Basketball myth

Chapter 179 Lonely Ma Long

"Barkley! It's almost time to rest! The second half is up to you! Let's play the pick-and-roll too! Hehe! I really want to see, seeing our pick-and-roll tactics, what will happen to Sloan's face? Everyone in the audience What kind of expressions will the audience, and the audience in front of the TV have? Hahaha!" Thomas laughed obscenely!

The entire Lakers team looked at this picture of Thomas and covered their faces and pretended not to know this guy!

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The second half of the game begins!The Jazz are the main force of the team, and the Lakers are O'Neal, Barkley, Kevin, Kobe, and Horry!
The Lakers attacked, Kevin dribbled the ball beyond the three-point line, he must have passed the ball to Hill in the first quarter, and now, without Hill!Barkley stepped forward to cover, Kevin went down with the cover, Malone and Stockton immediately double-teamed Kevin, trying to delay Kevin's attack!
But at this time, Kevin's pass reached Barkley's hands. Barkley took the ball and rushed forward quickly and made a direct layup. The defensive attention was not focused on Barkley at all!Who knew that Barkley would attack suddenly, but in the first half, he was only responsible for defending Malone!

"Wow! What did we see? The Lakers played a classic pick-and-roll offense, on the defense of Malone and Stockton! Ha! What a picture worth remembering!" Johnson said loudly!That is to say, he is the only one who has the qualifications to loudly 'laugh' at Malone and Stockton indifferently!
"It's really rare!" Derek said quietly in agreement!But Derek thought to himself, isn't this a big knife in front of Guan Gong!What are the Lakers going to do?

The Jazz's offense, Malone received a pass from Stockton inside, faced O'Neal's defense, took a step back and made a sudden shot, and the ball went in!

In the Lakers' offense, Barkley still had a pick-and-roll with Kevin. This time Malone didn't give Kevin a chance to pass back, but this time Kevin gave Horry on the outside, Horry outside the three-point line!Horry and O'Neal completed a pick-and-roll, everyone was attracted to the inside, and Horry from the outside got a three-pointer!
Three point shot!

Ma Long faced Horry's defense under the basket and directly broke through for a layup!

Kevin took the ball on the outside, Barkley still stepped forward, and Malone guarded against the Lakers' pick-and-roll, but this time Kevin handed it directly to Barkley!Take Stockton's defense away by yourself!

Barkley directly chose to break through, and Malone followed closely behind. All his attention was focused on the inside line.Horry's three-pointer, go in!

Facing Barkley's defense and Barkley's squeeze, Ma Long broke through and scored the ball!
The Jazz suddenly stopped the outside defense, but there was only Foster on the inside. He was facing O'Neal, and O'Neal scored the ball!

Malone faced Barkley's defense in the paint...

"What a terrible Lakers team! Malone's offense didn't even lead to a single point, and the Lakers were even held back by 15 points! The Jazz's offense is very good! What's going on? The Lakers in the third quarter "His shooting percentage reached 5%, and the Jazz's shooting percentage also reached about 5%. Is it because of Horry's two three-pointers?" Johnson asked in shock!

"Horry made 47 percent of his 4-pointers when no one was defending him. That's one reason. In fact, what shocked me was that the four superstars of the Lakers were willing to do it for Horry's last shot. All kinds of cover! Hehe! How did Thomas do it!" Derek said calmly looking at the data in his hand!

"You are wrong. Only with Horry on the outside and Kobe opening up the offense on the outside can the Lakers' offense be so diverse! Look at their respective expressions. The Lakers' faces are full of relaxation. On the contrary, the Jazz players are Their faces were very solemn! They kept running, trying to create more convenient conditions for Malone's offense, but the Lakers' defense was one-on-one, and it was a three-person rotation defense. The Jazz faced this situation There is no way around it.”

"Because of one-on-one, Malone is the most confident point for the Jazz. If there is no point chasing, other players can still try their own offense, but in the case of a difference of 15 points, the other players of the Jazz cannot May bear such a responsibility! And the offense of the Lakers is more like a collective offense, everyone has their own role! Every offense hits the weak underbelly of the Jazz's defense!"

"The offense of the Lakers is the strongest offensive tactic of the team. It can be said that this is the killer of the Lakers! This is the first time that the Lakers have used tactics other than the triangle offense! I don't know why, the Lakers used to It's useless!"

"Hehe! I want to use it then! But these Lakers players are uncles!" Thomas thought to himself! "If it weren't for a strong team like the Jazz, a team that can pose a high threat to the Lakers, these guys would use this tactic like this? You know, sometimes the simple tactic is the best. Because for the team, the ones that simply have no way to defend are the ones with the highest shooting percentage! For these uncles, how could other weak teams make the Lakers use such evasive tactics? Brainy guys!"

Thomas thought for a moment and had his own reasons, and then said in a low voice: "This tactic is just a model now. It was Teacher Bobo talking about his offensive insights in 11 years. It is the best tactic to reduce the pressure on Duncan! Even In the future imagined by Mr. Bobo, without Duncan, everyone can beat each other's scores! People in this era are not unsmart, and they can even be said to be at their peak, but without the accumulation of these 10 years, they can instantly It is really impossible to think of the weakness of this tactic for half a moment!"

"Jazz! In the end, I can only say this, you are out of luck!"

At the end of the third quarter, Malone scored 24 points in a single quarter, the Jazz team scored 27 points, and the Lakers scored 34 points in a single quarter!
What makes the Jazz even more desperate is that Malone's physical strength has also reached a relative limit!Sloan's constant roar off the court is useless. Although the Lakers can't execute tactics well, their personal ability is too strong!

What you need to know is to compare the lineups of the Spurs in later generations, and you will find that there is a high degree of similarity!
"You said how will the Jazz handle the game in the fourth quarter? Malone has already played at his peak level. It can be said that it is not inferior to Jordan's peak. Moreover, the most critical point is the beginning of the fourth quarter. How are the Jazz going to get through it? You know Hill can rest for a whole quarter!" Derek just realized the reality that Hill didn't play in the third quarter?
"Hehe! The headache is Sloan! The Lakers didn't play according to their own routine! In the first game, the Jazz were still in the lead, but with the high-level performance of the four stars of the Lakers, they lost the game. Now, with such a result, Sloan admits, who wouldn't encounter a few superstars playing together?"

"However, the Lakers, who were already leading, took the lead in changing their tactics. From the very beginning, the Lakers targeted Malone's offense, which made him exhausted! Throughout the first half, the Lakers let Malone receive the ball from the outside and attack. Although doing so will make me more tired, you must know that a player's physical strength is limited, and Sloan also thinks so. I guess he will not be anxious about the result of the game if he is like this. The Lakers will not do this in the second half Yes, especially Hill's excellent performance in the first half, which consumed even more of his energy!"

"Sloan was only half right! The Lakers didn't do this in the second half, but the Lakers' offense was much higher, and it was just the opposite of the first half. Malone's inside offense could be played, and the outside shooters didn't. Here's a chance!" Derek couldn't speak the following words!because……

"Let me tell you! Sloan was completely calculated by Thomas! He was completely calculated by Thomas from the beginning to the end! When the strengths of the two sides were similar, the strength of the coach was revealed, and Thomas clearly won the first move! The Jazz's game is hanging!" Johnson concluded in the end!
(End of this chapter)