Card Bishop of Basketball

Chapter 115
The Great Western Forum Arena is packed with people. The Lakers are going to face the invading Warriors at home here.

Prior to this, the Warriors had already won a wave of 5 consecutive victories, which is already a bit of a momentum, while the Lakers are currently starting with Tianhu, with an unstoppable 8-game winning streak, looking like a league powerhouse.

Playing the Lakers is easy and not easy.

The good thing about it is that right now O'Neal is out due to a groin injury and has hung up the truce card. He doesn't know when he will come back.

It is not easy to play because the outside defensive gate on the bench was traded away. No one can try to restrain a poisonous snake with a strong desire to score. Kobe, who has already begun to emerge, has scored high scores on the Lakers bench many times. , Help the team win.

But Meng Yifan is still confident that he can win the Lakers without O'Neal. Teacher Shan Tao's inside deterrence is incredible. No one on the Lakers can defend Teacher Shan Tao. Teacher Shan Tao can beat the Lakers at any time if he wants to explode. Insider.

(O'Neal: Wait until I recover from my injury. Are you trying to say it again?)

The Lakers started, Nick Van Exel, Eddie Jones, Rick Fox, Robert Horry, Eldon Campbell.

The Warriors have a complete lineup here, and as usual, they start with the five tigers.

In the opening jump ball, Mr. Shan Tao got the ball rarely this time, and took the initiative to rush to the inside to get the ball. Meng Yifan couldn't handle this abnormal style of play and enthusiasm.

Seeing Meng Yifan's surprised eyes, Lambir stretched his head and whispered in Meng Yifan's ear: "Today is the national live broadcast."

Good guy, Jiang is still old and spicy, and Fox is still old and swindling. Isn’t this the right time, place and people? It just so happens that O’Neal is absent, the Lakers are weak inside, the coaching staff arranged to focus on the inside, and it happened to be live broadcast across the United States. Teacher Tao tried his best to show his face.

Billups lobped the ball to the inside, Shan Tao didn't dribble, turned around flexibly after receiving the ball, and scored with a small hook, which was a good start for the Warriors.

The Lakers are attacking. Crazy Fan intends to compete with Billups, a well-known junior. The two play very similarly. They are both aggressive guards. Crazy Fan will not go crazy if someone presses him. Billups played what he called a freewheeling...

Crazy Fan changed his rhythm continuously, and felt it coming. He directly rushed to shoot a three-pointer. The ball had a very positive trajectory and a perfect arc, but it hit the back edge of the basket, bounced twice and then flew out.

Teacher Shan Tao overpowered Campbell, protected the defensive rebound, and directly passed a long pass to Billups, who was going down quickly. Billups picked the basket and scored, easily scoring two more points.

When Crazy Fan made a shot, Billups started to run forward. If the ball was thrown in, Mr. Shan Tao served harder, and he could still give it to Billups. Lupus couldn't figure out what the Lakers' group of insiders would do to grab rebounds from Mr. Shan Tao.

Eddie Jones took the initiative to ask for the ball. In the singles match against Houston, Wu Sheng came up to attack and steal the ball, but the ball was not intercepted. Instead, Jones seized the opportunity and passed it directly to the open Fox. Cut, glanced at the inside line, and chose the mid-range shot.

This is not a question of being cowardly or not. The main point is that you only get two points. There is no need to rush to the basket to fight and force the shot. The open mid-range is quite good.

Turning around, Wu Sheng took the initiative to play Fox alone, but Fox did a good job on the defensive end. Wu Sheng's strong attack did not have much benefit, and he missed the throw, but the ball was grabbed by Mr. Shan Tao, and he put the basket with one hand again scored.

Meng Yifan discovered that Wu Sheng was good at conducting the ball, but once the singles came to the fore, he couldn't see who his teammates were and where they were. It was just a strong attack. It was not easy for Mr. Shan Tao to play aggressively. , and found that Wu Sheng's playing was unreasonable, and all five starters had problems, so it was absolutely amazing.

Campbell turned around under the basket and failed to make a shot. Wu Sheng picked up the rebound and rushed forward. Rick Fox chased desperately. Before he had time to dodge, he was directly used as a background board by the button.

The Lakers asked for a timeout. Del Harris, nicknamed "Silver Fox", looked a bit ugly. It's embarrassing for the national live broadcast to be played like this. It's embarrassing. After O'Neal got injured, you all started to play me, right?

After returning from the timeout, the Lakers did not make any substitutions, and Eddie Jones still used singles as the starting move. Jones squeezed Houston with his back, Houston gave enough resistance, but Jones turned around sharply and went directly to the basket. .

Rasheed came out to help defend, Jones had quick eyesight and quick hands, and directly distributed the ball to Horry who was unguarded. Horry, with a big heart, made a three-pointer against the Wu Sheng who rushed over, and scored steadily. The Lakers finally opened.

Billups turned around and threw the ball directly with the help of the martial arts pick-and-roll, just like throwing a sniper, fast and accurate. This strange but practical shooting posture was figured out bit by bit in his own actual combat. Yes, because of the proper shooting posture, it is not suitable for quick shots after pick-and-rolls...

The Lakers just threw an open three-pointer, and Billups immediately returned one. This made the fans in the Atlantic Forum, just getting excited, then wither down again. They watched the game honestly and cheered for the home team. .

Crazy Fan used the pick-and-roll to get rid of Billups' defense, and ran down without the ball. Jones hit the ground and scored the ball. I bumped it up and down twice, but it still didn't go in.

The Warriors counterattacked quickly, Wu Sheng missed a layup, Billups wanted to grab the rebound, but in the chaos, he touched the ball, the ball flew out of bounds, and the Lakers got the ball.

Jones played Houston with his back and the ball this time. No one came to make up defense. People can handle this stuff.

Jones turned over and missed a jumper, and Houston's rhythm change in the frontcourt did not make a mid-range shot, but Mr. Shan Tao grabbed rebounds for the first time, and made a second offense again, directly dunking.

Crazy Fan pushed forward quickly, but was restricted by Billups. He changed his rhythm continuously, swayed left and right, and dribbled the ball heavily, as if he was about to break through. As a result, he directly pulled the ball together. Billups was misled and failed to pounce in time. On the defense, but Madman Fan still missed the goal. What a good goal, the final finishing strength was a bit weak.

Teacher Shan Tao wanted the ball from the inside position, but Huo Li double-teamed him directly. Rebound, wanted to hit the ball directly into the basket, but was interfered and failed to score.

He grabbed the offensive rebound again, and the three of them double-teamed. Teacher Shan Tao didn't dare to put the ball down, so he shot it with a straight arm. When I click on the rebound, I shoot the ball directly like playing volleyball this time.

Three consecutive offensive rebounds, directly watching the Great Western Forum in silence, and O'Neal, who was wearing a suit on the sidelines, just hugged his head and didn't want to watch the game. This was too miserable...

(End of this chapter)