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Chapter 777 The Resurgent Defending Champion

A strong team needs a starting lineup with enough hard power, so that you can start to suppress or take the initiative in any game, and gain an advantage.

However, no matter how good a player is, he is still a human being, not a machine, so there will be ups and downs in his performance, which is normal.

Therefore, in addition to the starters with enough hard power, there must also be substitute players with enough hard power, especially like the "microwave oven" type of players, who can contribute to the team as soon as they play.

Jamal Crawford, Jason Terry, Manu Ginobili, these are the best of the Sixth Man, the head coach's favorite off the bench.

They have absolute strength to play the starting lineup, but for the sake of tactics and to play to their own greatest characteristics, they have always been willing to be the sixth man.

As the defending champion, the Lakers are a championship-level team, and of course there is such a player, that is left-handed Lamar Odom.

In many games of the Lakers last season, when the game was stalemate and the situation was not open, or when the starting players were not in good condition, it was Odom who stood up on the bench and found a breakthrough for the team. contribute.

The same is true for the opening game of the new season.

After being replaced by a substitute, Odom first instigated a triangle offense to help Vujacic, who also came off the bench, hit a three-pointer, and then blocked Camby's inevitable slam dunk on the defensive end.

There are five-pointers inside and out, which is really very important for the current Lakers chasing points.

While speaking, Gasol recovered the rebound from the basket and gave it to Fisher.

The Lakers attacked again.

If this goal is scored, the point difference will return to single digits.

Fisher came to the frontcourt and immediately gave Kobe a shot.

The Lakers are still in the triangle offense. Odom is stuck in Thornton's position. Vujacic and Fisher after passing the ball pull to the other side. Kobe and Gasol form a triangle near Odom. Ready to respond.

"I can't let Thornton defend Odom anymore. This is the feeling of a college student beating a middle school student~ It's not of the same order at all~"

Lan Shengli watched Thornton struggling to defend from behind, thinking to himself.

"Hey, the more it gets to this time, the more I can feel the importance of Brand~!!"

Lan Shengli turned his head, looked at the bench, turned his head, and sighed secretly.

Here, Camby saw that Odom was about to turn around and hit hard, so he immediately recovered to the basket.

"Give him the bottom line, let him turn around towards the bottom line, don't let him go up the line~"

Here, Thornton remembered Lan Shengli's reminder when he passed by Lan Shengli just now, so he immediately turned sideways and completely blocked Odom's upward turning route.

But Odom is not surprised, and immediately turned towards the bottom line.

Because Odom turned towards the baseline, he didn't have a good passing vision, and because Camby also defended at this time, it was difficult for Odom to attack the basket again.

So Odom directly passed the ball horizontally to Vujacic who reached the bottom line. Vujacic almost stepped on the edge of the sideline to receive the ball. Out of bounds, he immediately staggered and jumped up. After regaining his vision, Vujacic gave the ball very calmly to Gasol near the top arc of the free throw line.

Although Vujacic has fallen to the Clippers' bench, the ball has left the "danger zone" unharmed.

Gasol took the ball, and while Camby hadn't come back to make up the defense, he directly shot a mid-to-long-range jumper.

"Swipe~!!"

Although Camby has already flew to supplement the defense, the ball is still hollow into the frame.

The second attempt of the triangle offense still scored points.

"Dum~!!!"

Lan Shengli, who was very cautious, immediately called the first timeout since his coaching career.

Because of Zen Master's triangle offense, he was forced to call a timeout. Lan Shengli's "forced timeout" is not shameful.

Perhaps when Vujacic made the three-pointer, Lan Shengli wanted to call a timeout, but out of consideration for the continuity of the game and the continuation of Harden's good state, Lan Shengli did not do that, but now he must do so.

After a 5:0 spurt, the point difference returned to single digits.

The first quarter also entered the final stage.

"We should start pitching too, we should start doing rotations~"

The teaching assistants here remind Lan Shengli.

"I know this, but what needs to be solved now is Odom. It is too difficult for Thornton to defend. Now I need to come up with a good way to counter the triangle offense~!!"

Lan Shengli frowned and said.

"Actually, I have already studied the triangle offense and thought about some countermeasures, but I didn't expect Odom's deterrence in the low post to be so great~"

Lan Shengli continued to speak.

"Maybe I overestimated Thornton's defensive ability~"

Lan Shengli sighed.

"Only take a risk~"

"The defensive end is like this, if Odom continues to play low,,,"

Lan Shengli seemed to have come up with an idea, turned around, and immediately explained it to the team members.

Because the Lakers didn't play Kobe, Lan Shengli kept Hill on the court. In order to continue Harden's good state, he didn't replace him.

Just replaced Thornton and put white shooter Steve Novak on the line.

"Why such a substitution~?! Isn't this getting shorter and shorter~?! Could it be that Johnson, a rookie who is shorter than Thornton and less experienced, is defending Odom~?! What is Blue thinking~?!"

Seeing such a substitution and adjustment, the general manager was a little puzzled.

Here the Clippers attack, because the shooter Novak came up, so the Clippers quickly created a three-pointer for him.

"Clang clang~!!"

Novak faced Vujacic's block and failed to hit the first outside try, but Vujacic, who stepped forward to block the block too fiercely, knocked down Novak when he landed, and the referee didn't give it a shot. Any indication is just to signal the game to continue.

"Foul~!! Infringement on the shooting cylinder~!! That is a continuous shooting movement~!! Foul by the thug~!!!"

Seeing this, Lan Shengli immediately raised his hands helplessly, shouting at the referee beside him.

"What kind of referee~?! Really, such an obvious foul is not blown~!!"

Even Mia complained about Lan Shengli.

"This time you know which team your daughter is a fan of~~"

Seeing this, Mia's mother smiled and said to her father.

"Don't affect me calling the game~!!"

The referee responded.

If Lan Shengli went on, I'm afraid it would be a "T".

"Swipe~!!!"

"Beep~!!!"

The Clippers' offense didn't get the whistle, but the Lakers quickly blew the whistle, and the ball was scored.

The defending champion has really gradually recovered.

(End of this chapter)