Chapter 35: The Lakers Trident

"Hello viewers, welcome to the live broadcast by Tencent Sports, the next thing that will be brought to you is the absolute focus of today's summer league battle, the Los Angeles derby of the summer league, the Los Angeles Lakers, as the defending champions, will play against the Los Angeles Clippers today......" Tencent live broadcast room commentator Wang Zhaodong is ready to start today's commentary.

After a brief welcome ceremony, the players from both sides walked to the center of the pitch.

It was the Lakers' No. 21 center Jonathan Williams and the Clippers' No. 26 Angel Delgado jumping the ball.

With the referee's whistle, Jonathan Williams thundered, kicked on his toes, jumped to his feet, and gently flicked the ball back to the Lakers' half with a gentle pick of his long dark and thick arms.

Alex Caruso "Bald Mamba" was quick with his eyes and big hands to control the ball. The Lakers were the first to get the opportunity to attack.

Caruso, the third-year who has matured after two seasons and is now firmly in the team's regular rotation, slowly pushes forward to the front court with the ball, reaching out and gesturing for his teammates to start running.

The Clippers set up a three-two defense at the beginning, and it can be seen that Natalie also knows the difference in strength between the two teams, and wants to use the defensive cooperation between the players to limit the play of the Lakers' two backcourts.

Caruso made a gesture, and at that moment, Mikhailiuk began to run in the direction of the left forty-five corner, and as he ran, the Lakers' starting point guard Josh Hart made a high block to block Rodriguez, who was originally defending Mikhailiuk.

At this moment, Miha gave the bald mamba on the outside a meaningful look, suddenly braked suddenly, stopped sharply and turned to run back to the basket, as fast as lightning, and jumped up two steps away from the free throw line.

There was a stirring of fans at the scene.

Previously, Caruso, who had been controlling the ball outside the three-point line, threw the ball directly into the basket, and the ball flew straight to the rebound as if it was equipped with precision guidance.

When the ball arrived, Miha grabbed the rebounding basketball with both hands in the air and forced the ball directly into the basket.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, Miha's hands violently buckled! The whole person pulled the basket down violently.

Hit the board in the air!

At the beginning of the game, the Lakers took the lead and directly gave the Clippers a domineering dismount.

After Miha slammed the dunk, he pulled the basket with both hands, and the deformed basket rebounded violently, and the net pocket also trembled up and down.

When he landed, he turned his head and glared fiercely at Delgado, who couldn't make up for it, and then retreated.

"It seems that this year's Lakers rookie is very fierce, and poor Delgado, who looks at him defending, is probably frightened by him now." In Tencent's live broadcast room, the host exaggerated commentary.

In the stands, the Lakers head coach had a look of satisfaction in his eyes.

In the offensive round of the Clippers, Li Yang controlled the ball and pushed forward, advanced to the position outside the three-point line at the top of the arc, and directly reached out to his teammates to make offensive gestures.

This is a three-point offensive tactic specially set up for Li Yang, and it is also the technique and tactic they practiced the most in the previous training camp for more than a week.

Li Yang knows the difference in strength between the two teams, and the Lakers gave too much power in the opening game, and if they can't pull a ball back in this round, they will likely be blown up in the opening game.

The Clippers' players began to run according to the tactics, with center Delgado reaching the high post for cover, and the team's shooting guard Alexander also starting to run, reversing from a 45-degree angle to the top of the arc.

When Delgado was in position, Li Yang passed the ball directly over, and then began to run straight towards the top of Alexander's arc.

The purpose of this tactic is clear, which is to pull the opponent's defense. This is a three-point shot tactic that is difficult for the opponent to defend, and the center responds with a high position and blocks at the top of the arc.

For example, the Heat's Bosh and the Cavaliers' Loew, they will mention the free throw line or the top of the arc position on the offensive end, and after receiving the outside pass, they will be dispatched as the center axis, and the bottom corners of both sides will be raised and slid to the baseline respectively, at which time the center axis will pass the ball or continue to involve the 3-point line on the periphery depending on the situation.

Sowell tied up his horse, sank his center of gravity, and waited for Li Yang's arrival, the opportunity was at the moment of successful blocking, and if he was not careful, it would be fleeting.

Li Yang finally took advantage of Sowell's solid cover and directly threw off the defender Hart behind him by half of his body.

Li Yang successfully ran to the right side of the 45-degree angle outside the three-point line one step away, he was already in position, his hands raised high, ready to catch the ball and shoot.

It was a once-in-a-lifetime, hard-earned open three-point opportunity.

At this time, as long as teammate Delgado passes the ball in time, this is definitely another wonderful offensive coordination, and maybe you can directly book today's top five goals.

But at this moment, something happened that was completely unexpected but reasonable.

When a player is provoked by an opposing player, if he can't make a strong counterattack in time, then he will be completely looked down upon by the opponent.

As a native of the United States, Delgado has embraced the authentic American basketball culture and the ultimate personal heroism.

