Chapter 176: A New High
The news of the Lakers' unexpected victory over the Raptors has not yet spread, and Zhao Wei and they have rushed to Memphis overnight to challenge the Memphis Grizzlies back-to-back. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The Grizzlies sent Pau Gasol to the Lakers almost for nothing, and everyone was shouting that the Grizzlies manager was stupid, but now it seems that he is actually the smartest.
The Grizzlies not only did not sink after sending away Pau Gasol, but used Randolph and Mike Conley to survive the toughest period, and then Pau Gasol's younger brother Mark Gasol, who was seen as an add-on, quickly grew into a super interior player in the league, and the Grizzlies ranked among the best in the West.
And the most commendable thing is that when the Warriors are rising at a rocket-like speed, countless teams in the league are imitating the Warriors, claiming that the evolution of basketball requires rapid learning, otherwise they will fall behind.
However, the Grizzlies still hold on to the traditions of the original league. The big center sits on the inside, and the outside line is equipped with a few good guns. In the last five years, the Grizzlies have been ranked in the top five in the league for the rest of the four years, including this year, when they were only ranked 11th in the league due to a large number of injuries due to a large number of injuries on the team.
The Grizzlies have spent a lot of money to upgrade their roster this summer, although Parsons and Mike Conley are still recovering from injuries, but the Grizzlies team with a complete lineup is still worth looking forward to.
The Lakers' four-game winning streak caused an uproar in Los Angeles, with a total of 17 wins last season, and the Lakers, who started the season with a humiliating 12-game losing streak, won four in a row, bringing all Lakers fans as much joy as the excitement of the Lakers winning the championship.
The four-game winning streak has rekindled hope among Lakers fans for this team and proved that there is still hope for this team.
However, compared to the Los Angeles frenzy, the Lakers' four-game winning streak only caused a small ripple in the entire major league.
It's normal for young people to play a few good games once in a while, but the biggest problem for young people is inconsistency, it's a winning streak now, but it's likely to be a rambling losing streak, haven't you seen the 12 consecutive defeats before the season?
You don't believe that the Lakers will suddenly welcome thousands of trees and pear blossoms overnight.
The Lakers' winning stone so far, the Grizzlies are naturally clear, and that is that they are now deliberately exaggerating by some media why one of the league's most unprovoked death five substitutions.
Grizzlies head coach Dave is also a smart guy who made changes to the starting lineup while Parsons and Mike Conley were recovering from injuries.
The frontcourt still uses its original lineup: Marc Gasol, Jermichael Green, Tony Allen, and the guard line uses two Lakers rookie players, Andrew Harris and Troy Williams.
Troy Daniels, James Ennis, Wade Baldwin, and Dejan Tydavis were all put off the bench.
It seems that the Grizzlies have weakened the strength of their main force, but in fact, under the leadership of Marc Gasol and Tony Allen, their starters can still occupy a certain advantage in the confrontation with Zhao Wei, and at the same time, his bench lineup has been improved, which can ensure to block Zhao Wei's impact.
At the beginning, the Grizzlies' two backcourt newcomers, Andrew Harris and Troy Williams, played fiercely and wanted to take advantage of this rare starting opportunity to perform well.
Andrew Harris burst through Hurtas's defense and went straight inside, and when he watched the video, he saw the small defender burst in and beat Mozgov hard, and Mozgov didn't have a temper at all. Mozgov's speed that isn't much faster than a snail is really worrying for him.
But the ideal is beautiful, and the reality is skinny. Mozgov is slow, that's also relative. Andrew Harris was still doing the top five of the day, jumping up and imagining the lever after that.
But when he opened his eyes drunkenly, he almost stopped beating in fright. A huge white bear in front of him blocked all his vision.
In the midst of Andrew Harris's incredulous and unwilling gaze, Mozgov slapped a big hat that almost piggybacked on Andrew Harris and pressed directly to the ground.
After Andrew Harris landed, he wanted to die.
Fortunately, the floor is so good that there are no seams, otherwise Andrew Harris would have to get in and not get out.
Andrew Harris was deflated, Troy Williams, a teammate, didn't give much comfort, the two valued the competitive relationship between them, Troy Williams glanced at Andrew Harris with disdain, and smiled proudly: "Haha, silly hat, look at Lao Tzu." ā
Troy Williams didn't force the inside, shook the outside line, and shot directly.
Syllable!!!
It's more like the sound of a slap, Troy Williams only feels a hot pain in his face, he is not as good as Andrew Harris.
Andrew Harris can at least find a reason to say that he was covered by the big center.
But what is he, he was actually covered by Lou Williams.
