Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

"Requesting a timeout."

The Lakers called a timeout.

Several players came off the field.

Zhuang Yu looked at Coach Scott, and the two exchanged glances. Coach Scott replaced Korver with Cunningham, and then said, "The opponent's playing style today did not change much. They still kept running and passing the ball, and then looked for opportunities to shoot."

"Their points mainly came from Curry and Klay, as well as Durant. Green and Cousins ​​didn't take many shots, and the ball didn't get into Cousins' hands."

"From this point of view, Cousins' condition has obviously not recovered yet. This is something we can take advantage of. Give the ball to Brook more and let him play one-on-one."

"Also, on the defensive end, we have to pay attention to the opponent's passing and cutting, as well as the outside shooting after the screen. We must switch defense in time and not miss anyone..."

The reason for calling a timeout was not because the Lakers played badly.

The last few minutes were actually a test. The Lakers were testing the Warriors, and Coach Scott on the sidelines was also observing the opponent.

Judging from the past few minutes, the Warriors did not get the ball to Cousins ​​much, and obviously had no intention of attacking Cousins.

Why is this happening?

Naturally, it is because Cousins ​​has not yet recovered to a good state. In the past few minutes, his role was more reflected on the defensive end.

In addition, Durant didn't play one-on-one with the ball very often.

This surprised Coach Scott a little bit, after all, it was Korver who faced Durant, and Durant should have an absolute advantage in this position. In the past matches between the two sides, the Warriors often launched the attack from Durant, using his advantage over Korver to open up the situation, but today it was a bit abnormal.

Why is this happening?

It is probably because of Durant's previous injury.

And this is a good thing for the Lakers.

Although the Warriors sent out a full lineup today, Cousins ​​and Durant were obviously still troubled by injuries. Coupled with Curry's disadvantage on the defensive end, the Lakers' offense had more options and room to operate.

Coach Scott is not worried about his team's offense, but what needs to be emphasized is defense.

......

After some arrangements, the pause ended.

Both sides returned to the field.

At this time, both sides made substitutions. The Lakers replaced Cunningham, and the Warriors replaced Cousins ​​with Kevin Rooney.

For the Warriors, the roles of Cousins ​​and Rooney on the court are actually similar at this time, because they do not expect Cousins ​​to attack. Cousins ​​is more of a deterrent on the court. On the offensive end, his ability to restrain the defense is stronger than Rooney.

As for defense, Rooney is no worse than Cousins.

Lakers possession of the ball.

Holiday pushed the ball to the frontcourt, this time he was still singled out against Curry, but the Warriors' help defense came quickly. Holiday didn't care, and passed the ball to Zhuang Yu, who accelerated his breakthrough as soon as he got the ball.

Clay quickly retreated and moved sideways to get into position first.

However, Zhuang Yu paused for a moment, raised his center of gravity, and prepared to pull up. Clay subconsciously raised his feet, but Zhuang Yu did not jump up. When Clay raised his feet, Zhuang Yu lowered his center of gravity again, accelerated past Clay, and then took another step forward to throw the ball with one hand.

Swish!

The ball goes in.

A moment later, Zhuang Yu got the ball again and broke through again.

This time he did not shoot himself, but attracted the opponent's defense and threw the ball into the basket, assisting Lopez with a two-handed dunk.

Although the Warriors replaced Cousins, the Lakers did not change their offensive strategy and still attacked Curry and the inside.

At the same time, the Lakers strengthened their defense against Curry, because Durant did not hold the ball and play one-on-one today. At this time, the Lakers replaced Cunningham and asked him to defend Durant alone, as long as he could not let Durant shoot comfortably.

For a time, the Lakers had the upper hand.

On the offensive end, the Lakers targeted Curry and the inside, and with Zhuang Yu, the Warriors were helpless. The Warriors could not defend against the Lakers' offense. On the offensive end, Curry was closely guarded by the Lakers, and Durant did not hold the ball and play one-on-one. He and Klay were waiting for shots on the outside, but this kind of offense was too monotonous and the effect was not good.

"Shh!"

With a slight sound, Anderson made a layup.

After this shot, the Lakers widened the gap to 8 points.

The Warriors called a timeout.

Coach Kerr frowned and after thinking about it, he decided to replace Durant and Curry with substitute players.

At the same time, the Lakers also began to replace their main players with rotation players because most of the first quarter had passed.

In the next few minutes, the Lakers still had the upper hand, after all, the Lakers had more scoring points.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers widened the gap to 1 points.

This made the home fans a little depressed. They didn't expect that even with a full lineup today, they would fall behind the Lakers by as many as 1 points in the first quarter.

"It seems like KD didn't score much today."

"Yes, KD didn't hold the ball much today. He waited for the ball outside and shot directly after receiving the ball. However, the opponent defended very forward, so the chance was not good."

"Cousins ​​didn't seem to score much, he didn't get the ball much, why not give him the ball and let him play in the low post?"

Some fans were discussing that some did not quite understand why the Warriors' style of play in the first quarter was very different from before.

......

Soon, the second section began.

Both sides sent out rotation lineups. The Lakers sent out Lopez and several substitute players, while the Warriors sent out Curry and several substitute players.

The Lakers' bench lineup's defense is naturally not as good as the starting lineup. Without Zhuang Yu and Holiday, Curry began to explode from the outside and hit three-pointers one after another.

However, Lopez also scored consecutively in the interior.

Although both of them scored, Curry made a three-pointer after all, so his scoring efficiency was still higher than Lopez.

After a while, the gap between the two sides narrowed a little.

At this time, Coach Scott made a substitution, replacing Lopez with Holiday, and let Holiday defend Curry, and the effect was better than before.

......

Four minutes into the second quarter, the difference between the two sides became 2 points.

"Requesting a timeout."

At this time, the Warriors called a timeout. Although the score difference was narrowed, it was obviously not enough.

Coach Kerr sent Durant, Klay and Green up the field, leaving Cousins ​​as the only starter who didn't play.

The Lakers also made substitutions. Zhuang Yu, Anderson and Korver all returned to the court, while Lopez was still resting on the sidelines.

When they returned to the court, the Warriors attacked, and Curry called for a pick-and-roll after coming to the frontcourt, but the Lakers were delayed quickly.

Curry didn't have a chance to shoot directly and passed the ball to Green.

At the same time, Durant ran back.

Green immediately passed the ball to Durant, then pulled away. Durant held the ball at his waist, stood outside the three-point line, first glanced at the basket, and then played alone...