lakers championship

Chapter 257: The Safe Way
What is the intention of the Warriors, Tianyang is not clear for the time being, but it is very obvious that the Warriors have put aside all scruples and luck, and decided to start with the first ball and fight the Lakers to the end.After all, Durant never served as a substitute even when he was a rookie in the Thunder, and Kerr is determined to maximize the Warriors' combat power.

Just imagine, after Ingram and Randall are off the court, Durant is on the court again, what defense does the Lakers have?

Casspi and Brewer's defense will make Durant feel like he is playing a training game.

Seeing that Cole easily defeated Tianyang's strategy of inviting Kobe to give advice on defense, Wharton's mind began to run rapidly, thinking that he must find a countermeasure before Durant's appearance.

On the field, the players of the two teams took their positions. The referee walked between Cousins ​​and Pachulia and lightly threw the ball into the air.

Pachulia bounced like a snail and jumped like a grasshopper. Cousins ​​easily swiped the basketball behind him, and it just landed in Tianyang's arms.

The Lakers attacked, and Tianyang quickly dribbled the ball to the right wing. Before Curry stepped forward to defend, he directly passed the basketball from behind to Randall at the top of the arc. Green did not react.

After passing the ball, Tianyang ran down to the short corner on the right, used Nick Young to cover and then rushed to the basket. At the same time, Ingram ran from the left wing to the top of the arc. The Lakers began to implement a mobile offensive system, and the Warriors also hurriedly switched defenses.

Randall made a false pass to the left, but actually made a real pass to the basket. Tianyang caught the ball and took off.

Hit, the Lakers scored 2 points first, and the team immediately turned around and returned to defense.

Thompson serves from the bottom line, Curry catches the ball to the top of the arc, and Green steps forward to respond.

Curry handed over the ball and took advantage of the trend to run back to get rid of Tianyang and make an air cut to the basket. Unfortunately, he started slowly and failed.

The first pass and cut failed. Thompson in the left corner ran obliquely to the top of the arc. When passing the left elbow, he used Pachulia to pick and roll to get rid of Nick Young, but he did not run to 45 degrees to receive the ball. Instead, with Pachulia, he did an elevator pick-and-roll for Curry who slipped back to the three-point line in reverse, and when Curry ran over, he immediately closed the door.

Tianyang and Nick Young were blocked at the same time, Curry was unguarded, and Green passed the ball immediately.

Randall didn't think too much about it, and went straight to make up the defense.

Curry made a strong three-pointer and hit it. At the same time, the referee whistled and whistled Randall for the thug.

The first ball in the opening game was scored 3+1, Curry felt overwhelmed, Durant dribbled the ball to a standing ovation on the bench, and the cheers of the entire Oracle Center covered everything.

Randall waved his fist angrily, Tianyang rushed up and patted him on the back, encouraging him: "You defended well, I will do the same if you were me, next time!".

With Tianyang's encouragement and comfort, Randall calmed down,

Curriga made a free throw, Cousins ​​served from the bottom line, and Tianyang took the ball forward.

Walking to the right wing, Tianyang pretended to pass the ball to the top of the arc, and when Curry subconsciously looked over, he directly pulled out his hand.

Curry didn't even have time to stretch out his hand, so he could only turn his head and watch silently, shouting in his heart not to enter.

"Clang", the basketball hit the rim and rebounded, and cheers erupted from the Oracle Center.

But in the next second, the basketball fell again, hit a hit, and the Lakers scored another 3 points.

Green shook his head, picked up the basketball resentfully and walked to the bottom line to serve, and the Warriors attacked again.

Wharton finally thought of a countermeasure, raised his head and shouted on the field, Tianyang heard the sound and looked over, Wharton made gestures again and again, after the end, Tianyang nodded and shook his head.

……

In the TNT commentary section, O'Neill looked confused, "What do you mean? What are the two gesticulating?"

Kenny: "Wharton is arranging tactics, Tianyang expressed his understanding, and will implement it immediately."

Barkley: "Isn't it? You understand all this?"

O'Neill also had doubts on his face, but Kenny smiled and said, "Completing tactical communication with the coach is the basic figure of an excellent guard. You are such a rough insider, naturally find it unbelievable!"

