lakers championship

Chapter 358 The Most Hooligan Tactic

Kobe scolded his head and covered his face. Kuzma is just a rookie, but compared with the President Hill players, and in the public, it is really a bit cruel!
Kuzma waited dumbfounded, first with his hips on his hips, then his nose, and then his ears, feeling at a loss.

Carter stepped forward and patted Kobe on the shoulder: "Don't worry, he's just a kid."

Kobe didn't answer, but in his heart, the more he scolded, the faster he would grow.

In the round just now, the other four players of the Lakers made up for Kuzma one after another, using the rotation defense and single defense to the extreme, abruptly blocking the Warriors' offense, but turning around, Kuzma actually wasted the team's achievements.

It's really annoying. Wharton called a timeout for this reason. Kobe went into battle first, so he took the opportunity to ask:

"Do you know what's wrong with you?"

Kuzma woke up from his stupor, and replied in a low voice: "I missed the defense and didn't grab the ball, but it was Green who pushed me to foul, but the referee didn't call it, so I didn't..."

Before the words fell, Kobe roared again: "If the referee doesn't call a foul, you won't be able to play. Do you want the referee to give you the championship trophy? You haven't seen Pierce's pants being taken off, but he pulled them up by himself. Catch and shoot? You have to fight, you can't wait! Don't you understand such a simple truth?"

The GIF of Pierce making Ci Shiping pull down his pants is widely circulated. The picture is very funny, but Kobe is very serious when he speaks it now.

"Calm down, calm down." Wharton also stepped forward and patted Kobe on the shoulder, then turned to Kuzma and said, "This is just one of your problems. Have you found another problem?"

Kuzma was even more confused when he heard the words. He grinned and scratched his head, staring and asked, "What's the problem?"

"You..." Kobe was out of breath, patted his chest, put his right hand on Tianyang's shoulder, shook his head and said, "Tell me, I'm a little out of breath, this kid is so mad at me... "

"Hahaha" Everyone finally couldn't help laughing out loud.

Tianyang nodded: "Your mentality is messed up. You don't dare to attack Durant, and you don't know how to defend against Green. You either miss people or let people easily deceive you. You have to maintain the same mentality as in the past."

The so-called fans of the authorities are clear to the bystanders. This is the case of Kuzma. He is like a bronze player. He is facing the king for the first time. He is nervous about moving and doing nothing normally.

Tianyang sees it very clearly and understands it very well. Last year, Ingram and Randall did the same. Facing the Warriors with 5 All-Stars for the first time, they panicked when they dribbled.

When Kuzma heard the words, he remained silent, his facial expression changed continuously, and he seemed to be puzzled.

"Don't think about it. If you can't be normal, at least don't give up. You are like Tianyang. Even if you face Durant who is taller than you, you still have to fight. Do you understand?" Kobe Again.

Indeed, the state of calm and breezy requires experience and accumulation, and it is difficult to force it.

Kuzma nodded seriously, and said, "I will definitely not be cowardly."

"Okay, let's go!" Wharton patted Kuzma, signaled to disband, and walked to the bench with Kobe on his arm.

"Teach students according to their aptitude, you can be a coach except for your fierce temper." Wharton praised with a thumbs up.

The corners of Kobe's mouth were slightly raised, showing a smug smile, "It means that Kuzma is arrogant, so I used the way of yelling. If it were Tatum, I would definitely give him an analysis of how to fight in a soft voice."

……

The timeout ended in a blink of an eye, the game between the two teams continued, and the Lakers attacked.

Rondo waited for the ball at the top of the arc, Tianyang and Ingram led the defenders to run to the right.

In this way, only Kuzma was left in the entire left half, which was exactly the same as the previous rounds, but the difference this time was that he no longer defended but attacked.

Rondo hit the ground and passed the ball, Kuzma caught the ball with both hands and hit Green with his back.

Kobe stood up and waved, and the fans in the audience stood up and shouted cheers.

Kuzma made consecutive strong tops, Green stepped back a little, and he turned back directly to make a jumper.

After scoring 2 points, Kobe was the first to applaud and smiled, looking very satisfied.

The Warriors attacked, Curry dribbled the ball to the top of the arc and passed the ball to the right wing.

Durant took the ball, turned around and gave the short corner Green, and then ran back to cover for Curry.

Curry rushed to the right wing to receive Green's return pass, dislocated singles to Ingram, and Green retreated to the bottom corner to create space.

