Chapter 22: Eruption

The boos were a little smaller, and Richard could guess why, maybe the team's excellent performance in the first quarter had made some fans recognize Richard, but in fact, fans are like that, when they are not optimistic about something, they must want to express their thoughts, so Richard heard boos against himself on his home court in a few games in a row.

And when the thing that they don't like goes in a good direction, they will quickly change their minds and support Richard from the bottom of their hearts.

So during the break in the quarter, when Richard stood up to lay out the second quarter of the players, he actually heard a faint cheer from behind him. This made Richard a little happy, everything was going in a good direction, and they had to work hard for this game!

In the second quarter, the Warriors made a few small adjustments, Kenny Thomas stepped into the center position, Devin George came on to replace Eric Dampele, and with Ralph Alston coming on, the Warriors used an out-and-out small lineup.

The reason why Richard dared to make such an adjustment is that the Lakers replaced O'Neal, Richard knows that the Warriors' tactics, if used in a purely small lineup, are the most powerful, because such a lineup is the fastest, and the shooting feel is better than those interior players, the only drawback of this lineup is the defensive problem, but in the case of O'Neal's rest, the defense will not be too much of a problem at all.

At the beginning of the Lakers' current offense, in the absence of O'Neal, the ball had to be handed over to Kobe Bryant, Kobe Bryant took the ball to the frontcourt, and at this time the Warriors' players had already stood up under Richard's reminder.

In the case of Kobe Bryant's choice to break through directly, Richard shouted loudly on the sidelines, asking the Warriors to show their speed advantage and use speed to constantly help defend and make up for defense, so for a while, Richard could only be heard shouting in the Oakland Arena: "Speed!" Speed! (Speed!) Velocity! )”

Phil Jackson on the other side of the court frowned, and Kobe Bryant on the court was a little irritable for no reason, he found that the defender in front of him had been changing, with the Lakers' transfer of the ball and the operation of the change, in exchange for Kobe, the replacement of Kobe Bryant was upset, he wanted to pass the ball again, and it was directly a mid-range shot, duang! Shoot the iron!

Kenny Thomas rushed inside to grab the rebound, and Richard was still shouting from the sidelines, "Speed!"

In Richard's shouting, the Warriors instantly raised their speed, and the Lakers' retreat was a little slow, and they were directly caught off guard by the Warriors.

"The Warriors went straight to a quick offense, and Michael Reed shot a three-pointer and scored! The Warriors are 4 points ahead! ”

Michael Creed shook his hands hard, he felt his hands burn, but after shaking his hands violently, Michael Reed wished they could be even hotter!

The Oakland Arena was already thunderous, Michael Reed's three-point chase was very morale-boosting, and he was able to lead the Lakers by 4 points on his home court, which no one expected, and the Warriors fans began to cheer wildly, and some people even chanted Michael Reed's name.

"Michael Reed! Michael Reed! ”

Michael Reed...... Michael jordan! I'm a fan of him now! ”

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Back on the defensive end, the Warriors continued to use their speed advantage to constantly make up and help defense, and every time Bryant broke through, he always found that there were two or three defenders in front of him, and when he passed, these defenders slammed back.

However, after experiencing the iron of the previous ball, Kobe Bryant was no longer impatient, he slowly dribbled the ball, slowly looking for the flaws of the Warriors.

The Warriors' defense is carried out by a force, they have no regular strategy to speak of, only a hard work, so over time, this momentum will naturally dissipate.

Kobe Bryant grabbed a flaw in Michael Reed's defense, took the ball directly and rushed forward two steps, and after shaking Michael Reed, he made a jump shot directly!

However, turning around, the Warriors' offense made Kobe Bryant feel a force, Michael Reed and Antoine Jamison and Ralph Alston and others continued to make small cooperation, and the Lakers' defense suddenly felt struggling, and when Michael Reed gave the ball to Kenny Thomas on the inside, the Lakers' interior line was already empty.

Kenny Thomas was clearly not going to give up the opportunity, and after taking the ball, he took a slight leap and put the basketball in the hoop.

The Warriors are once again leading by 4 points!

The Lakers' offense, Kobe's jumper hit the iron again, but the rebound was taken by Mark Madsen, and his rebound was successfully hit.

Looking back, the Warriors played a lightning offense, Michael Reed attracted the attention of almost all Lakers players through the combination with Antoine Jamison, at this time the Lakers' defense was not in place, when Michael Reid and Antoine Jamison immediately made a small combination after the halftime, the Lakers panicked, and 5 players pounced on Michael Reed and Antoine Jamison.

So Michael Reed made a pass, and the Lakers veteran Devin George received the ball and threw it, and the three points went into the net!

