King of the Point Guard Era

Chapter 227 The Showdown Between Spear and Shield
Martin's outburst relieved the king's lagging situation. Two consecutive dunks and one block not only narrowed the point difference, but also greatly improved the morale of the king. After the first quarter, the king had only 18: 21 is only three points behind.

As the saying goes: the east is not bright, the west is bright.In the past, the Kings started to win points, and the second team was to ensure that they would not be opened up. Today, when the main players feel extremely sluggish, the Kings' substitute players stand up one by one.

The first to stand out was Casspi, who served as a substitute this season. As soon as he came on the court in the second quarter, he threw two consecutive three-pointers on the head of the opposing defensive champion Luol Deng, achieving a score. overtake.

Then, it was Udry, the king's former starting point guard, and Whiteside. The two of them inherited the title of the king's lob city, and they attacked the basket infinitely while the opponent's rim guard Noah was not on the court. , and the new insider Omer Asik is tall, but his slow movement speed makes a fast-playing team like the Kings very happy.

"Wow, it's the first time I've seen the King's bench so fierce this season, facing the Bulls who are known for their lineup depth, it's unbelievable." Kenny Smith couldn't believe it Exclaimed, he felt that even if the king could come back, it was because his core players would suddenly regain their touch. He never expected the king's substitute to become so fierce.

On the contrary, Barkley on the side seemed much calmer. He seemed to have expected this a long time ago: "Look, I knew they couldn't lose the king's game."

"Why do you come to such a judgment? I remember that you have never supported the Kings team before." Smith was very curious. Today's Barkley is not like him at all. It wasn't someone else coming in Barkley's skin.

Barkley replied unhurriedly: "It is precisely because I have never supported the Kings before that I feel so. I used to watch Kings games. The situation in every game was the same. I fell behind at the start, and then I began to doubt the strength of the king, and then, the king began to slap my doubts like cheating. Every time, I lost completely."

Seeing this, even the audience watching the game in front of the TV couldn't help laughing. It seems that Barkley has learned how to behave, and he has a lot of experience in commentating the King's games.

Since Casspi's three-point overtake on the court, the Bulls have never overtaken, but were pulled further and further away.

Thibodeau, the best head coach in the league last season, who is famous for his ruthless main force, naturally quickly replaced his main players.He couldn't afford to lose this game that was about number one in the league.

After the opponent changed, Westphal was naturally not far behind, but he did not replace all the main players. Obviously, the only main players of the Kings today are He Yixiang and Cousins.However, Iguodala's defense is very important. Without him, let Casspi match up with Luol Deng, and I am afraid that he will be completely eaten up.

The King's lineup has become He Yixiang, Casspi, Iguodala, Martin and Cousins.

The Bulls' main lineup took the lead as soon as they came up, and Rose used Noah's pick-and-roll to get into the paint and finish with a small throw to narrow the point difference.

But the king is also happy and fearless. Today, He Yixiang and Martin, who have a very tacit understanding, had a very tacit air connection.When Cousins ​​​​runs out, Noah is out of the paint, and Martin's instant counter-run directly throws Boozer away.At the same time as he took off, He Yixiang's pass was also in place.

The King's offense began to return to its familiar rhythm, and Iguodala also began to hit his first three-pointer of the game.

The Kings are the strongest offensive team in the league, while the Bulls are defensive, and now in this spear and shield coach, with the passage of time, the defensive ability of this shield has been touched by this spear Thorough.

Their initial defensive strategy did have an effect. In the first quarter, the Kings fell behind by as much as 10 points. However, now the Kings have Martin, a spoiler. are two opposite types.

After halftime, the Bulls, the main players, not only did not get close to the point difference, but instead they went from leading by 10 points at the beginning to falling behind by 10 points.

"Look, I said that as long as there is a game I commented on, it is very difficult for the Kings to lose, no matter how unfavorable their game is at the beginning." Barkley shrugged helplessly, indicating that he was also very happy with this situation. have no choice.

Seeing this scene, West lowered his head a little bit disappointed, his face was a little unhappy.Westphal, who was paying attention to the game on the field, also saw West's appearance, and naturally knew that he was disappointed because of the gap between his own performance and Martin's performance tonight.

On the way back to the locker room of the home team, Westphal found West, who was a little sullen at the end of the team: "David, the opponent's defensive method today restrained you, but don't worry, this kind of The defense is not without loopholes, and here I want to apologize to you, because I am indeed not a very good coach on the spot. But you can rest assured that if you meet them in the finals, you will definitely not let them go so smoothly again."

West didn't expect the coach to care about him so much. He was a little moved and a little ashamed: "No, it's my own fault. I'm in such a damn state today that I can't throw the ball in anyway. I'm most familiar with it. The location is the same."

Compared with the situation where the Kings understand each other and care for each other, the backward Bulls are much more severe. Thibodeau was extremely dissatisfied with the performance in the first half, and directly lost his temper in the locker room of the visiting team, and even broke a tactical board. .

He can understand that Rose can't guard He Yixiang, because the opponent is now the top of the league's MVP list after all, so he vented all his anger on Boozer: "Carlos, tell me why I can't keep up with a guy with 34 , Are you younger than him? Judging by your reaction speed in playing, I even doubt which of the two of us is older."

The former All-Star said in this passage was extremely embarrassed. It was really not a good thing for him to be beaten by a substitute player who had just returned from the CBA and was on the first day of joint training.Immediately, he made a promise: "Don't worry, coach, I can play back in the second half."

(End of this chapter)