Chapter 68 Zhang Lao's Commentary
In the second section, the Zen master did not let Lin Hai take the stage. This was because Lin Hai rested, but it was more about taking care of the elderly.
You can't let Lao Yu start for only a few minutes, it's not reasonable. So sometimes Zen masters are experimenting with trying to play the combination of double point guards when Kobe was resting, but the effect is average. Because Lin Hai always passes the ball habitually and cannot play the shooting guard feeling, the low-end triangular attack composed of Lin Hai, Gasol, and Lao Yu did not show its original power.
However, Lin Hai's current style of playing is gradually revealed. He needs more ball control to have the greatest power. However, unlike traditional point guards, he has stronger offensive ability and does not need to control the ball for much time. So in theory, he can play as a scorer, but now he still needs to be tempered. It is not a day to freeze three feet, so it is not that simple to achieve it overnight.
All success is not accidental, and all success is also accidental.
Back to the game, Lao Yu was trying to break through, but Rondo was not that easy to break through, so Lao Yu decisively gave up after trying a few times and transferred the ball to Kobe on the right.
Kobe was about to take action when he received the ball. Ray Allen jumped up. Kobe shrank and immediately passed Ray Allen from one side, then scored a small defensive throw against Perkins.
Kobe's offensive methods are increasingly inclined to a labor-saving style, and more and more offensive methods are used. It can be said that Kobe is the real offensive kaleidoscope now.
Rondo is holding the ball. This time the Lakers dare not let Rondo be outside the three-point line at will. Although his shooting is not good, it is not what the Lakers are willing to see if they break in.
So Lao Yu is very serious about defending Rondo. Now he has a better substitute, so the Zen master asked him to try his best to defend. When he is tired, Lin Hai will not have to worry about the future game.
Rondo was a little uncomfortable with the old fish. The old fish had a strong body, and after it was stuck, it was difficult for Rondo to break through. Moreover, he did not like to break through with his body. He felt that it was something that only reckless men would do. Moreover, defenders who were used to using their bodies to break through were generally not very common in their careers, so Rondo was unwilling to do this method that was equivalent to killing chickens and getting eggs.
The breakthrough was fruitless, so he had to pass the ball to Garnett.
Garnett played Gasol on his back, and Gasol made a point to defend, and Perkins on the other side missed. As the former all-round king, how could Garnett not see it? So Perkins easily dunked after receiving Garnett's pass.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the defense level of both sides was not as rigorous as the first start. After all, they still had to maintain their physical strength and could not focus on defense. Moreover, the Celtics' situation is similar to that of the Lakers, that is, the main players are almost at the end of their careers.
After playing for 6 minutes, the score between the two sides reached 29--25. The Lakers were still four points ahead.
The Zen master replaced Lao Yu, hoping that Lin Hai can help the Lakers expand their lead.
Lin Hai warmed up with the ball, and was still wandering slowly in the midfield, distracting the Celtics' attention. Suddenly, Lin Hai moved, pushed and threw the basketball to the basket with both hands. Kobe, who had been waiting for a long time, jumped up high and made an extremely exquisite free-receive dunk with Lin Hai, which caused a roar in the audience on the sidelines.
Don’t you just like such a passionate air-received performance when watching football?
Rondo came back to his senses and gave Lin Hai a smile. He really liked point guards like Lin Hai, because Lin Hai was very similar to his style and did not like to break through with his body. Instead, he was a technical point guard. Rondo seemed to have found a confidant, but this further aroused his fighting spirit.
Lin Hai paralyzed everyone and came with Kobe unexpectedly, so Rondo could do it.
He turned left and right, and then came to his teammates. Lin Hai was successfully broken through by him again. He smiled and Rondo continued to fight to the inside. Atei made up for defense. Rondo stopped in place, but still turned left to pretend to take action. Atei jumped up immediately. Seeing this, Rondo immediately turned around and stepped to the right to hit the basket, but how could Gasol let him make a layup easily, so he made up for defense again. Rondo was not panicked and calmly threw the ball into the middle with one hand. Garnett took the ball with both hands and smashed the basket.
"Ha..." Garnett was like an angry wolf king at this time. Gasol felt a little uncomfortable on the side, but he was a little scared. Even if he was tough in the finals for a while last year, it would not change the fact that he was afraid of Garnett.
The Wolf King is outstanding, and of course Kobe will not fall behind. After receiving Lin Hai's pass, he deceived Ray Allen with a fake move. Facing Perkins' backup defense, Kobe turned around at the basket, pulled directly from the right side to the left side, drifted back and made a shot, winning applause from the audience in the field.
The cry of "mvp!mvp!mvp!" once again filled the Staples Center.
Someone asked why Kobe is so easy to remember?
Because every shot of his can be textbook-level, how can people forget the elegant and picturesque shot?
Sometimes remember a player, not only because his data is good, his score is unsolvable, but also because of his handsome moves, cool breakthroughs, and elegant shooting.
As if he was shocked by the shouts of the Lakers' home fans, the Celtics made several consecutive offensive mistakes. Lin Hai seized the opportunity and expanded the score to double digits at the end of the first half.
The Lakers led 11 points into the second half with 50-39.
In the studio.
Lao Zhang and Xiao Ke are still reminiscing about Lin Hai's organizational offense.
"Old Zhang, what do you want to say at this time? Let me give you a simple evaluation of Lin Hai." Xiao Ke asked with a smile.
"I dare not evaluate it, but it is certain that Lin Hai is already the top point guard in the league, and he is only 19 years old. This is his first year in the league. Who dares to be sure what kind of achievements he will achieve in the future? Who knows how much progress he will make in the future?" After a pause, he said, "But he will definitely make progress, and it will definitely be more than a little bit. In the next one or two years, he can completely take over Kobe's heavy responsibility and lead the Lakers and even the most valuable players in the regular season."
Xiao Ke took a deep breath. He thought that Mr. Zhang would affirm Lin Hai, but he never thought that Mr. Zhang had such a high opinion of Lin Hai. Is this completely treating Lin Hai as the number one person in the league?
Although he also likes Lin Hai and thinks that Lin Hai will grow into the first person in the future, he is definitely not a rookie who has just entered the league and the first person in the league in one or two years? What an international joke? Even Mr. Qiao, who is known as the "God of Basketball", is not so awesome, okay?
No longer discussing this topic, the two continued to explain the game.
Xiao Ke never expected that Lao Zhang's evaluation of Lin Hai today will become a legendary one - Zhang Laoping. It means that this person is right and has a forward-looking look.
Chapter completed!