Small lineups, in the long history of the NBA is not uncommon, but in the ancient times when the interior line was full of times, in the basketball into the 21st century, the ball is playing faster and faster, after the role of the interior is becoming more and more weakened, the use of small lineups is becoming more and more frequent, until the Warriors won the championship with a small lineup the year before last, which ushered in his peak era.

Faster offensive and defensive speed, faster defensive rotation, faster offensive movement, and the small lineup can be summed up in one word, that is, fast.

The reason why the small lineup is called a small lineup is because his No. 4 position is on the short side compared to the average team, and when he does not have an advantage in height, he can only make up for this disadvantage by speeding up, and then beat the opponent with speed.

Clarkson advanced to the front court with the ball, and then directed his teammates to start running, Tang Shuai and Batum began to cross the running position along the baseline, the two randomly cut to the basket, or ran outside, Knoll continued to make off-ball blocks on the inside, and Barnes was ambushed in the bottom corner waiting for a shot.

In the last game, Knoll tried to let Gasol do the work that Bogut did, and Gasol did a very good job and completely revitalized the team's offense, but because of defensive problems, Knoll replaced Gasol as the starter, and Knoll obviously did not have that kind of adaptability, which made the team's offense need to rely more on the running and blocking cooperation of players without the ball.

However, at the beginning of the tactics, it didn't seem to be so smooth, Batum was followed by Butler to death, and he didn't get rid of it several times in a row, and Tang Shuai also encountered the highest defensive intensity he had encountered since the start of the game.

Rondo, a point guard who is extremely good at defense, although he does not have as good defensive talent as Butler, but his ball quotient is very high, coupled with experience, the overall defensive strength is not much inferior to Butler.

Tang Shuai had learned this kind of close-fitting defensive intensity as early as last season, and when he encountered it again at this time, it was still so uncomfortable, like a piece of kraft candy that he stuck to his body, and he couldn't shake it off.

The Lakers' offense was blocked, and Clarkson saw that there was no chance, so he directly chose to beat Wade.

Wade is still the same Wade, who played a season with extremely high attendance in the Heat last season, as if he had a second spring all of a sudden.

However, Wade is 34 years old, which is why Clarkson chose to be strong.

Clarkson used his speed to get rid of Wade, forced a burst to the inside, and when he started to make a layup, he suddenly found that Lopez's help defense had come up, and Wade was clamped behind him, and he immediately fell into a dead ball, and the strong layup was directly slapped back by Lopez.

The basketball fell straight into Wade's arms.

The Lakers' first offense came in vain!

In fact, this is the limitation of Clarkson's ability, he is different from Tang Shuai, his passing bag is blue, and it is difficult to pass the ball out after being trapped.

After Wade got the ball, he turned around and ran forward, and his speed and reaction awareness did not drop a little compared to his peak.

Tang Shuai and Batum were both pestered by their respective defenders at this moment, and when Wade rushed forward from the backcourt, no one could catch up.

Wade went to the front court and scored with a light dunk.

"Dwyan~Tyrone~Wade!!"

J at the scene shouted Wade's name loudly, and the fans in the entire United Center arena instantly boiled.

Speaking of which, Wade was forced away from the Heat by Riley, which allowed him to earn him more superhuman popularity in Chicago.

The Lakers made a second offensive attempt, and after three consecutive attempts, Tang Shuai finally got rid of Rondo's defense with Knoll's block, but when he ran to the position, Clarkson's pass was a beat slower, and after he received the ball, Rondo had already pounced again.

Running took too much offensive time, Tang Shuai only had about 15 seconds left after receiving the ball, he held the ball and observed for a while, the rest of the Lakers players were locked up, and he could only choose to do it strongly.

A cross-step wobbly, and Rondo didn't lose position.

He took another big leap to the right, followed by a pull-up jumper.

Rondo's jumps interfere with his shot vision.

"Bang!"

The shot that didn't get rid of the defense smashed on the basket, but the luck was not bad, and it bounced into the net bag.

The Bulls' offense, Rondo held the ball to the frontcourt, followed by directing his teammates to run, Wade and Butler interspersed with running positions, Rondo saw the opportunity, and a cold pass to Mirotic in the bottom corner.

Mirotic received the ball and raised his hand to shoot a three-pointer.

Barnes scrambled to pounce.

Mirotic saw Barnes pounce, shook a little, and then held the ball and made a quick break to the basket.

Lopez on the other side of the basket stuck Knoll tightly, and Mirotic stepped on it in three steps and raised his hand for a violent dunk.

"Bang!"

There was an explosion, and the cheers in the United Center arena reached a climax again.

With two consecutive dunks in the opening stanza, the Bulls opened with a very different offensive firepower than last season.

The Lakers' offense seems to know that it will focus on Tang Shuai's point, in addition to Rondo's defense, Wade is also ready to make up for the past.

