NBA restricted area bulldozer

Chapter 642 Is this bowling in the restricted area?

I have been training for several days.

Li Shengli enjoys the convenience brought by the regular season rankings, and only needs to wait in Los Angeles.

In addition, the current 221 first round system is still implemented. No matter what the first round is played, the Lakers only need to go to Houston once, and the first round is considered the most comfortable round.

Until the 23th.

The Rockets are still here. Before the game, they went to the Lakers' court to warm up. There were rumors in the media that Barkley would fight with injuries. Although the Rockets officials did not admit or deny it, Li Shengli still smelled it when the two sides appeared on the court.

Barkley didn't start? !

You must know that Barkley didn't play in the last 11 games of the regular season. It seems that he still hasn't recovered from his injury after recuperating for nearly a month, and the Big Three became two and a half before they played...

Although Campbell is also missing the game, the two must not be equal.

The Lakers without Campbell can't be regarded as injured, but without Barkley's Rockets, their problems will be serious.

It's just...the big three looked at Li Shengli before the game, especially Barkley.

……

The Lakers started, Li Shengli, Da Ben, Kobe, Nick, Horry.

The Rockets started, Olajuwon, Kevin Willis, Matt Brad, Matt Maloney, Drexler.

Harris knew early on what the Rockets' Rudy thought.

Let Drexler play the shooting guard, small forward Brad and point guard Maloney cover the former's offense, while the inside line is the 213 Willis and Olajuwon twin towers, supplementing offense and defense, and rebounding.

It's just that Harris is not afraid at all, because he still has the card of Big Ben in his hand.

Not to mention anything else, the tower of Willis is very difficult to play today. It is like inserting a knife in the Rockets' unchangeable lineup. It's tough.

……

The game starts.

Li Shengli won the jump ball and led the team to attack. In the first round, he covered Kobe from a high position and went down to the basket to catch the rebound, but Kobe had a good touch and scored the first goal.

Back to the Rockets offense.

Determined to play from the outside in, Brad helped Drexler pick and roll, and Drexler didn't say much, and around his teammates was a 45-degree jump shot in three steps from the three-point line , Fight back Kobe.

After a few times of mutual attack, it was basically a peripheral shot.

Lakers here...

Because the Rockets' outside defense is weak, it is unreasonable not to attack weakly, so Kobe made the main attack and hit a 4-for-2, while Li Shengli and Daben also took a frontcourt board and hit the second attack, which is equivalent to 4 offenses 3 of them are very efficient.

The Rockets on the opposite side were not so lucky.

Drexler made a goal around the screen in the opening game and then lost two goals in a row. The fourth goal was Olajuwon's hand. Although he was recovering from his injuries in the regular season, he still fought hard in the playoffs. He made his most accomplished footwork and hit a turnaround jumper.

Going into Li Shengli's restricted area?

Olajuwon didn't think about it. After all, it would be good to have a stalemate with Li Shengli, who is good at confrontation, and Li Shengli was not sure about Olajuwon's footsteps, so he was beaten.

……

Keeping an eye on the game, the elderly cheerleaders sitting on the sidelines, including members of the uniforms including West and Magician, are all there, and as professionals... it didn't take long for the game to see the tricks.

"Olajuwon seems to be in good shape?"

"It's good, but he hasn't reached the level of suppression. If it weren't for Kobe's state today, if Li made a shot, he might not be able to hold it. After all... he is old."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and West watched the game and said a few words, while Li Shengli and Kobe have been determined to be the inside and outside twin stars of the Lakers. If one person plays, the result will not be too bad.

"Actually, that's okay too. Lee can give Kobe a good feedback in it. Big Ben has defensive pressure on Willis, and we already have the advantage on the rebound."

Dominant on the rebound?

Speaking of rebounds, Abdul-Jabbar glanced at Barkley on the Rockets' bench.

In the new group of the Big Three, there was a game where the three of them had 48 rebounds and Barkley had 33. It was like killing people with rebounds. If Barkley was on the court, the situation would have become a little more intense, right?

"Are you watching Barkley?" West smiled.

"It doesn't matter, if he is here, we may not play this way, but I still believe that we still have the advantage!"

