977. Youth storm
In Tencent live broadcast room, Zixing's voice was loud, "The Bucks wanted to catch the Lakers' loopholes, but they ended up taking two big hats in a row, and they made a high-quality counterattack!"
Teacher Su commented, "Although Luke Walton has been a coach for a few years, he is very familiar with this Lakers. Most young people are watching them join the league. Since he dares to top Kuzma to the No. 5 position at this stage, he will definitely have his reasons."
"The two rounds just now were Walton explaining why he did this."
The Bucks attacked, this time they did not choose to play the inside, but were floating outside to look for opportunities. Antetokounmpo was unwilling to accept it. He knew that he would not get hit every time he attacked, but his teammates seemed to be in lingering fears.
Ten minutes left in the fourth quarter, Middleton held the ball near the right sideline and jumped to Brogden on the outside!
Lin Feng quickly stepped forward to press, giving him a chance to speed up. The basketball was transmitted back and forth from the outside and finally fell into the hands of Antetokounmpo.
Lopez's cover quality is very high, and he is in exchange for Kuzma's single defense!
This time it was a one-on-one outside. The other Bucks players understood it and immediately pulled it to the other side to keep the old James and Lin Feng, who could fly and be good at slugging, away from the breakthrough route.
Ku Shao focused on the Greek ball holder. The guy took his right hand to start, stepped into the free throw line and turned around with a cool ball!
I have to say that Antetokounmpo's slender legs are indeed very ornamental with such dance moves, like a swan from Greece dancing in the Lakers' penalty area.
Unfortunately, when he turned around, Ingram had already assisted in defense. With Hart coming in from the arc, the three of them clamped him in the middle. Kuzma made a quick decision to take off the ball!
Antetokounmpo hugged in panic and rolled the basketball towards the sideline. For a moment, three people rushed over to grab the ball at the same time. Antetokounmpo regained the ball with his arm span advantage.
The attack time took six seconds, and the Lakers' third young men followed the situation and double-teamed them, just like the three heroes fighting Lu Bu siege him in the bottom corner!
Lin Feng quickly intercepted possible pass routes, and James was also waiting for an opportunity.
Seeing the violation, Antetokounmpo had to get up and score three points!
The shooting rate of this forced action is not high, and the basketball bounced out of the basket and was taken into his pocket by James.
"A successful defense, three Lakers players besiege Antetokounmpo, this kind of shot is very exciting. The Raptors used this method to deal with him in the Eastern Conference Finals, Ibaka, Danny Green and Lowry. Obviously, the Lakers' strategy is more successful."
Fighting back, James quickly dribbled in front of the ball!
The ground was passed to the oblique side and rushed into the three-second zone. Lin Feng received the ball and flew into the air with three steps, and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand!
"Good ball, beautiful counterattack, it took less than four seconds from taking off the rebound to dunk. This is the reason why coach Walton sent five small teams to use his mobility to catch the Bucks off guard."
When Lin Feng dunked just now, the Bucks had just passed halftime. Mirotic and Lopez were unable to participate in the defense and had no height advantage at all at the basket.
95-91, the Lakers lead four points!
The Bucks continued to look for opportunities on the outside, and Brogdon faced Kuzma after pick-and-roll.
They were determined to play against Cuba, believing that his existence was a loophole for the Lakers.
Brogden looked up and aimed at the basket, continued to dribble under his crotch to find an opportunity, and attacked for 3.2 seconds and made a three-pointer!
Deviated!
But the Lakers were empty under the basket, and Lopez slapped the ball out and fell into Middleton's hand. Lin Feng immediately stuck to Antetokounmpo and made him unable to get the ball. The two of them wandered around the court like a baby in a row.
Middleton didn't have a chance to give the team boss, so he chose to hang the ball to Lopez at the basket.
Against James, he had no advantage in strength and chose to force his body to make a layup in 8 seconds!
James' big hands flew straight towards the ball, and Lopez hit the ground and hit Brogden on the outside in panic.
In seven seconds, Brogdon singled Kuzma again. He seemed to be gambled for his former best rookie to play this offense. As a result, Ku Shao chased him reluctantly, and even if he staggered and almost fell to the ground, he would immediately follow him again!
The home fans were excited when they watched it. They shouted "defense", and everyone stood up to watch the game.
In 4.2 seconds, Brogden, who was looking hopeless in breaking through, passed the ball to Middleton at 45 degrees on the side!
Time is about to end, Middleton caught the ball and got up and shot, but Ingram blocked the sideline!
Scheter blocked the three-pointer, and Ingram blocked Middleton's slender arms and blocked them directly out of bounds.
A defense that absolutely boosts morale, from Lin Feng locking Antetokounmpo to Kuzma's death tangling Brogdon, and then to the end of Yingge's big hat Middleton, the Lakers' youth storm swept the league, making the deer from Milwaukee unbearable.
The five generals slapped each other and Lao Zhan gave young people the encouragement of touching their heads!
With 3 seconds left in the offensive time, the Bucks must find their phone immediately. At halftime, Yingge interfered with the serve, and his arm span brought great help to the team.
The frontcourt ball was sent to Lopez, and the big center shot a three-pointer directly from the top of the arc and scored a basket.
The Lakers have the opportunity to continue to expand their lead, but James is still in control of the ball. As the point guard, he listens to all directions.
The Bucks quickly contracted their defense, and learned from previous experience and immediately took the half-time man-to-man, but their inside double towers were obviously moving slowly, making it difficult to keep up with the Lakers' life force.
After halftime, James gave the ball to Lin Feng on the side. He didn't wait for the ball to be secured and directly hanged Kuzma under the basket.
Lopez couldn't react, reached out to get enough, but he was slower, and the basketball fell into Ku Shao's hand just right, so he easily made a counter-slam and scored two more points!
97-91, as soon as the fourth quarter came, the Lakers played a 7-0 attack wave, and their five small lineups were effective, and the Bucks' two towers in the interior seemed useless.
Budenholzer was forced to call for a timeout to adjust the lineup, and it became inevitable that he would withdraw the slightly slower double towers.
Kuzma, who was topped at the No. 5 position, performed well. Although he was struggling to defend at the basket, he did not lose points with his teammates. He also scored four points, which resulted twice the result with half the effort.
"Kyle, you will be the starting center next season, and we are going to compete for the front line!"
Back on the bench, McGee joked, which attracted the laughter of Howard, Chandler and others. In just three minutes, Kushou had already sweated profusely. He really worked hard to play ball and fight against those muscle men at low posts.
Walton is satisfied with the team's condition. If you continue to play like this, you will sooner or later win the championship point!
After a game and a half, Lam has become a qualified No. 3 player. Perhaps as James joked, he might really be able to enter the discussion range of the best small forward next season.
After the timeout, Busch took down Lopez and Mirotic, and used Iliasova, who had more flexible movements to play the No. 5 position. George Hill came on the field as the back line, and Antetokounmpo entered the power forward.
In this way, Brogdon, Middleton and Hill are both on the court. With Antetokounmpo and Türkiye's inside, the Bucks' mobility is no worse than that of the Lakers, and they have a height, even slightly better than the encounter.
Soon, people realized that the last nine minutes of the fourth quarter would be an exciting run-and-bomb battle.
Chapter completed!