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Staples Center.

Players from both teams have already come out and are warming up on the court.

Seeing the Lakers' Lopez warming up on the court, the fans couldn't help but get excited. It seems that the news is true and Lopez will make a comeback today.

On the other side, the Warriors players were also warming up.

Compared to the last time the two sides met, the Warriors now have DeMarcus Cousins.

The last time the two sides met, Cousins ​​was still recovering from an injury, but in January, Cousins ​​returned from injury, a little earlier than Lopez.

Cousins ​​has been back for more than a month now.

In the past month or so, his performance has been good, averaging 25 points, 15.8 rebounds and 8.0 assists in 3.2 minutes of playing time per game.

So today both the Lakers and the Warriors have full lineups.

"Can we win today?"

"It's hard to say. Although Lopez returned today, he has been absent for so long, and it is a question whether he has recovered. In addition, compared with the last match, the Warriors now have an additional DeMarcus Cousins, which makes up for their problems in the interior. I am afraid that their strength will be even stronger than before."

"Yes, indeed..."

In the audience, fans were discussing.

Even the fans of the Lakers have some concerns about this game. Although Lopez has returned and the Lakers finally have a complete lineup, the Warriors also have a complete lineup. From the perspective of the team lineup alone, the Warriors are more gorgeous.

Although neither Draymond Green nor Klay Thompson of the Warriors were selected for the All-Star team this year, their strength is there.

And DeMarcus Cousins.

In the past period of time, the Warriors' starting lineup has been changed to Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green and DeMarcus Cousins.

These players have all been selected to the All-Star team. And they are not the kind of players who were selected to the All-Star team several years ago. They were all selected to the All-Star team one year ago or two years ago. Not much time has passed, and their strength has been well preserved.

In other words, the Warriors have a starting lineup composed of All-Star players, and many fans even call them the "Galaxy Battleship" and the "Five-Star Combination."

Judging from the team lineup and star combination alone, the Warriors are indeed much stronger than the Lakers.

After all, although Lopez and Holiday were selected to the All-Star team last season, in terms of star status, they are still inferior to some of the Warriors players.

So people can't help but worry about the Lakers. Facing such a terrifying lineup of the Warriors, can they really beat them?

Soon, both sides finished warming up and returned to the sidelines.

A group of Warriors players gathered around Coach Kerr, who spread out the tactical board and said, "First, we have to do a good job of defense, defense against Zhuang Yu."

As for how to defend, he doesn't need to say more.

The Warriors players are all well aware that the two sides have played against each other more than once or twice, and even in the playoffs they have played against each other several times.

The Warriors players are very familiar with the Lakers and Zhuang Yu. They know how to defend the Lakers and Zhuang Yu. The key is to defend Zhuang Yu's three-point shooting and force him to break through.

In the past, the Warriors lacked a strong inside player, so when defending against Zhuang Yu's three-pointers from the outside, it was difficult to stop Zhuang Yu from scoring after his breakthrough.

However, now with DeMarcus Cousins ​​guarding the inside, they believe that Zhuang Yu's efficiency in breaking through the basket will be affected to a certain extent.

Of course, it is unrealistic to completely restrict Zhuang Yu and prevent him from scoring. They have tried it many times and have tried every possible way but to no avail.

But as long as it can have a certain impact on Zhuang Yu and reduce his scoring efficiency, it will be enough.

After all, defense is not the Warriors' most powerful weapon; their most powerful weapon is offense.

With the combination of Curry + Durant + Thompson, the Warriors' offense is already extremely powerful, and now with the addition of DeMarcus Cousins, they make up for the lack of inside players before, and their offense has become even stronger than before.

You know, last season DeMarcus Cousins ​​averaged 25.2 points, 12.9 rebounds, and 5.4 assists per game for the Pelicans and was selected as an All-Star.

With Cousins' performance statistics, if he wasn't angry, he would definitely not be able to be signed for just US$500 million a year.

上赛季场均25+13的考辛斯，上赛季场均26+5+6的库里，上赛季场均26+6+5的杜兰特，还有上赛季场均20+4+2的汤普森，4名上赛季打出场均20+的球员，外加上赛季场均11+7+7的格林。

This kind of starting combination is unique not only in the NBA league, but also in the entire NBA history.

With a lineup like this, one can imagine how terrifying their offense will be.

Therefore, the Warriors' strongest point now is still offense, so Coach Kerr did not give too many instructions on offense because there is no need to worry at all.

"Remember, don't relax your defense against other Lakers players..."

After some instructions, most of them were focused on defense.

After the game, Coach Kerr clapped his hands and signaled the players to get ready to go on the court.

......

