lakers championship

Chapter 385
Ball's father boasted too much. At the beginning, there were fans taunting him. After the fans realized that he was just sensationalizing, no one wanted to pay attention to him. But Ball himself performed outstandingly. He won the MVP in the summer league and is also very hopeful that he will be selected to the rookie first team.

Many NBA analysts, celebrities, and managers agreed that as long as Ball can develop shooting, he must be an All-Star player in the future, roughly the same as Simmons and Fultz.

But if Ball has been struggling with his shots, he will have huge flaws on the offensive end, and he will become the next Rondo.

Of course, the peak Rondo is also terrible.

……

At 23 p.m. on the 7rd, Time Warner Studios.

Lakers star James Worthy sat on a stool, applauded and swayed with the BGM, and waited for the director to remind the live broadcast to start, then stopped and said: "Although I have retired for many years, every time the yellow and green battles, I still want to put on the jersey Go fuck the Celtics and beat 'em up!"

Jamison chuckled, "It's interesting to say, except for the beginning of this century, the Lakers and Celtics are always on equal footing in other eras, either weak together or strong together!"

Worthy nodded, "Why don't you call it an old enemy? Look at the scene, how excited the fans are!"

In the Staples Center, the Celtics players just came out, and the Lakers fans shouted "Boston Sucks" in unison.

When the DJ called out Tianyang's name, the fans shouted 'MVP' in unison again, the volume was so loud that it was like dancing in an underground dance hall, and the two of them had to shout face to face when talking.

Judging from the big screen at the scene, the Lakers started with Rondo, Tianyang, Ingram, Randall, and Lopez, and the Celtics started with Irving, Brown, Hayward, Horford, and Baynes.

"The lineups of the two teams are very similar. They combine inside and outside, have offense and defense, and can be fast or slow. This game is definitely interesting." Worthy squinted his small eyes with a smile on his face, "Last time Wharton and Stevens A battle of wits and courage resulted in Kobe and Carter stealing the show, I don’t know how much time the two will play this time.”

Jamison went on to say: "Frankly speaking, I think the Celtics did not show their full strength in the last yellow-green game. In this game, Stevens must have done his homework. The suspense of this game may be more serious." Save it until the last minute, so both Kobe and Carter should play more than 10 minutes."

...

At 7:10, the pre-match ceremony ended, and the game between the Lakers and the Kites officially started.

Lopez and Baynes stepped into the middle circle, and the referee walked between them, and after making the usual gestures, he lightly tossed the ball upwards.The two jumped in an instant, and Baynes was more lucky, taking the first step to dial the ball back.

Irving got the ball and slowly advanced to the right wing, Brown stepped forward to do a pick-and-roll; Tianyang switched defenses, Irving accelerated the dribble and ran to the left, rushed to the top of the arc and used Hayward's second pick-and-roll to get the shot space, and made a direct pull!

Ingram let the Celtics block the off-ball screen, and the basketball flew toward the rim without interference, slammed into the backboard, slammed, and bounced into the rim.

Taking the lead, Owen gestured a gesture of wiping his gun away, and stepped back with a smile on his face.

Acting like a boss at the Staples Center, the fans at the scene were naturally upset when they saw this, and immediately shouted 'Lets Go LAkers'. Encouraged, Lopez stepped back to the baseline and served, and Rondo took the ball forward.

Walking to the top of the arc, Rondo held the ball and waited. A second later, Lopez stepped forward to pick and roll.Perhaps because of their poor outside shooting, Irving and Baynes gave up Lopez and quickly double-teamed Rondo.

Rondo was also ruthless enough. He pushed the ball sideways and passed through the gap between the two like lightning. Taking the ball, Hayward, who made a fake move to start the defense, passed the ball to the left wing; Ingram received the ball, with a big gap in front of him, calmly aimed at the basket, and shot steadily.

It's a pity that the shot hit the iron, Horford got the rebound, threw it to Irving vigorously, and the Celtics made a fast break.

Tianyang retreated in a hurry and stopped Owen at the three-point line; Brown stepped forward to pick and roll, Owen dribbled the ball and went to the left, Tianyang quickly chased after the wall; but Owen suddenly pulled the ball and changed direction. Position, dry pull out hand.

Swish, the basketball went into the net hollow, and the Celtics led 6-0.

On the sidelines, Walton frowned slightly and analyzed in his heart: "Are these two three-pointers tactical, or are they random? Irving's three-pointers are indeed very powerful, but it is rare for him to shoot like this at the beginning of the game, and the handling is extremely simple. One or two runs Let's make a move..."

While thinking about it, Rondo has already rushed to the right wing with the ball, Tianyang stepped forward to make a pick-and-roll, Randall mentioned the right sideline; Rondo passed the ball; two attempts failed to shake Horford, and Randall hit the ball to Tianyang.

A typical triangle tactic, Tianyang catches the ball and plays Irving with his back. The fans on the scene raised their arms in advance to cheer, and all the players on the Lakers bench also held hands and bowed their bodies, ready to celebrate at any time.

I saw Tianyang swaying 'left, right, right, left' continuously, and when Owen's eyes lost their position, he decisively turned over and leaned back.

The arc of the shot was extremely high, and the rotation speed was extremely fast, but it landed on the hoop and spun several times before it flew out.

The entire Staples Center sighed, Irving got the rebound himself, and rushed to the frontcourt like a gust of wind.

Tianyang and Rondo Rondo chased at the same time. Brown made a pick-and-roll outside the three-point line, and Owen took the opportunity to get inside; It was a sudden stop and turned around, passing the ball to Brown outside the three-point line between the gaps, and the latter shot decisively.

Swish, the basketball went into the net hollow again, but fortunately, it stepped on the line when it took off, and it only counted as two points.

With the Celtics leading 8-0, the fans chanted 'Lets Go Lakers' in unison.

Rondo rushed to the right wing with the ball, Lopez stepped forward to pick and roll, but did not open the space; Tianyang went up to do a second pick and roll, and then took advantage of the situation to cut outside the three-point line, Baines couldn't catch up at all; Most of the chance passes, Tianyang catches the ball and directly makes a three-pointer.

Dang, shot again, Horford got the rebound and made a long pass to Irving.

Rondo sprinted to catch up at high speed, and reached the three-point line with Irving's front and rear feet. Brown stepped forward to pick and roll, and Tianyang hurriedly switched defenses.

But Brown's false block was real, he ran back into the paint, received a pass from Irving, took three steps in a row, and forced a layup.

Under normal circumstances, Tianyang would not be defensive, but now it is 8 points behind and must be forcibly intercepted.

The two jumped almost at the same time, collided in the air, their muscles collided, and there was a bang.

The referee whistled and Tianyang fouled, but Brown missed a dunk, which was worth it.

Despite boos from the audience, Brown still made two free throws and the Celtics led 10-0.

Fans who watched the live broadcast made complaints about the barrage.

"The Celtics are really the nemesis of the Lakers. You must know that the Lakers have gone smoothly this season. They beat other teams by 20 points at every turn. They have won five or six consecutive victories casually, but they have never played like this in the opening game or at home. Miserable!"

"Stevens summed up the lessons of the previous game. In this game, he has greatly adjusted his offensive tactics, and it is reasonable to take the lead!"

"So, what has changed in the Celtics' tactics?"

(End of this chapter)