Chapter 351: Fighting the Sun Again
The outside world was disturbed, but Lu Xiaofeng lived his good life calmly. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Sweating in the gym, doing his best in basketball training, and returning to the villa to plow the land.
After a few days in a row, the Lakers ushered in a new game.
It's a formidable old rival again, the Suns.
Unlike the last time, this time it's on the Lakers' home court.
The Lakers played at full strength and had several days of rest in a row.
On the other hand, the Suns played the Warriors until the last two minutes of the fourth quarter the night before they decided the winner, and flew to Los Angeles overnight after the game.
The Lakers can be described as "waiting for work" and taking advantage of the right time and place.
However, there are still some experts, because of their prejudice against Lu Xiaofeng, who believe that the Lakers are "arrogant and will lose", and the record of winning streaks at the beginning is about to be ended by the Suns.
The start of the game seemed to confirm the predictions of those experts.
Lakers starting lineup: Meme, Odom, Butler, Kobe Bryant and Lu Xiaofeng.
Suns starting lineup: Smalls, Marion, Joe Johnson, Ah Q and Nash.
Although Mime was a few centimeters taller than Xiao Si, the bounce and reaction of the two were not on the same level at all, and Xiao Si easily dialed the ball to Nash in the opening jump ball.
The first ball in the opening game, the Suns attacked, and the Lakers defended.
For Mime's jump ball, Lu Xiaofeng and other teammates certainly didn't have much hope, they had already been mentally prepared, and there was no possibility of being sneak attacked.
The Suns' tactics are obvious, as soon as they come up, they start the blocking and dismantling tactics of Nash and Xiaosi, which is to bully the Lakers' interior line.
One block and one demolition, Nash and Xiao Si entered the inside line at the same time, and in an instant, Lu Xiaofeng Xiao Si was blocked behind, and Mime defended two.
Defending Nash, or guarding Xiaosi, Mime only hesitated for half a second before losing his best opportunity.
Even Lu Xiaofeng, chasing Nash from behind, couldn't prevent his pass.
With a flick of Nash's wrist, the basketball hit the ground and it was in Xiao Si's hands.
Xiao Si caught the ball with both hands, didn't have any luck at all, took a big step forward, jumped up, and smashed it against the basket.
If Mime was in front of Xiao Si, maybe Xiao Si would have one more move and dribble around, but Mime was out of position with a hesitation, and Xiao Si didn't take him seriously at all.
“and-one!”
"Bang!"
"Beep!"
Several voices rang out almost simultaneously.
In the first kick of the opening game, Mime did not give up, jumped up with a side step, stretched out his arm and slapped the basketball in Xiao Si's hand.
But he clearly overestimated his bounce, and his palm was still a significant distance from the basketball, and he could only slap Xiao Si on the shoulder in the end.
Xiao Si yelled, carried Mime and smashed the ball into the basket, and the referee blew the whistle in time.
In the first game, Xiao Si VS Mime, Xiao Si won completely, and Mime made a foul.
Small's free throw hit, Suns 3-0 Lakers.
As soon as they came up, they fell behind, and the audience at the scene was obviously dissatisfied, the regular season started with 17 consecutive wins, and the average points per game were the first in the league, which has already raised the appetite of the audience, they want not only to win, but also to win beautifully.
When Lu Xiaofeng dribbled to the front court, he heard the shout of "we'll-win" in the audience, which was really early.
There is no secret to the tactics of the two teams, and the Lakers' first offense is also the signature blocking.
Butler sank to the bottom left corner, Meme was on the edge of the three-second zone on the right baseline, and Bryant was outside the three-point line on the right wing.
Odom ran up, and Marion followed.
Odom blocked, Nash was blocked, Lu Xiaofeng got rid of it, and Marion hurriedly stepped forward to make up for it.
Odom pulled away from the free-throw line, and Nash chose to chase Lu Xiaofeng.
Before being caught by Nash and Marion, Lu Xiaofeng passed the ball and shot.
The moment Odom received the ball, Ah Q, who defended Kobe, recovered the defense, and Xiao Si under the basket was also eyeing him.
Odom's eyes swept and the dribble burst inward, and Q could only follow closely.
At the same time, Xiao Si under the basket, Joe Johnson on the left baseline and Marion on the back defense, all turned their attention to Odom.
Taking a step forward, just before the Suns were four-man tie, Odom passed.
