"Well played!" A Lakers fan in the stands clasped his hands to his lips and shouted.

At the same time, however, head coach Wharton and assistant coach Brian Shaw in the dugout were worried.

"Although there was a wave of small **, but..."Brian Shaw looked at Wharton with a worried expression.

"Hmm." Wharton folded his hands over his chest and nodded.

The layman looks at the bustle, and the insider looks at the doorway. Naturally, the professional coach discovered the hidden danger at this moment.

Wharton turned to look at the panting generals on the bench and sighed: "Although we took the top points after Wang Cheng came on the court, the children consumed a lot of physical strength after playing a quarter. I could tell they wanted to win, but this was the first time I'd seen them finish a quarter. ”

Indeed, the Lakers are doing their best.

They've been suppressed by the Clippers for too long!

Since Kobe Bryant fell from the altar, the Lakers have been hard to win in the battle with the Clippers.

Although it is only a preseason game now, as the opening game, this game is broadcast live in the United States. As a team with a lot of new players joining, it's only natural that the Lakers want to prove themselves in the United States and even around the world.

Coupled with Beverley's constant provocations, the fire in their hearts has long been burning, and everyone wants to win this city derby.

At the same time, on the Clippers bench...

"I really didn't expect it, they are much better than I thought, except for that Ball, the Lakers' rookies really have something." Harrell said as he wiped his sweat with a towel.

"But no matter how strong you are, it's just a group of relatively strong rookies." Beverly squinted his eyes and looked at the reed who was drinking beside him, "Isn't it, Louis." ”

"Hmm... That Huaxia rookie is indeed very strong defensively, but he is obviously physically exhausted in the back. This is only the first quarter, and then let them understand what the difference in strength is" Reed said with a blazing gaze, and at the same time squeezed the water bottle in his hand fiercely.

It can be seen that Wang Cheng's defense makes him very embarrassed. This also successfully aroused his desire to win.

"Beep~"

The break is over and the game continues.

On the Lakers' side, Brother Ball replaced Hart and formed a backcourt with Wang Cheng, while Kuzma, Nance and Zubac guarded the interior.

The Clippers put on the strongest lineup: Reed + Beverley + Tolias Harris + Gallinari + Harrell.

If the Clippers focused their offense on the perimeter in the first quarter, in the second quarter, Harris and Gallinari, two forwards, stepped up.

Both of them are All-Star level star players, with a tough style of play, but lack of talent, and they are far from being supergiants.

It's less than enough, but it's definitely more than enough to deal with the Lakers' young forward.

The reeds and Beverleys, who had been deflated in the second half of the first quarter, came to their senses during the timeout, knowing that the biggest gap between the two teams was at the front line rather than the guard line. Therefore, as soon as the second quarter came up, they changed their strategy and took advantage of the Lakers' weaknesses to attack.

Sure enough, after a few rounds, Harris knocked Kuzma's head crooked, and the score came to 38:30.

At this time, Harris, who scored six points in a row, caused Kuzma to foul again and stood on the free throw line.

Just as Harris was serving, Walton's voice came from the Lakers bench.

"King!" He beckoned to the royal city.

After Wang Cheng walked to his side, Wharton asked, "Do you have any confidence if you go to defend Harris?" ”

As soon as these words came out, assistant coach Brian Shaw looked at Wharton in some surprise.

The coach also trusts Wang Cheng too much, right?

Although Wang Cheng did defend against small forwards like Yingge in training matches, letting a point guard defend against the opponent's star forward in an official game can definitely be called a "sassy operation".

"I'll try." Wang Cheng nodded seriously.

He had seen a lot of Harris games in his previous life.

What does this player say... When it is strong, it is weak, and when it is weak, it is strong.

It is a player who is unreliable in key games and is very useful in the abuse game.

Wang Cheng remembers very clearly: two years later, the logo, Jerry West, the big man who had spotted talented players such as Kobe Bryant and the Splash Brothers, took over as the general manager of the Clippers. Immediately after taking the role, West traded Harris for a bargain and traded the All-Star for a draft pick.

This shocked a lot of fans at the time, but as it turned out, West was right.

Harris had a very stretched playoff that year and was completely blown out by Leonard.

Therefore, Wang Cheng is confident that under his own defense, this competition will not be able to set off any waves.

Seeing Wang Cheng's determined gaze, Wharton waved his hand and replaced Kuzma with Clarkson, elevating Wang Cheng to the position of small forward.

At the same time, the Clippers also replaced Beverley, who has been playing for a long time.

The Lakers attacked, and Wang Cheng dribbled through halfcourt and faced the reeds.

Without Beverley's targeted defense, the Kings are much more comfortable on the offensive end.

Especially now against the reeds, who are strong in attack and weak in defense, Wang Cheng immediately decided to strengthen his personal attack.

After a few runs, Reed really made a mistake and gave Wang Cheng an open shot.

Wang Cheng got up and down to score three points for the Lakers.

Switching offense and defense, Harris couldn't help but smile when he found out that he was being replaced by a rookie point guard.

No matter how good your defensive skills are, the gap in height and weight, speed, explosiveness and other physical qualities is here, how to make up for it? Not to mention that I feel hot now.

At this thought, Harris quickly dropped to the low post and reached for the ball.

"Hey, yellow-skinned monkey, how dare your coach send you to defend me? Don't cry for a while. Harris deliberately lowered his voice and spoke in a voice that only Wang Cheng could hear.

"It's damn racism again," Wang Cheng roared inwardly.

"You'll regret what you said, I said."

Wang Cheng was furious, and his tone was so cold that Harris, who was originally dancing with his eyebrows, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"Damn, I would be scared of a rookie who didn't make the election." Annoyed, Harris waved hard at his teammate again for the ball.