God of NBA point guards

Chapter 628 Patience
4:11, the Lakers attacked and called a timeout.

John Moore said: "The Lakers still couldn't guard against the Iron Fist King's offense. He made 4 of 3 shots, 3 of 2 three-pointers, and already scored 8 points.

James, you just said that the key for the Lakers this time is to guard against the Iron Fist King's attack. Failure to guard against it will be dangerous. It's still very troublesome now. "

James Worthy laughed at himself: "I just said that with Shark dominating the Sonics' interior at the basket, the Postman sweeping the mid-range area, and Kobe Bryant containing the Iron Fist on the outside, the Lakers' offense will be extremely powerful. But now the Lakers 4 :11, 7 points behind."

"Pfft!"

John Moore laughed so hard that his shoulders shook and he couldn't control it.

詹姆斯沃西苦笑道：“奥尼尔3投2中，被铁拳王封盖一次。邮差中投1投0中，湖人一共4投2中。超音速5投4中，其中三个三分球。

Within 3 minutes, not to mention the number of shots, there was only one difference, but in terms of three-pointers and shooting percentage, the combined difference formed a 7-point difference. "

John Moore analyzed: "James, the Sonics made consecutive three-pointers, and the breakout tactics that the Iron Fist King is best at are useless. I think their offensive tactics today are biased towards outside shooting.

Jerome James, the SuperSonics' human shield, has just arrived at the scorer's table and is about to go up. Once he gets up, there will be no room to break through in the penalty area. "

James Worthy was startled and nodded hurriedly: "John, it's true what you said. The Lakers should have some defensive tactics to deal with the Iron Fist King's sudden scoring tactics, but if the Sonics really play like you, I don't know, Phil. Whether Coach Jackson can make tactical adjustments in time and his ability to change formations on the fly, well, you know."

On the Lakers bench, Phil Jackson said: "Shaq, they are going to use a meat shield. They will probably double-team you without the ball. You and the postman must pay attention to your cooperation and distribute the ball in time."

O'Neal and Karl Malone both nodded.

Kobe said expressionlessly: "Phil, it turns out that your tactics did not let us take the lead. Instead, we fell behind by 7 points at the beginning."

Hearing Kobe's words, Phil Jackson had a headache.

He had made an appointment with Kobe before, and he would first let Kobe be responsible for containing the Iron Fist King, while O'Neal and the Postman would attack. If that didn't work, he would change the tactics.

"Kobe, please wait a little longer, we need more time to try, please be patient." He had no choice but to advise.

Kobe doesn't argue. That's not his character. He prefers to fight in the cold war. I ignore you and won't cooperate with you. It depends on what you do.

He doesn't like Phil Jackson because his opponent is the Iron Fist King, so Jackson doesn't trust him at all.

Seeing Kobe suddenly lose reaction to him, Phil Jackson felt that this guy was a hundred times more difficult to maintain than Jordan.

Phil Jackson added: "Next, on the defensive end, we must be careful of the Iron Fist King's pull-up jump shot. We know he will take the shot, either by himself or by passing the ball, so we must be alert.

The defensive intensity must be increased, the person on the weak side must cover the gap as soon as possible, and the person who double-teams him must try to block his passing angle. "

The timeout ends and the game begins.

The Lakers still insist on a style of play in which O'Neal attacks the basket and Postman provides support in the mid-range position.

However, Phil Jackson replaced Fox again, because Devin George was useless, so it would be better to use Fox, who is more experienced.

O'Neal first tried to gain position under the basket and struggled with Jerome James. He was physically exhausted, but failed to catch the ball because Corey Maggette tried his best to block Fisher's direction at the top of the arc by waving his arms. Due to the lower passing angle, he had no choice but to withdraw from the basket and get the ball again in the low post on the left wing.

The postman moved to a position [-] degrees away from the three-point line on the left wing. After receiving the pass from Fisher, he turned around and gave Ben an elbow.

But the copper-skinned and iron-bodied man didn't even grunt, and still stood in front of him, refusing to give an inch.

