NBA: The start beat Kobe Bryant in his old age

Chapter 180 Do you still remember what you said yesterday?
Howard sent the ball to Lin Tian from outside the baseline, and Lin Tian advanced with the ball.

After halftime, Paul George walked over unhurriedly.

He was selected to the first team of the All-Defensive Team in the 2013-2014 season.

And after the serious injury, Paul George's defense has not shown any signs of decline this season!

They all started defensively. In this regard, Paul George is a bit like Jimmy Butler, but he is much better than Jimmy Butler.

Facing Lin Tian, ​​Paul George no longer had the gentle smile from yesterday, but was replaced by concentration.

His eyes were fixed on Lin Tian, ​​ready to rush up and grab him at any time.

Lin Tian has no intention of breaking through for the time being, because Howard has already run out from the inside, standing at the top of the arc to cover Lin Tian.

Naturally, Lin Tian would not miss such an opportunity. He quickly started and passed Howard.

Howard's tall body blocked Paul George, who was active in defense, and Lin Tian turned into Pacers rookie Myles Turner.

This is a dislocation, Lin Tian easily passed Myers Turner with a change of direction, and then rushed into the inside line with a dunk!
Another goal silenced the arena.

Nick Young jumped up from the bench: "Nice! Lin! That's so cool!"

When Howard is not on the bench, Nick Young is the atmosphere team leader on the bench.

When Lin Tian returned to defense, he did not forget to give Howard a high-five to celebrate.

Everyone knows that Howard is not a player who likes to play pick-and-rolls. When he was in the Rockets, he picked and rolled with Harden, and even deliberately made mistakes, just to make Harden make mistakes, which is enough to show how much he hates pick-and-rolls.

But when he arrived at the Lakers, his attitude towards the pick-and-roll has undergone a 180-degree change. He is not so resistant to the pick-and-roll, and is even willing to play the pick-and-roll for Lin Tian.

The Pacers served and George Hill passed the ball to Paul George after halftime.

Paul George is an all-round player. Although his singles ability is not as good as his defensive ability, he is definitely not weak.

And his outside shooting is quite accurate. This season, he made 37% of his three-pointers, but only 41% of his two-pointers.

Under Lin Tian's single defense, Paul George actually played tricks. He used a crossover to get rid of Lin Tian's defense, but Lin Tian had an early insight into the direction he was going to break through and firmly blocked him.

Unable to surpass others, he could only hastily choose a turnaround jumper.

Lin Tian struggled to take off to interfere with Paul George's shooting, causing the opponent to forcibly raise the shooting angle.

bang!This strong shot finally ended with a strike, and PJ Tucker received the rebound.

Paul George touched his nose in embarrassment.

Lin Tian received a pass from Tucker and strode forward. Paul George stood in front of him all the time, but Lin Tian passed by Lin Tian in the end. He passed the Pacers inside with a handsome European step and scored a layup.

The European step is actually a common offensive method used by Paul George. Now he has seen Lin Tian's horror.

In the next round, Lin Tian stole the ball from Paul George's hand abruptly and directly completed a fast break.

The fans at the home court showed expressions of surprise one by one.

"Damn it! That rookie passed Paul so easily!"

"What the hell is Paul doing? How is his defense now a piece of paper?"

"Why do I feel that Paul is not so difficult when defending James?"

"Paul shouldn't be rushing to get the ball in his hands, he's not good at it."

There are big doubts in the hearts of the home fans. Most of them have witnessed Paul George's growth and know how strong his defense is.

But today he was passed by a rookie consecutively, which is really unacceptable.

Only a few minutes into the opening, Paul George's forehead was covered with sweat.

Pacers coach Frank Vogel saw that the situation was not good and called a timeout.

Like Paul George, Vogel joined the Pacers in 2010, but he is the head coach and George is the player.

This is Vogel's sixth season coaching the Pacers.

According to the time trajectory of Lin Tian’s previous life, Vogel will be fired by team president Larry Bird next season, and then recruited by the Magic. After coaching the Magic for two seasons, he will be swept out again, and finally join the Lakers in the 2019-2020 season, and lead the Lakers with James to win the championship that season.

Of course, in this life, everything is very likely to be different, because Lin Tian is here.

Vogel is a player who attaches great importance to defense. Paul George's growth in defense may have something to do with him.

After a brief tactical adjustment, the timeout ended and the game continued.

Just now, Lin Tian felt that he had paused before warming up. Now that he is back on the court, he is still very aggressive, and he is not afraid of Paul George's defense.

Paul George rejected his teammates' idea of ​​double-teaming and concentrated on defending Lin Tian, ​​but he also found that he couldn't guard the rookie.

He noticed that the rookie started up extremely fast!The ability to handle the ball is even more terrifying than that of a defender.

Among the top forwards, Lin Tian does not have such an outstanding wingspan, but it makes him dribble faster, which is hard to guard against!
When Lin Tian's score reached 11 points, Kobe walked up to Paul George and said leisurely, "Do you remember what you said yesterday?"

Of course, Paul George will not forget what he said yesterday. He said that he will never let Lin Tian score more than 10 points.

But now, Lin Tian not only scored 11 points, but he didn't even finish the first quarter!

From the very beginning to defending Lin Tian with vigor, until now, Paul George has compromised and agreed to let his teammates double-team Lin Tian.

Besides, he really couldn't think of a better way to deal with Lin Tian.

Seeing that the Pacers changed their defensive strategy, Lin Tian, ​​who was full of desire to attack, stopped sticking to the ball and actively passed the ball to Howard.

Howard received the pass and seized the opportunity to force a dunk!

Although Turner, who was defending him, was a center forward with visible talent, he was still a rookie after all, and Howard could beat him with only experience.

Next, Paul George reduced his possession of the ball and let his teammates take the initiative to attack more.

George Hill seized the opportunity and scored consecutive goals.

On the Lakers side, Howard kept looking for soft persimmons and frequently taught Myles Turner.

The inside line of the Pacers was sieved by Howard.

After halftime, the Lakers led by 15 points.

(End of this chapter)