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Chapter 130 The Contrast

At dusk, the streets of Los Angeles are covered with a golden afterglow.

This is the West Coast, and Los Angeles is the brightest pearl of the long seashore.

Qin Fei is quite familiar with this place, but the scene in summer is completely different from the scene in winter. Compared with the enthusiasm in summer, there are fewer people on the streets in winter, and it seems to be deserted.

At this point, the Lakers' arena was the Great Western Forum.

This arena has witnessed the glory of the Lakers for more than 30 years. It is the place where the dream began. The Lakers won 7 championships here and completed the pinnacle of Show Time.

The arrival of Supersonic and Qin Fei made Kobe very excited, and he had been waiting to fight Qin Fei early in the morning.

When training in the training hall in the afternoon, Kobe took the initiative to find him, and the two smiled and shook hands and bumped shoulders, saying hello.

"You are much better than me. At least you have more than ten minutes of playing time in every game." Kobe said enviously. His playing time is very irregular now. The backup guards competing with him include Byron Scott, Rumil Robinson and others. Even Fisher, the 24th overall pick, sometimes plays more than him.

Too hard, Bryant sighed.

"Actually, I'm not fixed either!"

Qin Fei patted Kobe on the shoulder to comfort him.

"Sometimes, I will play more than 10 minutes a game."

Kobe:

The two talked about some things they encountered in the NBA game. The biggest gain was in training. Kobe slapped his arm, and he was much stronger than when he was training with Qin Fei in the previous summer.

But it didn't grow as fast as Qin Fei's unicorn arm. Kobe observed it and clicked his tongue secretly. How did this guy practice? Could it be that my training at four o'clock in the morning was not hard enough?

Kobe said that fans in Los Angeles are still okay. Although he is only a substitute now, many fans will recognize him on the road.

It's the same in Seattle. Qin Fei said: "The last time I went to the mountains, all the children I met on the road knew me, and there were even girls clamoring to tell me the contact information."

If you can really brag, Kobe doesn't believe Qin Fei's nonsense.

"Anyway, it's very difficult for you guys to win this game." Kobe said with a high fighting spirit, "And we have the best big man Shaquille O'Neal, how do you defend?"

Best big man?

Qin Fei blinked and said with a smile: "I don't need to worry about this matter. Our head coach was thinking about encircling and suppressing sharks a few days ago!"

"Hahaha, then I'll wait and see." Kobe didn't think anyone in the Sonics could limit O'Neal. The Sonics' inside lines were too light to block the shark's attack at all.

At night, the Great Western Forum arena is brightly lit.

Everyone who comes in can look up and see countless honors. West, Baylor, Chamberlain, and Johnson's purple-gold brilliance shines on the dream of Los Angeles.

This is a focus battle, but also a strong dialogue.

The Los Angeles Lakers currently rank fourth in the Western Conference, while the SuperSonics are second in the Western Conference.

Before the start of the game between the two teams, the media in Los Angeles talked about the issue of the Sonics' low-post defense.

"Last season, the Supersonics' front line wolves tactic opened Houston's wounds. This season, they met the Lakers, who also have a super big man with a low-post killer. Will they still adopt the same defensive method?"

"The Lakers and the Supersonics represent the extremes of two different styles. In the playoffs, there is a high probability that the two teams will play against each other. The coaches of both sides attach great importance to this game and regard it as a sharpening stone for the team lineup."

On the golden floor, strong men in training coats surrounded the coaches.

Head coach George Karl gave a face-to-face instruction before the game started.

Afterwards, in the low-definition picture quality, the starting players of both sides were ready to appear.

There is no change in the Sonics' starting lineup. The Lakers' starting positions from No. [-] to No. [-] are: Nick Van Exel, Eddie Jones, Jeremy Kersey, Elden Campbell and O'Neal.

Kersey is a standard-sized wing player and a veteran of the league. A player of the 84 generation, he is good at defending, attacking the basket and rebounding.

