lakers championship

Chapter 250

In the third game between the two teams, the Spurs tried their best. The Lakers struggled to get a 5-point lead at the end of the first quarter, but Cousins ​​made a mistake and hit the iron again, and the Spurs immediately seized the opportunity to tie.

Only 40 seconds had passed, and the faces of the Spurs players began to glow with excitement. If they continue to play like this, the probability of the Spurs leading by 5 to 10 points is very high.

When it was the Lakers' turn to attack again, Walton rushed to Calderon to press down with both hands on the sidelines, signaling to slow down the offensive rhythm.

Calderon nodded, took the ball to the right wing, and beckoned for a pick-and-roll.Cousins ​​stepped forward, blocked and opened to cut inside, and at the same time raised his hand to ask for the ball, but Gasol followed behind, and he could move laterally in front to defend Alder at any time. Calderon looked at it several times in a row. Keep the ball in your hands tightly.

Seeing this, Randall immediately ran to the top of the arc to do a second pick-and-roll. Alder could only run out, and the basket was immediately empty. Calderon immediately passed the ball. Cousins ​​caught the ball and slapped it on the ground, holding his hands high. Get up, the gesture is about to dunk.

Such a choice is quite decisive, but it did not protect the basketball well, and it also greatly underestimated Gasol's defensive ability in the interior. His lateral movement speed is indeed much slower, but he is as proficient in reaching out and blocking shots as before.

With a "snap", Gasol hit a big cap from behind, and the basketball flew out of the court.

The Lakers had the ball, and Walton gestured with both hands, signaling the implementation of the bottom line linear placement tactic.

Cousins ​​stood outside the court to serve, the referee whistled, Randall raised the left elbow from the left low position, Cousins ​​immediately handed over the ball and rushed into the court.According to tactics, after Cousins ​​entered the court, he should move laterally to cover Brewer in the left corner, but he ran back to the basket and clapped his hands vigorously to signal Randall to give the ball.

But Randall himself had his back to the basket, and was concentrating on waiting for Brewer to move. Seeing that Brewer failed to get rid of Murray, he immediately turned to face the basket, preparing to play a high screen with Casspi, until then , he saw Cousins ​​standing under the basket and clapping his hands for the ball.

Gasol has been blocked between the two, and then pass the ball too late.

Randall immediately dribbled the ball to the right and broke through, Casspi rushed up to cover, and the two made a round at the inner circle of the free throw line.

The original tactics ran here, Randall should layup, but Cousins ​​was still squatting under the basket, and did not take Gasol away. Even if Randall used his height advantage to force Danny Green, he still had to face Gasol. Thor makes up the defense.

In desperation, Randall chose to pass the ball outside, Calderon received the ball and organized the attack again.

After coming and going, there is not much time left in the attack. After a simple pick-and-roll, Brewer catches the ball at the top of the arc and makes a shot.

Hitting the iron, Gasol easily caught the rebound, and the Spurs slowed down their attack.

Ginobili dribbles the ball to the right wing and plays a pick-and-roll with Gasol.

Cousins ​​switched defenses, and Ginobili used the rhythm to sway to break into the inside line, and then received a European step for a layup.

The action was clean and neat, and he easily scored 2 points. After landing, he seemed to be provocative with words.

Cousins ​​twitched continuously, his face was ugly, and when he was stimulated, he pushed up, and Ginobili fell to the ground.

The referee blew his whistle and called a technical foul, and the Staples Center was in an uproar.

But the Lakers fans can only shout one voice, after all, there is indeed a foul.

At the time of the technical free throw, Walton made a decision to replace Cousins ​​with McGee.

The Spurs started off in a wave, feeling hot. In the last minute of the first quarter, they scored 1 three-pointers in a row and locked Randall defensively. Under the ebb and flow, the lead reached 2 points.

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In the TNT commentary, O'Neal looked stern. When Cousins ​​was in the Kings, he served as a small boss. He personally took care of it for a while, but Cousins ​​liked to play outside, and finally let him down.When Cousins ​​arrived at the Lakers, his performance was quite satisfactory, but just 2 minutes ago it was a recurrence of his old ways, which made him very upset.

Just at this time Ernie asked how the Lakers should win the game.

O'Neal took over the topic and said: "The answer is very simple. When Tianyang is off the court, he will give the ball to Randall, play more off-ball moves, and use breakthroughs and three-pointers to score goals."

Ordinarily, Cousins ​​should be the first main attack point when Tianyang is off the field. O'Neal said that, seeing Cousins ​​upset, if it weren't for the nationwide live broadcast to criticize the players for being bad, he might have directly criticized him.

But in terms of Cousins' catastrophic performance of more than 1 minute, not only O'Neal was disappointed, but the fans were also disappointed, and the Lakers management was even more frightened.

……

In a blink of an eye, the two teams ended the first half of the game, and the Lakers were 56 points behind 62 to 6.

In the Lakers locker room, after Wharton briefly summarized the situation in the first half, he winked at Tianyang, then turned and left the locker room, Tianyang got up and followed.

The two walked and talked.

Walton: "Boogie's agent called the management yesterday and asked for more shots."

Tianyang: "So he didn't take a break to fight before? You asked him if he really wanted to fight?"

Walton: "Well, he didn't dare to grab the ball when you were on the court. What do you think of this?"

Tianyang: "He seems to be a contract year next year, and he wants to have better statistics, which is normal."

Wharton: "Mr. Ku sent me a message just now, asking you to talk to Boogie in private. The management's current solution is to give him an early contract renewal. The last 4 year of the contract is a player option for 1 years, but it is not a maximum salary. If If he is not satisfied, he can be traded to the team he likes next season, and there will be no embarrassment for him, as long as he plays hard in the playoffs this time."

Tianyang: "Understood, but you mean to talk to him right away?"

Walton: "Yes, we must avoid all uncontrollable factors, even if he refuses to play."

Tianyang: "OK."

……

The two returned to the locker room. Walton clapped his hands to signal the players to return to the court to prepare for the game. Tianyang called Cousins ​​to stop.

When everyone else left, before Tianyang could speak, Cousins ​​hurriedly said, "You know everything?"

Tianyang nodded, "I see, now I want to know what you think?"

Cousins ​​bowed his head and remained silent for a while, "I don't particularly care about the number of shots, as long as I can win, but if I don't have the number of shots, I will definitely not get the maximum salary. In fact, I don't care if I can't get the maximum salary." I will be particularly concerned, but my relatives and brothers will be very disappointed..."

Halfway through what Cousins ​​said, Tianyang had already fully understood.

The situation is the same as that of Iverson, with a group of crazy blood-sucking brothers around him, constantly encouraging him to do various things. No matter how strong his persuasion ability is, he cannot overcome the "brother" feelings of others for more than ten years.

Tianyang gave up the idea of ​​reasoning and empathy, "I understand what you mean. How about this, I will try to give you as many assists as possible later, let's work together to win this round of the series first, it will be beneficial to you There is no harm but no benefit, so let’s talk about it later if you have any questions?”

Cousins ​​naturally understood such a simple truth, and immediately nodded in agreement.

Just when Tianyang thought everything was settled and was about to greet him back to the arena, Cousins ​​suddenly asked, "Do you think the management will give me a long-term contract with a maximum salary?"

This question stumped Tianyang.

To tell the truth, Cousins ​​will definitely blow up immediately; it is against his conscience to tell lies or fool the past.

What?

(End of this chapter)