Chapter 556: An Unsolvable Attack
This is indeed a big problem, in fact, if you want to prevent it, the best way is to use Allen to defend closely, but it seems that Allen's old legs can't keep up with Tang Shuai's pace.
"Damn, how the hell did this guy get so fast." Fitzdale said a little speechless.
Bickerstaff on the side wanted to say that Tang Shuai was almost as fast as he was last season, but he finally chose to remain silent.
Tang Shuai saw that the Grizzlies did not assist in defense in advance this time, so he sank his gravity, saw the right time, and rushed in suddenly.
Aaron lunged at him. With his hands outstretched, he wasn't prepared to give him a chance to burst in, and he believed in his defensive abilities.
"Stop him! You can do it, Tony! Anderson cheered on Allen in the commentary panel.
Tang Shuai didn't shake Arun off two consecutive changes of direction, a real general, Allen's defense is definitely one of the top in the league, and Tang Shuai, who is not at full strength, is really not good at breaking through him.
However, Tang Shuai obviously has more than the ability to get rid of this, after seeing Huang Bukai, he suddenly slowed down, and then when Aaron also slowed down, he accelerated suddenly.
After all, Alun is old, and the shift of the classic car obviously can't keep up with the sports car, and after Tang Shuai's speed change, he directly passed him like a stake.
The fans at the scene were amazed again, and Anderson was completely dumbfounded, he didn't expect Tony Allen, who had been praised by him for a whole game, to suddenly become so vulnerable in front of Tang Shuai in the third quarter.
After Tang Shuai passed Allen, before Gasol Jr. came to make up for it, he jumped one step inside the free throw line, pulled the ball over his head with his right hand, glided for a distance, and smashed the ball to the basket.
There was a flash of magnesium lights at the scene.
"Bang!"
Tang Shuai smashed the basket hard, and it shook for a while.
There was a burst of excitement on the Lakers' bench, Nick Young fell to the ground suddenly, and Clarkson directly gave him artificial respiration, which directly mimicked what Stephenson and Smith did with the Clippers last season.
After Tang Shuai's goal was scored, the Lakers had chased the difference to 12 points.
After the timeout, the Lakers played with great momentum, and if you didn't look at the score, you thought they were ahead by more than ten or twenty points.
"This kind of player is not absent in my time, Grant (referring to Hill), Anfernee (referring to Hardaway), they are all the kind of guys who can shoot and pass, for this kind of guy, the best way is to let people entangle him, Tony's defensive ability is very good, but when he gets older, the physical consumption is very fast, David must hurry up and make adjustments, otherwise this game is likely to be reversed." Webber professionally analyzed at this time that as a former star player, his observation is obviously more thorough than that of a commentator like Anderson.
Anderson had embarrassed words written on his face at this time, and he touted Tony Allen, but he didn't expect that even his commentator would say it so directly in the end.
Fitzdale realized this, too, and turned to call out to Jordan Adams, who was sitting behind him.
Adams was the Grizzlies' 2014 first-round pick and showed good talent last season, but he wasn't actually a player known for his defense.
The Grizzlies made substitution adjustments, Adams and Wang Zhelin came on the court to replace Allen and Randolph, and the Lakers also made substitution adjustments, replacing Gasol with Azeli to give him some rest.
The Grizzlies' offense, after Randolph went down, Gasol Jr. started to attack with the ball directly at the free throw line.
Although the offensive ability is far less stable than that of the elder Gasol Jr., Gasol Jr.'s offensive skills are still quite rich, and in the face of Azeli's defense, he continuously turned to create shooting space for himself, and threw the ball to the basket with a super long throw.
"Bang!"
Gasol Jr.'s throw bounced out of the frame, and the rebound was grabbed by Noll.
Gasol Jr. has a lot of offensive skills, but compared to his skills, his shooting percentage is seriously low on the inside, which has a lot to do with his penchant for floating when he plays hard.
After Noll grabbed the rebound, he followed the hand to Tang Shuai, Tang Shuai ran forward with a smoke, without Allen, he felt a sense of relaxation.
Adams has a lot better footwork than Allen, but defensive oppressiveness is not a rating at all.
Tang Shuai almost bulldozer all the way to the frontcourt, and then after a beautiful turn, he scored 2 points with a light low-handed layup, and at the same time used his experience to cause Adams' beating foul.
The fans at the scene were in an uproar, and Tang Shuai was completely judged to be two people after coming back in the second half!
Tang Shuai took a deep breath and walked to the free throw line, suffering from a cold, his physical exertion was much faster than usual, if it weren't for Prokopio's training method, he estimated that he would not be able to hold on at this time.
Hit free throws steadily, and under his leadership, the Lakers chased the score to within double digits.
After the Grizzlies missed the final attempt, they went into the final quarter with a nine-point lead.
