Chapter 691: A Warrior's Little Strategy!
If the first half was dominated by the Toronto Raptors, then the Raptors were led by the Lakers in the second half, Xie Chen's 360-degree dunk in the first half did play a morale-boosting role, and the Lakers players will feel that there is such an omnipotent player in the team, what opponent can't win?
However, it is not so easy to win against the Raptors, the two sides did not decide the winner until the last moment, and Ingram and Randle made fatal mistakes in the final critical time, and everyone else also lost open positions, the Lakers' problems are still obvious, but anyway, they finally won ten consecutive wins. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Haha, I didn't expect our Lakers team to have won ten in a row, but unfortunately the next opponent is the Golden State Warriors, I don't know if the winning streak will be broken."
"Now we are the only No. 1 team in the West, even if we lose to the Warriors in the next game, we are still tied with the Warriors for the first place in the West, and in the West, only our two teams are the strongest, and I am very optimistic about the prospects of the Lakers playoffs!"
"Each of these two games has a wonderful performance, and the next game against my old opponent Stephen Curry will definitely be even more exciting, and I can't wait to see their game!"
After the game, all the audience discussed the Lakers' next opponent, the Golden State Warriors, and they all decided that it was a difficult game, after all, the Warriors were the only opponent who had defeated the Lakers this season, but now the Lakers are in a winning streak, Ingram has also grown compared to last time, and Xie Chen seems to have more new abilities than last time, this time when he meets the Warriors again and sits at home, I am afraid he will not lose as easily as last time, but whether he wins or loses, everyone agrees, It was going to be an absolutely exciting game!
The Warriors and the Lakers have a game today, the Lakers won today, and the Warriors are the same, now they still only lose two games, ranking second in the West, and the next game is against the Lakers, if they beat the Lakers again, then both sides will lose two games each, and the Warriors will naturally rise to the top of the West again.
After the Warriors won, as soon as they returned to the locker room, Dream Green excitedly took his phone and tweeted a content: "I'm going to play in Los Angeles tomorrow, I'm very happy that we are back to No. 1 in the West!" Thank you to all the fans who supported the Golden State Warriors, and let's welcome that moment together! ”
Dream Green's words clearly look down on the Lakers and think that the Warriors will definitely win the Lakers.
Green's content quickly spread in the circle, and the Lakers were the first to learn about Green's words.
"Draymond doesn't seem to see us as opponents at all, this guy, did you think you won the game without playing?!" Ci Shiping was obviously unhappy with Green's remarks, and immediately forwarded and responded: "Want to take the first place in the West? In Los Angeles, you're only going to get a third loss! ”
Ci Shiping told Xie Chen about Green, and Xie Chen naturally wouldn't be happy, but he didn't react so fiercely like Ci Shiping, and he didn't think about fighting with the Warriors on online social platforms, strength is the last word, he knew that the game with the Warriors was not easy to play, after all, the Warriors won the Lakers once, and it was a big victory, with Xie Chen's current strength, even if he lost to the Warriors again, it would not be strange.
Later in the evening, Xie Chen found Brandon Ingram, who was training alone in the training hall.
Xie Chen watched Ingram shoot a few three-pointers, and asked behind his back, "Why are you still practicing?" Aren't you tired after playing? ”
Today's game with the Raptors was stalemate until the final moment, and Ingram's physical strength was already unbearable in the final quarter of the game.
Ingram turned his head and saw Xie Chen, unconsciously scratched his hair, and said, "Last time I fought the Warriors, I didn't complete the task you gave me, and I hope I can do it again this time against the Warriors." ”
Seeing Ingram so self-motivated, Xie Chen also felt very relieved, since the last defeat to the Warriors, Ingram's training intensity has risen to a level, he has become more hard, for fear that he will drag back in the playoffs, but these days' efforts can not be reflected in such a short period of time, until today's fight against the Raptors, frankly speaking, Ingram is still not able to be Xie Chen's strong helper, his progress is very slow, and he can only occasionally play wonderful performances.
