Dominate the basketball world, starting from the skyhook skill

Chapter 216 Paul's Sophistication
Under the performance of Li Kaiwen's inside and outside pass and thick eyebrows dominating the inside line, the Lakers scored 41 points in the first quarter.

But the Warriors' firepower should not be underestimated. Due to the smooth start, the Lakers' defense became less rigorous in the second half of the quarter, allowing them to score 33 points in the first quarter.

Leading by 8 points, the two teams entered the intermission.

Li Kaiwen scored 7 points and 5 assists in the first quarter without a single turnover.

That cut by Curry nearly turned him over, but turned into a brilliant assist.

Although Curry also scored 6 points in the first quarter, he only had 1 assist.

Sometimes I have to blame Thompson for his wild shots. When Curry is under strict supervision and Wiggins is caught up with goji berries early and has no desires, he will not shoot again. Do you expect Green and Looney to score?

After playing against Kevin Li, Curry felt uncomfortable playing.

Thanks to Wiggins and Thompson who scored a mid-range shot at the end of the quarter, the Warriors did not enter the second quarter with a double-digit point difference.

After the first quarter, Lakers fans felt...

They've gone into sage mode and just want to smoke an afterthought and go to sleep.

Dull!

I thought that the NBA Spring Festival Gala in the United States would be sparked and evenly matched.

Unexpectedly, it almost turned into a massacre.

In this wave, Curry set off Li Kaiwen's strength with his own strength!

Li Kaiwen played heartily, making everyone believe that he can lead the team to beat the Warriors in the first game and take the lead in the series.

But you can never underestimate the heart of the Warriors, a champion.

After the Warriors were blown up by the Lakers in the first quarter, Cole waved his hand and replaced Curry, Green, and Looney, and replaced Kuminga, Paul, and Saric.

Although Paul has reached the end of his career and is no longer the traditional point guard god who can stably output 20+10, it is still more than enough for him to lead the team to play on the Lakers bench led by Rivers and Zhou Qi.

After Kuminga had a disagreement with the team last season, the team did not choose to put him in Poole's trade and send him to the Wizards.

Instead, he continued to train carefully and gave him full patience and support.

He also lived up to everyone's expectations. He continued to play long balls this season and became a reliable member of the Warriors' bench.

If the starting lineup of the Warriors put forward by Cole is a regular lineup with the "Splash Brothers" as the core, then the bench lineup led by Paul is the "five minors" who maximize the space attribute.

Kuminga can run and jump well, and Saric has a sufficiently accurate three-pointer.

In the first quarter, the Warriors did not get a very good three-point shot, but as soon as the second quarter came up, Paul and Saric hit three-pointers one after another, helping the Warriors to close the score to 2 points in an instant!
In fact, Zhou Qi had been paying attention to Saric's position just now, but he did not expect that this "Prime Minister Saric" would shoot farther and farther from the three-pointer he was originally good at after the cruciate ligament was torn in 2021!
Although Zhou Qi already realized that he was going to shoot a three-pointer, he didn't expect him to shoot directly two steps away from the three-point line!
Zhang Weiping on the commentary stage began to look serious. If Saric had not been injured one after another, he would have been a qualified starter who could get a full mid-level contract.

Although the serious injury made him lose his athletic ability, the projection will not disappear. It is just right to supplement the space points of the Warriors!
The experienced Paul firmly controlled the situation on the court and helped the "Splash Brothers" fill in many holes in the first quarter.

And in the middle of the second quarter on the defensive end, he also used his sophistication to teach little black Schroeder a lesson.

At that time, Xiao Hei faced the old Paul and directly called his teammates to pull away.

Once the ISO is added to stir-fry, it will be wonderful.

Unexpectedly, the person passed, but the ball did not.

Paul grabbed the hot basketball he had just snatched, and made a long pass to the frontcourt, assisting Kuminga to complete a wonderful fast-break dunk.

When the main players returned to the field in 3 minutes, the difference between the two sides was only 1 point, and Hamm's long rotation was almost out of hand!

After halftime, the score between the two sides became 70 to 70, and the two teams stood on the same starting line again.

Li Kaiwen had 12 points and 7 assists. His touch dropped in the second quarter and he failed to make several mid-range shots.

The veteran Paul scored 8 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, becoming the biggest contributor to the Warriors' reversal of the score.

Of course, other people on the Lakers side also played very well.

Thick eyebrows had 15 points and 6 rebounds in the half, supporting the Lakers' basic offensive line.

Even Shelby got 2 blocked shots. Today, he became the "Patriot Air Defense System", making Wiggins and others frightened every time they punched the frame.

Shelby's wonderful performance lived up to Pelinka's expectations, and he was excited about his wise decision again.

At the beginning of the draft, Shelby, who had been in the top six in the draft, fell all the way, and was eventually picked up by the Lakers.

There is no other reason. As a modern mobile center, his hardware conditions are perfect, he has a good three-pointer, and his defense is completely up to the NBA level.

But it was the brain that was not working well at that time that made people very headache.

After all, the example of Big McGee is right in front of us. Once this kind of person gets sick, he can severely help the opponent and hurt the team on the court.

But Pelinka has a deep understanding of this player, and knows that his "brainlessness" is not that he has no golf quotient, but that he is more realistic and has no heart.

Moreover, he is obedient!
When Li Kaiwen asked him to go east, he dared not go west, and when asked him to sit up, he dared not lie down.

And Li Kaiwen is famous for his high quotient in the NCAA!

Based on the two-handed draft operation and the excellent record of the Lakers this year, Pelinka feels that he can get the best general manager.

However, after falling behind by a big score in the first quarter and catching up in the second quarter, Big Mouth Green and Old Paul began to back up again.

During the interview at halftime, he sang together and began to give advice.

"I admit that Li Kevin is an excellent player."

"Half-time match with Steph (Curry), as a rookie is worth touting."

"But..."

It is naturally impossible for Green to praise his opponent wholeheartedly.

"Even so, it is impossible for Li Kaiwen to continue to play like this in the second half."

Paul cleared his throat and took the phone.

"We've found a way to limit Kevin Lee, they played well in the first quarter, but they didn't kill us all at once."

"The kindness to the enemy is the cruelty to oneself. In the second half, I will let Li Kaiwen know what real cruelty is!"

During the intermission, Zhang Weiping and Yu Jia, who were so excited in the first quarter, were a little silent at this time.

They admitted that Li Kaiwen's performance exceeded everyone's expectations, but the sophistication of the Warriors should not be underestimated.

From falling behind to a tie, the trend of the Lakers is going down, while the Warriors are going against the trend all the way up!

(End of this chapter)