Perhaps because he felt that he had no shooting advantage in the face of tall and long-armed Ingram, Curry lowered his center of gravity and accelerated, forcing a breakthrough from the right to the free throw line.

Kuzma gave up Green and double-teamed laterally. Curry stopped and passed the ball to Green.

Although Green was in a wide open position, Kuzma thought about it and did not return to defense.

Sure enough, Green didn't dare to shoot, but passed the ball back to Curry.

Curry retreated outside the third line, and Ingram was still pressing, so he had to give Green another.

With only 3 seconds left in the offensive time, Kuzma chose to return to defense, and a swoop interfered with Green's three-pointer.

With a three-pointer, Kuzma's defense may or may not be useful, but the two choices are very correct.

Randall caught the rebound, Rondo took the ball to the frontcourt, observed the situation and handed it to Tianyang.

Tianyang took the ball at the top of the arc, but before waving, Kuzma came up ahead of time to do a side pick-and-roll.

With such a tacit cooperation, Tianyang immediately pulled the ball to the right to break through, Green switched defenses, and Kuzma took advantage of the opportunity to cut to the basket.

Tianyang rushed to the elbow area and threw the ball high towards the hoop. Rooney quickly moved laterally to take off.

Kuzma still made an alley-oop, but instead of dunking, he pushed the ball to Randle.

Randall jumped high with the ball and dunked Rooney hard, and Staples cheered deafeningly.

On the sidelines, Worthy smiled and said: "15 to 9, Kobe's guidance to Kuzma was immediate, and the Lakers further expanded their advantage. In addition, after Thompson left the court, Ingram watched Durant, and the others defended Curry. , it is difficult for the Warriors to score."

Jamison: "To be honest, Durant hasn't exerted his strength yet, and he is more helping the team find a feeling. If Ingram can maintain this kind of off-ball defense, the Lakers may win by 15 or even 20 points."

……

The trend of the game was just as Worthy expected. The Warriors had difficulty scoring. After the first quarter, the Lakers led 28-19.

Back in the second quarter, Cole took Rooney, Green played center, and Thompson was replaced. Iguodala was changed to small forward, Durant was postponed to power forward, and the Warriors put up a dead five small lineup.

On the Lakers side, Walton let Rose, who had come off the bench before, continue to play without making any lineup changes.

The Lakers attacked first, and as soon as Rose received the ball, Curry rushed forward to defend himself. At the same time, Thompson also went around to defend Tianyang, and Iguodala also blocked Ingram.

The battle was scary, but Rose shook his head disdainfully, changed direction in front of him, and easily shook off Curry and rushed to the frontcourt.

The Warriors did not double-team, and Curry still defended alone. Rondo noticed this situation and continued to sprint to the basket.

When he entered the free throw line, Green and Durant shrunk to defend at the same time, and Curry behind him was surrounded by three people in an instant.

But even so dangerous, Rose calmly stopped the ball and passed the ball from behind to beyond the three-point line.

The basketball flew straight into Tianyang's hands, and Thompson didn't dare to grab it, so he could only stare blankly.

Tianyang made a feint, easily got rid of it, and pulled out his hand at 45 degrees to the right.

With a 3-pointer, the Lakers were 31 to 19, leading by 12 points.

Green stepped back to the bottom line and passed the ball to Curry, who took the ball across the center line and passed to Durant.

Durant was two steps away from the three-point line, ignoring Ingram's defense, and made a direct hit!

Turning to the Lakers attack, the Warriors were still pressing the whole court. Rose dribbled the ball to the free throw line, and then made a pass to Tianyang after being double-teamed.

Unfortunately, this time Tianyang failed to hit a three-pointer, Green caught the rebound, the Warriors made a fast break, Durant hit Ingram with his back, and Kuzma helped defend and scored another 2 points.

Walton got up and called a timeout, signaling Tatum to get ready.

"The current strategy of the Warriors is very simple. The whole game is double-teamed to force mistakes. The inside contraction allows us to shoot 3 points. As long as we fail to make a shot, they can get a chance to chase points. This is their most rogue tactic. There are more stars than players , especially Durant's singles and Curry's three-pointers, so we are also changing to the strongest lineup now."

"Tianyang, you go to play point guard, Ingram goes to shooting guard, Tatum goes to play small forward, and everyone else's position remains the same."

"Tatum, your position is very important, focus and help us win this game!"

(End of this chapter)