lakers championship

Chapter 338 Van Gundy's Lecture Now!

There is no doubt that Lillard and Tianyang are fighting each other, and it is still necessary to win on the court.

Both of them have their own positions and ideas, one speaks for his teammates, and the other wants to prove himself.

Fans who eat melons don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement. All kinds of things are on Lillard's Twitter, hoping to see the two confronting each other.

As we all know, Tianyang's scoring ability is the best in the league, and Lillard is also in the first tier. He has a career-high 59 points, and more than 50+ points, even against the Warriors, he scored 51 points.

If the two score soaringly, the scene will definitely be quite spectacular with fans screaming and players amazed.

...

At 2:8 pm on the [-]nd, the game between the Lakers and the Trail Blazers started at the Moda Center, and EPSN began to broadcast live.

"Good evening, fans. This is ESPN. I'm Mike Breen, the commentator. In the next 2 hours, I'll be with Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy to bring the Lakers away to the Blazers. The game commentary, I hope you can have a good time."

"Hello everyone, I'm Mark Jackson. We all know that Lillard and Tianyang have been fighting each other on Twitter in the past few days. Tonight's game must be very interesting. You'd better not blink."

"Yeah, I'm Jeff Van Gundy, now let's take a look at the starting lineups of both teams."

On the court, Tianyang, Rondo, Ingram, Randall, and Lopez each settled down, while on the Blazers side, Lillard, CJ-McCollum, Aminu, Turner, Nuer Keech also entered one after another.

"Mark, what's your opinion on the Lakers lineup?" Brin asked.

"To be honest, I can't remember whether this is the sixth or seventh starting lineup of the Lakers. This situation is very rare, even the Warriors with 6 All-Stars. It shows that Walton has not been able to Find a mature system, but the 7-game winning streak masks this problem."

Xiao Fan shook his head when he heard the words: "I don't quite agree with your point of view. Rondo and Lopez's starting position is indeed different from what the Lakers announced at the time, but the reason for Wharton's decision is very simple, because Rondo wants to prove himself, and he can fight against it. Ladd has an impact, and Lopez has to prove himself, and can get more rebounds under the defense of Nurkic."

Brin shrugged: "If it's what you said, the Lakers are wayward and don't care about the team's chemical reaction at all, but no matter what, after this game is over, everything will come to a conclusion, let me wait and see."

After the words fell, the referee walked between Lopez and Nurkic and lightly threw the ball into the air.

As a young man, Nurkic's bounce speed is significantly faster, taking the first step to dial the ball back.

The basketball happened to fly to Lillard's feet. Instead of picking it up immediately, he raised his hands and waved them one after another, as if a singer was giving a concert and shouted to the audience: "Let me see your hands!"

The fans at the scene immediately became excited, cheered and swayed to his rhythm, and the entire Bodhidharma Center boiled as if the water temperature reached 100 degrees Celsius.

Satisfied, Lillard picked up the basketball with a smile on his face and accelerated it to the frontcourt.

Rushing to the right wing, facing Rondo's defense, he pulled the ball back and took off in two steps from outside the three-point line.

"Lillard made a three-pointer! BANG! The goal is scored!" Breen clenched his fist and shouted.

"YES, our expert analysis is correct, the Lakers are weak point guards and mid-peaks!" Mark nodded.

Xiao Fan adjusted his glasses, but did not gnaw. A three-pointer is nothing to him.

Easy to attack the Lakers, Rondo dribbled the ball to the right wing, passed it to Randall at the top of the arc, and then went down to find Tianyang.

Typical mobile offensive tactics, the Lakers have played thousands of times, and the Blazers coach Stotts is naturally familiar with it. He stood on the sidelines and waved his hand, and the five Blazers players decisively began to defend the pass.

Lillard went around to block Tianyang, McCollum blocked Rondo, Aminu opened his hands to block Ingram, and Nurkic held Lopez firmly with his back in the elbow area.For a moment, Randall seemed unable to pass the ball.

But in the next second, Lopez took advantage of the situation and retreated, and Randall threw a high pass.

With a "bang", Lopez dunked with both hands, and Nurkic was still eating ashes at the elbow.

The Blazers attacked again, Lillard dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and Nurkic stepped forward to make a pick-and-roll.

With previous experience in defending Mitchell and Gobert's pick-and-roll against the Jazz, Lopez ran up decisively to delay ahead of time, and Rondo also quickly bypassed the wall, and the two double-teamed together.

