485. Difficult start
When Clarkson pushed in and wanted to pass the basketball to Liu Ren according to common sense, he also encountered difficulties. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Just like the last game between the two teams, the Warriors were ready to defend Liu Ren to the death, but the way they used was more obscene than before, they directly cut off Liu Ren's receiving route, and at the same time were ready to come up to make up for the defense at any time.
At this time, Clarkson is immediately ready to go it alone, as the Lakers point guard, Clarkson understands one thing very well, that is, he doesn't need much organizational skills, and his role is to just face the opposite wave when needed.
This is also the point that Jeremy Lin may be stronger than Clarkson, but not as good as Clarkson.
Because Jeremy Lin has been a superstar for a while, he thinks he can do a lot of things, but he doesn't have any outstanding characteristics, and Clarkson has gone in this direction from the beginning of training with Liu Ren and LaVine to what the coaching staff told him what he needed to do, and this direction is to become an assaulter and a three-pointer, and then Clarkson did it and became a starter.
Compared with Curry, Clarkson has obvious physical advantages, Curry's physical fitness is not as prominent as his soft touch, and he doesn't even have a tall and long arm span......
Curry couldn't prevent Clark, Clarkson dribbled under his hips twice in a row to strengthen the burst, and he burst to the free throw line, and then Clarkson jumped directly to ignore Curry's short arms and legs defense, and hit a mid-range shot.
In the first leg of the opening game, both teams scored two points each, but neither was directly related to the core of the team.
It's also related, it's the strongest players on both teams who didn't defend anyone......
Offense and defense transitions, Warriors possession, Steve Kerr clapped his hands and made a gesture.
Seeing that the coach changed his style of play so early, the Warriors players were strange and strange, and they still honestly did what the coach ordered.
Curry pushed in again and didn't immediately pass the ball to Randle, and he didn't shoot directly, but waited at the top of the arc.
While Curry waited, the Warriors made two baseline crossover screens in a row.
Randle ran along the baseline and took advantage of Barnes' baseline cover and Thompson's 45-degree screen to get the ball in a 45-degree space on the right side of the basket.
Randle is vacant, and now the Lakers are entangled.
To prevent or not to prevent?
That's a problem.
Green was left on the inside, and Gasol felt that it was better to come out and defend! A big forward of 2.06 meters should have a mid-range shot.
Just as Gasol was defending, Bogut came out to block Gasol, and Randle quickly stepped inside to face Green in the reasonable collision zone.
Randle erupted directly, and Green had no choice but to foul.
Green doesn't foul at this time, he can't stand up to Randle. Randall is faster than him, stronger than him. Green was also forced to throw the ball to the rebound at the same time as the referee's whistle blew.
The most fortunate thing for Green is that Randle's casual ball didn't go in, otherwise it would have been a big loss.
Randle shot an average percentage of free throws, making one of two free throws.
Judging from the opening, the Warriors' adjustment is very fast, and the Warriors' goal is obvious, they still have to open the interior first, and Randle on the inside is open, and their outside shooter group has a lot of opportunities.
The Lakers attacked, Liu Ren was still bypassed, Clarkson broke through from a 45-degree angle, Curry really couldn't prevent it, and the Warriors could only wrap it up.
Liu Ren ran towards the top of the arc, pretending to run three points back, but suddenly ran inside again.
The Warriors were too focused on Liu Ren's defense, and the whole defense was disrupted all of a sudden, and when Liu Ren came to the inside, only Randle was left alone inside, and Clarkson, who was surrounded by Bogut and Curry, immediately passed the ball over.
Liu Ren, who received the ball, was very decisive in the inside line like Randle, just like Randle bullying Green and couldn't bear it, he was very resolute and slammed into his back with all his strength, knocked Randle away, and then Liu Ren immediately threw a high board!
The ball was very decisive, and it was shot with a time difference of less than a second after Randle was knocked back, and the timing was very good, but unfortunately the basketball spun around the hoop and finally fell out.
The ball didn't go in, and that's when Bogut finally ran back from the outside to grab the defensive rebound.
The Warriors quickly advanced to the Lakers' half, their speed was really fast, and the Warriors were able to have this rhythm because Randle was moving very fast, so now even if the Warriors are advancing fast, Randle is still keeping up.
Curry took possession of the ball and made a 45-degree stop on the left, and Randle cut in from the middle almost immediately.
Immediately passed, as soon as Randle got the ball, Green slapped the ball from behind, and it was the first time that Randle encountered a big forward who could keep up with him, and accidentally slapped the ball in his hand.
Fortunately, Barnes was alert enough to grab the ball.
Playing the wrong game, Barnes picked up the ball and went straight to the basket.
The Warriors and Lakers played the opening 2 minutes, and the Warriors led the Lakers by 3 points 5-2.
The Warriors haven't fully exerted their strength, and the backcourt has not fired two shots, leading by 3 points, although the Lakers have not yet sacrificed Liu Ren and Kobe Bryant, two scoring maniacs, but after the two are redeemed, the Warriors look more advantageous.
