Chapter six hundred and eighty-ninth is very pleasing
One league, one division, two teams that have played in the playoffs will have some grudges, let alone a team that is determined to win the championship, but unexpectedly loses to a team that is never favored. In addition, Tang Shuai, the miser who has eliminated himself for two consecutive years, this grudge has been upgraded to a grudge. ★
Although it is only a preseason game, judging from the statements made by both sides in pre-match interviews and their respective preparations, this is definitely not just a warm-up game.
Curry chose to rest in this game, Livingston played instead, and the other three players of F4 and Bogut all appeared in the lineup.
The Lakers are all the main players, and Yi Jianlian is still in the team's power forward position, just like the first four games.
The attendance rate of the audience reached more than 80%. Fans flocked to see the grudges between the two teams.
At the beginning of the game, the Warriors fought to the death. Even if it was just a preseason, they could not wait to avenge the elimination last season.
This does work. Although Curry is gone, Durant and Thompson's two outside guns are still there, and Green's support is still very strong.
After more than two minutes of playing 12-6, the Warriors made consecutive shots, and they quickly took the initiative on the field.
In an attack by the Lakers, Westbrook rushed to the basket with Batum's pick-and-roll, and Durant, who assisted in defense, was about to block the block with him.
If it were Westbrook's personality, he would have been hard-working like a explosive bag. But I don't know if it was because of the relationship between the two, so he obviously hesitated to take the ball, and he also withdrew his strength when he took the shot.
As a result, when he barely avoided Durant's block, his move came directly to cross the bridge, which caused the audience to get restless.
Turning back to the Warriors' offense, Thompson's three-pointer made a fuss, and Bogut struggled to grab the frontcourt rebound, he threw the ball to Durant on the wing.
At this time, because Livingston was the one who helped Durant play the pick-and-roll, Westbrook changed defense to Durant.
Similar to the previous round, the difference is that the offense and defense team exchanged this time.
Durant did not hesitate. After a fake move, he waved his long arm and broke into the inside, and finally scored a tough layup with Westbrook. While hitting, it also caused the latter's foul.
There was an uproar in the scene.
Westbrook looked at Durant with a complicated expression, who had turned around and collided with Green to celebrate.
Tang Shuai was watching this scene outside, feeling indescribable for a moment.
Although Westbrook is already a top superstar, to put it bluntly, he is still a person who values feelings, and may even be the kind of person who is a bit too much.
Durant walked onto the free throw line, and Westbrook also walked outside the three-point line at this time.
Tang Shuai walked to him, patted him on the shoulder, and when he turned his head, he spoke, "Russell, you are already a Lakers player, and more than 10,000 fans at the scene are watching."
Tang Shuai didn't say it very clearly, but the meaning was already very obvious. He hoped that Westbrook would put down his personal emotions and devote his energy to the game.
Westbrook was stunned for a while, and when he saw Durant hit a penalty, he nodded.
In the Lakers' offense, Tang Shuai suddenly scored Yi Jianlian, and Yi Jianlian made a pick-and-roll for Westbrook.
Westbrook took the ball and rushed directly to the inside.
Durant Express comes to help defend.
This time Westbrook was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth and rushed in.
With a single round of physical talent, Westbrook is not as good as Durant with a tall body and a long arms, but he is too strong and too strong.
After rushing up, Durant was knocked back repeatedly.
Westbrook seized the opportunity and directly squeezed out Durant to score a layup.
The moment the ball entered, a burst of cheers suddenly broke out on the scene.
This is the Westbrook they have seen and are also looking forward to seeing.
Durant's chest aches with a faint pain when he was hit, and he looked at Westbrook in disbelief.
Westbrook did not celebrate with his chest like Durant did in the previous round. He and Durant looked at each other, turned around and ran back.
Seeing this scene, Tang Shuai rushed over and slapped him.
Durant frowned when he saw this scene.
After Tang Shuai smiled and looked at him, he turned around and went into defense.
This is NBA. Since the competition is so cruel, he must leave his personal emotions behind. If Westbrook can't let it go, he doesn't mind being that bad guy.
The game on the court continues, Durant practices to hit hard and helps the Warriors continue their points.
However, after Westbrook abandoned his personal emotions, the Lakers played under the leadership of double-gun in the backcourt.
When Durant got off the court and rested, Billups still arranged a double gun on the court, but the score was pulled away by the Lakers.