Lillard hurriedly pulled the ball back, but the two were aggressive. They were not the kind of double-teaming that returned to normal defense and it was over, but continued to press forward.

Lillard announced to the outside world that he is 191cm tall. Compared with Westbrook who also claimed 191cm, he is only 187cm at most. Coupled with his small stature, how can he withstand the attack of Rondo and Lopez?
Soon, he had no choice but to pass the ball to the right wing, but due to his height, the pass was crooked!
McCollum failed to get the ball. Instead, Ingram, who came out from the short corner, grabbed the ball. Then the Lakers launched a fast break. Tianyang rushed to the frontcourt and scored an empty basket after receiving the pass.

"Lillard is a little careless." Brin shook his head slightly.

"Yes, the Lakers seem to have succeeded in double-teaming, but it is a gambling defense. As long as the Blazers are prepared, Lillard and McCollum can attack with the ball, and with Nurkic on the inside, they can easily crack .”

Xiao Fan still didn't answer. The Lakers' defense is indeed risky, but with so many tactical masters in the Lakers team, they must have considered how to deal with the ball with their feet.

The Blazers attacked again, Lillard dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and Nurkic stepped forward to pick and roll.

In the same operation, Rondo and Lopez double-teamed again, and Lillard passed the ball in advance.

McCollum got the ball, made a fake move to Tianyang, and then passed it to the unguarded Nurkic.

It's not that I want to pass one more time, but it's embarrassing that Lillard can't pass it directly.

Nurkic took the ball smoothly and took two steps to the basket, but Lopez had already returned to defense.

The arrow was on the string and had to be fired. Nurkic forcibly threw the shot. In the case of physical confrontation, his movements were a little deformed. The basketball hit the rim and hit the iron.

Seeing Lopez take off, Tianyang and Rondo turned around and ran to the backcourt.

Lillard and McCollum reacted a little slower. When they caught up, Tianyang had already received a long pass. The two looked at each other, as if they had a tacit understanding, and at the same time chose to defend Tianyang.

Tianyang didn't give a damn, he pulled the ball decisively and retreated, and then received the jumping pass.

The basketball flew to the top of the arc, Rondo caught the ball and stopped, Lillard did not go up to post the method, but ran to the free throw line.

The fans at the scene saw it. This was a bet that Rondo missed a 3-pointer, and the Moda Center was immediately booed.

Tianyang laughed in his heart. These people's stereotypes of Rondo have never changed. They have no idea how far Rondo's three-pointers have improved this summer.

I saw Rondo collect the ball and take off expressionlessly, making a very standard two-stage shot.

'Shua', the basketball went into the net hollow, and the Lakers led 7-3.

"Lillard's defensive choice is fine, I can only say that Rondo is lucky." Breen shrugged.

"Yes, it doesn't matter if you fall behind for a while. The Blazers must continue to adhere to this offensive and defensive strategy. Nurkic's shooting will not always hit the iron, and Rondo's three-pointers will not always hit."

Xiao Fan continued to choose silence, because he already roughly understood the Lakers' defensive strategy.

The Blazers attacked, Lillard dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, this time he canceled the pick and roll and chose singles.

Seeing this, the fans applauded one after another, but before the applause fell, Tianyang and Rondo double-teamed together.

"The Lakers are crazy too! Pass it to CJ!" Breen shouted eagerly.

Lillard seemed to hear it, and he split the ball to the right wing, but as soon as McCollum got the ball, Ingram stuck up, stretched out a pair of long arms, and defended like covering the sky.

CJ struggled to break through and chose to split the ball to the short corner on the right, but as soon as Turner received the ball, Randall posted it. It was exactly the same as before. The Lakers' rotation defense reached the extreme!

Turner seemed unconvinced, bent over with heavy shoulders, strode to the basket, and forced a layup.

Lopez blocked the shot head-on, but Nuer miraculously got the offensive rebound and took off on the spot to dunk with both hands.

Lopez jumped up, cleanly, without any unnecessary movements, and stopped the dunk in a daze.

Randall grabbed the basketball aside, and the Lakers launched a fast break again.

Tianyang received a long pass from the center line and decisively passed it to Rondo, who made another three-pointer and returned it!

"This... this..." Mark Jackson stuttered after being slapped in the face.

Brin also remained silent with a depressed expression on his face, and Xiao Fan finally spoke:
"Now, let me analyze the Lakers' defensive secrets for you."

When he said this, Van Gundy smiled, as if a middle school principal was speaking.

(End of this chapter)