185. Strength plummeted
The Lakers came on the court worriedly, McCollum and Thackeray, who were limited by Aldridge's supplemental defense, were replaced by Famar and Antetokounmpo, Gasol officially moved to the center position, and Antetokounmpo played power forward. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Trail Blazers are a team that uses starters to death, not that their coach Stotters doesn't want to make substitutions, but that there are really no good substitutes.
Coach Stouts also wants to be like D'Antoni, and if this one doesn't play well, he will change to another.
The ball possession of the Trail Blazers, Lillard advanced to the frontcourt.
Antetokounmpo followed closely with Aldridge, who had already scored 14 points, and did not dare to relax in the slightest, and he saw Gasol being miserably abused by Aldridge off the court, as if he had seen his miserable end.
But Antetokounmpo, although scared, did not back down in the slightest, he was ready to be blown up, he only thought about bringing a little more pressure to the other party.
Antetokounmpo felt that he was much thinner than Gasol, and Aldridge would definitely grab him and beat him up, and his heart was already wow and cold.
But Aldridge unexpectedly shot at random after receiving the ball, and instead of a low-post single turnover jumper like before, he directly received the ball and shot it against Antetokounmpo's defense!
I have to say that Aldridge's hand was really terrible, and under Antetokounmpo's tight defense, he almost scored with such an extremely casual shot, rolled twice on the basket and fell out.
Gasol, who usually plays soy sauce, snatched up Lopez's rebounds this time and pressed Lopez to get defensive rebounds.
The Trail Blazers retreated like a tidal wave, and the discipline of the retreat was not comparable to that of the Lakers.
The retreat is also very particular, in addition to relying on discipline, the speed of the players is also very important, the Trail Blazers, Spurs and other teams are very fast and effective, the Pacers even if they are the strongest in the first half of the season, the retreat is actually average, because they have three players in the starting lineup The speed is very average, but it is basically impossible to meet a team like the Lakers, and it is not exposed.
Famar is an attacker, he comes up to score, and he is a little better defensively than Nash, far worse than McCollum, so his task after coming on the court is to break through and score or divide the ball.
Famar's defense and scoring ability are not as good as McCollum's, but he is an orthodox point guard who can pass the ball, and Aldridge will definitely leak people if he wants to make up for the defense, and he will not only have the basket in his eyes when he reaches the scoring position like McCollum, he can pass the ball.
That's why D'Antoni will replace Famar.
Famar was just as comfortable past Lillard, and he was ready to pass the ball as soon as he burst into the mid-range.
“……”
Aldridge people!
Farmar waited for more than a second and Aldridge still didn't come, but Lillard, who had been passed, returned to the defensive position.
Famar is ready to share the ball, who knows that Aldridge actually doesn't make up for the defense, his current position is very embarrassing, there is no room for breakthroughs, mid-range shooting is not what he is good at, let alone shooting in the middle of the defense, so he passed the ball to Kobe.
It was Matthews who defended Kobe, and at this time Kobe did something that Liu Ren couldn't figure out, Kobe just took a few steps on the spot, and then cut two steps, and then got a chance to shoot, and easily hit a mid-range shot.
Matthews' defense was definitely strong, but Kobe Bryant just didn't make much of a move to shoot the ball in.
Liu Ren asked Kobe how he did it, and Kobe also answered, but Liu Ren felt that the answer was in vain.
Bryant's answer was: "Let yourself be a feint all over your body, and you can turn the feint into a real move at any time." ”
The reason why Kobe Bryant didn't give Liu Ren a detailed explanation is very simple, Liu Ren's physical fitness is still on the rise, and he can dominate the game by physical fitness for at least ten years, and his current style of play is helpless, so he can only score with such a troublesome trick, because there is not much physical advantage left.
However, Kobe, an old naughty boy, will not explain all this to Liu Ren, he prefers to see Liu Ren wonder if he wants to train and learn this trick, after all, he is not pressured by many skills.
It's time for the Trail Blazers to attack again, and the Trail Blazers' first scoring point is naturally Aldridge, who continues to show his strong firepower.
Aldridge scored again, this time against Antetokounmpo's mid-range shot and landed into the basket with precision.
The Lakers went through the embarrassing situation of Farmar breaking through to the middle distance just now, and did not play the gap of the Trail Blazers' poor point guard defense, but directly used Kobe, Liu Ren, and Gasol to chisel hard.
Bryant single-handedly attracts defense, Liu Ren is a raider and three-pointer, Gasol is a transit station, Antetokounmpo is ready to fill in the gaps, and Famar is a point guard pitcher.
After Aldridge's defense disappeared, the Lakers' offense became very fluid.
On the Trail Blazers' side, Aldridge's offensive firepower was still strong, and the two teams began to fight each other.
It seems that the two sides are evenly matched, but on the side of the Lakers, the difference is getting smaller and smaller! Aldridge is striking more and more times!
At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers were surprised to find that they unknowingly chased the score to only 4 points! 32-36 trailing by just four points!
On the Lakers' side, Kobe, Gasol, and Liu Ren each scored 9 points, and the Trail Blazers' Aldridge scored 22 points and 8 rebounds in a single quarter.
The Lakers themselves were surprised, and the Trail Blazers were even more surprised, Aldridge played so well, how did he lead by 4 points?
Only Lillard and Coach Stokes on the long side know why, and Aldridge is back to his old ways.
After Aldridge made the Lakers pay a lot of attention to him in the first half of the quarter, the goal has been achieved, and that hard work has disappeared again, and he has returned to his usual style of play.
It seems that although he is still so powerful, those who really know Aldridge know that his style of play has completely changed, the defensive end only cares about his own defenders, he is too lazy to make up for the defense, and the offensive end is not very willing to do troublesome things, and he is very freehand to shoot against the defense.
Aldridge is really good, he can shoot more than 50% in every game against the defense, but he has to have the best chance to shoot every ball when he concentrates, that is, the efficiency of the first half of this game is completely different!
Aldridge made all kinds of turnover jumpers when he played seriously in the first half of the quarter, and every time he was the most perfect shot, shooting 7 of 8 with efficiency, but in the second half of the quarter, because he had received the attention of the Lakers, he began to shoot against the defense as usual, and the shooting efficiency plummeted to 4 of 8.
Lillard and Stotters can't say anything, Aldridge has All-Star level strength even if he plays casually, can he ask for more?
The Lakers are confused, but they don't know what's wrong, the Trail Blazers seem to have instantly changed from a super-top-level opponent to an ordinary first-class team, and they really can't say what's wrong. (To be continued.) )