Chapter 689: Great Happiness
A league, a division, and two teams that have played in the playoffs will have some grievances in themselves, not to mention a team that aspires to win the championship, but unexpectedly loses to a team that has never been favored, plus Tang Shuai, the bitter master who eliminated himself for two consecutive years, this grudge has escalated into a grudge. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although it is only a pre-season game, judging from the statements of the two sides in the pre-game interviews and their respective preparations, this is definitely not just a warm-up game.
Curry opted for a rotational rest for this game, with Livingston replacing him, and the other three F4 and Bogut all appeared in the starting lineup.
On the Lakers' side, the main players played, and Yi Jianlian, like the previous four games, still appeared in the team's starting power forward position.
The attendance rate of the audience reached more than 80%, and the fans flocked to watch the grudge between the two teams.
As soon as the game began, the Warriors fought to the death, even if it was only in the preseason, and they couldn't wait to avenge last season's elimination.
This does have an effect, although there is no Curry, but Durant and Thompson, the outside two guns are still there, plus Green's strategy, the strength is still very strong.
12-6, after more than two minutes of play, the Warriors hit consecutive shots, and they quickly took the initiative on the court.
On an offense by the Lakers, Westbrook used Batum to block and rush to the basket, and Durant, who assisted in the defense, was about to block by relying on him.
If this ball were to be changed to the past, with Westbrook's character, he would basically be carrying a bag of explosives, but I don't know if it was because of the relationship between the two, he obviously hesitated when he shot the ball, and he withdrew when he shot.
As a result, when he was able to avoid Durant's block, his shot directly crossed the bridge, causing a burst of restlessness from the audience.
Turning back to the Warriors' offense, Thompson's three-point shot, Bogut struggled to grab the rebound in the frontcourt, and then threw the ball to Durant on the wing.
At this time, because the person who helped Durant block and dismantle was Livingston, Westbrook switched to Durant at once.
Similar to the previous round, the difference is that this time the attacker and the defender switched.
Durant didn't hesitate, after a false shake, he took the ball and waved his long arm to the inside, and finally scored against Westbrook's tough layup, which also caused the latter's foul on the beater.
The scene was in an uproar.
Westbrook looked at Durant with a complicated expression, and the latter had already turned to celebrate with Green's chest.
Tang Shuai watched this scene outside, and he couldn't say what he felt in his heart for a while.
Westbrook, although he is already a top superstar, is still a very emotional person to put it bluntly, and may even be the kind of person who is a little overdone.
Durant walked to the free throw line, and Westbrook also walked outside the three-point line at this time.
Tang Shuai walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder, waited for him to turn his head, and said: "Russell, you are already a player of the Lakers, and more than 10,000 fans are watching." ”
Tang Shuai didn't say it very clearly, but the meaning was already obvious, he hoped that Westbrook would put down his personal emotions and be able to devote his energy to the game.
Westbrook was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Durant hit the penalty, he nodded.
The Lakers' offense, Tang Shuai suddenly divided Yi Jianlian, and Yi Jianlian gave Westbrook a block and dismantled.
Westbrook held the ball and rushed straight inside.
Durant quickly came over.
This time, Westbrook was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth and rushed in.
Single-round physical talent, Westbrook is not as tall and long as Durant, but compared to ruthlessness, he is too much.
After rushing up at this moment, Durant was knocked back again and again.
Westbrook saw the timing and directly accelerated to squeeze Durant to score a layup.
The moment the ball was scored, the scene suddenly erupted in a mountain of cheers.
This is what they have seen and look forward to seeing.
Durant was hit with a dull pain in his chest and looked at Westbrook in disbelief.
Westbrook didn't bumper as Durant had done in the previous round, and after looking at Durant, he turned and ran back.
Tang Shuai saw this scene and took the initiative to rush over and slap him in the face.
Durant frowned at this scene.
Tang Shuai smiled and glanced at him, then turned back to the defense.
This is the NBA, and since the competition has become so brutal, he has to leave his personal emotions behind, and if Westbrook can't let it go, he doesn't mind being the bad guy.
The game on the court continued, and Durant practiced strong shots to help the Warriors renew their scores.
However, after Westbrook left his personal feelings, the Lakers played well under the leadership of the backcourt with two guns.
And when Durant was rested, Billups still arranged two guns on the court, and the score was pulled away by the Lakers.