“Three! Ko-be-Bry-ant! ”
Kobe Bryant received the ball on the right wing, returned to defend against Ah Q's flying, hit a three-point shot, and the DJ on the scene dragged a long note and shouted his first words after the opening.
"Oh! Oh! Oh! ”
"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! ”
“MVP!”
Although it was not a very wonderful coordination or dunk, an "answer-ball" still satisfied the audience, and even remembered the sporadic "MVP" shouts.
So far in the regular season, each team has played nearly 20 games, and the top two teams in the team scoring list are the Lakers and Suns.
Both teams are known for their offense, and neither team has ever thought about being able to defend against the other's attacks.
In this kind of regular season encounter, it is impossible for the two teams to deliberately change their tactics for the sake of their opponents, so it is still a familiar formula, or a familiar taste, and they both want to win through the offensive battle.
Therefore, Kobe Bryant scored a three-pointer, and the Suns did not hesitate at all, and Marion, who picked up the basketball, immediately sent a baseline ball and started a new round of offense.
Lu Xiaofeng tried to put a little defensive pressure on Nash, but he didn't mean to dribble at all, and used Xiao Si's cover to receive the basketball and immediately pass it out.
Joe Johnson received the ball next to the halfway line, pushed forward quickly, and got to the three-point line in a few big steps.
Fortunately, the Lakers themselves like to play this kind of fast offense, but there is nothing uncomfortable, and Butler has already faced Joe Johnson.
Joe Johnson didn't attack directly, waiting for Nash to come up.
Lu Xiaofeng wanted to pester Nash and prevent him from receiving the ball easily.
But Xiao Si stepped forward again, Nash got rid of Lu Xiaofeng's defense, and Joe Johnson immediately passed the ball over.
Nash immediately stepped over to the three-point line and dribbled straight to the basket.
This time, Mime didn't hesitate and immediately confronted Nash.
Lu Xiaofeng's choice this time was different, as soon as he was blocked by Xiao Si, he immediately gave up chasing Nash, but turned around and blocked Xiao Si's way.
Nash saw that there was no passing opportunity, and decisively chose to play small and big.
Accelerating, making a stop, changing direction, Nash couldn't shake off the focused Meme.
Nash dribbled with his left hand and took a step forward with his right foot, as if to accelerate to rush in from the left, but suddenly there was a change of direction, and the basketball came to his right hand, instantly widening the distance with Mime, and immediately came with a backward jumper.
Nash's step-back jumper, his body almost became a flat lying position, and the arc of the basketball was very high.
Mime was shaken, but he pounced on it, straightened his arms, and jumped to his feet, about to block Nash.
His fingertips seemed to touch the basketball, but the ball flew over a high parabola and fell into the basket in a strange way.
Nash fell backwards and fell to the ground.
"Beep!"
As soon as the whistle sounded, Mime jumped up in a hurry, ran to the referee and shouted:
“NO! NO! I didn't foul! ”
Of course, it was all in vain, and the referee didn't bother to pay attention to him at all, signaling that the ball was scored and a penalty was added.
In less than a minute of the opening period, Meme committed two fouls, and the Lakers were beaten back to their original shape.
"Toot!"
As soon as the bell rang, Brian Cook, who had been doing well recently, ran up with a fart, and Mime could only shake his head and return to the bench.
Because of Lu Xiaofeng, Cook's shooting advantage has been fully utilized this season, and the average points per game are about to surpass Mime and become the team's fifth scorer.
However, what makes Cook depressed is that he was the No. 24 pick in the first round in 2003, signed a 3+1 rookie contract, and no matter how good he performed this season, he couldn't get a big contract.
Recently, his performance on the court has been very eye-catching, and he actually began to envy Luke Wharton, because Wharton was also a rookie in 2003, unlike him, Wharton is a second-round pick and signed a 1+1 base salary contract, and after this season, he can re-sign the contract.
With Cook's performance this season, he averaged nearly 10 points per game, and if he were Walton, he would definitely be able to sign a big contract next season, at least in the middle class!
Pity!
He didn't think that Walton had no chance at all in the Lakers, basically playing in garbage time, so how could he have a chance to perform?
The gap between the first round and the second round is also quite obvious, not every second-round show is Lu Xiaofeng.
After Nashgar hit a free throw, the Suns took the lead again.
Mime was replaced in advance, this is not the first time for the Lakers, everyone is used to it, and there is nothing to say, if you can't prevent it, then let's attack, the Suns' interior defense is not much better.