Campbell is a center trained by the Lakers themselves. To be precise, it should be a center position. But when O'Neal came to the team, O'Neal could not be allowed to play power forward, so he had to become a player in the power forward position in the twin towers tactic.

Campbell is also characterized by height and long arms, and is good at defending and blocking shots.

The lineup of the Lakers is a standard twin-tower lineup. They like to play positional battles. The guards are fast and shoot accurately.

The players of the two teams stood together, and the Supersonics' inside line was obviously thinner.

The game started on time, and O'Neal won with a jump ball.

This shark is not only huge in size and superior in strength, but also flexible and bouncing. When Jim pressed against O'Neal's back, his face turned white.

O'Neal catches the ball, turns, turns again!

The second time, Schramf has already rushed over.

If it was Olajuwon, the ball would have been passed, but O'Neal did not rush, waiting for Schramf to fly over, straightened his waist, and jumped out of the water like a big fish!

Bang!

The whole basketball rack felt like it was about to fall apart, and Jim staggered back to the baseline, out of the range of the shark.

Nima, Qin Fei was terrified watching it off the court. Fortunately, I am not an insider. If there are more collisions in a game, he will not suffer internal injuries?

The wolf pack tactics are not very good for the Sharks. The finishing ability of the Sharks at the peak is much stronger than that of the Dameng who is at the end of his career. Dameng may divide the ball, and O'Neal can divide it or not.

If you flank in advance, you may be illegally defending. If you do not flank in advance, the ball cannot be played.

This is also the dilemma faced by many teams facing the Lakers at the moment, but the problem is not too big, because there are too many tank-type players in the league. Although many players are heavy and slow, they can resist. It is just right to resist O'Neal.

Who is the most resistant to supersonic speed?

It is Elmore Spencer, who is 2 meters tall and weighs 13 kilograms.

But he was injured, and since he signed the contract during the offseason, he has been on the injured list. Qin Fei rarely even saw this face, and only knew that this guy was a first-round player in 92.

"Strengthen transitions, cut passing lanes."

George Karl only watched one ball and made a gesture on the sidelines, saying that the Sharks cannot be allowed to attack like this.

Transition is the original characteristic of the Supersonics. As for cutting the passing route, you can't use the forward circle, because the defensive posture of the circle forward is easy to be called an illegal defense, and it can only be interfered by the flanks.

When Kemp, Schramf, Payton and others who are good at steals help complete the defense together, this is the real encirclement and suppression.

In essence, it is still a one-on-one defense, but it is much more difficult to pass the ball to O'Neal. Once a mistake occurs, the Sonics will quickly complete the counterattack.

"This is showing the housekeeping skills of the real playoffs!"

Qin Fei looked at the several Supersonic players on the field from the sidelines, and the cooperation was very tacit.

Soon, because Eddie Jones, Exel and others made mistakes one after another, the Sonics started the game against the visitors, leading 13 to 7 by 6 points. Harris off the court immediately called a timeout.

Can't play like this, shark inside

Harris thought for a while, and then said to O'Neal: "Shaq, can you come out to pick and roll?"

Pick-and-roll offense is the best way Harris thinks to crack the Sonics' defense. The Jazz did the same at the beginning, and the effect is very good.

In the pick-and-roll offense, Harris, the best ball-handler, scanned the players.

The kid outside the circle puffed up his chest and looked at the head coach with confident eyes.

The head coach ignored him and said to Excel, "Nick, you have to keep calm, avoid mistakes, and try to get the ball right into Shaq's hands, do you understand?"

Axel averaged 8 assists per game, and he is indeed a good passer. He heard the important task of the head coach, his expression was serious, and he nodded solemnly.

The kid outside the circle looked disappointed. He turned his head and looked at the other side of the court. The Supersonics seemed to be about to make a substitution?

The NO.18 player with a bright smile walked onto the field while stuffing his pants.

The order of this rotation, the status of appearance, is much higher than him

(End of this chapter)