Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

"The score difference has been widened again."

"The situation is not good. It seems that the Lakers can't hold on."

"The Warriors' offense is too sharp. Last season, the Lakers had a complete lineup and could still cause some trouble for the Warriors with their defense. But now they are missing Lopez. Although they still have Zhuang Yu and Holiday, their overall defense is still a little bit worse."

There was no shortage of Lakers fans in the audience, but at this moment they all frowned and began to worry about the Lakers.

The Warriors' strength is unquestionable.

Even when the Lakers defeated the Warriors in the playoffs last season, the victory was not easy. But now without Lopez, the "three cores" are missing a link, and the impact is too great.

A team like the Warriors is known for its offense.

When their offense is not going well and the opponent's defense is too strong, they may be affected.

But if the opponent can't defend, then the Warriors' offense will only be more sharp, with individual singles, three-point shots, quick counterattacks...it will be hard to defend against.

This is the case today.

The Lakers' defense at this time did not bring much pressure and trouble to the Warriors, so the Warriors' offense became more and more sharp. Curry and Durant's personal offensive abilities, Klay's three-point shooting, Green's quick counterattack and so on were all brought into play.

This situation is obviously unfavorable for the Lakers, and the gap between the two sides has further widened to 9 points.

"Requesting a substitution."

Coach Scott made substitutions, replacing Holiday, Cunningham, and Zubac with Rose, Clarkson, and Kuzma.

The lineup on the court became Rose, Clarkson, Zhuang Yu, Anderson and Kuzma.

This is also equivalent to a "five-small lineup".

After the substitution, the Lakers attacked.

When he got to the frontcourt, Rose passed the ball to Zhuang Yu, who broke through and passed it to Anderson, who then passed it to Clarkson and set a screen for him. Clarkson took a step to the right and immediately jumped up for a three-pointer.

The Warriors also used a five-small lineup at this time. They switched defense quickly, but Clarkson's shot was very decisive. Before the person in charge of switching defense had time to jump, the basketball had already flown out from his fingertips, drew an arc, and penetrated the net.

"Phew, it's okay."

"It seems Clarkson's touch is still good."

Lakers fans breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the defense was somewhat unable to stop the Warriors, the Lakers still had excellent offense.

Today, Holiday, Anderson and Korver did not have a particularly good touch, but fortunately, the substitute players also have excellent scoring abilities, such as Clarkson.

However, the Lakers' lineup was obviously unable to defend against the Warriors on the defensive end, and the Warriors then made a tactical move.

First, Curry broke through and passed the ball to Durant. Durant raised the ball and made a fake shot. Then he broke through again and passed the ball to Klay. Klay caught the ball and shot it, making a three-pointer.

Turning around, Rose broke through.

At this time, Zhuang Yu attracted the defender and brought everyone to the left. There was space on the right side, and Rose decisively chose to play one-on-one, breaking through and hitting the rebound.

Rose and Clarkson scored points right off the bat, which made the Lakers fans feel a lot more at ease.

Coach Kerr frowned slightly and quickly requested a substitution, replacing Curry with Livingston.

In the next few rounds, Rose made frequent breakthroughs and passed the ball to Zhuang Yu, who made an assist, allowing Zhuang Yu to hit a mid-range jump shot. This also caused chaos in the Warriors' defensive formation, giving Kuzma the opportunity to receive the pass in the paint and perform a dunk.

One to two to go.

Although the Lakers still couldn't defend against the Warriors' offense, they were always able to fight back on the offensive end. The score gap between the two sides did not widen further, but instead narrowed a little to 7 points.

At this time, most of the first quarter had passed, and Coach Kerr began to replace the main players one by one with the bench lineup. Among the starting players, only Durant remained on the court.

On the Lakers side, Coach Scott also replaced Anderson with Nance Jr., but Zhuang Yu still remained on the court.

"Hey......"

Coach Scott smiled wryly and sighed.

This season, Zhuang Yu had been freed from the play style of three core players taking turns to lead the bench lineup, but now Lopez is injured and one of the three core players is missing, so Zhuang Yu's playing time has to be increased.

For example, now, the opponent has Durant on the court, and the Lakers are still behind in the score, but Coach Scott does not dare to replace Zhuang Yu.

Once Zhuang Yu is substituted, the score gap between the two sides may be widened. If the gap is widened to more than 1 points in the first quarter, it will be a blow to the morale of the Lakers.

第1节最后的一点时间湖人队稍占上风，当第1节比赛结束比分，33:27,勇士队领先6分。

The score difference was not big, but Zhuang Yu played the entire first quarter, and Holiday had to lead the bench lineup to play in the first few minutes of the second quarter.

At this time, Coach Scott sent out Holiday, Clarkson, Cunningham, Nance Jr. and Zubac.

The team's offense still mainly relies on Holiday and Clarkson. Clarkson's performance is pretty good, and Holiday's offensive state has also improved.

