Small lineups are not uncommon in the history of the NBA, but they were not used many times in ancient times when insiders were numerous. As basketball entered the 21st century, the ball was playing faster and faster and the role of the inside was weaker, the use of small lineups became more and more frequent. It was not until the Warriors won the championship with a small lineup the year before yesterday that they ushered in his peak era.

Faster offense and defense speed, faster defensive rotation, faster offensive running, if a small lineup is summarized in one word, that is fast.

The reason why the small lineup is called a small lineup is because his No. 4 position is shorter than ordinary teams. When he does not have an advantage in height, he can only make up for this disadvantage by speeding up, and then defeat his opponent with speed.

Clarkson pushed the ball to the frontcourt, and then directed his teammates to start running. Tang Shuai and Batum started crossing the position along the baseline. The two of them randomly cut into the basket or ran backwards. Noel kept creating unball pick-and-rolls in the inside, while Barnes was ambushing the bottom corner waiting for the phone to come out.

In the last game, Noel tried to let Gasol do the work done by Bogut. Gasol did a very good job and completely revitalized the team's offense. However, due to defensive issues, Noel replaced Gasol, and Noel obviously did not have that kind of support ability, which made the team's offense rely more on the running position and pick-and-roll cooperation of players without the ball.

However, the tactics did not seem so smooth at the beginning. Batum was so tightly followed by Butler and did not get rid of it several times in a row. Tang Shuai also encountered the highest defensive intensity he had encountered since the start of the game.

Rondo, a point guard who is extremely good at defense, does not have as good defensive talent as Butler, but his ball quotient is very high. With his experience, his overall defensive strength is not much inferior to Butler. No matter how Tang Shuai runs, he will follow him desperately.

Tang Shuai had experienced this tight defensive strength last season. When he met again, he was still so uncomfortable, just like a piece of candy he put on his body, and he couldn't get rid of it no matter how hard he was to get rid of it.

The Lakers' offense was blocked. Seeing that Clarkson had no chance, he directly chose to fight Wade.

Wade is still the same Wade. Last season, he played a season with extremely high attendance rates with the Heat, as if he had a second spring all at once.

However, Wade is 34 years old, which is why Clarkson chose to break through.

Clarkson used his speed to get rid of Wade and made a strong breakthrough into the inside. When he started to make a layup, he suddenly found that Lopez's assisted defense had come. Wade had a pair of clips behind him, and he immediately fell into a dead ball. The strong layup was slapped back by Lopez.

The basketball fell directly into Wade's arms.

The Lakers' first offense came back in vain!

In fact, this is Clarkson's ability limitation. He is different from Shuai Tang. His pass bag is blue, and it is difficult to pass the ball out after being double-teamed.

After Wade took the ball, he turned around and ran forward. His speed did not drop at all compared to his reaction consciousness.

Shuai Tang and Batum are now being entangled by their respective defenders. When Wade ran forward one dragon from the backcourt, no one could catch up.

Wade reached the frontcourt and scored with a light dunk.

"Dwyane~Tyrone~Wade!!"

J at the scene shouted Wade's name loudly, and the fans in the United Center Arena were instantly excited.

Speaking of which, Wade was forced away from the Heat by Riley, which made him gain more super popularity in Chicago.

The Lakers made their second offensive attempt. After three consecutive attempts, Tang Shuai finally got rid of Rondo's defense with Noel's pick-and-roll. However, when he reached the position, Clarkson's pass was slower, and Rondo had already rushed up again after he received the ball.

It took too much offensive time to run. After Tang Shuai received the ball, he had only about 15 seconds left. He held the ball and observed for a while. The other players of the Lakers were locked tightly, so he could only choose to be forced.

A cross-step shaking, Rondo did not lose his position.

He took another big step to the right, followed by a pull-out jump shot.

Rondo jumped and interfered with his shooting sight.

"Bang!"

He didn't get rid of the defense and hit the basket, but his luck was pretty good, so he bounced into the net bag.

In the Bulls' attack, Rondo took the ball to the frontcourt and followed him to direct his teammates to run. Wade and Butler interspered with the running back and forth. Rondo saw the opportunity and suddenly passed the ball to Mirotic in the bottom corner.

After Mirotic received the ball, he raised his hand and took a three-pointer.

Barnes rushed over.

Mirotic saw Barnes pounce, swayed and then quickly broke through the basket with the ball.

Lopez on the other side of the basket stuck Noel tightly. Mirotic stepped on it in three steps and raised his hand and dunked it.

"Bang!"

With an explosion, the cheers from the United Center Arena reached ** again.

With two consecutive dunks at the beginning, the Bulls showed off a completely different offensive firepower from last season at the beginning.

The Lakers' offense seems to know that they will focus on Coach Tang. In addition to Rondo's assisting defense, Wade is also ready to make up for defense at any time.