At this time, the Lakers also need to play more of their own characteristics.
It's not a particularly wise choice to play positionally with the Warriors, and the last time the two teams met, I tried it, and there weren't many advantages that the Lakers could play in positional battles.
So let's play faster!
Playing fast-paced Lakers is not afraid of anyone!
As a point guard, Clarkson made this decision almost immediately, and immediately after Barnes made a layup, he picked up the ball and sent it to Gasol, who then passed back to Clarkson, who quickly dribbled forward.
The rest of the Lakers also received Clarkson's meaning and all accelerated.
Liu Ren rushed to the front court first, but was stared at by Barnes, Clarkson came over and passed the ball to Kobe, who took the ball and faced Randle on the march.
Randle's figure is very tall relative to the outside, and his speed is not at a loss, but it is really not good to prevent Kobe, Kobe Bryant will pass by with a change of direction.
Kobe Bryant plunged headlong inside, and Curry and Thompson immediately defended it.
Kobe Bryant attracted two people to defend, and Bogut was much slower than Gasol, which means that the rest of the Lakers had a 4-2 situation!
Kobe Bryant passed it to Gasol who had just come to the high post in the three-second zone, Randle went to resist Gasol, Clarkson went inside, Gasol hung to Clarkson, and Clarkson hit a small throw accurately.
Until now, the main scorers of both teams have not been their own core players, but role players who have scored.
You can see from this how tough this game is.
Both teams were well prepared before the game, and the Lakers were focused on the outside, so the Warriors focused on Randle and used role players to score.
The Warriors stared at Liu Ren and Kobe, so Clarkson on the Lakers' side stepped up and scored four points in a row.
At this time, it depends on the depth of the lineup of the two sides.
After the Lakers scored, the Warriors immediately advanced quickly, although the Warriors have a big center, the rhythm is actually not slow, but Bogut really can't run back when he defends, but when he is attacking, the Warriors are fast, but they still take care of Bogut.
Curry took the ball and pushed in, and Randle made a cover for Curry as he followed up from behind.
With this cover, Curry appeared for a moment, and in just a few tenths of a second, Curry directly pulled up a three-point ......
Hit!
This is a typical Curry-style play, sometimes it seems particularly impulsive, and when there is a slight chance, he does it himself.
It's so decisive, it's so unreasonable, it looks like it's a very bad opportunity, but it's a hit!
Curry's style of play can be done at will, Kobe Bryant can do it even if he is unreasonable, and Liu Ren, Thompson, Lillard, and Korver don't dare to do this when the rhythm is not good.
The Warriors are basically the team that the Lakers encounter the most times in the regular season every year, and if you don't prepare psychologically, you can't be beaten by Curry.
There was no pause on the Lakers' side, and Curry made free throws immediately after the goal.
Clarkson pushed forward again quickly, and Liu Ren continued to be circled by Barnes and couldn't get the ball.
So Liu Ren could only take Barnes to the side and give up space to his teammates.
Kobe Bryant received the basketball at this time, and it seemed that he was stimulated by Curry's strong shot, and Kobe Bryant was also ready to break the deadlock, and when facing Thompson, he moved very chicly, dribbling under his hips two times in a row, and suddenly took a step back to shake off Thompson and then made a jumper.
Kobe's movements are really perfect, very beautiful.
Long two-point hit!
The same unreasonable, the same accurate!
The Warriors attacked, and this time Clarkson stuck to Curry, and the opportunity to connect the serve was not given to Curry, and Barnes could only send it to Randle.
Today, Lakers fans and Warriors fans feel weird, seeing that there is such a good ball handling and excellent organization power forward on both sides, and they are all black-looking black charcoal......
Randle dribbled forward with a huge but flexible body, I have to say that Randle's physique, no one dared to rush to the top, and he rushed straight into the three-point line in a daze, and took a big step to break through into the Lakers' three-second zone.
Randle's impact scared Green and Gasol together, and Randle was invincible with both fists and four hands, and still passed the ball to Barnes.
Barnes was vacant, and Liu Ren saw that Barnes was missing again, so he hurriedly rushed over to defend. But as soon as he moved, the curry behind him leaked.
Barnes received the ball and passed it into Curry's hands, and Curry shot again from beyond the three-point line.
"Brush"
Curry's three-point shot landed steadily in the Lakers' basket, and now the head coach of the Lakers, D'Antoni, could not be calm.
In recent times, the Warriors' firepower has obviously been much stronger than that of the Lakers, and they have repeatedly got open opportunities, and the Warriors' shooting percentage is also high.
This is not the most critical, the key thing is that Curry on the Warriors' side shot so suddenly, and the Lakers couldn't stop Curry from shooting like the last game!
The Warriors now have 11 points, the Lakers have 6 points, and the difference has widened to 5 points, which is trending widening.