I'm the boss in the NBA

Chapter 256 Wake Up the Zen Master

After the opening, Randolph scored in two low post singles. One was a mid-range shot after a post-up, and the second time he slammed Stoudemire in the low post. Stoudemire also failed to withstand Randolph's post-up. After being knocked away by Randolph, he forcibly broke through the basket and dunked successfully.

The Lakers scored 4 points in a row, while the Nuggets only scored 2 points with Su Yi's mid-range shot. The Nuggets got off to a bad start and failed to achieve the expected goal of killing the Lakers.

But D'Antoni hasn't changed the lineup yet. He beckoned to the players to retreat quickly. In the next round, Fisher took possession of the ball. Marion ran to Randolph and circled to defend. He saw that Randolph had no chance to catch the ball. , Fisher passed the ball to O'Neal in the low post. After receiving the ball, O'Neal beat Stoudemire with a dunk like a mountain.

Seeing that the basket was shaking non-stop, Su Yi was worried that this guy would smash the backboard, but in a blink of an eye, Su Yi became worried about the state of the team. The Nuggets made 3 of 1 shots during this period. Among them, only his own performance is considered normal. Stoudemire seems to be frightened by O'Neal. He never thought that the current No. [-] center in the league is such a strong guy.

Thanks to him saying before the game that O'Neal was as fat as a pig and couldn't run. Now this fat guy like a pig runs fast on the court. The speed and power of the dunk made him dare not take advantage of him. He could only Stay back and let it wreak havoc on the Nuggets rim.

After the Lakers added Randolph, the Nuggets didn't dare to double-team O'Neal, and Randolph's mid-range shot also gave O'Neal enough space under the basket. The comparison between the two is really better than Kobe last season. It's more threatening now.

It was Randolph's appearance that gave the Lakers a qualitative change. It has to be said that Randolph really has the potential of a star player when he is not playing childish temper.

Although the Nuggets then replaced Camby and let Marion return to the familiar small forward position, they still failed to find a way to deal with O'Neal and Randolph's double meat shield inside.

They can only rely on the outside shooting of the trident to try to support the score without being greatly stretched.

But Camby played well after playing, at least he can withstand Randolph and not be easily passed by him.

In fact, Randolph's shooting under defensive pressure was not accurate. It was because of his overwhelming touch today that he was able to hit the Nuggets with two goals in the opening game against Marion, who was insufficiently defended in the low post.

Camby quickly told Randolph with a strong block that he had never been afraid of anyone who was head-to-head.

Although Camby defended well here, there was another problem with Stoudemire. Stoudemire was fouled twice by O'Neal just after halfway through the first quarter. Although O'Neal only made 4 of 1 free throws, Stoudemire couldn't Did not go to rest.

Coach D'Antoni promoted Camby to the center position and put Wang Dazhi on the court. Although the Nuggets have a large number of insiders, there are not many who can play. Except for Wang Dazhi, only Donnell Harvey has some strength. It is the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled.

Big Zhi came up and gave Su Yi a little help. Su Yi increased his shots in this game. If he didn't make shots, Stoudemire and Camby couldn't make shots. They were even more frightened under O'Neal's giant hands. It's not good to be slapped on the ground every now and then.

Especially for a first-year rookie like Stoudemire, who hasn't been ravaged by too many NBA superstars, and doesn't have enough endurance to accept the taste of repeated offensive failures, his mentality is easily on the verge of collapse.

O'Neal had 8 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 blocks in half a quarter, as brutal as he could be.

On the other hand, Randolph, who played well at the beginning, has also turned into a Buddhist player, with 4 points and 2 rebounds. Except for the 4 points he got for a while at the beginning, he got nothing in the next 5 minutes. It seems that every game he It's like clocking in and leaving work after completing his expected score. When he feels satisfied, he will stop playing.

Randolph's attention has long been attracted by the sidelines, looking around for a while, and making funny shows for a while, looking at the well-dressed Los Angeles female stars on the sidelines, and then looking at the beautiful girls cheerleaders on the sidelines. It's more fun to play hard.

However, Randolph is a threat on the court that makes the Nuggets players dare not relax. What's more, Camby blocked Randolph just now. I don't know if he will be blocked by Camby and then explode.

McGrady didn't ask for more balls at the beginning. He is not the kind of extremely selfish player. If he has the opportunity, he is more willing to cooperate with his teammates.

After playing for 7 minutes, the Nuggets were overwhelmed by the strong inside strength of the Lakers, and could only rely on long-range shots from the outside to survive.

Entering the timeout, the Lakers led the Nuggets by 17 points 12 to 5. Seriously, if Su Yi hadn't scored 8 points with penalty shots, the Nuggets wouldn't know how far behind they were.

O'Neal is invincible in low post singles, and no one can stop him after Stoudemire is off the court.

"After playing for a while, as long as O'Neal gets the ball, he will double-team. If necessary, he will foul early, and don't let him rush to the inside." Coach D'Antoni sketched there with a tactical board.

"After we get on the court, don't go to the basket to compete with them on the offensive end. You can't fight hard. You two, Camby and Big Zhi, pull up to the high position and are ready to catch the ball and shoot.

Sean, you run more and cut air, don't worry about other people, as long as you run out of opportunities, I will pass the ball to you. " Su Yi added two more sentences.

For the time being, he has no choice but to let the inside players out and clear the Lakers penalty area so that he and Marion can break through the basket more easily. He also knows that it is difficult to kill a strong team like the Lakers by shooting. Yes, they can completely squeeze the shooter's shooting space, causing the Nuggets' shooting percentage to drop sharply. Only a combination of sudden shots can win the game.

After returning to the court, Su Yi's offensive style really disturbed the Lakers a lot. O'Neal didn't want to go out of the penalty area to defend, Randolph was a little too lazy to run back and forth to defend, and the two insiders didn't come out. This gave Camby and Big Zhi Opportunity, to be precise, is Big Zhi's opportunity. If you want to say that Big Zhi's mid-range shot is much faster under the guidance of Tom Gugliotta, he is not as good as before.

In 3 minutes, he made 6 of 4 shots and made 4 mid-range shots, forcing the Lakers coach Mayfair Jackson to call a timeout. You must know that the title of Zen Master means that coach Mayfair Jackson is often He is as immovable as a mountain, and he is not willing to call a timeout at all when it is not a particularly critical moment. A Buddhist coach like a Zen monk, if you don't look carefully, you may think that he is lazily sleeping with his arms folded on the bench.

After finally persuading O'Neal and Randolph to run out of the penalty area to defend Camby and Big Zhi, but the emptiness inside allowed the Nuggets to seize the opportunity. Marion preemptively used Camby's pick-and-roll to throw Fox away, and then relied on With the advantage of moving speed, he rushed into the penalty area two steps ahead of O'Neal, and ravaged the Lakers' basket with a dunk. Can't show it at all.

After that, Su Yi also broke through once, but instead of dunking, he rushed inside and scored a layup with a small hook.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers still led by 2 points and ended the first quarter 28 to 26. The Nuggets regained some points by relying on a wave of rapid impact after the timeout.

(End of this chapter)