As an assistant coach, Adrian understands that a good point guard should not take the initiative to attack too much. But now, with a player like Livingston on the court who has obvious weaknesses, Adrian
If An doesn't apply it properly, his rich theoretical level will be wasted.
Moreover, the first two attacks were successful, so there was no reason for Adrian not to try a third time.
Therefore, after waiting for all his teammates to be in position, under the embarrassed face of Sean Livingston, Adrian turned his back again and used his strong back muscles to attack Livingston's weak body.
Line of defense.
Perhaps Daniel Yiwen was feeling pity and couldn't bear to watch Livingston being bullied by Adrian's strength again and again. He took the initiative to let go of his defender and double-team him. Adrian deliberately delayed it for a while, before Daniel was about to do so.
The moment the double-team was completed, the basketball flew out from the defensive gap between the two people and fell into the hands of Vujacic on the three-point line.
Unguarded, Vujacic's three-pointer was quite accurate. Although his shooting was not stable enough, he never missed the opportunity this time. After receiving the basketball, Vujacic adjusted for about a second before taking off for a jump shot.
The basketball in his hand slipped through a beautiful arc, and the basketball plunged neatly into the basket. He combed his beautiful hair with his hands. Vujacic stretched out three fingers and smiled at the Lakers half.
The field recedes.
As the Lakers' first substitute at the shooting guard position, Vujacic's status in the Lakers was once irreplaceable, because he played an important role in raising the average charm value of the Lakers. At this point, Kobe Bryant also played a similar role.
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Adrian has been pressing Livingston to play. If someone comes to double-team, Adrian will immediately find an opportunity to pass the ball. If no one double-teams, then he will push Livingston all the way into the three-second zone and then turn around.
For a layup or a turnaround jump shot, although Livingston worked hard on defense and was very focused, the huge gap in strength left him unable to do anything against Adrian.
When it comes to height and strength, at the point guard position, Adrian is definitely among the top in the league.
On the contrary, when defending, although Livingston can gain a certain advantage with his skillful ball control and outstanding passing skills, this cannot make up for his weakness in strength. Once he gets physical with Adrian,
If you fight against it, your body will immediately become unbalanced.
After several offenses and defenses, Livingston once again made a mistake under Adrian's defensive pressure. After the basketball hit his feet and went out of the sideline, obviously the Clippers head coach Dunleavy could also see that Livingston was facing Adrian.
Derian suffered a lot, and his physical disadvantage was obvious to the fans. So after another offensive and defensive transition, he replaced Livingston and replaced him with the stronger Quentin Rose.
Quentin Rose is not a point guard, but a swingman. With a height of 198 centimeters, he will not suffer too much against Adrian. Although his physical fitness is not particularly strong, he moves very quickly.
And because he has been a substitute player for a long time, he is very clear about his position and is willing to work hard on defense.
Although he can't compare with Livingston in terms of passing organization, Dunleavy replaced Chris Kaman at the same time, which means that the Clippers' offense will be completely biased inside. Quentin Rose has three points.
He has good ability and a good open shooting percentage, and he understands his position and never covets the ball. In this case, he is more useful than Livingston.
At the same time, there is another consideration in replacing Livingston. The Clippers do not have enough candidates at the No. 1 position. Livingston is already their best point guard. However, Livingston’s physique
A bit of a glass-bottom person, Livingston has been constantly struggling with injuries since he entered the league. He only played thirty games in his first season, and the following season was also full of stop-and-go injuries.
It kept bothering him. Now that he had just recovered from his knee injury, Dunleavy certainly did not dare to let Livingston engage in such a fierce confrontation in this situation.
If Livingston can stay healthy, his strength should be even better. In his rookie season, he won the Western Conference Rookie of the Month in the month after playing a full game without any injuries, which also made people recognize him even more.
potential.
Livingston, who was substituted, was obviously in a bad mood. He sat on the sidelines with a sullen expression and said nothing.
However, after replacing Quentin Rose, Adrian's defensive pressure dropped sharply, which made him more active on the defensive end, often rotating positions. Thanks to Adrian's active performance on the defensive end, the Lakers
The team's defensive intensity suddenly rose to a new level.