28-20, the Lakers came from behind, and after more than half a quarter in the first quarter, the Lakers had already pulled the score towards double digits.
The Warriors made an offensive mistake, Speights's back hit was directly cut off by Yi Jianlian, and the Lakers took advantage of the situation to launch a fast attack.
After attacking from the backcourt to the frontcourt free throw line, Tang Shuai made a fake and real pass, threw the ball high into the air on the right side during the march, Westbrook jumped high, took the ball and fell from the sky, and smashed the ball directly above the head of Green, who was about to grab a rebound.
"Bang!"
This goal is quite domineering, much more domineering than the ball from Bayless in the first game of the preseason, and after the deduction, the entire Staples Center instantly boiled.
The fans were shouting and screaming wildly.
After all, the person who was detained just now was the big-mouthed Green.
The Westbrook man was much shorter than Green, and after the buckle, in order to protect his body, he swung forward under the effect of inertia.
And it was this one that kicked Green in the head.
Without waiting for the shouts of the audience to end, Green turned around and picked up Westbrook Clara, who had just landed, and punched him directly.
It happened so quickly that Westbrook didn't react, and he quickly dodged his head, but the fist still hit his shoulder.
Yi Jianlian and Tang Shuai next to him saw this scene and rushed over directly, Durant and Livingston on the Warriors' side also came over, and then followed by others, the two teams, which had long been riddled with grievances, suddenly pushed and shoved together.
Such a push immediately drew monstrous boos from the scene.
The referee was unable to stop the team from joining the team at the first time, and after waiting for more than a minute, he almost called the security guard in, and the two sides separated with the help of the head coach.
Green and Westbrook had both gone berserk, cursing and cursing in the air.
At this time, no one cared about the scolding, and it was a blessing that the two no longer worked together.
When they parted, the boos of the audience were even worse, and even mixed with whistles one after another.
Apparently, the home fans were quite unhappy with Green's reaction.
The players on both sides returned to their respective benches under the persuasion of the referee, but none of them sat down, and it was obvious that their emotions had not calmed down.
The preseason played like this, I'm afraid no one expected.
But thinking about the previous events of the two teams, although this is somewhat unexpected, it seems to be a reasonable thing.
Both sides are waiting for the referee's final decision.
Tang Shuai communicated with Westbrook at this time, which made him slowly calm down.
Just when the two of them were still communicating, the scene suddenly burst into cheers.
The referee's decision has been made.
Westbrook technical foul, Green second-degree malicious foul, direct ejection!
"What! What's the situation?! Green almost jumped up when he saw the penalty, and he was very emotional.
Kerr resisted him at this time, and finally, under the persuasion of Thompson and Durant, he threw the towel over his shoulders and walked towards the players' tunnel.
His departure attracted a round of neat applause from the fans at the scene.
Tang Shuai smiled a little from ear to ear.
This is in Los Angeles, but there is no familiar home court care in Oakland, and in fact, Westbrook was completely unintentional, but Green's punch was deliberate, if Westbrook hadn't dodged quickly, it is estimated that he would have had a concussion at this time.
After this happened, the trend of the game changed.
In order to avoid further clashes, neither side of the head coach let the starters play again.
The original regular-season intensity game has also become a real preseason game, and the second half is almost all played by substitutes.
Simply fighting off the bench, the Lakers obviously have more advantages, the new team of Noll and Tucker both performed very well, the former finally scored 16 points, the latter contributed 7 boards, 3 steals and 1 block, in their excellent performance, the Lakers finally defeated the Warriors 103-98 to win five consecutive preseason wins.
Of course, the outcome of the game is not so critical at this time, and what kind of punishment Green will suffer is the focus.
Because Green has previously had a precedent of a second-degree malicious foul being changed to a first-degree malicious foul (second-level requires a one-game ban, first-degree does not), so the outcome is variable.
For the sixth time in the preseason, the Lakers flew to Utah to challenge the Jazz, and they finally won six consecutive preseason games by relying on the backcourt double shots.
And just after their game, the punishment for Green came out.
The penalty for a second-degree malicious foul remains unchanged, with Green receiving a $20,000 fine and one-game suspension.
This result immediately attracted a burst of cheers from the fans.
Westbrook because of the toughness of the team, coupled with Durant's departure from the Thunder, his popularity had a direct squall last summer, and he and Tang Shuai formed a new Lakers double less, at this time it can be said that it has reached the peak of popularity. (To be continued.) )