"Then wait and see, Barkley should also have time."

……

There is no amazing performance, but the Lakers are pressing the Rockets.

Because Kobe's condition is really good, Li Shengli's offensive end is much easier, and Daben and Daben are defensive grabbers, and this makes Kobe's shots more confident, forming a virtuous circle.

As for the Rockets, they are a bit aggrieved.

Olajuwon's offense couldn't go in, so he could only pull Li Shengli's position and create an air defense in the penalty area, and it was not easy for Drexler to hit the penalty area for a layup.

First of all, we have to pass the defensive barriers on the outside, and it depends on the face of Da Ben who came over to defend.

He wanted to pass the ball to Willis, but Kobe and Nick were staring at him. If he was not careful, he would be intercepted, and further outside... Maloney's offensive ability is limited, that is, Brad can still use his height to displace the ball. The good news is that Brad feels good and didn't let the Rockets suffer too much in the first quarter.

The Lakers led by 4 points in the first quarter.

The Lakers also led by 4 points in the second quarter.

In the second half, Rockets head coach Rudy finally put Barkley on, and Harris also replaced immediately, retaining the two cores of Li Shengli and Kobe, and rested the second half of the quarter. Big Ben and substitute Crotty Send it on.

……

As soon as the second half of the game started, the atmosphere on the field changed a little.

As soon as the Big Three of the Rockets got together, the Rockets' offense also heated up. The specific implementation was Olajuwon's move to Li Shengli. Drexler tried to attack first, and then handed it over to Barkley to finish.

However, the premise of attracting supplementary defense is to break the defense.

Crotty can't prevent shots because of the height difference in the matchup, but there is no problem in preventing breakthroughs.

Originally, Drexler shot from the outside, and the Lakers should have used the defensive Crotty, but the reason why they haven't been... Harris was waiting for Barkley.

Hold down Drexler.

Exclude Olajuwon who is pulling space.

Harris forced Barkley to toughen up Ben, and the tactical arrangement worked out very well. Barkley had no choice but to fall into the trap. He got entangled with Ben in the low post on the left side. Anti-back hit, with arms crossed is the old man pushing the cart.

It was supposed to be a good show, but it's a pity that Barkley was injured, and the injury was not in one place.

The left ankle sprain was okay, but the left pelvic laceration was a big problem. The higher he went, the more pain he felt, and he couldn't get in. He once suspected that Ben was staring at his pelvic injury.

There is no way but to pass the ball to Olajuwon who came to meet him. He rushed to the penalty area and then received Olajuwon's return pass.

Only this time... the Lakers switched defenses.

Barkley felt Li Shengli's body temperature outside the penalty area. Unlike Daben, he stuck to the rhythm and pushed himself out, but just about to hit a turnaround jumper, Daben rushed up again, and Olajuwon was also about to grab the rebound.

A chaotic scene crowded with people.

Li Shengli pressed Barkley's jumper and the ball bounced.

Big Ben was going to grab the ball, turned around and hit Olajuwon, staggered back and hit Barkley who had landed, and Barkley was already unstable when he landed, so he rushed forward to Li Shengli.

But Li Shengli had just landed, and he couldn't stand firmly on his feet, so he pushed Barkley back.

Poor Barkley, sitting on the calf of Da Ben who fell to the ground first, the whole horse is a bone, which hurts his butt more than the flat floor.

It hurts!

Barkley was crying in pain, and felt his ass exploded.

And this time... Li Shengli, Da Ben, and Barkley were all sitting on the ground, and Olajuwon, who was on the outermost side, looked at Barkley in terrible pain, and everyone else was dumbfounded.

……

"Fuck?! Barkley only played for 20 seconds?"

"This can't be relied on, right? Three of the four fell down, and you see Olajuwon is still standing..."

"I saw it, it was Olajuwon's hand!!"

"Is this riding horse playing bowling?"

"Olajuwon hit a 'big man'?"

The off-court players and fans were also dumbfounded. The doctors and nurses rushed to the field, Barkley was sweating from the pain, and Olajuwon was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to do. Li Shengli and Da Ben seemed to have seen a ghost.

(End of this chapter)