I really just want to be a role player

Second quarter, rotation battle!

Kobe, Subei and Gasol are still sitting on the bench as spectators.

Man is a mortal body, not a cold machine.

It's scrapped, but you can't revive it with full blood after repairing it.

Since there is a serious problem of body consumption, it is natural to use scientific methods to solve it.

Mike Brown ranked Jordan Hill, PJ Tucker, Jamison, Artest and Paul, such a rotation lineup.

McGrady was pushed on the bench. His problem was the decline in physical fitness caused by the injury. It is unnecessary to find his status on the court.

Even if the "Big Four" recuperate, with Paul, Jamison and Artest as the "Big Three", the Lakers' lineup can play well.

Moreover, the opponent is the Trail Blazers, a strong team that has the potential to hit the "No. [-] lottery", such a card is likely to be used.

Not even possible, but sure.

Lillard and Matthews continued to fight again.

Aleksandar Pavlovich, rookie Meyers Leonard and Jared Jeffries, the 12th overall pick in the 11 draft, were rotated.

"The Trail Blazers can only play the starting five, and there is not a single player on the bench who can play.

This is the routine operation of a bad team. One team owner is willing to spend money, and the other is not willing to spend money. The gap between people comes out..."

The game started in the second quarter, the Trail Blazers didn't have enough cards, and the stars came together unreasonably.

In the first round of offense, Leonard broke through with the ball and attracted Artest's help defense. He passed the ball with his back to Matthews, received the ball, lifted it up, and raised his hand to shoot a three-point jumper...

Swish-!
"pretty!!

Matthews made a very unreasonable shot, but he was able to hit it! !
After all, the Meihuai Arena is the home court of the Trail Blazers, and the basket belongs to the Trail Blazers.

It is easy to find the shooting center, which makes sense! "

Lillard and Matthews connected and recovered a three-pointer, and the point difference became 3 points.

36 to 33! !
The Lakers didn't panic in Paul's control of the field. They also broke through with the ball and then distributed the ball.

The opportunity must have come out, but Artest's three-pointer was useless.

Bang-dang-!
"Response three points and failed to score!
Artest's state has declined a lot, and three-pointers have never been what he is good at..."

Last season, his three-point shooting percentage was only 29%. He averaged 3 shots per game and only scored 0.9 goals.

"The Trail Blazers took the rebound and immediately gave Lillard a drive.

Paul used the press to slow down the Trail Blazers.

Hey, coming to the frontcourt, Matthews immediately played a screen for Lillard to block Paul's press. Lillard changed direction, quickly broke through Artest's defense, and rushed to the penalty area. Yes, he ejaculated..."

Swish-!
Lillard didn't show mercy, he made a sudden stop at close range, and sent the damn basketball into the basket.

This kind of performance is not what a rookie should have at all, that is, the combat power is too strong.

It's no wonder the Trail Blazers are willing to use the old 6th pick, betting on Lillard's ability to play.

In the second quarter of the rotation, Lillard showed his super relegation offensive talent, with one assist and one goal, helping the Trail Blazers score 5 points in a row, reducing the difference between the two sides to 1 point.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Lakers attack.

Paul points the ball to Jordan Hill in the low post, so as to practice Jordan Hill's low singles ability.

The Lakers have an F4 combination, and the biggest flaw is the inside position. In the long run, it is reasonable to give Jordan Hill more opportunities to train.

However, something like offensive talent is not something you can have with physical talent.

Bang-!
beep-!
"Bump the ball!
Jordan Hill's physical talent is unmatched, but his basketball skills are rough!

So fucking rough! !
Such talents are not uncommon, and they can enter the NBA by relying on top-level physical talent.

They seem to have superstar potential, but no one knows when they will be enlightened..."

Jordan Hill tried to physically bully rookie Meyers Leonard, but ended up doing too much and screwed up.

The ball changed hands. At this time, less than 2 minutes after the second quarter, the head coach of the Trail Blazers, Terry Stotts, wanted to make trouble. With a wave of his hand, he replaced Pavlovich with Batum.

"Hey, the new coach of the Trail Blazers is very ambitious!

As the first show of my executive career, I really want to make a good start!
It is very reasonable to seize the opportunity and act ruthlessly..."

On the court, the Trail Blazers attacked.

The head coach's idea is good. While the main lineup of the Lakers is not there, try to chase points as much as possible, and even take the lead in the score.

It's just a pity that Lillard dribbled the ball to force Paul but made a mistake.

"Lillard is brave!

Then play music, then beat Paul!

Paul fought and retreated, forcing Lillard to break through to the right, and when he lifted the ball to shoot, he quickly shot and cut the ball.

Beautiful, the whistle didn't sound, Paul completed the steal on Lillard, immediately counterattacked with the ball, saw PJ Tucker rushing back to the penalty area, immediately pushed with both hands, and sent the basketball to the sky..."

Bang-dang-!
PJ tower alley-oop, eating the cake sent by Paul into his stomach.

The Lakers counterattacked easily.

Outside the arena, Su Bei stood up and applauded.

