On the Warriors bench, Nelson raced against time to deploy his troops.
Although the Warriors were slightly ahead temporarily, the situation on the court was evenly matched.
There is nothing wrong with the Warriors' offense, but their defensive performance is not as good as it should be.
Kobe played very reasonably and was determined to attack without the ball, which made it impossible for Tony Allen to consume his energy.
After Tony Allen lost the defense he was proud of on the court, only negative effects were left, which was not conducive to the team's opening of space, and adjustments needed to be made.
Therefore, Nelson asked Kelai to replace Teacher Tony, and also replaced David Lee, replacing Shane Battier, a veteran with rich playoff experience.
After completing the personnel arrangements, Nelson continued to arrange tactics.
After explaining the next tactics to the players, before the timeout expired, Nelson called Sun Yi to his side to exchange a few words.
"Sun, how are you feeling tonight?"
"Coach, I think it's okay." Sun Yi replied with a smile.
Old Nelson continued: "The opponent is obviously prepared. You have to go all out tonight and you need to be more aggressive. Just go for it!"
"Okay, coach!" Sun Yi nodded and agreed.
He knew very well that if he wanted to win this game, he must use all his firepower.
Return from the timeout and the game continues.
Sun Yi took the field with a lineup of Curry, Clay, Battier and Chandler.
The Lakers played well and did not make substitution adjustments.
The Warriors attacked. Sun Yi received Curry's pass and prepared to hold the ball and kill everyone in singles.
The Lakers did not dare to be careless and immediately changed their defensive method to one-to-four.
Yingodala quickly ran forward, ready to defend closely at any time.
Sun Yi was not in a hurry to play singles, waiting for his teammates to get into position and open up space.
Clay and Battier were positioned in the bottom corners on both sides, while Curry was roaming outside the three-point line, ready to catch and shoot at any time.
Faced with this situation, the Lakers expanded their defense and did not dare to bet on the Warriors' three-point shooting percentage. After all, these guys on the Warriors are very good at three-point shooting.
After everything was ready, Sun Yi released the ball and quickly made a change of direction in front of his body, walking to the left and heading towards the basket.
Yingodala moved sideways to block the ball with small steps, pressing his body close to Sun Yi.
Sun Yi carried Yin Guodala to the free throw line, squeezed the piece of dog skin plaster away with all his strength, and made an emergency stop mid-range jumper.
Looking back, the Lakers showed tacit teamwork.
Gasol received a pass from Nash and made a steady jump shot.
The Warriors immediately hit the baseline and started a transition attack.
Sun Yi faced Nash out of position, ignored Lao Nash's defense, and hit a three-pointer with a face.
Immediately afterwards, the Lakers made a passing error and were counterattacked by the Warriors.
After Sun Yi stole the ball, he rushed forward in a line, accelerated into the Lakers' penalty area, jumped up, and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand.
The audience immediately burst into excitement, and cheers and shouts resounded throughout the arena.
On the Lakers bench, Phil Jackson saw that the situation on the court was not good and immediately came to the sidelines to request a timeout.
Through these few rounds of offense and defense, Jackson clearly saw the Warriors' intentions.
The guys on the opposite side began to target Nash's weakness. Even if he hid him, he would be found.
Immediately, Phil Jackson made personnel adjustments, replacing Nash and Ci Shiping and replacing them with Afflalo and Odom.
In terms of tactics, the offense was pretty good and no adjustments were needed, while the defense emphasized how to defend Sun Yi.
Return from the timeout and the game continues.
After the Lakers came back, they switched to a triangle offense.
Odom advanced with the ball, came to the left three-point line to organize the attack, and made tactical gestures.
Gasol understood it and quickly ran to the free throw line, ready to receive the ball and provide support.
Yingodala and Afflalo moved to the strong side, ready to cut or shoot at any time.
After everything was ready, Kobe quickly ran to the weak side in the low post with his back to Battier and reached for the ball.
Seeing this situation, Sun Yi knew very well that stepping forward to help defend was very risky, so he could only hope that Battier could defend Nakai alone.
On the other side, Kobe received the pass and saw that no one from the Warriors stepped forward to double-team him, so he released the ball for a post-up single.
He and Battier are old rivals. Both sides know the basics. It is impossible to find Battier's defensive flaws all at once. They can only look for opportunities patiently.
Battier concentrated on watching Kobe's every move to prevent himself from being fooled by the opponent's fake moves.
Kobe felt that the time was right. After performing a series of fake moves, he leaned on Battier and turned over to shoot a fadeaway jumper.
Shane quickly jumped in to interfere, but was still a little slow.
The basketball hit the net and made a steady hit!
After scoring the goal, Kobe turned around and went back to defense. He knew that the guys on the opposite side would attack without moral integrity, so he had to defend.
On the other side, Sun Yi ran to Battier and patted him on the shoulder, saying with a smile: "Good job, just fight like this to consume the old guy's energy."
I couldn't find an opportunity to waste my time before, so now it's coming to my door, I have to seize it.
Battier kept the task assigned to him by the head coach in mind, nodded and replied: "Sun, I know how to do it."
Sun Yi smiled and nodded, then ran to the baseline to catch the ball and advance.
The Warriors attacked, Sun Yi advanced towards the frontcourt, and observed that the Lakers were still playing one-to-one four-way.
Yingodala ran out to lead the defense, and Kobe and Afflalo stood on both sides of the free throw line, ready to retreat to the penalty area to help defend.
This kind of defensive strategy can limit the scoring of most stars, but it is still a bit difficult to guard Sun Yi.
I saw Sun Yi calling Chandler to play a pick-and-roll, bypassing the pick-and-roll and directly pulling up a three-pointer.
The Lakers' defensive switch was not in place, resulting in a failure of defense this time.
Sun Yi grabbed another 3 points like he was searching for something!
Looking back, the Warriors focused on marking the other four Lakers players except Kobe, forcing Kobe to play in isolation.
Faced with the Warriors' conspiracy, the Lakers still struggled, but the effect was not very good.
The Warriors rotated defense very quickly, giving the Lakers no chance to take action easily.
Seeing that the Lakers were about to fall into a scoring drought, Kobe stepped forward and relied on his personal ability to score points and stabilize the situation on the court.
In this way, after the initial test, the two teams showed off their cards and sent their respective stars to attack.
Ace versus Ace!
Sun Yi and Kobe led the team forward in their own ways...
After the first quarter, the score displayed on the big screen was 24 to 26, with the Warriors leading by 2 points.
Sun Yi was on full fire in the first quarter, scoring 15 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.
For the Lakers, Kobe had a good start, scoring 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in the first quarter.
So far, the two teams have been playing close to each other in the first quarter, each with their own advantages, and the score has not been widened.
The situation on the field is confusing, and the fans don't know what will happen next. Such a suspenseful game is what they like to see, and they are looking forward to the next game.
