Coach, I don't want to retire yet

Chapter 371 Coach D’s flag will always fly over Staples! ! !

For this game against the Lakers, the Warriors' preparation cannot be said to be sloppy or lack of effort.

However, as the most powerful team in the Western Conference, with the Lakers without coach D and having advantages in all aspects, the Warriors are indeed not fully prepared for the game.

Before the game, all the young people on the team who jumped out of the game were shouting to the media.

Curry, Klay, Dream Green, etc., these Warriors players are all shouting crazily outside.

Obviously, this is a sign that the Lakers are not fully prepared.

The Warriors have always had this problem, they like to drift.

This kind of style of play is actually related to the style of play of Curry and Clay, the two core players on the outside of this team.

Although the boss of the Warriors is Alian, it is actually Curry and Klay who control the Warriors' rhythm now.

Although Cole has been restricting Curry and Clay, preventing them from letting themselves go and attacking like Seth Curry.

But Cole still has great trust in Curry and Klay. He knows that the two are the source of the team's rhythm, and he trusts them enough.

The reason why I control the two of them is because I know that their current personalities are prone to drifting, and problems will easily arise if they drift.

It's powerful because it floats.

Crash will also occur due to drifting.

He is not Coach D, and Curry and Clay are not players like Seth Curry who come up from the bottom and can be suppressed.

All we can say is that Cole has good intentions.

However, this time, the Lakers gave him a head start.

After Seth Curry jumped to pass the ball and changed it to a pass, Wade scored the first two points of the game for both teams.

Immediately afterwards, Clay, who had been knocked down by Wade just now, wanted to regain his place in front of Wade.

After a simple single block with the help of Dream Chaser, Clay jumped up in the middle distance on the right side.

Dream Chaser is very good at blocking and covering, especially moving pick-and-rolls, which is his unique skill. Referees generally don't call it a black call, but now, although the referee will not call a black call, he is definitely on the side of the Warriors, and he will not call it a black call. A mobile cover.

Therefore, Clay is extremely confident about Chai Meng, even more confident than he is about the quality of A Lian's coverage. A Lian's play is still too clean. Although his covering ability is strong, the quality of the cover is really not necessarily as good as Chai Meng.

Only this time!
Clay, who was jumping in the air, was ready to take action when a figure suddenly flew out next to him! ! !
"Wade!!!"

"Wade not only took off the screen of Dream Chaser, but he also jumped up to interfere with Klay's shot!!!"

"Don't forget, Wade has always been one of the best defensive players in the league!!!"

"The key is not Wade's ability to grab screens, but that Wade still has such explosive power and jumping ability!!! Aren't his knees completely useless? Why!!!"

At this time, looking at Wade who had completely enveloped Clay in the air, countless people at the scene, in front of the TV, and on the Internet were shocked!
The live broadcast footage was also very sensible, and the live broadcast party was even more sensible, directly dividing the screen into two, with one side showing the game picture, and the other side showing Du Kang's picture!
Du Kang always had a smile on his face.

On the other side of the picture, Wade is in the air, and the Chinese knot hanging on his knee is swaying!

Clap!
As soon as Clay's shot was taken, Wade flew to block it!

Wade's defense is very visual.

Popovich, who was watching next to him, kept shouting excitedly.

He is excited!

The momentum shown by the Lakers at the start of this game, he was really excited!
This shows that Coach D's method of cooperating with him to motivate the team has completely worked.

Judging from the opening game, the rhythm of the two teams is not at the same level at all!
It's not that the Warriors' players are weak, they're being so suppressed by the Lakers players on both offense and defense. It's entirely because they haven't kept up with the pace and haven't been able to increase their intensity.

The Warriors need to adjust.

However, how could he and the Lakers give the Warriors a chance to breathe!

Well, the Lakers players are excited, and naturally that has its downsides.

For example, when Wade blocked Klay this time, the basketball did not go directly out of the sideline, but was grabbed by Love. Antetokounmpo rushed too hard and knocked Love down. Less than 2 minutes into the game. A foul was committed in just [-] minute, which shouldn't be the case.

Love was no threat when he got the ball in that position.

The Warriors continued to attack. The Warriors served from the sideline and Love received the ball from outside the three-point line. He wanted to trick Antetokounmpo into fouling. Once, Antetokounmpo did not fall for the fake move. The second time, Antetokounmpo still failed. Not fooled.

Huh? !

Finally, Love really took action for the third time!
Antetokounmpo, who was afraid of being fouled, failed to jump up and block the shot. This was actually a good opportunity.

However, two consecutive failed fake moves caused Love's offensive rhythm to have some problems, and he missed the three-pointer.

The Warriors still didn’t score!

At this time, the game has been played for one and a half minutes.

However, thanks to Love's strike, the Arab League inside beat Garnett to grab the offensive rebound.

After the United Arab Emirates overpowered Garnet to grab the offensive rebound, the basketball flew out to the hands of Dream Chaser.

