Chapter 366 Unstoppable(1/2)
"This is really incredible, and the morale of the Lakers suddenly increased." The home commentator shouted with great excitement.
"Yes, this ball completely ignited the atmosphere of the fans on the scene." The commentator also echoed.
In the Grizzlies' offense, Gasol Jr. tried to play hard at the basket, but was soon double-teamed by Lakers players. Davis tried hard to save the ball, and the ball eventually returned in vain and Boozer struggled to grab the rebound.
From these actions, we can see that the morale of the Lakers has completely improved at this time.
For the Lakers' offense, Clarkson pushed the ball to the frontcourt and immediately gave the ball to Tang Hao.
Allen immediately took the defense.
The players at the other four points of the Lakers consciously opened their positions.
After so many games and rounds, they have now completely regarded Tang Hao as the absolute offensive core on the field.
Arun calmed down his center of gravity and looked at Tang Hao with his eyes focused.
Although the last goal was broken by Tang Hao, it was more because of Tang Hao's surprise. After he became more focused, he was ready to continue blocking Tang Hao.
Tang Hao was also focused at this time. In the first two rounds, Allen had proved his defensive ability and was indeed worthy of two defenses.
He lowered his center of gravity, took a big step to the right, and then dribbled the ball in the opposite direction to the left.
Allen took a step back, but still blocked Tang Hao's offensive position.
This is also his defensive strategy. He does not ask for steals, but he will definitely not give his opponent a comfortable offensive opportunity.
Tang Hao did not get much good offensive opportunity.
He turned around with a back, leaned against Aaron, and pushed hard inside.
Allen also tried his best and did not let Tang Hao go in easily.
Tang Hao made a move and wanted to push inward again, and Aren was going to push outward again at this time.
He was already prepared in his heart. After holding on, he was ready to use the "removal of the bench" method to make Tang Hao lose his focus.
He was going to do this, but as soon as he pushed it out, he found that something was wrong.
This time, there was no feeling of the power collision just now. Even because Tang Hao had sufficient strength, he said he was working hard. He pushed out and rushed forward uncontrollably.
A look of incredibly surprised flashed in his eyes.
He was thinking about Tang Hao in his mind, but he didn't expect that he would be fooled by Tang Hao!
And at this moment, there was a burst of cheers from the audience.
In front of them, Tang Hao turned around with a beautiful fake back and threw away Allen's defense.
Aaron's center of gravity was unstable, so he rushed out and almost made a dog eat shit.
After throwing away Allen, Tang Hao rushed to the basket.
At this time, the Grizzlies' defense quickly changed positions, and Prince and Kufos quickly formed a clamping momentum, trying to block Tang Hao from the basket.
After seeing Tang Hao's strength, the Grizzlies' defensive response can be said to be quite timely and in place.
This is what Allen told reporters before, but the media did not report it.
The Grizzlies' defense is definitely not Allen alone, but a whole team. Their defensive system is the main reason for their strong rise in recent years.
Tang Hao's power is indeed strong enough, but it is obviously not strong enough to push Kufoss and Prince away at one time without activation.
And now, he doesn't have the chance and space to complete enough sprints.
The Grizzlies' defensive strategy, like Allen, is to not give their opponents a simple phone call.
Tang Hao's attack seemed to have no way out, but at this moment, Tang Hao suddenly accelerated violently, and threw the ball up at a speed that seemed completely incredible.
This is extremely fast, and it can even be said to be almost a blink of an eye.
But before absolute speed, the Grizzlies' defensive system did not play its due role.
After the basketball was thrown out, it threw a small arc in the air and rolled into the blue circle while rubbing the basket.
Tang Hao scored two more points!
A burst of excited cheers followed the scene.
After being defended by Allen, Tang Hao immediately used two beautiful goals to clear himself.
The two consecutive scoring also helped the Lakers catch up to only 6 points left.
The Grizzlies' offensive pace is extremely slow, and every point is priceless. 4 points are of great significance to the Lakers.
Grizzlies head coach Dave Joggel reached out and called a timeout.
"Take out your fighting spirit and defend, we need to defend, move faster, we need to defend!" Jogel shouted at his players.
