Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

After some arrangements, the players responded one after another.

Coach Scott then gave some instructions on defense.

The previous defense was mainly due to lineup defects. Now Cunningham and Lopez have been replaced to ensure that every player on the court has sufficient one-on-one defense ability.

As for the overall defense, it is naturally the same as before.

With Zhuang Yu, Holiday and Lopez forming the basic defense, Cunningham's task is to limit Durant as much as possible, while Anderson is responsible for backup defense and assist defense.

The Warriors dared to let Green delay Zhuang Yu's breakthrough and let Anderson go, and the Lakers also dared to let Anderson leave Green behind to help his teammates assist and make up for the defense.

Because both of them have unstable outside shooting, they are equally good, and neither is much better than the other.

After some arrangements, Coach Scott put away the tactical board and signaled the players to go on the court.

Watching several players walk onto the court, Coach Scott let out a breath. His face was solemn, but there was some excitement in his eyes.

Given the strength of the Lakers, they can rely on their strength to crush ordinary teams, and rarely have a rival, which also makes Coach Scott's job as a coach easier.

But being too relaxed was a bit boring. He hadn't felt this way, as if facing a formidable enemy and with his blood boiling, for a long time.

This long-lost feeling made him a little nervous, but at the same time a little excited, because only when the two sides meet their match, his role as the head coach can be highlighted.

On the other side, Coach Kerr also made some arrangements, then turned his head to look at Coach Scott, frowning slightly.

Although he didn't know what arrangements Coach Scott made for the Lakers players, just by looking at the substitution Coach Scott made, he knew that the Lakers were going to improve their defense.

"The response is pretty quick."

Coach Kerr thought to himself.

He also had to admit that Coach Scott's response was very timely and targeted. Now the Lakers' problem is defense.

Of course, he didn't think that Coach Scott had simply adjusted the defense, he must have made some adjustments to the offense as well. He didn't know what the specific adjustments were, but he had a bad feeling in his heart, it seemed that it would not be so easy to continue to have the upper hand.

......

Soon, the timeout ended and both sides returned to the court.

Lakers offense.

Holiday dribbled the ball forward and passed it to Zhuang Yu when he reached the frontcourt. The Warriors still used the same lineup as before, and Klay rushed up and launched a close defense.

The next moment, Zhuang Yu broke through, and Green immediately left Anderson behind and rushed towards Zhuang Yu, blocking in front of Zhuang Yu to delay him.

It is still three layers of defense.

Seeing that the situation was still the same, Zhuang Yu immediately passed the ball.

At this time, Anderson did not stand still. When Green left him and pounced on Zhuang Yu, he quickly cut into the air and rushed to the inside.

At the same time, Zhuang Yu passed the ball, slapped it on the floor with one hand, and made a hidden ground pass. The basketball bounced from Green's feet and went directly into Anderson's hands.

At this time, Anderson was not far from the basket. He grabbed the basketball and jumped up.

"Huh, there's me too."

Cousins ​​roared, quickly turned sideways, stood in front of Anderson, jumped up, and stretched out his arms to block Anderson.

Anderson threw the ball with one hand, and the basketball flew over Cousins' fingertips and into the basket, but it was not a lob shot, but a pass.

Lopez jumped up under the basket, grabbed the basketball in the air, growled, exerted force with both hands, and dunked it hard towards the basket.

"Bang!"

There was a loud noise, causing the whole audience to boil.

Lopez himself was also very excited. After letting go of the basket and landing, he roared excitedly, then turned around and ran to the backcourt.

This is his first game after returning from injury, and he can't wait.

As a result, he completed a two-handed alley-oop slam dunk, which made him very happy and his blood began to boil.

"nice shot."

"Anderson made a great pass on this ball."

"Anderson's pass was beautiful in itself, he has the ability to do so, and Lopez's dunk was also beautiful. I haven't seen Lopez dunk for three months, I really missed it, and today I finally saw it again."

The home fans cheered excitedly.

At the same time, Coach Kerr on the court could not help but frown: "Sure enough, the Lakers' inside strength has been significantly enhanced after replacing Lopez. It seems that their playing style has not changed much, but the effect is completely different."

......

The Warriors attack.

When Curry came to the frontcourt, he immediately felt the difference in the Lakers' defensive intensity.

The Lakers' previous lineup had a clear defensive disadvantage, and the Warriors could play freely with Korver and Nance Jr.

But now these two points have been replaced by Cunningham and Lopez. Durant still has an advantage against Cunningham, but Cousins ​​may not be able to do so in the interior against Lopez.

After hesitating for a while, Curry made a gesture and called for a pick-and-roll, trying to break through with the help of the pick-and-roll, but failed. Anderson immediately rushed over, abandoned Green and stood in front of Curry to delay him. Curry frowned slightly and passed the ball to Green.