Dream Chaser caught the ball and went inside again!
At this time, Garnett is stuck in the Arab League, Antetokounmpo is defending Love on the outside, and only the old Pierce is left in front. Dream Chaser is bullying the old Pierce, who is not as tall as himself!
He only took two steps to hit the basket for a three-step layup. Dream Chasing was about to take the ball, but he found that he was up, but the ball was gone! ! !

"Steal, Paul Pierce completed the steal on Dream Green!!!!"

After stealing the ball, Pierce threw the ball behind him and ran directly to the frontcourt!

This is trust!
This is tacit agreement!
On the court, he can always feel KG's position and atmosphere!

Pierce, Seth Curry, Wade, and Antetokounmpo all headed to the frontcourt!

Just now, the Warriors used their youthful energy to frantically grab a second offense, which frightened the Lakers fans at the scene.

But this time, the Lakers counterattacked on all four fronts, and the Lakers fans were delighted and mesmerized watching it!

In such a four-line counterattack, the biggest threats to the Lakers are Wade and Antetokounmpo, who are the fastest, and Seth Curry, who is the most accurate shooter.

Therefore, the Warriors' defensive focus is actually on the three of them.

but!

This time, Garnett's pass...

Garnett, who was in the middle circle of the backcourt, slammed the basketball in his hand into the frontcourt!
"This is a pass to the basket!!!"

Seeing this pass from Garnett, almost all the Warriors players were returning to the basket to block the impact of Wade and Antetokounmpo!
When Arab Lian, Chai Meng and Clay shrink to the basket...

Antetokounmpo and Wade, neither one jumped!

The two of them actually chose to block them and not let them take off!
crazy?

Is this preparing to let the ball go out of bounds? !

then!

The three players on the Warriors' basket were shocked.

Chasing dreams, the Arab League, Clay stared dumbfounded at the rapidly flying basketball and hit the backboard hard!

Then, the basketball bounced back directly!
Garnett has this skill, they know it!

Just like everyone knows that Curry and Seth Curry have the ability to shoot from the center circle.

However, whenever such a scene occurs, whether it is Seth Curry and Curry's mid-circle shots, or Garnett's precise rebound pass, it will be extremely shocking.

"How do you defend a pass like this?"

Manu on the sidelines was wide-eyed, but Duncan was silent.

This is what happens on the basketball court!
Moreover, do you dare not to be fooled by this Shengdong?

Chasing the dream, if Arab League and Clay don't go back, or if they go back, Wade and Antetokounmpo can catch the ball and dunk directly!
Unless Love can run back as well.

Love works hard.

But he could only watch as Pierce received the rebound pass from Garnett outside the three-point line at the top of the arc!

Lefu jumped up hard!

In the end, he still could only watch Pierce adjust and shoot this almost open three-pointer!
Pierce's shooting speed is not fast, but it is very stable!
A swipe!
hit!

5 is better than 0!

At this time, the game has just passed 1 minute and 50 seconds!
In less than 2 minutes, the Warriors did not score a point, and the Lakers already scored 5 points!
Who would have thought that the game between the Lakers and Warriors would start like this?
In the next offense, Cole on the sidelines didn't dare to play as a team anymore. Now he had to score first.

"Give the ball to Yi!!!"

On the court, Arab League stretched out to the three-point line to catch the ball.

Antetokounmpo defended once again.The Arab League did not force an attack, but called Curry to come over for a pick-and-roll.

"Here comes the pick-and-roll from the Warriors!!!"

"The Warriors played less than 2 minutes and were forced by the Lakers to run a pick-and-roll!!!"

Chinese fans online were stunned.

The Yiku pick-and-roll is their name. This is the Warriors' unique trick.

From this Japanese-style nickname, you can see how cool it will be after this trick is released.

There is no way to defend!
Curry used Yi Jianlian's body to block his pursuing brother and took Antetokounmpo away.

Almost at the same time, Yi Jianlian hit the basketball in Curry's hand.

Antetokounmpo is fast enough.

Antetokounmpo still chased Curry.

but!

Curry's small game is so powerful!
forward!
forward!
back!
Two false spurts and one step back directly opened the distance between Antetokounmpo and the Warriors' first two-pointer of the game from the mid-range position.

5 is better than 2!

Curry's single was very exciting.

However, Cole on the sidelines was very dissatisfied.

The Warriors fans in front of the TV couldn't see any joy or excitement.

They have already sent out a collection of pick-and-rolls, but it is still so difficult for the offense?
All I can say is that Antetokounmpo is too fast!

He can really defend from position one to position five!
Against anyone, it's not a mismatch. Even against Curry, it's not a particularly big mismatch!
However, the emergence of Yiku's pick-and-roll still gave the Warriors a slight breath of relief.

The Warriors were still very passive, but Yiku's pick-and-roll offensive stability was so strong that he could not only attack by himself, but also drive his teammates. The Warriors' offense finally caught the Lakers.

The game lasted until 4 minutes left in the first quarter and lasted for 8 minutes. At this time, the score between the two teams was 16 to 14, and the Lakers only led by 2 points.

