lakers championship

Chapter 431 More than Diligence, What's the Difference in Talent?
Seeing that their main players suffered losses, the Staples Center immediately burst into cheers and cheers.

Lopez serves from the baseline, and Rondo catches the ball and slowly brings it forward.

The Jazz team pushed the defensive center very far, the gate Gobert was in the middle of the free throw line, Ingles and Favors separated the left and right elbows, and Mitchell and Rubio fell at 45 degrees to the left and right. , Five people present a 32-zone defensive formation, and can quickly form a double-team for any position outside the three-point line.

On the Lakers bench, Kobe and Carter lowered their heads and talked in a low voice, their faces solemn.

It was obvious that the Jazz were going to work hard from the first round. This game would be a tough battle no matter whether they win or lose. The fans on the scene quickly realized this, and the cheers gradually became weaker.

Tianyang naturally noticed the Jazz's defensive formation, but he was not nervous at all, and his face was still full of smiles. He waved at Rondo casually, and then ran to the right wing.

Rondo on the other end of the court nodded, then dribbled toward the top of the arc and set a hand-off screen with Lopez.At the same time, Randall runs to the left with Favors in the right elbow, leaving a large space in the right half.

With space, you can pass the ball easily.

Tianyang flashed sideways, got rid of Mitchell like a bullet, strode into the short corner area on the right, received a pass from Rondo, and ran to the basket to initiate a three-step layup.

There was no one under the basket, and Mitchell couldn't catch up. Gobert subconsciously moved laterally to intercept, but Lopez also quietly followed up.Tianyang made an emergency stop to pass the ball, and the angle, timing, and strength were just right. Lopez received the basketball without any leverage, and directly faced Gobert who had just turned around, dunking with both hands!
"Oh yeah!!!" Bryant high-fives Carter, and the Staples Center roars with cheers.

Who would have thought that the Jazz's seemingly impenetrable and unbreakable defense could be cracked so easily by the Lakers?
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Turning to the Jazz to attack, Mitchell took the ball to the left wing.

The corner of Tianyang's mouth raised, "You have no chance to cheat!"

Mitchell shook his head with a grin, "I always win by strength."

The two of them spoke very well, and their hands were not idle.

Mitchell dribbled towards the top of the arc, Gobert stepped forward to pick and roll, Lopez followed up and prepared to switch defenses.

I once thought that Gobert, like Favors before him, had a fake block and was real. He only pretended to be picking and rolling, but actually rushed to the basket. Lopez's reaction was a little slow, and he was completely unable to catch up.

Mitchell held the ball with both hands and pushed it vigorously above the basket, and Gobert dunked in the air.

5 to 2, the Jazz started smoothly, but the Lakers' performance on the defensive end was a bit abnormal.

Tianyang grabbed Lopez and said in a low voice, "Just keep an eye on the inside line. I'll do the pick-and-roll, or other people can cooperate. The Jazz's outside line firepower is average, so don't worry too much."

Lopez nodded in understanding.

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The Lakers attacked, Rondo dribbled the ball forward, and the Jazz put up a 32-zone defensive formation.

To deal with the zone defense, one must run without the ball to destroy its formation, or force a breakthrough to attract a double-team pass, or force a shot against the double-team, but no matter what, it must be hit, otherwise the opponent will have nothing to fear.

In the last round, the Lakers adopted the first method-running without the ball.

This time, Rondo had just passed halftime and hadn't started to direct the team to run, but Tianyang chose to ask for the ball.

This is different from the tactics formulated during the team meeting before the game, but Rondo did not hesitate and handed the ball directly.

Tianyang received the ball and rushed to the right wing, used Lopez's pick-and-roll to get rid of Mitchell and rushed to the short corner. Clamp, force a mid-range shot.

In order to avoid being blocked, Tianyang deliberately raised the arc of his shot, and the basketball flew across the two people's fingers, impartially, and fell right into the ring, without even the sound of scraping the net.The two of Gobert looked helpless, this is completely a fairy ball.

