661. Owen seems to have changed
There was a guy who wanted to organize the offense well, but because the scoring opportunity at the beginning was robbed, and then the person who snatched his long ball is now hiring and resting, and then the guy he wants to beat starts to behave, he should have organized the attack with the second team, but now his heart is completely calm, he is going to come by himself!
Owen chose to break through in the face of Liu Ren's defense, but will Liu Ren let Owen succeed? Obviously impossible, Irving is indeed very good, and there are very few point guards in the league who can compare with him, just Paul, Curry, Westbrook, Lillard, Wall, Isaiah Thomas.
However, even Westbrook struggled to beat Liu Ren, let alone Owen?
There is really no way to deal with this kind of thing, Liu Ren has too much advantage against a point guard like Irving,
Irving was almost defended by Liu Ren, the ball hit the front of the basket, and Liu Ren turned around just to make the rebounder go straight to the fast attack.
Liu Ren counterattacked like a sharp blade, although James Johnson, who replaced James on the court, had the physical fitness to return to defense quickly, but he couldn't stop Liu Ren at all, and Liu Ren shook off with a quick stop, and Liu Ren easily turned around and hit a layup.
Owen was very angry, very angry, he was angry when he saw Liu Ren, and he was even more angry when Liu Ren scored, and then in the next few minutes of the first quarter, Owen was determined to work hard, and then Liu Ren was so desperate to die......
After the first quarter, Liu Ren relied on a sharp counterattack after locking Irving, and even if he fell into a positional battle, he had no way to break through or single James Johnson in the low post, leading the Lakers to play a wave of 14-3 in the last four minutes of the first quarter, catching up with the score and overtaking by 9 points!
David Blatter was furious, but instead of calling a timeout, he scolded Irving at the break with the majesty of his college coaching days.
Owen was upset, but he was a big man, and he kept his head down and didn't speak.
If it's Owen's best friend, you know that he's really frustrated like this.
The second verse comes back.
The Lakers played a pairing method here, using Kobe Bryant and James for just eight minutes, successfully making both of them tired out of the court, and then using Liu Ren, who was waiting for work, to press the second team of the Cavaliers, and finally overtook the Lakers by 9 points 35-26.
The Lakers and Cavaliers ended the first quarter differently, but one thing is the same, the two oldest and most historically advanced players on both teams still need to rest, and the two men who are seen as the future of the team are now physically fit.
The Lakers started the second quarter with Liu Ren, McCollum, Korver, Antetokounmpo, and Green.
The Cavaliers sent Irving, Dellavidova, Richard Jefferson, Tristan Thompson, and Channing Frye.
The Cavaliers' investment in the past two years has really gotten bigger and bigger, especially this year, and now their total salary has exceeded 100 million. reached 107 million, exceeding the luxury tax threshold by 23 million, an increase of almost a full 30 million compared to last season's investment, mainly due to Irving's contract extension, this season's new contract first year increased by more than 8 million compared to last season, Richard Jefferson's full middle class, Tristan Thompson increased by almost 9 million from last season, Channing Fry's mini middle class, Afflalo increased by more than 3 million......
A lot of money was thrown down, and the Cavaliers ensured that the overall structure of the team did not collapse, and at the same time greatly improved the depth of the bench lineup.
Of course, in terms of talent and youth, many players in the Cavaliers will not be able to do it in two or three years at most, and compared with the Lakers' players who are still in the improvement period, it is basically equivalent to having no future, but in terms of immediate combat power, they are not lost to the Lakers!
The Cavaliers just spent money crazy this summer, just now, not waiting for the future! Otherwise, Wiggins wouldn't have been traded away in the first place!
Liu Ren played the point guard position, of course, the work of organizing the offense is basically handed over to Antetokounmpo, but D'Antoni now gives him a lot more balls than from the beginning of the season to the middle of the season, and he feels that he will play on his own when he feels he has the opportunity.
After all, it's about to be the All-Star Weekend, and after the All-Star Weekend, it will enter the end of the regular season, that is, the preparatory stage of the playoffs, D'Antoni wants Liu Ren to rest more and share some of the ball with other young teammates, Gasol is a veteran and Monroe, who has a strong psychological endurance, it doesn't matter if he doesn't have the ball, they know how to sacrifice, but most young players want more opportunities to perform.
However, if Liu Ren is not rested, it is not what D'Antoni wants to see, and it is imperative for Liu Ren to start to find the explosive scoring form of last season.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Liu Ren came to the vicinity of the midcourt and waited for Irving to advance over.
How to say it, Liu Ren had a strange feeling when he saw the current Owen, as if the whole person had become ...... It's a lot darker.
The Cavaliers attacked, and Irving dribbled to the Lakers' half, and instead of continuing to single, he observed the situation on the court.
Richard Jefferson took advantage of one of Dellavidova's screens to quickly slip to the baseline and intersperse runs.
A reverse run by Richard Jefferson shook off McCollum and ran inside along the baseline, Tristan Thompson and Channing Frye blocked the Cavaliers' baseline, McCollum desperately bypassed, but he was still a step slower, Richard Jefferson bypassed the basket and Irving flicked the ball with one hand and passed the ball to the most stable point of the lineup - you inserted it - brother-in-law deep hand.
Richard Jefferson catches the ball and is just about to shoot! But! Antetokounmpo's figure was too rebellious, and he turned around and reached out to cross Richard Jefferson's head, and Richard Jefferson was interfered with and missed!
Antetokounmpo and Green desperately stuck on the inside, and Antetokounmpo guarded the rebound and passed to McCollum.
Liu Ren receives the ball in the front court.
Liu Ren does some research before every game and knows that his most prominent advantage over Richard Jefferson is power.
Liu Ren forced a breakthrough and really ate Richard Jefferson, and when Dellavidova just started to think about the pinch, Liu Ren suppressed Richard Jefferson, holding the ball with a large horizontal feint, shaking off Richard Jefferson's center of gravity, Liu Ren then turned around and hit a jump shot at this opportunity, and did not give Delavidova, the little black hand prince, a chance to come over and make a small move.
Knights attack.
Channing Frye came over and prepared to be in the low post for the Lakers.
Irving is surprisingly not greedy for the ball, ready to pass to Channing Frye, Channing Frye's comprehensive strength is average, the main point is to score, there are shots, free cuts and back plays, if it is not for the defense is too bad to grab rebounds and too poor, it will not look like a center at all, and it will not be given up by the Suns who are beginning to rebuild.
When Nash was still with the Suns, Channing Frye was activated by Kim Terry's back-and-shoot system as soon as he arrived in the Suns, averaging 12 points per game in about 20 minutes of playing time, and for four consecutive years! Scoring stability and when he is the main scorer in a short period of time, his scoring power is very strong, a center has a 44 percent mid-range shooting percentage, a 39 percent three-point shooting percentage, a 45 percent low-post individual singles shooting percentage, and a career shooting percentage, and another interior player who can achieve this kind of shooting performance is Dirk Nowitzki!
Channing Frye just started to get in position, and Green took a step forward to resist Channing Frye and went straight forward.
Green's biggest feature and advantage is that he doesn't have any MVP face at all, and he does everything defensively! There is no such thing as wanting to lose face and not be ashamed.
Channing Frye quickly turned around and wanted to continue the card position, but Green reacted faster than Channing Frye, didn't give him a chance, and rolled over and screwed in front of Channing Frye.
The confrontation between Green and Channing Frye is like a pinpoint vs. a whammy between a geek center who can only attack and a short interior who can only defend and play.