King of the Point Guard Era

Chapter 104 The Three Point Rain at the Staples Center

"Coach, it feels like He's three-pointer is back, and it's more difficult to defend than before." Kobe told Zen Master his opinion while drinking energy drinks. At the beginning, he didn't support this decision. A shooter who averaged 43 3.2s per game on 3 percent of his shots this season won't be stuck in the doldrums.

"Continue to look at the situation. If he has a high shooting percentage, you should be more aggressive. Now the main thing is to prevent his passes. Don't let him bring the rhythm of their entire team. Try not to switch defenses. Our team is a bit old. I can’t outrun them.” Hearing this sentence, Kobe was silent. This two-time championship team really has too many veterans who can’t outrun. The average age is too old to cause the decline in athletic ability. Slow down and understand this.

But soon the Lakers paid the price for Zen Master's comeback. Facing the pick-and-roll, Kobe wanted to bypass the pick-and-roll and not make a change. Even if Brown, who was more athletic, was replaced, he had no confidence, but He Yixiang spared a step. After that, he just raised his hand and shot a three-pointer without hesitation, and once again hit the soul.

The face of the old Zen master, who has always been as calm as a mountain, has changed. He Yixiang's two consecutive three-pointers made him feel very bad. The most important thing is that in the last game against the Spurs, after the same pick-and-roll, he was more toward the basket. Then, with the help of Duncan and Jefferson, he sent too many turnovers. As a result, he became so decisive on the outside today, disrupting the entire defensive plan of the Lakers.He decisively made a gesture, signaling to double-team He Yixiang, and stop letting him cast so unscrupulously.

Iguodala continued to pick and roll. This time the Lakers did not hesitate. Kobe and Artest quickly stepped forward to double-team, but as a point guard, He Yixiang was very decisive. The moment he stepped forward, he passed the ball to Iguodala. After he rushed to the inside, he faced Brown's delay and gave the ball to Udrih, which played a good role in the second organization. Udrihi also made this three-pointer without disgrace.

Even though it was an away game in the first quarter, the entire Kings team was in such a good state tonight!After the Lakers were forced to double-team He Yixiang, Casspi, Yi Jianlian who came off the bench, and Iguodala each made a three-pointer. In addition to He Yixiang's goal, the Kings made 10 of 7 three-pointers in the first quarter. , and Landry also recovered when He Yixiang recovered. His state was greatly affected by He Yixiang, and he scored 5 points on 4 of 8 shots.Cousins ​​basically didn't attack, but he also protected the backcourt rebound. He grabbed an offensive rebound in the frontcourt and scored Gasol's 2+1, which made Gasol suffer two fouls in the first quarter.

At 33:23, the Kings, as the visiting away team, directly gave the Lakers a big blow at the Staples Center. Even though the two sides were not fast-paced offense and defense, the Kings also scored 33 points in the first quarter.The Lakers fans in the field felt that the team played extremely ugly, the defense was infinitely leaky, and the offense was completely dependent on the duo of Kobe and Gasol. If this continued, the game would be lost.

Seeing He Yixiang's end in the second quarter made the Lakers fans feel a little relieved. The King's substitutes are well known. The Kings start the top five in the league. What about substitutes? It is still a good rotation at best, and there is no best sixth-man player like Odom.

But what surprised them was that the Lakers were still in decline when they played in the second quarter.The King's Iguodala did not end, but stayed on the field to limit Odom.The king's substitute may have played very hard because of the two-game losing streak. The audience ran actively. With the active efforts of his teammates, Iguodala even suppressed Odom, a left-handed magician, in organization.

No. In the 13th minute, Garcia, the old captain of the Kings, received a breakthrough from Iguodala and hit the Kings' eighth three-pointer of the game.

No.15 minutes, Udrih's quick running, passing through the inside, Whiteside made an off-ball pick-and-roll for him, the basketball flew into the hands of Udrih in the bottom corner after three passes, and hit the king's ball with his open hand Ninth three-pointer.

The Lakers fans couldn't sit still anymore. They all stood up. There were people in the arena who wanted to cheer for the team, and there were also people who were angry about being beaten up at home for the defending champion. If the defeat of the Big Three is justifiable, then it is undoubtedly unacceptable for the youth army who was defeated twice this season to succeed in revenge. We are the defending champions!
"Hey, why is the Kings' three-pointer so accurate today, especially the three-pointer from the bench? I have a bad feeling!" A middle-aged man wearing the Lakers' No. 24 jersey complained to the fans next to him.

The fan next to him also deeply agreed: "The Kings scored more points than our whole team today with just three-pointers. I also have a premonition that it will rain three-pointers today!"

In far away Miami, the Heat played at home against James' old club, the Cavaliers. Because of the topicality of the two teams, this game was broadcast live across the United States. However, the topicality is topicality. In fact, the two teams are far apart Huge, one is second in the Eastern Conference, and the other is now at the bottom of the Eastern Conference because of James' departure.This game showed a one-sided trend just like the actual situation of the two teams.The Cavaliers fell before James could exert his strength, and the Heat's players also understood James' embarrassment. His good brother Wade scored 21 points on 13 of 34 shots and took away the Cavaliers. Now it's garbage time.

"Charles, the Kings played against the Lakers. The Kings have hit nine three-pointers. He has 11 points and 4 assists in a single quarter." The game entered garbage time, and they also started to discuss other games. Due to the reasons of the East and West, the game started later than them. The Kings and the Lakers happened to be in the second quarter, after all, this game also attracted much attention.

Barkley smiled slightly: "As I said earlier, he was not defeated so easily." When ESPN criticized He Yixiang last time, Barkley unexpectedly stood on He Yixiang's side and spoke for him: "That's it Do you look down on him in one game? I don’t think he will be great in every game, but in fact, he hits me in the face every time, and now I like him to hit your faces, just wait!”

At that time, Barkley's words still frightened He Yixiang's fans. Looking at it now, Barkley occasionally said something very reasonable!But what Barkley was thinking in his heart was that if a player who had been against me for a long time was knocked down by you with just a few words, wouldn't that make me weak?I'm sorry, but now I'm on He Yixiang's side.

(End of this chapter)