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The Jazz turned their heads to attack, Mitchell waited for the ball at the top of the arc, and Gobert stepped forward to cover.According to Tianyang's explanation, Lopez did not switch defenses in advance. Seeing this, Mitchell decisively pulled the ball to the right and rushed to shoot a three-pointer.

Swish, the basketball hits the net hollow, and the referee blows his whistle for an illegal Gobert screen.

The goal was invalid, and Snyder asked the referee to reason, but he only got an indifferent face.

The Lakers attacked again, Rondo dribbled the ball across the half, and the Jazz still put on a 32-zone defensive formation.

With such a strong head, Tianyang didn't intend to be polite. He asked for the ball in advance again, and this time he didn't even need a pick-and-roll. Chell gets inside.

Gobert moved laterally to intercept again, Favors chose to interfere closely, and with Mitchell behind him ready to attack at any time, the Jazz trio implemented a three-sided attack on Tianyang by sea, land and air.

It's okay to force a shot, but the hit rate must be extremely low.

In the blink of an eye, Tianyang dribbled the ball behind his back and turned around, got rid of Favors and rushed to the bottom line, and then slid along the bottom line to the left court. Gobert, a big man with a height of 2 meters 16 and a weight of 111 kg, just let him take it with him. Going around in circles, the key is still fast and slow, so that every time Gobert wants to give up, he can't help but keep chasing.

Back and forth, after five seconds, Gobert couldn't catch up and waved his hands to let others go up, but just as Ingles moved, Tianyang immediately passed the ball in the direction of Ingram, forcing the opponent to retreat, and then pulled out his hand.

Swish, the basketball went into the net again, and the Staples Center burst into laughter.

The difficulty of this shot is not very high, but it caused more psychological damage to the Jazz players.

Snyder has a gloomy face, which is simply making people play like a monkey!
With a big wave of his hand, Gobert hurriedly retreated to the bottom line to serve.

Due to the need to grab the serve, the basketball was passed to Favors, and the Jazz team rushed to the frontcourt.

Favors rushed to the top of the arc with the ball, and used Gobert's pick-and-roll to get rid of Randall's strong rush inside, but Randall bypassed the wall in time to catch up, and Lopez quickly shrank to the basket. He could only go around and retreat to the three-point line.

Ingles stepped forward to respond, but after getting the ball, the three-threat fake action failed to shake Ingram away, and Mitchell on the other side was also intercepted by Tianyang. He reluctantly passed the ball back to Fei Voss.

In this way, even if it was a rush serve, there were only seven seconds left in the attack time. Favors immediately began to dribble the ball under his crotch, but he did not shake Randall and forcibly rushed into the inside line from the right side, finally relying on brute force He rushed to the free throw line and couldn't take a step anymore.

With all the other Jazz players under defense, there will be no 'beautiful flowers' left for him, and the red light flashing as the 24-second shot clock is about to end, Favors yelled and forcibly leaned back to shoot!

Snapped!Randall faced the big hat and knocked Favors to the ground.

The basketball flew beyond the three-point line, Tianyang picked it up and pushed it forward, competing with Mitchell for sprint speed.

Seeing this, O'Neill shook his head again and again: "Why didn't I realize that Tianyang was so cruel before?"

Kenny nodded silently: "This is to tell Mitchell that he wins with skill and speed!"

Barkley sighed "tsk tut": "Maybe the Jazz are worse than the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves lost because of lack of tactics, and it was difficult to play their strengths, but the Jazz is at least two stops behind the Lakers in talent, and no matter how hard they work."

As soon as the words fell, Tianyang made a big circle and returned to the three-point line, facing Mitchell defensively.

Boom!The basketball hit the back edge of the rim and made a 3-pointer.

Tianyang scored 7 points in a row, and the Lakers led 9-5.

(End of this chapter)