Beep――

The whistle blew in the second half.

The Lakers, who lost the jump shot, had offensive control first in the third quarter.

The Lakers' starting point in the second half was the same as in the first half, with no changes.

But the player who was the first to attack with the ball in the second half changed from Kobe Bryant to Yi Feng.

Yi Feng found that the Jazz No. 2 player was very tight on him, and he moved a lot, and the whole defense looked very aggressive.

Alec Burks, as the Jazz's main shooting guard, is not a disadvantage in height at the No. 2 position, and has excellent speed, but the confrontation is slightly lacking, which makes him a bit of a disadvantage for defensive strong guards.

But in the face of Yi Feng today, his confrontation ability is not lagging behind. He suffered in height, but changed his defensive strategy in the second half and did not let Yi Feng shoot easily. In this way, Yi Feng's height advantage cannot be brought into play.

After judging the current situation, Yi Feng decided to break through.

And after making the decision, Yi Feng executed it resolutely.

Although Alec Burks is shorter than Yi Feng, he should theoretically have a better speed advantage. But that's not the case.

Although Burks has good explosiveness, this explosiveness is nothing in front of Yi Feng.

After Yi Feng made a simple feint to the right, he made a strong push to the left.

's super explosiveness gave him a half-body lead when he took the first step.

Although Berks, who was chasing back, reacted quickly enough, because of the gap in explosiveness, the distance between the two was slowly widened.

Like a race between a top-of-the-line sports car and a premium sedan, the top-of-the-line sports car takes the lead effortlessly in an instant, and the advantage will grow more and more.

But Burks didn't give up on the chase.

Yi Feng's breakthrough had already been learned in the first half, so he had already expected that he would be broken through.

And in the Jazz inner line, a big net has already been laid, just waiting for Yi Feng to throw himself into the net.

Burks chased after him unhurriedly, and Yi Feng, who hit the inside, was not blindly buried in the head, he used the good vision brought by his height advantage, observing the position of his teammates, but also observing the Jazz's defensive formation.

The Jazz's defensive strategy in the second half seems to be a breakthrough shot, but after Yi Feng really broke through, the entire Jazz formation contracted quickly, and if you look down from the top of the arena, it is obvious that the Jazz's 5 players "swished" and shrank into the free throw line.

And Yi Feng, who holds the ball, is like a magnet with super magnetic force at the moment, and the Jazz players have surrounded him.

And outside the first layer of Jazz players, there are 4 Lakers players.

If it is an ordinary player who is caught in the encirclement at this moment, then he may not be able to detect the contraction of the Jazz lineup in time, and finally he is either forced to make a mistake or force a shot and misses the shot.

In fact, there are not many players in the entire NBA who can force a shot in the bag. These players are the core of their respective teams in the NBA, and they are all All-Star caliber players.

If Yi Feng tries to force his shot, he may be able to get away with it. But having discovered the Jazz's bad intentions, he would not choose such a risky behavior.

Before the Jazz encirclement could take shape, he jumped and played the ball to the bottom left corner.

And Kobe, who is ambushed here, is not merciful, and his hands are up and down!

Three points in the bag!

At 61:42, the Lakers' lead is about to run for twenty points!

and Yi Feng, who passed out a good ball, slapped his hands, Kobe Bryant thought to himself, once again experienced the ease of playing when there are strong teammates around him!

It seems that I have made the right choice!

Alec Burks and Trevor Booker glanced at each other, and both saw the embarrassment in each other's eyes.

Yi Feng is too "cunning" to take the bait! In the face of Jazz's bag, he actually passed the ball out early!

This turned their rhetoric in the locker room into bragging, and they felt shameless when they were slapped in the face.

Alec Burks quickly changed his mind, if he can't teach the rookie a lesson defensively, but he can also be a good choice to buk-gun him offensively!

Facing the rookie champion, he pulled out his face from outside the three-point line, and after hitting it, he said to him, "In-your-face!" Rookie, welcome to the NBA! ”

How domineering it will be!!

Alec Burks shuddered just thinking about it!

Conversion of possession.

When Burks came out in a circle to receive a pass, he first held the ball with one hand and completely pretended to be a press, just like his idol Tracy McGrady.

Then, he took a strong step directly to the right, and then pulled out a three-point shot!

At the same time, Alec Burks silently said in his heart, "T-MAC, this ball salutes you!" ”

The right hand raised high and kept the action of shooting all the time, which shows the sincerity of Burks!

However!

The cruel reality always likes to slap in the face!

Alec Burks's pretending to be full of style this dry pull-out jump shot was directly attacked by Yi Feng's ruthless blood cap!!

The basketball was fanned directly to the frontcourt, and the quick-eyed Jordan Clarkson threw off his arms and ran forward, finally chasing the ball near the free throw. Then he slowed down and took three steps to attack the basket.

After taking the last step, he jumped high, rotated his body 360° clockwise, and dunked the ball into the basket with both hands!

"Turn 360° two-handed dunk!!"

"Oh my God! Jordan Clarkson's bra is awesome! ”

The narrator duly began to exclaim.

It wasn't until now that Alec Burks, who was still confused, finally understood what was going on after seeing the video playback on the big screen at the scene.

