Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

"Requesting a substitution."

The Lakers also made substitutions.

Coach Scott did not replace Zhuang Yu, but instead replaced Holiday and Anderson. This was considered to be following a matchup rule, letting Holiday match up against Curry and Anderson match up against Draymond Green. The roles of both sides are actually similar.

Of course, Coach Scott knew that Holiday could not compete with Curry, and the reason why he dared not replace Zhuang Yu was because there was still Clarkson on the court.

Holiday + Anderson may not be as good as Curry + Draymond Green, but Holiday + Anderson + Clarkson should be enough.

This is true.

After this substitution, the Warriors' offense fell on Curry. Drummond was responsible for organizing the offense and feeding the ball to Curry, while Curry was responsible for scoring.

Although Holiday is on guard, Curry will not simply challenge Holiday, but will use tactics, use his teammates' screens and pick-and-rolls to get rid of Holiday and switch defense. As long as Holiday is not in front of him, when he faces the Lakers, other players are out of position.

For a while, led by Curry, the Warriors' offense played very well.

Fortunately, the Lakers are not bad either. The combination of Holiday + Anderson + Clarkson has achieved good results. Their individual scoring efficiency is not as good as Curry's, but all three of them can score, so their combination is no worse than the Warriors.

After two minutes of fighting, the two sides were still unable to determine the winner.

"The Lakers are really unexpected." Coach Kerr smiled indifferently. He thought that by sending out the combination of Curry and Draymond Green, as long as the Lakers did not send out Zhuang Yu, his side would definitely be able to gain the upper hand, but that was not the case.

But it doesn’t matter, there are only 6 minutes left in the game.

Coach Kerr called a timeout and began to replace the full lineup, and it was a "five-small lineup". He spread out the tactical board, made some arrangements, and finally said to Durant: "KD, these last few minutes are up to you."

Durant nodded heavily.

......

The Lakers here.

A group of players gathered around Coach Scott, who was frowning as he realized the seriousness of the problem.

These last few minutes are the time for bloody battles to decide the outcome.

The opponent did not call a timeout for substitutions until this time, and according to the Warriors' previous habits, Durant would definitely dominate the game in the last few minutes.

Durant's point is really unsolvable.

No one could defend him, not even Zhuang Yu, and even double-teaming was useless.

Firstly, if double-teamed, the opponent also has Curry and Klay, and these two players cannot be left alone; secondly, Durant not only has unstoppable ability to play one-on-one with the ball, but his ability without the ball is also excellent. With his height and wingspan, he can run and shoot as soon as he receives the ball, and the defenders have no way to stop him.

In fact, in the eyes of many fans, Durant is more unstoppable than James because Durant's off-ball ability is stronger than James.

At this time, Coach Scott racked his brains but couldn't find a way to limit Durant.

He took a deep breath, looked at Zhuang Yu, and said, "These are the last few minutes, and also the most crucial few minutes. The opponent has many scoring points, and we may not be able to defend them, so we need to play well on offense. Now, we have to rely on offense to defeat the opponent."

Obviously, Zhuang Yu is the offensive core of the Lakers and is definitely stronger, so this task can only fall on him.

Zhuang Yu nodded: "I understand."

He is not absolutely sure about facing Durant, but he will do his best in order not to let everyone down, to prove himself, and to defeat the Warriors.

......

The pause ended quickly.

The Warriors switched back to a small lineup, while the Lakers fielded their starting lineup.

The Warriors attack.

Curry advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, then called a pick-and-roll, trying to find an opportunity, but there was none, so he passed the ball to Draymond Green. He gestured to his teammates, several players ran quickly, and Draymond passed the ball to Durant.

"Sure enough..." Zhuang Yu said in his heart.

At this time, the person responsible for defending Durant was not Zhuang Yu, but Anderson.

Yes, Anderson and Korver swapped their defensive targets. Before, Anderson was responsible for defending Draymond Green, and Korver was responsible for defending Durant. There was a period of time when Zhuang Yu was responsible for defending Durant, but both Korver and Zhuang Yu were at a disadvantage in height.

So at this time, Anderson was asked to defend Durant. At least Anderson would not be at a disadvantage in terms of height.

As for Draymond Green, there is no need to worry too much. After all, at this time, in the last few minutes, the ball will definitely be in the hands of Durant, Curry and Klay. Draymond Green will not shoot easily, so it doesn't matter if Korver is used to defend him.

These are the details of the game.

Most people may not explore these things, but as the head coach of a team, you must handle them well and strive to do your best in every detail.

Details determine success or failure, and this also applies to basketball games.

Anderson stood in front of Durant with one hand raised, guarding against Durant's direct pull-up shot. He did not double-team him because if he did, he would miss someone. He didn't dare to miss Curry or Klay at this time.

Durant first glanced at the basket, then took a tentative step with his right foot, but did not break through to the right. Instead, he retracted his foot and suddenly accelerated to break through to the left. His steps were big and fast, but Anderson's reaction was also fast.

Although Anderson has the height of a forward or even an inside player, he used to play as a guard. Although he seems to be slow when making a layup, he is actually not slow when moving on the defensive end. He also has a high basketball IQ and excellent defensive prediction. He will retreat and move sideways to get into position in the first possible moment.

Seeing this, Durant changed direction in front of his body and switched the ball to his right hand, lowered his center of gravity, and pretended to change direction and break through to the right.

Anderson subconsciously adjusted his steps to move to the right, and then retreated half a step again.

"Don't retreat." Zhuang Yu shouted.

With Zhuang Yu's "special ability", he accurately judged Durant's intention. This was actually a fake move, so he quickly spoke out to remind Anderson.

But it was still a little late.

Just as Anderson retreated, Durant suddenly jumped up and made a jump shot. With a "swish" sound, the basketball went into the net.

After this goal, the score between the two sides was tied.

The Lakers had the upper hand in the previous few minutes. At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers were still a little behind. After the first few minutes of the fourth quarter, the Lakers had already overtaken the score. However, with Durant's shot, the score between the two sides was tied again.