lakers championship

Chapter 342 The Eve of the Great War
The Lakers won again. During the entire game, they kept playing against the Blazers, which was very different from the inferences of ESPN experts. Rondo sent 8 assists, Rose scored 12 points, McGee grabbed 9 rebounds, Lopez Completed many key defenses, the four fully proved their worth.

The 8-game winning streak made the Lakers excited and relaxed. They rushed back to Los Angeles overnight, and easily won the game against the Nets, the bottom one in the Eastern Conference the next day, successfully extending the winning streak to 9 games.

On the 4th, the entire Lakers team was on vacation. It happened that a batch of endorsement fees from Adidas had arrived, and SkyOcean decided to move.

In the name of Farage, he bought a single-family villa in Beverly Hills.

The villa is something that Farage has been optimistic about for a long time. The overall area is 1860 square meters, with 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. It has a small lawn, swimming pool and basketball court.

The total price is US$539 million, and SkyOcean will pay in one lump sum.

Kobe persuaded him to buy a bigger one, lack of a gym, how to train at 4 in the morning?

Tianyang said that he would think about it next time. After all, his ultimate goal was the super luxury house worth 1.05 million US dollars introduced by Adidas President Casper.

On the 5th, the Lakers sat in Staples to face the Grizzlies.

On the point guard, Conley was inseparable from Rondo and Rose, but Kuzma's alumni Dillon Brooks made Tianyang play around, and there were 3 turnovers and 3 fouls in the first quarter.

Surprisingly, after Dillon was off, Evans, who came off the bench, played well.

Relying on his physical advantage, Evans made a sudden stop and made a mid-range shot, scoring 12 points in front of Tianyang.

Fortunately, Evans couldn't defend Tianyang, which made his 12 points completely equal to zero.

On the inside line, adhering to the ideological guidance of "depending on the situation and defending", Tianyang arranged for Kuzma and Randall to take turns to defend Gasol Jr., and added the viciousness of "treating him in the same way" Foul, Gasol Jr. was extremely uncomfortable. After half the game, he only scored 8 points and 6 rebounds.

Tianyang didn't want to be so ruthless at first, but the Grizzlies were one of the teams that used vicious foul routines against him last season, so there's no reason why they shouldn't have the same experience.

Relying on defensive suppression, in the last 5 minutes of the fourth quarter, there was no suspense in the game. The Lakers sent a third team to beat the Grizzlies 107-102, winning 10 consecutive victories.

Generally speaking, 5 consecutive victories and 6 consecutive victories are difficult to attract attention. After all, the Lakers performed very well last season. Optimizing the bench lineup this season will only make them stronger. But with 10 consecutive victories, more and more people are discussing it. Open the handicap and predict how many consecutive victories the Lakers will win.

Well-known commentator and die-hard Celtics fan Bill Simmons wrote on Twitter:

"Personally, I respect Tianyang very much. He just scored 74 points not long ago. Considering that he was seriously injured, this achievement can be called a miracle. He is like the leading actor in novels and movies; at the same time, I also respect the Lakers very much. They have won 16 championships in total, only 1 less than us. They are a great and respectable opponent, but I still have to say that the Lakers' winning streak has come to an end, and we will end the Lakers .”

We, of course, refer to the Celtics. Such a high-profile comment immediately aroused heated discussions.

Could the Celtics end the Lakers?

In terms of staffing, the Celtics got Irving and Hayward, and they have an advantage in the point guard and small forward positions. In addition to Horford, the power forward position is also ahead of the Lakers. There is not much difference in the center level of the two teams. The position is shooting guard.

The Lakers play away games, not to mention that the whistle is biased towards the Celtics, at least it will not be too good for the Lakers.

In addition, the Celtics are also on a winning streak right now, and they are equally imposing.

On the whole, the Celtics are indeed very likely to end the Lakers winning streak.

Seeing that the discussion sparked heat, Bill Simmons updated his tweet again and wrote:

"Last season, the Lakers lost seven games against the Warriors in the absence of Randall and the embarrassing reuse of the bench lineup. This year, the Lakers have strengthened in all aspects and are bound to surpass the Warriors to advance to the Finals. Their opponent is naturally us , because it is difficult for LeBron to provoke the overall situation alone. Therefore, the game on the 8th will be a preview of this year's finals. The Celtics will definitely have a fierce battle with the Lakers, and future generations will continue to discuss this game."

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At 7 p.m. on the 2th, the Lakers special plane arrived in Boston. The whole team avoided interviews with reporters and went straight to the hotel.

After settling in, Walton convened a meeting with the entire team, and the topic was to discuss how to deal with the Celtics.

As the person who knows the Celtics best, Rondo was the first to speak.

"From the previous impressions and the experience of playing against each other last season, their players are nothing special. On the contrary, their coach Stevens needs to pay special attention. He can discover many points that others cannot discover, and he pays special attention to details, such as Playing against the Cavaliers, he rarely called a timeout because he didn't want to give LeBron time to rest."

Wharton understood Rondo's meaning in seconds: "Then let's recall how other teams beat us."

Tianyang: "When other teams beat us, most of them like to target point guards and centers. Although they lost, they insisted that it was the correct way of thinking. This is a common way of thinking."

Nick Young: "Another way of thinking is to foul you fiercely. Many teams used this method to win us last year, but after the Jazz and Grizzlies failed consecutively this year, the Celtics should not use it."

Carter: "Will they use expendable methods to defend Tianyang? After all, they have Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown as shooting guards."

Randall: "The Warriors also used pick-and-rolls to hit dislocations. Although Irving is not as strong as Durant, it is still more advantageous to dislocate our big men."

What the four of them said basically covered all the ways to beat the Lakers except those who played blindly. If the Celtics really had any new ideas, the Lakers really couldn't think of them.

Seeing everyone thinking hard, Kobe knocked on the table and said: "Since Rondo mentioned that the other party is good at finding things that are difficult for ordinary people to find, let's think about it, what is easily overlooked by us?"

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Inside the Celtics training base.

Stevens raised his head and gently put down the ballpoint pen. He had just gone through a long period of thinking, that is, after formulating a special strategy for facing the Lakers, his forehead was covered with tiny beads of sweat, obviously tired.

"Your offensive tactic, the Lakers never imagined. It depends on whether you use it to crush them at the critical moment, or directly disrupt their rhythm at the beginning." Assistant coach Jamie is eager to fight.

"Yeah, they would never have thought that we would design tactics for Baynes instead of the other star players in the team." Assistant coach McCarron nodded again and again.

"Brad, you are really a very talented coach. As long as we win the championship this year, you will surpass Popovich and Carlisle to become the number one coach in the league in the eyes of the fans." Assistant coach Murray Sen gave a thumbs up.

Stevens is not a person who is easy to be complacent. The assistant coach boasted from tactics to personalities, and he just smiled.

"Okay, the offensive tactics have been formulated, now let's think about it, will the Lakers have any tactics that have not been shown? In the past 10 games, they rarely sent the same starting lineup. The law is very flexible and changeable, do you have any good suggestions?"

　80 word records.

　　
　
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