God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 321

Taking advantage of the dead ball, the Zen master replaced the aging Horry and replaced him with Samaki Walker, the starting power forward of the game.Although Walker did not have the worth of the No. 96 pick of the 9 golden generation, his athletic ability is very strong, which can be seen from his obsession with rebounding.Walker has a special hobby for grabbing rebounds. Walker can also catch some very difficult rebounds, relying on his extraordinary jumping ability and anticipation ability.

Therefore, although Walker is only 2 meters tall, he has become a good helper for O'Neal in the interior, and his blocking ability is second only to the Sharks in the team.Now Zen Master puts him up to see the situation. If he can interfere with Arenas' breakthrough and shooting, then O'Neal can continue to rest for a while. If it is difficult for him to stop Nas there, he will replace O'Neal at that time It's not too late, anyway, the Lakers still have the lead now, and Arenas can't even the score for a while.

After Walker came on the court, Arenas' breakthrough layups were indeed restricted to a certain extent. Although Walker hadn't contributed to block shots, he could always interfere with Arenas' layups, making the latter have to use more energy-intensive shots. way to complete the attack.Seeing Arenas' disfigured appearance under Walker's marking, Zen Master's face showed a smile of victory. The firepower of the 76ers' bench lineup basically depends on Arenas. What secret weapon can they come up with now?

The answer is yes!Seeing that Arenas was annoyed by Walker's interference, Snow decisively changed his strategy. He whispered to Dalembert and Arenas respectively, and made an OK gesture to Brown on the sidelines.As the captain of the team, Snow has a deep understanding of the team's tactics. Originally, Brown planned to call a timeout to arrange tactics for the players. Since Snow had already given instructions to the two rookies, out of trust in him, Let's see what happens next.

Snow did not pass the ball to Arenas this time, but directly hit the ground and passed the ball to Dalembert inside.Before, Dalembert had been conscientiously setting screens and grabbing rebounds. The only way to score was to grab the offensive rebound and then attack the second time. This made the whole Lakers think that this simple-looking guy had no independent offense at all. ability.

So when Dalembert received the ball, no one came up to defend except the backup center McCoy, and everyone still focused on Snow and Arenas.Facing McCoy, whose height was significantly different from his own, Dalembert adjusted a little, and hit a mid-range shot steadily without taking off at all, without giving McCoy any time to react.This is the arrangement that Snow made for Arenas and Dalembert just now, allowing Arenas to exist as a containment point to help Dalembert attract the Lakers' defense, which directly relies on mid-range shots to score .

The change of the 76ers on the offensive end made Zen master frown. Although he did not believe that Dalembert, a rookie center, could kill his team, it undoubtedly liberated Arenas.It is true that Dalembert has not yet shown passing skills, but he is now the tallest in the game. As long as he sees an opportunity, a casual pass is an assist.

Fortunately, Zen Master didn't expect McCoy to play for a long time, and soon he replaced O'Neal again, and Dalembert's catch and shoot didn't work.He is 2.11 meters tall, and he has a clear advantage against McCoy, who is 2.08 meters tall, but O'Neal is even taller than him. Dalembert couldn't even see the basket when he was covered by a big shark. , had to pass the ball to the outside for Snow to reorganize.O'Neal's deterrence around the basket is not comparable to that of McCoy. He and Walker have completely made the basket a no-fly zone. Arenas and Snow can only choose to shoot from the outside.

The only good news is that Dalembert is not afraid of tigers when he is a newborn calf. Although the inside combination of O'Neal and Walker is very capable of grabbing rebounds, he still grabbed a lot of rebounds for the team with the help of Tyron Hill The ball, which didn't let the Lakers take the opportunity to widen the point difference.However, going on like this is not an option. Brown had no choice but to put the starting lineup up again just after 4 minutes and 17 seconds into the second quarter. At this time, Arenas had already scored 10 points, and his shooting percentage was not bad.

After Arenas sat back on the bench, Chang Wei patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "How is the intensity of the NBA regular season? I don't think you're quite used to it, but it's normal. A rookie coming from college to the NBA will not be able to adapt, after all, the intensity of the competition between the two leagues is too different, you are already considered good!"

Arenas frowned, shook his head and said: "It's not enough, I finally found that I still have a lot of things that I can't do well enough, at least I can't beat that No. 8!" He looked at Kobe's galloping figure , with burning eyes.

Chang Wei said: "Then watch how other people play now! You must know that you are four years younger than him. He was a high school student when he entered the league. Now he has reached such a level. I believe you To be as strong as him in the future, maybe even stronger than him, this is my expectation for you, and it is also your goal."

Arenas asked back: "Chang, do you believe that No. 8 of the Lakers can become a superstar in the league?"

Chang Wei nodded, looked at the sky, and said leisurely: "Superstar may not be enough to describe him, he will become another great shooting guard in history after Jordan, and the number one star of the new generation of the entire league! You have a long way to go to beat him, Gilbert, and I want you to be more complete than he is now, not just a scorer."

Arenas was a little puzzled, and he asked, "You think too highly of him, right? The greatest shooting guard after Jordan?"

Chang Wei smiled and said: "This is not to motivate you, Gilbert, you have to believe in my vision, Kobe will definitely become a great shooting guard. Of course, you are not bad, if you can get rid of your shortcomings, Continue to improve your skills, and your future achievements may not be worse than Kobe, and you may even be able to match him in the game!"

Hearing Chang Wei's words, Arenas' eyes became brighter. He believed in Chang Wei's eyes. In this case, he should work hard on himself. At least in the previous fights, he had already felt Kobe's strength. , if he wants to surpass this number 8, he still has a long way to go...

(End of this chapter)