Chapter 693 Playing with anger
Curry and Durant renewed their contract, coupled with Iguodala and Bogut, although the salary cap in the new season has increased a lot, the salary space left for other substitutes is really limited. It is obviously unrealistic to expect substitutes to widen the score when the main players fail to widen the score.
Tang Shuai is still a rookie contract on the Lakers, and Yi Jianlian's contract is only 9 million. The salary distribution is reasonable. The strength of the substitute group obviously makes the Warriors much stronger. Gasol, Norris Cole, Stephenson, PJ Tucker, Harlix, and Mike Dermott are all powerful players. Even in this single lineup, you may be able to form a weak team. It is obvious that the Warriors' group of veterans with old arms and legs are more advantageous.
After the substitute was replaced, the Lakers spread the score little by little. In the end, Cole had to let Durant come up and continue to lead the team.
Durant's appearance stabilized the situation on the field, and the Warriors and the Lakers evenly played.
But in this way, Billups' goal has been achieved. I just need to play an equal share with you so that you dare not replace it in advance and rest, and then force your main force to one or two during the substitute time. This is enough.
After all, players cannot play the whole game, and it is also a big problem to reach the fourth quarter after playing full energy.
This is actually just like playing basketball manager games. Generally, teams allocate their salary caps reasonably, while the Warriors threw most of the salary caps into it. The previous powerful substitutes were only Iguodala and Livingston, and the rest were a bunch of basic salary contracts, old and young.
With such a configuration, once the main players cannot open the score and the substitutes are not hit, they will definitely be digging a hole, not to mention that Green can't play in this game. Livingston is the one who is more reliable on the substitute.
The Warriors won consecutive games last season last season, which was more of the "Warrior-style" victory that Cole said, which means that the main players solved the battle in three quarters, and had enough advantages to make the substitutes spend the rest of the game, but in this game, it is obvious that they have not been able to do this.
When they came back in the second half of the second quarter, the Warriors kept Durant on the court.
His shooting percentage was greatly affected by the continued appearance, and the Warriors' offense relied more on Curry and Thompson's outside offense.
On the Lakers, Shuai Tang and Westbrook returned after resting for most of the quarter and were in good health and in good condition.
After fighting on both sides for a while, it turned into a double-gun showdown between the two teams.
Curry scored a long three-pointer from the outside, turned around and forced his way to the basket and took Bogut's layup.
After Thompson made another three-pointer from the outside, Tang Shuai went to the frontcourt to catch up with Yi Jianlian and passed the ball and assist Durant, who was assisting in defense, also made a steadily hit.
Curry stepped on the three-point line and scored another goal. Westbrook turned around and took the pass from Tang Shuai and hit the free throw line.
Curry scored Thompson, who scored a mid-range shot from the free throw line. When Tang Shuai came back to the basket, he seized the opportunity to play Curry with his back, and turned around and fell back to hit.
During this period, the two sides played back and forth very lively, and the super high-level shooting quality was also exciting for the audience to watch.
However, compared with the scoring method that combines sudden shots, the scoring method that relies solely on shooting is obviously worse in terms of stability.
After Curry and Thompson made a series of blows in the joint defense, the Lakers' double gun firepower remained the same. The score was instantly pulled open after the stalemate for more than half a quarter.
Durant wanted to stand up and score for the team, but the influence of continuing to play came at this time. He also frequently made irons, as if he had returned to the era of the Thunder playing.
70-60, at the end of the half, relying on Tang Shuai's buzzer-beating three-pointer, the Lakers came from behind and ended the first half with a tenth lead.
The Lakers' Double Young Master almost took charge of the team's score of 60% in the first half, Tang Shuai contributed 20 points and 5 assists, and Westbrook scored 24 points!
In the first game of the regular season, the two showed super strong attack power.
This result surprised some experts. They knew that the Lakers would definitely go further this season, but they did not expect that they could occupy such an upper hand in the duel with the Warriors. This is simply unscientific.
But those who are familiar with the matter know that this team has trained together for a month before the game, and has won consecutive victories in the preseason, and the morale is strong, so it is normal to play like this.
During the half-time break, the Lakers cheerleaders gave fans a passionate dance. The sexy body and charming movements made many male fans feel angry in the crotch, but it was precisely because of the home team's strong performance that they had the leisure to pay attention to these off-field.
After returning from the break, the Lakers were still firmly in control of the situation on the court, and the Warriors players' mentality also changed, and they made frequent moves. At the end of the third quarter, the score on the court was 96 to 84, and the lead was further expanded.
The game was walking towards a big victory. When the third quarter was in between, the fans were already cheering and playing kissing games with the live dj.