Xie Chen said to Ingram: "If you want to win against the Warriors, it's not as simple as shooting a few more open three-pointers, the last game exposed a lot of your shortcomings, I think they will definitely attack your weaknesses, the next game with the Warriors, I prefer you to play a little simpler, and the attack method is even singler, do you have your own best way of attacking?" If not, then practice one, do you have the best three-point shooting point? I also practice that position a lot. ”
Instead of letting Ingram spend his time on all-round improvement, it is better to let him have a weapon that he is good at, and only practice one move, although it is easier to be targeted, but it is also better than not being able to do anything.
Ingram took the ball and changed direction to the left and right, then hit a ball and said, "I kind of like scoring goals like this." ”
Xie Chen nodded: "Then the next game will always be like this." ”
"Fight like this all the time? Then KD will guess in advance that I will shoot. Ingram asked.
Xie Chen said: "If you guess, then you will lean back, and use this trick to disgust him for a while." ”
"Oh......" Ingram was wondering if Xie Chen's intention was to make this proposal seriously for his own good, or purely to disgust Durant?
Xie Chen and Ingram sat down, the two recalled the scene of the last time against the Warriors, Xie Chen said to Ingram: "The Warriors are not an invincible team, they have lost two games this season, and they have proven that they can be beaten, of course, the game against the Warriors, the victory or defeat is not important, the important thing is to understand the opponent in the game with them, accumulate experience and find a way to defeat them, the last game, your defense was terrible, whether it was defending Klay Thompson or Kevin Durant, there was no restriction on them, I know." , one of them is a guy who can score 37 points in a single quarter, and the other is an inexplicable scoring champion, and the requirements for you may be too high, Klay Thompson, you don't need to pay too much attention to it, because when he feels hot, I can also change the defense to mark him, I want you to spend all your energy on learning how to defend Kevin Durant, I can barely switch to Klay Thompson, but for this guy KD, especially his shooting, I really can't do anything, and I can only rely on you. ”
There is too much difference between Kevin Durant's height and Xie Chen, although Xie Chen is the best defensive player in the league, but no matter how versatile he is, no matter how good his defense is, it is impossible to prevent Durant's shooting, no one can defend against it, but Ingram is the one with the most chance.
Ingram is young and aggressive, in addition to being inferior to Durant in terms of experience, the speed must be able to keep up, and Ingram is close to two meters and eight meters tall, with an arm span of two meters and twenty-one, and Durant is the same height and arm length, generally speaking, not as tall as Durant, it is difficult to interfere with Durant's shooting, but Ingram, who has an extraordinary arm span, has this opportunity to interfere with the opponent, at least much more than Xie Chen or others.
Xie Chen's biggest concern is Durant's outburst on the court, once he hits consecutive shots one after another, Xie Chen can only watch helplessly, and if Stephen Curry or Klay Thompson wants to break out, Xie Chen can more or less rely on his ability and understanding of them to prevent the interruption.
Teams with superstars, as long as you have the ability to stop their back-to-back bursts of scoring, then there is hope of winning the game.
Compared to the intense preparation of the Lakers, the Warriors seem to be a little lax.
When I arrived in Los Angeles and trained, everyone talked and laughed, as if there was really no suspense about this victory.
After Dream Green shot a three-pointer, he said with a smile: "Xie is just one more left-handed layup, which is nothing to be afraid of, whether it is left-handed or right-handed, isn't it the same?" It's not an extra hand, is it? ”
Stephen Curry nodded: "That's right, I don't care much about the ability of his left hand, in fact, I have practiced with my left hand, but I don't use it much, and in a really high-level game, I still have to use the hand I am most used to to score, so I think even in this game, he will not use his left hand too much, or even not use it." ”
Kevin Durant said: "I think we have to watch out for his defense, I look at his last few games and I feel like his defense has gotten stronger again. ”
"Is there one? How do I not think? Dream Green dismissed, he was also a defensive team last season and was a strong contender for the best defensive player, so he disdained Xie Chen.