28-2o, the Lakers came from behind. After playing for more than half a quarter in the first quarter, the Lakers have already pulled the score towards double digits.
The Warriors made an offensive mistake, Spets' back-attack was directly cut off by Yi Jianlian, and the Lakers took advantage of the situation to move fast attacks.
After attacking from the backcourt to the frontcourt free throw line, Tang Shuai made a false breakthrough and threw the ball into the right altitude while walking. Westbrook jumped high, took the ball down from the sky, and smashed the ball directly from Green, who was preparing to grab the rebound.
"Bang!"
This ball is quite domineering, much more domineering than the first game of the preseason, when the ball was dunked, the entire Staples center was instantly boiling.
The fans shouted wildly and kept roaring.
After all, the person who was locked up just now was Big Mouth Baglin.
The Westbrook man was much shorter than Green. After the buttoning, he swung forward under the action of inertia in order to protect his body.
And it was this time that kicked Green in the head.
Before the audience's shouting ended, Green turned around and pulled Westbrook up, who had just landed, and directly punched him.
This time he was born too fast, and Westbrook didn't react. He quickly avoided his head in the lightning, but the fist still hit his shoulder.
Yi Jianlian and Tang Shuai next to him saw this scene and rushed over directly. Durant and Livingston from the Warriors also came over. Following the others, the two teams, which had been plagued by grudges, immediately pushed into a group.
Such pushing and shoving immediately caused booing at the scene.
The referee was unable to stop him from joining the battle. After more than a minute, he almost called the security guard in. Only after the two sides separated with the help of the head coach.
Green and Westbrook had both gone wild and kept cursing from the air.
No one cared about the scolding at this time, and it was a blessing that the two of them would no longer have sex with each other.
After they parted, the booed the audience even more, and even whistles were mixed with.
Obviously, home fans were quite dissatisfied with Green's reaction.
The players on both sides returned to their respective benches under the persuasion of the referee, but they did not sit down. Obviously, their emotions had not calmed down.
I'm afraid no one would have expected the preseason to be played like this.
However, thinking about the previous two teams, although this is somewhat unexpected, it seems to be reasonable.
Both sides are waiting for the referee's final penalty.
Shuai Tang communicated with Westbrook at this time, allowing him to calm down slowly.
Just as the two of them were still communicating, a burst of cheers suddenly broke out on the scene.
The referee's penalty has come out.
Westbrook made a technical foul, Greene made a second-level malicious foul, and was directly expelled!
"What! What's the situation?!" Green almost jumped up after seeing the penalty, and was extremely excited.
Cole pressed against him tightly at this time, and finally, under the persuasion of Thompson and Durant, he threw the towel on his shoulders and walked towards the player passage.
His departure attracted neat applause from the fans at the scene.
Tang Shuai was so smiling that he couldn't stop.
This is in Los Angeles, but there is no familiar home care in Oakland. In fact, Westbrook was completely unintentional, but Green's punch was intentional. If Westbrook hadn't been avoided quickly, he would have had a concussion at this moment.
After this scene, the game trend also changed.
In order to avoid recurring conflicts, the head coaches on both sides did not let them play again.
The original regular season intensity game has become a real preseason game, and almost all the substitutes are playing in the second half.
The Lakers are obviously more advantageous when they are simply fighting for the substitute. Nor and Tucker, who are new to the team, both performed well. The former finally scored 16 points, while the latter contributed 7 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 block. With their outstanding swing, the Lakers finally defeated the Warriors 1o3 to 98 and won five consecutive preseason wins.
Of course, the outcome of the game is no longer so critical at this time, and what kind of punishment Green will be subject to is the key.
Because Green had a precedent for a second-level malicious foul that was changed to a first-level malicious foul (a second-level ban is required for one game, and no level 1), so there are variables in the result.
For the sixth time in the preseason, the Lakers swung Utah to challenge the Jazz. With the swing of two guns in the backcourt, they finally won six consecutive preseason wins.
And just after their game, the punishment for Greene also came out.
The penalty for a second-degree malicious foul remains unchanged, and Green will be fined $20,000 and suspended for one game.
This result immediately caused a burst of cheers from the fans.
Because of the tough team and the fact that Durant ran away from the Thunder, his popularity rose directly last summer, and he formed a new Lakers double-team with Tang Shuai. At this time, it can be said that he reached the peak of popularity. This penalty result is described in four words, which is very satisfying. (To be continued.) 8
Chapter completed!