The postman didn't get any space to take a shot, and with his position two points away, his current shooting percentage was not good, at most [-]%, even with defense, so he didn't take a shot and lobbed the ball low to the left wing.

At the moment when the postman lobbed the ball, Zhou Quan on the weak side pounced on the low left wing.

He took two steps away from Kobe, just one meter away from the right waist of the penalty area. When the basketball just fell into O'Neal's hands, he suddenly emerged from behind O'Neal along the baseline.

"Snapped!"

With a precise strike, he knocked away the basketball that O'Neal just got with one slap, and then took a step forward to grab the ball in his hands.

"Oh, Zhou Quan stole the ball from O'Neal." Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.

After switching offense and defense, Zhou Quan immediately started a fast break.

O'Neal is not the O'Neal of last season. The current super tonnage has greatly affected the physical fitness and speed of the Sharks. Last year, the Western Conference never played fast breaks, but this time it can and must be played. Even if it cannot be played, it must be played. Forcibly speeding up, speeding up the offensive and defensive rhythm, increasing O'Neal's physical energy consumption, making him exhausted.

Rushing left and right in the crowd, Zhou Quan reached the three-point line on the right wing of the frontcourt and suddenly stopped.

"Three-pointer?"

Kobe, who was chasing behind him a step to the left, had a thought in his mind and immediately braked with his feet. With a squeak, his sneakers rubbed on the floor and seemed to be smoking, and then stopped on the left side of Zhou Quan.

Zhou Quan had already jumped up, and Kobe jumped up after him. He knew that he was a little slower and would definitely not be able to block the shot.

After catching the ball, he blocked the shot with his left hand and secretly pulled Zhou Quan's jersey underneath with his right hand.

"boom!"

Thanks to Kobe's little tricks, the ball missed and missed a little, and the basketball bounced upwards.

Corey Maggette and Fisher, who had just rushed in, jumped up to grab the rebound at the same time. Fisher had better luck and grabbed the rebound.

O'Neal was panting and just ran to the top of the arc. When he saw the transition between offense and defense, he quickly turned around and ran again.

O'Neal once again entered the basket and Fisher saw O'Neal entering the basket. He quickly stepped back to distance himself from the defender and then hoisted the ball in.

"Di!"

After receiving the ball, O'Neal immediately turned around and dunked, but was hit on the wrist by Jerome James behind him, and the referee's whistle sounded.

"The hitter fouled, two free throws," James Worthy said.

John Moore said: "The 31-year-old O'Neal's strength should not be at its peak anymore. His reactions, explosiveness, and strength should all be declining.

His current tonnage is similar to that of the 01 Western Conference Finals, but if it were O'Neal in 01, the result of this ball would probably be more of a 2+1. "

James Worthy nodded and said: "Although his tonnage has returned to about 170 kilograms, his basket offense accounted for only 43% this season, and so far in his career, his basket offense accounted for 51%."

For a super-heavy super center like him, the most dominant super center at the basket, the proportion of offense at the basket is a very important indicator. Reducing the offense at the basket and positioning the offense away from the basket means that his physical fitness is declining. Naturally, the strength is also declining. "

On the field, O'Neal scored the first goal and was very happy, and then missed the second free throw.

Kurt Thomas grabbed the backcourt rebound and immediately passed it to Zhou Quan in the center line.

"damn it!"

O'Neal at the free throw line quickly turned around and ran away.

Zhou Quan held the ball and drove in from the top of the left arc. He dribbled the ball with his left hand and stuck his right elbow outside to prevent Kobe from getting close.

Kobe directly clamped his arm on Zhou Quan's right arm.

"squeak!"

Zhou Quan simply braked at the left elbow area, and pressed Kobe with his right hand that was caught by Kobe.

Small movements faced small movements, and Kobe didn't guard against it. He braked with his feet, but his upper body rushed forward and fell to the floor.

"brush!"

Zhou Quan made a sudden stop and made a jump shot.

"It's over again?"