The two newcomers in the backcourt were too late and were beaten at the beginning.
Williams on the Lakers' side was the strongest scorer in the lineup, taking the opportunity to help the team score points in a row and gain a slight advantage.
This does not mean that Zhao Wei's starting point is stronger than that of the Grizzlies.
Mike Conley is now out of action due to injury, so Marc Gasol is the undisputed boss on the court, and he can't allow these guys to mess around like this.
With a big hand on the inside, the ball was passed immediately.
Although Marc Gasol looks bulkier than his older brother Pau Gasol, he has completely inherited his brother's intelligence on the court.
It's rare to fall into a state of madness.
Marc Gasol took the ball at the free-throw line, held it high above his head, and didn't make any movements, but he watched every teammate on the court move with his eyes.
Marc Gasol has the ability to shoot from mid-range, and Mozgov didn't dare to go too far and leaned up, but it was this step.
Mozgov had just taken a step when he suddenly felt a strong wind blow in his ears.
Whoosh, the ball flew into the inside line accurately, and Tony Allen, who cut in the air, caught the ball and made a rebound.
Zhao Wei was able to keep scoring on their side, and Randle's mid-range shooting this season was obviously better than last season, and he took advantage of the opportunity of the opponent to release him in a row, and hit two mid-range shots in a row.
But now they can't pull the score away, but as the ball starts to pass through Marc Gasol's hands, the Grizzlies' offense opens up.
Marc Gasol pulled out Mozgov with a fake screen at the top of the arc, and Andrew Harris scored a layup.
When Marc Gasol received the ball, his vision of the overall situation was already good, and coupled with his enviable height, the situation on the field was clear at a glance.
Receiving the ball at the top of the arc, without pause, he threw it to the side, and when Tony Allen received the ball, there was no one in front of him.
Three-point shot.
Green steals Randle and makes a fast-break layup.
Fortunately, the Lakers also have a team's leading scorer, and Lu Williams used his ability to make fouls to help maintain the score.
At this time, Marc Gasol was so tall that he received the ball at the top of the arc and shot with a feint. He has the ability to shoot three-pointers, and Ruhr Deng is dangled.
Marc Gasol shook his body easily, and went in, in the face of Hurtas's supplemental defense, Marc Gasol dodged with dexterity, and even dodged at the same time, his wrist shook easily, and he hit the earth to Green who cut inside. Score on another layup.
Marc Gasol's deft passing opportunity was very good, just past Hurtas between Hurtas and Randle, and did not give Randle the opportunity to make up for the attack, which also made neither of them look at the ball.
Wow!!!
Grizzlies fans immediately gave their players the most enthusiastic cheers, congratulating their players for taking the lead.
But fortunately, Marc Gasol has only just returned from injury this season. Regardless of the use of him too much, he used Garrell Martin to replace Marc Gasol.
Marc Gasol's departure immediately had an impact on the Grizzlies on both ends of the floor.
Ruhr Deng hit a three-pointer and Ingram hit a buzzer-beating shot.
The Lakers took advantage of the situation to overtake the score again.
The effect of Marc Gasol's departure was too obvious.
The Lakers made a baseline ball error, and Michael Green launched a fast break and didn't make a layup. The follow-up Deyang Tai Davis didn't even score consecutive baskets.
Fortunately, he is young, he can fight and grab, get rebounds, pass out, and reorganize the offense.
However, it is still obvious that on the court, the Grizzlies are a little flustered and have lost their backbone.
The reorganized offense still didn't score, but the rebounds bounced far away, and the Grizzlies kept taking frontcourt rebounds and constantly attacking the basket.
After four or five consecutive attacks, the rebound was finally taken by Jordan Clarkson.
It can be regarded as liberating the players on both sides.
At this time, there were still 3 minutes and 45 seconds left before the end of the first quarter of the game, and Zhao Wei finally put on the court. Both sides are starting to come up with their own benches at this point.
The Grizzlies, who were pressed off the court for most of the quarter, were finally liberated when the Lakers came off the bench.
The hunger and thirst that have been held in their hearts for a long time must be released.
All of them were excited.
On the other hand, on the Lakers' side, Zhao Wei's face was slightly gloomy.
Because just now, a not-so-good news came.
On the Lakers' side, after Russell and Nick Young were injured, they had their third injury.
In the early stages of the match, Larynance felt a little uncomfortable in his right knee.
followed the team doctor back to the locker room to check, and just when he was on the court, Luke Wharton announced to Zhao Wei that Larianance would not play in this game.
Although Zhao Wei does not know how Larynans' current injury is, or whether he will not play in this game for the sake of insurance, his teammates continue to suffer from these inexplicable injuries, which makes Zhao Wei extremely annoyed.
