Basketball myth

Chapter 141 The Transformation of the Lakers
"Kobe, the task of defending Payton is given to you! Observe him well! Learn from him well! It's not that you want to become a player like him, but to integrate his skills into your own style of play! Your performance today The task is to defend him, no one will help you! As long as you defend him once, I will give you a chance to attack alone! You have to fight for everything yourself!"

"Our tacit understanding is slowly forming. I believe you can see that we are playing a triangle offense! Yes! What we want to play is a triangle offense! This is not someone's patented tactic! We still have the right to use it. Yes!" Thomas still couldn't change the bad joke he learned in the Spurs!
"If you want to beat Jordan! The first thing you have to do is beat Jordan's defeated players! Payton is one of the more famous ones! Also, his trash talk is so annoying! If you can let him If you can’t even speak trash, your achievements will be even greater! Well, get ready for the game! Defend the honor of our home court!”

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This game is narrated by Magic Johnson and McMillan!Hearing that the Lakers have been performing so well recently, Magic really wants to come and take a look!Especially in a dialogue with such a strong team in the Western Conference, it is easier to see the Lakers' weaknesses and strengths!
This game against the Sonics is also a test of the quality of the Lakers' team building!To be honest, there are still a lot of people who don't believe that the Lakers will win this game, even if George Karl's team has a very bad record in the playoffs, but in the regular season, they will not be afraid Anyone!a team!
What a pity!More than half of the second quarter of this game has passed, and those who know how to watch the game are already stunned!The Lakers fans in the audience were very happy!Because, the Lakers actually led the SuperSonics by 43 points with 23:20!This is only the first half of the game!

The rhythm of this game will be completely spent!

Payton's performance was still so brave. Against Kobe, he scored the team's highest score of 14 points in one and a half quarters!But the other teammates only added up to 9 points!The second main force, Wen Baker, only scored 2 points!

Hill's strength has been verified once again!If it weren't for the dragging down of his teammates in the past, Hill's playoffs would not be the end of a round!
O'Neal scored 23 points for the Lakers, and scored 23 points in the half. It can be said that O'Neal's offensive power has been brought into full play!What's more, it can be considered that the interior defense composed of white players like the Sonics can be regarded as non-existent for O'Neal!

Kobe was completely blown by Payton, and the offense only scored 2 points!Kobe's self-esteem was greatly affected in the first half of the game!One-on-one is not the opponent of Peyton at all!Although he is still fighting more and more courageously, but whether it is the gap in experience or the richness of skills, Payton does not pay attention to Kobe who only participated in the All-Star this year!

However, the victory against Kobe did not give Payton a good mood!Payton felt even more uncomfortable. A team like the Lakers with excellent rhythm master Hill is the person Payton hates the most. As long as the rhythm of the Lakers speeds up a little bit, without Thomas teaching the timeout, Hill will Take the initiative to control the ball, and then face Wen Baker's defense, easily score the ball, it takes 24 seconds to attack!

It instantly stabilized the overall mood of the Lakers!You know, at that moment, O'Neal had two defenders, and completely gave up the Lakers' perimeter defense, just betting that the Lakers would not make a three-pointer. Facing such a situation, Hill calmly waited for 20 minutes. Seconds of attack time came, and then an accelerated breakthrough to score the ball!

Elegant violence!This is the greatest compliment to Hill's offense!

O'Neill is even more cool!You know, in the previous games between him and the Supersonics, he really ran all over the field!Scoring won't be this easy!In this game, O'Neal just completed his task under the basket!Grab the rebounds, drive to the rim, and block the Sonics!

What other help defense it!What running defense!None of them are needed!The arrival of Thomas really liberated O'Neal's offense!

The magician saw the performance of the Lakers, watched the game very seriously, and watched Thomas' development after the timeout!He said very cautiously, "This rookie coach has the demeanor of Popovich of the Spurs! It can be said that he understands the strengths of his own team and the weaknesses of the opponent's team very well! If the Lakers continue like this , will become very strong! Even...hehe! It's too early to say anything else!"

When Thomas heard this, he really wanted to ask the magician, "Brother, you also came from time travel? Otherwise, how would you know that I am Bobo's disciple?"

In these three games, the Lakers scored less than 50 points at halftime, and no more than 100 points in the whole game. Except for the game against the underdog Warriors, the Lakers' scoring was not as strong as before!
但是，奥尼尔三场比赛下来场均24分15个篮板，希尔场均10+8+7的数据，其他的球员命中率更是有了飞跃的提高！从以前的百分之40左右提升到了现在的百分之46左右！

This is a very big improvement!
Barkley and Hill have not fully exerted their strengths, and the Lakers have already defeated such strong teams as the Trail Blazers and the Supersonics. If Thomas integrates these two into the team, the strength of the Lakers will be greatly improved. How powerful, this is very exciting!
Thomas looked at the performance of the Sonics, and thought very refreshingly, "This is a player with a superstar! It's so easy! Hehe! Kobe is now at the A level, O'Neal and Hill are at the S level, and Barkley is in every game. In the 10 minutes of playing time in the game, you can also achieve S-level performance, plus Horry, Fisher and other B+ level substitute players! Haha! So happy!"

"Really, there are still so many tactics that have not been used! SuperSonics, can you be better! Is this the performance of the top three in the Western Conference this season? Haha! Is this game very surprising to the Lakers? Next If we still face each other once, the Lakers still have plenty of tactics to deal with you!"

It seems that Thomas is very happy to have these superstars!

At the end of the game, the Lakers won with a score of 110:97!In fact, in the second half of the game, Kobe began to show off!O'Neal, Barkley, and Hill didn't play in the second half of the third quarter. Kobe led a bunch of substitute players and started to confront Payton!
Not to mention, Kobe's personal ability was fully utilized in the third quarter!He really played two hands with Payton. Later, Payton was also anxious to face Kobe!You said that you are already leading by 20 points, do you still want to kill them like this?

The power of 'gloves' began to emerge!Kobe's score has dropped significantly!Then until the end of the game, after Kobe's score was defended by Payton himself, he only scored 4 points in the second half!The audience scored 16 points!
The score has also been further pulled in!Peyton also took a good breath of anger!But the hatred between Kobe and him began!

The current record of the Lakers is 37 wins and 11 losses. Thomas has won 3 consecutive victories since coaching!Then on the 15th, against the veteran team Rockets!In this game, the Lakers lost!Nick, who was traded by the Lakers, showed off his power. He made 12 of 8 three-pointers in the game. God is coming, and he has to lie down!
What's more, Olajuwon controlled O'Neal's scoring very well!It limited O'Neal's performance very well. Drexler scored 20 points and 10 rebounds in the game, and taught Hill a good lesson. He is getting stronger and stronger!
The Lakers lost the game with a score of 90:99!

This is bad news!The Suns finally agreed to the Lakers' trade request before the trade deadline!Trade Kevin Johnson for Eldon Campbell!This is the final piece of the puzzle for the Lakers!It is also a big gamble for veteran Kevin on his last career!
On February 2th, the Lakers came to the home court of the Suns to challenge the Suns!This is also Kevin Johnson's last game with the Suns this season!It could also be the last Suns game!The entire Suns team is preparing to give the Lakers a big gift for him!
Back-to-back Suns, desperate for the Lakers!In order to see for himself the quality of the Lakers, will they satisfy the veteran's last wish!

(End of this chapter)