lakers championship

Chapter 259 Future Battle
What O'Neal said reminded fans that before the Lakers-Spurs series, ESPN organized a roundtable discussion on the prospects of the Lakers winning the championship. Analysis expert Jerry Engelman once put forward a point of view, saying that the biggest disadvantage of the Lakers lies in the coach.

Now it seems that there is indeed a gap. Walton let Kerr lead the way. The Lakers should do their best to face the Warriors. At most, there can only be one main player resting off the court.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers relied on Ingram to force a breakthrough layup at the last moment and scored 2 points. The total score fell behind the Warriors 26 to 30, and the Oracle Center was full of joy.

During the timeout between quarters, Walton did not take out the tactical board, but said directly: "In the last 3 minutes, we let the opponent play a wave of 14 to 2, which is very bad and unacceptable."

Having said that, Randle and Ingram bowed their heads, as if shy to meet the eyes of their teammates.

"But it's not your problem. The fault is my rotation error. I was scared. I was afraid that Durant would attack too hard and lose too many points, so I disrupted the original deployment, so that there were problems on both offensive and defensive ends one after another. Here I apologize to everyone and promise not to do it again!"

What Walton said stunned the Lakers generals, especially Calderon and Ci Shiping. In their many years of career, they have never seen a head coach publicly admit a mistake during a game.

The Lakers generals didn't know what to say for a while, and the atmosphere was a little dull.

Seeing this, Tianyang quickly took up the topic, "It's okay, you have a treat tonight, and we choose a place, how about it?"

"Okay, no problem!" Wharton nodded readily.

Ci Shiping took the lead in laughing, and the dull atmosphere was swept away.

At this point, Wharton finally took out the tactical board and began to summarize the problems in the first quarter.

In a blink of an eye, the second quarter began, the Lakers switched back to the starting lineup, and the Warriors also offered the ultimate version of the dead five.

Before going on the field, Tianyang signaled his teammates to gather together. He put his hand among the crowd and said: "Now we have met the most powerful opponent, and our opportunity has come. Let's show our ability to the world!".

It sounds a bit convoluted, but if you think about it carefully, how powerful a person is depends on how powerful his enemy is.

The reason why Michael Jordan is great is because in the era when the center was king, as a shooting guard, he beat all kinds of strong teams under his horse, and every championship was full of gold.

When everyone heard the words, they silently stretched out their hands and put them together. The whole team shouted slogans and were extremely excited.

……

The Warriors made the first move in the opening game. According to the rules, the Lakers made the first move in the second quarter.

Tianyang took the ball to the front court. Surprisingly, Iguodala did not step forward to defend, only Curry stood in front of him.

The Warriors seem to want to learn from the Spurs, go around the front to defend other Lakers players, and play Tianyang singles.

Tianyang was not in a hurry, and stopped on the right wing to control the ball back and forth, waiting for his teammates to move.

Ingram started from the left wing, covered by Randall, and rushed to Tianyang.

The two exchanged hands, and Ingram dribbled to the right.Randall pretended to go down, but actually blocked Durant and Iguodala, creating an opportunity for Tianyang to cut to the basket.

Tianyang rushed into the inside line sideways, received a ground pass from Ingram, faced Green's supplementary defense, raised the basketball with both hands, and made a breakthrough to the left. basket score.

The Lakers' cooperation was very exquisite, Tianyang's breakthrough action was pleasing to the eye, and O'Neal slapped the table to applaud.

Easy side Warriors attack, Curry dribbles the ball to the top of the arc, Green steps forward to catch the ball.

Curry handed over the ball and ran towards the basket, followed by Tianyang.

At the same time, Durant on the left also ran back to the basket, and Randall followed.

The Lakers team shrank to the inside. Thompson, who was squatting in the bottom corner, immediately started, and rushed to the top of the arc diagonally. Using Durant who made a sudden stop as a cover, he got rid of Nick Young's entanglement and stepped back to the three-pointer.

The Lakers made a misjudgment, thinking that another elevator closing tactic created an opportunity for Curry to catch the ball. Randall didn't rush out at the first time, and Thompson was equal to no defense.

Green passed the ball, Thompson made a decisive shot and hit a three-pointer.

