What a fool, how can you guard against this?

Yao Ming used a three-pointer to make Devin Brown subconsciously turn his head and look at Phil Jackson, and his expression seemed to be saying: The idea is too thrilling, I want to retreat.

Phil Jackson's face looked very bad.

Although this is just the first round between the Lakers defensive players and Yao Ming after the Lakers' defensive players changed their team, he knew very well that it was really difficult for Yao Ming to not get the ball. He suddenly wanted to say to O'Neal: How about you practice three-pointers too?

"Ha~ This is simply a foul!"

Thibodeau looked at Yao Ming's goal and laughed involuntarily. He thought about how to limit such bugs as Yao Ming. After thinking for a long time, he really couldn't come up with any effective method.

"No, Tom, this is not a foul!"

But Tom waved his hand: "If I give Yao some cover tactics outside the three-point line, that would be the real foul!" His tone was a bit sloppy.

"..." Thibodeau couldn't speak as he heard Tom's words. Well, he must admit that he was too young.

Indeed, compared with the tactical cooperation that Tom finished talking about, Yao Ming is not a bug now!

The Lakers began to fight back.

They still had the same strategy as before, trying to send the ball to O'Neal's hand.

Payton is much harder than just now. But that's the power of O'Neal just now, which proves that this "shark" can still dominate the basket as long as he can get the ball.

Even if he has a Ma Long on his body, he can easily complete the dunk. This is really... ruthless!

But the Rockets obviously understood O'Neal's cruelty after getting the ball. This time, they didn't even give O'Neal a chance to pass the ball hand in hand.

There is no way, the low post is so big, and O'Neal's target size is so large. When the Rockets are determined to lock O'Neal, this ball is really not something that Payton can give just if he wants.

However, Payton was not a fuel-efficient lamp. His mind was spinning very quickly and he continued to look for a chance to pass O'Neal, but suddenly he turned around and gave the ball to the other side of the basket.

Medvedek was ready to take action and wanted to take action for a long time, but Payton had been hesitating whether to give it to him. But in this situation, it was obvious that it would not work if he didn't give it to Medvedek. Time was coming.

But Payton's worries are indeed not unreasonable.

Medvedko, who held the ball, rushed directly to the basket, but was blocked face to face by Yao Ming, who returned to defense in time.

Damn it!

Payton cursed inwardly.

He also leaned against the other side, thinking that Medvedek would have better room to take action later, but he didn't expect that this guy was still covered in the end.

But Medvedenko really tried his best, and he was only so capable. The season he had the best performance in his career was also this season, averaging 8.3 points per game. With his partner with O'Neal, he followed behind his butt with the ability to restrain defense. Later, O'Neal left. Although he got more playing time, he did not perform better.

The same is true this season. As a substitute for "Cobra", you can average about 10 points per game because there is no time for Karl Malone on the Lakers...

With such an upper limit, it is normal for such a result to occur.

He really can't keep up with this level of offense and defense.

"Glove" tried hard to hook the ball back, and then glanced at the sight of Kobe's chance to take action from the outside, and passed the ball directly over.

Kobe shot as soon as he received the ball. Bathir did not react slowly and interfered with it, but the ball slid through a perfect arc and fell straight into the basket.

Enter!

There was a lot of cheers at the scene.

But Kobe felt that it was meaningless.

Is there any difference between this kind of ball and an open shot?

Well... OK, anyway, in your eyes, any defense is all empty shots.

Kobe installed and returned to defense.

Of course, the reason why he really feels unhappy is that he is not the core of the offensive end. There is no problem with this ball being led by Payton.

Phil Jackson nodded slightly.

In his opinion, this is the Lakers' real "triangle offense"!

This is why the Lakers signed Gary Payton!

He will command it and choose to give the ball to Kobe or O'Neal who is facing a looser defense.

The Lakers' offense can be sorted out smoothly at once, just like the Lakers' offense in this round.

What a pity!

But this season, Kobe and O'Neal have been at the most intense competition for the ball.

After Payton arrived, he did not enjoy any treatment of offensive command.

It can be said that last summer, the Lakers' biggest gain was Gary Payton, but the biggest gain has only played the smallest role so far.

It's the Rockets' turn to attack.

Francis continued to look for Yao Ming this time.

The Lakers still chose to double-team Yao Ming and prevent him from receiving the ball.

But that's still the problem. When Yao Ming started to sway outside the three-point line, how many people did the Lakers send to stop him from receiving the ball?

The answer given by the Lakers this round is four people!

Except for Kobe, who is defending Francis, the other four Lakers have participated in the defensive tactics of assisting Yao Ming and not allowing him to catch the ball.

The final effect is still very obvious.

The Lakers' goal has been achieved!

Yao Ming failed to catch the ball.

The Rockets had no choice but to rely on Bathir's "hard" open three-pointer to complete the shot of this round.

"Swish!"

The ball also went in.

Bathir responded to Kobe's three-pointer just now.

"Yao's defensive restraint!"

Bill Walton was also an eye-opener today.

He has seen a powerful center, Olajuwon at his peak, and O'Neal in the previous years. These are the dominant centers that the league players were afraid of talking about at that time.

But it was the first time Bill Walton saw him who had restrained the opponent's defense line to this level.

What may be done?

No matter where this guy is on the court, he is within his range.

This allows him to catch the ball at any point in the half court with ease.

If the opponent doesn't want him to catch the ball, he must consume a lot of defensive manpower.

abnormal!

Thibodeau cursed in his heart again.

He also rarely sees such an inside line that can affect the opponent's four defense lines. Generally, the inside line is mainly attacking at low positions. For example, O'Neal, the threat ability to reach high positions is much smaller than that of low positions.

Yao Ming is not the case. The more this guy runs out, the greater the threat!

Is this the reason why this guy wanted to learn three-pointers?

Thibodeau suddenly remembered the scene when Yao Ming told him the first time he wanted to develop a three-pointer. He was hesitant at the time. He believed that Yao Ming's inside skills were completely unnecessary, and he was unwilling to let Yao Ming waste his time on developing a three-pointer.

But now it seems that Yao Ming is obviously right.

If it weren't for his persistence, how could Thibodeau see such a "miracle" today!

But what is going on with this guy trying to increase his shooting speed?

He suddenly remembered that from a month on, Yao Ming told him that he wanted to increase the speed of shooting this summer...

Is it to make the opponent have to pounce faster?

Or should the opponent keep sticking to him?

He won't have to practice dribbling later, right?

Thibodeau is a little confused.

Because in his opinion, there is no need for Yao Ming to speed up his attacks anymore, and his attacks are not slow now.

But it's no wonder that Thibodeau didn't know that the league would cancel the hand-check next year. If he knew the news, he would understand why Yao Ming did this...

On the court, Kobe once again stood up and attacked with the ball, dribbled the ball against Bathir, and then tied the ball in a difficult position, but the ball was not hit. He spent all his strength in the confrontation with Bathir. Finally, he got up and took the lead, which was obviously a little soft.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Fortunately, the "Big Shark" grabbed the rebound.

It was the direct "shark" who went out to sea and completed the goal.

Since I can't get the ball, I'll grab it myself!
To be continued...