Super Evolution of Basketball

Chapter 563 Be firm!
"There are not a few minutes left in the third quarter, coach, don't we send Towns up?"

The assistant coach of the Lakers asked, and Walton hesitated again and again, and said, "Let Karl rest until the fourth quarter."

The assistant coach is puzzled, this is not Coach Wharton's style, no matter how the tactics are arranged, at least he has been doing a traditional personnel rotation, and there are no unexpected moves. Before, in such an important game, it is impossible for him not to let the inside core play.

The assistant coach looked back at Towns and found that Downs was a bit abnormal today. In terms of his personality, he was pushed on the bench for most of the quarter in the finals. Can he bear it?

But today's Downs is different. You can see his fists clenched tightly, sweat dripping from his forehead, but he doesn't say a word.

This is abnormal!

Jamal Murray, who was also on the bench at this time, patted Downs. Murray was sitting on Downs' right, so his palm naturally fell on his right leg, and Downs' right leg moved slightly.

Towns and Murray rested off the court. The Lakers' lineup on the court was led by Yuan Qingshan, with two substitute players, Korver and Channing Frye.

This mix-and-match lineup strengthened the offensive firepower of the outside line. It happened that Bill of the Cavaliers also continued to rotate. Yuan Qingshan frequently delivered shells to Korver. Korver played 4 minutes and made 3 of 3 three-pointers.

The whistle blew, the third quarter ended, 89 to 74, the Lakers led by 15 points.

Some people in the auditorium have already started to celebrate getting the match point in advance.

"The audience in Los Angeles was so enthusiastic that I couldn't hear anything!" said Danny Green of the Spurs to his teammates.

Tony Parker: "I bet it's as lively outside the arena as it is now, and the Staples Center is probably surrounded!"

Popovich: "I said, can't you study their tactical coordination carefully? Why are you always concerned about these useless things? No matter how envious we are, we can't move our home court to Los Angeles!"

Being reprimanded by the coach, Danny Green and Tony Parker looked at each other.

"Coach, it seems that Towns hasn't played for a while. What's the reason?" Leonard, who was sitting on the outermost side, asked with his head.

Popovich rubbed his chin and said, "Downs has played 14 minutes so far in this game, but the first three quarters of the last game have reached 26 minutes. The difference is a lot. It is indeed a bit strange."

Leonard tentatively asked: "Towns played very resolutely in the first half. Love was tortured enough. It seems that Towns left the court at the beginning of the third quarter and never played again. Did something happen before he left the court?"

Danny Green and Tony Parker were also attracted by this topic and recalled it together, but they found nothing. They never watched the game so seriously. Besides, when the Lakers played the Cavaliers, normal people's attention should be on Yuan Qingshan or LeBron James.

The Spurs spectator team fell silent for a while, only hearing the fans around kept shouting.

Popovich's voice suddenly sounded: "It's a foul. Towns got off the court after Love fouled him once, and then never played again."

The three of the Spurs dazzled together, but no one could remember what happened to the foul, not even Leonard, who was the most careful.

"Is Downs injured?" Tony Parker said suddenly.

Because the fans around were loud, Tony Parker raised his voice in order to let his teammates hear him. His teammates heard him, but the fans around him could hear him too, which immediately aroused dissatisfaction among many people.

Popovich: "Okay, let's stop here. We are here today to learn techniques and tactics from others, not to gossip."

With the discussion of the Spurs tour group stopped, the intermission period is over.

Players from both sides returned to the court, and the Lakers still did not have Towns, replaced by Jeff Green.

The Lakers did not continue to put the elevated turret Channing Frye on the court, but sent Jeff Green, because the opposite Love played, and the Lakers needed to improve the defense at the fourth position.

Even so, Towns didn't even play.

After Yuan Qingshan walked onto the field, he couldn't help turning his head to look at the bench. Towns was sitting among a kind of substitute players, his face was uncertain.

"This is very strange, Downs is not quite right today!" Yuan Qingshan thought.

The Cavaliers served quickly, LeBron took the command, and immediately after halftime, he reversed the ball to Kevin Love, who was in a good position on the right high post.

For this ball, Jeff Green chose to defend around the front, hoping to stop the Cavaliers from passing the ball to Love.

But it's not easy, LeBron James is probably ready to activate Love's strength from the moment he sees Towns not playing.

After receiving the ball, Love wanted to turn around and go to the basket. Jeff Green's footsteps were not bad, and he twisted his body to block Love, so Love naturally leaned on Jeff Green with his back.

"Be firm, Kevin!" LeBron's voice came from the weak side. He passed the ball to Love at the first time, just to give him an advantage and hit the fourth position before Towns came back.

The defensive assistant coach of the Lakers couldn't help asking Walton: "Coach, the next time the ball is dead, should we replace Carl on the court? He has rested for 10 minutes, and his body will cool down if he rests."

"I know!" Wharton replied calmly without turning his eyes.

Love squeezed back, then suddenly turned and stepped back to shoot.

James shook his head slightly. This ball Love should use his physical advantage to beat Jeff Green, be aggressive, hit the basket, and give the Lakers a little color.

Dang, hit the front of the basket, Love's ball was not strong enough.

Tristan Thompson grabs the offensive rebound and throws it back to LeBron James.

James didn't even look at Paul George in front of him, and gave the ball to Kevin Love again.

Jeff Green hurriedly put on a defensive stance. If Love still chooses to step back and shoot, he is sure to interfere with the opponent to the greatest extent this time.

After receiving the ball, Love habitually turned his back to the basket.

James was a little anxious: "The basket!"

"Huh?" Tristan Thompson thought the boss was reminding himself, so he tried harder to grab the position.

Whiteside didn't know what the hell this guy was doing, so he could only accompany and increase his efforts. The two centers entangled each other back and forth under the basket.

"Hop? LeBron let me pass to Tristan?"

This was the first reaction in Love's mind, coupled with Tristan Thompson's desperate efforts at this time, it further confirmed his guess.

So Kevin Love just passed the ball to the basket under LeBron James' surprised eyes.

"Look at me!" Tristan Thompson turned over and shot a jumper after receiving the ball.

A set of movements is smooth and smooth, but it seems that the aim is not aimed?
Snapped!The basketball fell straight into Whiteside's hands.

"What's the situation?" Whiteside was stunned.

(End of this chapter)