rpbooks Chapter 318 Rotation Time
Chapter 318 Rotation Time
Chapter 318 Rotation Time
The weakness of Antetokounmpo's lack of shooting ability was magnified by the Lakers' rigorous defensive system, and it was clearly displayed in front of the fans.
The Bucks are a team that relies on Antetokounmpo to drive the offensive system. If he gets stuck in the mud, the entire team's offense will stagnate.This situation allows the Lakers to easily expand the point difference.
Kidd is still stuck with the old problem. His subordinates failed to restrain Xu Tian and George's perimeter defenders. Only relying on the defensive formation restriction has basically no effect.
McAway and Mayo played in turns, and each fought for a while in the first position. They were all bullied by Xu Tian, and they had little power to fight back.
After 6 and a half minutes in the third quarter, Xu Tian launched a personal performance, scoring 2 points and 7 assists in 3 minutes, leading the team to expand the point difference to 21 points in one fell swoop.
Kidd had no choice but to call a timeout, and then adjusted the defenders. The entire defensive system was aimed at Xu Tian.
Scott replaced Xu Tian and George, and sent Nick Young and Clarkson to lead the team to save strength for tomorrow night's game.
Brother Antetokounmpo saw that the Lakers did not send any more core players, and realized in his heart that they were underestimated by their opponents, and aroused a strong desire to win. Taking advantage of the time when Xu Tian, George, and Kobe were not on the court, he led the team. The team played a 16-4 spurt and successfully narrowed the point difference to 9 points.
Scott stabilized his mentality, and even though he might be approached again, he still didn't send any of the three perimeters in the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, the Bucks entered the regular rotation stage.Mayo broke out suddenly without warning, and he scored 6 points in a row, narrowing the difference to only 3 points.
Scott discussed with Xu Tian who was sitting next to him, but did not call a timeout, and let Clarkson and Nick Young try to solve the problem.Various situations may happen during the playoffs. If even this disadvantage cannot be resolved, it will be quite difficult to go further.
Nick Young is called Nick Young, but he is actually very old and can be regarded as an experienced veteran in the NBA.He took the initiative to communicate with Clarkson, hoping that the two could play some cooperation and break the Bucks' defensive system.
Clarkson glanced at the scoreboard above the arena and saw that there were 8 minutes and 11 seconds left, and the score was 85-82, with the Lakers leading.Confirm the time and score, and slowly dribble the ball to the frontcourt.
Nick Young ran for a long time, and his physical strength declined a little. He could only move slowly outside the three-point line on the right, pulling the Bucks' defense.
Clarkson is facing the defensive player Middleton, who is relatively not that strong, exerts a little physical confrontation, protects the ball with his right hand, and looks for teammates who run out of space.
Kidd's purpose is to force Xu Tian, who has already scored a triple-double, to come up earlier. During the intermission, he emphasized the strength of his personal defense and wanted to completely block the connection between the Lakers players.
Antetokounmpo took the lead in defending desperately, which naturally aroused the emotions of his teammates. Although the overall defense was full of loopholes, his personal defense was quite good.
Clarkson couldn't pass the ball, so he had to speed up the dribble, trying to use a breakthrough to help the team score points.But he was a little impatient, and his right arm made unnecessary movements.
Middleton didn't let go of this rare opportunity, slightly exaggerated the elbow, and successfully got the referee to whistle.
Clarkson, offensive foul!
Scott could no longer sit on the Diaoyutai, got up and walked to the sidelines, shouting at Clarkson: "Calm down! Don't care about the last round, focus on defense."
Clarkson turned his head to look at Scott, and naturally saw the three big men sitting on the bench.The three of them had no expression on their faces, they just watched the game quietly, as if everything on the field had nothing to do with them.
The director left the camera to Xu Tian for a short period of time, and the following showed his performance in the first three quarters. He played 21 minutes, made 11 of 7 shots, scored 19 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, maintaining high efficiency as always.
Kenny Smith asked, "Charles, when was the last time Xu shot less than [-] percent?"
Barkley said: "If there is no problem with my memory, it should be the game against the Pistons. In that game, he only made 15 of 1 shots, and his shooting percentage was not even [-]%. "
"He had a bad cold in that game, which was normal." Kenny Smith continued, "Except for that game?"
Barkley thought for a while, but couldn't figure it out.
During the conversation between the two commentators, Mayo attracted Nick Young and Clarkson to defend, and passed the ball to Middleton on the right.
Middleton shot a cold arrow suddenly, pulled it up and threw it from outside the three-point line.This ball really exists!
85-85, the two sides tied!
Alice dare not live alone in the mansion in Palisades, and is currently in Walnut City, a private villa that Xu Tian helped Boss Jin and his wife bought.Seeing that the Lakers were always not on Xu Tian, she felt a little anxious, and asked, "Why don't the Lakers be on Xiaotian?"
Boss Jin sat on another independent sofa and said, "Tomorrow the Lakers will have back-to-back away games. Tonight, Byron Scott should be trying to preserve the strength of the main players. A player came back to press."
"Scott is arranged like this, isn't it afraid that the Bucks will become imposing, and they won't be able to press it?"
"There is such a possibility. But since I choose to train the rotation lineup, I may have to accept occasional losses."
Alice heard Xu Tian talk about the team's going to train substitute players, and with her father's explanation, she immediately understood what was going on.Calm down again, and then watch the game.
Facing a tie situation, Scott still did not call a timeout.
George covered his mouth with a towel and asked Xu Tiandao: "Xu, aren't you going to play to stabilize the situation?"
Xu Tian picked up the end of the towel on his shoulders, and also covered his mouth and replied: "Trust your teammates, I think they can hold on."
"Your mentality is really stable, so who do you think can break the scoring drought?"
"My guess is Jordan Clarkson or Nick Young, maybe JaVale."
"You really believe in Javier!"
Clarkson couldn't pass the ball to Nick Young, who was strictly defended, so he could only put aside his doubts and lob the ball to McGee inside.
McGee carried Miles Plumlee with his back, turned around and hooked, and hit the board!
87-85!
Mayo received the serve, quickly advanced to the frontcourt, broke through the defense line non-stop, and directly killed the penalty area where the defense was still weak.
JaVale McGee followed closely, spring-legged, and pressed Mayo's wiper on the backboard with his right hand.Block shots and rebounds, all in the bag.
"Wow! Javier has shown his power!" George couldn't help but admire.
Thackeray was the most energetic player on the bench, waving a white towel in his hand and cheering passionately for McGee.
Clarkson received a pass from McGee and slowly advanced to the frontcourt to observe his teammates' running positions.
McGee picks and rolls at the top of the arc.His screen quality is quite poor, basically unable to create open opportunities for players, and soon sank to the low position, habitually reaching for the ball.
Clarkson didn't hesitate this time and passed the ball decisively to McGee.
(End of this chapter)