Chapter 83 [Dead spirit possessed, magic is useless]
North American audiences have a deeper impression of Yang Jian. He is the most conspicuous on the court and can do everything inside and outside. In the two ESPN national live games, he is the one who performs the best in both teams.
During the timeout, espn replayed several wonderful dunks from the Supersonics, and the Lakers players did not have one dunk. The morale of the Supersonics has overwhelmed the Lakers, and Del Harris believes that adjustments must be made.
"Yang scored 10 points on 4 of 5 shots in the opening game, missing only one 3-pointer. He also had a steal and an assist. He scored easily and took a shot one meter outside the three-point line."
Jack Carter analyzed: "I think he was deliberately shooting from a long distance so that the Lakers' inside players can't defend themselves and can't interfere with his shooting unless they go out of the three-point line. Divac and Campbell are not fast, so they can't go back if they go out of the outside line. The person who guards the frame has to face two supersonic inside players by themselves, which is too difficult."
Aron praised: "Yang is a threat to his opponent on the court. He does not need to have a ball in his hand to play. He will run tirelessly without the ball and is extremely fast. When the ball is in his hand, he can also use the ball to break through and shoot or make fouls, and his free throw shooting percentage is still very high."
Jack said: "Yang is probably the only active player in the NBA who has no template. No dunk level player has ever played like him, almost always rushing to the inside and back. He is not like Reggie Miller, who is faster than Miller and has strong ability to fight against each other."
Aaron said: "Harris will definitely replace a center. It's good to defend the penalty area on the double towers. Young is not very good at making the first offensive point. In the counterattack, the Lakers' double towers cannot run through the two insides of the Supersonics."
Sure enough, the Lakers substitution after the timeout. Campbell went off the court and replaced Corey Blunt.
Blunt is a black power forward with a height of 206cm and a weight of 109kg. He was selected by the Bulls in the first round in 1993, with a blue-collar worker with excellent athletic ability.
Yang Jian has an impression of Bronte because in the parallel world, this person is extremely declining and is simply possessed by a declining god.
When Jordan retired, Blunt joined the Bulls, but after Jordan returned, he chose to switch to the Lakers. The Lakers paid no higher salary than the Bulls. He joined the Lakers because the Bulls signed the "Big Bulls" Rodman. He felt that if he stayed, he had to be a fringeman and had no chance to play.
If he stays with the Bulls to play, he will be a member of the Dynasty team. Isn’t that more popular than how many minutes he plays on the court?
Blunt was an important rotation in the Lakers, and he played as a substitute until 1999. Because the holidays in the shrinking season were too long, his condition was severely declined without practicing and was traded to the Cavaliers, and he joined the Suns in the summer. If he played for a few more years with the Lakers, he could become a member of the dynasty team.
Blunt has played for 11 seasons in his career, played for 7 teams, never signed a big contract, perfectly avoiding the championship. He missed the last time against the Supersonics due to injury and just returned to the last game.
The Supersonics also made substitutions. Schramf left the court to rest, and Vincent Eschul appeared. This is George Carl's fixed substitution method, allowing Schramf to return to the court to take the substitute in the second quarter.
Lakers fans were a little disappointed to see Magic Johnson not appearing on the bench. Some people discussed it and were worried that Magicians' comeback would only be a marginal player to play for a few minutes, so the game would be a bit boring.
The two commentators knew very well that the Lakers would definitely not let Johnson play at this time. On the defensive end, the Magician's magic is useless.
Harris called the timeout to strengthen the outside defense. If Johnson goes on, would he let him be a blue-collar worker to defend against pick-and-roll? Johnson will consume a lot of energy on the defensive end. It would be better to let him play in the second quarter and lead the substitute to score, and maybe he can play beautiful data.
The game continues, and the Lakers attack first.
Van Eksel and Divac played pick-and-roll in the middle, and the newly-played Blunt provided a cover for Cebaros from the side. Van Eksel attracted Kemp to switch defense and passed the ball to Cebaros, who cut 60 degrees on the right.
Cebaros wanted to dunk when he received the ball and rushed to the basket. He didn't take PJ Brown seriously, and then got a big hat. PJ Brown suffered a loss against the heavy inside and physical confrontation, but he was very fast. He was good at assisting defense and blocking the outside players who broke through.
