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

Chapter 327 The Lakers’ problem is still not solved
The value of Cato's exchange this season was perfectly explained next.

On the offensive end, he runs faster, jumps higher, and is more explosive than Pollard. He can keep up with Lu Yuanzhi's breakthroughs and complete alley-oops under O'Neal's nose.

This kind of high-intensity aerial work is something Divac and Pollard who play on the floor cannot do.

The Lakers were caught off guard.

But this is just the beginning.

In the next round, Lu Yuanzhi repeated his old trick and once again summoned Cato at the top of the arc to pick and roll.

Battier, who has a very good basketball IQ, chose to bypass the pick-and-roll this time, blocking Lu Yuanzhi's way into the paint.

Lu Yuanzhi saw Battier's choice, praised it, and then stepped back and shot a three-pointer.

Battier watched Lu Yuanzhi take action with a dull expression.

He has played football for so many years and has never seen a person make such a choice.

Even after the small guards set up pick-and-rolls, they just stopped and shot jumpers. Why did you step back so far?
Do you think I can fly over and block you?

Even if you shoot the ball in place, I can't do anything, I can only wave my hand helplessly.

Lu Yuanzhi doesn't care what Battier thinks. This set of technical moves has been repeated tens of thousands of times on the training field. Now it has not only become his muscle memory, but also engraved in his soul.

Yes, you are alone now. Even if I jump on the spot, you can't block me.

But I can't guarantee that every center will choose to retreat like O'Neal and squat in the paint. Someone will always pounce to interfere with my shooting, such as another guy also named O'Neal.

If it is Jermaine who is defending the pick-and-roll now, he will definitely come over and try to block the shot. Doesn't shooting on the spot give him a chance?
Step back, must step back!
And after 8 games of extra points, his three-point shooting with the ball has reached 88 points, and his enhanced shooting range has reached 8 points. Even if he steps back away from the three-point line this time, compared with the shot that steps on the three-point line, the hit rate is also lower. Not down much.

So why not choose a safer way?
"brush!"

The three-pointer hit again!
After Cato came on the court, Lu Yuanzhi scored 5 points in a row, tearing open the Lakers' defense.

Battier is now in a dilemma. He chooses to steal the pick-and-roll. Of course he can continue to stick to Lu Yuanzhi and effectively defend his step-back three-pointer, but this will open up a channel to the inside, allowing Lu Yuanzhi to easily break through.

It would be okay if there was only one Lu Yuanzhi, after all, the Lakers still have the ancient beast Shark O'Neal standing inside.

But now the Kings don't care about martial ethics in two-on-one. If O'Neal guards Lu Yuanzhi, Cato will dunk the basket; if O'Neal is afraid of Cato, Lu Yuanzhi will directly attack the basket.

Battier couldn't defend at all in the cooperation between Lu Yuanzhi and Cato, because all their cooperation was carried out in the air, which left Battier, who was not particularly athletic, helpless, not even to interfere. Cato couldn't even catch the ball.

But if you choose to bypass it, you can certainly prevent Lu Yuanzhi's breakthrough and solve O'Neal's dilemma, but there is nothing you can do about his step-back three-pointer.

Looking at Lu Yuanzhi's confidence in shooting, he didn't think it would be a good choice to let Lu Yuanzhi shoot three-pointers.

Battier looked helplessly at his coaching bench, hoping that his head coach could give him an idea, but Zen Master Phil Jackson still sat there without saying a word, making up his mind to let the players make their own decisions. Solve the problem.

Dry!Is it so easy to make money as a head coach?
You can get a bigger contract than me even if you sit there and take a nap.

Shane cursed inwardly.

However, other Lakers players have long been accustomed to Phil Jackson's style, so O'Neal secretly pulled Horry aside and told him what to do on defense next time.

If the tactics are successful, the Kings will naturally not change casually. In the next round of offense, everyone will still sink to the bottom. Lu Yuanzhi is in the high position, and then Cato will be pulled out to cover Lu Yuanzhi.But this time, the Lakers' defense changed again. Horry followed Cato to defend. When the pick-and-roll occurred, Battier decisively grabbed the ball and prepared to block Lu Yuanzhi's shot, while Horry moved quietly. Go to Lu Yuanzhi's breakthrough route and prepare to make an offensive foul on Lu Yuanzhi.

Then, the two of them saw in despair that Lu Yuanzhi passed the ball to Weber, who was unguarded on the side.

Weber received the ball and even had time to adjust his posture before taking a steady shot.

Horry, who was supposed to be guarding Webber, was dumbfounded. He looked at O'Neal, but O'Neal was squatting in the paint, not coming out at all, and could only watch Webber shoot.

Of course, if O'Neal dared to defend Weber from such an outside position, Weber wouldn't mind passing O'Neal in one step, rushing inside and dunking.

It is said that O'Neal is the most flexible fat man. Compared with those slow-moving centers, if he is allowed to defend Webber on the outside, Webber will definitely tell the Sharks with his deft footsteps and skillful offensive skills that you should always be obedient. Go back to your three-second zone!

O'Neal also had a very clear understanding of his position. He squatted under the basket and waited for Webber to miss his shot.

But Weber obviously disappointed O'Neal, and the ball went steadily into the basket.

The Lakers players on the court are completely helpless now.

Facing the Kings' successive outside attacks, O'Neal, their strongest point, became a weak point that was broken through.

Many Lakers players recalled the bad memories of last year's playoffs.

The most critical Game [-] was also Bibby and Divac, who used O'Neal as a breakthrough and continued to take shots from the mid-range, finally defeating the invincible Lakers.

In response to this situation, the Lakers are actually prepared to guard against Bibby and Divac's pick-and-roll cooperation to prevent O'Neal from being attacked again.

But this year, the situation has changed. The attacker has become Lu Yuanzhi, and the area of ​​attack is also outside the three-point line further away from the basket. Their carefully prepared defensive tactics have no effect at this moment!
How to explain this!
You can't expect Lu Yuanzhi to suddenly shoot inaccurately, or Cato's leg to break on his own!

Fortunately, Phil Jackson made adjustments at this time to help Horry solve his problem.

He replaced Samaki Walker.

Horry's problem was indeed solved. He was benched and no longer had to go through the ordeal.

But has the Lakers' problem been solved?

Can Samaki Walker be guarded well?

The Kings attacked, and the fans at the scene began to cheer when they saw the familiar tactic of Lu Yuanzhi standing at the top of the arc and others standing at the bottom line.

It was as if they could predict the next goal.

Sure enough, Lu Yuanzhi once again used Cato's screen to pass the ball to Webb again, and Walker, who moved faster, ran desperately to cover the defense.

If Weber had made a strong shot on this ball, he would still have room to make a shot, because Walker was not completely in place.

But why vote?

On the other side, Lu Yuanzhi once again used Cato's screen to run without the ball, shook off Battier behind him, received Weber's pass, and once again shot from outside the three-point line!

Go in!

The Lakers' problem has still not been solved!
(End of this chapter)