Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

The starting lineups of both teams did not change, the same as the previous two games.

First there was a jump ball, and the Raptors took the ball and started the attack. After Lowry pushed the ball to the frontcourt, he glanced at the Lakers' defensive formation. Seeing that it was Korver defending Leonard instead of Zhuang Yu, he immediately passed the ball to Leonard and signaled the others to move away.

When several players moved apart, Leonard held the ball and played against Korver outside the three-point line.

He first made a fake shot, then broke through and passed Korver by most of his body in one step. The Lakers quickly came to assist in defense.

The game had just begun, and Leonard was not in a hurry to attack. When he saw the help defense coming up, he passed the ball to Siakam.

Swish!

Siakam received the ball and made a mid-range jump shot, giving the Raptors the lead and making the score 2:0.

The ball changed and the Lakers attacked.

After arriving at the front court, Holiday looked at Zhuang Yu, who nodded at him. Holiday understood and gestured to Zubac, signaling him to come up for a pick-and-roll. He got rid of the pick-and-roll and then broke through. Just as he was about to pass the ball, he found that the Raptors player was between him and Zhuang Yu's passing route.

"As expected..."

Holiday was not surprised by this, and he didn't simply want to make a breakthrough point, he was just trying it out.

When the opponent's player appeared in the passing route between him and Zhuang Yu, Holiday took back the ball he was about to pass and then jumped towards the defensive player.

Swish!

Holiday made a jump shot.

In the next few rounds, the Raptors' defense did not change much from the previous game.

Their main defensive target was still Zhuang Yu. They consciously cut off the connection between Zhuang Yu and his teammates and tried their best to prevent Zhuang Yu from receiving the ball and shooting outside the three-point line.

When Zhuang Yu was attacking with the ball, the Raptors' defense was not as targeted because they had to limit the three-point shots of other Lakers players. It was naturally impossible for them to concentrate all their defensive forces on Zhuang Yu, as that would definitely miss someone.

Moreover, the Raptors' defensive strategy is to prevent Zhuang Yu from shooting three-pointers.

It would be acceptable to them if Zhuang Yu broke through with the ball.

On the field.

Zhuang Yu ran back, used his speed to get rid of the defense, took the basketball from his teammate, then raised the ball and made a fake shot.

The one who came up to delay the Raptors was Siakam. He subconsciously jumped up and raised his hands high. However, Zhuang Yu did not shoot, but lowered his center of gravity and accelerated past Siakam. Gasol bent down under the basket, ready to make up for the defense.

However, Zhuang Yu did not attack the basket. After passing Siakam, he made a quick stop jump shot.

Swish!

There was a soft sound and the ball was scored.

......

Only a few dozen seconds later, Zhuang Yu once again held the ball and played one-on-one.

This time, Zhuang Yu did not call for a pick-and-roll. He was facing Danny Green, who was defending very far forward. Zhuang Yu first made a breakthrough gesture to the left, and then turned forward and accelerated to get rid of Danny Green. Leonard quickly came over to help defend, and Zhuang Yu suddenly jumped up.

Leonard reacted quickly and immediately jumped up and pounced on Zhuang Yu.

However, it was a lean-back move. Zhuang Yu's body leaned back, holding the basketball in his right hand and shaking his wrist. The basketball drew a high arc and finally fell into the net.

"nice shot."

“This fade away is really beautiful.”

The home fans cheered.

Kobe also smiled and clapped, his eyes sparkling with radiance, and said with satisfaction: "Zhuang's fadeaway jump shot has improved a lot compared to last year."

As one of the players who has mastered the fadeaway jump shot to perfection, Kobe naturally has a say.

At the beginning, Zhuang Yu had asked him for advice. Kobe naturally had no reservations about Zhuang Yu. He also introduced him to Michael Jordan and asked Zhuang Yu to ask Michael Jordan for advice.

However, Kobe did not expect that only two years had passed and Zhuang Yu's fadeaway jump shot had reached this level, seemingly no worse than before.

You have to know that Kobe's fadeaway jump shot didn't take him one or two years to reach master level. Zhuang Yu's learning ability and speed of improvement are truly astonishingly fast.

"I kind of regret it." Kobe said with a smile: "If I hadn't retired now, maybe I could have two more championship rings."

The little daughter next to him suddenly brightened up and said excitedly: "You can also make a comeback now."

Kobe laughed and said it was just a joke.

Although the Lakers won the championship last season after he retired, Kobe has no regrets. The championship ring he got by chance is not an honor for him.

"Requesting a timeout."

The Raptors called a timeout.

A few minutes had passed in the first quarter, and the Lakers were leading by 1 points. The difference was not big, but Coach Nurse frowned.

In these few minutes, the Lakers only made one three-pointer, from Korver, but the Raptors failed to gain the upper hand, and the situation was somewhat inconsistent with expectations.