On the Lakers side, Coach Scott was also making pre-match arrangements.

He did not adjust the starting lineup today, which still includes Holiday, Zhuang Yu, Korver, Anderson and Nance Jr.

"This is not the first time we have played against the Warriors," said Coach Scott. "We still need to focus on limiting their outside shooting and not letting them shoot three-pointers. We also need to pay attention to assisting and switching defenses and never miss anyone..."

After making some arrangements for defense, Coach Scott said: "Now that the opponent has Cousins ​​in the interior, the defense will be stronger than before. So we need to play more patiently and pass the ball. But when we have the opportunity to shoot, we must be resolute and don't hesitate."

"Another point is to try to slow down the tempo and try to score the ball on offense."

"If the ball doesn't go in, we have to delay the opponent as soon as possible when they get the backcourt rebound, not giving them a chance to quickly counterattack."

"Zhuang, you need to do more today..."

After some instructions, Coach Scott put away the tactical board and said to the players: "Okay, get ready to play, come on."

......

The competition officially started at 7 pm.

Today, An Xin, Xiao Nuomi, Xi Juan and Li Huilan also came to the scene and sat behind the Lakers' bench.

Several people were watching the field and cheering for Zhuang Yu and the others.

on the field.

First there was a jump ball. Cousins ​​touched the basketball first and kicked it to the backcourt. After Curry controlled the basketball, he started to advance with the ball and initiated the offense.

After arriving at the frontcourt, Curry first glanced at the Lakers' defense, then called a pick-and-roll. Cousins ​​mentioned the pick-and-roll, and Curry took the opportunity to get rid of it and move to the right. Nance Jr. of the Lakers quickly went up to delay.

Curry was not in a hurry to play, but passed the ball to Draymond Green, then he made a circle along the inside line and ran back to the three-point line.

The Lakers quickly switched defense and did not allow Curry to get a chance to catch the ball and shoot from the outside after a simple circle from the inside.

Seeing this, Green did not pass the ball to Curry, but passed it to Durant. After Durant got the ball, he first made a tentative step and then broke through in an instant.

The Lakers quickly retreated their defense, but then Durant jumped up and made a mid-range jump shot facing Korver.

Swish!

The ball was scored and the score was 2:0.

......

Lakers offense.

After Holiday pushed the ball to the frontcourt, he looked at Zhuang Yu. Zhuang Yu made a gesture to him. Holiday called for a pick-and-roll. When Nance Jr. was on the pick-and-roll, he broke through with the help of the pick-and-roll, and then passed the ball to Anderson. Anderson also broke through and passed the ball when he got the ball.

At the same time, Zhuang Yu was running, and with the help of his teammates' cover, he came to the three-point line in the right corner, which was also a three-point tactic.

When Zhuang Yu arrived, Anderson also passed the ball over.

"careful......"

"Don't leave anyone out!"

On the Warriors bench, a group of substitute players shouted loudly, reminding their teammates on the field to be careful not to miss Zhuang Yu.

Coach Kerr had already told the Warriors players not to relax their vigilance against Zhuang Yu before the game. Someone was always watching Zhuang Yu. When Zhuang Yu got rid of the screen, Durant immediately left Korver and rushed to Zhuang Yu. However, Zhuang Yu did not shoot a three-pointer, but passed the ball to Korver, who immediately shot a three-pointer after receiving the ball.

But with a bang, the ball missed the target.

"pity."

"The chance to score was there, but unfortunately he didn't make the shot. In fact, Zhuang Yu could have shot it himself, but the game has just started, so it doesn't matter."

The Lakers were unable to score in this attack.

Turning around, the Warriors still gave the ball to Durant. Durant was very decisive. He played one-on-one against Korver as soon as he got the ball.

Because in the Lakers' lineup, Korver is the weakest point in defense, and Durant is the best at one-on-one play.

Durant first dribbled the ball between his legs, pretending to break through to the left. Korver subconsciously retreated and moved sideways, but then Durant changed direction in front of his body with a very large arc. He switched the ball to his right hand, dribbled a step to the right, and did not rush to the basket. Instead, he pulled up directly and took another mid-range shot.

This is Durant's ultimate move, and it's very stable.

boom!

However, unexpectedly, Durant's shot missed this time, and the basketball bounced off the rim.

Just as the home fans breathed a sigh of relief, Cousins ​​under the basket jumped up and grabbed the bouncing basketball.

Little Nance hurriedly followed.

However, in this position under the basket, he is at a great disadvantage against Cousins.

Cousins ​​grabbed the basketball with both hands and slammed it on the floor. At the same time, he confronted Nance Jr., knocked Nance Jr. away, and then jumped up and did a two-handed dunk.