Lakers head coach Van Lauderway watched with some confusion as his favorite Stelle Carter scored six points in a row.

Prior to this game against the Runners, Van Lauderway had predicted that his opponent would continue to play the same style as he had in the previous game, making a lot of wrap-ups against Sterry Carter and then using Sterry's poor free-throw shooting to disrupt the Lakers' rhythm.

However, Van Lauderway found out that he was wrong in the first two minutes of the game, and it seemed that the Oriental was really going to give up on this game, they did not pack Stelle Carter at all, and they did not even use the usual joint defense, which was a man-to-man single defense.

Van Lauderway's tactics for the Lakers were originally to let Sterry use the opponent's bag to pass the ball to the outside as much as possible, and then try to shoot the outside first, which is the best to open the situation, and if it can't be opened, it can also rely on Jack Williams' height advantage to rush rebounds and create a secondary offense, so that once the outside line is opened, the Runners will not dare to be too wanton against Sterry's bag, so that the Lakers can establish an advantage after the start, and the game will go according to his Van Lauderway's vision.

However, now the Runners do not include Stry, although Stry's individual ability has been successful in singles one after another, but Van Laudway always has some hair in his heart, he is afraid that the Oriental will do some strange tactics.

The last time the two teams met, Wang Lei taught Van Lauder a good lesson what is called scheming, using Sterry Carter's free throws to be inaccurate, the Runners suffocated the Lakers directly, the feeling of wanting to play but being dragged by the opponent was really unpleasant, which even made Sterry guilty of free throw phobia for a while.

In order to cope with this Christmas game with the Runners, the Lakers not only practiced their three-point shooting, but Sterry himself hired a free throw coach.

Compared to the smooth start of the Lakers, the Runners seem to be a little less smooth, the team not only did not play their own fast and changeable style in the first few offenses, but dragged the rhythm to play, basically entering the positional battle, and then letting Salish hold the ball and attack.

The Lakers' defense has also changed a lot after the last meeting between the two teams, and the Dutch-American Van Lauderway felt that the Runners' joint defense was very good, so he also implemented joint defense tactics in the team, and now it is used to make the Runners' positional battle extremely difficult, Sallich failed to break through twice in a row, and finally failed to hit in a hurry.

Although the game had just begun, the fans in Los Angeles on the sidelines were a little disappointed, they had expected to see a fierce match between Mars and Earth, but now it seemed that the Runners were scared before they could fight.

In the No. 1 box of Staples Arena, Lakers owner Richard said to Francis proudly: "Francis, it seems that your Eastern coach is very wise, he is a very practical person, and sometimes the appropriate retreat is also for further progress." ”

However, what the old playboy didn't expect was that Francis didn't have any opinion on Wang Lei because of his words, on the contrary, Francis seemed to have a lot of confidence in Wang Lei, which more or less made the old playboy a little suspicious of Francis's relationship with the Oriental.

In the other box, Turgon's family and Wang Lei's family were chatting happily, they didn't care much about the result and progress of the game, probably only Hawul was a little eager to see his wife and brother play.

Eventually, Hawul gave up on basketball, and now he has taken over his father's business and is ready to spread it to other provinces.

Although he embarked on the road of business, the little dream in Hawul's heart is basically pinned on Turgun and Wang Lei, and he also actively sponsors the frontier youth team, he hopes that he can keep the foundation that everyone worked hard for his coach and teammates.

The game is still going on, the Lakers rely on the advantage of the inside line to play very smoothly, Sterry this time is finally addicted, the last time the two teams played each other, Sterry almost depressed to vomit blood, this time although the opponent is not complete, but Sterry feels that it is revenge to beat the Runners by a big score.

However, after a rough start, the Runners' next offense gradually found its senses.

Salish's breakthrough is getting more and more weird, and he added points in the next game, and the Lakers' joint defense is a little unstable at this time, after all, Salehi alone can attract the defensive attention of the Lakers' two or three people, and then wait for Salish to distribute the ball to the outside, and the Runners also play very well.

Halfway through the first quarter, the Lakers scored 16 points, while the Runners also scored 12 points, which is a lot different from their usual scores, but the difference between the two teams is only four points.

Van Lauderway called a timeout first, hoping that the team could change their style of play and not let Sterry continue to play alone.

Van Lauderway is a very experienced coach, he knows that if a player plays too much in a game, it will inevitably affect the performance of other players, and now the Lakers are in the lead, but Van Lauderway always has a sense of crisis, so he plans to let the team increase the outside offense after the timeout, and at the same time use the man to defend the defense, Salehi's sudden score is too threatening.

"Good job, guys, keep it up."

Back on the bench, the Runners players were greeted with praise from Wang Lei, and they were also happy to enjoy this verbal comfort, thinking about how in the past, how could a coach praise the players during a timeout.

'But then we're going to have to be a little bit more varied, Salehi, you have to change when you have the ball, the choice is yours, you have to make changes first.'

Salich is the core of Wang Lei's special arrangement today, whether he can beat the Lakers, today depends on whether Salich can withstand it, this European coach who is a little loose and "amorous" on weekdays actually feels the pressure of the game than himself, and he is not giggling like usual.

"In the next game, our lineup will change relatively quickly, you have to pay attention to the characteristics and running positions of your teammates, you have to start in defense, don't worry about fouls, I will control it, and in addition to increasing the damage in the offense, find more confrontations, the Lakers' rotation lineup is not very good, this is a good chance for us to win."

Wang Lei arranged the next way of playing for the players, which he had planned before the game, and now the game is going smoothly, and there are no accidents.