Coach Nash predicted that as long as the Lakers couldn't make three-pointers, he would be able to gain the upper hand, but now it is obviously not the case.

Several Raptors players came to the sidelines and all looked at the head coach.

Coach Nash took a deep breath and said, "We did a good job defending the three-pointer, but we need to pay attention to assisting and helping out. The opponent's hit rate within the three-point line was a bit too high in the past few minutes, so we must limit it."

Several players nodded in unison to show that they understood.

The Lakers had a high shooting percentage within the three-point line in these few minutes, so even if they made a two-point shot, they still led by 4 points.

However, the Raptors' overall defensive strategy was well executed, allowing the Lakers to only score one three-pointer, so the score difference between the two sides was not large.

Therefore, Coach Nash did not make too many tactical adjustments, but just told the players to strengthen defense and not let the opponent hit such a high hit rate. As long as the Lakers' hit rate is reduced, the probability of winning is still very high.

This has been verified in the previous game, but the Lakers' two-point shooting percentage was not as high as in the past few minutes.

......

The Lakers here.

A group of players gathered around Coach Scott. Coach Scott had a smile on his face and was very satisfied with the players' performance in the past few minutes.

Although only one three-pointer was made, the overall offensive efficiency was still good.

Coach Scott had no intention of continuing to focus on three-pointers in this game. In the last game, the game had come to that point, so he had to focus on three-pointers.

But this game is different, and they know that the opponent will definitely focus on limiting their three-point shots, so there is no reason to be stubborn, right?

The three-pointer must be shot, and it must be better than the last game.

But at the same time, the overall offensive strategy needs to be adjusted. We cannot rely on three-pointers. We should shoot three-pointers when we have the opportunity, and break through and find a way to get two points when we don’t have the opportunity.

The Lakers executed this well in the past few minutes and thus gained the upper hand.

The players were in a good mood.

"Haha, the Raptors are trying to repeat their old tricks, thinking that all they need to do is defend our three-pointers. They think it's too simple."

"Several players rushed to the outside to defend the three-pointer, leaving such a big gap in the middle. Do they really think we don't have mid-range shots?"

Everyone said in a hurry.

At this time, Coach Scott raised his hand and pressed it down, signaling everyone to be quiet.

Then he made substitutions, replacing Zubac and Korver with Kuzma and Cunningham, and spread out the tactical board: "The opponent will definitely adjust their defense. Next, we have to increase outside shooting. We only made one three-pointer in the past few minutes, which is obviously not enough. Whether it is a two-pointer or a three-pointer, we have to play well."

"Wait a minute..."

......

The pause ends.

The players returned to the court and the Raptors attacked.

They did not make any substitutions and still started with the five best players. Lowry took the ball from the backcourt and advanced to the frontcourt before passing it to Leonard.

At this time, the person defending Leonard became Cunningham, and Zhuang Yu still did not directly face Leonard, so Lowry still gave the ball to Leonard, and Leonard launched the attack from this point.

Leonard held the ball at his waist, took a tentative step first, then pushed the ball forward and broke through. His speed was not fast. After taking a step forward, he actively sought confrontation and wanted to push Cunningham away, but he was unable to get a good shooting space.

Seeing this, Leonard stepped back and made a ground pass to Gasol who was asking for the ball in the low post on the right side.

Then he pulled the players away and let Gasol play alone.

In fact, the Lakers have a small lineup. The advantage is that there are more three-point shooting points, but the disadvantage is that the overall lineup is too short, and the inside line is at a greater disadvantage.

At this time, Kuzma was facing Gasol Jr., and he was obviously unable to stop Gasol Jr. in the low post, so Anderson quickly went up to assist in defense.

Gasol Jr. passed the ball to Siakam, who caught the ball and jumped up for a mid-range shot.

The score difference became two points.

Turning around, the Lakers attacked.

After reaching the frontcourt, Holiday still did not give the ball to Zhuang Yu immediately, but called for a pick-and-roll and then broke through.

But this time he didn't want to break through and finish, but attracted the defense and passed the ball to Anderson. Anderson passed the ball to Kuzma and set a screen for Kuzma.

Kuzma received the ball, dribbled forward, adjusted slightly, and shot a three-pointer.

Swish!

There was a soft sound and the ball was scored.

The home fans cheered again, and Coach Scott on the sidelines also smiled. This was exactly the effect he wanted.

On the other side, Coach Nurse was frowning.

The Lakers only made one three-pointer in the previous few minutes, so he asked his players to strengthen their defense on two-point shots to prevent the Lakers from having such a high hit rate.

But after the timeout, the Lakers made a three-pointer. They seemed to have changed their offensive strategy and began to increase outside shooting.

This gave Coach Nash a bad feeling...