ebonymovies Chapter 184 184. Serious Aldridge is Terrible
Chapter 184 184. Serious Aldridge is Terrible
Chapter 184 184. Serious Aldridge is Terrible
"This guy is finally serious!" Lillard saw Aldridge playing with that expression, and knew that Aldridge was going to play seriously today.
Although Aldridge can usually score more than 20 points and 10 rebounds per game, anyone who really knows Aldridge knows that getting such data is the same as playing for him.
The Aldridge who usually has a poker face and doesn't care about everything is completely inferior to the current Aldridge who is focused on the game!
After Aldridge slapped McCollum for a layup, he quickly rushed out to grab a rebound. His speed was not worse than most small forwards!
Aldridge actually blocked the block!
In the scout report obtained by the Lakers, Aldridge does not have such a defensive awareness!Even in the scout report, Aldridge's defense was only evaluated with F, which is equivalent to defending a black hole!
The Blazers strike back!
Lillard's defense is not good, the offensive speed is so fast, and the rhythm is very well grasped, easily dodging Liu Ren's block and layup, giving the Blazers the lead.
It was the Lakers' turn to attack again, and McCollum advanced to the frontcourt.
If the Lakers were most surprised by Aldridge's defense and blocking, it was McCollum. During the few months he played in the Trail Blazers, Aldridge was famous for his poor defense. A team of three defensive players, these three are Matthews, Batum and Lopez, the starter Lillard's defensive attitude is not bad, Aldridge is a proper defensive black hole!
It should be an accident!
McCollum gestured for a single!
The rest of the Lakers pulled away. They are very confident in McCollum's singles ability. Lillard's defense is generally recognized. Although his attitude is good, McCollum will definitely not be able to defend against McCollum, who has comprehensive offensive skills.
With one change of direction, McCollum brought the super-responsive Lillard into the ditch, and another change of direction gave him a breakthrough space. McCollum took the lead in stepping into the breakthrough route. Don't look at McCollum who is a little later than Lillard He entered the league last year, but he was a little stronger. Lillard came back and was squeezed away, and McCollum easily went inside.
McCollum's mid-range emergency stop jumper!
Just then, Aldridge appeared again!Stretching his wingspan not shorter than Gasol's to block McCollum's shot!
McCollum, who was in mid-air, had to make an unprepared backward move, and the ball went too far, no sticks!
Although Gasol easily grabbed an offensive rebound on Lopez's head and made a layup, Aldridge's sense of supplementary defense really surprised the Lakers!
"Hmph, are you finally interested in me?" Aldridge proudly ran to the frontcourt and prepared to attack. The method of making the Lakers value him by building a good relationship was destroyed by Lillard, so he decided to use his strength to attract The attention of the Lakers, he has begun to pay attention to things that he has always found troublesome, such as supplementary defense!
The Blazers attacked, Aldridge asked for the ball in the low post, and Lillard passed it immediately.
Gasol lowered his focus and was very focused on defense.
However, all defenses seemed to be nothing in front of Aldridge, who was concentrating on playing. Aldridge easily turned over and hit a jumper with a fadeaway. Gasol's long arm covered his face and it had no effect.
The Lakers attacked, and McCollum was destroyed by Aldridge in both singles. He did not continue to play hard, but calmly let Gasol catch the ball at a high position.
Calm and with a strong sense of teamwork, this is what the Lakers management and coaching staff value most about McCollum. Everyone else on the Lakers team is a standard "romantic" Laker. Has been rare.
Gasol got the ball in the high post and brought Aldridge out, leaving only Thackeray and Lopez in the paint.
Lopez is better at jumping, faster and more flexible, but Thackeray is more powerful!He pressed Lopez behind him and asked for the ball.
Gasol did not hesitate to pass the ball to Thackeray. Thackeray slammed behind him hard before receiving the ball, knocking Lopez back half a step, and then picked up the ball and turned around to dunk!
At this moment, Aldridge, who was still near the three-point line when Gasol just passed the ball, suddenly appeared in the three-second zone and slapped Thackeray for a low-altitude dunk to the basket.
Immediately afterwards, Aldridge jumped up and got a defensive rebound!
"What's the situation at this time?" Not only the Lakers players were shocked by Aldridge's explosive defense today, but even the fans and some players of the Trail Blazers were stunned.
Aldridge's defense at the start is too unexpected!In less than 2 minutes, all the blocks in the usual two or three games have been blocked!You must know that Aldridge averaged 0.7 blocks per game this season, not even Thackeray!
Since both sides stayed for a while, the Blazers did not fight back.
But then Aldridge easily turned over and made a jumper in the low post again. The Lakers' poor defense was like paper in front of Aldridge.
For the next few minutes, the game became Aldridge's personal show. He scored 14 points on the offensive end and was everywhere on the defensive end. The Lakers were caught off guard.
By the official timeout of the first quarter, the Blazers had already led the Lakers by 19 points 6 to 13!
In half a quarter, Aldridge scored 14 points, 5 rebounds and 3 blocks, which can only be described as terrible!He dominates the game on both ends of the offense and defense!
"Hmph, do you know how good I am?" Aldridge walked towards the bench while thinking wildly, "The Lakers' lineup is really good, even that Thackeray is very good, if I hadn't defended Robin, I would have been Boom, if I go to the Lakers, then Gasol will have to play center? He seems to be very good at center, anyway, I don't play center, I am too tired. But it seems that they have a good backup center named Whitesey De, Gasol as a substitute? It seems unlikely, anyway, I will not be a substitute, they know how good I am..."
Aldridge's original strength slowly began to dissipate, because he felt that his goal had been achieved.
The Lakers began to have a headache, and D'Antoni's face was flushed again. The situation on the court was obviously beyond his expectations before the game. He asked the assistants if they had any way to deal with Aldridge.
The chief assistant Dan D'Antoni said that he would strengthen the offense, which attracted everyone's eyes.
Does the offense mean that it can be strengthened by strengthening?Without the pusher of Nash, the Lakers struggled to run and shoot.
Even D'Antoni ignores this brother's opinion, and other assistant coaches are watching their hearts. Except for the shooting coach Mark Madsen, the Lakers' current assistant coaches are all following D'Antoni. Can you figure it out?
(End of this chapter)