On the offensive end, Adrian did not forcefully attack Quentin Ross. In terms of strength, Quentin is not very strong, but compared to Livingston, who is as thin as a bamboo pole, Quentin's strength is undoubtedly stronger.
Quite a bit. Adrian's post-up skills are still very rough. Although he has sufficient theoretical skills and never relaxes his own training, it takes time to transform theory into actual strength.
Adrian was very confident about eating Livingston by force, because Livingston's power was too weak. But eating Quentin by force was not the same thing. After trying it once, he was interrupted by Quentin.
After his next shot missed, Adrian immediately changed his style of play and focused more on organizing offense.
After all, there is a five-centimeter gap between Quentin Rose and Adrian, which allows Quentin Rose to interfere with Adrian's shooting but cannot interfere with Adrian's passing.
During another attack, Adrian held the ball in the top arc. Radmanovic suddenly started running. The moment he passed Adrian, Adrian directly handed the basketball to him and took a side step.
Making a wall, he barely blocked Corey Maggette, who was chasing Radmanovic. Quentin immediately changed positions to defend Radmanovic, while Adrian took advantage of the situation and took a step inward to kill Radmanovic.
Corey Maggette stuck behind.
Radmanovic made a move to shoot but did not shoot. Instead, he pretended to pass and suddenly passed the basketball to Adrian. Adrian slapped the basketball hard, and the basketball bounced back to Adrian.
Derian put his hands on his waist and made a move to take three steps for a layup.
Chris Kaman could only defend himself. He stood up straight and stretched out his hands in an attempt to interfere with Adrian's shot. However, the jumping Adrian shrank in the air and directed the basketball toward Chris.
- Kaman's armpit was passed out. Behind Chris Kaman, Kwame Brown stood under the basket and was unguarded, receiving Adrian's pass.
If Kwame Brown makes a simple and violent dunk at this time, then this will be a classic pass-and-cut attack like a textbook, and maybe it will be ranked among the top five goals of the day.
But there will always be some accidents in this world, and Kwame Brown undoubtedly often bears the tragedy caused by such accidents.
I saw Kwame Brown receiving the basketball and found that everything was flat in front of me. The nearest defensive player was still one meter away, and the basket was very close. Kwame Brown was excited and was about to vent his anger with a powerful dunk.
He was depressed, but suddenly he felt his hands slipping and the basketball slipped out from between his hands.
After staggering two steps, Kwame finally managed to regain control of the out-of-control basketball. However, the great offensive opportunity was suddenly gone. Paul Davis, who was out of position, had already returned to his defensive position.
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"Damn it." Adrian clearly heard Radmanovic curse when he passed by him, but there was not much resentment, more of a helplessness. After an extremely disappointing 05-
In the 2006 season, the Lakers players have become accustomed to Kwame's frequent strange mistakes, among which the butter hand can be said to be a typical representative of his mistakes.
It can be said that Kwame and Odom, the two biggest turnover kings in the Lakers, have their own merits. It’s just that Kwame Brown has a pair of buttery hands and often makes some incredible throws, while Odom often suffers from nervous disorders.
, he would suddenly become absent-minded whether in training or on the field. During training, he did such funny things as passing the basketball in his hand to the temporary referee more than once.
Rambis' face on the sidelines was also very ugly. If it weren't for the first quarter of the game, he would have wanted to replace Kwame.
But no matter what, the attack was not over yet. Seeing Kwame being pushed out of the basket by Paul Davis, Adrian quickly waved to Kwame and asked him to pass the basketball again.
There were only five seconds left to attack. At this time, it was too late to implement any tactics and had to attack forcefully. Fortunately, although the attack just failed, it did disrupt the Clippers' defense. At this moment, the Clippers' defensive formation
There is no reply yet, there is still a chance to attack.
Adrian smacked the basketball, drove the ball directly into the paint, and squeezed Brandon for a layup!
Although the basketball bounced off the rim, it successfully caused Brandon to foul. Although there were some stumbles, the attack was still successful.
Adrian made one of two free throws.
With Quentin's ultra-long-distance buzzer-beating three-pointer flying directly into the stands, the first quarter finally ended. The score was 27:27, and the two teams returned to the same starting line.