Cebaros landed and stabilized the center of gravity, spread his hands and shouted at the referee that he wanted to make a foul free throw. Unfortunately, the ball was very clean, and he was not a superstar, so it was useless to spread his hands. Sometimes, it was useless to spread his hands 2.83 times per game.
Just as Cebaros was spreading his hands, PJ Brown picked up the basketball and launched a fast attack for Payton. Payton advanced to the frontcourt and passed it to Yang Jian. Yang Jian attracted Pierre to make up for defense and used simple and unpretentious moves to pass the ball to Acechu who followed the other side.
The 198cm tall forward Acecuo had no defense and dunked with both hands. 20 to 13.
Aaron said: "This ball is a bit harmful to morale. The Lakers just called the timeout, but the tactics were not completed and the Supersonics made a counterattack. Cebaros missed another person, and Yang Qing assisted his teammates to score."
Jack smiled and said, "Pierre defended alone, Yang didn't rush up and dunk, which already gave the Lakers a lot of face."
Coach Harris, with gray hair, stood on the sidelines and shook his head gently, with his expression as helpless as Lieutenant Frank Zhuobin, who had just parted ways with his girlfriend.
He regretted not replacing Cebaros with the game just now. The player's misalignment tactics were played, but it was definitely not a good choice to face the big man forcibly dunking.
The Lakers attacked, Van Eksel and Divac played pick-and-roll, and Peyton made no effort to score, and the latter passed Cebaros again. This time, Cebaros changed direction and forced a breakthrough. Under physical confrontation, the referee blew Yang Jian's defensive foul. Cebaros pushed the ball towards the basket and went to the free throw line.
In every period, the NBA has no shortage of people who hit porcelain and make fouls, not just Yang Jianhui. Cebaros' free throw today is a bad one, and he also made two free throws. 20 to 14.
In the supersonic position battle, Yang Jian ran out of the three-point line to receive the ball, and the newly-entered Blunt defended it. Yang Jian took the ball without violating it, and immediately moved one step to the middle and pulled the ball up, jumping to create a pass space, and hitting the ground to Kemp.
He will encounter small and big games in every game and already has experience in handling the ball. Don't be vicious, change direction and jump at the fastest speed. As long as the opponent has a certain distance from him, it will be difficult for him to block the passing route and can only interfere with the shooting when he takes action.
He attracted opponents to assist in defense and easily assisted his teammates. Kemp did not cut this time, and hit the board at a 45-degree angle. 22 to 14.
Kemp doesn't cut empty, Divac is too far away, so it's slow to switch to defense with PJ Brown. This is Kemp's strength. He doesn't have to score at the basket, and he's very sure to shoot mid-range shots at the open.
Jack introduced: "Yang's performance is more comprehensive today, this is his third assist in this game. Today, his assists may hit a personal high. His highest assist in a single game was three times before."
Aaron smiled and said, "The Lakers are afraid that the Supersonics will play like this. If Young can attract double-teams and assist in the defense and pass the ball, it will be difficult for one person in the interior to limit Kemp's offense. Payton hasn't played much today, and the team is about to lead the double digits again."
Payton played soy sauce while attacking, and he could focus more on the defensive end. Van Eksel was stared at by him today, dribbling through the half and then running.
Cebaros broke through with the ball and was double-teamed at the low post and passed out of the perimeter. Van Eksel received the ball and made a three-pointer, which missed the ball under the interference of Payton. Cebaros was excited and fought for a frontcourt rebound near the penalty area. He didn't get it and missed Yang Jian.
Kamp took the ball and passed it to Yang Jian, and formed a three-for-two in the frontcourt.
Yang Jian dribbled the ball and made a three-pointer from the left three-point line. He made a slight interference from Pierre. Acechu rushed in front and no one cared about it and grabbed the frontcourt rebound. He was about to force a second attack, but Van Ekser made a foul.
Acecuo missed two free throws, which made her performance disappointing.
Coach Harris took advantage of the dead ball to make a substitution and Eddie Jones and veteran point guard Seidel Twright replaced Pierre and Van Eksel.
Magic Johnson still didn't play, and the fans were a little depressed. Many people came to see the Magic.
Chapter completed!