Chapter 588: Defeating the Shark(1/2)
39:46, the Suns went on a 7-0 lead, leading by 7 points, and now the Lakers attack.
"Kobe, pass the ball in, O'Neal will help you." Phil Jackson shouted.
He is also very troubled. Kobe's status in the Lakers is too high. He was the hero of three consecutive championships and the core of the outside for the second and third championships. He and O'Neal, two outsiders combined, cannot challenge Kobe's status in the Lakers. Therefore, directing Kobe's
Sometimes, I was a little restrained and angered Kobe. I ignored him at all and went against him.
However, Kobe did not confront him this time. After Fisher held the ball across the center line, he did not ask for the ball. Fisher quickly passed the ball to O'Neal.
In the low position on the left wing, O'Neal held Lao Wang steadily and caught the ball.
He is now fully aware of the importance of huge tonnage. In the past, when the tonnage was not enough, Old K used a combination of virtual and real confrontation methods that made him a little unable to stand. But now, Old K's confrontation technology has no effect on him at all.
Useless.
When he thought of this, he regretted it. He should have gained weight a long time ago. How much good time was wasted! If he had gained weight earlier, maybe he would have a dynasty. Damn old K, robbed his dynasty!
The big butt was stuck back. After sensing Lao K's position, his back suddenly bumped backwards, and his back arch began.
"squeak!"
At this moment, Lao Wang immediately retreated and then dodged to the side.
"Oops!"
As soon as O'Neal hit the air with his back, he knew he was going to be embarrassed. With a bang, his back hit the floor and the floor jumped several times.
Lao Wang made a step, waved his arm, and reached out with his big hand. He grabbed the ball that was out of control and controlled the ball.
"Haha, is O'Neal too careless? Do you really think that with the tonnage, you can just press Lao K on the floor and rub him?" Barkley laughed.
"Looking at it now, Old K has dunked O'Neal twice and knocked over O'Neal once. It was Old K who was pressing him to the floor and rubbing him." Kenny Smith laughed.
"Bang!"
Marion was quick without the ball. He was extremely fast. After receiving a direct pass from Wang, he flew into the paint and made a fierce tomahawk slam.
"The Suns are generally very aware of fast breaks, especially Marion. Half of his points come from fast breaks." Zhang Li said with a smile.
"At critical moments, even Mr. K can participate in the quick action." Su Qun said with a smile.
"39:48, after the timeout, the Suns scored 9 points in a row, but the Lakers failed to score a single point. The offense suffered a serious setback. It was time to call another timeout," Zhang Liang said.
However, Phil Jackson did not call a timeout and the game continued.
Seeing that Kobe didn't ask for the ball, Fisher prepared to pass to O'Neal.
But at this moment, Lao Wang, who was on the defensive, suddenly moved to the front and implemented a forward defense.
When O'Neal saw it, he quickly moved to the basket and reached for the ball.
Fisher took a step back, avoided Nash in front, and then hoisted the ball to the left side of the basket.
"not good!"
But the moment he passed the ball, he saw from the corner of his eye that Old K had rushed in front of O'Neal.
"Crack!"
Lao Wang relied on his stronger bounce to steal the ball again.
Barkley excitedly shouted: "Beautiful, Old K's defense was too strong today. O'Neal's current tonnage is too big. He can't jump much anymore. The faster Old K can completely cut off O'Neal with his forward defense."
The line to catch the ball.”
On the court, Nash quickly came down, Kobe and Fisher were chasing and defending quickly, and the fast break opportunity was not good, so he immediately pulled out, waiting for the arrival of Old K, and engaged in a positional battle.
At this time Kenny Smith said: "Now it's the Lakers' turn to have a headache, how to pass the ball to O'Neal. Once O'Neal gets the ball in the low post, although you still have to be careful about Old K's defense, such as the withdrawal just now and the ball was lost, but
His low post offense is still a strong threat to Old K."
Buckley nodded and said: "Of course, the size of the shark is a threat to anyone, especially his wife, whose life is in danger."
"Ha ha……"
The two burst into laughter after saying this.
Lao Wang came to the low position and positioned on the left wing.
O'Neal pushes him outwards, but the tonnage is relatively small and difficult to contend with. This kind of consumption is unnecessary, so he might as well take a step back.
"Shark, one more?" he asked.
"Come on, come on." O'Neal, who was one step away, said unconvinced.
"Do I need to be called double-teamed? You know I don't mind, I'm used to you double-teaming me." He said.
"Don't come here!" O'Neal waved his hand and shouted in anger and shame.
"ball!"
