I just play ball

Chapter 391 A Bold Attempt
"Who knows?" Li Yue shrugged slightly. Four games in five days, the Warriors and the Clippers are strong opponents. In addition, the Suns start each season fiercely. Whether they will win or lose, I really have no idea in my heart, although I can confidently say Total victory, but that meant little.

The reporter asked him which team he thought was the biggest opponent of the Lakers for the three consecutive championships. He picked out a few teams at random, then turned and left the field, greeted the audience, ran into the player tunnel, and went straight to the locker room.

Entering it, D'Antoni is summing up after the game, and at the same time announced that the new season will implement a rotation plan. The specific time is that every back-to-back game, the coaching staff will arrange for a veteran to rest, starting from the next game against the Warriors.

Of course, if they don't want to, the assigned players can give up voluntarily.

This is done out of two considerations. First, Gobert and other four rookies need more playing time. Second, there are too many changes in the season. Area injuries.

Many injuries in the preseason led to this decision, and the management and coaching staff wanted to nip the danger in the bud.

When D'Antoni finished speaking, Kobe did not make any objections, and no one else made any suggestions.

According to the coaching staff plan, Gasol became the first player to rest.

Gasol himself did not give up, the summary ended here, everyone took a shower and changed their clothes.

Li Yue and Kobe attended the press conference together, and then drove back to Scar's apartment, a total of 5 minutes.

The team's itinerary was to fly to Oakland at 29 noon on the 12th, get off the plane, get on the bus and go straight to the Oracle Arena. At that time, the players warmed up by shooting and the coaching staff discussed tactics. Li Yue used to do research first.

He poured a glass of red wine from Kobe, found the video of the Warriors' first game of the new season, and lay on the sofa to watch.

The Warriors’ opponent in the first game is the Kings. First look at the data of the whole game and find that the score was opened in the third quarter. Then look at the specific data in the third quarter. Curry and Luol Deng combined for 11 of 3, but the Warriors scored 14 times. Free throws are leading because of this.

Continuing to dig deeper, I found that Cousins ​​fouled mainly on the King's side, 3 times in a single quarter, and they were concentrated in just 2 minutes, resulting in just over 4 minutes of playing time, and the Kings collapsed as a result.

Then the trend of the game fell to the Warriors in an all-round way, and the result also lost suspense.

Thinking that Cousins ​​is notoriously low in golf quotient, Li Yue is not interested in watching the foul process. Instead, he carefully studies the first two quarters of the game, focusing on observing and analyzing the changes brought about by Warriors coach Cole and what kind of role Luol Deng is responsible for. Role.

I thought, but it was the King who grabbed three consecutive offensive rebounds at the beginning of the game, which made him more interested. The King's inside line simply crushed the King in rebounding. The Warriors had only 17 rebounds, including 7 offensive rebounds. If Cousins ​​hadn't made 9 of 0 shots, the Warriors couldn't lead by 8 points.

It is obvious that rookie coach Cole prefers to let Draymond Green and Andrew Bogut be responsible for high-post support when attacking, so there are very few opportunities to compete for offensive rebounds.

Especially Drummond Green, who actually sent the team's most assists in a single quarter, and even hit 2 three-pointers.

The Lakers can use this to make a fuss. The most direct way is to use a small lineup, grab defensive rebounds easily, push the fast break directly, bully the two big players of the Warriors to return to the defense slowly, and try to form more plays in the frontcourt. .

The only trouble is that low-post defense is more difficult, but Bogut is not the focus of the Warriors' offense. Last season, the Warriors ranked 8th in points per game, and the highest score in a single game was only 17 points. There is no need to worry too much.

Li Yue thought it through thoroughly, and sent the edited text to Wharton for backup.

Another half an hour later, after watching the two quarters, Luol Deng played the role of a tough player. Whenever Curry and Thompson were restricted, Luol Deng was responsible for holding the ball and playing hard, but the more important task was the defensive end. Luol Deng has actually formed a slightly mature rotation system with Thompson and Green. Cousins ​​made 8 of 1 shots mainly because of the seamless interference of the three.

Overall, the strength of the Warriors has improved compared to last season, but the range is average for the time being.

After turning off the TV, Li Yue lay down on the bed, chatting with Chen Xi while browsing Twitter.

The Lakers' victory over the Rockets in the first game became a hot topic, and Harden became the most mentioned player. A large number of Rockets fans were disappointed with Harden's poor performance. Some even suggested that Morey trade Harden to avoid missing the chance to win the championship.

Harden fans questioned McHale's lack of tactics and became a hot topic. They dug up McHale's black history during the Timberwolves period, and at the same time went to Morey's Twitter to comment and leave messages, hoping to fire McHale as soon as possible to avoid delaying Harden's peak.

Harden himself was interviewed, and he didn't want to talk about his DNP in the third quarter. He only said that everyone will encounter difficult times, and he will continue to work hard to get through them as soon as possible. .

Many media spoke highly of the two rookies of the Lakers. Divac bluntly said that Jokic is an enhanced version of himself. In the future, he will gain a firm foothold in the NBA, become another representative player of Serbia, and become the pride of the country.

The magician tweeted that he praised Clarkson for his drive and reminded him of the need to improve his shooting.

Li Yue liked and forwarded it, praised Clarkson for his mature style of play, and encouraged him to continue to work hard.

What’s funny is that after the first game, all major casinos in Las Vegas adjusted the odds of the Lakers’ championship at the same time. The direct league ranked fourth in the league and ranked first in the league, and the odds reached the lowest in history. If you invest $100, you can only earn $27 .

Casino sources revealed that they originally thought that the Rockets could bring a great impact to the Lakers, but they did not expect that the Rockets were much weaker than expected, and the Lakers were much stronger than expected. Moreover, the Lakers were extremely confident and began to focus on training rookies in the first game. , It can be said that the goal is firm, the plan is clear, and the execution is explosive. Looking at the entire alliance, he has become a tier alone.

The key is that the Lakers still have an empty gear, and it is the turn of the Cavaliers and Warriors.

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At two o'clock in the afternoon the next day, the entire Lakers team arrived at Oracle Arena.

Li Yue focused on catching the ball and shooting quickly, just to deal with the Warriors' rapid rotation.

After two and a half hours, the whole team returned to the locker room to prepare for the game.

The coaching staff then entered, and D'Antoni arranged three key points. One was to speed up and try to counterattack.

The Lakers responded one after another. D'Antoni said: "Clarkson will be the starting point guard tonight, Covington will be the starting power forward, Jokic will be the starting center, and the other two starters will be Kobe and Li Yue."

Hearing such an arrangement, Covington is fine, after all, he had starting experience last season.

Clarkson and Jokic were confused, why did they suddenly become the team's starters?
Kobe put his arms around the shoulders of the two and said: "Don't be afraid, I'm here, you can try your own ideas, you two are an important force for the three consecutive championships like the rest of us, the team needs you two to play a wonderful performance."

When the boss spoke, the two seemed relieved, and immediately smiled confidently.

Li Yue took the lead in applauding, the others followed suit, and the whole team gathered together to cheer.

(End of this chapter)