For the coach's arrangement, the Lakers' interior core Sterry is a little dissatisfied in his heart, after all, he played well in the first half of the first quarter, and he alone won eighty percent of the team's scores, and this feeling of abuse made Sterry very proud.

Stelle Carter seems to be a very strong and irascible player, but in fact he is a very smart guy, except for bad free throws, Stelle is actually very good in all other skills, and his seemingly irascible personality actually hides a lewd heart, he prefers to lie down and win championships, wishing that all other teams in the league are rookies, so that he can win all the glory.

However, since manager Van Lauderway has asked for it, Sterry will not go against the coach.

So after the timeout came back, although the Lakers obviously had an absolute advantage on the inside, they began to look for touch on the outside.

Van Lauderway's arrangement is correct, now many teams in the league have begun to pay attention to the role of outside three-pointers, and if you want the team's three-point improvement to how much, it is bound to take time to practice, especially in the practice of the game, daily three-point training is just the basics, only on the court can withstand the defense and pressure to shoot the three-point is called real growth.

But maybe the daily training is not in place, the Lakers' three-point shot is always a little bit less interesting, the team's tactical play is played, but the last player to shoot is always iron.

However, the good news is that Stellar Carter and Jack Williams have very good frontcourt rebounding, and the Lakers rely on secondary offense to maintain the lead.

On the Runners' side, the rotation of players has been much more frequent since the timeout, and the Runners players have repeatedly made shots on defense, and they are quite ruthless, which has led to the Lakers' shooting rate has not been high, and there are a lot of free throws.

However, Sterry finally withstood the pressure this time, and although the free throws did not reach the 80% or even 90% shooting rate, he managed to keep the free throws at more than 60%.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers stretched the difference to seven points, but at this time, Wang Lei suddenly asked Turgun to warm up.

When Turgun with a transparent mask appeared, the league top brass was relieved, after all, what they were hyped up was the Christmas showdown between Eastern and Western stars, and if Turgun didn't play, what would it become, the showdown between the Eastern coach and the Western team? It doesn't make sense at all.

After Turgun came on the field, Salish had to rest the game, and at the same time replaced Francis and Erwin, Wang Lei let the injured Turgun with the rotation players to meet the enemy.

Turgun didn't play an immediate role when he came on the pitch, he didn't look as alert as he usually plays, but rather looked cautious, which led many to speculate if it was a previous injury that affected Turgun's mentality.

The Runners continued to advance slowly and then landed in battle.

The Lakers also started to rotate at this point, but Sterry still stayed on the court to maintain the advantage inside.

At this time, the Runners' defense suddenly changed, and the whole team began to be defended together, and even began to wrap up the main player Stelle.

Sterry originally planned to show off his inside footwork and skills, but the Runners players didn't give him this opportunity at all, and as soon as Sterry made a move, the Runners players would immediately be fouled.

Sterry, who frequently walked to the free throw line, couldn't help but be indignant, this ball was really depressed.

On the other hand, the Runners are very resolute in defense and have a new offensive character.

In the past, the offense of the Runners team was always based on the projection of the outside line, and the ball carrier broke through or relied on teammates to cover during the positional war, and chose to shoot or divide the ball, although sometimes the cooperation will be very exciting, but it is not a conventional offensive method, but today the Runners played an extremely beautiful cover blocking and dismantling cooperation.

After the Runners played against the Grizzlies, Wang Lei deliberately let the team practice the covering and pick-and-roll tactics in training, and I have to say that Coach Rons Jerry of the Grizzlies did develop the blocking and pick-and-roll tactics to the extreme, and the Grizzlies' classic blocking and pick-and-roll caused a lot of trouble for the Runners.

However, after all, Wang Lei is a "special person" with two world experiences, and under his guidance, the blocking and dismantling tactics of the runners have been completely developed.

Although the Runners interior player who rotated at this time was John Clais, a rookie from the same year as Turgun that the Runners traded to the team in the summer.

John Claes, who was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets with the 10th pick in the second round last season, is only 2.06 meters tall and was originally used by the Hornets as an outside player at the second or third position.

As soon as he arrived at the runners, John Claes was asked by Wang Lei to play the No. 4 position, which originally made John Claes very incomprehensible, and he himself was a little resistant.

But after half a year, John Claes has finally begun to show his talent on the inside.

Although John Claes didn't shoot well, because he had always played on the outside, his feet were very flexible, coupled with his strong body and the spirit of daring to fight, it can be said that John Claes had chosen the wrong direction of development before.

While John Claes can't quite match Pastor Manny, who has been tweaked by Lons Jerry, he's definitely a great addition to the Runners.

And Turgun, who holds the ball, is actually very good at playing this classic blocking and pick-and-roll coordination, he has excellent projection ability, plus he also has a set of passing, and Turgun has played this kind of blocking and pick-and-roll coordination when he was in China, so now he has a very tacit understanding with John Claes.

The Lakers have been playing man-to-man defense since that previous timeout, which gave Turgun and John Claes good chances.

In the final two minutes of the first quarter, the Runners went on a 7-2 run, thanks to this neat but extremely efficient pick-and-roll combination, and John Claes' various rim-beating performances even sent cheers from the local fans in Los Angeles.

Compared to the Grizzlies' pick-and-roll coordination, the Runners play more concisely and efficiently, and Turgon's passing is more stealthy and aggressive, and because of Turgon's super projection ability, the Lakers don't care about John Claes who is inserted inside.

So when the first quarter ended, the Lakers, who thought they were dominant, were only one point ahead of the Runners, and the current situation looks like the Runners are likely to overtake the score at the beginning of the second quarter.