I'm really strong in basketball

Chapter 30 Iron Blood Legion
Seeing that both Malone and Kobe "agreed" with his analysis, Payton became more and more proud.

"I'm going to help the little guy. He usually wipes my ass (make up defense), so I have to express it. Kobe, Carl, what do you think?"

Kobe was even more speechless, and that's okay.

Malone also had no immediate comment.

Payton thought Kobe was unwilling, so he persuaded him: "Kobe, you and Shaq have had a tough fight recently, which is not conducive to the team's record. We also had a hard time winning the last game against an underdog like the Raptors, and we even lost to the Grizzlies in the last game. For the sake of the team, you and Shaq must reconcile. This time is an opportunity. Let the little guy perform well, and it will also give you and Shaq time to relax."

Hearing what Payton said, Malone immediately expressed his opinion and agreed to help Liu He face the Pistons.

Kobe nodded too.

He didn't object at first, but was surprised by Peyton's self-proclaimed accurate analysis, so he was slow to answer.

"What about Shaq? Will he agree?"

Malone asked.

Payton replied: "I will convince Shaq, that guy likes this kind of thing the most. And Liu He's three-pointer makes Shaq's basket as wide as the Pacific Ocean this season. He also likes the little guy very much."

As for the rest of the team, they don't even think about it.

The four heavenly kings have all agreed, who dares to be disobedient?

Liu He naturally didn't know about these.

After the training in the morning, a reporter interviewed him and asked him about his attitude towards the Pistons and Brian Cook.

Liu He was very calm: "This is an ordinary game. I will do what I should do. I will not do something special just because he is the Pistons or Brian Cook."

Such an answer disappointed the reporter. Why didn't this rookie say some harsh words?It's too cowardly.

Especially the local reporters in Los Angeles are starting to worry about Liu He's future.Such a cowardly rookie, like a little sheep, will not let his opponent bully him to death in the future.

In the United States, tolerance will not bring peace, it will only allow the bad guys to get ahead.

Sure enough, after knowing Liu He's answer, Brian Cook despised Liu He even more, and planned to show Liu He some color during the game.

That night, at the Staples Center.

The visiting Pistons play first.

Fifth position: Eldon Campbell, fourth position: "Big Ben" Ben Wallace, third position: "Little Prince" Tyshawn Prince, second position: "Mask Man" Richard Hamilton, first position: "Big Heart" Chauncey Billups.

Then came the home team, the Lakers.

Position [-]: O'Neal, Position [-]: Malone, Position [-]: Liu He, Position [-]: Kobe, Position [-]: Payton.

Liu He was the first to play. Although his recent performance was not good, the Los Angeles fans still cheered.

Pistons bench, Brian Cook watched this scene, his eyes were red.

These were originally mine, mine, all mine!

This made Cook more determined to teach Liu He a lesson.

The top seed of the championship vs. the powerhouses in the East, this is also a focus battle.

The league arranged a national live broadcast. Tonight's live TV station is TNT, and the commentary is the golden partner Barkley and Smith, as well as the rookie Steve Kerr.

Before the game started, the three of them started warming up.

Cole smiled and said, "What a coincidence. We just made a bet yesterday. Today we will be commenting on Liu He's game. I don't know what statistics Liu He can get tonight."

Barkley said unhappily: "Don't worry, the season has just begun, and there are still many opportunities."

Cole smiled confidently: "Then let us wait and see."

On the sidelines, Boss Bai also came to the scene. The seat was right behind the Lakers bench, which was an excellent position.

In addition, Su Qun also came to the scene with a young colleague.

The name of this colleague is Yang Yi. It is said that he is a resident reporter arranged by CCTV. He will be stationed in Los Angeles in the future and will be responsible for contacting and interviewing Liu He. He has had a brief contact with Liu He before the game.

Liu He called Teacher Yang, which greatly benefited Yang Yi.It's just that Yang Yi didn't understand, how did Liu He know his name before he introduced him?
In addition, the general managers of the two teams, Kupchak and Joe, were also exchanging pleasantries.

Joe said proudly: "Bryan scored a quasi-double-double last week and helped the team win. Mitch, thank you for your generous gift."

The corner of Kupchak's mouth twitched, and he walked away.

Joe laughed triumphantly.

The game is about to start.

The starting players of both sides walked to the center of the court to stand.

Brian Cook looked at Liu He with jealousy in his eyes.

And another rookie of the Pistons, Darko Milicic, is also full of envy: Liu He, a rookie at the end of the first round, has already started, but he, the second pick, has not played a few minutes in total.

