourt, ensured that Parker would safely bring the ball across the center line, and then passed the ball to Leonard in series at the top of the arc. Yang situation.

It is very correct for the Spurs to choose Nick Young as a breakthrough point. After all, he is the weakest link of the Lakers' defense. Using Leonard, who is the strongest outside, can be said to have a very high success rate.

But Tianyang took a sliding step and slid directly to the side of the two, double-teaming again.Leonard also chose to split the ball, Parker received the ball at the top of the arc, accelerated into the inside line, faced Cousins' supplementary defense, and turned around for the second time.

It's just that this time Parker didn't shoot, but chose to give the ball to Diamond.

Randall made up the defense, and the basketball was handed to Adelaide.

With no one to guard, Ade held his breath, forced himself on the spot, and dunked with both hands!

Finally score!Popovich breathed a sigh of relief.

That thought, before he finished breathing, Cousins ​​made a long pass from the basket, and his heart hung in his throat again.

Tianyang received the ball from the center line. Although Leonard was chasing and defending, it was still difficult to stop him from scoring and assisting.

At the same time, Ingram, who followed up, received the ball from the right wing, raised his hand for a three-pointer, and hit the net hollow.

16 to 2, the Lakers went crazy.

Popovich didn't slow down, and retreated to the bench to sit down resentfully. About two seconds later, he seemed to think of a good way, stood up and stood on the sidelines, and gestured continuously.

Parker dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, handed it to Leonard, and stepped forward to make a pick-and-roll.

Leonard dribbled the ball to the left, switched defenses against Ingram, relied on Green's second pick-and-roll, and singled Nick Young again.

This time, no one on the outside of the Lakers can double-team with Nick Young. Leonard is not in a hurry to shoot, but sticks to Nick Young to break through to the basket. He does not have any dribbling skills and relies entirely on his physical advantages.

It wasn't until he reached the paint area that Leonard collected the ball and took off, making a steady mid-range shot.

It was a hit, but Tianyang didn't think it mattered, because the attack time had reached the last 3 seconds, and since the Spurs were willing to pay such a high price to score, they could only let them.

The Lakers attacked, just as Tianyang received the ball, Popovich gestured on the sidelines again.

Tianyang didn't know what medicine Popovich was selling in his gourd, but he guessed from the running positions of the Spurs players on the field that the Spurs should be defending a 2-3 zone defense and forcing him to give the ball inside.

Thinking that after the opening game, he, Ingram, and Cousins ​​all scored goals, but Randall grabbed rebounds and didn't play a single offense, Tianyang decided to use his tactics.

He brought the ball to the top of the arc, facing the menacing gazes of Leonard and the other three, he lobbed the ball inside very cooperatively.

Randall received the ball from a short corner on the right, faced Alder's defense, adjusted with continuous tentative steps, and then suddenly started, using his speed to rush to the basket, then turned around, and made a backhand layup on the left side of the ring.

The basketball circled around, and under the concerned eyes of the Lakers players and fans, it fell obediently.

After a few more rounds, the Spurs continued to use high-position double blocks to know that Leonard singled out Nick Young. Although Leonard became more and more handy, his physical strength was also declining. On the Lakers side, Randall's sharp attack , Let the Spurs' defense strategy have no effect at all.

This situation continued, and Popovich adjusted several times, but Tianyang always easily solved it. Wharton was free to discuss what to eat for dinner with Brian Shaw.The Lakers have always maintained a 10-point lead. Even though the Spurs' shooting percentage suddenly increased in the third quarter and narrowed the point difference to single digits, they quickly re-established their advantage by relying on a wave of strong defense.

最终，湖人以119比98战胜马刺，天洋只出场29分钟，拿到22分14助攻，英格拉姆拿到25分、兰德尔15分13个篮板、考辛斯18分12篮板，第三代全部F4得分全部上双。

At the post-match press conference, TNT reporter Maggio asked SkyOcean on behalf of O'Neill how he commented on the name "third generation F4".

The first generation was disbanded after losing in the finals, the second generation was disbanded after a big loss in the first round, and the third generation had to go further, only to win the championship.If you consider that the regular season is coming to an end and the playoffs are coming soon, what Tianyang said may not be just talking, and the current Lakers are also capable of fighting against the strongest warriors in the West!
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