After the timeout, the Grizzlies' offense, Yudry rushed into the inside with Prince's pick-and-roll. When he approached the basket, he threw the ball back to Prince.
Prince took action in an emergency stop.
This was a beautiful cooperation, but just when he was about to take action, Tang Hao, who was assisting in defense, reached out to give him enough defensive pressure.
Prince's angle was obviously off when he took action.
"Bang!"
The basketball went out of the box, and Tang Hao turned around and grabbed the defensive rebound.
"Defense! Defense!"
Jogel shouted loudly from the sidelines.
Compared to the team's offensive performance, Jogel obviously cares more about the team's performance on the defensive end.
Clarkson pushed the ball into the frontcourt.
Amid Jogel's shout, Allen and other players desperately blocked the ball and passed it to Tang Hao's hand.
Clarkson finally chose to attack himself, and his layup was exposed to the penalty area by Gasol Jr.
The audience was in an uproar, and Gasol Jr.'s performance and core position in the Grizzlies became increasingly obvious.
However, this wonderful block did not slap the ball out of the field, but slapped the ball at Tang Hao's feet.
The Lakers have been trying to hand the ball to Tang Hao, but unexpectedly, Gasol Jr. made the assist in the end, although the Lakers' offensive time was only more than six seconds left.
Tang Hao picked up the ball, and without any hesitation, he directly chose a mid-range jump shot.
The Grizzlies players had no time to make up for defense, so they could only watch Tang Hao hit the ball.
A deafening cheer sounded at the scene.
18 to 14, the Grizzlies' lead has been narrowed to a 4-pointer within reach.
"Damn it!" Vogel couldn't help cursing on the sidelines.
The Grizzlies' offense and Gasol Jr.'s offense caused Davis to foul. He made 1 of 2 free throws on the free throw line, finally breaking the Grizzlies' scoring drought.
Looking back, Clarkson gave the ball to Tang Hao after the Lakers' offense.
The Grizzlies' first defensive tactics failed, and they then moved into position to defend, Allen led the defense, and Prince was ready to assist in defense at any time behind him.
At this time, Jogel stood directly to the sidelines and looked at the field anxiously.
When Tang Hao saw this scene, he invited Davis to come out to pick-and-roll.
Davis brought it up, but Allen was experienced and had a good position before he got the first to block Tang Hao's route.
Davis' pick-and-roll ended in failure.
But it was not completely useless. Tang Hao did not give up on the pick-and-roll. He accelerated in and took the initiative to find Davis' pick-and-roll.
Tang Hao moved forward and Allen retreated, but as soon as he retreated, he stepped back to Davis.
As soon as he was blocked, he moved obliquely, preparing to regain his defensive position.
However, it was just this moment of change that Tang Hao accelerated and had quickly broken through him.
However, just as he suddenly passed by, Prince behind him immediately stepped forward to defend himself, and Allen quickly rushed over from behind.
After being yelled by Joggle, the Grizzlies significantly improved their defensive rotation.
Although Prince is 34 years old, as one of the five Pistons Tigers in the past, his defensive ability is still the top in the league. Although he cannot lock down Tang Hao like Allen, he can definitely delay it.
As long as you keep it, Allen behind you will double-team. Tang Hao, who had not shown his passing talent before, will be very difficult to complete this offense at this time.
The audience was also full of worry. Just like the ball that Gasol had accidentally passed the ball to Tang Hao before, this time, the Grizzlies also accidentally formed a situation of double-teaming against Tang Hao.
"Bang!"
But at this moment, what everyone did not expect was that Tang Hao accelerated the next second, and directly slanted his body and collided with Prince on the side.
Prince wanted to hide, but his speed was much slower than Tang Hao.
Tang Hao gave Prince almost no time and space to adjust his defensive position, and directly crossed his defense.
Jogel looked at this scene and couldn't help but reach out and rub his mouth.
The Grizzlies' defense and the defensive system left by his predecessor Hollins, are now completely staggering by Tang Hao.
However, it did not completely collapse. Randolph rushed out of the basket and swung his arms towards Tang Hao.
To be continued...