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Chapter 721 One-handed free throw O'Neill

Game after suspension.

Harris’s detection of gaps and omissions had an effect. Pierce was stared fiercely by Rodman. It’s not that Barkley can’t do this, but the price of a fierce defense is accompanied by an increase in the number of fouls. Harris doesn’t want to waste Barkley’s foul.

For the Celtics in this situation, the offensive end was handed over to O'Neal.

It’s just that Li Shengli can only look at Daben’s toughness at this point, because Garnett can’t let go, the threat is too great, and Daben’s defense against O’Neal... indeed played the effect Harris expected, and O’Neal hit the basket When it was down, I hugged him out.

On a free throw line in the first half, O'Neal made 2 of 0.

This is the most fundamental reason why Harris is unwilling to change the defensive lineup, and in the 7th minute of the first quarter...O'Neal went to the free throw line again, and this time it was better, shooting a 2-for-1, a total of 4-for-1.

The feelings of both parties are different.

The Celtics collectively suffered from angina. Even though no one dared to speak when O'Neal made a free throw, the more than 2 fans at the scene dared not make it. And everyone knew that this kind of free throw basically meant... O'Neal would The whole court is loose, according to the usual practice, it is best to play no more than half of the hits.

As for the Lakers, they are much happier...

Daben is so proud, so what if you can hit, can you be a big naughty melon when you get to the free throw line? !

Li Shengli was amused too. After grabbing the rebound, he threw it to Eddie and the others to advance. When he ran up the field, he slapped O'Neal's big butt, and O'Neal's face darkened, and Garnett followed up.

"Shaq, don't wait, you can't wait!"

"Okay, got it, arm!"

……

The Lakers offense started.

This time it was Eddie who shot under the cover of Rodman, and Pierce mistakenly blocked the shot in front of Eddie, and if he couldn't block it, he stretched his palm to block Eddie's face, making Eddie angry. Like a cow.

bang!

The rebound collapsed to the right corner and was accepted by Celtics point guard Baros.

On the court, the offense and defense changed sides in an instant, and it was the Celtics' offense again. This time, O'Neal didn't make a mid-range shot at all. He went crazy all the way and squeezed into the penalty area. Ben hugged it down.

"Brother, go to the free throw!" Big Ben smiled, waiting for O'Neal's wonderful free throw performance.

"Damn it, you wait for me!" O'Neal was bloodshot all over his body, and walked to the free throw line, and the Garden Arena fell into a state of silence again, secretly cheering O'Neal.

joke?

Although the Lakers did not implement the most rogue "off-ball foul" tactic, Ben got stuck at the basket, forcing O'Neal to make a mid-range shot and foul when he entered the basket and dunked. The effect was even better than the former.

If you really want to play like this, O'Neal's free throws can't improve, then the game is basically blind, so no matter what... in the case of the Lakers playing like this, O'Neal's free throws are the most important factor affecting the outcome.

Tactic worked?

Li Shengli stood on the right side and looked at O'Neal at the free throw line. Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat, because O'Neal's free throw posture was not much different from everyone else's, but this time... this bastard actually had his left hand on his hip and his right hand. Lift the ball up with one hand and aim?

"Fuck, what is he doing?"

"Is this... giving up the game?"

"Or where did his left hand and arm hurt?"

"Damn it, Shaq, you're not crazy!"

Big Ben couldn't understand O'Neill's weirdness, and Li Shengli was not calm anymore.

Because one-handed free throws are too bad, without the adjustment and assistance of the other hand, throwing with one hand... It doesn't look very smart no matter how you look at it.

However, O'Neal didn't think so.

This pose is ugly?

But what's the use of being beautiful!

Didn't you, Li Shengli, use the old Barry's free throw posture?

I just want to score now, what I want is the championship, what I want is the ring, get out of the way!

Aim and shoot!

O'Neal's one-handed free throw, although the first free throw was bumpy, it still fell into the basket, which gave O'Neal confidence, and the second free throw... was still bumpy, and it still fell in. The total free throw became 6 out of 3.

Fuck, this is okay too?

Li Shengli originally thought that O'Neal was here to make a joke, but he didn't think so after making two free throws, because regardless of all considerations, the posture that can score is fine, so there is no need to laugh at Barry's potty at the beginning. After all, as of now, Barry's 90% free throw shooting is the first in history.

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Happy, so happy!

After playing the entire playoffs until now, O'Neal has fully realized the malice towards him in the entire league.

When I was playing with the Heat before, O'Neal, who suddenly worked hard and practiced free throws, shocked the Celtics up and down. Although the free throws in the regular posture were still poor, but after finding a new way... After trying various weird free throw postures , O'Neal finally chose this one-handed free throw.

The choice is simple.

As long as the sample size of fixed-point free throws is large enough, the comprehensive hits of each free throw posture can be counted, and after the best is selected, it is to focus on a posture and practice hard, and then adjust the force during practice.

The free throws with all kinds of weird postures can't be worse than before, right? !

Among the dwarfs, choose the big man. All the training subjects of O'Neal during the Eastern Conference Finals were this paradoxical one-handed free throw, and others had no choice but to choose this posture after being injured, but O'Neal took the initiative.

Li Shengli doesn't know what O'Neal or even the Celtics coaching staff think.

But from the perspective of results, although one-handed free throws don't look very smart, it is still possible to make both free throws, but Li Shengli doesn't know how much the hit will be after the magnification, and currently making two free throws is not enough. The basis for the Lakers to consider tactics.

Li Shengli thought so, and Harris thought the same way.

So the first quarter was still played according to the old tactics, and the bad news appeared again... Eddie came out, his hands were terribly cold, and he scored 3 for 0, which made it difficult for Harris to make a choice.

The feel needs to be raised, and continuing to change players is a waste of time.

More importantly, 3 shots are not too many, Harris gritted his teeth and let the game continue.

……

Things didn't get much worse for the Lakers.

Because they lost 4 points in the first half, they played almost evenly in the second half. They lost 5 points in the first quarter, and the original tactics were implemented, allowing O'Neal to make 8 free throws in a single quarter.

After making two free throws with one hand, he was 6 of 3.

The last time O'Neal happened in the 9 minutes of the game, he made 2 of 1 in the same posture, and made 8 of 4 in total, and 50% of his free throws were enough for Harris to take the risk. He suppressed other voices and continued to target in the second quarter. O'Neal.

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In the first quarter, O'Neal was fouled 4 times, Daben only accounted for 2, Li Shengli and Rodman each had one.

As for the second quarter...the Celtics, who were forced to have no choice, could only let O'Neal hit hard. What they considered was that O'Neal hit one of the first four free throws in a regular posture, while the last four were single-handed. Got 4.

50% is not right.

This should be counted as 75% on the spot!

So Pitino, as the coach, immediately asked O'Neal to do it, and in this quarter, the Lakers allowed O'Neal to go to the free throw line 4 times, plus an additional penalty, allowing O'Neal to make 9 free throws in total... A truly passing 66.66% 9 out of 6.

This efficiency is enough to see, and it will not drag down the Celtics as a whole.

But for the Lakers, before the offense has even started, the opponent has already improved a wave of efficiency. After losing 5 points in the first quarter, they lost 6 points in the second quarter and lost 11 points in the first half. .

(End of this chapter)