"We're still ahead of the score, the Lakers have been playing Don, he's taking a lot of physical exertion." Fitzdale kept emphasizing to the players during the intersession.
"Jordan, don't be afraid of fouls, play aggressively, give him enough defensive pressure and consume his physical strength." He said as he turned to Adam Sterly.
Adams nodded vigorously, he watched Tony Allen from the sidelines and was anxious, but after he actually played, he realized what kind of player he needed to defend.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter of the game, both sides were playing on the bench, the Grizzlies threw all the money into the main force in the offseason, the strength of the bench was not strong, and Jermichael Green and Carter, who were cultivated last season, became one of the few scoring points on the team's court, but Wang Zhelin, in the face of Azeri's defense, he used beautiful footwork to shake off the layup and score one of the few bright spots on the offensive end of the Grizzlies.
On the Lakers' side, Stephenson continued his excellent form so far this season, and under his leadership, the Lakers played well, and even Nick Young, who had been absent for a long time, hit an open three-pointer after coming on the court.
The two sides played more than three minutes off the bench, and the Clippers had closed the score to five points.
Fitzdale saw that the momentum was not right, and hurriedly replaced Gasol Jr. and Conley in advance.
Wharton was the main force, because the main team played for a long time in the third quarter, and he was prepared to give them an extra minute or two of rest.
Stephenson's beautiful breakaway squeezed Adams and put the ball in the basket to tie the score to 3 points.
After the score, he looked extremely excited, yelling and shouting at the audience, which immediately attracted a boo from the fans.
You know, Stephenson played for the Grizzlies in the second half of last season.
Wharton looked up at the score on the field at this time, and then walked back to the bench from the sideline and sat down, standing on the sidelines from the beginning of the second half, his waist was a little unbearable.
He just wanted to take a break, but what he never expected was that the minute he sat down, the Grizzlies played a strong offensive wave.
Conley hit a long-range two-point jumper, then steals Stephenson's fast-break layup, and after Nick Young's open jumper misses, he hits a crucial three-pointer from beyond the three-point line.
In just one minute, Conley made all 3 shots alone, and he personally launched a wave of 7-0 attacks, and the score of the two sides instantly returned to 10 points.
After signing the biggest contract in history, Conley was under tremendous pressure, and this highlight moment was enough for him to unload the pressure.
Wharton glanced frustratedly at the stool beneath him, then got up and called a timeout.
At this time, there were still more than 6 minutes before the game, and after the timeout, the two sides changed most of the main players on the field.
“defense!”
As soon as the timeout returned, the fans at the scene cheered loudly for the home team under the guidance of the DJ.
Tang Shuai held the ball to the frontcourt, and Adams followed and defended.
Completely different from before, Adams kept hitting him with his body after he came up, and his movements were very amplitude and full of aggression.
Tang Shuai's brows furrowed, and after leaning on Adams, he raised the ball high above his head, and then turned his head to look at the referee.
The referee bit the whistle to his mouth, but did not mean to blow for a foul, and it seemed that the magnitude of the action was very dangerous in the eyes of the referee, but it was not to the point where a penalty could be awarded.
After turning his back, Adams's small movements had a much smaller impact on him, and he sank his center of gravity and directly began to crush with his strength.
He didn't know why Adams suddenly made so many small moves, maybe it had something to do with Fitzdale, but in the face of absolute power superiority, it didn't work.
In the agitation of the fans at the scene, Tang Shuai pressed Adams step by step in so openly, and after approaching the free throw line and noticing that Parsons had the intention of coming over to help defend, he followed up with a backward jumper after turning.
Adams' reaction was noticeably slower, and by the time he jumped, Tang Shuai had already finished shooting.
"Huh!"
The basketball went over Adams' head and crashed straight into the net.
Fizdale reached out and scratched his head twice, glanced back at Aaron behind him, gritted his teeth and still didn't change.
The Grizzlies play Randolph.
Randolph pressed Gasol inside and turned around to shoot a shot as he approached the basket.
The technical action of this ball is beautiful, but Gasol is tall and has long arms, and although his strength is not superior, the interference effect is perfect.
The basketball grabs the basket across the bridge and is caught by Knoll on the other side.
The Lakers attacked the frontcourt, and Tang Shuai shook Adams' steps with a change of direction, and then hit a pull-up jumper.
The Grizzlies beat Gasol Jr. again, and Gasol Jr.'s continuous shaking did not deceive Noll, and the final shot was slapped back by Noll.
The Lakers attacked the front court again, Tang Shuai made a breakthrough feint, and after forcing Adams to take two steps back, he threw a three-pointer out with a flick of his hand.
"Huh!"
Three-point shots are accurately pocketed.
After returning from the timeout, Tang Shuai scored 7 points on a sudden outside shot, which was almost the same as Conley's performance just now, the difference is that he is not someone who has been retained by the home team like Conley, but someone who has been abandoned by the Clippers management. (To be continued.) )