Before the game started, Iverson, who was still wearing half a mask, came out and stood in the starting position. The fans present gave him enthusiastic applause.
Not to mention anything else, Iverson's fighting spirit is known to all NBA fans.
Even when his condition declined, he never rowed in the competition and always competed with all his strength.
Today, in what can be said to be the most important game for the Lakers so far, he played wearing a mask regardless of whether his injury had healed. This is the embodiment of professionalism!
The Lakers' starting lineup is still the usual main lineup: center Roy Hibbert, power forward Kobe Bryant, point guard Shen Huan, shooting guard Iverson, and guard Dangino Russell.
In fact, Dangino Russell mostly works as a small forward. Together with center Roy Hibbert, he is basically in a defensive state and rarely takes the initiative to score.
Unless they are in the second team, they will be more active.
Otherwise, just leave the frontcourt to the three big guys.
Of course Roy Hibbert doesn't care. He is not a talented person himself. He would be happy if he could stick to the defense at the basket and contribute to the team.
Dangino Russell thinks even more simply. There are all big guys in front of you. Who is not several times stronger than me
Just focus on improving yourself now, it’s useless to think about anything else.
Anyway, it will be his turn to become Shen Huan's best partner in two years. At that time, if he is not strong enough, he will definitely be embarrassed, so it is very important to work hard now.
The Golden State Warriors also started with all their main players.
The center is Andrew Bogut from Australia, the two forwards are Tremond Green and Harrison Barnes, and the two defenders are super main players Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson.
These five players are the main players who set a regular season record of 73 wins and 9 losses this year.
In the semifinals, they defeated the Los Angeles Clippers. In only two games, the five main players played together for more than 20 minutes. The rest adopted a rotation system.
I originally wanted to have a good fight with the Spurs, but I didn't expect that halfway through the game, I knew that the Spurs' wave was over. What I met was definitely the Los Angeles Lakers.
Then the Golden State Warriors take it easy a little bit.
Even though they were the only team that had played against Shen Huan before the playoffs - the NBA China preseason game, they did not change their strategy too much.
It's not that they underestimated Shen Huan.
If any player can withstand the defense of Duncan and Ginobili and score more than 30 points, he is a superstar.
Rather, the Golden State Warriors have their own very mature offensive system, and it cannot change because of Shen Huan.
Although Shen Huan is powerful, he is just one person.
Moreover, in the last preseason game, Shen Huan did not shoot a single three-pointer, which proves that three-pointers are his weakness.
As it happens, the three-point shot happens to be the Golden State Warriors’ trump card this year.
Curry has simply become a marksman on three-pointers, and no one can compare with him on three-pointers.
I don’t know how many teams were killed by Curry shooting ball after ball during the regular season.
Except for superstar players like Curry, the Golden State Warriors have strong strength in every position, and their substitute players are all top-notch, which is much better than the Lakers' mediocre team.
So they are not afraid.
Everyone believes that as long as they show their strength, they will be able to defeat the Lakers.
This is the confidence of the new overlord who broke the Chicago Bulls' win-loss record in the regular season!
This is also the confidence of last year’s championship team!
When Foster, the referee of this game, threw the ball, the 2.13-meter Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut suddenly jumped high and directly raised the ball in his hand.
Roy Hibbert couldn't grab the ball, so he wanted to delay his passing route. Unexpectedly, Andrew Bogut threw the ball directly behind him.
The one who caught the ball was Klay Thompson. He moved forward quickly, and right in front of him was Shen Huan.
Klay Thompson, 26 years old this year, is at the peak of his career. He raised his head and smiled, turning his body and trying to rush past Shen Huan.
But Shen Huan firmly blocked his way forward. Even if Klay Thompson rushed hard, he couldn't knock Shen Huan away.
If he followed the normal rhythm, Klay Thompson should have used some small moves at this time, like pushing Shen Huan with his elbow.
But Klay Thompson would never dare to do this. He had seen Shen Huan's power, and it was absolutely impossible to invade Shen Huan without being counterattacked by Shen Huan.
