Super Evolution of Basketball

Chapter 488 The Future MVP
"Shaq?" Yuan Qingshan was surprised.

Standing in front of him and Towns is the former Lakers star, the guest commentator for this game, Shaq O'Neal.

"I saw you in the commentary booth during the game, but unfortunately I didn't have a chance to say hello to you." Yuan Qingshan walked over and gave O'Neill a high-five.

O'Neill smiled and said, "You performed really well in these two games, future MVP."

It is not the first time Yuan Qingshan has heard people say this to himself recently, but he is a little embarrassed to be praised by a star of O'Neal's level: "Don't make fun of me, I just made it into the top ten."

O'Neal shook his finger: "You surpassed Lillard at the last moment of the regular season. In my opinion, this is already great. In the second year of joining the league, the MVP ranked 9th. You must know that LeBron James also had the opportunity to get his hands on this great award after entering the league for a few years."

Yuan Qingshan wanted to be courteous, but Towns said, "Mr. Shaq, you are right. Xiaoshan is not only the head of the Lakers, but also the future star of the entire league!"

O'Neal nodded and continued: "Actually, I came here to remind you."

Hearing what O'Neill said, Yuan Qingshan's expression became serious, waiting for the big shark's next words.

O'Neal sorted out his thoughts a little bit and said: "The two games between you and the Rockets were too slow. Coach Wharton should be training on purpose. He has his own ideas, but I don't agree with this. You must make a quick decision in this round and get more rest time than the Warriors."

The Warriors fought the Thunder in the second round. Judging from Westbrook's strength, he and his team did not want to lose, especially to Durant's team, so the Thunder will definitely fight to the death.

So if the Lakers can get rid of the Rockets' quagmire earlier, they can get more rest time than the Warriors, trying to make up for the disadvantage of more away games.

Yuan Qingshan thought for a while and said, "Shaq, what you said makes sense, and I will suggest it to Coach Wharton."

O'Neill: "That kid? Come on, I know him, he is very stubborn, he may not listen to you, but he will continue to play complacently. If you want me to say, you just let go and fight. I know you haven't used your full strength now."

Towns suddenly interjected: "I agree with Mr. Shaq, Xiaoshan, you didn't use your full strength at all, and I did the same. The coach has been controlling my playing time."

At this time, the rest of the Lakers had already entered the locker room, and the corridor became quiet. O'Neal gave Yuan Qingshan a push: "Go, listen to what your coach kid has to say."

Yuan Qingshan and Downs returned to the locker room. Wharton was talking freely. When he saw the two coming in, he waved them to sit down quickly.

Downs asked Whiteside in a low voice, "What did the coach just say?"

Whiteside shrank his neck and said in a low voice: "The coach told Frye to prepare for more play in the second half."

Downs pondered for two seconds, then lost his voice and said, "Are you still not letting me play?"

Whiteside squeezed his neck tighter and glanced at young Wharton.

Wharton turned his face and glanced this way, and continued to explain tactics. Yuan Qingshan listened carefully. Wharton talked about defense, which was basically the same as before.

Capela is second, and the focus is Griffin. According to Wharton, Griffin cannot be played comfortably. At present, Harden is relatively easy to control. If Griffin adds fire to the interior, the Lakers can also win, but it will be more difficult.

Yuan Qingshan did not directly make suggestions to the coach in the locker room. After Wharton made some arrangements, the players returned to the court.

Lakers fans at the Staples Center, and of course some Clippers fans, can't wait to see how the Lakers toughen up the Golden State Warriors.

The second half of the game started, and Walton did not arrange for Towns to play.

Yuan Qingshan was held back by Towns before going on the court, and Towns kept winking at him: "Xiaoshan, hurry up and communicate with the coach. We must make a quick decision to win the Rockets. Mr. Shaq is right."

Yuan Qingshan patted him: "Wait a minute, let's see if the Rockets have changed."

The Rockets attacked in the first round, and they didn't change much. Dellavedova faked the ball and handed it to Harden after halftime. Harden gave it to whoever had a good chance.

The Lakers followed Wharton's deployment during the intermission and focused on Paul George. Yuan Qingshan was not in a hurry to withdraw his shots. Paul George played Ariza fairly easily, so the efficiency is not low.

In the middle of the third quarter, the two sides made substitutions. The Lakers took Paul George and replaced them with Nick Young. Towns was still put on the bench by Walton.

The Rockets' Dellavedova is off and Eric Gordon is on.

In this case, Paul George, the previous offensive point of the Lakers, is off the field, and Towns is not on the scene. On the scene, Yuan Qingshan leads Murray, Nick Young, Channing Frye and Whiteside. Among them, Yuan Qingshan has the strongest offensive power.

It is very reasonable for Yuan Qingshan to concentrate all the firing power in his own hands at this time, and Nick Young did not get the coach's arrangement before he played, let him fire unlimitedly.

So after the Lakers changed players, Yuan Qingshan attacked the first ball by himself. He received the baseline ball from Nick Young and used an acceleration skill before crossing the center line. At this time, Eric Gordon was in charge of defending him. Gordon maintained [-]% focus and finally caught up with Yuan Qingshan's first step.

Seeing that Yuan Qingshan failed to get rid of his opponent, he accelerated again near the top of the arc. This time Gordon could only be caught without a fight. He was almost knocked down by Yuan Qingshan.

Ariza of the Rockets was wandering in a high position, and when he saw this, he immediately rushed over, trying to intercept Yuan Qingshan.

Nick Young screamed in his heart that it was not good, and he blamed himself, angry at himself for why he led Ariza to the breakthrough path of Yuan Qingshan?

If Yuan Qingshan knew what Nick Yang was thinking at this time, he would definitely comfort him in a while, because he didn't care about Ariza's defense at all.

At present, he is only a few steps away from the penalty area, which is an accelerated distance.

Yuan Qingshan gave Ariza the last time of "Three Stages of Acceleration", and just stepped into the restricted area with his left foot. At this time, the "Beast in the restricted area" skill just happened to follow.

Poor Ariza took Yuan Qingshan's two skills in a row, and could only watch him dunk the ball in with both hands.

"Good job!" O'Neill slapped his hands vigorously. It seems that what he said to the kid at halftime worked.

(End of this chapter)