Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 286 Young Victory

There are many things on the basketball court that are double-edged swords, such as age.

In many cases, older age means longer ball experience, and longer ball age means rich experience, which is a very important factor in basketball games.But in some special moments, old age will also become a disadvantage. After all, there are not many players like Ma Long who are still devils and muscles at the age of 40. Most players will decline in their physical functions as they grow older. At this time, they will play against young players. People will be at a relative disadvantage.

For example now.

Originally, the starting lineup of the Lakers was older than that of the Trail Blazers. Although it was limited, it was because the Trail Blazers had two old guys, Miller and Camby, in their starting lineup, which immediately raised the average age of the five players. It's a big chunk.In addition, Ye Feng, Batum, and Aldridge are all vigorous young people. In terms of physical strength, it is absolutely impossible for the Lakers players to excel.And in order to give Miller and Camby some rest time, McMillan replaced Fernandez and Ayers, which further reduced the average age of the Blazers' players and brought more impact to the Lakers.

Phil also considered letting substitute players play for a while, at least to give enough rest time to players like Kobe and Artest who have been entangled for a whole game, but when he saw the lineup of the Blazers, he reluctantly gave up. the idea.The opponent took out a lineup of three starters and two substitutes. Among the two substitutes, Fernandez also has the strength of the starter. Strictly speaking, the only substitute is Ailes, and he is still responsible for doing the dirty work.Phil didn't dare to bet. He could imagine what kind of situation it would be if he was put on the bench. I guess it would be difficult for anyone except Bynum to score, right?
I have to admit that McMillan's substitution is very targeted. Fernandez can still provide the team with strong outside firepower, which makes the Blazers still have the strongest scoring weapon.Although Ayres is only 2.06 meters tall, he is strictly a power forward, but he was born in 1987. He is only 23 years old this year, much younger than Gasol and Odom, and his strength And the bounce is also very good. He is a good player in rushing and grabbing the offensive rebounds, and the back rebounds are not bad. Even if it is still a little tender, it is enough for the Blazers' transition.

At the beginning of overtime, Ayers proved his jumping ability in front of the Lakers' inside line.Facing Gasol, who was 7 centimeters taller than him, Ayres had no fear. When the referee threw the ball into the air, he shot up like a rocket. Before Gasol's finger touched the basketball, he shot The racket pointed in Ye Feng's direction, and immediately after landing, it rushed towards the Lakers' basket without hesitation.As a rookie selected by the team last year, he has great trust in several players in the team. For example, after giving Ye Feng the ball this time, he went straight into the Lakers inside, without thinking about what would happen if Ye Feng didn't catch the ball. manage.

Of course, Ye Feng did not let him down, and grabbed the ball into his arms before Artest reached out, but instead of holding the ball and advancing quickly, he yelled: "Jeff, look behind, catch the ball." !” Before the words fell, the basketball drew a straight trajectory and quickly chased in the direction Ayers was running.Ayres looked back, grinned, slowed down, caught the ball in his big fan-like hand with a scoop of his right hand, followed by a dunk, which can be regarded as the Lakers in the 5 minutes of overtime. A dismounted Mawei.After the dunk, Ailes was very excited. He and his teammates clapped hands one after another, and ran back to his basket with his tongue sticking out.

Gasol's face was very ugly. He underestimated this little guy with the height of a power forward before, but he didn't expect such a good bounce. He shook his head helplessly and walked to the bottom line to prepare to kick off.Still as usual, Kobe came to the backcourt to catch the ball and dribbled it across half court.This time the Blazers chose to switch defenses. Ye Feng stood in front of Kobe. He put on a defensive posture while carefully observing Kobe's every move.

In the face of his defense, Kobe basically didn't make any fake moves, and just relied on his body to fight hard.Even with Ye Feng sticking close to his side, he still scored a goal with an unimaginable movement, and then slowly walked back to his own half.Looking at Kobe's walk-like movements, and thinking about the details of his previous breakthrough, Ye Feng thought deeply. It was obvious that Kobe's physical strength had reached a critical point. Should he immediately use run-and-gun tactics to defeat them?

Since McMillan gave Ye Feng the power to act arbitrarily on the field, when he shared his ideas with his teammates, basically no one objected, even Aldridge, who seemed a bit overwhelmed, supported his ideas, and Said that he would do his best to complete his task.After the re-kick-off, the five players of the Blazers rushed to the Lakers half aggressively. No one stood still. Tear it up completely to create more gaps.

Just as Ye Feng expected, the physical strength of the Lakers' players was almost at their limit, how could they withstand their charge?After four or five passes, Fernandez got open on the perimeter and hit an easy [-]-pointer.This three-pointer seems to have opened the signal for the Blazers to kill. They run harder on the court, and their teammates will definitely pass the ball if they have a better opportunity. This kind of teamwork makes the Lakers players complain. They all started to loosen up.Phil is even more entangled at this time. Now that the morale of the Blazers is high, if they replace the substitute, they will not be beaten by them?

Just when he was hesitating, the Blazers had already hit a 12-4 climax, widening the point difference to 8 points.The 4 points of the Lakers were all scored by Kobe alone, but how many nails can he hit even if he is covered in iron?Time passed by, and the Lakers still failed to narrow the point difference. Their physical disadvantages were fully exposed, which was in stark contrast to the lively appearance of the Blazers players.At this time, McMillan didn't intend to replace Miller and Camby. He could see that Ye Feng's decision directly hit the Lakers' weakness. Since it had a miraculous effect, there was no need for him to sabotage it, right?
The cheering and cheering of the fans in the audience was very loud, but no matter how loud it was, it could not prevent the Lakers from losing.When the final whistle sounded, the Trail Blazers players hugged each other with boos all over the sky. The numbers on the scoreboard were very clear. The Trail Blazers defeated the Lakers 118 to 108 and advanced to the finals.

(End of this chapter)