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

Chapter 319

Back on the bench, Lu Yuanzhi whispered to Adelman.

The reason is simple. The Spurs are about to commit foul tactics next, and Lu Yuanzhi, who is not confident in his free throws, wants Adelman to replace him.

After all, we can't leave any chance to the Spurs!

And Lu Yuanzhi thought even further. He didn't want to expose the fact that he was not good at free throws.

Lu Yuanzhi's free throws were not very good before, and those who are interested may have been paying attention, but most of his free throws were obtained by rushing inside and playing 2+1.

There is an argument for this.

After the fierce confrontation, it is understandable that the free throw shooting rate is not high.

Therefore, so far, he has not encountered tactics like "shark chop".

But if the Spurs' crazy foul-making tactics expose the fact that he is not good at free throws today, who knows what kind of tactical countermeasures he will face next.

Adelman thought more. He called the team doctor over and pretended to examine Lu Yuanzhi carefully. He let Lu Yuanzhi kick on the spot a few times, then shook his head and called Gerald Wallace and Pollard over again. , helped Lu Yuanzhi and walked into the player tunnel.

Play a full set of acting!
Anyone who sees this scene will think of the fierce physical confrontation and the pass in the last round when Lu Yuanzhi rushed into the interior before, thinking that he might have injured his leg or ankle in that breakthrough and had to leave the game.

In this way, no one would think that Lu Yuanzhi was dismissed because of a bad free throw!

Cunning and cunning!

The Kings replaced Christie. His free throws at critical moments are very trustworthy, and he also has strong perimeter defense capabilities, which can be used to mark Ginobili who wants to shoot three-pointers.

The Kings, who held a 6-point advantage, did not give the Spurs any chance. Christie and Webber took turns going to the free throw line and both made two free throws.

After Weber won the championship, he also got rid of his inner demons and no longer stretched his hips on free throws at critical moments.

The Kings defeated the Spurs 98:93 on the road, rewriting the total score to 3:0.

This total score surprised many so-called basketball experts.

Before the start of this series, their predictions were basically 4:3, 4:2, 3:4, 2:4. No matter whether they were optimistic about the Kings or the Spurs, no one expected that in the first three games After the game, the Kings went directly to the match point.

陆远志这场比赛发挥出色，17投10中，其中三分球8投4中，罚球4罚3中，高效的拿下了27分6篮板4助攻3盖帽，是国王队赢下这场比赛的大功臣。

Lu Yuanzhi, who returned to the locker room early, did not escape the clutches and was directly named by Adelman to the post-game press conference.

There were a lot of San Antonio reporters at the scene, and the first question they asked was sharp, "What do you think of foul tactics?"

According to Lu Yuanzhi's usual style, when faced with such a barbed question, he would either directly respond or get angry.

However, considering that his free throws were unreliable, Lu Yuanzhi, who was afraid of being hit by the boomerang, followed the rules more.

"This was the arrangement of the coaching staff. We executed the tactics and we are very happy to win in the end!"

It’s okay not to be cowardly. What if you are too arrogant and make the Spurs hold a grudge?
What if in the next game, the Spurs see that there is no hope of winning, they directly retaliate and constantly send themselves to the free throw line?
When it’s time to be cowardly, you have to be cowardly!
No, it should be said that a man is capable of bending and stretching, and I will not care about you ignorant reporters!
Because the answer to the first question had already set the tone for Lu Yuanzhi's entire press conference, his answers throughout the whole process were quite satisfactory, which surprised the reporters present.

Where is that unruly Max?
Of course, some people interpret Lu Yuanzhi's performance as "mature".

Lu Yuanzhi lets the media think and write whatever they want, all he wants is to protect his own secrets.

The reappearance of the "shark-killing tactic" did not attract much attention from the media. After all, the Kings only used it in a few rounds at the last moment.But the next day, the third game of the series between the Mavericks and the Lakers ended, and the discussion about the "shark-killing tactic" made headlines in various media.

Without him, just because Nelson mastered "shark chop".

Before the game started, the Mavericks were also trailing 0:2. The Lakers' "F4" showed great strength and the Mavericks were unable to fight back.

O'Neal attracts double-teams inside, Billups, Horry and Battier provide three-point firepower on the outside, and Kobe moves around in the mid-range, looking for opportunities for fatal blows.

The Mavericks have nothing to do with this offensive system.

But after returning home, perhaps inspired by the Kings, Nelson adopted crazy shark-cutting tactics at the end of the second quarter and most of the fourth quarter.

The biggest role of cutting the shark for the Mavericks is to solve O'Neal's defensive problem.

Originally, no one inside the Mavericks could fight against O'Neal. As long as O'Neal entered the inside, someone had to help defend.

And the people who leaked out of the assist defense, whether it was Horry, Billups or Battier, all had good three-pointers, and the Mavericks paid attention to one and lost to the other.

As for Kobe, they didn't dare to miss it.

The value of the shark-cutting tactic is reflected at this time.

The Mavericks only need to send one player to fight with O'Neal, compete with O'Neal for position, and try to intercept the pass to O'Neal.

And if the ball still gets to O'Neal, it doesn't matter, it's just a foul.

O'Neal's free throw shooting percentage of less than 6% is more acceptable than his almost certain success at the basket.

Without double-teaming O'Neal, the Mavericks' defensive system on the perimeter will not collapse. Horry and Battier are not good at forcing three-pointers against defenders.

Although O'Neal's free throws in the second quarter were neither good nor bad, he made 7 of 4 free throws, a 57% shooting rate, and an offensive efficiency of 1.1 points per round, which satisfied both sides.

The Lakers scored steadily, and the Mavericks didn't have to worry about their defense collapsing and allowing their opponents to score more points.

At this time it was just a small fight.

In the fourth quarter, that's when the controversy began.

From the beginning of the fourth quarter, O'Neal was constantly sent to the free throw line by the Mavericks' bench players, and the Lakers almost had no chance to score in sports games.

O'Neal did not become more accurate in his continuous free throws. Instead, he became more anxious after missing several free throws in succession.

This anxiety in turn affected his free throws. In the entire fourth quarter, O'Neal had a terrifying 30 free throw opportunities, but he only made 11 of them.

The Mavericks committed 20 fouls (the first 4 non-shooting fouls were not free throws) and three rotation players were sent off, in exchange for the Lakers scoring only 3 points in the fourth quarter.

In the end, the Lakers swallowed a bitter pill on the road and lost to the Mavericks 92:100.

After the game, faced with crazy questioning from the media, Nelson only left one sentence, "This is basketball!"

Therefore, the Kings also took advantage of the "east wind" of the Mavericks and were pushed to the forefront.

(End of this chapter)