Miha not only completed the air relay, but also provoked him so much, obviously did not take him seriously, which made him very unhappy, when Li Yang made an offensive tactical gesture, he instinctively executed the tactical run.

But when he received the ball, Miha slammed it behind him, and with the impact of great force, his anger was ignited at once.

In his mind, what tactics have long been thrown out of the sky by him, and there is only one thought in his mind now, that is, he must give this arrogant rookie a little color, so that he can understand what it means to be in awe.

Li Yang didn't receive the ball at once, looking at the hands that were awkwardly staying in the air, his mind was confused, what was going on, why didn't his teammates follow the routine.

When he looked up and saw that Delgado had put on a back-to-back singles posture and was about to beat Miha, he couldn't help but sigh, what was Delgado doing!

He has long been clear about this group of teammates, Delgado's height and strength are advantageous, there is a certain ability to play back and finish once or twice, but the consistency is insufficient, and there is Jonathan Williams who can be used to make up for the defense at any time under the opposing basket!

"Angel, hurry up and pass the ball!" Li Yang shouted.

Just as he shouted, the Lakers' Josh Hart had successfully bypassed Alexander's pick-and-roll and suddenly came to the passing path between him and Delgado.

This is the NBA, and any opportunity is fleeting, and there is no way to give you a second chance.

"It's really unreliable, it's really a straw egg!!" Li Yang angrily burst into foul language and kept stomping his feet, but his teammates didn't pass the ball, what else could he do.

Delgado didn't intend to pass the ball, but when Li Yang asked for the ball, he just glanced up, then lowered his head again, and continued to push hard to the basket.

At this time, Miha pressed Delgado's waist with both hands, his feet were bent, the green tendons on his thick arms were bursting up, and the strength of his whole body was concentrated on his upper body, one hand against Delgado's lower plate, and the other hand kept interfering with his dribbling.

Delgado made a few strokes, because he had to keep an eye on Miha's steals, so he couldn't concentrate on the basket, and he couldn't open it all of a sudden, his face turned red, and the whole person immediately became anxious, and turned his head to use the turn to find new offensive opportunities again.

At this moment, Hart glanced back, his eyes lit up, and as Delgado turned around, he rushed over with a sudden acceleration and a big hand.

Hart's movements were sudden and fast, and even if Li Yang wanted to remind him, he couldn't do it, so he could only stand in place and shake his head helplessly, ready to retreat.

"Smack!"

At the moment when Delgado was about to turn around with the ball, he suddenly felt a lightness in his hand, and when he looked at his hand, sure enough, his hand was already empty, and the basketball had long been gone.

Hart made a steal, didn't stop holding it, dribbled directly to the fast attack, and rushed to the front court with his head down.

The Clippers only had Li Yang quickly retreat in place.

The Lakers have several players with unlimited potential, and they are a team that is good at playing fast counters, and Caruso on the perimeter runs towards the Lakers' backcourt almost at the same time as Hart's steal.

By the time the rest of the Clippers reacted, they had already been pulled out of several positions of distance, and it was too late to retreat.

Li Yang is always on Hart's forward path, his height and weight are not at all inferior to Hart, although his defensive ability is not excellent, but he can use his arm length to grab a favorable defensive position in advance, to a certain extent, to make up for his defensive ability shortcomings.

However, this is of little use.

Two to one in the front court, Li Yang is lacking in skills, and he is only one person.

Hart quickly pushed to the free throw line and made a tough three-step layup, but he still couldn't get rid of Li Yang's defense.

Hart had watched Li Yang's game video before and knew that Li Yang's defensive ability was very good, so Hart didn't think too much about it.

He gave the ball directly to the bald mamba Caruso who followed up on the right side, and Caruso received the ball and went straight to the basket.

Li Yang could only watch Caruso make an easy layup behind him, and immediately gritted his teeth angrily.

Damn Delgado!

4:0!

The Lakers went one step further.

In the next round, he reached out and motioned for his teammates to continue running the same tactic, and to his extreme speechlessness, he had thought that with the lesson of the previous ball, Delgado would definitely learn the lesson and pass the ball honestly.

As a result, he was slapped in the face again, and the black and hard center forward chose to play hard again.

This time without waiting for Hart to steal, Miha, who had already predicted, directly reached out and knocked out the basketball in Delgado's hand, Hart reacted quickly to pick up the basketball, quickly advanced to the front court, faced Li Yang's defense, and directly passed the ball without looking at the back of the head.

6:0!

In just over a minute of the opening game, the Lakers directly hit a wave of offensive mini-climaxes, and Miha alone completed two violent dunks, at which time the momentum of everyone in the Lakers team has been fully mobilized.

Li Yang was really angry at this moment, and he directly yelled at Delgado, who was returning to the defense: "Anji, what were you doing just now, did your brain get into water!" ”

Sure enough, if you are not afraid of god-like opponents, you are afraid of pig-like teammates!