"Boss, do you really want to poach Harris?" There was something indescribable on Curry's face.

"Why Stephen, are you in a hurry? If we can dig Harris, I'll be able to take a lot of the defensive load off my shoulders, and both Harris and I can play point guard, so we'll probably be a great partner. Liu Ren said with a smile.

Curry pouted, he didn't care about Barnes, but this kind of thing always has to be asked, but it is also to ask, because in his heart Barnes is not a piece of his future team map, Barnes's soaring open shot in the Western Conference finals last season made him doubt Barnes as a whole person, and he passed to Barnes less than a third of the number of times he passed to Barnes this year, which is a good illustration of this.

Liu Ren and Curry chatted in front of the technical table for a while before returning to their respective halves, and the game was about to start, with both sides starting on the court.

The Lakers sent out the starters today are Clarkson, McCollum, Liu Ren, Antetokounmpo, and Whiteside.

Today it is Kobe Bryant's turn to rest in turn, and now the Lakers' regular season rotation mechanism is very thorough, who should be rotated to rest no matter who the opponent is, they have to be rested, and the people who rotate up the starters are not weaker than the starters, and the lineup is deep enough, so D'Antoni directly treats them equally, and everything is based on the inner emotional stability of the team's players as the first priority.

The Warriors' starters today are the same old as Curry, Klay Thompson, Barnes, Randle, Jason Thompson.

Wharton looked at the Lakers' starters and was puzzled, didn't D'Antoni want to win? McCollum is very good, but his role in the Lakers system is not comparable to Kobe's, and Kobe's off-ball play style honed by so many years of experience is not comparable to McCollum's young man.

Antetokounmpo ...... His talent is indeed better than Green's, but he is more suitable for playing point guard or small forward, which can fully exploit his size advantage, and playing power forward is indeed a little thinner, and Jason Thompson can knock him to the ground.

Wharton was melancholy, what was D'Antoni thinking?

……

Whiteside and Randle come to the centre circle to jump the ball.

This time Whiteside didn't miss a shot and flicked the ball to Clarkson.

The Warriors retreated like a tide, but to their surprise, Liu Ren walked slowly and leisurely to the front court, and there was no intention of going fast at all.

The Warriors players are a little depressed, what about the three-second fast break that said it was a good start? Why don't you fight today?

If you don't fight, don't fight, normal defense is not better, this time no matter how fast the defense is, sometimes it can't stand the opponent's crackling fast attack, which the Warriors' users of the five-small lineup play style know better than others.

The Lakers advanced to the frontcourt, the Warriors' defense was already in a good position, but Thompson was ready to defend Liu Ren tightly, sticking Liu Ren to death, cutting off the passing route, and going around the front from the beginning.

Since Kobe Bryant is not on today, Klay Thompson's defensive task has changed from Kobe to Liu Ren, he is the Warriors' best defensive perimeter, and his physical fitness is not false, and he is the best candidate to defend Liu Ren, even more suitable than Barnes.

In this way, Barnes can defend Clarkson, without having Curry be abused by Clarkson's breakaway, Curry can defend McCollum, who is clumsy without the ball.

Of course, Klay Thompson's off-ball ability is relative, and more than 95% of the league's players are clumsy without the ball in his eyes.

However, what Klay Thompson didn't expect was that Liu Ren actually went directly to the bottom corner to open up space, and had no intention of receiving the ball at all, and Clarkson did not force his head to hit Barnes, but gave the ball to McCollum, who held the ball at a 45-degree angle and singled Curry......

Seriously, sometimes Liu Ren admires D'Antoni's offensive sense too much, D'Antoni completely accurately guessed before the game what kind of defensive style the Warriors would use when they saw that Kobe Bryant and Green were not there, and he had already guessed that the Warriors would despise McCollum, and now McCollum is directly on the weakest link of the Warriors' defense.

McCollum took the ball and singled Curry too easily, Clarkson and Liu Ren pulled the empty in and pulled away, Whiteside and Antetokounmpo on the inside are so tall, Randle and Jason Thompson on the inside are already struggling to resist the two, where is the opportunity to come out to help Curry, I can only watch McCollum break through and throw inside to score two points.

McCollum's pacing is really good, and Curry's defense is almost like papier-mâché in front of him.

Of course, looking back, the outside defense line composed of Liu Ren, Clarkson, and McCollum is also bad enough, Clarkson's defense can only be said to be okay, and McCollum is the same, but in the face of the Warriors, no matter who they meet, they are almost the same, Liu Ren can't take care of the three alone, and the inside line of the Warriors who don't want to play is also a problem, and the duel between impact and height makes Whiteside and Antetokounmpo have no chance to come out to make up for the defense, otherwise the basket will be dangerous.

Barnes was very active and active today, scoring his first three-point shot in the opening game.

D'Antoni and Bickerstaff didn't let Liu Ren defend against Barnes, but let Liu Ren defend Curry, which was quite restrictive to Curry, and McCollum's entanglement with Klay Thompson was okay, and then Clarkson was bullied by Barnes miserably.

The game was eerily a confrontation between McCollum and Barnes, which was completely unexpected by the fans at the scene, and the fans and commentators in front of the TV were also puzzled.

"Charles, this year's boss doesn't have a strong desire to perform! You see today he has become the one who attracts the defense again, the game is really boring! I want to see Curry and the boss against Biao, but it's really not good for Thompson and the boss to fight Biao. O'Neill had a loveless expression.

"I also wonder why the game ended up being McCollum and Barnes in the main roles. What did D'Antoni and Wharton think? Barkley was also bored.

"I think it's the lineups of the two sides that determine the defense, you see, Curry and Thompson on the Warriors' side are very well guarded by the Lakers, and Liu and Clarkson are also very well guarded on the Lakers' side, leaving only McCollum and Barnes with a chance, of course, only the two of them can play, and the two of them are really in good shape, and they have an advantage in the position." Kenny Smith was still the one with the best work ethic, but Barkley and O'Neal ignored him......

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Kenny Smith was right when he said that both sides were "forced" to use two players who weren't originally the first offensive option to play off the court.

However, the Warriors are really forced, and the Lakers are not easy to say, for example, Liu Ren is depressed, does D'Antoni really not want to win today? What's the pre-match arrangement? Want to give Barnes a chance? It's better to lock up Klay Thompson and not make it so obvious......