However, the Warriors' offense is still sharp.

At this time, the Warriors played Stephen Curry, Shaun Livingston, Damian Lee, Jordan Bell, and Jonas Jerebko.

Their main offensive point is still Curry.

At this time, there was neither Klay nor Durant on the court, so Curry could fire without restriction and throw three-pointers crazily from the outside. The key was that he could still make them, and it was very unreasonable. It was not that the Lakers did not defend seriously, but that his three-pointers were really terrifying.

"Shh!"

With a slight click, Curry made another three-pointer.

And it was an ultra-long three-pointer. He received the ball and shot it directly from two meters outside the three-point line. Holiday had no time to jump on it.

With this three-pointer, the Warriors led by 9 points again.

The home fans cheered loudly and excitedly, while on the Lakers side, Coach Scott frowned, but he did not call a timeout in a hurry.

......

On the field.

Lakers offense.

After arriving at the frontcourt, Holiday gestured to his teammates, Zubac came up to screen, Holiday broke through, and then passed the ball to Cunningham, who passed it to Clarkson. Nance Jr. screened for Clarkson, who took the opportunity to get rid of him, first bowed to the Buddha, and Jordan Bell, who came up to switch defense, subconsciously stood on tiptoe.

Clarkson accelerated and broke past Jordan Bell. Without waiting for Jerebko to make up for the defense, he made a layup with his left hand.

The point difference became 7 points.

However, just a few dozen seconds later, the Warriors made another three-pointer, not from Curry, but from Jerebko.

Although this guy is a power forward with a height of 208cm, he can shoot three-pointers. After Curry attracted the defense, he had an open opportunity and hit this three-pointer.

For a moment, the score difference reached 10 points.

"Requesting a timeout."

Coach Scott immediately called a timeout.

The score difference of less than ten points and more than ten points is not the same thing. He had to call a timeout to curb the momentum of the Warriors.

After several players came off the court, Coach Scott made a substitution, replacing Holiday and Zubac with Zhuang Yu and Kuzma.

After the substitution, Coach Scott spread out the tactical board: "Our offense needs to be strengthened. You need to provide more screens and pick-and-rolls for Zhuang."

"Zhuang, you need to score more points."

"You can fire without restrictions. The ball is in your hands. It's up to you whether to shoot for yourself or create opportunities for your teammates."

After more than one quarter, Coach Scott tried different lineups, but found that against a strong team like the Warriors, the impact of the absence of Lopez was further magnified, and even if other lineups were used, they still couldn't beat them.

At this time, it is difficult to reverse the situation by changing the lineup or relying on tactics. We can only rely on Zhuang Yu's absolute strength.

"Yeah." Zhuang Yu nodded heavily.

......

The pause ended quickly.

Both sides returned to the field.

The Lakers' lineup became Zhuang Yu, Clarkson, Cunningham, Kusma, and Nance Jr.

The Warriors also made substitutions, replacing Jordan Bell with Draymond Green, and the lineup became Curry, Livingston, Damian Lee, Green, and Jerebko.

In this lineup, Zhuang Yu became the No. 1 position. He took the ball and pushed forward in the backcourt. When he reached the frontcourt, Livingston came forward. Curry faced off against Clarkson, Damian Lee faced off against Cunningham, Jerebko faced off against Kuzma, and the shorter Green faced off against Nance Jr.

Seeing Zhuang Yu coming outside the three-point line, the Warriors did not double-team him, but Green stood in the three-second zone, his eyes always fixed on Zhuang Yu.

Obviously, the reason why he stood in the inside instead of Jerebko was because he was afraid of Zhuang Yu. He needed to stay in the inside to help his teammates defend.

Zhuang Yu also saw through the opponent's defensive strategy at a glance.

At this time, Livingston was defending very forward. He had excellent height and wingspan. He waved his hands back and forth in front of Zhuang Yu to interfere with Zhuang Yu and prevent him from shooting three-pointers.

"Pick and roll."

Zhuang Yu made a gesture, and Lance came up to screen and roll. Zhuang Yu quickly moved to the left, and Green immediately stepped forward to delay. His defense was excellent, and the delay was also timely, which did not allow Zhuang Yu to get shooting space, but this did not mean that Zhuang Yu could not shoot.

Zhuang Yu dribbled the ball between his legs, lowered his left shoulder, and pretended to break through to the left. Green subconsciously adjusted his steps, but kept one hand raised in front of Zhuang Yu.

Zhuang Yu seemed to be unable to see him. He dribbled the ball between his legs and suddenly jumped up.

"court death."

Green roared in his heart, but he did not lose his position, nor was he fooled by Zhuang Yu's fake breakthrough move. He jumped up and flew forward at the first moment.

However, Zhuang Yu leaned back.

I saw his body leaning back, so that Green's waving palm missed, and the distance between the two sides was further widened, and then his wrist flicked...