Wharton's tactical system is very similar to Kerr's, in a nutshell, there are two sets, one is the center's response to the free throw line, as Bogut used to do, and the other is the guard's breakout tactics, which agree with Curry and Thompson.

Although there are only two sets of tactics, there are many small tactics of off-ball and on-ball blocking.

After Tang Shuai held the ball to the front court, he directly signaled Gasol to the free throw line to receive the ball.

Gasol's ability to respond is only stronger than Bogut's, and such resources naturally cannot be wasted.

Gasol leaned on Griffin and made a back-to-back motion with the ball, and the rest of the Lakers began to run according to the tactics.

Tang Shuai and Batum cut to the basket from both sides, one left and one right, while Barnes looked into the bottom corner and ambushed him.

When Tang Shuai was about to get to the basket, Noll tacitly made a block in the low post, and he turned around and ran outside the three-point line.

Gasol began to turn left and right at the free throw line at this time to hit Griffin, although the strength was not dominant, but after the height and arms were long, and the action was bigger, he still pressed the Clippers' defense on both sides and shrank to the basket.

Just as Tang Shuai was about to run outside the three-point line, Gasol suddenly turned to the right.

Griffin thought Gasol was going to hit his back and pulled back to the right, but just as he was about to sink his weight again, he suddenly found that the ball in Gasol's hand was gone.

The basketball has reached Tang Shuai's hands.

"Huh!"

With a crisp sound, Tang Shuai received Gasol's pass and easily hit an open three-pointer.

Gasol has a purple pass bag, and with his realistic feints, he fools almost everyone, and the quality of the ball is terrifying.

When retreating, the two of them gave a high-five, although the time of playing with them was not long, but the two of them seemed to be full of tacit understanding on the court.

After the Clippers' offense, steady offense, Booker's running position attracted the attention of the Lakers' defense, Griffin got the opportunity to hit the back, Paul gave a through ball, Griffin hit Gasol with his back, and used his power to directly crush Gasol to score.

After all, Gasol is getting older, and the degradation of the defensive end is still obvious compared to the offensive end.

"Bag clip! Bag clip! ”

When Tang Shuai held the ball to the front court again, Cassel was already shouting at the Clippers players on the sidelines, and he knew Tang Shuai's ability better than anyone else.

Griffin rushed out of the interior and wrapped up Tang Shuai with Paul.

"Sam, that's too much, isn't it? As soon as the opening game was wrapped, this is to put Don Stephen (Curry) to defend! The guest commentator at the scene, a guest from ESPN and former Warriors coach Mark Jackson, couldn't help but laugh on the sidelines.

"Sam knows Don very well, and I think that judgment is very correct." Mike Smith, the Clippers' home commentator, said a different point of view, commentating on Tang Shuai's games at home for a season, and he naturally knows how terrifying Tang Shuai's strength is.

"Correct?" Mark Jackson said disapprovingly, "After such a package, as long as the Lakers rotate fast enough on the offensive end, the Clippers can't defend at all!" ”

Before Jackson's words fell, Tang Shuai passed the ball to Gasol, who followed from the inside, as soon as Paul and Griffin came on the court.

Gasol received the ball and broke inside, attracting Jordan Jr.'s defense, and a beautiful unsightly man hit the ball to Noll under the basket, and Noll turned around and put the ball in the basket.

"Looks like I'm right?" Jackson said to Smith with a smile.

Smith couldn't argue for a moment, but it was clear from his gaze that he still trusted Cassel's judgment.

The Clippers' offense, Paul took advantage of Griffin's block to break inside, and when he made a layup, he caused Gasol's beating foul.

Paul hit both free throws to give his team a 7-5 lead.

The Lakers' offense, Tang Shuai held the ball to the Clippers' half, and once again encountered Paul and Griffin's bag defense.

Tang Shuai passed to Gasol again, and Gasol saw that Jordan Jr. did not come out to make up for the defense this time, and directly pulled out a jumper to score 2 points.

As an increasingly rare technical ability in the league, Gasol can shoot, pass and play back, and even at 37 years old, he is still a threat.

The Clippers' offense, Paul passed Booker to hit a three-pointer again, and after last season's baptism, the team finally achieved a breakthrough, and the tacit understanding and morale reached the peak.

However, the Lakers' offense was not bad, Cassel still insisted on his defensive strategy, Tang Shuai threw the ball to Gasol again before being trapped, Gasol passed to Barnes in seconds, but unfortunately the latter's empty three-pointer was a little unlucky to jump out of the basket.

"Harrison isn't in great shape, and he doesn't seem to be coming back from the shadow of last season's playoffs." Jackson shook his head after seeing Barnes miss an open three-pointer.

The Clippers played a fast break, Paul and Booker double-line fast break, and Paul finally dodged Don Shuai's block layup and scored.

