Basketball myth

Chapter 172
Systematically speaking, a player's strength is usually around 60% of the pass line!Once the critical moment comes, a star who can play 80 to 95% of himself can be said to be a star with a big heart!
Once it's the last moment or the critical score, he has played [-]% of his strength, at least he has got the ticket to enter the superstar!Of course, this does not mean that he has entered the ranks of superstars!

The most basic quality of being a superstar is to have a good physical fitness or a good unmatched technique!The most basic thing for a superstar is to be able to drive all the players to play extraordinary games!

Once a player reaches [-]% performance in the whole game, he can be said to be in a state of magic in this game!Such a state is rare!So Thomas is very troubled by such things!
Malone is not a single offensive S-level player, but the kind of superstar who can drive the team's offense!Especially because he is an inside superstar!And the strongest point of the Lakers is O'Neal's inside offense!

Once O'Neal's offense is restricted, more than half of the Lakers' system will be paralyzed!That's what Thomas was terribly afraid of!

On May 98, 5, the first game between the Lakers and the Jazz at the Lakers' Staples Field began!
Thomas sent what can be said to be the strongest lineup of the Lakers!

Kevin Johnson, Kobe, Hill, Barkley, O'Neal!
This lineup can be said to be the first lineup sent by the Lakers!Except for the Lakers players, all the audience have never seen such a lineup before. It can be said that from the very beginning, the Lakers have been desperate!
The Jazz still sent their best starting lineup, nothing changed!It can be said that Sloan relied on this lineup and his unique insight to find players suitable for this system to create such a super team that dominated the Western Conference for two years!

Stockton and Malone need no introduction!Needless to say, Russell and Hornacek!One is a defensive defender, and the other is a three-point shooter on the front line, a player with a high IQ!Compared with the Deron period of later generations, it is the combination of Cavour and Lagabel!

What I want to talk about is the Jazz's starting center Greg Foster, this is a white big center, and the object of comparison is Okur of the later Jazz!The two of them are very similar in that they are very big, they can cover a certain attack area, and they can both shoot three-pointers!

In this year's regular season, Foster averaged 5.4 three-pointers per game. Although his shooting percentage was very low, less than 3%, but in this era when three-pointers are not an essential weapon for a team, one It is very rare for a center forward to pull out and shoot three-pointers!

However, from this perspective, what makes Sloan inferior to Mayfair and other meritorious coaches is Sloan's system, which has been decided from the very beginning!His approach is to put suitable players in his own system, not to create a system for a player with potential to let him play out!
It can be said that such a system is successful and Sloan is defeated!Sloan has paid for his stubbornness all his life!
Although Thomas can find loopholes in Sloan's system, but for Karl Malone alone, Thomas has nothing to do!

Ma Long is the kind of MVP who can be both inside and out. If he hadn't met Jordan, he would definitely have received a higher honor. Of course, what I said was all nonsense!But in this way, you will understand how terrible it is for such a player to show all his abilities!

At the beginning of this game, Thomas had already decided to strategically give up on Malone, relying solely on Barkley to defend him. Although this is sorry for the Jazz, it is also Thomas' last resort!Once he is double-teamed, the entire Jazz team will be alive!From the very beginning of this game, Ma Long played very well, and his offense was very aggressive. In the half court, he scored again and again in the offense. Facing Barkley's defense, it was as if the opponent did not exist!
Post-up singles, relying on Barkley to shoot backwards, the ball scored!Facing Barkley's offense head-on, when Barkley consciously opened the distance between each other, he jumped up and shot without hesitation, and the ball scored!Received a pass from a teammate, showed off his footwork in the paint, and almost knocked himself down, the ball also scored!

Barkley looked at Malone like this and scolded directly: "Did you take stimulants today! Why are you so strong! When you played against Jordan in the past, you were half as powerful as you are now, and you have already pulled Jordan off the horse." Okay! Damn it! You're targeting me specifically!"

"I saw a stupid pig today, and my body couldn't help being excited. There's nothing I can do about it! The hand feels good, what can you do to me?" Ma Long looked at Barkley and said with a smile, seeing his former opponent being bullied by him. Unfortunately, the dark side of Ma Long's heart finally let out a sigh of relief!
"Damn! I want to fight!" Barkley responded angrily, rolling his eyes directly!

Ma Long smiled and didn't make a sound!
For Thomas, Malone did not drive the team's offense, which is already something Thomas is very grateful for!So in the face of Malone's strength, Thomas has nothing more to do!Had to rely on Sir Barkley!Fortunately, the spirits of the Lakers players are very high, especially Kevin. Facing his old opponent Stockton, Kevin tried his best to organize the team's offense!Start to catch up with Malone's scoring footsteps!

Although the Jazz's outside line is relatively strong, they are limited by the size and talent of white men, and their athletic ability is not very strong. Hill is an exception!Don't compare everything with this pervert!Kevin used his last athletic ability to open up the Lakers' offensive path!
Kevin is the kind who relies on dribbling to break through to the inside to break the opponent's defense. The best thing is that all the balls are handled by Kevin!As long as the players have a broad vision, they can pass the ball or attack directly at the first time!

In the previous organization of the Lakers, Hill alone was enough!However, Hill's offensive method is mainly an inside breakthrough attack. Thomas is afraid that Malone will directly target Hill, so he arranges Kevin as the first point of the assault!Once this point is restrained by Malone, Hill will be another backup organization point!
In the first half of the game, the Lakers defended passively!Passively fight back!Thomas looked at Malone and had no idea what to do!What is particularly embarrassing for the Lakers is that Thomas specifically asked the Lakers' offense to revolve around Malone!This is very unhappy for the Lakers players!But seeing as Thomas had something to say every time, the players still obeyed!

For the area that Malone can expand when defending, Thomas can only put Malone's defenders outside. Fortunately, Malone's main defense, Barkley, has already scored 3 three-pointers!

Um!Super performance!
When Thomas made a three-pointer from Barkley, he would jump up and applaud actively!This is to put more pressure on Malone, don't relax the defense against Barkley, otherwise Malone who plays 100% will devote himself to the defensive system in addition to the offensive pressure, and the Lakers will struggle even more!

However, at the end of the first half, the Lakers still trailed the Jazz by a score of 50 to 56!

This game is a special game!If Malone didn't play so well, the Jazz would play their own offense. From the outside to the inside, from the inside to the outside, the cooperation between Stockton and Malone is the true face of the Jazz!

Of course, in this case, the Jazz's small moves will also appear!Um!It is such a Jazz team that is not highly respected in later generations. For example, Webber's Kings, even if they have not reached the finals, there are still many fans who like it, and many fans still miss it!
However, when it comes to the Jazz at this time, the first impression of the players is the team that was lore by Jordan. They know Malone, Stockton, and the best background of that century, Russell!
Then talk about the Jazz's offense at this time, hmm!The first impression of the fans is that there are many small moves, eh!It was very brutal!No ornamental at all!
(End of this chapter)