Then Green passed the ball to Durant.

After getting the ball, Durant decisively played one-on-one.

Although Cunningham's defense is much stronger than Korver's before, for him, let alone Cunningham, even if Zhuang Yu, the best defensive player, defends him, he will still play one-on-one without any distinction.

However, when Durant played one-on-one, the Lakers quickly provided help defense.

Seeing this situation, Durant frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and then passed the ball. He had many scoring points on his side and didn't necessarily have to play one-on-one.

After two more passes, the ball was passed to Thompson, who took a three-point shot. However, Zhuang Yu had already jumped up and put his hand on Thompson's face.

boom!

The goal didn't go in.

Inside line.

Lopez and Cousins ​​are wrestling.

Before, Cousins ​​could easily get into a favorable position with his size advantage, but now with Lopez in his place, he no longer has an advantage in weight.

The result was that the two men were entangled with each other and neither of them could jump up. Instead, Anderson jumped up first, reached out to grab the rebound, and immediately launched a counterattack.

In a blink of an eye, they were already in the front court. Anderson passed the ball to Zhuang Yu. After Zhuang Yu got the ball, he made a fake shot and then broke through to the basket.

This counterattack was very swift, and the Warriors were unable to establish an effective defense. When they saw Zhuang Yu rushing towards the basket, it was too late to stop him.

beep!

The referee blew the whistle and gave Klay a foul.

Clay raised his hands and acknowledged the foul.

This was a tactical foul. He was too late to stop Zhuang Yu from scoring, but he couldn't just watch Zhuang Yu make an easy layup. He would rather commit a foul and pull Zhuang Yu down.

This was also the order from Coach Kerr. Zhuang Yu must not be allowed to score comfortably and his rhythm must be disrupted so that his offensive efficiency can be reduced.

But Zhuang Yu was also very accurate in his free throws. He made both free throws.

When the Warriors launched an attack again and reached the frontcourt, they encountered the same situation as before.

When Durant held the ball and played one-on-one, the effect was not as good as before.

And when Durant passed the ball, the Lakers' assist and switching defense were also very quick, making it impossible for the Warriors to easily shoot in the first place.

After several passes, the ball was handed to Curry, who used his personal ability to play one-on-one, with continuous crossover steps and then changing direction and accelerating.

When Holiday subconsciously moved backward and sideways, Curry immediately retreated, returned to the three-point line, and shot quickly.

Swish!

The ball goes in.

However, turning around, Zhuang Yu returned a three-pointer.

This time, Zhuang Yu did not attack with the ball. Instead, he was responsible for attracting the defense and creating opportunities for his teammates. Since his teammates did not have good opportunities, he started to run, used his teammates' screens and pick-and-rolls to get rid of the defense, came to the left three-point line to receive the ball, and immediately shot.

With a slight sound, Zhuang Yu's three-pointer also hit the target.

For a moment, Coach Korver frowned.

He has understood that Coach Scott not only adjusted the defense, but also the offense. Now Zhuang Yu obviously no longer blindly holds the ball to attack, or just uses breakthroughs to create opportunities for teammates. He has started to play without the ball.

This is obviously not a good thing for the Warriors.

Only after this substitution, the Lakers' offense and defense have improved significantly, the situation on the field has also changed, and the Lakers have gradually gained the upper hand.

......

Minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

In these few minutes, the Lakers clearly had the upper hand, and the difference between the two sides was narrowed from 9 points to only 4 points.

Seeing the situation turn around, Coach Kerr called a timeout and started making substitutions, gradually replacing the main players with substitutes.

The Lakers also made substitutions.

Coach Scott replaced Zhuang Yu, Anderson and Holiday with Rose, Clarkson and Kuzma, while Lopez remained on the court.

This is obviously to let Lopez play with several substitutes, and also to give Lopez more time to get back to his form.

After changing to this lineup, teammates also fed the ball to Lopez, but the result was not as good as expected.

"boom!"

There was a muffled sound.

After completing a pick-and-roll with Rose, Lopez received the pass from Rose and chose to shoot directly from the top of the arc three-point line, but he missed.

In the next round, Lopez did not shoot from the outside, but pressed down to the low post, positioning himself with one hand and asking his teammates for the ball with the other hand.

After his teammates passed the ball to him, he started to play one-on-one with his back to the basket.

At this time, the Warriors also changed players. Cousins ​​was no longer the inside player, but Rooney.

When Lopez played one-on-one with his back to the basket and tried to press into the inside, he was unsuccessful. Rooney's overall strength is naturally not as good as Lopez's, but his ability to confront is not inferior. He stuck to his position and wrestled with Lopez.

This made Lopez frown. He took another step back, then turned around and made a small hook shot.

It doesn’t matter if he can’t push it, he still has the skills.