United Center.

The game continues.

After Lin Tiange dunked a ball from Gasol, the fans in the home arena were eager to see the home team's counterattack.

Rose dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, Butler reached for the ball, and he passed the ball to Butler.

Lin Tian, ​​who was facing Butler, came over.

Butler is the Bulls' leading scorer this season. Although he takes slightly less shots than Rose, he averages 20 points per game, 4 points higher than Rose.

Just judging from his performance on the court, he is indeed the boss of the Bulls.

As a player who relied on defense to make a name for himself, Butler had almost no opportunities to take action in the early stages of his career.

Therefore, his ball-holding ability is relatively average, and his offensive ability is definitely not as good as his defensive ability.

But Lin Tian's dunk just now forced Butler to beat Lin Tian alone!

He thinks that as the team leader, he must find his place.

And this is also an opportunity for him to establish his prestige. He knows very well that there is more than one Rose in the team who dissatisfied with him.

Lin Tian always stared at his opponent one step away from Butler.

Butler's three-point shooting ability is average, or the entire Bulls team's three-point shooting ability is average, so I don't have to focus on guarding Butler's three-point shooting.

The opponent obviously had no intention of shooting a three-pointer, so he suddenly started and ran straight to the left.

Butler's breakthrough speed is not considered fast among the players Lin Tian has defended.

He defended while retreating, giving Butler room to rush in, but not letting the opponent get past him.

Howard, who was standing inside, saw that Lin Tian was well in front of Butler, and he gave up his defensive position to Lin Tian in time.

If he were an ordinary person, Howard would definitely have gone over to help defend, but he knew that Lin Tian was not an ordinary person, so there was no need for him to help, and he himself had to keep an eye on Gasol next to him.

Deliberately letting Butler break into the penalty area, Lin Tian always raised one hand to interfere with the opponent.

Butler's body movements seemed a little stiff after rushing into the paint. He gritted his teeth and made a shooting fake after joining the ball.

But just as his hands joined the ball, a huge palm smacked the ball in Butler's hand.

There was a "pop!"! The ball in Butler's hand was slapped and flew out!

Tucker, who was standing on the weak side, picked up the ball! But this steal will be counted on Lin Tian's head.

Completed a steal against Butler! Ten players on the field quickly ran towards the Lakers' frontcourt.

Tucker also passed the ball back to Lin Tian's hands while dribbling.

Once Lin Tian charges up, he doesn't want to waste time fighting a positional battle!

He directly made a fast break and hit Rose with the ball!

Recently, the Lakers have increased the number of fast breaks they play.

There are many fast breaks like Lin Tian's just now in every game.

Before Lin Tianlai, they played slow-paced ball and averaged no more than 100 points per game, which was completely at the bottom of the league.

This is completely contrary to the concept of modern basketball. You must know that the Warriors average about 15 points higher than them!

Fast break is a great weapon for the Warriors! Although the Lakers don't have to imitate the Warriors, they must adapt to the fast-paced game.

Every time Lin Tian completes a steal, he still tends to play fast break regardless of whether the opponent's defensive player is in position or not.

This is also to allow his teammates to adapt. Of course, this is not friendly to a big player like Howard.

Butler was intercepted by Lin Tian, ​​a young rookie. He was very annoyed, but he couldn't show it.

After Rose dribbled the ball across half court, Butler didn't ask for the ball again.

He is a player with a very high IQ and has watched Lin Tian's games many times before.

This kid can easily defend James Durant on his own, so there is no need for me to go head-to-head with him.

Rose faced Clarkson and began to skillfully change direction, but this time he failed to pass the opponent. He finally made a difficult mid-range shot, which was a hit.

Howard took off the rebound and picked it up. After all, he is the five-time rebounding champion. Howard has a strong rebounding awareness, and the jam under the basket also made Gasol uncomfortable.

Unless it's a shot from a very crooked angle, Howard will be confident of getting the rebound as long as it misses.

This time, Lin Tian did not choose to play alone, but passed the ball to Kobe.

In fact, after he joined the Lakers, he was criticized verbally and in writing by some Kobe fans because of his excessive ball possession rate.