O'Neal just ran to the center line with a bang, saw the ball go in, and stopped quickly.

"He pushed me! He just pushed me!"

Kobe got up angrily and shouted at the referee.The referee rolled his eyes, boy, just stop it when you see fit, your tricks are ten times more than the King of Iron Fist.

"5:13, the Lakers are 8 points behind." Yu Jia said with a smile.

“周权6投4中得10分，三分球4投2中。”张合理说道。

In the next few minutes, the Sonics used human shields to defend O'Neal, resorted to shark-cutting tactics, and used their big guns to defend the postman.

In fact, the meat shield cannot guard against O'Neal. The 170-kilogram shark is more flexible than the meat shield James. In the case of the meat shield alone, he scored more points in the next few minutes than in the first few minutes. .

The postman is old, and because he has to create singles opportunities for O'Neal, his position is very close to the three-point line and cannot be close to the paint area. Under Ben, a top defensive player, he has little performance in a few minutes, shooting 4 of 1 from the field. Including the previous shot, it was 5-for-1.

The Lakers' offensive tactics relied on O'Neal and the Postman. The Postman was blocked. O'Neal's scoring alone could not keep up with the Sonics.

The Lakers still couldn't guard against the Sonics' offense. Zhou Quan's shooting today was not only very, very good, but he was also in very good shape.

By the 10th minute of the first quarter, at 18:28, the Lakers were already 10 points behind and called a timeout for the third time.

James Worthy shook his head and sighed: "O'Neal made 7 of 4 shots and 8 of 4 free throws. He scored 12 points with a combination of shots and free throws, but Kobe, Postman, and Fisher only scored two points. If this continues, the Lakers will still be able to win. How to win?”

John Moore said: "In the Big Three lineup, only O'Neal is scoring, the postman is locked by Ben Wallace, and Kobe is locked by the Iron Fist. And on the offensive end of the first quarter, Kobe is only responsible for containing the Iron Fist King's defense, not the offense."

"The Lakers' offensive tactics didn't work at all. Pulling the Postman out really attracted O'Neal's defense. SuperSonics adopted a low-post defensive tactic of man-shielding the Sharks alone. O'Neal's performance was not bad, but the Postman himself was defended." James Worthy said.

John Moore said: "I feel like this is not going to work."

James Worthy rolled his eyes at his partner and said, "I also feel that fighting like this is not possible."

John Moore laughed and said: "Based on O'Neal's scoring alone, he scored 50 points. This is almost the limit of O'Neal's scoring, and he can't win against Iron Fist, because O'Neal can score 50 points in a single game, but the Iron Fist champion You can score 60+70+ in a single game.

Therefore, if the Lakers want to win, they must let both Postman and Kobe score, or at least one of them must perform at a superstar level. "

"It's all about how you play," James Worthy said.

"Ugh……"

John Moore sighed and said: "The most fundamental problem of the Lakers is that they are afraid of the King of Iron Fist's defense, so they chose to let Kobe contain the King of Iron Fist. This really weakened the King of Iron Fist's defense. He can no longer deliver 10 steals and 5 steals in a single game. A shot-blocking performance.

But as a result, Kobe was excluded from the Lakers' offensive system. The Big Three lineup was actually the Shark and the Postman. The Postman was locked up, leaving the Shark alone to attack, which exhausted him to death. Neither can beat Iron Fist King. "

"So, what do you think should be done?" James Worthy asked shamelessly.

John Moore said with a smile: "The Lakers can't win if they fight like this. It's better to face the Iron Fist King's defense and fight to the death."

"I want to attack."

On the Lakers bench, Kobe stared at Phil Jackson and said in a very cold and rude tone: "The way you play, we will definitely lose. You are afraid of the Iron Fist King, but I am not afraid of him. I would rather lose on the offensive road." , and don’t want to lose on the way to escape.”

Phil Jackson's expression was extremely ugly, but the score was there, his tactics had completely failed, and there was no way to refute Kobe.

But he didn't want to lose control of the team yet, so he looked at O'Neal, hoping that the team's boss would support him.

