Chapter 459: Western Decision (8)
Ma Dongmei's height is considered an admirable height even in the West, which is generally taller, so when she sits in the seats in the stands, she looks much taller than the people around her.
This is not the first time Ma Dongmei has watched a game in Staples, but it is the first time to watch a game in front of a group of Lakers fans, but Ma Dongmei is not worried about her safety at all, she knows that although these Lakers fans look at her with a strange look in their eyes, their attitude is quite friendly.
Originally, before the game, Wang Lei planned to arrange for Ma Dongmei to go to the box to watch the game with the boss Francis, but Ma Dongmei was reluctant to go to the box at all, first, the box was full of a group of hypocritical business tycoons, and secondly, the main thing to watch the game at the scene was to feel the atmosphere of the fans.
With less than two minutes to go until the end of the first quarter, the Lakers were eight points behind the Runners.
The Runners changed their style of play after a minor roster tweak, and this sudden change caught the Lakers, who were originally inadequate, off guard.
In fact, the Runners' ability to play first in the regular season depends on this ability to change, and their lineup may make a huge difference in the team's style of play with slight changes or even the same.
Nowadays, many teams in the league are actually a set of tactics to fight the world, although some teams have formulated extremely rich tactical manuals, but in fact, these so-called tactical manuals are actually enriched and evolved according to a tactical idea, which is completely different from the tactical changes of the runners.
Although the runners will also formulate specific tactical strategies before the game, Wang Lei will never require the players to play in strict accordance with the established tactics on the field, he hopes that the players can adapt on the field, and the training of the runners is also arranged in this way.
On the other hand, in other teams in the league, many traditional coaches require players to follow their own requirements in order to emphasize their authority, which actually obliterates the initiative of players to a large extent.
The Runners' change of formation caught the Lakers off guard, and Van Lauderway had to call another timeout to change the team's style of play, but by this time the difference between the two sides was close to 10 points.
After the timeout, the Lakers team improved, and Stelle Carter also played at this time, frequently attacking the inside.
The referee's attitude is clear at this point, and the league's meaning is generally that the Lakers can't lose too badly, but the normal game process can't be affected too much.
In fact, this kind of game is also testing the referee's judgment ability, they have to follow the instructions of the league to do things, but also have to control the emotions of the two teams, fortunately, although the confrontation between the two teams is fierce today, both sides are also quite restrained, so the process of the game is quite smooth.
At the end of the first quarter, the Runners led the Lakers by nine points, 36-27.
Entering the second quarter, the two sides switched to rotation players.
Today, the Lakers rotation players are in very good shape, and Van Lauderway paid more attention to the transformation of rotation players when he reshaped the team, plus the Lakers' bench strength is deep, so their rotation players are actually better than the starters of some weak teams.
Although many people on the Lakers are playing on the bench, they are very happy in comparison, after all, this is a city with world influence, and being able to play in a big city is undoubtedly the best in the eyes of many players who were born in poverty.
The Lakers rotation players who played out of form made Wang Lei have to use a timeout in advance, and Francis Leonardo couldn't prevent the Lakers' veteran point guard Lloris Wilder, which led to the Lakers' offense playing very efficiently, and the rhythm of the entire Lakers bench lineup was controlled by the veteran.
Today, the Runners' Blair played with a feeling, while the Lakers were veterans who were also talking about teenage madness.
The score of the two sides was only four points apart when the game reached more than five minutes in the second quarter, and Wang Lei had to replace Turgun and others to ensure the success rate of the team's offense.
Turgun was the first to fire after returning from the start, and although Loris could use his experience to bully Francis Leonardo, he also looked helpless against Turgon.
Turgun's back-to-back three-pointers helped stabilize the Runners' game, and then Blair was once again the protagonist, putting on a brilliant finish on both ends of the floor.
Late in the second quarter, the Lakers once again trailed the Runners by eight points.
Although the Lakers fans did not defect at this time, they were still very dissatisfied with the performance of the home team, although there were not many points behind, but in the critical eyes of Lakers fans, their own team did not seem to have the slightest confidence and desire to win, except for a few veterans, the other players seemed to be out of shape.
The people of Los Angeles are actually very different, some of them love the city very much, but there are also some people who really don't like the city, but both of them have one thing in common, and that is picky.
Although the team in Los Angeles has a large number of fans, these fans have a very discerning eye, they not only demand the team to reap the glory, but also the team to play beautifully, not only want their favorite stars to score high scores, but also to see the team play as a whole, it can be said that this is the most difficult group of fans to serve.
So in comparison, the Los Angeles team is actually quite hard, at least they can't be like the Runners, the current Runners have satisfied the fans of Sasa City enough, and the fans of Sausa City even said that even if they stop in the West, the Runners are still the king.
Before halftime, Turgon's three-pointer came into full swing again, and the veteran Lloris played almost the entire quarter, and he played a big role for the Lakers on the offensive end, but by the end of the second quarter, the veteran's physical strength was still inevitably problematic.
Turgun's back-to-back swings made it difficult for the veteran to maintain his balance on his knees, and he nearly stumbled out, but Turgun hit an easy buzzer-beating three-pointer to extend the deficit to 12 points for the Runners.
At halftime, Wang Lei made another adjustment to the style of play in the second half, and it was impossible for him to let the players handle everything on the field, so Wang Lei formulated the general direction of the team in the second half at halftime, and then let the players make corresponding choices on the field according to the development of the game.