Wharton walked from the bench to the sidelines at this point, and after the Clippers hit a 5-0 spurt, they were already leading by five points at 12-7.

The Lakers' offense, Tang Shuai advanced to the front court with the ball, and the Clippers' bag was once again topped.

"Stubborn guy!" Jackson scolded directly this time, saying that it was no more than three times, and he was scored by the Lakers in three consecutive rounds, and the Clippers even chose a double bag!

Tang Shuai passed to Gasol again.

"Harrison! Harrison! Cassel shouted from the sidelines.

Cassel shouted, and Ingram, who was defending Barnes, ran over to make up for Gasol.

Cassel's tactics were particularly weird, and the person who shouted turned out to be the player who made the players give up the defense.

But it worked.

Ingram is thin, Gasol plays with his back easily, but Jordan Jr. is still under the basket, if he really plays with his back, he is likely to encounter Jordan Jr.'s defensive block, he didn't hesitate much, and directly chose to throw the ball to Barnes in the empty space.

Once again, Barnes had an open three-pointer.

Instead of opting for a three-pointer, Barnes dribbled a step forward, narrowed the range and made a jumper.

"Huh!"

With a two-point jumper, Barnes finally scored the first point of his Lakers career.

Jackson kept shaking his head in the comment seat, Cassel really paid too much attention to Tang Shuai, so it was simply a point for the Lakers.

"Mark, aren't the Clippers still leading the scores?" Mike Smith couldn't help but remind when he saw Jackson's performance.

It was indeed still ahead, and when he retreated, Tang Shuai looked at the score above his head, and then turned his head to look at Kassel.

"Coach Sam, it's really yours!"

He secretly said in his heart that although the Lakers' offensive success rate is good, he has been free from the offensive system, relying on Gasol to play, Gasol is old after all, as long as the Clippers adhere to this defensive strategy, the Clippers will soon pull the score away.

At that moment, he saw Cassel call Paul to his side and whispered, and he didn't know what he said.

The Clippers' offense, Paul beckoned Griffin to make a block, held the ball and quickly hit the basket, and saw that he could score a layup, and suddenly slowed down, and Gasol was about to reach out and block after he came up.

Paul was just reaching out at this point.

"Smack!"

Gasol slapped the ball out of Paul's hand.

"Toot!"

But at the same time, the referee's whistle on the sidelines also sounded.

Paul didn't make a move at all, and even grabbed the ball tightly, Gasol went up with his palm, and when he covered the ball, he inevitably hit Paul's hand.

Wharton couldn't help but reach out to hide his face, and it was already Gasol's second personal foul in the first quarter.

Tang Shuai smiled bitterly when he saw this scene, now it's okay, you don't have to hold on for too long, Gasol is going to end in advance.

"Toot!"

As the sideline whistle blew, Walton replaced Gasol with Carl Randle.

Paul hit two free throws to extend his team's five-point lead.

Tang Shuai carried the ball to the front court and was once again caught in the trap, this time he passed the ball to Landry.

After receiving the ball, Landry saw that there was no one to defend, so he dribbled two steps directly to the basket, and then threw a shot.

Landry became famous for the Rockets, he is not tall, but he has a tough style of play, and his scoring ability at key moments is superhuman, although he has degraded a lot now, but his ability is still there, and this ball is quite coherent.

But at the moment when he made a move, Jordan Jr. rushed out of the inside line, a powerful interference.

Landry is short after all, and Jordan Jr. even jumps backwards, but the height advantage is there, and he has to adjust his shooting posture and improve the parabola of his throw.

And it was this adjustment that made him lose his judgment of the landing point.

"Bang!"

Landry's shot was deflected, and Jordan Jr. continued to bounce, turning around to catch the ball before Noll could jump.

Facing the interior of Noll and Landry, Jordan Jr. has the advantage in all aspects.

The fans burst into cheers.

After receiving the ball, Jordan Jr. threw his hand to Paul, Paul quickly pushed forward, and a horizontal pass to Booker who followed up, Booker opened his hand and threw it, hitting three points again!

At 17-9, the Clippers' lead reached eight points.

Wharton reached out and called a timeout.

"Well done!" At the front of the audience, Dave Wall waved his fist excitedly, after bringing Tang Shuai to the Lakers, he carried too much scolding from the fans, but at this time, Tang Shuai played for almost half a quarter, only one shot, and there was no presence on the court at all, while the Clippers were pulling away the score little by little, and Booker, who "replaced" Tang Shuai, performed even more wonderfully, and he finally had a chance to vent his breath.

Ballmer also nodded with satisfaction, although Tang Shuai was promoted by Wall, but he was the last person to nod, and Tang Shuai's brilliant performance in the Olympics made him regret it even more, but the team performed well at this time, and he was naturally in a much better mood.

As long as the team can win, it doesn't matter so much to him who is the main player. (To be continued.) )