Tang Shuai ran out of a little gap, Clarkson's pass passed, and as soon as he received the ball, he was caught by Rondo and Wade.

Rondo and Wade are both players with considerable defensive experience, and after the two of them went up, they immediately reached out to interfere with his passing vision, and because it was a bag between the two defenders, he had no chance to pass inside, so he had no choice but to return the ball to Clarkson.

Clarkson passes to Batum on the left, who then feeds Barnes in the corner, who throws a three-pointer with his hand up.

The ball was not completely cleared and Mirotic reached out to interfere successfully.

"Bang!"

Once again, the Lakers' offense was in vain, and the rebound was snatched by Lopez.

Lopez gave the ball to Rondo, who observed that the Lakers checked back quickly and controlled the ball to steady the rhythm.

When he arrived at the frontcourt, he greeted him and directly signaled Wade to sink to a low position.

When Wade was in position, he then motioned for the other teammates to pull away, and then passed the ball in.

Although Rondo's offensive ability has been criticized, his passing and the situation on the field are quite well judged, which Reeves and Karl, who have coached him, have praised him quite a lot.

Wade held the ball and hit Clarkson with his back, glanced at Barnes coming over to wrap up, and directly hit the ball with a backhand to Mirotic.

Mirotic catches the ball under the basket and raises his hand to score a basket.

Tang Shuai saw this scene outside the three-point line, and felt helpless for a while, although Wade is old, but the passing bag on his body is still purple, and his experience will play a super role at this time, Barnes is straightforward in the past, and he is completely hit.

If this goal was Green, it would definitely not have passed so early, and he didn't care about Mirotic behind him, in terms of defensive experience and ability, Barnes was not half a star behind him.

This is like the Maginot Line of England and France during World War II, it seems that Barnes's movement speed is not inferior to Green's, and he can help defend in rotation, but this is just what it seems, and when it actually fights, it is completely vulnerable.

The Lakers' offense, as soon as Tang Shuai held the ball, Rondo and Wade wrapped it up, he returned the ball to Clarkson, and Clarkson shot a three-pointer and jumped out of the basket.

As a breakout guard, Clarkson's three-point shot isn't what he's good at scoring.

Noll rushed to grab the rebound in the frontcourt and threw his hand to Batum, who raised his hand to make another three-point shot.

With a "bang", Batum's three-pointer also popped out of the frame, and the rebound was grabbed by Lopez.

The Lakers' offensive success rate is frighteningly low.

Rondo held the ball to the front court, still motioning for his teammates to pull out of position for Wade to play alone.

Barnes didn't dare to go over to the bag this time, and after two strong hits from Wade, he squeezed Clarkson away with a big turn, and after the jump, he made a drifting shot.

With a "bang", the basketball smashed on the rebound, and then bounced into the basket.

The cheers from the audience rose again higher.

8-2, the Bulls opened with a momentum like a rainbow.

Tang Shuai finally couldn't stand it, just arrived in the front court, didn't wait for Wade's defense to come over, he was about to pass the ball directly, and then accelerated directly to the basket.

Wade didn't wrap it up again, but Mirotic on the inside immediately shrank to the basket.

Tang Shuai saw that Barnes had a chance and threw the ball over.

Barnes made a three-point shot.

"Bang!"

Still not entering!

There was a hand-to-hand fight under the basket, and Tang Shuai jumped up to grab the offensive rebound when Noah and Lopez were huddled together, and then jumped up and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand.

The fans at the scene were in an uproar.

However, this sound did not last long, and in the next round, Rondo took advantage of Lopez's block to get to the basket, attracted Barnes's reinforcement, and threw the ball to Mirotic in the bottom corner.

Mirotic raised his hand and made a three-point shot.

"Huh!"

With a crisp sound, almost the same opportunity as Barnes just now, Mirotic seized it.

11-4, Wharton reached out and called a timeout.

"Tracy, it seems that your first prediction was not too accurate, and the Lakers players seem to be a little unable to find the crosshairs of shooting." On the commentary bench, Kim smiled and said to Maddie that although the score difference was not too big, the home team opened with a rainbow of momentum, and the Lakers were like two teams.

"Hmm...... I also didn't expect Luke to use a small lineup in this game, if it was just because of his personal hobby of being an assistant coach with the Warriors, then it would be really bad, the Lakers don't have a consistent three-point point at all except for Don, and Clarkson's passing ability is also very average, which is completely using his own shortcomings to play the opponent's strengths. Maddie said helplessly.

"Perhaps, Luke thinks it's going to get the rhythm up, you know, he studied with Steve Kerr, and that's how the Warriors played." Kim spoke.

"Maybe, but this is really too casual, let's not talk about the offensive problem, the defensive end is nothing at all, I really don't understand, there is Pau Gasol on the bench, if he is allowed to play, play a two-tower lineup, both offensive and defensive will be much better than now, right?" Maddie said angrily. (To be continued.) )