Kissing games are the most common interaction method in NBA competitions. The live cameraman will give two people photographed, which is a bit equivalent to "walling on the wall" in China. People who are drawn must kiss in front of the camera until the camera leaves.
The fun thing about this game is that the person captured by the camera is not necessarily a couple, it is likely to be just an ordinary friend. However, in the past, this camera may have created a relationship, or it may be that the boyfriend and girlfriend are in the Cold War period. Such kissing is also a way to resolve conflicts.
In short, this is a game full of fun, and it is definitely highly respected in the leisure time of the game.
Of course, the premise is that in a game like today, when the home team leads with a big score, if the home team is tyrannical, no one will have the heart to play this.
Because I was too devoted to playing, the fourth quarter game started for more than ten seconds than expected.
When the players from both sides returned to the court in the last quarter, what was unexpected was that Kerr actually put all the main players on.
This attitude is clearly a desperate effort.
Billups' response was slightly slower, and in just over one minute, the Warriors showed their fierce outside firepower. Durant, Curry and Thompson jointly contributed 4 three-pointers, which instantly smoothed the gap.
The audience was stunned and didn't come back to their senses for a long time.
Durant made a strong three-pointer in the end, and roared with his right fist.
The game entered the timeout for the Lakers, and the Lakers also replaced all the main players on the court.
The Warriors' momentum came up. Westbrook broke through and was blocked by Durant directly at the basket. He turned around and passed the ball to Thompson. The latter rushed to the basket and hit the pull-up. The Warriors scored a 14-0 wave in a single quarter!
The Lakers suddenly walked to the edge of the cliff.
Shuai Tang went to the frontcourt to organize the ball and passed the ball to Westbrook.
After receiving the ball, Westbrook made a strong breakthrough at the basket, and was double-teamed by Durant and Bogut. He chose to make a strong choice without retreating.
Durant slapped him, and his move was disturbed.
Due to the perspective of vision, the referee on the sideline did not sound the whistle, but he seemed to have no intention of waiting for the whistle at all. He started to rise again after landing, and forced himself to grab the offensive rebound between Durant and Bogut, and then threw himself into the air and dunked.
After seeing this, Bogut turned around and pulled him to the ground with great force.
"Bang!"
With a muffled sound, he fell heavily to the ground.
There was an uproar in the scene.
The next second he stood up from the ground and glared at Bogut, but soon turned around and walked towards the free throw line.
Bogut was hailed as a technical foul, which was a three-time free throw opportunity.
Westbrook made three free throws, helping the team regain the lead.
Tang Shuai couldn't help but be moved at this time. Such a teammate really has to be admired.
He remembered Westbrook's interview with a media called "Deep All-Star", who admitted that he was playing with anger. He felt that any opponent scored in front of him would make him angry, but as the time he played, he had learned to relieve this anger.
This sounds fantastic, like a real American hero collecting energy, but from this round just now, we can see that Westbrook did.
Technical fouls are free throws, and the ball rights are still owned by the Lakers.
Batum sent a sideline ball, Westbrook broke through the inside and was double-teamed, and passed the ball to Tang Shuai on the outside. Tang Shuai flicked Thompson and rushed in.
After being continuously broken and beaten, Thompson obviously realized Tang Shuai's new offensive method. He recovered the basket and successfully interfered with his attack route.
Seeing that there was no chance, Tang Shuai returned the ball to Westbrook on the outside without hesitation. The latter hit Curry and then broke through the basket. Facing Bogut, he scored with a beautiful turn on the layup.
The action was done in one go, and facing Bogut again, he was a little scary.
Weber, who was commenting on the sidelines, was talking endlessly, but now he didn't know what to say.
After several pick-and-rolls of the Warriors, Durant misplaced his back against Westbrook. After a few hits, he turned around and leaned on his long arm to layup.
"Bang!"
With a crisp sound, Westbrook was too familiar with his offensive method. He broke the ball before he started. After intercepting the ball, he rushed forward without saying a word.
Thompson wanted to go up to assist in defense, but was knocked away. Curry hesitated and gave up and rushed over.
He was like a tiger out of the cage, and his whole body was cast like a rainbow.
At this time of the game, the main players consume a lot of energy. This kind of ball has been cut off, so they will basically choose a layup.
But he seemed to be an exception. After rushing to the frontcourt, he looked breathless, held the ball and jumped up at the free throw line, and smashed the ball into the basket with his right hand.
He was very strong and felt like he was going to smash himself into it.
"Bang!"
With a loud bang, the camera on the top of the basket was smashed and shaking.
A burst of cheers suddenly broke out at the scene.
After Westbrook landed, he couldn't hide his excitement. He slapped his chest with both hands, and bursts of blue veins on his arms, and roared at the audience.
This is definitely playing with anger. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!