O'Neal was panting. He was exhausted. He noticed Phil Jackson's gaze and gasped: "Phil, I need a little rest."

"OK."

Phil Jackson immediately nodded and said to Kobe: "Kobe, it's up to you to take over the offense. Are you going to play now or in the next quarter?"

"Come on now." Kobe said without hesitation.

Phil Jackson then arranged the lineup. Both O'Neal and Karl Malone needed to rest, and arranged a substitute lineup of Samakie Walker, Robert Horry, Devin George, Brian Shaw, and Kobe.

On the SuperSonics side, there are Drobiak, Kurt Thomas, Mason, Laga Bell, and Zhou Quan.

The timeout ends and the Lakers attack.

Kobe received the ball in the backcourt, faced Zhou Quan's defense, and very carefully changed directions to get rid of it. After advancing to the right wing of the frontcourt, he called Brian Shaw's pick-and-roll.

No matter how good the defense is, it can't withstand a pick-and-roll. When Zhou Quan was chasing the defense, he was half a step behind. Kobe held the ball and rushed to the wing and drove along the low line to the basket.

Zhou Quan did not chase after Kobe, but chose to take a shortcut and chase into the basket from above.

Kobe had no chance at the basket, so he took the ball to the left wing again. Robert Horry made a pick-and-roll and blocked Zhou Quan, and then he took a mid-range shot.

"boom!"

Kurt Thomas switched to guard Kobe. After blocking the shot, Kobe made a fadeaway jumper. The basketball hit the basket and hit a goal.

"Look, Kobe can still score when facing the Iron Fist King's defense. As long as he opens this point and waits for O'Neal and the Postman to come up, the Lakers' offense will be easy to beat." John Moore said.

"I hope." James Worthy said expectantly.

Zhou Quan singled out Kobe Bryant, came to the right-wing three-point line, and also called Laga Bell's pick-and-roll.

Faced with Kobe's fighting defensive intensity, the pick-and-roll can also solve everything.

But instead of using the wall to break through, he moved a step to the left to the back of Laga Bell, took a step away from Kobe and immediately made a jump shot.

At this time, Kobe failed to keep up, and Brian Shaw did not change defense in time, leaving him one step behind.

"brush!"

Splashes appeared, and the three-pointer was hit.

“第21分，铁拳王首节已经12投8中，三分球6投3中，两分球6投5中，2罚2中。”于佳兴奋地道。

"He alone scored more than the Lakers' total points." Zhang Li said with a smile.

"Raga..."

Kobe received the ball in the backcourt and advanced. Zhou Quan suddenly turned sideways and pointed at Laga Bell on the right, not looking at Kobe.

Seeing the opportunity, Kobe immediately accelerated his advance, trying to rush over from Zhou Quan's left side for a fast break.

But just as Kobe was starting to start, Zhou Quan, who was not looking at him, suddenly took a step to the left, leaned over and reached out, and with a snap, he took the ball that bounced off the floor as he moved it to the floor. broken.

"Fake!"

Kobe became anxious and cursed directly.

"fool!"

Zhou Quan said a word and attacked at the same time. After a few steps, he rose up and made a powerful one-handed chop, and then scored another goal.

"Ha ha……"

Zhang Li was so happy that he laughed.

Yu Jia smiled and said: "Kobe was fooled. The Iron Fist King must have done it on purpose."

Kobe then missed a shot, and Zhou Quan assisted Kurt Thomas to score a goal. The first quarter ended quickly, at 20:32, the SuperSonics led by 12 points.

Jerry Buss, who was watching the game from the sidelines, was very disappointed with the result of the first quarter. The Big Three lineup he had high hopes for performed like this, which he had never expected before.

If he can't defend against the King of Iron Fist's attacks, then he thinks it's acceptable. After all, it's the King of Iron Fist, but if he can't attack himself, he doesn't agree with it.

He also ran out of patience with Phil Jackson. Such a powerful lineup did nothing in his hands and couldn't make a name for himself.

(End of this chapter)