Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

"Then... shall I try?"

Kuzma responded with a bitter face. It's not that he disliked the dirty and tiring job. As a rookie, the team leader specifically asked you to do it, which showed his respect for you.

Most people may not even get a chance even if they recommend themselves.

Don't think this is an exaggeration, it's true.

Some players can only do dirty work if they stay in the NBA, such as Pachulia of the Warriors. Do the Warriors really need to rely on him on the offensive end, or how much of a role can they expect him to play on the defensive end?

Obviously not.

Pachulia's role on the court is to screen and roll for his teammates, grab rebounds, or do some dirty work.

This is a very important job for Pachulia because it allows him to stay in the team and have a certain amount of playing time.

For some players, they may be idle most of the time, and it would be good enough to have some dirty work to do.

If you can do the dirty and tiring work beautifully, then congratulations, you don't have to worry about being fired.

As a rookie, Kuzma is lucky to be valued by the team leader. Of course he is willing to do it, but he is a little worried whether he can do it well.

At this time, the Warriors were attacking. Livingston got the ball in the backcourt and passed it to Draymond Green in the frontcourt. Draymond Green then made a tactical cooperation with Klay.

It’s a pity that Klay failed to make the shot.

On the defensive end, when Zhuang Yu came to the frontcourt, Klay rushed forward immediately, and Draymond Green's eyes were always on Zhuang Yu. When he saw Zhuang Yu break through, Draymond Green immediately rushed forward, his eyes were fierce and his expression was ferocious.

However, at this moment, a person suddenly rushed out from the side and collided with Draymond Green with a bang.

Draymond Green looked in astonishment and saw Kuzma's young face. Kuzma made a fierce look, widened his eyes, and stared at Draymond Green fiercely. The referee did not blow the whistle, thinking it was just an ordinary physical contact.

However, this blocked Draymond Green, allowing Zhuang Yu to rush into the paint and score the ball with a layup.

"Damn it."

Draymond Green cursed unhappily and gave Kuzma a vicious look. Kuzma showed no weakness and said, "What are you looking at?"

That expression, that look, with his chest and head held high, full of vigor and spirit, just like a rooster, if you dare, just hit me?

This made Draymond Green very angry. You, a rookie, dare to provoke me. Are you looking for death?

But in the end, he did not impulsively conflict with Kuzma.

He's just a rookie, it's not worth it.

When it came to the offensive end, when Draymond Green got the ball, Kuzma immediately rushed over, constantly making small movements with his hands, which made Draymond Green very annoyed and felt that this rookie was really annoying. He snorted coldly, simply hugged the ball and accelerated forward, making a three-step layup, trying to use brute force to knock Kuzma out and let this kid suffer.

As a result, Kuzma was very alert and took a step back in advance, so that Draymond Green would not hit him directly. Then he took Draymond Green's arm and the two of them got entangled in each other's arms...

"beep!"

This time the referee blew the whistle and gave Kuzma a defensive foul.

Kuzma raised his hand and acknowledged the foul, but he looked at Draymond Green with a provocative look, while Draymond Green was so angry that he was fuming. He always messed with others, so when was it someone else's turn to mess with him?

Kuzma's move just now not only blocked his attack, but also almost broke his arm.

"Bastard." Draymond Green cursed, his eyes spitting fire.

Kuzma came to Zhuang Yu's side. He was still not used to doing this kind of thing, and asked Zhuang Yu in a low voice: "Was I too harsh just now?"

Zhuang Yu smiled and said, "It's okay. As a young man, it's understandable that you don't know how to act. Besides, does your arm hurt?"

Kuzma answered honestly: "It hurts."

"Then there is no need to feel any psychological burden."

Although Draymond Green was sent to the free throw line, he only made one of the two free throws. He became more and more unhappy, and even his anger was diverted. He no longer stared at Zhuang Yu fiercely, but stared at Kuzma.

That look made Kuzma's heart skip a beat, but he still gritted his teeth and glared back, thinking to himself, I'm just a rookie, what am I afraid of? The worst that can happen is a real fight.

......

"Snapped!"

With a crisp sound, Kuzma fouled Draymond Green again, and it was very fierce, pushing Draymond Green directly out of the court.

Kuzma tried his best to complete the task assigned to him by Zhuang Yu.

As soon as he finished pushing, he couldn't help but say "oh no" in his heart. This time he really didn't do it on purpose, he just didn't control the strength well and the movement was a little too big.

It’s not that I’m worried about Draymond Green, but I’m worried about whether I will be called for a technical foul?