A very small number of Kobe's die-hard fans believe that this season is Kobe's exhibition tour, and Kobe should be allowed to "happily" finish the season instead of letting a rookie get the ball.

But more rational fans have no objections to the arrangement of the Lakers' ball rights.

All this is based on the premise that the team wins and Lin Tian also plays very well!

If the team loses frequently recently but Lin Tian continues to score points, even Lin Tian feels that he will be drowned in the saliva of the fans.

Although Kobe's possession of the ball has been greatly reduced recently, as long as the ball reaches his hands, his eyes will shine unconsciously.

E'Twaun Moore, who was guarding him, was a strong forward who originally played the third position, but Butler had to guard Lin Tian, ​​so he was pushed to the second position to guard Kobe.

Affected by injuries, Kobe has rarely made breakthroughs this season.

But this time he still dribbled the ball skillfully under his hips, and then changed direction and rushed inside.

Moore was not completely passed by Kobe. Gasol inside faced Kobe's breakthrough and did not hesitate to help defend.

The passing route was also blocked at this time. Kobe braved the defense of two people and chose to force a layup!

His shoulder collided with Gasol, and then he sat on the floor. Fortunately, it did not affect the layup.

Beep!

After the referee blew the whistle, the basketball swayed into the basket! At this time, the referee made another gesture to count the two points.

This means that this is a 2+1!

Kobe gritted his teeth and rubbed his shoulder. His shoulder injury had been recurring this season, and after such a collision, it became even more painful.

Gasol reached out towards Kobe to pull him up. Howard, Lin Tian and Tucker also ran over to pull Kobe up.

After Kobe was pulled up, he joked to Gasol: "Paul, is this how you treat old man?"

Gasol also knew that Kobe was joking, so he simply said: "Kobe! After your little brother bullied me, you come to bully me again?"

When Butler saw several people talking, he thought they were going to fight, so he hurriedly came over excitedly, but seeing that the atmosphere was harmonious, he had no choice but to touch his nose and walk away.

At the same time, he was also a little dissatisfied with Gasol. This guy was beaten to a 2+1 and was still laughing. He didn't know what was going on in his head.

Kobe stood on the free throw line and made the free throw steadily, widening the point difference to 5 points.

After returning, Gasol used his offensive skills to respond with a two-pointer.

After all, he is also an All-Star player this time. Although he cannot be tough when beating Howard, it is not difficult to score goals with his footsteps and soft touch.

Lakers serve.

This time Lin Tian rushed inside to meet Butler, and then passed the ball back to Kobe.

Although Kobe was not wide open, he had room to shoot, so he hit Moore and hit a three-pointer!

Whoosh!

The basketball went hollow into the net! The three-pointer also went in! The first quarter only lasted two minutes, and Kobe had already scored six points!

This also caused the Kobe fans who came to the scene to shout excitedly.

Scott is also very satisfied with the team's style of play, but he still shouts to the players from time to time to remind them of their movements and offense.

The Lakers' offense was full of firepower in the first quarter!

Since Lin Tian completed the first ball dunk, facing Butler's defense, his shots have become less.

He mostly passes the ball to Kobe or Howard.

Kobe's touch was surprisingly good today! He almost got it as soon as he took the shot!

Under normal circumstances, if his teammates feel good, Lin Tian will keep feeding the ball. What's more, it's Kobe who feels good today!

Butler was extremely depressed. He had already made all preparations to bite Lin Tian's hard nut.

In the end, the rookie of the Lakers did not confront him at all, but fully assumed the responsibility of an organizational forward!

If you don't put your energy into him, this guy will look good to you again.

The key is that when Butler gets the ball, Lin Tian puts all his energy into defending him!

After the first quarter, Butler took three shots and only scored two points.

Lin Tian scored 8 points, which for him was already a rare score in the first quarter.

And the scoring leader in the first quarter today was not Lin Tian, ​​but Kobe! Kobe scored 13 points!

So far this season, Kobe has even failed to score 13 points in many games!

He was happy! The Lakers are leading the Bulls again, which is undoubtedly the most popular thing for everyone to see.
To be continued...