Chapter 693: Playing with Anger
Curry and Durant's contract extensions, plus Iguodala and Bogut, although the salary cap has risen a lot in the new season, but the salary space left for other benches is really limited, and it is obviously unrealistic to expect the bench to pull the score away when the main team fails to pull the score. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
And Tang Shuai on the Lakers' side is still a rookie contract, Yi Jianlian's contract is only 9 million, the salary distribution is reasonable, and the strength of the bench group is obviously much stronger than the Warriors, Gasol, Norris Kerr, Stephenson, PJ Tucker, Halix, Mike Dermott These are all powerful players, and even the single lineup may be a starter for the weak team, and it is obviously more advantageous to deal with the Warriors' group of veterans with old arms and legs.
After the substitute came on at this time, the Lakers pulled the score apart little by little, and in the end, Kerr had no choice but to let Durant come up and continue to lead the team.
Durant's arrival stabilized the situation on the court, and the Warriors and Lakers played tied.
But this Billups's purpose has also been achieved, as long as I start on an equal footing with you, so that you don't dare to replace the starters in advance to rest, and then force your main force up one or two in the bench time, this is enough.
After all, it is impossible for a starter to play the whole game, and it is a big problem to play full physical strength in the fourth quarter.
This is actually the same as playing a basketball manager game, the general team is the starting bench to distribute the salary cap reasonably, and the Warriors put most of the salary cap into the starters, and the previous strong benches are only Iguodala and Livingston, and the rest are a bunch of base salary contracts, old and young.
With such a configuration, once the main force can't pull away the score, and the substitutes don't explode, it will definitely be a hole, not to mention that Green can't play in this game, and Livingston is a reliable point on the bench.
Last season's regular season Warriors won consecutive games, more of what Kerr called a "Warriors" victory, that is, the main players settled the battle in three quarters, and there were enough advantages for the benches to squander the rest of the game, but in this game, it is clear that this has not been able to do so.
The starters returned in the second half of the second quarter, and the Warriors kept Durant on the court.
His consistent playing has greatly affected his shooting percentage, and the Warriors' offense has relied more on Curry and Thompson's outside offense.
On the Lakers' side, Tang Shuai and Westbrook came back from most of the rest and were full of energy and in shape.
The two sides fought for a while, and it turned into a two-gun duel between the two teams.
Here, Curry hit a long-range three-pointer from the outside, and Westbrook rushed to the basket to eat Bogut for a layup.
Waiting for Thompson to hit another three points from the outside, Tang Shuai went to the front court to receive Yi Jianlian's ball and passed Durant, who helped the defense, and also hit it steadily.
Not to be outdone, Curry stepped on the three-point line and hit another shot, and Westbrook turned around to receive a pass from Tang Shuai and hit a dry shot from the free throw line.
Curry split Thompson, who scored from the free throw line, and then came back to the basket to seize the opportunity to hit Curry with his back, and a flowing turn and back-to-back shot.
During this period of time, the two sides have been playing back and forth, and the ultra-high level of shooting quality is also addicted to the audience.
However, compared with the scoring method of combining sudden shots, the scoring method of pure shooting is obviously a little worse in terms of stability.
Waiting for Curry and Thompson to hit iron one after another under the joint defense, and the Lakers' two-gun firepower was still the same, the score was instantly pulled away after a stalemate for most of the quarter.
Durant wanted to stand up and score for the team, but at this time, the impact of continuous playing came, and he also frequently hit the iron, as if he had suddenly returned to the era of Thunder playing.
70-60, at the end of the half, relying on Tang Shuai's three-point shot, the Lakers came from behind and ended the first half with a lead of ten points.
The Lakers almost accounted for 60% of the team's scoring in the first half, Tang Shuai contributed 20 points and 5 assists, and Westbrook scored 24 points!
In the first game of the regular season, the two showed super attacking power.
This result also surprised some experts, who knew that the Lakers would definitely go further this season, but they didn't expect to be able to occupy such a top in the matchup with the Warriors, which is simply unscientific.
But those in the know know that this team has been training together for a month just before the game, coupled with the consecutive victories in the preseason, the morale is high, and it is normal to play like this.
At halftime, the cheerleaders of the Lakers team gave the fans an enthusiastic dance, and the sexy body and charming movements made many male fans feel that there was fire under the crotch, but it was precisely because of the strong performance of the home team that they had the leisure to pay attention to these off-court.
After halftime, the Lakers were still firmly in control of the situation on the court, and the mentality of the Warriors players also changed, and the score was 96-84 at the end of the third quarter, and the lead was further expanded.
The game was moving towards a big win, and by the time the third quarter broke out, the fans were already cheering and playing a kissing game with the live DJs.