Paul also played very well on this ball, showing the talents of the steals king and assists king to the fullest.

The point difference changed back to 3 points.

Looking back, Lillard showed the problems a rookie should have.

Offensively, he dared to play very aggressively. As a superstar in college, he was supported by the team. The mistake in the last round was only regarded as an accident, and he would never think it was a problem of his own strength.

The first choice is definitely to fall from there and get up from there.

However, Paul taught him to be a man again, and continued to force Lillard's breakthrough to the right, and also put him to the basket. Then, Lillard was flanked and forced a basket without seeing the basket. Played half, but did half of the choice to pull away from the pass.

When his teammates thought Lillard was going to pass the ball, Lillard buried his head and did it alone. When his teammates thought Lillard was going to play by himself, Lillard chose to pass the ball.

"Mistake!!
With consecutive mistakes, Lillard only played a quarter of the game, and was figured out by Paul?

Of course, Lillard is a rookie, and he started as the team's main point guard in his regular season debut, and after playing a full quarter, he continued to play the second quarter.

The selection arrangement of the Trail Blazers coaching staff was originally unreasonable..."

There is no cyclical progression, and it is one step up to the stomach. Lillard was figured out by Paul, and he lost the ball after a few controls. This is not uncommon.

After all, in the NBA, the waters of playing point guard are very deep, and Lillard as a rookie cannot grasp it.

Looking back, the Lakers opened up the lineup. Paul singled out Lillard with the ball, broke through to the right, stepped down and dribbled to the left, then pulled back to the right, and immediately dribbled the ball up against Lillard basket.

beep-!
Lillard was very active defensively, but it was useless, and was fouled by Paul.

With two swish swishes, Paul made a steady penalty in the face of the scoring question.

The point difference became 5 points.

Although Lillard has no emotion on his face, his mentality is a little broken.

Continue to single out Paul with the ball, break through to the end, make a two-point shot with an emergency stop, want to kill people, and bully Paul's height of 183.

It's just a pity that Paul seemed to have predicted all Lillard's actions.

When Lillard stopped and jumped up suddenly, Paul jumped up almost at the same time, pressing his body in front of Lillard, and the slap sealed Lillard's entire face.

Unable to see the basket, Lillard could only rely on his feeling to throw the damn basketball.

Bang-dang-!
The basket is not used to Lillard.

"Still missed!!

Lillard started the game with one assist and one score, and he performed very well. Unexpectedly, the slap in the face came so quickly.

In the next three rounds of offense, Lillard didn't believe Chen and chose to single out Paul, and all of them were sent in the end.

I was taught a solid lesson by Paul to teach him that this is the NBA, not the NCAA...

Hey, Batum stepped up, suddenly appeared under the basket, grabbed the offensive rebound, turned around and made a quick layup after landing, Jamison fouled..."

beep-!
Bang-dang-!
At the same time as the whistle sounded, Batum made a layup and turned half a circle above the basket, failed to score, missed the chance to play 2+1, but got two free throws.

Swish-!
Swish-!
Batum was not soft either, and made two free throws from the free throw line to help the Trail Blazers narrow the point difference to 3 points.

Next, the two sides played back and forth. I don't understand defense, and you don't want to understand it either.

In the chaotic battle, the Trail Blazers played the situation they wanted.

Asking is to pull the game to their familiar rhythm, and then defeat the opponent with experience.

In the confrontation between the two sides, the Trail Blazers showed their offensive terror.

Batum played point forward, set a screen for Matthews, and then threw the damn basketball over, and the latter caught a three-pointer and pulled out his hand...

Swish-!
"too strong!!
Matthews continued to use unreasonable three-pointers to continue the offensive firepower of the Trail Blazers. "

……

"Lillard broke through with the ball. This time, he didn't wave again. He went in, jumped out quickly, distributed the basketball to Batum, caught the ball, and blocked Jamison's block. He raised his hand and scored a three. Point jumper shot...

Swish-!
My goodness! !
Batum also had a three-pointer, and it rained three-pointers with Matthews.

The current leading team has turned into the Trail Blazers with a poor bench lineup.

That's right, the Trail Blazers' lineup is thin and thin, but they are very knowledgeable, choose to use their strengths and avoid weaknesses, focus on offense, save energy on defense, and fill up the offensive attributes..."

……

The Blazers' perimeter offensive firepower exploded.

Off the court, Terry Stotts was very good at things, and without waiting for the Lakers to react, he immediately pressed the cards in his hand.

Aldridge came on and replaced Meyers Leonard, trying to strengthen the offense in the low post and two-point area.

Not to mention, Terry Stotts was the winner, and Aldridge continued his excellent form in the first quarter. When Batum and Matthews were pressed close to each other, he took over the banner of offense and played against Jordan. Er's blocked shot hit a Jagged jumper and scored two points.

In the first 7 minutes of the second quarter, the Trail Blazers played against the Lakers in a 17-8 attack wave. While pulling back the 6-point difference, they also took the lead. 3 points lead.

Mike Brown could only call a timeout, but he didn't say anything tactically, he just wanted to interrupt the unreasonable state of the Trail Blazers.

