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

Chapter 55 Return of the King?
On December 12, Arco Arena in Sacramento was crowded with people.

The 17068 seats were packed, and all the fans poured into the stadium just to witness the official comeback of their king, Chris Webber.

Needless to say, Weber's playing has indeed brought huge changes to the Kings.

Webb stood at a 45-degree angle outside the penalty area, holding the ball with one hand, with his back against the defensive player, and other players ran wildly.

At this time, every little move by Weber will cause defensive players to be on high alert.

Grant, who is defending Webber, must be on high alert, otherwise a wonderful pass will fly past his ears.

But Grant can't just guard Webb's pass. Webber can use a fake move to shake his center of gravity, and he can go straight to the inside and wreak havoc on the Magic's basket.

If you don't have enough height and weight, you will be beaten by Webber infinitely.

If the footsteps are not moving fast enough, Weber will turn around and leave him behind.

Even as long as it's not tight enough, Weber can pull it up and shoot a jumper.

With the addition of the Princeton system, Weber's threat outside the penalty area has increased exponentially.

Don't say you have a meat shield Hunter standing under the basket, even if you are standing with O'Neal, it will be difficult to guard against Weber.

Lu Yuanzhi sat in the audience, watching Weber's performance on the field, and couldn't help nodding.

A player who can play, shoot and pass assists is really difficult to guard.

Think about it, in the league, only Duncan and Garnett can restrain Webber in this position, maybe it's a mutual explosion.

But the two power forwards are at odds with each other, so how do you deal with the Kings' perimeter group?
The Kings have been able to become the most offensive team for two consecutive seasons, and Webb has indeed taken the lion's share of the credit.

But with such a Kings team, where is my chance?

Lu Yuanzhi fell into confusion.

His imagining of gaining a foothold by flanking sweeps is useless in this kind of game with clear strengths and weaknesses, because the opponent has already been beaten to the ground, and the ability to prevent the opponent's attack that you rely on for survival has no room for display. ?
No, it shouldn't just be flanking, there should be more to it.

With 4 minutes left in the third quarter, Lu Yuanzhi got the chance to play. At this time, the game had completely fallen into the rhythm of the Kings, and the Magic could only rely on the personal abilities of McGrady and Hill to support them.

The score has come to 60:70, and the Kings have led by 10 points.

Seeing that the Kings had finally replaced their main players, the Magic also heaved a collective sigh of relief. The tide-like sense of offensive oppression was finally able to slow down a bit.

The Magic also took McGrady off the court and gave him some relief.

But the Kings substitutes, will they really do what the Magic wish?

Lu Yuanzhi played with Turkoglu and Bobby Jackson. Once on the court, Lu Yuanzhi rewarded Mike Miller who rushed to the basket with a big cap on the defensive end, and then got the ball directly to Bobby Jackson. , easily dunked by Bobby Jackson.

The Magic still didn't believe in evil, and continued to attack the basket with Armstrong. Once again, Lu Yuanzhi interfered with the defense and got the rebound. This time, Turkoglu, who was on the fast break, hit an open two-pointer from the baseline.

In the next 4 minutes, Lu Yuanzhi continued to sweep the flanks, messing up the Magic's offensive organization, and then Lu Yuanzhi himself, Bobby Jackson, Turkoglu, and even Pollard scored fast breaks.

In the last 4 minutes of the third quarter, the Kings' substitutes beat the Magic 14:4, and the score difference was directly pulled to 20 points!
The Magic's bench lineup was directly stunned, and the Kings' main scoring efficiency is not so high!

The Kings, which led by 20 points, were embarrassed to replace the main players. Webber, who had just come back, did not want to work so hard in the first game. After playing more than 20 minutes in the first three quarters, he sat on the bench for the entire fourth quarter.

"Chris, I'm right, this year is the most promising year! Look at these substitutes, how talented they are. Even the media gave them a nickname, 'Bench Bandits.' How about it, it’s very impressive!”

Sitting on the bench, Divac proudly introduced his teammates to Webber.

Webber nodded. He also watched a few games of the team during the recovery period, but at that time his focus was all on how he would play if I was here, how he would deal with me if I came back, and the performance of the substitutes during the rotation period. , but did not pay special attention.

Sitting off the court today, I really felt that the substitutes in my family are really talented.

Especially the rookie I met in the training hall that day, he performed well on both ends of the offense and defense, especially on the defensive end, which made the Magic's substitutes dare not go to the basket.

That's not all, there was a ball, he even ran out of the penalty area and blocked a slightly hesitant Armstrong's three-pointer.

Hey, that was a three-pointer, and you actually ran out from the inside to cover him!

With the existence of this group of "bench gangsters", we should be able to go further this year.

At least, it's time to touch the floor of the Western Conference Finals!

Huh, Western Conference Finals?
What Divac told his teammates was the championship!

But there is no way, Weber is such a person, with excellent skills and a powerful body, but lacks the arrogance of domineering.

This may be the entire career. He can be said to have performed well, but he has not left many classics. Even many new fans don't even know that there used to be such a Kings team and such a "King of Kings".

Although, in the 01-02 season, they were only 6 minutes and 45 seconds away from becoming the championship.

Just like Webb in Michigan, he entered the NCAA Finals year after year, but never won a championship.

Perhaps, Weber's character is really not worthy of the "King of Kings"!

Lu Yuanzhi thought that he could only get a few minutes of playing time in this game, but he never expected that he would play for 16 minutes.

Yes, in the 4 minutes of the third quarter and the entire 12 minutes of the fourth quarter, he actually played a full 16 minutes.

This playing time is not much different from that before Weber's return.

Doesn't it mean that Webber will take up more than 30 minutes of playing time, and the playing time of the substitutes will be greatly compressed?
How can playing time increase instead of decrease?
That's right, because the score was too wide, the other main players were too embarrassed to play again, so they could only fill up the garbage time with their substitutes.

Lu Yuanzhi suddenly had a flash of inspiration. If, I mean, if we take a big lead in every game and send the game to garbage time early, won't my playing time increase a lot?

Lu Yuanzhi looked around at the players on the field, and felt that what he had thought before was still too simple.

If it's just sweeping the flanks and limiting the opponent's scoring, it's definitely not enough.

But if, at this time, he can still score crazy points, directly waste the game, and enter garbage time, then wouldn't the playing time be guaranteed?
Although the stubborn Adelman will not let me become the main player and get more playing time, I can also make the game end early and prevent the main player from playing!
However, I can't do it alone. I need to find some allies.

Lu Yuanzhi once again looked around at the players on the court, and already had a preliminary idea in his mind.

PS: I didn’t pay attention yesterday. I posted a picture of the rookie Pele’s internet celebrity mother, but it was banned by the system for 7 days. The next picture is yours. (cover face)

(End of this chapter)