Travel back to be a superstar

Chapter 129 Pelican Twin Towers
After training in the afternoon, the mental state of the Lakers players has returned to the best level, and the atmosphere is no longer so dull. The teammates are talking and laughing.

For Jiang Dashan, although Lina also came to the United States, he still had to devote most of his time to training, which made Jiang Dashan very guilty.And Lina has no job now, and she is bored at home.Therefore, Lina took over the Shanghai branch of the Jiang Dashan Dream Foundation again, and only went to Los Angeles to watch the game at the home court of the Lakers.The rest of the time, just stay in Shanghai.

On the night of October 10, the Lakers ushered in a challenge from the Pelicans at home.The New Orleans Pelicans hoped that after acquiring Cousins ​​in the middle of last season, they could form an inside twin tower with Davis and help the team reach the playoffs. After Cousins ​​joined the Pelicans, the Pelicans experienced a short period of excitement, but because of injuries and lack of coordination, the team missed the top eight in the West.

After the trade in the middle of the season, the Pelicans' next summer was quite lacklustre, with no big moves, because in the trade of Cousins, they gave their first-round pick to the Kings, so the draft has little to do with it; moreover, they sent away the team's young talent Buddy Hield.Throughout the offseason, what the Pelicans did was deal with Jrue Holiday and Rajon Rondo.

First of all, the Pelicans must choose Holiday, because of his big contract, the Pelicans cannot find a player with similar abilities to replace him.As a result, he received a five-year, $5 million contract from the Pelicans, a huge bonus for a player who, despite his solid performance, has only made one All-Star appearance.However, in this way, the salaries of Davis, Holiday, and Cousins ​​directly locked the Pelicans' salary space!
So during the offseason, the Pelicans didn't have much room to act. However, during the offseason, the Pelicans still used their advantages to recruit Rajon Rondo.And his salary is low enough, $330 million!Although it can't save the Pelicans a lot of space, it's good enough for the Pelicans, who have already reached 1.1 million in salary space and most of the team's rotation players remain at the bottom of the league!Moreover, Rondo and Cousins ​​​​have the experience of playing together in the Kings. At the same time, both of them and Davis are players from the University of Kentucky, which may help them unite with each other.After all, Rondo once had the experience of bombarding Wade and Jimmy Butler, and now being able to fight side by side with the "little juniors" in the university may ease Rondo's "weird" temper.

How strong is Rondo?Let’s not talk about how the Celtics helped the team win the championship during the finals. Just look at how the Bulls could push the Boston Celtics, the No. [-] Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference, to a desperate situation in the playoffs last season with Rondo.Rondo still has a strong strength, depending on how the team uses it. In the new season, he will form a backcourt combination with Holiday. With Holiday's main attack, Rondo can give more play to his organizational characteristics. There are Cousins ​​and Davis on the inside. Perhaps Rondo may really have a second career.

But on the whole, the strength of the Pelicans with the twin towers can only be regarded as mediocre. After all, their bench is a bit too shabby.So for the Lakers, the challenge of the Pelicans is a test to test whether they can make a difference in the new season!At the same time, defeating the Pelicans can also build up the confidence of the young Lakers players. After all, the Lakers have just suffered a two-game losing streak.

At night, the Lakers home court was brightly lit, and the players walked out of the locker room one by one. Ingram was the first to walk, followed by Lonzo, then Lopez, and Pope. . .Jiang Dashan's playing position is in the middle.The Lakers played in a different way, with the best players at the forefront.

"This is CCTV Sports Channel! I'm Yang Yi." "I'm Su Qun." "We're tirelessly talking about the slogan of CCTV Five!" "Haha!"

"Today the Lakers played against the Pelicans at home. In the first two games, the Lakers were not in good shape and suffered a two-game losing streak. After signing Rajon Rondo this season, the Pelicans seem to have changed into a different team; moreover, the cooperation between Cousins ​​and Big Eyebrows has become more and more tacit."

"Yes, in the first game of the Pelicans against the Grizzlies, the two of them scored an astonishing 45 rebounds! You know, the Grizzlies only got 52 in total. It's unbelievable! Adding the 10 rebounds of the best center Rondo, it can be said that these three people form the three towers of the Pelicans!" Su Qun joked, "Rondo is indeed the template of a guard and the heart of a center!"