It turned out that the explosiveness he was proud of did not throw off his opponent. After he took a strong step to the right, Yi Feng was still in front of him.

In front of Yi Feng, who is better in height and arm span than him, and Burks does not have a better jumping ability as a guarantee, it is reasonable that he will be blocked.

In the end, he was still too confident and looked down on his opponent too much, so he was humiliated.

As for Jordan Clarkson's brilliant dunk in the back, Alec Burks didn't want to watch it anymore at all......

Jazz head coach Quinn Snyder called a timeout.

After Clarkson's dunk, the Jazz were already 21 points behind the Lakers.

In the NBA, the difference between points within 10 points is basically not a gap, especially for a team with super explosive scoring like the Warriors last season.

A score difference of 10 points to 20 points is a relatively safe point difference. Even if the backward team feels hot for a while, it can't turn over in a short time. And for the lagging side, the difference is still within the trailing range. If you work hard, you might be able to narrow the difference.

A difference of 20 points is basically a watershed.

Once a team is ahead by more than 20 points in a match, it is a huge blow to the morale of that team's players.

In such a situation, if it is an ordinary team that is not resilient, it will basically break the jar, throw three points indiscriminately, and be eager to narrow the point difference. Throw a few three-pointers and don't score, and basically disarm and surrender.

At this time, you can't let the players mess around, and once they are hot-headed, they don't have a chance. If you want to seek that opportunity, you can only look at the coach's scheduling.

If at this time, the coach himself panics, then the game is absolutely over.

The timeout that Quinn Snyder asked for seemed a little helpless, but it definitely couldn't help but scream. Otherwise, this game will be taken away by the Lakers in waves.

"Don't panic!"

"Don't panic!"

Quinn Snyder kept emphasizing this during the timeout, "Now the second half is less than a minute into the game, and although it looks like a big difference, the Lakers only scored 5 points!" ”

"They only scored two goals!"

"That's it! What are you panicking about? ”

Quinn Snyder worked hard to teach his players to "make a fool of themselves" and ignore the huge 16-point advantage that the Lakers had accumulated in the first half.

"Minus those 16 points, we're just five points behind!"

"In that case, what pressure do you have?"

"Let's not forget, we didn't make the playoffs last season, but we won 38 games, and what about the Lakers on the other side? They only won 21 games! ”

"How big of a gap is that?"

"So, be confident, don't be overwhelmed by this difference!"

During this timeout, Jazz head coach Quinn Snyder basically didn't set up tactics, but just poured chicken soup for the soul on the players.

The game has reached this point, and it is futile for the head coach to assign any tactics to the Jazz players, as long as their mentality is adjusted, it is better than any tactic.

After a timeout, after a couple of patient passes, the Jazz found a hole in the Lakers' defense, and Tre Lyles scored a goal under the basket.

Tre Lyles roared in the sky, it was his first goal in the NBA!

And at this moment, this ball is very significant.

Lakers head coach Byron Scott frowned on the sidelines, which was a problem that the Lakers had last season, that is, after the opponent passed the ball many times, the Lakers would inevitably leak.

Scott has been instilling the concept of defense in his players almost every day since becoming Lakers head coach last summer, but last season in his first season in charge ranked the Lakers 29th in the league in defensive efficiency.

Ranked second to last in the league!

This is the biggest irony of Scott as a manager.

The offense and defense are not enough, which is why the Lakers' record last season was so poor, winning only 21 games, ranking fourth from the bottom of the league.

It's not that Scott doesn't want to make the team's defense better, it's just that on the one hand, he is forced by the management's dictation, and on the other hand, when the team has Steve Nash and Carlos Boozer as the main players, how can the defense be better.

After this season, the team lineup changed greatly, and Scott developed a new defensive system, which can be seen from the running routes of the players on the field, Scott still spent a lot of effort on the construction of the defensive system.

It's just that the time is too short, Scott's perfection of this system is not enough, the players are not familiar with this system enough, and the tacit understanding between teammates has not yet come up.

Therefore, the Lakers' defense is not much different from last season.

However, Scott believes that the growth potential of this system is still good. As long as the players can find their place in the system, then the Lakers' defense this season can definitely reach the league average!

And......

Scott looked at Yi Feng, who was seriously defending on the field, and silently thought in his heart: You are the biggest variable in this system!

He knows that Yi Feng has a lot of potential, but now this potential is more reflected in the offensive end.

On the defensive end, although Yi Feng can rely on his flexible footwork, super fast speed and keen judgment not to suffer, his thin figure is destined to prevent him from being able to top people on the defensive end.

And Yi Feng's height is outstanding, and he may sometimes have to go to the top three position out of necessity. But Yi Feng's thin body obviously suffers in the confrontation of the No. 3 position.

Although he tried hard to gain weight in the summer, Yi Feng's weight was only barely passing in the No. 2 position.

And once Yi Feng gains weight successfully, his weight reaches the upper middle level in the second position, with his speed and flexibility, he will not suffer in the third and first positions of the opponent, and can even temporarily top the opponent's fourth position!

In this way, he has become the ultimate part of Scott's defensive system! His performance also determines the power of this system!