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Chapter 19 Physical talent play style!

After the players took a shower, the OK team and Li Mu participated in the post-match press conference.

Before they could sit still, the reporters immediately rushed to O'Neill's side, and greeted him with long guns and short cannons.

No way, O'Neal, as the league's number one center, is naturally enthusiastically sought after.

Moreover, O'Neill is the absolute protagonist tonight.

"Shaquille, tonight you scored 46 points and 15 rebounds against Dameng, and even knocked Dameng off the court. How do you feel?
Do you think this is bullying the small? "

"Of course it's very happy, like eating a bag of donuts just out of the oven."

O'Neill responded to the first question with a smile, then immediately changed his face and said seriously, "It's just that it's a bit too much to say that I bully the small with the big!

No matter how you say it, it should be 'using the big to bully the big'! "

While correcting, O'Neill also opened his arms, showing his large figure, and responded solemnly.

This is EQ Online.

The reporters who asked the question applauded with satisfaction, and gave O'Neill a thumbs up in their hearts.

After mastering the rhythm, O'Neill said with a final word, "Moreover, I also fulfilled his guess, and at his request, just blow him up.

I think Dameng will be happy because of this. In 95, he once said that he was lucky to win the championship and MVP that year, because in the future, these will be mine. "

Indeed, Dameng also said that the future is O'Neill's words.

It's just that Duncan didn't touch James' head to kill him, and he didn't talk about it face to face.

But in the reporter's interview, the evaluation of O'Neill was very optimistic.

Of course, this sentence was overshadowed by the light of "Never underestimate the heart of a champion!"

The reporters' eyes lit up, and they immediately felt relieved, and sharply asked concluding questions.

"So, you are taking revenge on Dameng who bullied the little by the big, right!"

"No, absolutely not!" O'Neill could have it in his heart, but he couldn't say it.

"..."

O'Neal is popular, and Kobe, as the Lakers and even the darling of the league, reporters will not let him go.

A small group of reporters also conducted interviews on the sidelines.

Sometimes, dealing with reporters' interviews is more tiring than playing a game of golf.

Li Mu just quietly watched and listened to the side, after all, news reports on stars are the selling point.

After the reporters finished asking the main topics, they thought of Li Mu, but at the first question, Li Mu was stumped.

"The Lakers won this game very well. Except for O'Neal, the five starting players tonight have all changed. Excuse me, it's Jones and Horry. Are they not suitable for your tactical system?"

"..." Li Mu was speechless.

What kind of tactical system do I have, James is the one with the own system, okay!
"The Lakers won the opening game. Two days later, the next game against the Lakers' nemesis, the Utah Jazz, does Coach Li Mu have any ideas for winning?" the reporters asked.

Kobe and O'Neal also looked over at the same time, wanting to know how to break through the hurdle of the Jazz?

However, Li Mu's answer disappointed them.

"Really not. In the past two years, the Jazz have made it to the Finals. Last season, they were only beaten by the Bulls. Our opponents are hard to beat." Li Mu spread his hands.

"but…"

Just when the reporters thought there was nothing to gain, what Li Mu said next made them excited.

"I want to use running tactics to kill those three old ghosts who add up to 110 years old. It should be a solution!"

Oh open!

If you put it this way, the reporters will not be sleepy.

Li Mu went on to add, "Generally speaking, in basketball games, the competition is three things: technique, psychology and body.

Since the Jazz are superior both technically and psychologically, the Lakers can only go physical. "

"So, next, the Lakers are going to run away?"

"What about O'Neal? Will he become a victim of your tactics?"

"..."

Sorry, no comments!
Li Mu left in a hurry, the reporters' fighting power was too strong.

For a while, he was a little overwhelmed.

……

Early the next morning, O'Neal dominated the headlines of North American sports news.

Los Angeles Times: Sharks scored 46 points to break the hammer dream, and sent him 6 criminals to graduate by the way!
Today in Los Angeles: The times have changed, the Ok combination is showing its strength, and they teamed up to score 69 points! !

ESPN: The Lakers attack and beat the Rockets by 42 points! !

Sports Illustrated: The shark hammered the big dream, the orangutan and the admiral were trembling! ! !
……

Li Mu only occupies a small corner in the news.

The gossip of superstars can attract fans to buy newspapers to watch, and the head coach still doesn't have this card.

Li Mu didn't care either. He was training tactics the next afternoon.

