Travel back to be a superstar

Chapter 147 Start!
Everyone silently returned to their wardrobes. Many players prayed that no accidents would happen to their teammates!

"Well, we haven't lost anyone! Everyone's going to be on the court healthy until the playoffs! Listen, I'm thinking about being the last train and kicking the Warriors' ass in the first round! Haha!" Luol Deng cracked a crude joke, which worked well, and the atmosphere began to lighten up again.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, the Lakers had the first possession of the ball. At the same time, Walton also made corresponding adjustments.Pope's injury left the Lakers with only five players on the back line, namely Lonzo, Jiang Dashan, Clarkson, and Josh Hart.Although Brewer can also play as a guest guard, he is more suitable for small forwards, and Brewer's playing time is very little. Walton prefers young people. Walton's command allows Brewer to appear in some moments when there is really no rotation.

Wharton didn't immediately replace Jiang Dashan. Jiang Dashan is completely the secret weapon of the Lakers now. Either he doesn't fire, or if he wants to fire, he must be absolutely suppressed!

Clarkson still replaced Pope, and the other players were Lonzo, Ingram, Josh Hart and Lopez.The Pistons are also on the field in the starting lineup.

Lonzo used his ability to break through the middle. After being intercepted by Drummond for the first breakthrough, his breakthrough was not so deep. This is also Lonzo's own learning career.Before falling into the encirclement, Lonzo scored the ball to the air-cut Ingram, who made an emergency stop and made a jumper!

Then the Pistons played a positional battle, Drummond attacked from the basket, and was cut off by Lopez!Lonzo made a fast break with the ball. Josh Hart was interfered by Harris before a layup and made a mistake. The Pistons seized the opportunity to play a fast break.

On the Pistons side, Reggie Jackson and Bradley cooperated on a fast break to create Clarkson's 2+1. Bradley scored a free throw. The score came to 53 to 62, and the Pistons trailed by 9 points.

Jiang Dashan saw Josh Hart's mistake on the bench and shook his head. The ball was in a hurry. It would be great if Josh Hart could take a good look around before laying up!

"Hey, why did Wharton put Brother Shan on the bench again!" Xie Fengfeng complained, "Look at that rookie, Lonzo is fine, he has capital and tens of millions of fans. Why is this Josh Hart!"

"Don't make noise, Coach Wharton must have his ideas." Lina quickly stopped Xie Fengfeng's yelling, and pinched her nose, "Fengfeng, put your popcorn away, I don't know why, I'm so disgusting!"

When Xie Fengfeng heard it, he quickly took it away.

Nine minutes into the third quarter of the game, the Pistons, led by Reggie Jackson and Bradley, played a 9-9 spurt, leading the Pistons to close the score.At this time, the Pistons were only 2 to 80, two points behind the Lakers!

Walton called a timeout, "What are you doing on the field? The first half was okay, but the second half was not good? Was it led by the Pistons? Randall, you replace Josh Hart." Walton patted Hart on the shoulder, "You didn't perform well, but you are still a talented player! Understand? What you need is to observe how the players on the field play.

Josh Hart nodded gratefully.

Seeing Randall playing, Jiang Dashan hurried to Wharton's side.But Walton just glanced at him, and then said to Kuzma, "Kuzma, you replace Ingram and go to the 3rd position!" Then pointed to Zubac, "You replace Lopez, top the center position, and guard Drummond. I need you to limit him for the rest of the third quarter!" Zubac nodded.

Then Walton looked at Brewer, "You replace Clarkson and go to the 2nd position! Listen, you are more inside! I know your breakthrough ability is good!"

"No problem coach!" Brewer smiled softly.

"Lonzo, you are the master of the team, so you have to adapt to playing more than 35 minutes per game! If you can't persist, you can tell me anytime!"

"Okay, coach!" Lonzo nodded.

The timeout ends and the game continues.The bench players returned to their seats, and Walton continued to pace the sidelines, observing the tactical changes of the Pistons and the performance of the Lakers players.At this time, only the stunned Jiang Dashan was left, still in a daze.

"Let's go, J." Looking at Jiang Dashan who was in a daze, Xiao couldn't help laughing, and then came over and patted Jiang Dashan awake.

"I thought Coach Wharton would replace me!" Jiang Dashan smiled wryly.

"You are our secret weapon! If it is exposed too early, or if we rely too much on you, then how can we gain a foothold in the playoffs? As long as we can fully train the young players while ensuring the record, your burden will be much lighter in the playoffs!" After Xiao finished speaking, he returned to his seat and continued to watch the game.

Jiang Dashan thought about Xiao's words, nodded, and took a deep breath.If in the past, Jiang Dashan was still struggling with why he could not become the starter, then now, Jiang Dashan has fully understood the painstaking efforts of Wharton and Xiao.Sure enough, it's not easy to be a coach!It is necessary to withstand the pressure from the top, manage the team well, and ensure the record!If Jiang Dashan is now the chief player of the team at Westbrook's level, it is estimated that as long as he is a little dissatisfied, Walton will probably pack up and leave.

At the end of the third quarter, Zubac completed the task very well, using his physical strength to limit Drummond, forcing Stan Van Gundy to replace Drummond with the giant hand monster Boban Marjanovic in 10 minutes.At the same time, Van Gundy also replaced the main players such as Reggie Jackson and Bradley, so that the latter could rest and prepare for the counterattack in the fourth quarter.

Brewer also completed his task very well, breaking through and dunking twice in a row, helping the Lakers lead by 92 points 88 to 4.

During the rest period, Wharton walked up to Jiang Dashan, "J, if we can maintain the lead in the fourth quarter, I won't let you play again, okay?"

As a coach, whoever gets on and off doesn't need the consent of the players. Jiang Dashan understands that Wharton values ​​himself very much now, so he nodded, "No problem. I'll listen to your call anytime!"

Wharton nodded in satisfaction, then returned to his seat and rested for a while.After that, the tactics for the fourth quarter began.

This scene was captured by the cameraman, "I don't know what Wharton and Jiang Dashan said, but it seems that Wharton doesn't want Jiang Dashan to come out easily." Yang Yi was a little worried.

At the same time, the fans on the Internet also began to complain, "Why would I play Jiang?" "It is probably because he averaged 50 points per game to make history and steal the limelight from the rookies!" "I think it is possible. Now I Jiang averaged less than 20 minutes per game, but I scored 21 points. If I replaced it with 40 minutes, I would average 40 points per game! Damn, the league's scoring leader has just been killed!" . .

However, Su Qunque gave his own thoughts, "Maybe there is another possibility, that is, Walton knows Jiang Dashan's ability well and trusts him. We can see that, unlike at the time of the 3-game losing streak, once the Lakers fall into a passive position, or urgently need someone to control the game, Walton will replace Jiang Dashan, or keep Jiang Dashan on the court. Therefore, I think Walton is now training the abilities of young players. Once the time is right, for example, Lonzo and Kuzma will become independent players after 30 games As a player, Dashan will definitely be one of the starters! What Walton is doing now is to avoid the team's excessive dependence on a single player!"

"So I understand! Walton came out of the Warriors, and the Warriors' players are more integrated. Curry, Klay Thompson and Durant are the most prominent, and the role of other players is better than average! Walton probably hopes that the Lakers can do the same.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Lakers players still started, except that Pope was replaced by Clarkson.

The first possession of the Pistons, the well-rested Pistons showed amazing endurance.As soon as he played, Reggie Jackson hit two consecutive three-pointers!Help the team tie the score at 94 to 94.

(End of this chapter)