Sure enough, the referee blew the whistle and gave him a technical foul.

This made Kuzma very depressed. This was his first technical foul this season. He had a depressed and aggrieved expression on his face.

However, in Draymond Green's eyes, this was seen as acting and pretending to be pitiful. He became even more angry and got up and wanted to rush towards Kuzma.

"Don't, don't be impulsive."

"Brother, calm down. You need to calm down."

His teammates were shocked and rushed forward to hug Draymond Green. If they had rushed forward, they would probably have received a technical foul and would have been directly expelled.

"Let me go, let me go."

"Today I..."

Draymond Green was still struggling and shouting, but Iguodala didn't care anymore. He covered Draymond Green's mouth and dragged him to the bench.

At this time, Curry, Klay, and Coach Kerr all came up to stop Draymond Green, and they must stay calm!

Fortunately, this is the Warriors' home court after all.

Considering that if he was ejected, he would be booed by the whole stadium, which would not be conducive to the continuation of the game. In addition, Draymond Green was pulled back by his teammates in time and did not really have any physical conflict with Kuzma, so the referee did not give him a technical foul.

It took a long time for Draymond Green to calm down, but his emotions had already been affected. He missed both free throws and was then replaced by Coach Kerr.

At this time, there were actually only a few dozen seconds left in the first quarter.

But Coach Kerr didn't dare leave him on the court.

In the next few dozen seconds, the Warriors did not score any more goals, but Zhuang Yu from the Lakers made a three-pointer, which was also his first three-pointer of the day.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 33:29, with the Lakers leading by 4 points.

"The Lakers are leading again, this time at the Warriors' home court."

"Didn't you notice that, although the defense on Zhuang Yu seemed pretty good today and didn't allow him to make many three-pointers, he still scored 11 points now. 11 points in a single quarter, do you think the Warriors' restriction on Zhuang Yu today can be considered successful?"

"Yes, and the other Lakers players played even better today than in the last game..."

Although the Warriors further strengthened their defense against Zhuang Yu today and did not allow Zhuang Yu to make as many three-pointers as in the previous game, he still allowed Zhuang Yu to score 1 points in the first quarter. This defense was obviously not very good.

Moreover, in the first quarter, Zhuang Yu not only scored 1 points, but also made 11 assists. His teammates also played very well, even better than the previous game.

It’s no surprise that the Lakers are leading.

Meanwhile, in the Warriors dugout.

The assistant coach came up to Coach Kerr and whispered, "Coach, I think we have to strengthen the rotation. Otherwise, we will be at a disadvantage every time we rotate the lineup. This is too disadvantageous."

Coach Kerr frowned.

It's not that he is unaware of this problem, but in the past they didn't have to care about it. Even if they lost some points with the rotation lineup, they could immediately get more points back by switching to the main lineup, so they didn't care about the rotation lineup being at a disadvantage.

But it is indeed different facing the Lakers now. Our main lineup does not have the upper hand, or the advantage is not big, so the disadvantage of the rotation lineup is that the problem is magnified.

"Yeah." Coach Kerr nodded, thinking it made sense. He really needed to enhance the competitiveness of the rotation lineup.

The two began to discuss.

Soon, the second quarter begins.

Both teams sent out rotation lineups, with the Lakers playing with Holiday and Clarkson leading the substitute players.

The Warriors sent out Curry and Draymond Green.

In fact, Draymond Green plays a very important role in the Warriors' lineup. His situation was a bit bad in the first quarter, but he is still needed now. He is needed to feed the ball to Curry so that Curry can focus on scoring.

This time the effect is really good.

The main reason was that Curry was in very good shape today and played better than in the previous game. Under his leadership, the Warriors' rotation lineup gained the upper hand, quickly caught up with the lagging score, and overtook by one point.

Seeing this situation, Assistant Coach Madsen frowned and asked Coach Scott whether he wanted to make a substitution. Coach Scott hesitated for a moment, but did not replace Zhuang Yu or Lopez, but replaced him with Anderson.

When Anderson came on, the defense and organization of the rotation lineup were further improved, and they were no longer at a disadvantage. The two sides played evenly...

After a while, a few minutes had passed in the second quarter.

At this time, the difference between the two sides was only one point, and the Lakers were still leading.

"Requesting a timeout."

The Warriors requested a timeout.

After several players came off the court, Coach Kerr began to make substitutions, replacing the main lineup and bringing back the small lineup.

The Lakers also made a substitution and brought back their main lineup...