Tang Shuai ran out a little bit, Clarkson's pass passed, and as soon as he received the ball, he was double-teamed by Rondo and Wade.

Rondo and Wade are both players with considerable defensive experience. After the two of them rushed forward, they immediately reached out to interfere with his passing vision. Moreover, because they were double-teams of two defenders, he had no chance to pass the ball inside, so he had no choice but to send the ball back to Clarkson.

Clarkson passed it to Batum on the left, and Batum gave Barnes to the bottom corner. Barnes raised his hand and threw a three-pointer.

The ball was not completely removed, and Mirotic reached out and successfully interfered.

"Bang!"

The Lakers' offense once again failed and the rebound was snatched by Lopez.

Lopez gave the ball to Rondo, and Rondo observed that the Lakers checked out quickly and controlled the ball to stabilize the rhythm.

When he arrived at the frontcourt, he greeted him and directly signaled Wade to sink to the low post.

When Wade got off the position, he followed and signaled his other teammates to pull away and then passed the ball in.

Although Rondo's offensive ability has always been criticized, his passes and the situation on the court are quite accurate. Reeves and Carl, who have coached him, praised him very much.

Wade took the ball and hit Clarkson with his back, looked at Barnes and came over to double-team, directly hitting the earth with a backhand and giving Mirotic a backhand.

Mirotic received the ball under the basket and raised his hand to score a goal.

Tang Shuai felt helpless when he saw this scene outside the three-point line. Although Wade was old, his passer bag was still purple, and his experience would play a super powerful role at this time. Barnes was completely hit by the double-team with a straightforward double-team.

If it were Green, this ball would definitely not have passed so early. And Mirotic, who had no choice but to defend, was not even a little bit worse than him in terms of defense experience and ability.

This is like the Maginot line of defense between Britain and France during World War II. It seems that Barnes' movement speed is not inferior to Green's, and he can assist in the rotation, but this seems to be just a little vulnerable when fighting.

In the Lakers' offense, whenever Tang Shuai holds the ball, Rondo and Wade double-team it. He returns the ball to Clarkson, and Clarkson jumps out of the basket with a three-pointer.

As a breakthrough defender, Clarkson is not his scoring method.

Noel grabbed the frontcourt rebound and threw his hand to Batum. Batum raised his hand and made another three-pointer.

With a "bang", Batum's three-pointer also bounced out of the box, and the rebound was grabbed by Lopez.

The Lakers' offensive success rate is so low.

Rondo took the ball to the frontcourt and still signaled his teammates to open the position to play singles for Wade.

Barnes didn't dare to go over to double-team this time. After Wade made two strong moves, he turned around and squeezed away Clarkson. After taking off, he drifted the board shot.

With a "bang", the basketball hit the rebound and then bounced into the basket.

The cheers at the scene went higher again.

8-2, the Bulls started with a thrilling momentum.

Tang Shuai finally couldn't stand it. As soon as he arrived at the frontcourt, he had to pass the ball without waiting for Wade's backup defense and then accelerated to rush to the basket.

Wade did not double-team any more, but Mirotic, who was inside, immediately contracted to the basket.

When Tang Shuai saw Barnes had a chance, he threw the ball over.

Barnes made a three-pointer.

"Bang!"

Still not going in!

There was a hand-to-hand fight at the basket. When Noah and Lopez were crowded together, Tang jumped up and grabbed the offensive rebound, then jumped and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand.

The fans at the scene were in an uproar.

However, this sound did not last long. In the next round, Rondo used Lopez's pick-and-roll to enter the basket, attracted Barnes's backup defense, and threw the ball towards Mirotic in the bottom corner.

Mirotic raised his hand and made a three-pointer.

"Swish!"

With a crisp sound, Mirotic seized the opportunity almost the same as Barnes just now.

11 to 4, Walton reached out and called for a pause.

"Trecy, it seems that your first prediction is not very accurate. The Lakers players seem to be unable to find the correct shooting." In the comment seat, King said to McGrady with a smile. Although the score difference is not too big, the home team played at the beginning with a rainbow of momentum, which is completely different from the Lakers.

"Well... I didn't expect Luke to use a small lineup in this game. If it's just because of his personal hobby as an assistant coach in the Warriors, then that's really bad. The Lakers don't have a stable three-pointer except Don, and Clarkson's passing ability is also average. This is just using his own shortcomings to beat his opponent's strengths." McGrady said helplessly.

"Perhaps Luke thinks this can bring up the rhythm. You know, he is under Steve Cole, and this is how the Warriors play," King said.

"Maybe, but this is really too casual. Not to mention the offense issue, the defensive end is simply useless. I really don't understand. Paul Gasol is sitting on the bench. If he is allowed to play in a double tower lineup, both offense and defense will be much better than now, right?" McGrady said in a angrily voice. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!