On the Warriors bench, Nelson raced against time to mobilize his troops.
Although the Warriors are slightly ahead temporarily, the situation on the court is evenly matched.
There is no problem with the Warriors' offense, but their defensive performance is not ideal.
Kobe played very reasonably and was determined to attack without the ball, which made it impossible for Tony Allen to consume his energy.
After Tony Allen lost his proud defense on the court, only negative effects were left, which was not conducive to the team's opening of space, and adjustments needed to be made.
Therefore, Nelson asked Kelai to replace Teacher Tony, and also replaced David Lee, replacing him with Shane Battier, a veteran with rich playoff experience.
After finishing the personnel arrangements, Nelson continued to arrange tactics.
After explaining the next tactics to the players, before the timeout expired, Nelson called Sun Yi to his side to exchange a few words.
"Sun, how are you feeling tonight?"
"Coach, I think it's okay." Sun Yi replied with a smile.
Old Nelson continued: "The opponent is obviously well prepared. You have to go all out tonight and you need to be more aggressive. Just go ahead and do it!"
"Okay, coach!" Sun Yi nodded and agreed.
He knew very well that if he wanted to win this game, he must use all his firepower.
Return from the timeout and the game continues.
Sun Yi took the field with the lineup of Curry, Clay, Battier and Chandler.
The Lakers played well and did not make any substitution adjustments.
The Warriors attacked, and Sun Yi received Curry's pass and prepared to hold the ball in singles to kill everyone.
The Lakers did not dare to be careless and immediately changed their defensive method to a one-to-four defense.
Yingodala quickly ran forward, ready to defend himself at any time.
Sun Yi was not in a hurry to play singles, waiting for his teammates to get into position and open up space.
Clay and Battier were positioned in the bottom corners on both sides, while Curry was roaming outside the three-point line, ready to catch and shoot at any time.
Faced with this situation, the Lakers expanded their defense and did not dare to bet on the Warriors' three-point shooting percentage. After all, these guys in the Warriors are very good at three-point shooting.
After everything was ready, Sun Yi started releasing the ball, quickly changed direction in front of his body, and walked to the left towards the basket.
Yingodala moved sideways to block the attack with small steps, pressing his body closely against Sun Yi.
Sun Yi carried Yingodala to the free throw line, squeezed the piece of dog-skin plaster away with all his strength, and made an emergency stop mid-range jumper.
Looking back, the Lakers showed tacit teamwork.
Gasol received a pass from Nash and made a steady jump shot.
The Warriors immediately started a transition attack with a baseline pass.
Sun Yi faced Nash out of position, ignored Nash's defense, and hit a three-pointer with a face.
Immediately afterwards, the Lakers made a passing error and were counterattacked by the Warriors.
After Sun Yi stole the ball, he rushed forward in a line, accelerated into the Lakers' penalty area, jumped up, and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand.
The audience immediately burst into excitement, and cheers and shouts resounded throughout the arena.
On the Lakers bench, Phil Jackson saw that the situation on the court was not good and immediately came to the sidelines to request a timeout.
Through these few rounds of offense and defense, Jackson clearly saw the Warriors' intentions.
The guys on the opposite side began to target Nash's weakness. Even if he hid him, he would be found.
Immediately, Phil Jackson made personnel adjustments, replacing Nash and Ci Shiping and replacing them with Afflalo and Odom.
In terms of tactics, the offense was pretty good and no adjustments were needed, while the defense focused on how to defend Sun Yi.
Return from the timeout and the game continues.
After the Lakers came back, they switched to a triangle offense.
Odom advanced with the ball, came to the left three-point line to organize the attack, and made tactical gestures.
Gasol understood this and quickly ran to the free throw line, ready to receive the ball and provide support.
Yingodala and Afflalo moved to the strong side, ready to cut or shoot at any time.
After everything was ready, Kobe quickly ran to the weak side and reached for the ball with his back to Battier in the low post.
Seeing this situation, Sun Yi knew very well that stepping forward to help defend was very risky, so he could only hope that Battier could defend Nakai alone.
On the other side, Kobe received the pass and saw that no one from the Warriors stepped forward to double-team him, so he released the ball for a post-up single.
He and Battier are old rivals. Both sides know the basics. It is impossible to find Battier's defensive flaws all at once. They can only look for opportunities patiently.
Battier focused on watching Kobe's every move to prevent himself from being fooled by the opponent's fake moves.
Kobe felt the time was right, and after performing a series of fake moves, he leaned over Battier and turned over to shoot a fadeaway jumper.
Shane quickly rushed to interfere, but was still a little slow.
The basketball hit the net and made a steady hit!
After scoring the goal, Kobe turned around and went back to defense. He knew that the guys on the opposite side would attack without morals and had no choice but to defend.
On the other side, Sun Yi ran to Battier and patted him on the shoulder, saying with a smile: "Good job, just beat him like this to consume the old guy's energy."
I couldn't find an opportunity to waste my time before, so now it's coming to my door, I have to seize it.
Battier kept in mind the tasks assigned to him by the head coach, nodded and replied: "Sun, I know how to do it."
Sun Yi smiled and nodded, then ran to the baseline to catch the ball and advance.
The Warriors attacked, Sun Yi advanced towards the frontcourt, and observed that the Lakers were still playing one-to-one four-way.
Yingodala ran out to lead the defense, and Kobe and Afflalo stood on both sides of the free throw line, ready to retreat to the penalty area to help defend.
This kind of defensive strategy can limit the scoring of most stars, but it is still a bit difficult to guard Sun Yi.
I saw Sun Yi calling Chandler to play a pick-and-roll, bypassing the pick-and-roll and directly pulling up a three-pointer.
The Lakers did not switch defense properly, which resulted in the defensive failure this time.
Sun Yi grabbed another 3 points like he was searching for something!
Looking back, the Warriors focused on guarding the other four Lakers players except Kobe, forcing Kobe to play in isolation.
Faced with the Warriors' conspiracy, the Lakers still struggled, but the effect was not very good.
The Warriors rotated defense very quickly, giving the Lakers no chance to take action easily.
Seeing that the Lakers were about to fall into a scoring drought, Kobe stepped forward and relied on his personal ability to score points and stabilize the situation on the court.
In this way, after the initial test, the two teams showed their cards one after another, sending their respective stars to attack.
Ace versus Ace!
Sun Yi and Kobe led the team forward in their own ways...
After the first quarter, the score displayed on the big screen was 24 to 26, with the Warriors leading by 2 points.
Sun Yi was on full fire in the first quarter, scoring 15 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.
For the Lakers, Kobe Bryant had a good start, scoring 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in the first quarter.
So far, the two teams have been playing close to each other in the first quarter, each has its own advantages, and the score has not been widened.
The situation on the field is confusing, and the fans don't know what will happen next. Such a suspenseful game is what they like to see, and they are looking forward to the next game.
This chapter has been completed!