"Thank you, Ed, your pass was so beautiful." Kwame, who fell from the basket, excitedly high-fived Adrian.
Adrian smiled and replied: "You dunked beautifully, Kwame. Listen to the cheers, the fans are cheering for you."
Compared with the playoffs or regular season, the number of spectators in preseason games is generally not too large. In addition to the fact that preseason games are more about finding the status of the players in the team, the games are generally not very intense. Usually, the preseason games are not very intense.
It is also a reason why the pre-game will be held in a city without an NBA team. After all, there are not so many die-hard fans present, so the atmosphere is naturally much cooler than at home.
But for Kwame Brown's dunk, which was full of violent elements, the audience still gave them their own applause and cheers.
In the preseason, this kind of shot is rare.
"Get serious and defend this goal." Adrian smiled and said: "Before the end of the second quarter, we have to overtake them by ten points."
Kwame Brown's free throws have always been a bit unreliable, but today God was obviously on his side. The basketball hit the basket and jumped around the hoop. It was crowded under the basket, but the naughty basketball was
After wandering around for two times, he tremblingly fell into the hoop, making all the players who had spent a long time in vain.
At the beginning of this ball, it was finally a tie.
Cassell's breakthrough speed has never been fast. As he gets older, his breakthrough speed becomes slower. But he has become more skillful and versatile in changes in rhythm and feints. Adrian
Although I try my best to defend and do my best to be meticulous, sometimes trying my best is a mistake.
Cassel easily broke through Adrian's unsteady defense, took a step inside the three-point line, and hit a jump shot before others could defend him. He had missed several shots before, but now, Cassel finally has the touch.
It means getting warmer.
Adrian didn't feel sorry for himself when Cassel broke through and scored. At the same time, Sam Cassel may have felt that it was meaningless to challenge a rookie who didn't even participate in electives. After scoring, Adrian retreated calmly.
An received Kwame Brown's baseline serve and advanced smoothly again.
Although he told Kwame that he would overtake the Clippers by ten points before the end of the second quarter, it was just talk. It was more just to cheer up Kwame Brown. The result was also very conspicuous. In this attack, Kwame
May Brown obviously worked harder and fought harder than before, clinging to a very advantageous position in the penalty area.
There are only two minutes left before the end of the second quarter, and there is no super scorer like Tracy McGrady on this Lakers team who can do 35 seconds and 13 minutes.
It’s better to be more steady and take your time in the competition...
Although Kwame Brown is stuck in position, Adrian is not ready to pass the ball to him. Kwame Brown is not a good offensive player. Although he has excellent physical fitness, he is one-on-one under the basket.
His technique is very rough, and he has no confidence in either post-ups or face-up jump shots.
If there is a chance of being left open, Adrian would not mind passing a few wonderful balls to Kwame, but if there is no good opportunity, Adrian will not choose to hand the basketball to Kwame Brown.
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He hesitated for a moment while holding the ball at the three-point line. Adrian secretly made a gesture towards Kwame Brown, then violently swatted the basketball to the right. Then before Sam Cassell could react, he hit the ball hard.
He used his speed to break through Sam Cassel's defense.
If it is running without the ball, Adrian's speed, especially his short-term explosive power, may be the best in the entire NBA. However, once he breaks through with the ball, his speed will inevitably slow down a lot, and he is only average in the league.
The problem of an above-average level and lack of familiarity with the ball is still bothering him for the time being. However, Adrian, who has tested Cassel's speed just now, knows very well that with his own speed, he can bully the older Cassel.
It's still ok.
After breaking through Cassel, small forward James, who came on the bench, immediately stepped in to defend. Adrian immediately changed his direction and moved to the left. James wanted to follow, but he ran into Kwame who stepped out of the penalty area to pick and roll.
Brown was hit hard, and following Kwame's side, Adrian broke into the penalty area for a layup. Chris Kaman jumped up beside him. He raised his palms high and pointed toward
The basketball in Adrian's hand was slapped.
"Snapped!"
The sound of the block hitting his hand was extremely clear.
As calm as Adrian, it was impossible to forget that there was Chris Kaman waiting beside him. At the same time, the basketball stumbled into the basket. The referee blew the whistle without hesitation, and at the same time
He made a gesture to impose a penalty.
Chris Kaman raised his hand helplessly.
"Huh?" On the bench of the Clippers, head coach Dunleavy frowned fiercely. Chris Kaman had already committed his fourth foul! Just now, Kwame Brown caused Kaman's third foul.
At that time, Dunleavy already wanted to take Kaman off the court to rest, but at that time there was not much game time. Dunleavy thought about it and finally decided to let Kaman finish the quarter, but he did not expect that Kaman would follow closely.
Another foul was called.
"This Lakers rookie is playing so smart! Was it Rambis's tactics? Or did he decide it himself?" Dunleavy frowned and thought, if it was Rambis's order, it would be nothing, but if it was that
A rookie's independent decision... The Lakers have really found gold in the sand...
However, now is not the time to think about this, you still have to do what you need to do. Dunleavy waved his hand and signaled to replace Chris Kaman, who had committed four fouls, and replaced him with Senegal center Boniface Nie.
Although Don Boniface is a European center, he does not have the excellent skills of a typical occasional center. Instead, he looks like a standard American muscular player. His defense is good, although due to his athletic ability, he cannot
He sent out wonderful blocks, but he also performed well in defensive steps in the penalty area and man-up defense. He was a good interior defender.
However, his offensive ability is really poor, not even as good as Kaman. Kaman still has a good mid-range shooting ability. With his solid inside steps and soft hook hook, he has certain singles ability, and he is also good
Kaman's mid-range shot also gives Kaman the ability to stretch the opponent's inside defense.
But if Boniface comes on to replace Kaman, the Lakers' defensive pressure in the penalty area will drop again. The decrease in defensive pressure in the penalty area means that the Lakers can devote more energy to defending the perimeter.
In the middle, Turiaf and Kwame can stay inside as much as they want, ready to entertain any Clippers player who accidentally breaks in with hot pot.
