The first point guard in basketball

Chapter 515 The Shark's Sacrifice

The current lineup of the Lakers, if meshed together, is definitely the strongest in history. Even the Bulls in the three-peat era, the Lakers in the showtime era, and the Pistons in the Bad Boys era can’t compare.

Zen master is very good at discovering superstars, but apart from this, he is very mediocre in managing these stars. If this is not the case, then the Lakers this season will not be as good as they are now.

The second half of the game started quickly, Zen Master did not come on the bench, and his IQ was online.If you continue to be on the bench, then the game is really coming to an early end. Because the Grizzlies are leading, Paul Westphal still chose to let the two cores of Xiao Tian and Duncan rest, and chose a part of the main force and part of the substitute.

Since Duncan debuted, Malone didn't take advantage of it. When he faced Jamison, a guy with strong offense and weak defense, he was really not polite. He scored on Jamison's head continuously as soon as he came up.

When facing O'Neal, Brand tried his best to consume the opponent's physical strength and defend O'Neill. This is a false proposition at all, and it is completely untenable, because it is the same as defending Chamberlain, which is simply a fantasy.

The Lakers played well with this lineup. They played a wave of 3:12 in less than 2 minutes, and instantly overtook the score. Paul Westphal also replaced Xiao Tian and Duncan.

In these 3 minutes, Malone seemed to be back in Salt Lake City. He wanted everything he wanted, and Jamison was about to collapse. But as I said before, the superstar lineup of the Lakers has obvious shortcomings, that is, the ball is not enough. Everyone on the court needs the ball.

"Carl, take a break, and leave the rest to me," O'Neill walked over while the Grizzlies were serving the ball, and patted Malone on the shoulder. Malone didn't react. It took a few seconds for him to understand what O'Neill meant. The postman's face became ugly, which meant something.It's hard for me to play well, and you're going to steal the ball from me, you bastard.Malone is not a nice guy.

"No need for Shaq, just leave this game to me, and I will let that paralyzed face know who is the real No. [-] power forward in the league."

Malone's words made O'Neal very unhappy, and the shark snorted coldly, "Carl, I can let you be the protagonist for a while, but if you can't win this game, then you can do the dirty work with peace of mind by my side in the future."

Malone didn't hesitate at O'Neal's words, and agreed without even thinking about it. The wave of offensive climax just now made Malone float, but when the Grizzlies core came up, Duncan received Xiao Tian's pass and directly completed a dunk.

The reason why the Lakers have won so many games this season is that the personal abilities of these five players are too strong. The Lakers' style of play is a replica of the later Thunder. The only difference is that the Thunder only have two strengths, while the Lakers have five.

The Lakers attacked, and O'Neal did what he said. He didn't ask for the ball, but became a blue-collar in the interior with peace of mind. This made Malone very comfortable, because although O'Neal doesn't like defense, his personal defensive ability is completely beyond doubt.

Brand was sad. When O'Neal didn't plan to attack and defended with peace of mind, Brand felt that his nightmare was coming. No matter where he went, O'Neal would follow him, and he was sticking to him. This made Brand feel abnormally uncomfortable, but Malone and Duncan didn't do it. Because Duncan himself is a basketball prodigy, you can't deny it at all. The reason why Xiong makes other teams envy and hate so much is that Duncan and Xiao Tian, ​​other teams can go to heaven with one, but these two monsters are actually in the same team, and there is no incompatibility between them. This is really a rare thing.

Malone's back, Duncan's face-up wiped the board, Malone's face-up, Duncan's back-up jumper, anyway, Malone can do it, these two power forwards are completely on the ground, because Malone is in good shape, the Lakers except for O'Neal, everyone else has also become a foil. By the end of the third quarter, the Grizzlies are still leading. Malone scored in double figures, he scored 25 points, and scored 16 points in this quarter, but the Lakers were still 25 points behind the Grizzlies, which means that O'Neal's sacrifice in this quarter did not bring the Lakers the lead.

Although several other players scored in double figures, they all played extremely uncomfortable, especially Kobe. He only took 3 shots in this quarter, and the ball was in Malone's hands for the rest of the time. Malone played high this quarter, but the Lakers did not take the lead.

Zen Master has nothing to do at this moment. This is the tragedy of a constructive head coach. For some emergencies, he can't find any good solutions at all. He can only hope that the players can solve them by themselves. But from the current point of view, the Lakers players' ability to solve problems is really average.

(End of this chapter)