The Lakers played so strongly at the beginning and consumed so much money. They were only leading by 2 points. Although Curry and Arab League also spent a lot of money, if this situation continues, as long as the score is maintained to end the first quarter, The Warriors have slowed down and the players have slowly picked up the rhythm and intensity. The Lakers are in danger.

At this moment, Popovich, the acting head coach of the Lakers, made a decisive substitution on the sidelines.

Seth Curry is off, Pierce is off, Ebanks is on, and McAway is on.

The Lakers' lineup on the field became Garnett, Antetokounmpo, Ebanks, Wade and McAway.

Height, defense, and athletic ability have skyrocketed!
Cole, who was watching next to him, was stunned for a while.

Cole is already a very good head coach, but compared with his wily teacher, he is definitely not comparable.

Especially this kind of small-scale adjustment and reading of the game on the spot.

Popovich also often makes mistakes, but Popovich really dares to adjust!

Cole is actually also a very courageous head coach.

However, now that the two teams are so locked in a fight, can the new players really keep up with the rhythm of the game?
If you are not careful, it will collapse!
He can see that Popovich's purpose in replacing these people is to crush the Warriors' Yiku pick-and-roll. The others are in poor condition, and killing Yiku can kill the Warriors.

But, are you really sure they can achieve this goal instead of taking the rest of the Warriors out of trouble?

The rest of the Warriors relieved themselves, but the Warriors still couldn't defend!
Therefore, after the Lakers made a substitution, Clay received a pass from Yi Jianlian and made a decisive substitution to find McAway, hoping to take advantage of McAway's lack of foothold and take advantage of him!
Klay's shooting is very accurate, but in fact Klay also likes to break through with the ball.

Therefore, Clay is very difficult to defend.

If he's too defensive, Klay can really get to the basket for a layup.

This time, McAway was very defensive.

Klay did break through McAway.

However, when Clay came to the basket, he suddenly discovered that he... was also dead!

Garnett, Antetokounmpo, Ebanks, Wade, all of them are back!

There is also a McAway behind him!

"Clay is surrounded!!!"

Even a big-hearted player like Clay was deceived!

Get strong!

Pass the ball!

No chance!
Clap!
The ball in Clay's hand was taken away by Wade!
The defense just now was a full-line defense with five players contracted.

After Wade stole the ball, everyone on the Lakers rushed forward.

Even Garnett is running!
“Total offense and total defense in the NBA!!!”

“Coach D’s signature total offense and total defense was not realized by his four assistants, but it was actually realized by Popovich!!!”

Coach D likes to play full offense and full defense. In his rookie season, he used five guards to do this.

Several of his assistants and apprentices did not learn this skill.

Popovich actually learned it! ! !

"My goodness!!!"

Seeing the Lakers players running on the court at this time, the Lakers fans on the sidelines felt incredible!

Looking at the Lakers, who were suppressing the Warriors, Adam Silver and those around him at the scene were also stunned at this time!

The Lakers, it seems, are so strong!

If such a powerful Lakers team is put into the finals, and Coach D comes back, will the Celtics and James have another nightmare?

Coach D said he won't come back, but!
Can you really believe what Coach D said?
It is the tragedy of the weak to leave one's destiny in the hands of others.

Obviously, none of them are weak!
There was a bang!
The Lakers, who clearly had a chance to dunk on a fast break, did not get to the basket and dunk on a fast break.

Ebanks caught the ball outside the three-point line. Seeing Ebanks receiving the ball, other Warriors players decisively recovered the basket, not believing that Ebanks would shoot a fast break three-pointer.

but!

Ebanks voted!

And it hit!

19 is better than 14!

The Lakers once again opened the score to 5 points!
Moreover, this time, the Warriors can no longer hold back!
Yiku's pick-and-roll was broken, and the Warriors could no longer stop the Lakers' strength!

21 is better than 14!

23 is better than 14!

23 is better than 16!

25 is better than 16!

28 is better than 16!

30 is better than 16!

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the powerful Warriors by 14 points!
The second quarter of the game started. After the Warriors were beaten in the first quarter, although they recovered a little in the second quarter with a strong substitute lineup, they still lost 26 to 32 in a single quarter.

At the end of the half, the Lakers actually led the Warriors by 62 points, 42-20!
Looking at the score at the end of the first half, many people really felt that there was something wrong with their eyes.

Is there something wrong with the eyes?

Either there is something wrong with the eyes or there is something wrong with the brain!
It's all attack and all defense!

Strong oppression!

Popovich hit his little apprentice Cole, it was like hitting a child!
Moreover, the way Popovich used it, and still!

Coach D’s way!
At the end of the half-time game, the big screen and TV were all focused on Du Kang on the sidelines.

“Coach D’s flag will always fly over Staples!!!”

"And the person holding Coach D's flag is actually Popovich!!!"

O'Neal is going crazy!

I don’t know how many people are going crazy at this time!
In front of the TV, James' hands were even shaking! ! !
(End of this chapter)