lakers championship

Chapter 406
Tianyang saw the fans' request, but he chose not to respond.

The reason is very simple, it is easy to appear guilty, and it has no effect.

It's like an illiterate rocket engineer refuting that coal is the best fuel for launching a rocket. As long as the rocket engineer responds in any way, it will appear that he is not confident in his own technology, and it is basically impossible to convince the illiterate.

The most important thing is that it is really not easy for outside players to win the best defensive player.

Since the establishment of this award, it has almost been dominated by centers and power forwards. Occasionally, outside players, such as Leonard and Metta World Peace, are actually swinging forwards and guards, and they all have strong physical fitness.

As for Payton's pure guard, he won the best defensive player by averaging 2.9 steals per game in the season, but this happened only once, and no pure guard has won the best defensive player since then.

Tianyang didn't have to compete for the best defensive player, but he couldn't bear to be told that he wasn't worthy.

It was originally a media prediction, and the award has not been awarded, so why be so aggressive?
Tianyang knew that if he wanted to respond to Simmons, the best way was to play an excellent defensive performance on the field and prevent the opponent's outside arrows to the point where he dared not dribble.And the response speed should be fast, preferably in the next game, otherwise, once the reporters are influenced by public opinion and form a stereotype of themselves, it will be very difficult to deal with later.

It is worth mentioning that the next opponent of the Lakers is the Heat, and this is the first time the two teams have played against each other this season. The media and fans are full of freshness. If Tianyang plays an excellent defense, it will definitely spark public discussion.

...

At around 3 pm on March 1, SkyOcean entered the American Airlines Arena and went straight to Farage, who was sitting on the sidelines.

This time, Farage specially flew from Los Angeles to Miami, with the purpose of watching a Tianyang match in her hometown.

"When you appear here, are you supporting me or your hometown team?" Tianyang asked with a smile.

"I grew up here and have deep feelings for this land... So I hope you win less, preferably within 5 points, and don't let them lose too ugly!" Farage said.

"Wow, I'm not God, how can I control the score?" Tianyang shook his head, "However, on the basis of ensuring the team wins, I can shoot less and score less."

"Then how can we guarantee it?" Farage asked with a questioning face. "If you don't score, how can you win the game? Does it all depend on your teammates?"

"I can prevent them from scoring." Tianyang smiled, "But I need to explain to the coach first."

After making up his mind, Tianyang got up and walked towards Wharton, explaining the ins and outs of his idea.

Wharton agreed, saying:
"I also read Simmons' blog. This is a good thing for you. You can take this opportunity to show everyone your defensive ability. Otherwise, you will be like Jordan, only remembered by people with ten points. Wang, nine first defenses were completely ignored. And I think that you currently have very little room for improvement in scoring, but defense can be greatly improved."

Several factors piled up together, and Tianyang decided to take the heat into action.

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In a blink of an eye, the time came to 7 pm, and the game between the two teams officially started.

Since the Lakers' flight route for this wave of away games is Sacramento-Atlanta-Miami-San Antonio, back and forth across the east and west of the United States twice, which consumes a lot of energy for the players, Walton chose to let Rondo, Rose, Kobe and Carter Veterans take turns to rest, and Lopez's playing time will be strictly controlled.

So in the starting lineup, Tianyang played point guard against Dragic; Hart played shooting guard against Josh Richardson; Ingram played small forward against Winslow; Randall Play power forward, against Olynyk; McGee plays center, against 'white side' Hassan Whiteside.

In general, the Lakers have an advantage in the lineup, so they can relax and play. However, the Heat coach Spoelster is very good. He often directs the Heat to overthrow strong teams. In order to be safe, the Lakers must first seriously play three quarters of the game.

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Bai Bian and McGee went inside the LOGO circle, and the referee walked between them and gently tossed the ball upwards.The two jumped almost at the same time. McGee, with his longer wingspan, sent the ball to his backcourt, and Tianyang picked it up and brought it to the frontcourt.

Walking to the right wing, Tianyang passed the ball to Randall at the top of the arc, and then took advantage of the situation to cover and create space for Hart to receive the ball; unfortunately, Dragic switched defenses in advance, and Hart could not catch the ball. Back run under the basket.

Richardson couldn't catch up at all, and Randall passed the ball decisively to the basket; Tianyang received the ball, faced the white side's defense, threw the ball up with his left hand, and McGee dunked and scored.

When the Heat were on the other side of the attack, Della dribbled the ball forward, and just after passing the center line, Tianyang caught his attention.

I saw that Tianyang continued to press down, just like Kobe defended Wade back then, forcing Dragic to constantly adjust his posture, and had to move forward with the ball carefully.

Dela finally rushed to the top of the arc, hurriedly passed the ball to Richardson at 45 degrees on the right, and then ran up to cover.After switching defenses, Tianyang faced Richardson.

Before the game, Tianyang had read the team video analyst's evaluation of Richardson-a typical 3D player with poor ball handling.Thinking of this, Tianyang directly pressed close to him.

Dela dribbled so well that he couldn't stand it. Richardson dodged three times in a row and had reached his limit. In the end, he could only hold the ball with both hands to find someone. The Heat's offense suddenly stagnated.

Such an action was too obvious, and the other four Lakers players rushed around to delay receiving the ball.

In desperation, Della went around the center line, and when he received the ball, there were only 4 seconds left in the attack time.

Hart raised his left hand and followed all the way, using his height advantage to limit his shots. Della could only rush to the end with his head down.

Tianyang seized the opportunity and moved sideways to Della's path with one step, holding his hands high to stand firm.

There is no way to retreat, no way to advance, and no way to pass the ball. Della can only stop and pull.

Dang, the shot hit the iron, but Baibian grabbed the offensive rebound, and the American Airlines Center cheered.

But just as Baibian was about to forcefully dunk, Tianyang suddenly appeared in front of him, and together with McGee, blocked him from the upper and lower lanes. For a while, it was difficult for him to make a shot, so he could only pass the ball to Draghi strange.

Hart immediately posted up to defend, but Della passed the ball to the top of the arc.

Just as Richardson received the ball, Tianyang had already rushed from the basket to the free throw line.

When Richardson shot, Tianyang jumped up. The basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air, but it hit Tianyang's middle finger and index finger. The arc immediately turned and flew towards the center line.

The two grabbed together and arrived at the basketball side almost at the same time, but Tianyang's position was not very good, so he could only push the ball forward to ensure that neither of them could grab it, and then make plans.Richardson obviously had never seen this kind of ball-grabbing routine, so he didn't react for a while, and watched Tianyang take the ball away.

Heat bench.

Assistant coach Zhu Wan-Howard said in a low voice: "I watched the video yesterday and forgot to analyze SkyOcean's defense."

Bob McAdoo sighed slightly: "Actually, it's okay for Della to choose to pass to Richardson for the first time, but I didn't expect Tianyang to be so ruthless; it's okay to choose to shoot the second time. Who would have thought that Tianyang would appear suddenly?" In that position; it's okay to pass Richardson instead of Hassan for the third time, but who would have thought that Tianyang would start early, as if predicting Dela's pass, and the most depressing thing is that he actually completed it with his fingertips Cap!"

Howard nodded: "Yesterday Simmons raised objections, and today he is desperately defending, what a hell."

(End of this chapter)