lakers championship

Chapter 258 Wharton Lost
Adventures are adventures, and they should be played. Apart from the needs of the game, Wharton still has a little thought.

In this year's Western Conference playoffs, the Lakers crushed their opponents 4-0 in the first two rounds, which completely failed to reflect his role as a head coach.Especially after Barkley joked that even if he was not there, the Lakers could still beat the Spurs, social networks began to call him the luckiest head coach in history.

The reason why he has this title is related to his previous role as the temporary head coach of the Warriors. At that time, Curry was in a super-god state, and the Warriors won consecutive victories. Fans joked that he directly tried to play a full-level account.

When the Lakers become the official coach, fans expect him to lead the team's three rookies to grow slowly. There is no requirement for his coaching record. Anyway, the Lakers have won the last place in the Western Conference.

At that time, he was so lucky that he met the wizard Tianyang. The Lakers not only won 52 wins, but also entered the Western Conference Finals in the first season. He also became one of the most powerful new head coaches in history.

Facing the Warriors now, the lineup is only stronger than the Lakers, so he is extremely eager to defeat Cole, who has 5 All-Star players under him, and once he succeeds, it will be recorded in history!
After all, the current Warriors have absolute championship power in any year in NBA history. In the future, fans will definitely compare him with other legendary coaches.

In addition, compared with Tyronn Lue, Thibodeau, Donovan and other coaches who like to overuse the main players, his use of the main players is insignificant, and he is completely a younger brother.

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In a blink of an eye, the timeout ended and the players of both teams returned to the field.

On the Lakers side, Randall and Inram lead, supplemented by Calderon, Brewer, and McGee.

On the Warriors side, Durant led, supplemented by Livingston, Clark, West, and Pachulia.

The Warriors attacked first, and Livingston dribbled the ball across half court and passed it to Durant at the top of the arc.

Facing Ingram's defense, Durant set up a three-threat posture and took continuous tentative steps to find opportunities. After shaking back and forth three times, he dribbled the ball with his left hand and bent over to rush inside.

Ingram hurriedly turned sideways, stepping back while raising his right hand to prevent shots.

I thought that Durant had just rushed to the free throw line, suddenly pulled the ball back, and made a long-distance 2-point shot.

In the blink of an eye, Ingram didn't stop, and could only stare blankly.

With a sound of '唰', the basketball hit the net hollowly, and the fans on the scene raised their arms and shouted.

In the eyes of the fans, Durant is more stable with the ball than Curry, which is basically equal to scoring.

McGee retreated to the bottom line to serve, and Calderon received the ball and accelerated it to the frontcourt.Just past the center line, Livingston stepped up to press. Although he could not lose the ball, he could only speed up to the right wing, pass the ball to the top of the arc in a hurry, and then ran down to the short corner on the left to meet with the cloth. Ruhr plays off the ball.

But not in place yet, Durant gave up Ingram on the left wing and rushed to the top of the arc to double-team Randall with West.The incident happened suddenly, and it was too late for Calderon to go back and respond.

Fortunately, Ingram was witty enough to retreat to near the center line, and Randall quickly turned around and passed the ball.

Durant also turned around and rushed to the center line. Ingram looked up at the situation on the field, chose to dribble sideways to the right, and signaled Randall to go down with his eyes. At this time, the basket was empty.

Randall rushed to the basket immediately. West was a little slow and difficult to chase, but Pachulia moved laterally to block and change defense. Corners come out of Brewer.

Brewer's attempt to break through Livingston failed, and there was not much left in the 24-second attack time. It was not a good way to pass back to Ingram, so he could only choose to make a strong 3-point shot.

With a bang, the shot hit the iron.With his weight advantage at the basket, West blocked McGee and Randall alone and helped Pachulia grab the rebound easily.

Pachulia turned around and made a long pass, Durant quickly received the ball, and the fans cheered.

Ingram caught up to defend, Livingston blocked it at will, and Durant easily got rid of it.

