lakers championship

Chapter 345 Young VS Old Guy

As the broadcast technology becomes more and more advanced, every NBA game, the TV station can clearly hear what the coach is doing through the live radio, and sometimes it will show audio and video content on the TV.

As a live commentator, O'Neill could naturally hear what Wharton said.

He couldn't understand why Walton was so impatient, he wanted to crush the Celtics to death in the first quarter.

It's not that the U.S. team is playing Angola, and there is a big gap in strength. The Celtics have two brushes.

On the court, Tianyang was also a little surprised. The tactics arranged by Wharton were not in their discussion yesterday.

He looked up at Rondo, and Rondo happened to be looking at him, and both of them showed worry in their eyes.

The 75-second timeout ends in the blink of an eye, the game continues, and the Lakers attack.

Rondo drove the ball forward, rushed to the top of the arc and handed it to Tianyang, who also made a screen for it.

Tianyang dribbled the ball to the right, then used Randall to cover, and singled out Baynes, who was switching defenses.

With a feint and a change of direction in front of his body, Tianyang easily broke through and entered the inside line, making a decisive jump shot.

Baynes didn't even try to reach out, and ran directly to the hoop, either rebounding or serving.

Swish, the basketball went into the net hollow, and the Lakers led 10 to 4.

Stevens frowned, his eyes rolled continuously, thinking hard about how to break the Lakers' high-ranking double gear.

The Celtics attacked, Owen dribbled the ball forward, and just took two steps, Rondo posted it.

At the same time, Tianyang and others also quickly circled forward to defend other Celtic players.

Seeing this, Owen immediately accelerated sideways, moved from the center to the right sideline in a wide range, without the slightest sign of entanglement with Rondo, and then quickly crossed the center line, waving his teammates to move.

This is the most sensible choice. Even if you can prove your dribbling skills through difficult dribbles, the attack time is wasted and it is definitely not worthwhile.

Since Stevens joined the Celtics, the entire team has gradually developed a very high tactical quality. Facing the Lakers' full-court pressure, everyone did not panic at all and still operated like a high-precision machine.

Horford fell to the low post on the right, Hayward squatted in the right corner, Baynes stood at the free throw line again, Jaylen Brown wanted to take Tianyang to the left corner, but Tianyang did not follow, but rushed Randall nodded his head.

The meaning is very simple. Although it is risky for Randall to double-team Irving, it is also somewhat certain. After all, Jaylen Brown is far away, and it is difficult for Irving to pass the ball. As for Baynes, Tianyang is confident to complete the interception.

Randall rushed directly, Owen's pressure increased sharply, and he hurriedly looked for an opportunity to pass the ball.

Jaylen Brown quickly circled back, wanting to step forward to meet him, but Tianyang fought desperately, and it was still difficult to break through.

With only 10 seconds left in the attack time, Stevens ignored his demeanor and loudly reminded Baynes to step forward to respond.

But the Lakers implemented a full-court pressing tactic, and the first goal was not to steal the ball. Seeing Baynes move to the right and Irving holding the ball with both hands, Randall immediately turned around and returned to defense without Tianyang or Walton reminding him.

Irving was relieved, but he couldn't dribble the ball with both hands, and his teammates were all surrounded by the Lakers.

Cornered!More than 1 Kai fans at the scene were anxious about how to solve the predicament.

At the critical moment, Stevens called a timeout to the referee to avoid a mistake.

The audience was in an uproar!Kai fans don't understand, why is it called a timeout?

In the TNT live broadcast room, O'Neill held his head in his hands and shouted: "Are the coaches of both teams crazy?"

Kenny shook his head again and again: "It's really unnecessary. In just a few minutes, there were 4 timeouts."

Barkley said with a smile: "The coaches of both teams are stealing the show, surpassing the players to become the protagonist of the game."

Ernie: "According to the new timeout rules, only 5 timeouts are available for the two teams in the remaining time."

In the 17 offseason, the league decided to adopt a new timeout rule. The total number of timeouts per game was reduced from 18 to 14. Each team had only 7 timeouts, and only 3 timeouts in the last 2 minutes.

After the introduction of the new rules, the coaches of the league will generally guarantee 3-4 timeouts in the fourth quarter, so in the first three quarters of the game, they basically call one in each quarter, and wait for the official timeout for the others.

Now both the Lakers and Celtics have used it twice, and if there is any accident later, it will be very difficult to deal with.

On the Celtics bench, Stevens put down the tactical board and said:

"Forget the defensive tactics of our training yesterday. From now on, every time you defend, keep an eye on your own people. Whether you use circles, blocks, or hand-to-hand combat, you must ensure that it is difficult for the opponent to dribble, catch, Passing and shooting. They have already entered the rhythm of this fierce battle, and there is no reason for us to lag behind."

Everyone in Team Kai had surprised expressions on their faces when they heard this.

This tactic is not much different from the Lakers' full-court press in essence.

Without waiting for everyone to express their doubts, Stevens said again: "Now let me talk about how to play the next ball."

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The timeout ended in a blink of an eye, the Kais continued to attack, and Baynes served from the sidelines.

Stevens' lore tactics have always been famous, and it's hard to guess how to implement them. But right now, the Lakers only have one strategy to press the whole court on defense.

The referee blew the whistle, and the Celtics ran wildly, but the Lakers' starting lineup was able to run in every position. Even though the Celtics were covered by heavy walls, they still couldn't get the slightest open space.

With no advantage in speed, Stevens hastily reminded Baynes to pass to Horford.

Baynes immediately followed suit, and Horford caught the ball and hit Tianyang in the low post on the left.

There is a huge gap between the two in stature, and Tianyang quickly recalled how Paul defended against Durant.

In an instant, the words 'quick, accurate and ruthless' came to Tianyang's mind, that is, cutting the ball, which cannot be prevented by conventional means.

Tianyang made up his mind and prepared to press, but Horford seemed to have studied Tianyang deeply. He neither had a strong top nor dribbled. Instead, he held the ball with both hands, continuously adjusted his posture around his left foot, and finally leaned against Tianyang Toss shot.

Tianyang really didn't expect to play like this, and could only watch the basketball fly into the hoop.

But what he didn't expect was that after the goal was scored, Jaylen Brown came to him, Irving walked to Rondo, Hayward stuck to Ingram, Horford got close to Kuzma, Baynes followed Randall .

In this way, any fool can see that the Celtics will also play a full-court press.

O'Neill: "I guessed right, the coaches of both teams are crazy."

Kenny: "They all gave up defensive tactics and switched to hand-to-hand combat."

Barkley: "Then the game has lost its suspense, and I declare the Celtics the winner."

Such high-profile and FLAG remarks made O'Neill and Kenny quite curious.

The two asked at the same time, "Why?"

Barkley said with a smile: "In terms of the characteristics of the lineups of the two teams, the Celtics have more young people and have a great physical advantage, while half of the Lakers are old guys. Such a high-intensity defense will definitely not last long. Wait. With the Lakers starting and leaving the game, the point difference between the two teams will be widened sharply."

O'Neill shook his head: "What if the old guys beat the young people with experience?"

(End of this chapter)