Moreover, there is nothing to talk about.

He can only defend, and now the Lakers are biased towards offense. What he needs is not tactics, but personnel adjustments.

Seeing that the core players of the Lakers had enough rest, they replaced Kobe, Gasol and Subei with a wave of their hands.

The other two role players are PJ Tucker and Blake.

Paul, Jamison and Artest were all replaced and rested.

For the Trail Blazers, the lineup has changed back to the starting five, JJ Hickson, Aldridge, Batum, Matthews, Lillard.

Matthews has been fucked to death and hasn't rested yet. Lillard only rested for 2 minutes and was replaced again. After all, the new season has just started, and the main operation of the dead man is a routine operation.

The Lakers want to recuperate, mainly because of the Olympic year, there is no way.

At this time, there is still 5 minute before the end of the second quarter.

The score was 44 to 47! !
The Trail Blazers led by 3 points.

The Lakers had the ball, and Blake took possession of the ball to the frontcourt, and immediately performed a routine operation, handing the damn basketball into Kobe's hands.

"The left three-point line is 70 degrees, Kobe is holding the ball and three threats, and Matthews is very good.

Hey, Kobe stopped his feet and accelerated suddenly, passing Matthews as if passing the street in the early morning.

Aldridge and Lillard's defense did not respond at all, Matthews lost the defense too quickly, Kobe broke through to the end, took off in the paint area, and it was a one-handed dunk..."

Bang-dang-!
Kobe just came on the court, and his simple steps turned Matthews' defense into a bus, and he could get on as much as he wanted.

The score was 46 to 47! !
"Matthews is too difficult!
Since he is the main offensive player of the team, he still needs to guard against Kobe, but why, he didn't give him a rest for a while!
Coupled with the fact that the Trail Blazers focus on offense, Matthews used this state to test Kobe's offense. Where can it stand the test?

With no choice, the Trail Blazers can only return on offense, what more bicycles are needed on defense...

"Lillard got the ball up the court and immediately gave it to Batum.

In the attack wave just now, Batum went crazy, making 4 of 3 shots and 2 free throws.

See how Su Bei defends?

Hey, it's death entanglement directly, no chance to shoot at all.

Batum broke through with the ball, and Su Bei immediately pressed close to his body to fight.

Su Bei didn't spare his physical strength at all. As soon as he returned to the court, he was full of energy, which made Batum uncomfortable.

Unable to penetrate Jiangsu's defensive line, they had to hoist the basketball into the low post to find Aldridge, who caught the ball, turned around, raised his hand and shot a two-point fadeaway jumper..."

Gasol didn't expect Aldridge to be so brave. He didn't regard his defense as a living thing. He pulled out the ball as soon as he caught it. It didn't make sense at all.

Bang-dang-!
"Miss!!

Aldridge's offensive options are fine, but he relies too much on his shooting touch.

This kind of offensive mode, if it is accurate, it will be supernatural, if it is not accurate, it will be the existence of the old 6.

PJ Tucker picks up the rebound, immediately throws the ball to Blake, the speed goes up, the Lakers counterattack..."

Kobe and Su Bei, one left and one right, rushed across the half court quickly like two sharp knives. Blake took a dribble without hesitation, and used a quarterback pass to send the basketball to the frontcourt.

"It's a two-on-one situation.

Kobe got the basketball and broke through to the penalty area, Batum walked into the penalty area, and Su Bei moved to the bottom corner on the right.

Kobe broke through to the bottom and pulled the ball up... No, a back pass in the air sent the basketball to the right three-point corner.

A beautiful pass, Su Bei catches the ball, is completely empty, lifts the ball, jumps up, and raises his hand to shoot a three-point jumper..."

Batum has made the best choice to defend the penalty area with one defense and two defenses. No matter how Su Bei shoots outside, he can only lie flat.

Swish-!
With a knife in his hand, Su Bei has a microwave oven and makes a three-pointer with precision.

49 to 47! !
The Trail Blazers counterattacked just now, and a wave of operations was as fierce as a tiger. As a result, the Lakers' main players did not play twice, and their score became [-]-[-].

In the next situation, although the Blazers' offense was still strong, they scored heroic goals. They forced shots against the Lakers' defense, but they were able to ignore the risky shots that were hit. It was also ruthless.

Relying on this kind of emotionless, dangerous goal, the Trail Blazers bit the score in a daze.

In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers tied the Lakers with unsolvable shots... No, it was a slight lead, recovering 33 point with a score of 32 to 1.

At the end of the first half, the score was 68 to 63. The Lakers took a 5-point lead and entered the locker room to rest.

In the second quarter of the game, Batum became the most beautiful boy. He made 5 of 4 shots, 3 of 2 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 12 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in a single quarter. In the travel game, he played superstar money.

Matthews made 2 of 2 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and 8 points in a single quarter. He also performed well.

The Trail Blazers have bullets for their two outside guns, and they are still three-point rain bullets. It is not surprising that they can survive against the Lakers.

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(End of this chapter)