The game between the two sides restarted, and the expressions on the faces of the Grizzlies did not hide the slightest bit, and they wanted to beat Zhao Wei and them hard.
Zhao Wei was already a little angry in his heart because of the matter of Larinance, but now he is even more angry.
Zhao Wei controlled the ball and stared at Tony Allen in front of him with a gloomy face.
"Back then, you were famous for defending Kobe, so show me your skills." Zhao Wei said coldly.
Well?
Tony Allen raised an eyebrow, not expecting a rookie to challenge himself as soon as he came on the court. But the eldest brother has to have the demeanor of the eldest brother, Tony Allen didn't even pay attention to Zhao Wei, and his eyelids drooped lazily.
Zhao Wei didn't say much.
Give the ball to Randle, who is in the key position.
Randle didn't look at the basket when he got the ball, it was a feint at first glance.
Zhao Wei glanced at Tony Allen lightly: "Ignore me, then spank your ass." Tell you why the flowers are so red. ā
Zhao Wei suddenly accelerated, and although Tony Allen's eyelids drooped, it didn't mean that he was absent-minded and immediately followed.
But, bam!
Suddenly, there was a muscle thump, and Tony Allen crashed into Randall's arms.
It turned out that Randle handed the ball player to Zhao Wei while Zhao Wei was accelerating, and at the same time he made a block for Zhao Wei on one side.
Zhao Wei received the ball and went down, faced Michael Green, and made a step-back jumper in the gliding, and hit a two-point shot.
At 18:13, a five-point lead.
The Grizzlies forced a strong inside line and didn't score.
Randle won the rebound and lost it to Zhao Wei.
Zhao Wei directly accelerated the start, and single-handedly entered the Grizzlies' inner line.
I saw that after Zhao Wei entered the inner line, in the face of the two Grizzlies team's sandwich attack, Zhao Wei snapped the ball into his arms and protected it tightly.
European step, this is Zhao Wei's first time on the field.
The continuous change of direction from side to side made Michael Green, who was blocking in front of him, crazy, and couldn't grasp Zhao Wei's direction at all.
smashed it and cut it right on Zhao Wei's wrist.
Two free throws.
Just when Zhao Wei made a free throw, the Grizzlies made another adjustment.
Marc Gasol, who had just come off the field, was replaced.
This is also a helpless move, and the fate of Marc Gasol will have too much impact on the Grizzlies.
Since he left the court, the Grizzlies have been pressed and beaten, and after the Lakers came off the bench, they continued to score points, making the Grizzlies dizzy.
Although Zhao Wei hit both free throws, after Marc Gasol came on the court, the momentum of the Grizzlies changed instantly.
Marc Gasol also lived up to the expectations of so many.
The bottom line calls for a single Randall.
With such a tall height and such a large weight, Marc Gasol's sudden turn was very fast, and the speed of his movements made many small people astonished.
Although Ingram's defense was timely, Marc Gasol still picked up the ball.
Below Ingram kept scratching the ball, and above Randle stretched out his arms to interfere, but Marc Gasol was unhurried, a golden rooster was independent, and threw it backwards.
After the goal, Marc Gasol looked relaxed, as if these were all small cases in front of him.
Randall walks wrong.
How could a guy like Marc Gasol let go of this kind of opportunity, and the ball attracted the defense of Zhao Wei and Randle, and suddenly gave it out.
Zhao Wei immediately went to make up for the defense, but Troy Daniels' three-point shot was hit.
Troy Daniels doesn't have that kind of shooting ability.
Clarkson's shot missed again.
Anderson Harris got the rebound and launched a quick break.
On the way, it was given to Troy Daniels.
Catch the ball and chase the three-pointer, hit again.
The score was instantly chased to 20 draws.
Lose your marbles!
The atmosphere also went crazy with two three-pointers from Troy Daniels. Troy Daniels, on the other hand, was very excited, constantly blowing his hands.
Clarkson missed again, Clarkson practiced his singles skills wildly this past summer, but as the season deepened, Clarkson's performance began to show relatively large ups and downs, and the offensive efficiency was significantly reduced. The biggest reason is that the opponent's defense of Clarkson has begun to be more targeted, and the energy is almost entirely focused on defending his breakthroughs.
Because Clarkson has been hitting the interior as he continues to attack the interior, his outside shooting percentage has declined this season.
The three-point shooting rate turned out to be his weakness for a while, and the opponent dared to let him shoot.
When the Lakers were struggling, Marc Gasol hit a three-pointer from the open position. (To be continued.) )