Lao Wang immediately shouted loudly.
"Bang!"
As soon as the ball arrived, his offense immediately started, and he made an extremely flexible downward turn while dribbling.
"Fuck the bottom!"
O'Neal quickly retreated.
"Bang!"
Lao Wang, who was turning down, suddenly stopped, and while dribbling, he made a very flexible upward turn with O'Neal behind him.
O'Neal quickly half-turned upwards, took a step upwards, and barely kept up with the rhythm.
"Bang!"
But at this moment, between the explosions, Lao Wang quickly turned around for the third time and turned downwards.
The next moment, the ball exploded from the floor and was caught in Lao Wang's hand. Then it exploded instantly and he smashed the ball with both hands.
"It's over!"
O'Neal's mind kept up with the rhythm, but his body could no longer keep up. When his upper body turned around, his lower body failed to keep up. His legs were twisted together, and when he fell, he was hit by Lao Wang who was dunking.
turn.
"Bang!"
"drop!"
As the fierce bombing of the basket sounded, the referee's whistle also sounded, and then the American West Arena was drowned in huge cheers.
"ah!"
He made a fool of himself again and was dunked by Old K again. O'Neal on the floor punched the floor with grief and anger.
But he was still a little lucky that he was not injured this time. Both legs were twisted together. If he was knocked over by Old K again, if he was a little unlucky or his flexibility was a little less, the joints might be broken.
"O'Neal committed his fourth foul. This is only the second quarter. The Lakers probably have no chance today." Zhang Liji said immediately.
"Of the four fouls, three of them were blocking fouls without jumping to defend the basket. Director Zhang, this shows that Old K can still beat O'Neal!" Su Qun said excitedly.
Zhang Lili was also very excited and nodded: "It's different from before. Now O'Neal is too big. It's difficult for Old K to force O'Neal under the basket. But through a more flexible offensive method, these three blocking fouls really prove that he
You can still eat O'Neal by force."
In the TNT commentary box, Barkley shook his head and said: "Shaq must lose weight. He is too heavy and too big. Although he can increase his dominance at the basket, Old K's height and wingspan are the same as him. No, Old K still has
He is three centimeters taller than him, and his bounce is much better than him now. How high can O'Neal jump now? At thirty centimeters, Lao K can jump at least one meter, haha..."
Kenny Smith interrupted Barkley with a smile and said: "Charles, I know that old K is your brother, but you can't brag about him like that. He definitely can't jump one meter."
Barkley smiled and said: "What I mean is that the effect of Old K going around to defend O'Neal is very good. O'Neal cannot rely on his tonnage to gain a clear advantage at the basket. He can't catch the ball, even in the low posts on both wings."
When it comes to the ball, his tonnage is meaningless. He must lose weight and increase his mobility, otherwise I bet he will continue to be rubbed on the floor by Old K.
By the way, he is the one who is being pressed to the floor and rubbed, right? I think even Sharks fans can’t deny this, right? Haha.”
Kenny Smith smiled and shook his head and said: "No one can deny that Shark was indeed being rubbed on the floor by Old K. Time and time again, he was embarrassed."
Before the free throw, O'Neal was replaced. By now, he had no fighting spirit and his morale was shattered by Lao Wang.
Kobe asked him to think of a way to prevent Old K from hitting him, but he couldn't figure out a way, and he was knocked down by Old K's plum blossom step. What should he do?
With the demise of O'Neal, the Lakers no longer have the ability to compete with the Suns. Although Kobe is good, he is not as good as Jordan. With Wang in the low post, he can't make a difference.
However, Kobe still caused a lot of trouble for the Suns. Although Marion received guidance from Wang, Kobe also found a way to deal with it, which was to use a turn-around step-back jumper that was more stable than a turn-around fade-away jumper.
Get rid of Marion and still keep scoring points.
Marion's lunge defense allowed him to retreat in time and achieve the efficiency of attacking from behind, but it also had a big weakness. His feet were stretched too wide and he could not keep up with Kobe's retreat rhythm and was unable to rush forward in time.
At the same time, Kobe also strengthened his defense against Nash on the defensive end, forcing Nash to make consecutive mistakes.
At the end of halftime, the Suns led by 13 points. After O'Neal came off the court, Kobe held on alone and the Lakers did not collapse.
At the beginning of the second half, O'Neal came on the court again, but he was still very embarrassed by Lao Wang's forward defense. He had problems catching the ball. After another mistake, the outside didn't pass the ball to him very much, especially Kobe.
Completely ignored his request for the ball.
He vented his anger on Lao Wang and made great defensive moves.
To be continued...