Larry Brown always said that he was too young to adapt to the NBA game, which made Milicic a little confused as to what he could be considered to be able to adapt to the NBA.

At the start of the game, O'Neill won with a jump ball.

Payton, as usual, pressed the rhythm and pushed forward.

Liu He also took the opportunity to silently observe the Pistons' defense.

The 211cm, 123kg behemoth Campbell stared at O'Neill.Big Ben followed Malone.

According to the position, Liu He should be facing Prince.However, as the defensive gate of the Pistons outside, Prince was arranged to defend Kobe.

So it was Hamilton who faced Liu He.

Regarding Hamilton, some people like to call him Mask Man, and others like to call him CIC King, but Liu He himself likes to call him "running dead dog".

This guy can run.

It is said that he ran with his own dog during training, and the dog foamed at the end of the run, and Hamilton was fine.

Liu He had heard this little story before, so he respectfully called him "running dead dog".

At this moment, Ma Long suddenly mentioned a high position and made a cover for Liu He.

Uh, what's the matter?
The boss took the initiative to cover himself?This is a treatment that Liu He has never had before.

"Why are you in a daze, hurry up and run!"

Ma Long pushed Liu He.

Liu He reacted and ran away.

Hamilton wanted to pursue, but was firmly blocked by Malone.

Just kidding, Malone's width, that thickness, that muscular stick...the pick-and-roll quality is the best in the league.

Daben didn't expect Malone to cover for a rookie, so he didn't react. When he realized that he was going to switch defenses, Payton had already passed the ball to Liu He.

With a wide open space, Liu He made some adjustments and took advantage of the situation to make a shot with a good rhythm and no problem with strength.

Swish!
Have it.

3: 0.

Liu He took the lead.

Phil's eyes were a little strange. He remembered that he hadn't arranged such a tactic!
Old Winter said with a smile: "Since Malone and Payton are willing, and Kobe and O'Neal are not opposed, why do you say anything? At least from this shot, the little guy is doing well tonight!"

Joe Dumars, who was watching the game from the sidelines, had a heartbeat and then calmed down.

3 points, nothing.

Cole didn't change his face, 3 points, too far away from 30 points!
Pistons attack.

Today's Pistons are not complete without Rasheed Wallace. The defense is worth mentioning, and the offense is very common.

Kobe took the initiative to ask the top scorer on the opposite side to "run the dead dog" and lock him up.

The only offensive point for the Pistons is Billups.

For the remaining three, the veteran Campbell has degenerated into a blue-collar player, Ben will not score at all when he leaves the basket, and Prince will shoot three-pointers and air cuts...all of which are hopeless.

Billups forcibly broke through Payton, but was immediately blocked by Liu He, who was assisting in the defense.

Liu He cooperated with Peyton to attack left and right, and pressed fiercely.

Billups was very stable and didn't lose the ball, but was forced out of the three-point line by the two and could only re-plan the offense.

Big Ben saw that he couldn't do it, so he came out to cover for Hamilton.

But Kobe's defensive awareness is outstanding, and he caught a glimpse of Big Ben's actions from the corner of his eye, and got stuck in the position ahead of time.

Facing Ben who was out of the basket, Malone directly chose to ignore him and decisively cooperated with Kobe to pinch Hamilton.

As soon as Hamilton got the ball, he found himself blocked by Bryant and Malone.

Seeing that the time was approaching, Hamilton chose to force his shot, but the difficulty was too high.

With a bang, the shot was missed.

O'Neal protected the rebound.

Smith couldn't help but said: "The suffocating defense of the Lakers is terrible! I have never seen a better defense than this."

Barkley and Cole, who made the bet, also nodded repeatedly in agreement.

The Lakers attacked and continued to grind their positions.

The boss Ma Long mentioned the high position again, covering for Liu He, and another high-quality pick-and-roll, which firmly blocked Hamilton.

But this time Daben was prepared, and immediately chose to switch defenses and threw himself in front of Liu He.

Daben is worthy of being a top blue-collar, and he is extremely fast in making up defense and assisting in defense.

Just as Liu He got the ball, Da Ben was already in front of him, completely denying Liu He a chance to make a move.

Looking at the big Ben in front of him, who was obviously shorter than him, and whose height was only about the same height as him because of his explosive hair, Liu He felt the pressure on his face.

(The official height of Daben is 206cm, but the visual inspection does not exceed 201cm.)
But he has excellent running and jumping ability, explosive power, and strength and confrontation comparable to giants, which can make up for his lack of height to a certain extent.

So Liu He didn't force the shot, but passed the ball to Ma Long.