O'Neill knocked on the table, "Then tell me what they said! Let's see how well you can make it up!"

Barkley nodded in agreement, and Kenny smiled again and said: "Wharton hopes that Tianyang will lead his teammates to take advantage of the lineup. By double-teaming Curry and strictly guarding the outside line, let the Warriors break through inside, and let Cousins ​​and Randall finish. In the end, the house search achieved the goal of limiting the Warriors' scoring."

Barkley curled his lips, "It's well-made, why did Yang shake his head that day?"

The corners of Kenny's mouth turned up slightly, "Tianyang said that he doesn't need to double-team, he can prevent Curry by himself."

Kenny's voice fell, and Iguodala rushed inside with the ball, faced Randall's defense, and threw a face-up throw.

Before the shot was made, the whistle sounded at the end of the 24-second attack time, and the Warriors violated the rule.

Watching the video replay again, just after Curry passed the midfield, Tianyang moved his hands together, pressing from both left and right directions.Curry pulled the ball in advance to change direction, dribbled the ball behind his back and then turned around. It was difficult to get rid of the tricks, so he had no choice but to pass the ball to Thompson.

As soon as Thompson got the ball, Nick Young stood sideways and raised his right hand high, making a sudden shot.

Thompson's offense with the ball is not average, and he is also forced to pass the ball helplessly.

After going back and forth, the basketball finally fell into the hands of Iguodala, and finally violated the 24-second rule.

The whole round, exactly what Kenny said.

O'Neill and Barkley turned their heads to look at the same time, Kenny was closing his eyes and shaking his head, as if everything was under control.

……

In a blink of an eye, the game came to the last 3 minutes and 30 seconds of the first quarter. The score of the two teams was 24 to 18, and the Lakers took the lead.

The Warriors attacked, Curry advanced with the ball, and SkyOcean midfielder intercepted.

Thompson wanted to step forward for a pick-and-roll, but Cole repeatedly waved his hands to stop him and signaled Curry to continue playing singles.

In Cole's view, Tianyang's defense is good, but it is absolutely impossible for the whole game to be in this state. Even when he was the general manager of the Suns, he had never seen the peak Kobe defending with such extreme energy consumption.

Therefore, he decided to let Curry continue to fight one-on-one. It doesn't matter whether he scores or not, as long as it can consume Tianyang's physical strength, anyway, there is still a big killer sitting on the court.

As the MVP of the second consecutive season, Curry was defended several times by Tianyang, and he was very happy.

Now that the coach arranged to continue playing singles, Curry made up his mind to prove himself.

Another change in front of the body to pull the ball, Tianyang also interfered with both left and right hands, but faster than before.

With a "snap", Tianyang stole the basketball, but Curry reacted quickly and threw himself on the floor to protect the ball.

Seeing that he couldn't bend down to grab the ball, Tianyang immediately squatted down to block Curry's passing space.

Randall ran up from the side to carry out the siege, and Green also joined the battle.

In the chaos, the referee blew his whistle, indicating that Randall and Green were fighting for the ball on the center line.

The players of the two teams settled down respectively, and the referee threw the ball upwards. Randall jumped up and flicked the ball back, but at the same time, Green also touched the basketball and flicked it back vigorously.

The basketball was forced on both sides, and flew obliquely into Tianyang's hands.

Tianyang took advantage of the situation and turned around and rushed forward. Curry and Thompson double-teamed together, and Iguodala also rushed to join.

Tianyang's two fists are no match for six hands, so he can only pull the ball and move it sideways, sideways and give the ball to the middle.

Randall caught the ball and went down, facing Green with a one-handed dunk.

The whistle sounded at the scene, and the game entered an official timeout.

Off the court, according to the team's regular rotation, Tianyang and Randall rested, Ingram and Cousins ​​remained on the court, but Walton glanced at Durant, who took off his coat on the Warriors' side, Signal Randall and Ingram to lead the team and let Cousins ​​rest.

In Wharton's view, Durant is playing alone with the ball, and Cousins ​​is easy to become a breakthrough. There is no room for loss in the Western Conference Finals. Only two fast-moving strikers can be delayed by infinitely switching defenses.This is a perfect solution, the only problem is that the two cannot get enough rest, and they may be exhausted by the fourth quarter.

(End of this chapter)