one-handed ball

Chapter 207 The Zen Master's Fantasy

The Lakers' poor defensive awareness is well-known in the league.

This point was also mentioned by the Zen master.In October last year, when the Lakers were interviewed before the start of the season, Zen Master expressed his concern about the Lakers' retreat.When Gasol is on the court, the Lakers' defense in the transition period will have problems.This is a painful lesson. In the 10 Finals, in the fourth game of the Celtics comeback, 08% of the 24 comebacks were scored in the gap between offense and defense.When Allen, Posey and others used a strong team defense to contain the Lakers' offense, they more often used the Lakers' disorderly and lagging defensive arrangements.

Now that Zheng Ke came on the court, the Timberwolves' two fast breaks within one minute made Zen Master resound last year's finals. He frowned and recruited Kobe in front of him.

"Kobe, the Timberwolves' fast break is too strong. After you go on the court, pay attention to guiding your teammates to retreat quickly. The backcourt rebounds are handed over to Andrew (Bynum) and Paul (Gasol) for protection, and the Timberwolves cannot grab them. .”

After Kobe heard the words, he nodded solemnly, with a solemn expression, and did not speak.

Zheng Ke got the basketball with his back in the low position on the right side of the rack, and the tall and burly Lamar Odom was defending him.

In fact, Odom does not have a fixed position in the Lakers. Phil Jackson positions him as a "point forward". He usually swings in the three positions of point guard, small forward and power forward.But compared to his overall offensive skills, Odom's defense is usually in an awkward position. Compared with power forwards, he is slightly weaker, and compared with small forwards, his feet are not so flexible.However, with his height and long arms, he made up for these flaws in some aspects. Overall, Odom's defense still reached the average level of the league.

But if it's just an average level, it can't stop Zheng Ke.

Zheng Ke used his right foot as the axis, grabbed the basketball, and chose to face the frame to attack.

Odom stretched out his big black hands in front of Zheng Ke, his slightly hazy eyes were rounded at the moment, his muscles tensed up, and he guessed Zheng Ke's attack method in his heart.

Dry pull, or breakthrough?
Zheng Ke grabbed the basketball with both hands and tapped it towards the sky.Seeing Odom lift his center of gravity slightly, Zheng Ke withdrew the basketball, took a big step with his right foot, and at the same time pretended to dribble to the right to break through.

Odom immediately crossed his left foot and blocked Zheng Ke's offensive line.

Zheng Ke knew that Odom was going to defend like this. With an extremely fast change of hand and dribble, at the same time, he took a big step on the left side of his left foot, and the whole person immediately moved away from Odom by more than one position.

Zheng Ke didn't put his right foot down, and made a free-standing shot similar to the golden rooster, and his body leaned back significantly.

Odom didn't have time to react, reaching out in vain to interfere.

The basketball passed over Odom's head, hit the backboard and fell into the basket.

38 flats!
Phil Jackson originally planned to replace Kobe and Gasol when the ball was dead, but he did not expect that the players on both sides played very well, without fouls or mistakes. In such 2 minutes, the Timberwolves even tied the score. .He had to make a pause gesture to signal the referee to pause the game.

"Great job!" Whitman and the disciples who walked off the field hit one by one. This change had an unexpected good effect, and the momentum of the Timberwolves also increased rapidly due to the continuous pursuit of points.

Love ran over and had a side-to-side celebration with Zheng Ke. The young man had an excited look on his face.After entering the playoffs, every opponent Love has encountered is very strong. Aldridge in the first round made him very embarrassed. Now in the second round, Gasol has staged [-] tricks on top of him Martial arts, if it wasn't for Love's mentality stronger than ordinary players, I'm afraid it would have collapsed long ago.

The same thing happened to Ariza, who encountered Anthony in the first round and Zheng Ke in the second round.As soon as he recovered from Anthony's dazzling offensive style, he encountered a player like Zheng Ke who likes to "handle his opponents with one trick" again, which made him complain endlessly.

What the Lakers requested was a short timeout of 20 seconds. The audience just wanted to move their buttocks to relieve their hands, but they found that the players from both sides had returned to the basketball court, so they all sat down and continued to watch this exciting game.

After this timeout, the Lakers replaced Kobe and Gasol, and the Timberwolves also replaced Billups.It seems that neither team dares to put the star on hold for too long.

"Give me the ball." After Kobe came on the court, he gestured for the ball.

Fisher immediately gave the ball to Bryant.