Kissing games are one of the most common ways of interaction in NBA games, and the on-site cameraman will give the two people photographed a chance to be on camera, which is a bit equivalent to the domestic "wall", and the person who is drawn will kiss in front of the camera until the camera leaves.
The fun of this game is that the people captured by the camera are not necessarily couples, they are likely to be just ordinary friends, and this shot has passed, and it may have made a relationship, or it is possible that the boyfriend and girlfriend are in the cold war period, and this kind of kissing is also a way to resolve conflicts.
All in all, it's a fun game that is definitely highly regarded when you're not competing.
Of course, the premise is that in a game like today, when the home team is leading by a large score, if the home team is tyrannized, I'm afraid no one will have the heart to play this.
Because of the excessive play, the fourth quarter of the game started more than ten seconds longer than expected.
When the players on both sides returned to the court in the final quarter, what people didn't expect was that Kerr actually put all the main forces up.
This posture is clearly desperate.
Billups' response was a little slower, and in just over a minute, the Warriors showed their ferocious outside firepower, with Durant, Curry and Thompson working together to make four three-pointers to erase the deficit in an instant.
The audience was stunned and didn't come back to their senses for a long time.
Durant hit a three-point shot at the end, and roared with his right fist.
The game entered a timeout for the Lakers, and the Lakers also changed all the main players on the court.
The momentum of the Warriors came up, Westbrook was directly blocked by Durant under the basket, and Curry split the ball with Thompson, who rushed to the basket and hit the lever, and the Warriors played a wave of 14-0 in a single quarter!
All of a sudden, the Lakers were on the edge of a cliff.
Tang Shuai went to the front court to organize and gave the ball to Westbrook,
Westbrook received the ball and burst into the basket, encountered Durant and Bogut, and chose to force up without flinching.
Durant slapped him and his shot was disrupted.
Because of the angle of sight, the referee on the sidelines did not blow the whistle, but he didn't seem to wait for the whistle at all, and got up again after landing, grabbed the offensive rebound between the two long men, Durant and Bogut, and then threw himself into the air to dunk.
When Bogut saw this, he turned around and pulled him to the ground.
"Bang!"
There was a muffled thud, and he fell to the ground.
The scene was in an uproar.
The next second, he stood up from the ground and glared at Bogut, but quickly turned and walked towards the free throw line.
Bogut was whistled for a technical foul, which was a three-time free throw opportunity.
Westbrook made three of three free throws to help his team regain the lead.
Tang Shuai couldn't help but be moved at this time, such a teammate really had to be admired.
He remembered Westbrook's confession in an interview with a media outlet called "Into the All-Stars" that he was playing with anger, and that he felt that any opponent scoring in front of him would make him angry, but as he played more time, he had learned to let go of that anger.
It sounds like a real American hero collecting energy, but it was clear from the round that Westbrook did exactly that.
Technical fouls are thrown one free throw, and the ball is still possessed by the Lakers.
Batum sent a sideline ball, Westbrook broke through the inside line and encountered the bag, and the ball was given to Tang Shuai on the outside, and Tang Shuai shook Thompson and rushed inside.
After a series of breakaways, Thompson was clearly aware of Tang Shuai's new offensive style, and at this time he recovered the basket and successfully interfered with his shooting route.
Tang Shuai saw that there was no chance, so he didn't hesitate to return the ball to the outside Westbrook, who shook Curry, and then burst to the basket, and scored a beautiful turn layup in the face of Bogut.
The action was done in one go, and he faced Bogut again, calmly and a little scary.
Webber, who was commentating on the sidelines, was originally talking endlessly, but he didn't know what to say all of a sudden.
The Warriors' offense, after a few off-ball blocks, Durant misplaced his back to Westbrook, and after a few hits, he turned around and had to rely on a long-arm layup.
"Smack!"
With a crisp sound, Westbrook was all too familiar with his attacking style, and this one snatched the ball off before he could get started, and then rushed forward without saying a word.
Thompson wanted to go up to help defend, but he was knocked out of the way, and Curry hesitated for a moment and gave up rushing over.
His whole person is like a tiger out of the cage, and the whole castration is like a rainbow.
At this time in the game, the main players have a lot of physical exertion, and this kind of ball has been broken, so they will basically choose a layup.
But he seems to be a special case, after rushing to the front court, he held his breath, took the ball and flew up at the free throw line, and smashed the ball into the basket with his right hand.
With a lot of strength, it feels like I'm going to smash myself in.
"Bang!"
There was a loud bang, and the camera on the top of the hoop was smashed and shaken.
The scene erupted in cheers.
After Westbrook landed, he couldn't hide his excitement, his hands slapped his chest fiercely, and the bruises on his arms bulged, screaming at the audience.
This is definitely playing with anger. (To be continued.) )