Immediately after, Ralph Alston's steal made Derrick Fisher, who came off the bench, get a turnover, and the Warriors' fast break made the Lakers unstoppable, and Michael Reed hit another three-pointer in a fast break!

β€œThree――!” The Oakland Arena suddenly resounded. Cheers! 8 points! The Warriors had an 8-point lead in the blink of an eye!

"The Warriors' fast break is great, they completely play their own rhythm, the Lakers are a little overwhelmed, Phil Jackson can't sit comfortably on the bench and chew his gum, maybe the Lakers should adjust!"

As if confirming what the commentator said, the referee blew the whistle immediately, the Lakers took a timeout, and the Warriors who were celebrating on the court also stopped celebrating and walked off the court.

"The Warriors beat the Lakers at the beginning of the second quarter, and their speed advantage was used to the fullest, maybe O'Neal, who is injured, can't continue to rest, he has to play." Doon Coswell's words were full of schadenfreude, the Warriors played so well, and the happiest person was the on-site commentator at the Oakland Arena.

And Hubie Brown on the other side also supported Duane Cousinville's argument: "That's right, Phil should indeed be replaced by Shaq, in fact, as far as I know, Shaq doesn't have any injuries, he just thinks that the Warriors are the bottom team in the West, he can just rest, but now, he must not be able to continue to rest, if the boat capsizes in the gutter of the Warriors, Phil will not let Shaq have a good time!" ”

Richard in the court also guessed that the Lakers would definitely replace O'Neal, so after thinking about it urgently for a while, he decided to continue to stick to the team's style of play in the second quarter and win with speed, anyway, now the Warriors are already leading by 8 points, and this 8-point advantage is enough for the Warriors to make some small mistakes, and who says it must be a mistake? What if it succeeds if you stick to a small lineup?

It's hard to say this, Richard just thinks that the Lakers with O'Neal on the floor will be slower! Maybe the Warriors can get a chance from that.

Back to the game, the Lakers really replaced O'Neal, but the Warriors did not change at all and continued to have a small lineup.

Soon, the game restarted, and the Warriors' small lineup soon showed his shortcomings, when Kobe Bryant dropped the ball to O'Neal to force the inside, the Warriors had no one who could withstand O'Neal, Kenny Thomas couldn't prevent O'Neal at all, O'Neal's big ass pushed back slightly, and then turned around, dunked, and the huge power shook the basket.

But Richard off the field is not worried at all, can't prevent O'Neal? He guessed this in the previous timeout, Richard knew that in terms of defense, the Warriors couldn't beat the Lakers, he just wanted to break the Lakers with an attack! Spear to spear!

Serving in the backcourt, Love Alston quickly advanced to the frontcourt, and after playing a few tactical sign languages, the Warriors quickly started their tactical runs, Michael Reed and Kenny Thomas made a no-ball block, Michael Reed quickly shook off Kobe Bryant, and the super-slow O'Neal hesitated for a while and gave up following Michael Reed.

The Lakers had to send another player to help defend, and it was Isaiah Leddle who helped defend him, and he directly put down Devin George, Devin George was also very smart, and he started running towards the bottom corner before Isaiah Leddle made up for Michael Reed, and by the time the Lakers found that there was a completely empty Devin George in the bottom corner, it was too late.

Lakers veteran Devin George got up and down, and another bottom corner three-pointer! Bang into the net!

9 points! The Warriors have extended their lead again, and although it is only a one-point lead, the bigger the better, the Warriors have put their momentum out of the way!

There was a sea of cheers in the Oakland Arena, and Doon Coswell kept shouting, "Another three!" Another three-pointer! Devon George has made a meritorious service! No, no, no! It should be the performance of the whole Warriors team, the defending champions' defense is like paper paste, Devin George got an absolute vacant opportunity, he seized the opportunity, he seized the opportunity! ”

And the old handsome Hubi Brown was even more flushed: "Three points, three points, three points!" The Warriors got too many open opportunities, maybe the Lakers will lose because of this, they are a little underestimated to the Warriors, and the same is true for Phil, he can't calm down now, in front of the young head coach Richard Cohan, Phil Jackson no longer has the demeanor of a dynasty coach, look! How impatient he was! ”

As Hubbie Brown said, Phil Jackson couldn't calm down at all, he yelled on the sidelines, reprimanded the team's defensive performance, and if it wasn't for the timeout just now, maybe Phil Jackson would have used up another timeout!

But Phil Jackson is Phil Jackson, his shouting on the sidelines made Richard prick up his ears to listen, one of the sentences changed the Lakers' defensive strategy, the Lakers are going to switch to joint defense, once the Lakers switch to joint defense, it will be difficult for the Warriors to completely tear apart the Lakers' defense like they just did.

But Richard still has to try, anyway, it's the Warriors who are leading now, aren't they?

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