Under Wang's leadership, the Lakers scored four consecutive points to narrow the gap to two points.

Seeing Wang Cheng, who had completed the dunk, excitedly ran back to his own half, Ingram, who had been indifferent, smiled and stretched out his right hand to high-five Wang Cheng.

Sure enough, the professional arena uses strength to win respect.

"The one who just finished dunking is a young point guard from Huaxia - Wang Cheng! The first goal of his career was completed with such a wonderful dunk, which is definitely a good start! ESPN (the largest sports channel in the United States) commentator, nicknamed "American", commented.

"Niu X, it's not easy to rob an old ball ruffian like Marshall twice in a row, even if it is to make Paul defend, it may not have this effect." Two good friends in the university dormitory watched the live broadcast excitedly.

And the largest basketball forum in China [Hu Pu] also began to appear about Wang Chengdi.

"Go to TX Live to watch the Lakers' summer league! Wang Cheng just made two steals in a row and dunked a basket, which was huge!! ”

"Surprise! Huaxia's tall point guard dominates the defense, and continuous steals may be Leonard's successor! ”

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Wang Cheng on the other side of the ocean naturally didn't know that his performance in less than two minutes had attracted so much attention, and at this time he quickly settled into position and prepared for the next round of defense.

It's the third quarter, and with a quarter and a half to go, the Lakers are two points behind.

The current on-court lineup of the Lakers is: PG Wangcheng, SG Hart, SF Ingram, PF Kuzma, C Thomas Bryant, except for Wangcheng and Hart, they are not good at defense.

Lonzo Ball, the "ball brother" on the bench, is excellent defensively, but he is not in shape.

As a role model, he has high hopes, and it can be said that at least 80% of the fans in today's full stadium are coming for him. Unexpectedly, in the first half, the ball brother was a super ghost who shot 10 shots and was pressed to the bench by the coach after the operation.

Therefore, although Wang Cheng appeared as a surprise soldier, the Lakers are still very optimistic if they want to win this game.

Wang Cheng naturally knew this, he still had three chances to use [Death Coil] today, and if he wanted to win, he naturally couldn't easily use it up in the third quarter.

At this point, Marshall dribbled the ball past half court again, and there was a hint of embarrassment and annoyance on his face at the moment.

In the Clippers' coach's box, head coach Doc Rivers stretched out his hands in the direction of Marshall and pressed down to signal to calm down and not panic.

Seeing the coach's prompt, Marshall took a deep breath, lowered his center of gravity, and cautiously observed the defender in front of him - Wang Cheng.

He has already failed two consecutive singles, and out of fear of Wang Cheng, he did not dare to attack again in this round, but waited for his teammates to run tactics.

The Clippers' tactics for this run were their tried and tested "1-3-1" pass-and-cut tactics in the third quarter: point guard Marshall sat at the three-point line, the shooter was in position, and the other three players helped him block and pick.

The tactics are not complicated, but the Lakers, who are weak defensively, often show flaws in the process of changing defenses.

And Marshall, a passing master who has averaged 10 assists per game in the NBA, will be the first to deliver shells if the defenders don't keep up with the Clippers' running shooters.

Marshall was now patiently waiting for his teammates to run out of the open space.

Surprisingly, as the 24-second offensive time continued to pass, the Lakers' defensive rookies were all following the opposing Clippers players.

"In this round, the young lads of the Lakers showed a striking teamwork defense, and no matter how the Clippers ran and blocked, they couldn't seem to get out of the defense." Commentator Smith commented.

With 24 seconds to go, Marshall could only pass the ball to Knight, who was barely out of position.

Knight didn't have time to make any more adjustments after receiving the ball, so he could only barely lean on the defensive Hart, intending to force a shot.

Unbeknownst to him, Wang Cheng on the side decisively gave up the marking of Marshall when he was sure that Knight had no time to pass the ball again and could only finish by himself, and quickly assisted in front of Knight.

Time was running out, and Knight had to reluctantly make a move under the bag between Wangcheng and Hart.

"Bang"

The ball slammed into the front of the basket, and Bryant grabbed the rebound and passed it to point guard Wang Cheng.

At the same time, Ingram anticipated the success of the defense, stole the fast break early, and at this moment it was already running to the Clippers half.

Wang Cheng was quick and quickly passed the ball out.

However, his passing level was very average, passing a high and floating lob ball, and the ball slowly flew towards Yingge.

The slow ball speed also gives the Clippers players time to get back to defense.

Fortunately, Yingge, who was in good shape in this game, quickly adjusted, and a shooting feint shook and pounced on the defender, and hit a mid-range jumper after dribbling.

Equalize!

"Good shot!" Off the court, head coach Wharton excitedly clenched his fists in celebration.

"The defense was good, but the pass was so lame." In the tunnel of the players, a bloated bald black man in a suit said to a white man next to him, who was also wearing a suit.

These two are not small, the black fat man is the Lakers' new operating president - Magic Johnson, and the white man is the famous agent - Pelinka.

"Look at it again, Wang is a tall defender, with good defense, and he is from China and has a lot of market value. If we can progress quickly, we can consider giving him a short-term contract. Pelinka replied.

"Oh? Are you so optimistic about him? The magician looked at Pelinka with some surprise.

You must know that Pelinka is a senior agent who has brought superstars like Kobe, and he rarely looks away.

While the two of them were talking, the Lakers completed two successful defenses in succession, one interfering with the Clippers' shooting, and one defending to a 24-second violation, replacing the offense with defense and completing the score overtake.

"I have to be impressed by the Lakers lads who can improve so much in just one quarter." Commentator Smith praised again.

"What is it that makes the Lakers' defense suddenly stronger?" Smith muttered, and suddenly, he had an incredible thought, "It seems that such a change has happened since the king's appearance, isn't it... Such a rookie point guard from Huaxia has the ability to instantly improve the defense of the whole team?! ”

You know, players who can bring group defense buffs to the team are very rare, such as Pinnacle Duncan, a defensive pillar with its own defensive system, no matter which team you go to, you can make a qualitative leap in the team's overall defense.

It's hard to imagine a fledgling rookie being such a player.

If Wang Cheng could hear Smith's question, he would definitely look up to the sky and laugh, and say, "No, it's down." ”

The Lakers' series of wonderful team defenses just now naturally relied on Wang Cheng's rare-level skill [Defensive Pillar].

Don't look at the first-level [Defensive Pillar] can only improve the defensive ability of the whole team by 5%, but in a high-level professional league, it is extremely difficult for the entire team to increase by 1%, and 5% can even be called a qualitative change.