NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 274 Confronting the Demon Sword
During the break, Adelman was furious on the bench.

No head coach can tolerate the performance of his team by a little-known rookie who scored 2 points in 13 minutes!

What's even more unbearable is that this completely disrupted his formation and rotation arrangements!

Fortunately, the anger did not dampen Adelman's wit.

"Doug, when the fourth quarter starts, keep an eye on that rookie and don't let him score easily again!"

"Others, please pay attention to help defend, don't let the rookie easily enter the inside again."

"Especially you, Kevin, play more aggressively! Next time, just knock him down and don't give him a chance to add penalties!"

Cato nodded with a fierce expression, while Lu Yuanzhi exchanged glances with other teammates, feeling that Adelman might be using the situation as an excuse.

Someone beat me up 13:4 What happened?
Just call back.

It’s not like he doesn’t have this attack power!
When did the Kings need a coach to emphasize defense?
Lu Yuanzhi's guess was quite right. Adelman wanted the Kings players to tighten up. The All-Star Game has been over for several days and it's time to enter the sprint phase of the second half of the season. Don't be shy!

But it’s also true to be upset.

It was originally thought that Robinson on the inside and Steve Smith on the outside of the Spurs were one year older and would be out of the championship competition this year.

Unexpectedly, not only the second-year French sports car Parker has made significant progress and is about to become the team's offensive engine, but even the first-year rookie Ginobili is also surprisingly good.

Adelman talks about the Spurs' rookies, but he may be the least discriminatory head coach in the league.

The Kings won the championship last year. How much contribution did rookies Lu Yuanzhi and Turkoglu contribute? Can he not know?
Adelman is even less likely to look down on Parker and Ginobili because of their status as international players, like other American coaches.

International player?

The Kings are the team with the most international players, and there are three international players in the starting lineup!

Being beaten like this by Ginobili, an international rookie, Adelman's real thought is that the Spurs can really copy it. Seeing the Kings' success using international players, they turned around and copied the gourd, and also achieved great success.

After the start of the fourth quarter, Ginobili was still on the court to stir up the situation.

Although Christie went up to mark Ginobili, the Argentinian obviously did not accept this trick. After once again disrupting the Kings defense with a quick first step and strange walking steps, this time, Manu jumped up and passed the ball in the crowd. Throw it out.

The ball found Steve Kerr accurately!

Cole is actually empty!

Although Cole has lost most of his athletic ability due to his old age, he still shot easily and hit a three-pointer without any marking.

86: 78!

The Spurs continued to score and continued to extend their lead.

However, the Kings' substitute players also stood up. First, Turkoglu returned a three-pointer, and then Bobby Jackson broke into the paint and drew a foul, making two free throws.

The substitute players of both sides quickly attacked and defended on the court, and the score difference also hovered around 5 points.

About 3 minutes into the fourth quarter, the main players of the Kings, who were better rested, came on stage one after another, while the Spurs replaced Parker and Bowen, who were younger and had better physical strength, and allowed Duncan to continue to sit on the bench and rest for a while.

After Lu Yuanzhi came on the field, he saw Duncan still sitting on the court to rest, and he caught the ball and rushed inside without hesitation.

Veteran Kevin Willis, who is three years older than David Robinson, tried his best to help defend, but was dunked by Lu Yuanzhi in front of him, becoming another background for Lu Yuanzhi's dunk.After Lu Yuanzhi dunked in, he roared, ran past the Spurs bench, and stared at Duncan, as if calling Duncan to come on.

But Popovich was unmoved at all. The team was still 3 points ahead. There was no need to rush. Duncan was still allowed to rest.

Back on the defensive end, Lu Yuanzhi took the initiative to stand in front of Ginobili.

The demon sword is unsheathed?

Then I'll press it back for you!

Ginobili looked at Lu Yuanzhi in front of him, the most successful international player in recent years, helping the team win the championship as the main player, which also aroused his own fighting spirit.

Come on, Max, let me see what you can do!
Ginobili slowly ran along the outside line. When Lu Yuanzhi turned to observe Parker who was holding the ball, he suddenly accelerated and started in the opposite direction, throwing away Lu Yuanzhi and about to rush into the inside.

Lu Yuanzhi felt the hand on Ginobili's body, and the Argentine was trying to run counterattack.

Go special!

Lu Yuanzhi cursed secretly, why are all the FIBA ​​veterans doing this trick of "looking left and right"!
Fortunately, Lu Yuanzhi had already learned the essence of this move from Stojakovic. He quickly turned around, took two big steps, and stuck to Ginobili again the moment after he received Parker's pass.

Ginobili's expression changed. This defense came over too quickly!
Not to mention that he has never encountered such a fast pursuit in FIBA, nor has he encountered such a fast pursuit in the NBA.

Although those players in the NBA are very fast, after being thrown away by one of their counter runs, it takes a long time to realize what happened. By the time they find their position, they have already completed an offense.

But Lu Yuanzhi seems to be completely different. He is very sensitive to reverse running. His height of 206 centimeters does not slow down his movement speed at all. Instead, it allows him to cover a greater distance with every step, and he can regain his defensive position in an instant. .

However, now that he was running, Ginobili no longer hesitated. He bent down, shifted his center of gravity, put the ball with his left hand and continued to break forward. He pushed Lu Yuanzhi with his right arm, but failed to push away.

The breakthrough from the left is not smooth!

But then, Ginobili used the speed reduced by the confrontation to hit a high ball, took a weird European step, accelerated again, and cut into the penalty area from the right side.

Huh, Max, no matter how good your defense is, I'm going to get rid of you now!

But Lu Yuanzhi has also been practicing the high-ball European step recently, and he knows Ginobili's next move very well.

He didn't try to turn left to find Ginobili, because that would have to turn more than 200 degrees. By the time he turned around, Ginobili had already completed the attack.

Lu Yuanzhi turned to the right and entered the penalty area with his body. After finding Ginobili again, Lu Yuanzhi followed Ginobili and jumped up, then stretched out his left hand as much as possible to block Ginobili's layup.

Ginobili was startled by a hand that suddenly appeared.

Didn't you throw it away?

Why did Max get defensive again?
Due to such interference, Ginobili slightly changed his movement of licking the basket in reverse in order to avoid the block. The ball hit a higher position on the backboard, then hit the side of the basket and bounced out.

Successful defense!
Divac took advantage of the opportunity to get the rebound.

Ginobili's eyes widened with an incredulous expression.

Can this be prevented?
Lu Yuanzhi, on the other hand, did not trash-talk Ginobili and instead ran forward with his head sullen.

(End of this chapter)