Afflalo is 1 meters tall, which is considered a standard height in the new era.He's not the kind of player who contributes a lot of steals every night, but he is the typical sticky player. Among the many players in the Timberwolves, his training is the hardest type.Being able to get Whitman's favor is due to his own efforts. In normal training, Afflalo likes to observe Zheng Ke's defense, and actively asks to defend Zheng Ke to improve his defensive ability.

Kobe felt that it was difficult to entangle, no matter how much he faked, he felt that he couldn't shake the dog skin plaster.

Ten seconds later, Bryant dribbled to the right corner, stalling the offense.He grabbed the ball with both hands and hit the sky a few times, then the strength of his waist and abdomen exploded, and he forcibly stepped back to shoot a jumper.

"Shh!"

There is no sense of rhythm to create rhythm, and there is no difficulty to create difficulty.

After scoring the goal, Kobe took a deep look at Afflalo, but what he got was a poker face that has remained unchanged for thousands of years. He trotted all the way back to the defense, shouting to remind the Lakers players to quickly return to the defense.

The audience at the scene became agitated immediately after Kobe scored. Many fans cheered in unison as if they had rehearsed in advance, and they seemed to have held back for a long time.

Zheng Ke was a little happy. If Kobe continued to play like this, he would not be afraid of the Lakers.

Billups pushed the ball across the half, he waved his hand, and began to command his teammates like a general.

As a result, the Timberwolves players immediately vacated the left side of the basketball court, and Billups steadily controlled the basketball, beckoning Zheng Ke to come up and do a pick-and-roll for him.

Although Zheng Ke's physique has become thinner, he still looks a bit burly in front of Lao Yu, who claims to be strong at the point guard position. He protects his vitals, stands over there, and immediately becomes a decent pick-and-roll player.

Billups started very fast, and with the help of Zheng Ke's pick-and-roll, he began to kill diagonally to the inside.And Odom followed suit, keeping an appropriate distance from Billups.

Zheng Ke got off quickly after dismantling, and there was a gap in the blockade of Fisher and Odom.

Billups's eyes flashed, his wrist flicked, and the orange basketball turned into a yellow light. After bouncing on the floor, it passed through the defensive gap between Fisher and Odom and was sent to Zheng Ke's. hand.

The ball was caught very comfortably, and Zheng Ke hardly needed to adjust. He tapped the floor lightly with his feet, jumped into the air, and then gently pushed the ball out with both hands.

Zheng Ke landed on one foot, raised his hand in the air, and watched the basketball fly into the hoop without any suspense. He put his tongue on his chin, nodded slightly, and started his arrogant signature celebration again. action.

The cooperation between Billups and Zheng Ke made the eyes of Phil Jackson, who was sitting firmly on the sidelines, brighten. He is no stranger to Zheng Ke, not to mention the short-term cooperation in the All-Star Game, just this season and last season He can be impressed by several matches.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of this cheating Lakers scout.

He still clearly remembers the draft in 07, the choices he and Kupchak have been criticized so far in the draft.Kupchak took a fancy to the Chinese market and wanted to choose a Chinese player in the second round. Zheng Ke and Sun Yue chose one of the two.Zheng Ke, who has an NCAA background, is not favored by the Lakers scouts, but Sun Yue, who shines in the ABA, is called by the Lakers scouts as an immediate combat power.So in the tenth place in the second round, they chose Sun Yue. Correspondingly, Zheng Ke was taken by the lucky Minnesota at No.11.

Watching Zheng Ke going back and forth on the field, Zen Master's thoughts flew out of Staples.

If they chose Zheng Ke back then, how terrifying would the lineup of Fisher, Kobe, Zheng Ke, Gasol and Bynum be now?I don't know if the Timberwolves are still willing to trade Zheng Ke. The more Zen master thinks, the more he thinks. He also knows Glenn Taylor. As a true businessman, he doesn't have enough interests. He probably won't trade Zheng Ke.Trade Zheng Ke, just think about it, unless the Lakers take Kobe
Take Kobe?
The Zen master's heart was pounding, as if it was really manipulative.He couldn't help comparing Kobe and Zheng Ke in his heart. Logically speaking, one of the two is one of the best figures in the league today, and they have won three championships. The other is just a newly grown superstar. It's just a taste of it.It should be clear at a glance who is strong and who is weak, but Zen Master always feels that Zheng Ke seems to be more suitable for his system, and he also appreciates Zheng Ke more in his heart.

Phil Jackson was thinking wildly, but in the eyes of others, he acted calmly. The TNT broadcast camera turned to Phil Jackson's face, and then compared it with the slightly anxious Whitman, which immediately aroused a burst of admiration from fans on the Internet:

You really deserve to be a Zen master, look at this expression, how calm you are
(End of this chapter)