In the post-match press conference last night, Li Mu didn't just talk casually to confuse the Jazz, but really had this idea.

The Lakers' lineup is still too young. Compared with the Jazz's lineup that has been polished for more than ten years, they have to fight for tactics and teamwork, but they have fallen behind.

Li Mu felt that he could deal with the current Jazz team in the same way as the Grizzlies and Thunder did with the Spurs in later generations.

In a word, it is to fight for physical talent.

Just look at the age of the Lakers starting lineup.

Billups, in the 97 show, was under 23 years old.

Kobe, the 96th pick in 13, was born in August 1978, under the age of 8.

Bowen is old, he was not drafted in 93, and he is under 28 years old.

Big Ben, who lost the draft in 96, is 22 years old.

O'Neal, the No. 92 pick in 1972, was born in 27 and is under [-] years old.

Contrast that group of old ghosts of the Jazz.

Stockton, born in March 1962, was 3 years old in one month.

Death Light Gun, born in 1963, almost 36 years old

Ma Long, born in 1963, nearly 36 years old

Plus Pyrenees and Brian Russell.

The only one with athletic ability is Russell.

This Jazz team is very similar to the future Spurs team.

The only downside is that Popovich's tactics have been changing for the head coach.

Jerry Sloan has not changed for 20 years and has been playing pick-and-roll tactics.

It can be said that the Jazz have been showing their cards.

Li Mu couldn't figure it out, the Lakers couldn't play normally, so how could they be swept last season and feel like they were regarded as nemesis?

For example, the Spurs played against the youth team in the playoffs, and they have always been very stable. Overturned?
It's because the lineup is aging and talent plays!
Speaking of talent, Li Mu immediately found Kobe who was practicing post-ups and shooting three-pointers.

At this time, Kobe received the pass from the assistant coach, raised his hand and shot a three-pointer...

Boom-!
Kobe made more and more shots, and couldn't find his aim at all.

Speaking of it, the 98-99 season was the dark period of Kobe's three-point shooting. His shooting percentage ranked second in the entire NBA basketball career, the last one.

The year I ranked first was the year I retired from touring.

In this year, Kobe made only 26% of his three-pointers, 33% from the average, and there is still a lot of gap.

The reason why Kobe's three-pointers are so bad is that in the Western Conference Finals last season, his three-pointers were so bad that his mentality collapsed.

Post-up singles, with Kobe's current skills and weight, he has not yet achieved great success, and his offensive efficiency is not high.

"Kobe, I need you to play off the ball against the Jazz tomorrow night!" Li Mu came over to explain his purpose.

"What? Let me play off the ball?"

Kobe's heart was cold, and his face became cold.

The previous Lakers coach Del Harris didn't like him.

Don't give him the starting position, don't give him the ball, but also want him to play off the ball.

Now Li Mu, who has been referred to as the head coach from the assistant coach, actually wants him to play off the ball!
He wanted to be Jordan, the idiot next door, but wanted him to be Pippen.

I really don't know what to say!
I have to say that Kobe's heart is really strong.

The upper limit for myself is to surpass Jordan, and the worst lower limit is also set for myself as Pippen.

He is worthy of being the bald black mamba of the future, but it is a pity that there is still a lot of time before he is at his peak. He is now just Peter Pan with curly hair.

Li Mu didn't notice that Kobe's face was dark, so he explained.

"That's right, you are the perimeter core established by the team.

Now, in order to beat the Jazz, you need to increase your load.

Because the preparations for the new season are too hasty, so I haven't been able to figure out how to help you set up an offensive tactic that suits you. "

Perimeter core equals off-ball tactics?

Kobe's face full of doubts?
In other words, it's not just Kobe who has doubts, his fans will probably blow up when they hear that Kobe is going to play off the ball, and will send the author a blade.

Fortunately, Li Mu had already prepared a draft in his heart, and it was clear when he said it.

"There is no doubt that in the next game, you will be facing Jeff Hornacek, who is known as the 'Dead Light Gun'. In order to press him on both ends of the offense and defense, you need to play off the ball and use your The physical stamina that he can't run will consume him to death."

Kobe understood Coach Li Mu's meaning, nodded, but shook his head stubbornly, and said firmly, "Why do you have to play off the ball?
That Hornacek, defensive skills and physical talent, is nothing at all.

I am confident that I can single-handedly hold the ball, and I can easily beat him to the ground! "

"..."

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(End of this chapter)