lakers championship

Chapter 387 Iron Blood Defense
The inter-section timeout ended in a blink of an eye, and the game between the two teams continued.

The Lakers sent five young players, and the Celtics returned to the starting lineup except for Smart as the shooting guard.

Seeing the Lakers lineup, Worthy immediately looked relaxed, as if a big stone that weighed on his heart had finally landed, and said with a smile: "I'm still worried that Walton played too much, so that he couldn't fill in the hole later."

22 to 40, 18 points behind in one quarter, even though Tianyang's scoring ability is very explosive, Walton is still worried.

Jamison first nodded in agreement, and then showed doubts, "I don't quite understand, the shooting percentage in the first quarter was too low, why the second lineup sent first, still only Tianyang and Ingram are good at shooting. I I think Carter and Kobe should be deployed during this period of time, let the two veterans play with all their strength for a few minutes, and first catch up with the point difference before making other plans."

"Well, I also have such doubts." Worthy nodded, "Let's have a look first."

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The Celtics attacked first, Irving dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and used Baynes' pick-and-roll to get inside.

Tianyang hurriedly blocked the left side, Randall quickly blocked the right side; Irving's breakthrough was blocked, without any hesitation or panic, he pulled it out very calmly and confidently, the basketball came out of his hand, spinning and flying towards the hoop.

Dang, the shot hit the iron, Ingram and Smart grabbed together, and the two took off consecutively to compete.

In the end, Ingram took the ball with his wingspan and brought it straight to the frontcourt.

According to Wharton's instructions of "not feeling good, attack the inside more", Tianyang stepped forward to do a pick-and-roll; Irving switched defenses, and Ingram made a close-fitting attack, took three steps to the free throw line, jumped directly, and glided to pick the basket to score.

Worthy said with a smile: "The wingspan is self-willed. It can not only grab the rebound one step faster than others, but also lay up one step faster than others."

Turning to the Celtics attack, the fans yelled Boston sucks and kept making noise.

Maybe it was because Baynes shot too poorly. After Irving took the ball to the right wing, he turned to Horford for a pick-and-roll.

Tianyang delayed ahead of time, but Horford immediately cut outside the three-point line after blocking. Kuzma tried his best to catch up, but still failed to prevent Horford from receiving the pass from Irving and making a three-pointer.

Fortunately, the shot hit the iron, Randall got the rebound after entangled with Baynes, and rushed to the frontcourt by dribbling the ball.

Tianyang went to the right, Kuzma went to the left, Randall went in the middle, the three of them went hand in hand, Ingram and Tatum followed behind and were ready to fill their positions at any time.
After Randall rushed to the top of the arc, he immediately stopped and passed the ball to the right; Tianyang received the ball and made a fake move to shake off the defender, hit the ground hard and passed the ball inside; Tatum who followed up got the ball and crossed He rushed to the basket in three steps, and after encountering an interception, he also stopped abruptly and passed the ball to the left; Ingram received the ball in an air cut and then passed it to the left sideline. Kuzma made a chic shot under the gaze of the audience .

Swish, the basketball went into the net hollow.

Carter smiled: "Kuzma's three-pointer is not bad, do you regret it?"

When Kobe heard this, his face was tangled.

Losing 5 points in a row, Irving seemed a little upset. He hurriedly dribbled the ball to the top of the arc. Horford stepped forward to do a pick-and-roll. Tianyang couldn't get around in time, so Kuzma could only switch defenses.

Although Kuzma has been in contact for half a season, it is no longer a big loophole in letting go, but he still has a bit to eat when he encounters a master like Irving. After just two steps after chasing, Irving made an emergency stop and almost fell to the ground.

Randall hurried forward to defend, and the basketball was quickly distributed to Baynes, who took off and dunked on the spot!
A small fan wearing a Kobe jersey in the front row of the auditorium covered his eyes and didn't dare to continue watching. Then he thought, suddenly there was a "snap", Kuzma forcibly blocked the shot from the front, Randall picked up the rebound, and the Lakers started quickly. attack.

The five went hand in hand, and the Lakers quickly formed a five-on-four advantage in the frontcourt. After several passes, Tianyang assisted Kuzma to score a layup, and the little fan in the front row was so happy that he danced.

Lost 7 points in a row on defense and failed to score in 3 consecutive rounds on offense. Stevens called a timeout.

Worthy laughed: "See? This is the power of the Lakers' strongest lineup, directly stopping the Celtics."

Jamison also laughed: "29 to 40, only 11 points behind, and we can tie with more efforts."

...

The 75-second pause ended in a blink of an eye, and the game continued without any lineup adjustments between the two teams.

Irving dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, Horford stepped forward to pick and roll, and after the block, he followed the trend down. At the same time, Irving passed the ball to the left wing. Hayward got the ball and rushed directly, but Tatum's defensive enthusiasm was very good, not at all. lose position.

In desperation, Hayward lobbed the ball to the inside, and Horford caught the ball and hit Kuzma with his back.

First, he forced three consecutive tops with force, but did not push Kuzma away. Horford turned to shaking left and right continuously to find space, but Kuzma, like Tatum, did not lose his defensive position at all.

The 5-second back-up time is about to run out, and Horford can only turn around and make a jump shot.

Dang, the shot hit the iron, Kuzma grabbed the rebound and passed it to Tianyang.

This time, the Lakers only have four players going hand in hand, and there is no advantage in numbers.

The Celtics' defensive formation is also relatively good. Irving is close to Tianyang in the middle, and Horford and Hayward are separated from the left and right elbows to clamp down. They can not only prevent passing three-pointers but also block breakthrough layups.

But Tianyang didn't pass the ball, and directly crossed and changed directions to shake Irving away, rushed to the free throw line and threw the ball directly to hit the board. After making Horford and Hayward stunned, he grabbed the rebound and scored a layup.

This breakthrough action and process, the fans on the scene are too familiar, applauding and cheering.

Kobe raised his head and laughed on the sidelines, "Very good, very good, Tianyang is more like me!"

There is only a 9-point gap left. It seems that the state of 'feeling cold' has already been transferred from the Lakers to the Celtics.

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The Celtics attacked again, Irving looked at the ball at the top of the arc, and Horford stepped forward to make a pick-and-roll.

Kuzma switched defenses, Irving dribbled to the left 45 degrees, made an emergency stop and passed the basketball inside.

Tianyang seemed to have predicted it a long time ago, and jumped up in a daze, wanting to volley and steal it!
It's a pity that the difficulty was too high to complete, but the finger rubbed the basketball and successfully changed the flight trajectory of the basketball. Horford failed to get it in the first place, and Kuzma turned around and grabbed it with him!
The basketball bumped a few times, but Horford still got it in his hands and turned around to shoot directly.

Clang, the sound of iron strikes, Randall and Baines took off to grab the board.

With a faster bullet speed, Randall caught the basketball first, but after landing, he was dribbling forward with equipment, but his left arm was tightly entangled by Baynes, and he was pulled forward!

With Randall's weight and strength, he was supposed to play five small centers. How could he withstand the full force of the "Big Pyrenees"?
With a plop, Randall fell to the ground, but the referee did not blow his whistle.

This action is too dangerous. Love let Oli Keli dislocate him like this.

Randall got up and pushed Baines directly. The referee was about to pull the two away when Smart suddenly rushed up and punched Randall on the head. Randall turned around and was about to fight. Kurz The horse rushed over to pull people.

Worthy shook his head: "Is this the Celtics' iron-blooded defense?"

(End of this chapter)