For this game, Green is not thinking about winning or losing, he thinks that the Warriors will win, and what he cares about is how to win to win more happily.
Green suddenly asked everyone: "Hey, guys, I think there should be no problem with winning against the Lakers in this game, what I want to say is, can we do it all in this game?" Make them lose a little more ugly? ”
When everyone heard Green's words, what did they mean to Xie Chen? They all lowered their heads, it has always been Xie Chen who bullied others, who can take advantage of Xie Chen!
Every player in the Warriors wants to do this, but no one has the confidence to stand up and speak, Stephen Curry wanted to teach Xie Chen a lesson from his first NBA debut, but unfortunately he didn't teach himself a lesson, but he was angry, Kevin Durant didn't take advantage of Xie Chen, Livingston also sighed, his best back-to-back shooting is not worth mentioning in front of Xie Chen.
"How...... No one spoke? Dream Chaser Green was also most afraid of the sudden silence in the air, he found that no one had given a practical idea, could it be that no one could really embarrass Xie Chen?
Klay Thompson said: "You can also see it in the last duel, we won the game, but it was not good to win, you were deducted by Xie Qi, Xie's personality and ability are very clear to everyone, although we all hate him, but I have to admit that none of us can win and make him uncomfortable." ”
Curry agrees: "Klay is right, I just thought of a little bit of a way that didn't work. ”
"Oh? What is it, say it and listen to it? Dream Green said with interest.
Curry asked, "When is Xie the most impatient?" ”
Thompson said: "When you're down by a big score. ”
Kevin Durant said: "When you miss consecutive shots. ”
Or in Green's words: "When you see us pretending!" ”
Curry gave Green a thumbs up, and then said: "That's right, every time I play against him, I inevitably do all kinds of celebrations on the court, when he sees us showing off on the court, he is the most impatient, he can't bear to return it in a more pretentious way for a second, if we can stop him from pretending, what kind of scene do you think?" ”
"Hahaha, then he must suffocate to death!" Dream Green laughed.
"But how can you stop him? He's too well-rounded individually, and when it comes to three-point shooting alone, he can pull it right in front of you, or he can shoot far from the three-point line, and he has a very high shooting percentage. Klay Thompson said.
"yes, he's going to be able to break through our defense, shoot a three-pointer and respond to us with a pretence, and the only thing we can stop him from is stopping the basketball from falling into the basket when he turns around early to celebrate," Curry said. ”
"Can you stop the basketball from going into the net?" Livingston felt a little too young to understand.
Curry smiled: "Okay, can't the players under the basket take the ball away in advance?" ”
Dream Green was surprised: "You said to interfere with the ball?" Isn't this a reward for nothing? It's really not a viable option at all, what if he misses the shot? I made sure he scored. ”
Everyone sweated wildly, but Durant said: "Have you noticed that whenever Xie celebrates in advance, no three-point shot is missed, he must have a great deal of confidence to do this action, so he is the same as being scored, instead of letting him shoot and pretend to be successful, it is better to intercept the basketball in advance, at least the atmosphere on the scene will be very different." ”
Green still felt a little unreliable, and asked again: "Is there no other way than this?" ”
Everyone looks at me, I look at you, and they can't think of any strategy that can make Xie Chen embarrassed or even uncomfortable, and then everyone sighs that Xie Chen is really an all-round player.
Another day later, at the Staples Center Arena, the Lakers welcomed the biggest opponent of the season, the super team with the most giants, the Golden State Warriors!
The tickets for this game can be said to be worth a thousand dollars, and there are many celebrities who pushed off the work at hand and came to watch the game, Kobe Bryant also appeared on the scene, in addition to Kobe, there is also a well-known star, and it is active, he is Kyrie Irving of the Cavaliers, Irving happened to have a little injury in the past two days, and he couldn't play, but I didn't expect him to secretly fly to Los Angeles to watch the game, which shows how attractive this game is! (To be continued.) )