Lowry and Livingston's scoring ability is much weaker than Curry's, which also makes it not as easy for the Warriors' second team to score as it is for the first team.
Another reason why the Warriors' second team has weak offensive firepower is that they don't cooperate well enough and make more mistakes.
The Warriors' starting five played for an entire season and won a championship together!
After being tempered in the playoffs and finals, their tacit understanding of cooperation is unmatched by ordinary teams.
When Curry and Lopez set a pick-and-roll, the others must be ready where they should be, ready to shoot at any time.
Curry knows exactly when Lopez will come up for a pick-and-roll, which side to block on, whether it is a real pick-and-roll or a fake move, and whether he will throw a three-pointer after the block or go down to attack the basket!
With just one look, the two of them knew what the other was going to do!
Lowry and DeAndre Jordan can't do that.
Livingston and Jordan have a good understanding of each other, but their abilities are very limited.
Kirilenko and Hayward are simple on the offensive end, just catch and shoot.
But Kirilenko's basket was unreliable, and Hayward still lacked experience.
These five guys have never played on a team before and they just got together this summer.
Training camp and preseason combined only last a month.
It's very difficult to get used to it in this short amount of time.
There is another reason why the second team of the Warriors has difficulty scoring, and that is that they are now facing the Lakers' starting lineup!
That was last year’s championship!
The strongest team in recent years!
Kobe Bryant and Artest are both players on the league's best defensive team, and Gasol's defense is also very good.
Fisher and Blake are also not weak on the defensive end.
Therefore, it is a little difficult for the second team of the Warriors to score.
Fortunately, the Warriors' second team is not specialized in offense.
Their advantage is defense!
Defensive counterattack!
The defensive capabilities of Lowry, Livingston, Hayward, Kirilenko and DeAndre Jordan are all quite impressive!
From guard to center, the defensive capabilities of the Warriors' second team are at the league's top level no matter where they are!
A team is good if it has one or two good defenders. The Warriors’ second team has five!
Even the first team of the Warriors, which has strong firepower, cannot have much advantage in the intra-squad training with the second team!
In order to make the Warriors' starting offense sharper, Deng Fang specially found the strongest defensive lineup for the first team as a sparring partner!
Similarly, in order to make the second team's defense better, the five Curry players became the second team's sparring partners!
Playing against the league's strongest starting lineup every day, you can imagine the defensive power of the Warriors' second team!
Impregnable!
Iron wall!
Airtight!
It is not easy for the second team of the Warriors to score, and it is equally difficult for the Lakers to score.
Fortunately, in the last two minutes of the second quarter, Kobe suddenly broke out, his touch was overwhelming, and he threw three incredible three-pointers in a row, which brought the score back a little.
Kobe's fighting spirit is still fine.
The more decisive the shot, the more accurate it will be. These three three-pointers also illustrate this fact.
But Deng Fang can bear this result!
Kobe has already shot 8 three-pointers, what happened if he scored three?
Two or three three-point bursts in a season will allow me to catch up?
If that's the case, I'll admit it!
Finally, at the end of half-time, the score between the two teams became 81:52!
The point difference became 29 points.
Although the point difference widened and the lead was almost 30 points, Lowry and others were still unhappy when they took a break!
The point difference only widened by 4 points?!
What does it mean?
Look down on us?
Don’t give us face?
Lost to the starting lineup by 25 points, but only lost to us by 4 points?
How can we have the nerve to go back to the locker room?
Okay, see you in the second half!
Just looking at the players' expressions, someone who didn't know better would have thought the Warriors were lagging behind...
To be honest, the Lakers scored 52 points in the half, which is not low. It’s just that their opponent, the Warriors, was too strong and scored more than 80 points in the half!
Many teams only score more than 80 points in a whole game!
Even some weak teams in the Eastern Conference can score more than 70 points in the final game!
The Warriors scored 81 points at halftime!
Looking at the score on the big screen, A Smith repeatedly sighed: "It's amazing! The Warriors ratio in the new season has been upgraded again! Five ups and five downs, Deng Fang dares to play, and the players are really awesome!"
Barkley also nodded in agreement: "Yes, I thought Deng Fang was messing around and replaced half of last season's bench lineup. Now I know how good Deng Fang is! The Warriors' starting lineup is still good, and the substitutes are also stronger!
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"How did Deng Fang find these people?" A Smith asked doubtfully: "Yi Jianlian's performance before was average, Lowry was not good either, and Tucker didn't know where to find them!"
"The key is that these guys are playing very well!" Barkley said: "Especially Tucker, he is a perfect fit for the Warriors' lineup! Lowry, Kirilenko and Hayward are also very useful!"
"Before, I thought Deng Fang could only cure diseases, but now I know how powerful he is!" A Smith sighed again.
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Soon, the second half of the game began.
The two teams started again.
Although it is still a confrontation between the starters, the Warriors obviously have a big advantage.
Nothing else, the difference in physical fitness is huge!
The Warriors' starting lineup rested for an entire game!
Tucker and Lopez are below and can't wait!
For the Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Artest and Gasol played for nearly 20 minutes in the first half!
The first 12 minutes were spent attacking with the Warriors' starting lineup. Curry, Lopez and others fired thousands of arrows at once, missing this and missing that. The Warriors' fiery touch made the Lakers' starting lineup exhausted and in a state of embarrassment.
More than 7 minutes later, the Lakers' starting lineup engaged in hand-to-hand wrestling with the Warriors' upgraded iron-locked bronze formation, which consumed their physical energy even faster!
It doesn't matter if I am always the starter versus the starter. Anyway, I don't have the physical strength, and neither do you!
Just use your willpower!
But that’s not the case now!
The Warriors started off for ten minutes, and with the commercial break, it was almost half an hour!
The Lakers' starting lineup didn't rest long!
The key problem is that the Lakers starting lineup is even older!
Kobe is 32 years old, Gasol is 30, Artest is 31, Fisher is 36, and Blake is 30 too!
All in one year!
For the Warriors, Curry is 22, Azubuike is 27, and Lopez is 22. All three of them are well-dressed teenagers!
Prince is 30 years old and is not much older than the Lakers starting lineup.
Only Lagabel is the oldest, 34 years old.
But Lagabel only needs to play for 5 minutes, so physical fitness is not a problem!
The two people on the bench who can't wait to play are also young. Tucker is 25 years old and Yi Jianlian is only 23 years old!
The willpower of people like Kobe Bryant and Artest is indeed strong enough, but playing basketball does not rely on willpower alone!
No one can fight well without physical fitness!
After the Warriors came into the starting lineup, the intensity remained the same as in the opening game, but the Lakers could not.
After only holding on for more than 3 minutes, the Lakers could not keep up with the Warriors.
After 5 minutes in the third quarter, the Warriors scored 6 three-pointers and dunked 3 baskets!
Fortunately, Kobe continued his hot touch at the end of the first half and made three incredible three-pointers against Laga Bell's defense, which kept the score from opening too much.
The Zen master had no choice but to call a timeout again.
This is the opening match!
Lakers first game of the season!
It’s okay to lose, but it shouldn’t be too embarrassing!
The loss was too ugly, and it was easy to get over it...