Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 348

The first game of the Western Conference semifinals here is about to start, and the Kings and Supersonics are still desperately fighting for the tiebreaker at the Key Arena.

Jerome James more than quadrupled his regular-season numbers, hammering the Kings' line of Mehmet Okur and Kenny Thomas to the brim.

Relying on Bibby and Stojakovic's outside scoring, the King barely held the situation. Bibby made 24 of 13 shots and scored 35 points. Stojakovic made 22 of 14 shots and made three-pointers. He made 9 of 5 shots and scored 38 points. The two almost played to the extreme. Cutino Mobley, who was traded from the Magic and had high hopes, only scored 6 points in the life-and-death battle. Ray Allen, the No. 28 supersonic star star, made 17 of 45 shots, scored 6 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds and 5.3 steals, and hit a three-pointer in Stojakovic. The mid-range shot left the King with [-] seconds of attack time.

Bibby missed a mid-range shot, Kenny Thomas desperately shot the rebound, and Stojakovic's desperate three-pointer slammed into the back basket and popped out, announcing the end of the Kings' season.

In the series, Ray Allen averaged 35.3 points per game, shooting 51.4% from the field, 45.2% from three-pointers, and a terrifying 97.1% from free throws. He performed extremely well.Jerome James averaged 17 points and 12 rebounds per game, just like the league's first-line insider.

Their opponent will be the Spurs who eliminated the Rockets 4-2.

In the Eastern Conference, Mourning reappeared the true spirit of the team in the tie-break. Although he only scored 6 points, in 27 minutes of playing time, he sent out a terrifying 6 blocks and grabbed 14 rebounds. Walker was dizzy and made 14 of 2 shots throughout the game. Although Paul Pierce still scored 37 points under the wheel of Odom and Jamison, it was difficult to save the overall weak Celtics. Bosh and Jamison Each scored 21 points, Caron Butler 17 points, Lamar Odom 12 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.After a tie-break, the young Heat beat the Celtics 107-102 with difficulty.

Another set of duels. Obviously, the partnership between Allen Iverson and Chris Webber was quite unsuccessful. There is nothing a strong talented player can do. Relying on the good performances of Andre Iguodala, Dalembert and Willie Green, the 76ers barely made it to the tiebreaker, but they were defeated in the seventh game Fell, was slaughtered by the Nets for 30 points, regrettably out of the game.

After the game, Carter was very excited, and mentioned that he missed the lore shot and regretted losing the tiebreaker and being out of the game, and now he finally got his revenge.

The first game between the Pistons and the Pacers has ended. The aging Pacers looked a little weak in the face of the Pistons who were entering their peak. The Sharks contributed 24 points and 11 rebounds under the siege of the Pistons, which was obviously not enough to help. The team won, Ben Wallace had 5 points, 18 rebounds and 5 blocks, Reed had 23 points, Eddie Jones had 14 points and 4 steals, Cassell had 21 points and 9 assists, Brad Miller had 14 points and 9 rebounds With 5 assists, the Pistons completely suppressed the Pacers starters except O'Neal, suppressing the Pacers' shooting percentage to below 35%, and took the lead 80-68.

Looking at the huge PHX letters and the burning fireball on the floor, Jim recalled many bad memories.

Like Tim Thomas' three-pointer.

Shaking his head and clearing his mind of distracting thoughts, Jim made adjustments to the starting lineup.

Battier replaced Haslem as the starting power forward. His main task was to mark Shawn Marion on the offensive end and not give him too many easy scoring opportunities.

Garnett jumped over Boozer and won the Lakers' first chance to attack.

Kobe dribbled the ball over half court and handed it to Billups at the top of the arc. He used Garnett's cover to cut to the basket. Garnett helped him block Joe Johnson, and Billups threw the ball directly to the basket. Basket——

Boozer didn't respond, and Kobe scored the first alley-oop.A basic UCLA air cut broke through the Suns' defense.

Of course, the Suns are used to losing points like this, as long as they win back at the other end.

Boozer and Marion stood at the corners, Joe Johnson and Quentin Richardson at the bottom corners, Nash held the ball at the top of the arc, and made a V-shaped attack.

This is D'Antoni's trump card when he led the Benetton Treviso team to win the Serie A and European Cup championships in Italy. It was initiated by the pick-and-roll of Nash and the inside players. Once the defensive player chooses to help defend, Nash can distribute the ball to the bottom corner. The shooter completes the offense. If he doesn't assist in the defense, Nash will easily pass the ball to Marion, and the hacker will layup.

Just 20 seconds into the game, both sides had already passed a move.Compared with the just-concluded battle between the Pistons and the Pacers, this duel is obviously more popular with the people who eat melons.

D'Antoni obviously also knows that his team's inside defense is illusory. In order to make up for this shortcoming, he usually resorts to the unfavorable zone defense in Europe in the opening stage, shrinks the basket, and first tries the opponent's touch. Once the opponent feels bad and hits the iron with a three-pointer, as soon as the Suns counterattack storms out, the score may be pulled apart in an instant.

However, in the NBA, the zone defense is limited by the three-second rule of defense. The center cannot squat under the basket and loses its maximum power. Moreover, each team has developed a set of countermeasures after a season of adaptation. The joint defense method.

Garnett was like a big nail, stuck at the free throw line, the dead spot of the zone defense, forcing Boozer to come up to mark him, while Kobe took advantage of Artest's off-ball screen and went straight into the sun's emptiness through the back door. At the basket, Garnett got the ball. When Marion turned around to help defend, it was too late. Kobe had already flown to the other side of the basket and scored a layup.

The Suns attacked, Nash used Boozer's cover, circled around the Lakers' three-second zone, and came out again. Artest tried to double-team and steal, but failed. Nash sent a ball that was on the verge of a mistake. It turned into a great pass, and Joe Johnson was unguarded for a [-]-pointer.

"Follow your own people! Don't gamble and steal!" Jim hurriedly arranged loudly on the sidelines.

The Sun recovered very well. This time Battier got a three-pointer, but unfortunately he missed it.

Boozer grabbed the rebound and gave the ball to Nash at the first time. After Marion interfered with Battier, he went down quickly. Nash's remote guidance directly found Marion, and the hacker took off. Violent and ugly chopping with hands.

Battier was still a step behind when he returned to the defense in an emergency. His physical talent was much worse than that of Marion. He could only see the back of No. 31 and pick up the ball. Battier was very annoyed.

The coach put him in the starting lineup with the purpose of dealing with Marion. As a result, he was scored 2 points within 4 minutes of the opening.

(End of this chapter)