Chapter 174: No Concessions

The Trailblazers are going to be desperate! Everyone who saw this game secretly told themselves. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

From the moment Oden jumped up and beat Bynum to grab the ball, every Trail Blazers player was running desperately, not sparing his physical strength at all, just running, running, and running on the court, as if he wanted to completely burn all his energy in this game. The Lakers players didn't expect the opponent to choose to attack from the beginning, and in their opinion, the Trail Blazers would definitely play steadily, but they were surprised to start the game with a daze.

Phil is still firmly in the Diaoyutai area, and years of coaching experience tell him that the Trail Blazers' crazy offense is only temporary, and no team can sustain such a run for a long time. In his opinion, the Trail Blazers' idea is simply stupid, and they are wasting a lot of physical energy at the beginning, how can they compete with their own team? But as the minutes ticked by, the smile on Phil's face faded and even became solemn, as the Trail Blazers' five starters were still running around the court halfway through the first quarter, as if they had screws and gears embedded in their bodies.

However, the Lakers have come to their senses, and they have also begun to speed up under the leadership of Kobe, and resolutely fight against the Trail Blazers. Kobe Bryant finally found his touch after hitting the iron twice, with a mid-range jumper to score consecutive points, the inside Gasol also got a lot of opportunities, the FIBA No. 1 center turned the river under the basket, skillful inside footwork and soft shooting feel is simply the enemy of the Trail Blazers interior players. The duo gradually helped the Lakers withstand the Trail Blazers' frantic offense, but focusing on the offensive end meant that their control on the defensive end began to wane.

What made them speechless was that Ye Feng and Roy's three-point shots were fired early, and their shooting rates were so high that people wondered if they had installed precision guidance devices on the basketball. The Trail Blazers' tactics are simple, too simple to be called tactics, they rely on the players' constant running to pull the Lakers' defensive formation, then receive the ball in an open or near open position, and then shoot outside the three-point line. Ade and Oden have long since turned into pure blue-collar workers, unless they can directly dunk or re-attack after grabbing offensive rebounds, and all the rest are re-passed to the outside to continue shooting.

That is, Ye Feng and Roy withstood the pressure and shot a super high shooting rate, otherwise they would really kill themselves by relying on shooting so purely. At this moment, McMillan was extremely glad that he had brought Ye Feng under his command, which allowed the Trail Blazers to have two extremely threatening scoring points on the outside at the same time. When the outside line was opened, the inside line was liberated, especially Ade, his straight-arm backward jumper was originally a difficult killer move to defend, and the reason why he didn't pass the ball to him at the beginning was just because the Lakers hoarded heavy troops on the inside, and there was no chance to shoot when he passed it. But now that Roy and Ye Feng have attracted the defense to the outside, Ade's shots have immediately increased.

The starters on both sides were evenly matched, but because the Lakers were blindsided for a while at first, the Lakers were still seven points behind when Phil and McMillan came off the bench. The Lakers' bench lineup is very interesting, similar to the starting lineup of the Trail Blazers, Famar as Fisher's first backup, his biggest role is to assault, that is to say, he is used by Phil as a pure breakout, and the actual playmaker of this lineup is Wharton, although he does not have excellent breakthrough ability, and his shooting is only average, but his ball quotient and overall view are enough to make him the core of tactical operation.

The Trail Blazers, on the other hand, returned to their normal routine, with Fernandez in charge of controlling the tempo, Rodriguez partnering him in the backcourt, Otalo still the most important scoring point for the entire bench lineup, and Fry partnering with Pulzbilla on the inside, which happened to be a combination of offense and defense, one inside and one outside. Originally, McMillan wanted Batum to play the No. 4 position, but the Lakers' backup power forward was 2.08 meters Odom, Batum has neither height advantage nor experience, so it's better not to go up and look for abuse. As for Frye, at least he can move Odom to a high position and create more space for other players to break through.

The Spanish backfielder of Fernandes and Rodriguez quickly showed their chemistry and organisational skills, and their imaginative passing made them have to be impressed. Oterlo is always able to receive the ball in the position he is most comfortable with, and all he has to do is keep cutting the score. Not to be outdone, Famar's breakthrough caused great trouble for Purzbilla, a small man who is less than 1.9 meters tall showed strong physical confrontation ability, although he rarely passed the ball to the outside again, but his breakthrough also brought a different momentum to the Lakers' tactics.

Whether they are starters or substitutes, the tactics of both teams seem to be well defined, and they always find weaknesses in the other to exploit. The result was that the Trail Blazers maintained the lead they had created in the first half of the first quarter, not expanding it any further, nor being narrowed by the Lakers. Whenever the Lakers chased the difference to only one or two points, Roy or Ye Feng would fire directly outside the three-point line and pull the score away again. Normally, this is a big blow to the side that is behind, and it is not interesting to be interrupted by others in a row.

But the Lakers are different, especially the Lakers in this game. They don't know why the Trail Blazers are stumbling with themselves, they just know that they have to keep moving forward, and then forward, until they touch the glittering O'Brien Cup, so all the shackles before that have to be cut, all the ups and downs have to be crossed, for them, the Trail Blazers are just a stumbling block, even if they keep the equalizer in vain, what does it matter? We're back here to win!

At this point, haughty self-confidence has also become a weapon, and the Lakers are undeterred to continue to attack the Trail Blazers' stubborn lead, and when they are interrupted, they will do it again, and again, until the score is tied. But the Trail Blazers have shown amazing tenacity, and they are not willing to let this go, and the 3-3 score has proven that they are also capable of reaching the Western Conference Finals, and now that they have the advantage, they will not give up easily. They were running and roaring on the field, and even the fans in Los Angeles had to give them a standing ovation.

The so-called-for-tat is the most perfect portrayal of this game.