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

Chapter 42 The True and False Princeton
Against Gasol, Lu Yuanzhi dared not pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger anymore.

Stop pretending to be a pig teammate!

Gasol, who has just landed in the NBA, has almost matured his technical skills in addition to being weak in confrontation.

If he seized the opportunity to break into the basket or make an easy jump shot, Lu Yuanzhi would not have the face to face Divac.

Gasol saw how easily Massenberg beat Lu Yuanzhi from behind, so he imitated him and started beating Lu Yuanzhi from behind.

This time, Lu Yuanzhi was not waterproof at all, his center of gravity sank, and he firmly pressed against Gasol's waist and eyes. Gasol bumped him 3 times. Looking at the position, I went, and he backed up by half a centimeter!

Was this kid playing Massenburg just now?

Gasol, who failed to hit the back, passed the ball, and the ball returned to him immediately.

I dropped the ball just now, and there is no way to make three threats. I need to reset it.

Gasol didn't lose heart even after he knew he couldn't beat Lu Yuanzhi. He was also very good at facing the basket.

Lu Yuanzhi was standing half a step in front of Gasol. This position was just right. He could prevent Gasol from shooting in time and prevent him from breaking through.

Anyway, no matter how fast the seven-foot center is, he can't be faster than Tracy McGrady!

After Gasol made several triple threats, he realized something was wrong. Lu Yuanzhi's wingspan was really too long.

Gasol himself has a wingspan of 230 centimeters, so he is already extremely talented, but Lu Yuanzhi's wingspan is not inferior at all. He is 7 centimeters shorter, but his wingspan is only 2 centimeters shorter.

If he really tries hard to shoot, the Chinese will definitely be able to interfere with his own shooting, and with his explosive jumping ability, he might even be able to block him.

Thinking of this, Gasol gave up the idea of ​​​​shooting directly. After making a few fake moves, he began to dribble to the inside.

Lu Yuanzhi wanted to laugh in his heart. With your speed and intensity of confrontation, you still want to get inside?

Lu Yuanzhi was firmly stuck in Gasol's forward position, Gasol couldn't stand on top of it, and couldn't get inside, so he had to go outside.

Christie came to help and tried to steal Gasol's dribble.

Gasol took the opportunity to pass the ball, and the ball came to the unmarked little transparent Buford.

Buford took an open shot and scored 2 points.

Christie: Someone I missed?
Lu Yuanzhi waved his hand, indicating that Christie does not need to help in defense. If Gasol's offensive ability with the ball is only this level, he does not need to help in defense at all.

Although Gasol received an assist, he already knew in his heart that it would be difficult for him to break through Lu Yuanzhi's defense.

The NBA is really full of monsters. There is such a late second-round pick with top-notch dynamic and static talents. He can't beat him with his strength and can't get rid of him with his feet.

However, Gasol is not in a hurry to rely on his personal ability to open up the situation.

European players may not be as good at physical confrontation as American players, but in terms of tactical literacy, they can leave behind most American players.

Moreover, Gasol is not an ordinary European player. He won the European Youth Basketball Championship in the Barcelona youth team, and then won the La Liga championship in the Barcelona adult team. Adjusted.

Since there is no advantage in fighting under the basket, then pull out and start by supporting your teammates to connect the whole court.

As Gasol began to play off the ball, Lu Yuanzhi's defensive pressure suddenly increased.

This kind of 7-footer who can shoot, cut and pass, when it comes to high positions, it is really difficult for you to lock him down.

Hey, this comment looks so familiar. Why does it seem to be talking about Divac?
Divac is still several years younger and still has top athletic ability.

It is said that Brad Miller, who later came to the Kings, inherited Divac's mantle and became another centerpiece of the Princeton system.

Miller did learn Divac's organization and passing, and his mid-range shot is also good, but his weak athletic ability also prevents him from going further.

In the eyes of many people, Gasol is the top choice, but the Kings couldn't get Gasol from Memphis at all.

Gasol moved up, and Austin also began to look for open mid-range shots from the outside. The Grizzlies' interior was also vacated, giving Battier, Buford and Williams good space to cut.

Both teams actually played a similar taste of the Princeton system offense.

If you covered up the team name, you thought the Kings were playing a practice game!

Originally, when the Kings' lineup beat the Grizzlies' lineup, it was a situation where the main players would overwhelm the substitutes.

But now, the king's main power forward, Chris Webber, is not in the formation, and Lu Yuanzhi is on top, resulting in an offensive power that is not as good as the Grizzlies' inside combination.

What's even more exaggerated is the outside combination. The Kings were already completely dominant, but the little transparent Rodney Buford who had been ignored stood up. He only averaged 5 points per game and played 5 games in the NBA. A role player with a total annual salary of only 210 million, how could he shoot in this game, with a hit rate of over 6%!
After Buford took up the banner of outside attack, Gasol also began to show his comprehensive skills.

He keeps connecting teams near the free throw line, distributes the ball reasonably, and is more like a point guard than Williams.

After setting the pick-and-roll for teammates, he can not only pull out for long-range shots, but also cut in and directly attack the basket, and also has a very threatening inside pass, which makes Lu Yuanzhi's defense miserable.

For a long time, Lu Yuanzhi's defensive opponents, no matter how strong or weak they were, were all standard NBA players.

In order to survive in the NBA, they have honed their unique skills, and the coach's requirements for them are very simple, just do what they are good at and don't do anything else, such as Lewis, such as Xiao Ou, such as Martin, just go straight.

It's like playing God of War Patchwick in World of Warcraft. The main focus is numerical crushing. If your equipment is qualified, you can easily pass; if your equipment is not qualified, you can't beat him.

Lu Yuanzhi's dynamic and static talent is qualified, so he can fight against these famous power forwards.

Other players who were not physically fit enough were crushed by their talents.

But Gasol is different. He has too many weapons in his arsenal. From time to time he will take out a new weapon from the arsenal and catch you off guard.

It’s a bit like the World of Warcraft Electrified Man. Although there is no proper value crushing, so that each team can feel that they can get through if they cooperate well, but there will always be players who go to the wrong position and lead to downsizing. Even a mature logging team, There is no guarantee that there will be no downsizing every time.

According to the opinions of the so-called NBA experts in the early 21st century, if you are an inside player who does not score at the basket and runs outside to show off, then you are a soft guy. Only when you are like a native American insider, you are a real tough guy.

Yes, I'm talking about you, Gasol, Nowitzki, the European soft duo.

Interestingly, two European softies who have been criticized by the American media for a long time both won the championship as bus drivers or conductors.

Who doesn't understand basketball?
Back to the game, what I thought was a smooth game, ended up being dragged into the quagmire by the Grizzlies. The players of the Kings also played more and more anxiously, and their shooting percentage plummeted. The overall shooting percentage was only about 4%.

And the Grizzlies are getting braver as they fight, with a hit rate of more than 5%!
Various factors broke out collectively. At the end of the third quarter, the Grizzlies actually led the Kings by two points at home, 70:68, entering the fourth quarter.

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