"The Pelicans had one win and one loss before. The first game won the Grizzlies, and the second game lost to the Warriors. I don't know what kind of sparks the Lakers will have against the Pelicans today. Well, let's watch the game together. The starting lineups of both sides are still Ingram, Lonzo, Lopez, Pope and Luol Deng for the Lakers; for the Pelicans, Cousins, Big Eyebrows, Rondo, and Holiday. Due to Hill's injury and retirement, Akesie has become the starter. Now the height of the Pelicans is an absolute advantage. "

At the beginning of the first quarter, Cousins, the league's No. [-] center, helped the Pelicans get the first ball. Thick Eyebrow missed a pass from Holiday on the left side of the free throw line, but Cousins ​​pressed Lopez under the basket.

The thick eyebrows effectively used their physical advantages to score under Ingram's defense; Lopez and Cousins ​​can only be said to be four or six, and the rebounds cannot be guaranteed too much, but Lopez stands up from time to time to shoot three-pointers; In other positions, Rondo and Cousins, the series of thick eyebrows is not covered.

Eight and a half minutes into the first quarter, the Lakers fell behind 8-18 by 29 points under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Pelicans Twin Towers.

Jiang Dashan, who was watching the game, couldn't sit still on the bench. Similarly, Wharton kept moving anxiously.

The Lakers attacked, and Ingram's air cut was directly blocked by Cousins. Although the referee called Cousins ​​for a foul, he still couldn't resist the momentum of the Pelicans, and the key point, Cousins ​​didn't ask the referee to argue!Instead, he accepted the penalty calmly!Jiang Dashan simply thought that Cousins ​​in front of him had traveled through time!
With Ingram making 2 free throws and the score came to 2-20, Walton called a timeout.

"We have been under pressure, don't attack, I need you to shoot three-pointers!" Walton began to arrange new tactics, "They are strong inside, we can only open up space to play. You replaced Deng, and Kuzma replaced Ingram. Therefore, the people on the court now have the highest three-point shooting percentage of our Lakers! Now we have two tactics, one is Lonzo holds the ball, Lopez comes out to pick and roll, Lonzo, you break through the inside and enter the paint. You choose whether to score the ball or attack yourself; Another kind." Wharton turned to look at Jiang Dashan, "J, I know your speed and breakthrough ability. If Lonzo passes you the ball, I need you to break into the inside from the baseline! I hope to use various methods to disrupt the rhythm of the Pelicans!"

Walton chose to break through the ball and attack from the outside. He hit the basket when he had the opportunity; he split the ball if he had no hope, so as to disrupt the Pelicans' defensive formation. "What the defensive end has to do is, don't let Rondo pass the ball so easily! Let them choose mid-range shots instead of direct scoring at the basket!"

After the timeout ended, Jiang Dashan followed his teammates to play.Jiang Dashan was facing his old friend Holiday, "Hey, Huo, you seem to be black again!" Jiang Dashan teased this old friend while running.

"I won't be influenced by you, J!" Holiday responded while following the defense.

"Sorry!" Just as Holiday finished speaking, Jiang Dashan directly intercepted Rondo's pass to Holiday, and then passed it to Lonzo who was about to come down.

Lonzo passed the ball from the free throw line to Jiang Dashan, who was in the bottom corner, and Jiang Dashan took advantage of Holiday's speech to steal the ball instantly, and tore apart Holiday's defense, and went to the bottom line to rush to the basket.Jiang Dashan started as usual, flew under the basket, and felt two huge black shadows in midair, overwhelming the sky!

"Is this the twin towers of the Pelicans! Holding the grass! It's too perverted!" Without time to complain, Jiang Dashan raised his right hand high to make a layup, attracting the two to reach out, and then bent down, holding the ball with both hands and hitting his big hand on his head.Cousins ​​and Nongmei's supplementary defense completely blocked all Jiang Dashan's passing routes and directions. Fouling is the best choice.

"You two perverts! FU.CK" Jiang Dashan complained to the thick eyebrows who pulled him up, and Cousins ​​laughed when he heard Jiang Dashan's words.

"We're going to make the playoffs!" Nongmei patted Jiang Dashan on the shoulder, and the call just now was on Nongmei, "I'm honored to cover you! Nongmei told me a lot about you." Cousins ​​added.

"It would be great if we could be teammates with them," Jiang Dashan thought.

Jiang Dashan made two free throws and the score came to 22-29.

(End of this chapter)