champion heart

Chapter 6 6. Depressed Gary Neil

"Judging from the jump ball, Howard is quite energetic today!"

Yang Yi said something very official!
The Lakers' first wave of offense played cleanly!

Tang De took the ball from the frame and put it straight to the basket, Howard caught the ball and pushed Splitter to the basket with both hands!

Since the Spurs do not have Duncan inside, although Howard's state has declined now, it is clear that Splitter is not at the same level as him!

Howard, who easily won the first point tonight, did not forget to perform, showing off his muscles wantonly!
"Great job Don, just hand me the ball and I'll settle the fight fast and take you home!"

Howard came over and gave Tang De a high five!

Tang De was speechless, and Howard seemed a little too excited!
2: 0!

The Lakers at home came out on top!
It was the Spurs' turn to attack, and with the help of his teammates' pick-and-roll, Gary Neal got a chance to single out Tang De in a dislocation.

In Neil's eyes, Tang De is the most bully of the Lakers.

After all, Tang De is just a role player, and he got into the starting lineup only because of his luck today.

So Neil is very excited now. Subconsciously, he always thinks that Tang De is a very easy opponent to deal with. He only needs to make a little effort to score on Tang De's head!

It's just that Neil was wrong, Tang De was much more difficult to deal with than he imagined!
Neal is a player that Tang De still knows well, and he also had a bright performance back then.

On April 2011, 4, at the last moment when the Spurs fell behind with a total score of 28:1 and were about to be eliminated by the Grizzlies, Neal, the second oldest player among the 3 rookies, used a three-pointer to push the Spurs off the edge of the cliff Drag it back!
A three-pointer at the buzzer with 4 seconds left in the fourth quarter dragged the game into overtime, and finally won 1.7-110!

In fact, Neil is a little bit like Curry in his style of play, but it's just a bit like it!

He doesn't have Curry's physical fitness, so his ability to break through and handle the ball is not a star behind Curry!
In addition, his shooting accuracy is incomparable with Curry!
Facing Tang De's defense, Neil was extremely confident. He only dribbled the ball three times, and then directly shot a three-pointer from the outside!
But his self-confidence looks really funny to Tang De!
The lack of height, coupled with his poor jumping ability, caused Neil's shot to be slapped off the field by Tang De.

After covering Neil, Tang De was not too excited, because it was not difficult at all!
But Howard didn't think so, he was even more excited than Tang De.

In Howard's heart, this volleyball-style block is his exclusive action!

After landing, Howard was the first to rush to Tang De, and directly "bump his chest" to serve him!
Tang De was miserable by Howard, this guy is really a big boy.

It's a bit overexcited...

Neil was a little confused at the moment!
He wanted to say: This shit is unscientific, how can a yellow-skinned person have such a good jumping ability?Illusion, illusion, definitely an illusion!
Neil was very dissatisfied, and the consequences were serious!
The Spurs continued to attack, and the ball was still in Neal's hands!
This time it was Meeks who defended him.

As soon as the game started, Neil seemed a little grumpy. No wonder he was humiliated by Tang De in the first attack, which made Neil feel very embarrassing.

Facing Meeks' defense, Neal chose to break through!

Passed Meeks with difficulty and staggered to the basket.

As soon as he got to the basket, tragedy happened again!
The inside twin towers composed of Howard and Gasol, "double ghost hit the goal", Neil lost the ball and was directly intercepted by Gasol.

After the steal, Gasol reacted quickly and made a long pass to Tang De who was standing outside the three-point line!

Tang De received the ball and took a big step to launch a fast break. Taking advantage of Leonard's unsteady footsteps, Tang De shot a three-pointer from the outside!

Hands up and down, three-pointers hit steadily!

In the opening game, the Lakers were full of momentum, and they directly stopped the Spurs 5:0.

Tang De is ready, he doesn't want to do anything else in this game, the only thing he wants to do is to score!
He wants to score, he wants to score crazy!

To prove yourself, scoring is the most direct and convincing way.

As for the hot pot that Neil was invited to eat just now, it was entirely because Neil offered to deliver it to his door.

Although Popovich's plan before the game was to take the initiative to release water and send the Lakers to win the game.

But it can't be too much, no, even if you lose, at least the scene shouldn't be too ugly.

If the game is played too fake, it will end badly!

So Popovich couldn't sit still at this time, and the game started less than 1 minute before being stopped by Popovich.

Neil suddenly became a little scared. No one in the entire Spurs was not afraid of Popovich, and even Duncan, the absolute core of the team, was a little afraid of him sometimes!

When Popovich gets angry, he doesn't care if you are a role player or a star player.

Ginobili is great, right?Isn't it still a mess of being scolded by Popovich!
On the bench, Neal was accepting Popovich's brainwashing with his head down.

"Listen Gary, you better play reasonable for me, we're going to play team basketball, you better put your game away, if you keep messing around like this, you just come down and sit on the bench for me! "

Exactly as Neil imagined, he was scolded by the coach.

Neil was wronged, he just wanted to show himself, but he didn't expect that not only his performance on the court was not satisfactory, but also off the court, he was scolded by the coach!
On the other hand, for the Lakers, it's a different world. The atmosphere of the whole team is harmonious and chatting.

"What about Charles, do you have some other opinions about Don now? I think Tang De's three-pointer is cool!" O'Neill said with a glance at Barkley.

"You are less proud of Shaq. The game has just begun. Don't you see that Popovich arranged all of this?"

Barkley seemed to see something, and said thoughtfully...

The timeout ended quickly and the game resumed.

It was the Spurs' turn to attack again. After being scolded by Popovich, Neal obviously didn't dare to do it again. After dribbling the ball to the court, he obediently handed the ball to Leonard!
Leonard in this period is far from the powerful ability of the future, but only has a little potential.

Leonard still has a long way to go before growing into a future FMVP.

Leonard took the ball and hit Tang De with his back, and Tang De defended tightly. Tang De was not worried that Leonard would pass him.

It's not so easy to get past him. On defense, Tang De is still very confident.

Taking a step back, even if Leonard passes him, what awaits him is the twin towers under the basket!
But Leonard played the ball very smartly. He has already noticed Danny Green who is actively running on the outside at the moment.

Danny Green ran out of space, and Leonard passed the ball to the outside in time.

Danny Green shot the ball as soon as he caught it, and also scored a three-pointer. He responded strongly!

(End of this chapter)