King of the Point Guard Era

Chapter 58 The Lakers' Lineup Depth

Grandpa KFC looked at Randall who was excited on the opposite side, and then looked at Gasol who was tired and out of breath because of defending Randall. The king's point guard is not easy. Landry's speed and impact Totally inspired by him, but the depth of the Lakers lineup is not what you can imagine.

"Lamar, you replace Gasol for a while, and guard Landry, who is No. 24. I don't know if he has the strength of No. 24." Phil Jackson replaced Lamar Odom, it is definitely a good choice to use this striker who swings between small forward and power forward to defend.

Kenny Smith saw the Lakers' substitutions, and everything was exactly as he thought: "Phil, the old fox, is still quick to adapt. The King's style of play only took three shots and he was targeted."

Odom's playing made Landry a little uncomfortable. He and Kobe Bryant's excellent switching defenses completely curbed the King's pick-and-roll.Garcia and Iguodala are not helping the team at all under the entanglement with Fisher and Artest.At the beginning of the second quarter, both sides also replaced the substitutes one after another. He Yixiang and Landry, the two main offensive points of the first quarter, were replaced. They were replaced by Yi Jianlian and Udrih. Casspi also came on the court to replace them. Iguodala, who has taken on a difficult defensive task.

However, although the Lakers also replaced some of the main players, the lineup on the court is still very luxurious. Gasol, who has rested enough, played center and Odom partnered inside. Matt Barnes and Shannon Brown also played with Fisher. I partner outside.Instead, the ball-holding point of this lineup is power forward Odom, the man known as the left-handed magician.

Odom faced Yi Jianlian directly from outside the three-point line. As a left-hander, his left-handed dribbling ability is naturally extremely outstanding. The left side of the average person is easier to break through. Yi Jianlian is not slow among power forwards. Yes, but Odom, who was born as a small forward, was not enough. After Odom made a forced breakthrough and dunked, Yi Jianlian's struggling to chase back just became the background board for this dunk, and was also called a foul. .

It wasn't just Odom who broke out. Shannon Brown, as a spring man with explosive physical fitness, faced the slow Udri, directly caught the ball and accelerated into the inside line. Facing Yi Jianlian's supplementary defense, he dunked directly. Yi Jianlian was once again reduced to background.Barnes also got rid of Casspi's defense, cut inside and received a pass from Odom's back, and made a direct layup.The first half of the second quarter was directly hit a 10-2 climax.

"The king can't hold it anymore, the substitute is not at the same level at all." Barkley made a conclusion.

"The Kings' starting lineup is really good. Don't look at the two rookies, but they are really in the forefront of the league, but the level of this substitute really needs to be improved." Kenny Smith saw the weakness of the Kings and affirmed Barkley's statement .

Cousins ​​has only rested for 2 minutes so far.Facing Bynum, Gasol, and Odom, the Lakers took turns to stick to the defense. He contributed 4 of 3 shots and only scored [-] points and [-] rebounds. Cousins ​​​​was a little anxious. Facing Gasol's defense was anxious and even swung his elbow. In fact, the elbow was still a little distance away from Gasol. However, as a European player, he can not defend well, but he must not be able to act.Gasol followed the trajectory of the elbow and fell.

The referee blew his whistle with a "beep" and directly made an offensive foul gesture.Cousins ​​became anxious when he saw this, he never met that guy: "Hey, referee, can you open your eyes and see clearly, I never met that weak stupid big guy."

As soon as He Yixiang saw the referee sound the whistle for an offensive foul, he knew that Cousins ​​was going to rush forward to defend himself, but unfortunately he couldn't hold Cousins ​​back off the court now.The referee ignored Cousins' first complaint. Cousins' temper suddenly came up, and he made a gesture of wearing glasses to the referee: "You should need a pair of glasses."

Seeing this movement, He Yixiang covered his eyes helplessly.This time the referee was very decisive and gave Cousins ​​a T. Gasol applauded happily. The screen clearly showed that although Cousins ​​had bent his elbow, he did not touch Gasol. This was a flop.The Arco Arena was instantly overwhelmed by the boos of the Kings fans, but it was impossible to change the penalty.

After Kobe made the free throw, the Lakers had already led by 42 points at 30:12. Westphal immediately called a timeout and let the substitute continue to play like this. The game ended early.Looking at my own lineup and looking at the strong bench of the Lakers, I really feel a little helpless. In order to get Iguodala, I lost the sequelae of last year's starting small forward and starting center.

The first half is not over yet, Cousins ​​has already played for 8 minutes, under the impact of the Lakers' three highs in turn, coupled with the foul just now, Cousins ​​has already committed three fouls, and he also has to protect the rookie's body ah.The combination of Cousins ​​and Landry on the inside is indeed okay, but there are only Yi Jianlian and Aqili who are embarrassing to use as substitutes.Is it possible to let Yi Jianlian play center at this time?It seems that there is no other way.

Just as Westphal was waving his hand to let Yi Jianlian play, he saw Hassan Whiteside who was at the end of the bench. "Hassan, warm up and get ready to play."

Whiteside, who was still worried about the team, didn't expect the surprise to come so quickly, and suddenly became active.But what he didn't expect was that Westphal didn't expect much from him at all, it was just that no one was available.

After the timeout ended, the King's insiders became Whiteside and Landry, and many fans were dumbfounded: "Who is that thin and long man? I don't know him. Who the hell can give me some science?"

"That's the center we drafted in the second round this year, what the fuck, is our interior depth already that bad? Cousins ​​is no one available."

"Mr. Geoff should find a way to reform the bloated back line. Except for He, there are almost no players who can hold the ball. Several people don't play at all. We already have the mascot Simon Lion. We don't need them anymore. .Fortunately, Iguodala came, but Iguodala came inside and failed. I think there must be a trade in the middle of the season."

Although the fans in the stands have come up with various plans, but the players on the court must now face reality, Whiteside and Landry on Gasol and Odom.

(End of this chapter)