The Warriors have too many people who can catch and shoot the ball, and it can be said that they are hard to guard against, but no one on the Lakers team is frustrated. Cousins ​​​​withdrew from the baseline, looked at Tianyang's position, and directly made a long pass.

The speed is very fast, but the Warriors are not slow to retreat. Tianyang catches the ball and rushes to the frontcourt. The Warriors have already set up a 23-zone defense formation, and everyone is like a bloodthirsty beast, staring at him.

The best way to deal with beasts is naturally to outwit, Tianyang thought in his mind, and called Cousins ​​to pick and roll.

Green immediately switched defenses, and Curry was eager to go around and double-team, but it seemed that Cousins ​​​​could make a three-pointer.

But Cousins ​​​​did not go out, but cut in. Curry could catch up but couldn't stop it.

Green was outside again, nothing to do, Iguodala had to shrink to defend.

Tianyang saw the opportunity and didn't look at the pass.Ingram caught the ball and rushed inside, one step past Iguodala, who had reacted but was powerless, took two more steps, and dunked with both hands.

The Warriors attacked, Curry dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and Durant stepped forward to make a pick-and-roll.

Curry took a step to the left with the help of a screen. Although he couldn't get rid of Randall's defense, he still took off and shot.

Resolute shooting attitude, extremely fast shooting speed, and abnormal hit rate have created Curry's unparalleled shooting skills. Randall's reaction was fast enough, but he still couldn't stop it. The basketball hit the net hollowly. 3134
Randall didn't feel any frustration, but took the pass from Cousins ​​and rushed to the frontcourt, while Tianyang and Ingram had already rushed to the frontcourt, and BT's offense reappeared on the court!

This is one of Walton's special tactics before the game. As long as Randall is convenient to catch the ball, he will play like this.

There is a striker who can dribble the ball all the way, so he must use it!

Randall rushed to the frontcourt with the ball. Tianyang and Ingram had disrupted the Warriors' defensive formation through speed. At this time, Iguodala was defending Cousins, and Randall immediately gave the ball.

Cousins ​​received the ball from the left elbow area and played back singles. Perhaps considering Iguodala's high level of defense, he did not make a strong top or shoot directly. Instead, he held the ball with both hands and turned to the left low post, facing the basket sideways. Basket, hook shot.

In this way, Iguodala can't use any of his defensive skills such as flopping, withdrawing chairs, calling for double-teams, behind-the-back steals, interference shots, etc., and can only stare blankly at the basketball flying to the hoop.

"Shua", the shot was made, and Cousins ​​clenched his fist and smiled.

The Warriors attacked, Curry dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and Durant stepped forward to make a pick-and-roll.

Tianyang accelerated around the wall and rushed forward, Curry calmly distributed the ball.

Durant received the ball, went straight into the sideways big stride and rushed into the inside line, sticking to Randall for a layup with a low hand.

The action was very simple and the speed was not fast, but the rhythm was excellent, and the Warriors scored another 2 points.

The Lakers attacked again, Tianyang left the ball and waited, and Randall stepped forward to do a pick-and-roll.

Curry pounced on Tianyang ahead of time, and Green also turned around and wanted to pounce.

But that thought, Randall didn't pick and roll, but turned around and slipped to the basket.

The fake block is real, I played it once before, and now it comes again, the Spurs hit the road, and the Warriors couldn't run.

Tianyang passed the ball, Randall received the ball and rushed to the inside, Thompson gave up Nick Young to defend, Durant and Iguodala also shrunk to the basket, the Warriors wanted to block all of Randall's layup routes.

Unfortunately, Randall made a sudden stop at the free throw line, pulled out his hand and made a 2-pointer.

The scene entered the first official timeout of the second quarter, and the Lakers were 35 to 36, 1 point behind.

A look of bewilderment visible to the naked eye appeared on the faces of the Warriors players.

With Randall in the mid-range shot, how can he defend?
TNT commentary.

O'Neal smiled, "The young Lakers players are all superb, with high IQs and good attitudes. The future is bright!"

Kenny looked serious, "Nick Young didn't score, but he is considered a veteran, and the Warriors are not bad. Durant, Curry, Thompson, and Green are not very old. Some Lakers players and Warriors players have the same future. bright."

Barkley smiled, "I thought it was a contest between the present and the future, but now it seems that it is the future against the future."

(End of this chapter)