This choice made Big Ben frown.

Ma Long felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

At this moment, Ma Long is facing Hamilton, the standard big and small.

In front of a behemoth like Malone, Hamilton looked extremely thin and short, completely powerless to resist.

Fantastic opportunity!

Before he had time to think about it, Malone directly crushed Hamilton and went to the basket. Hamilton retreated steadily and could not stop Malone's footsteps at all.

Big Ben saw it, and immediately ran to the basket to help Hamilton block Malone.

As expected of Big Ben, this guy really blocked Ma Long.

But Ma Long took his time and passed the ball back to Liu He.

This time, Big Ben couldn't save himself.

Liu He jumped directly from one step inside the three-point line and opened his hand to shoot.

Swish!
5: 0.

Pistons attack.

Facing the impregnable defense of the Lakers, Billups still couldn't find a flaw. After several failed attempts, the time would be full 24 seconds.

Billups gritted his teeth. He obviously had an overwhelming advantage against the old Payton, but Payton had Kobe behind him and Liu He behind him. The two flanks were ready to help defend at any time.O'Neal squatted in the penalty area to guard the basket, and Malone wandered in the three-second zone, connecting inside and outside.

This defense does not give a chance at all.

Seeing that the 24-second violation was about to occur, Billups could only force a shot and missed the shot under Payton's oppressive defense.

Bang!

Malone protected the backcourt rebound.

Lakers offense.

Mr. Ma continued to cover for Liu He.

But nothing more than three.

The defensive core of the Pistons, Ben, communicated with Hamilton when he returned to the defense before. This time, Hamilton paid attention to Malone's actions in advance and got stuck in his position in advance.

In this way, Big Ben and Hamilton don't have to switch defenses, and Hamilton doesn't have to defend Malone one-on-one.

The Pistons' defensive formation will not be chaotic.

It's a pity that the ideal is plump, but the reality is skinny.

Ma Long didn't block Hamilton, and pulled Hamilton out of the referee's sight.

Therefore, Hamilton failed to accelerate immediately, and it would be too late to chase Liu He.

Liu He received Payton's pass and hit the goal for the third time.

7: 0.

The Staples Center cheered.

"Liu He! Liu He! Liu He!"

This rookie did not disappoint everyone after all.

Hamilton immediately went to the referee to express his protest.

Big Ben was also very annoyed and protested to the referee.

The referee ignored them.

Don't say he didn't see it, so what if he saw it?Which team plays without tricks?That's just part of basketball.

This era advocates confrontation. As long as it is not a malicious action, the referee will turn a blind eye most of the time.

Hamilton and Big Ben were still chattering. Seeing that the referee was about to get impatient, Billups stepped forward and pulled the two apart.

Pistons head coach Larry Brown also called a timeout.

In the TNT studio, Barkley was very excited: "In less than 3 minutes, Liu He has already scored 7 points in a row. He feels very smooth tonight."

Cole is a little flustered. According to this efficiency, Liu He will score more than 20 points in one quarter. Will he be far from 30 points?He seemed to have seen the dirty ass of a donkey appearing in front of his eyes, and he was already wondering about the smell of donkey dung.

On the contrary, Smith was very calm: "Obviously, this is the tactic arranged by the Lakers for Liu He, and Liu He played very successfully. But Larry will not just watch Liu He continue to score easily and efficiently like this."

After returning to the game, the first offensive round belonged to the Pistons.

Facing the impregnable defense of the Lakers, the Pistons still couldn't play an effective offense. Ben's shooting in the paint area was outrageous, and the ball flew far away.

However, Hamilton picked up the rebound by chance and directly pulled up to shoot.

Swish!
Finally got it.

7: 2.

As expected of the mid-range shooting king of the new era, Hamilton's mid-range shooting is indeed terrifyingly accurate.

Lakers offense.

The Pistons' defense has adjusted.

Their defense has become more brutal.

Since the referee blew loose, they let go.

The Pistons Jagged Legion is the ancestor of the entire alliance in terms of confrontation. Who is afraid of whom?

Hamilton tugged and entangled with Liu He, preventing Liu He from running easily.

Ma Long wanted to come out to cover, but he was also entangled by Da Ben, and his movement speed could not be increased, resulting in the low quality of the cover.

Hamilton successfully bypassed Malone and continued to block in front of Liu He who had just received the ball.

Buckley frowned.

The defensive strength of the two sides has increased, but Liu He is actually the one who suffers the most.

Generally speaking, it is difficult for rookies to adapt to this high-intensity defense.

(End of this chapter)