He didn't want to be knocked down and admitted to the hospital as soon as he came up.
Therefore, he passed the ball to Tremond Green who rushed from the side.
Tremond Green met the old Kobe, but his movement of spinning and moving past Kobe was more elegant.
In the NBA, lateral speed is usually a test of a player's youth.
An old player like Kobe would never do a quick lateral move to his death, because it would be particularly harmful to his knees.
Only young players like to use such cool tricks.
When he met Iverson who was coming to defend him again, Tremond Green didn't even look at it and passed the ball directly to his side, but Stephen Curry ran up again.
At this time, Stephen Curry was walking on the sideline, but Dangino Russell of the Lakers had already pulled up to defend.
But Stephen Curry and off-ball impact Harrison Barnes had another pass-and-receive cooperation. After Harrison Barnes pretended to catch the ball and took Russell away, he was already empty.
"careful!"
Byron Scott immediately shouted.
At this time, Shen Huan also rushed forward and reached out to grab, trying to stop Stephen Curry's shot.
But Stephen Curry, who had adjusted his posture, took a step back lightly, made a perfect fadeaway shot, and threw the basketball in his hand.
"Uh-huh!"
The basketball went right through the net.
3 point hit!
"Wow… "
The Golden State Warriors fans present cheered.
Although their number is small, less than 3,000 people, their voices can be heard in all arenas at this time.
O'Neal was very happy to see it. He slapped the table in front of him repeatedly and shouted: "Good shot! Curry is indeed a three-point shooter! That's great! Shen Huan really can't compare to him!!"
Barkley on the side also frowned: "The Warriors scored a three-pointer first! This is also the only game in the past 7 games with Shen Huan on the field in which the opponent scored first.
"Does this prove that this game is Shen Huan's first Waterloo?" In happiness, O'Neal also used an allusion.
"It certainly doesn't prove that all offensive opportunities are equal. One ball can't mean anything at all!" Barkley retorted directly, "Kobe and Iverson are both veteran players. They know how to stabilize the situation!"
Even Shen Huan, who has been the strongest defensive player in the past few games, still cannot defend perfectly when faced with such shots from outside the three-point line!
After all, the area outside the three-point line is too vast. No matter how good Shen Huan's physical strength is, he can't be as handy as he is near the three-second zone! ! "
Compared with O'Neal's pure love and hate, Barkley's analysis was correct.
The smaller the space, the easier it is for the defensive superstar to perform.
Because the place is so big and there are so many people, it’s not conducive to performance at all.
The same is true for shooting. If we are so close, do you think there is a high chance of being grabbed, blocked or blocked
But it's different outside the three-point line. There is a very wide area here.
Whether it is a 90-degree angle, a 45-degree angle, a 30-degree angle, or a 0-degree angle, there is always a chance to shoot.
You block my side, and I can go to the other side to shoot, or pass the ball directly to other teammates.
In this way, no matter how good you are at guarding someone, you can't guard them all, right
Just such a rapid turn and sprint to intercept has already exhausted people to death!
Unless you are the ugly Pistons Five.
But even if the Pistons' five Tigers meet Stephen Curry, they will be fine if they meet another three-point shooting master.
Now Shen Huan's defense is facing such a dilemma.
Three-pointers are really hard to defend against!
The Lakers have defeated the Trail Blazers and Spurs before, but they have not encountered a three-point shooting master, so they played very well.
Now that he meets Stephen Curry, who ranks first in the league in three-pointers, he is suddenly at a disadvantage.
This is why experts in the league are not optimistic about Shen Huan's Lakers team with superstar performance, but are optimistic about the Golden State Warriors!
"Ding dong!"
"Because of Curry's three-pointer, the host was despised by O'Neal and others. This is absolutely intolerable!"
"The system specially issued a task. In this game, the host needs to completely suppress Curry in terms of three-point shooting, and win the game cleanly, making them ashamed of their ignorance!"
"The better you complete the task, the more generous the rewards from the system will be. Come on, young man!!"
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