637. Take control

Biyombo made up the dunk through Bogut, which made the Warriors players feel painful, this Jason Thompson can prevent being blocked by the opponent, this Bogut explosiveness is really not good, the defensive dominance under the basket is indeed there, but it is limited to positional warfare, and when it falls into the fast break or defense of the opponent's secondary offense, it is the same as not, he was abused by Howard when he was young, and now he is old and two short jumping centers can abuse him in this regard.

However, Curry quickly regained face for Bogut, and hit a three-point shot against Liu Ren, and then overtook the score by two points.

Looking back, LaVine went straight to the basket, taking advantage of Bogut's hesitation because he was blocked by Biyombo, whether to make up or resist Biyombo's opportunity, forced the inside to force a layup, and caused Randle to make a defensive foul and hit a free throw.

The two sides began to play anxiously, until the sixth minute of the second quarter, Iguodala faked a fax shot to deceive Liu Ren from the free throw line to score two points, and the score was tied at 45, and the Lakers called a timeout, just entering the official timeout.

Both the Lakers and Warriors players played 18 minutes, and both scored 45 points, which is simply frighteningly efficient.

The players were having a good time, but the coaches of both teams were a little less happy.

D'Antoni was relatively fine, but Wharton was really anxious.

As one of the league's leading defensive teams, the coach of the team naturally wants to see the process of the game in his own hands, that is, he wants to limit the opponent to his own defense.

And neither the Lakers nor the Warriors can limit their opponents, and can only rely on offense to stabilize the situation.

This made both coaches feel that they could not take the situation into their hands, and it was very unsettling for a coach, Wharton immediately began to set up defense, Barnes and Klay Thompson were also almost rested, and were replaced by Wharton, replacing Curry and McAdoo, who basically did not play a role in the defense just now, and the current lineup is Iguodala, Klay Thompson, Barnes, Randle, Bogut.

It has to be said that the Warriors have the best scoring talent in the league, sending the best defensive lineup, and the offensive firepower has not decreased at all, but has increased.

Although D'Antoni is not as anxious as Wharton, he is also subtly more obsessed with taking the situation into his hands after partnering with Bickerstaff, and this feeling of control is much cooler than the feeling of only relying on offense and the opponent's hard steel, and even not knowing whether he wins or loses, and it is a temptation that a coach can't refuse at all.

Curry went off the court, D'Antoni relieved Antetokounmpo to the point guard position, Liu Ren played a quarter and a half in a row, and was replaced by Ci Shiping, who entered the squad when he was on the rotation of Kobe, and the point guard was replaced by McCollum, the scorer, and Green and Gasol were replaced.

D'Antoni is very particular about this substitution, Bogut has a clumsy offense, Gasol can lock him up, and the offensive end can also open up space, Green can rotate defense with Ci Shiping, Ci Shiping can defend against Randle, Green can defend against Barnes, Klay Thompson is basically catching and shooting, whether he can defend it or not depends on the feel, McCollum is enough, Antetokounmpo defends Aigguodala.

And on the offensive end...... The Lakers' side is full of misalignment!

After a timeout, the Lakers attacked, McCollum advanced to the frontcourt, and it was Iguodala who defended him.

McCollum's performance in the first quarter was extremely good, putting a lot of defensive pressure on the Warriors, so he used Iguodala, who had the strength to make the All-Defensive Team first, to defend.

However, McCollum advanced to the front court and hoisted the ball straight to the free-throw line, while Antetokounmpo used his super long legs to accelerate past Klay Thompson in one step, and after receiving the ball from mid-range, he stepped into the reasonable collision zone and hit a backhand layup.

Every time the opposing fans of the Lakers see Antetokounmpo's goal, they gasp, this style of play is really unscientific, it is simply an anti-human style of play!

This body type actually has such agility, and this rushes up to the inside line unless it feels bad, otherwise it is completely impossible to prevent!

Wharton's defensive set-up didn't work at all, and it was because of Antetokounmpo's point.

The Warriors, in turn, were restrained offensively.

Iguodala is defended by Antetokounmpo death-wrapping, which is more difficult than breaking through Liu Ren, Antetokounmpo's size is too large for a real defender who is even a big guard, and his pace is not slow, but his slow pace and long legs comparable to that of a traditional center, coupled with excellent defensive awareness and attitude, Iguodala is defended to death.

Green, on the other hand, entered the NBA on the same team as Barnes.

Green and Barnes were very different when they entered the Warriors, Barnes was the small forward that the Warriors focused on cultivating, a future star, Curry had not risen at that time, Klay Thompson's performance was tepid, and Barnes was once regarded as the future of the Warriors.

And Green is a third bench small forward for the Warriors, regarded as a water cooler administrator, because since James entered the league, most of the forwards who can use James as a template have finally become "waste wood" that has no advantage in playing anything, and Green is naturally not reused.

Now Green and Barnes are still very different in status, but the positions of the two sides have been swapped, Green is now a core player who can single out all but a few unshakable superstars in the league, and Barnes is still struggling to work hard for his next home after his rookie contract expires.

Green played Barnes off the bench for a whole year, and paid the most attention to Barnes when he was with the Warriors, knowing Barnes too well, as the best defensive player, his restriction on Barnes was actually the best among all the Lakers including Liu Ren, except that his previous task was to help defense, not single defense.

Ci Shiping defends Randall...... The position of the old Ci Shiping to the big forward is really like that, the main thing is that Randle is still a little stunned, and he is made iron by the small actions and trash talk of the old fritter Ci Shiping, and he wants to fight with Ci Shiping's body.

Ci Shiping is really not afraid of anyone, even if Liu Ren and James are on him, he is still hard steel, Randall was stunned and was taken to the ditch by Ci Shiping, and he only thought about competing with Ci Shiping.

Bogut ...... Gasol doesn't have to defend himself, and he doesn't count as an offensive role in Wharton's tactics.

The Lakers' lineup advantage is highlighted, and after the pause, the rotation of the two teams obviously has the upper hand of the Lakers, forcing the Warriors to only fire on the outside, thanks to the fact that the Warriors' outside feel is really against the sky, so they were not suppressed too much by the Lakers, and at halftime, the Lakers turned the score into 64-58, leading the Warriors by 6 points into halftime.