Randall, who was fast enough, was still in the backcourt, Ingram was blocked again, Calderon and Brewer were completely unable to resist, the Lakers could only watch Durant rush into the paint.

But Durant didn't seem to be satisfied with only 2 points, but stopped at the three-point line and shot against Calderon.

The basketball hit the board and rebounded, and there were several "bang bang bang" sounds, and it still rolled into the hoop.

Scoring 5 points in a row, as well as double-teaming and single-defense, Durant fully demonstrated his MVP strength.

The Lakers attacked, and Walton waved his hand on the sidelines, signaling that the team would give up the rebound if they didn't score.

Calderon dribbled the ball to the right wing and passed it to the top of the arc. Randall caught the ball with a fake fax and rushed to the basket next to West.He wants to take advantage of his speed advantage.

Rushing to the free throw line, Pachulia and Clark shrunk to help.

Randall collected the ball and swayed past the two, jumped to the basket, and hit the board for a shot.

It was a wonderful breakthrough, but unfortunately the layup missed, Pachulia got the rebound, and the Warriors made another fast break.

It was the same routine again, Li Wen blocked Ingram, and Durant made another three-pointer.

The Warriors had an 8-0 shock wave, and the Lakers' lead disappeared. Walton frowned, considering whether to call a timeout.In such a high-level game, every timeout needs to be used for ideas. There is only 1 minute and 30 seconds left in the first quarter, and it is not worthwhile to shout at this time.

After much thought, Wharton decided to endure it.

Calderon dribbled the ball across half court, passed the ball to Randall at the top of the arc, and then went down to the short corner on the right to provide an off-ball screen for Brewer.At the same time, Randall passed the ball to Ingram and made a pick-and-roll at the top of the arc.

Brewer circled to the 3-point line, Ingram took the ball to the inside, and Calderon ran to the right sideline.

West couldn't catch up, the Warriors had a loophole in their defense, and Clark, who was closest to Ingram, gave up Brewer and turned and rushed inside.

Ingram immediately stopped to score the ball outside, Brewer caught the ball and adjusted his posture, and made a three-pointer.

'when! 'With a sound, the basketball rebounded from the hoop, and then deviated from the hoop.

Ingram jumped up and caught the rebound, but when he landed and looked back, his teammates had retreated beyond the three-point line.

The Oracle Center burst into laughter, and Ingram was caught in a double-team between Clark and West.

Randall and others hurried back to respond.But it was too late, Clark steals the basketball, makes a sideways long pass, Durant catches the ball and quickly puts it down, Randall and others turn around and chase the frontcourt.

The Oracle Center burst into laughter again, and the corners of Dulat's mouth were slightly raised. This time, no one could catch up with him, and he rushed directly to the inner circle of the free throw line, gliding and dunking.

TNT commentary.

O'Neal looked displeased, "What is Walton thinking? Cole put Durant on the bench? The Lakers don't have 4 All-Star players. Now is not the time to play new tactics. Tianyang is not playing, why is Cousins ​​​​in there? Rest? Isn't fear of winning hard enough?"

Barkley pressed his hands down, "Don't get excited, Shaq. As I said earlier, this is a game that will be played until the last moment. Walton definitely hopes that Tianyang will retain his strength. In addition, Walton has also taken action, which is to let Rand Hall and Ingram have been playing, don't say they are not stars."

Kenny: "You are assuming that the two teams were inseparable in the first 45 minutes, but the current situation is that the Lakers lost 10 points in a row. If Cousins ​​or Tianyang were there, Brewer's two shots just now could at least be played. Enter one."

O'Neal: "Yes, the playoffs are the stage for superstars. Otherwise, what would the Warriors do to pursue Durant? Otherwise, why would the Warriors give up passing at a critical moment and let Durant and Curry play pick-and-rolls? Cole asked Durant to come off the bench. Confused the Lakers, Walton fell for it, didn't do enough, he lost."

(End of this chapter)