In the basketball world, starting from the 99 World Youth Championship

Chapter 181 The Lakers' Counterattack

But now O'Neal has completely turned into a trapped beast. This reminds him of how he faced the Spurs in the Western Conference semifinals last year. But what is the configuration of the Spurs? , They are all a group of dogs. Mother-in-law Bichi, they all come up to consume their physical energy, they don't care about the statistics at all, as long as they don't make themselves happy.

This kind of game, where relatives hurt enemies and enemies are fast, the average head coach really can't think of it. Larry Bird has completely developed his brain capacity to the extreme.

Phil Jackson, the six-time crown coach, seems to have been completely blown away by the rookie Larry Bird.

"Kobe, you don't always attack with the ball. In the second half, you change your offensive method and use off-the-ball interspersed to consume Zhang's physical energy as much as possible. On the Pacers side, he is still the only one defending, as long as he is exhausted. Now, then you can be completely liberated. This is also a help for Shaq. If we rely on him alone in this game, we can't win. Being behind by 12 points in the first half has already shown this point. He is alone So what if they scored 25 points, Zhang and Reggie Miller also scored more than 40 points together, this shows something, it shows that basketball is never a sport for one person.”

Kobe was lying on the side of the team doctor giving him a massage. Peter Pan was made very uncomfortable by Zhang Tian in the first half of the game. Why did the opponent improve so fast in just one season, and he couldn't catch up with him at all? This is not scientific.Does he have any other training methods?
The second half of the game started within a few minutes. The magician was on the commentary stand with a very serious expression, and Isiah Thomas was much more relaxed in comparison.

"Zhang and Shaq's performances in the first half were flawless. One of them dominated the perimeter and the other dominated the interior. It's just that the Pacers played more integrally than the Lakers. If Los Angeles is still like this, then they will definitely be on the road. Lose..." Isaiah Thomas said, Kobe used AC Green's high cover, cut directly into the inside without the ball, Green also passed the ball into Kobe's hands, Kobe broke the scoring shortage, in tactical execution On the one hand, the current Kobe is still good, because he doesn't have the capital to be paranoid, so you can't see him playing a lot of unreasonable balls during this period.

But after he makes up for the shortcoming of the outside line next season, it will be hard to say.

After Kobe scored, O'Neal couldn't help but slapped him.The relationship between Kobe and O'Neal is very similar to the relationship between Zhang Tian and Carlisle. The differences between the two of them will mainly arise on the basketball court rather than off the court. As for the latter sentence "Shaq did it too" is completely Kobe's subconscious reaction. After all, black players have such a glorious history in this regard, and it can also be said to be a tradition of the Lakers. Isn't Chamberlain and the magician the best among them?

The Pacers Zhang Tian didn't catch the ball easily, and he can't double-team when he doesn't have the ball, but the Lakers gave him a strong sense of defensive pressure. Just as Zhang Tian hit the ball, Kobe and Rice rushed up one after the other. Zhang Tian passed the ball, Kobe chased it back, Reggie Miller immediately passed back, Zhang Tian received the ball, swung it directly, and scored the ball.

This is the cooperation of the Pacers' golden double guns. Both of them have passing and super shooting ability. Glenn Rice's reaction to the ball is a bit slow, but he can't blame him at all, because the opponent is not a defensive champion at all. , It's really good that he can do this.

Kobe still went to the end without the ball, he called AC Green out from the inside again, and he passed a screen, but Zhang Tian's speed around the screen was much faster than before, catching up with Peter Pan, Xiao Fei Xia wanted to dunk, Zhang Tian blocked the shot directly behind him, bang, at the same time Zhang Tian supported Kobe who was falling to the floor with his hand.

Dan Crawford kept the whistle in his mouth, because when he was about to call a foul, he was attracted by Zhang Tian's action to protect Kobe, and the ball jumped high enough for both of them.And the weirdest thing is that Zhang Tian actually succeeded in blocking the shot.

Kobe didn't speak, the referee couldn't call a foul at this time, the ball still belonged to the Lakers, O'Neal was in the paint, facing a double team, this time he didn't dunk, but pushed Ben behind him out of the ban with his ass. In the area, a horseback archery with a negative angle scored the ball. The picture of this ball is really strong.O'Neal is not good at shooting, but sometimes his shooting is really exaggerated. This kind of ball can't be scored by ordinary centers, but he can.

Zhang Tian and O'Neal enjoyed the same treatment. He passed the ball back to Miller. Kobe didn't go back to defend, but Glenn Rice went. The Lakers small forward wanted to do everything possible to prevent Miller from breaking through, but Miller Although holding the ball is not top-notch, it is still very easy to break through a [-]rd position with a very average defense. He passed Glenn Rice with a half-turn and faced AC Green who flew out of the penalty area. Scored the score.

The rhythm of the game in the second half has obviously become more compact.And neither side called a timeout, so the first official timeout followed.

"Now the Lakers have reduced the score to single digits. Kobe has scored six points in this quarter. Is he about to recover? Xiao Zhang's performance in this quarter is also good, but it is obvious that the Lakers are more concerned about him. That's a lot." Sun Zhengping began to worry about Zhang Tian.

Zhang Lili didn't speak. It is actually very rare in NBA history for outside players to be flanked. Except for old hooligans, there seems to be no second outside line who has enjoyed this kind of treatment. Zhang Tian's dominance in the outside line has not yet reached. O'Neal's dominance in the interior is strong, because O'Neal is used to this style of play, and Zhang Tian is obviously still adjusting and adapting. Although the Pacers were not overtaken by the Lakers, the score is now completely closed.

"Zhang, pay attention to the distribution of the ball. You can also learn from Kobe. Don't be obsessed with holding the ball. Sometimes you can surprise you without the ball."

Larry Bird looked at his godson intently. Although the current Pacers are still leading, this lead is the same as not leading the Lakers, to put it bluntly.

The scoring tension of the Lakers is definitely not comparable to that of the previous Knicks. They were rated as the number one favorite to win this season by various media experts. Only those who have fought against them know how terrible it is.

Zhang Tian is now suffering from back pain and leg cramps. Kobe, Glen Rice and others, no, they should be animals. A bottle of stamina potion, except krypton gold, I have no other way.

(End of this chapter)