NBA: I really just want to be a second-in-command

Chapter 175

Lu Yusheng decided to try the pick-and-roll tactic again.

After all, this is his best tactic, and he doesn't want to fail like this.

He decided to try again.

This time, he called Odom to pick and roll for himself.

Calling Odom up is completely different from calling Kwame Brown.

The main reason for calling Kwame Brown up was that Lu Yusheng wanted to get Duncan out of the inside line.

But Lu Yusheng did not expect that although Duncan was transferred, the problem is that Duncan's defensive coverage outside is too large, so Lu Yusheng not only has to beware of Bo Wen and the defense, but also Duncan, which is very difficult for him to deal with. The pressure on the ball is too much.

But asking Odom to pick and roll is different. Fabrizio Oberto, who defends Odom, has a good individual defensive ability, but he does not have the defensive awareness and ability like Duncan.

Moreover, the most important thing is that the difference between Odom and Kwame Brown is that he has the ability to shoot in the long range, so after the pick and roll, Odom has more offensive options.Kwame Brown can only go down.

Odom stepped up and blocked Bruce Bowen. This time, the Spurs Fabrizio Oberto still chose to circle the defense from behind.

Lu Yusheng made a fake shot, which quickly attracted the defensive players on the flank.

Pass the ball now!

After Odom received the ball, there was no one in front of him, and he was about to shoot directly.

But suddenly, Bowen actually appeared in front of Odom, taking off to block the shot!
Odom did not expect that Bowen would appear in front of him at this time, so the ball was obviously disturbed!
Strike it!

The ball bounced straight out of bounds.

Lu Yuchang sighed, he was not surprised that Bowen could rush to Odom at that time to interfere with his shooting.

The Spurs' defensive flexibility is really terrible.

Just when he was about to shoot, Bowen changed his plan to go around the defense from behind and went directly to the backboard, but after seeing Lu Yusheng pass the ball, he went to Odom and disturbed him.

This seems to be an accidental supplementary defense, but in fact, the Spurs' overall defensive system is at work.

Lu Yusheng felt a little headache. His pick-and-roll tactics were completely powerless in front of the Spurs' strong defensive system.

How can this be good?

"As I said earlier, Lu Yusheng should give up his pick-and-roll tactics early. It really doesn't work in front of the Spurs." David Robinson said, "If you want to play pick-and-roll tactics in front of the Spurs, I don't think you can do it unless you The Utah Jazz will have that little chance, and no one else will even think about it."

"But what tactics can the Lakers play on the court now? They tried the triangle offense just now, but it failed." Connor said.

……

On the court, there were only three seconds left on the attack clock.

The Lakers serve.

Lu Yusheng pushed Bowen away to catch the ball.

Kwame Brown passed the ball to Lu Yusheng. Facing Bowen, Lu Yusheng had no time to organize his tactics. He suddenly dribbled forward, just entered the three-point line, and made a jump shot!

Bowen's defense is like a shadow, trying his best to take off and block the shot!

scored!

Lu Yusheng struggled for a long time, but he didn't expect that the first goal was scored in this way.

But this gave him a revelation, playing against a team like the Spurs, if you want to open up the situation, the conventional tactics are really too difficult.

Must use scoring to change the Spurs' defense.

Otherwise all tactics are useless.

The Spurs attack and Tony Parker dribbles across half court.

Lu Yusheng stepped forward to defend, but the Spurs still played pick-and-roll tactics.

Fabricio Oberto stepped forward to pick and roll him, and Lu Yusheng still chose to defend from the back of Fabricio Oberto.

The goal is to get Tony Parker to shoot.

For the defense of the Spurs' offense, what kills them the most is their overall offensiveness.

Once the Spurs score non-stop and pass the ball non-stop, more points will bloom.

That basically spent the game.

What they kill is never a personal offense.

If it's just Parker who is scoring and not driving others, then the Lakers are completely acceptable.

Seeing this situation, Tony Parker obviously hesitated, but still chose to shoot.

After all, it's almost empty.

put in!

Lakers attack!

Facing Bruce Bowen, Lu Yusheng directly called Vujacic's pick-and-roll.

This pick-and-roll mainly wants Tony Parker to defend himself.

After all, compared to Bowen, Tony Parker's defense is still a lot worse.

But the Spurs still did not switch defenses, and chose to circle around from behind Vujacic.

Lu Yusheng signaled Vujacic to continue the pick-and-roll and must force Tony Parker to face him.

In the second pick-and-roll, Bowen was blocked, and Lu Yusheng faced Tony Parker!

Tony Parker saw Lu Yusheng's intention to single him out, lowered his center of gravity, and started to defend.

Lu Yusheng dribbled the ball to face Parker and tried to break through several times, but Tony Parker quickly followed up without giving him any space at all.

Lu Yusheng knew very well that Tony Parker's speed was very fast, and it was relatively difficult to break through by changing direction.

But Lu Yusheng had an advantage over Parker, and that was strength.

So Lu Yusheng began to dribble the ball under his crotch, not to directly break through Tony Parker, but to force Tony Parker to go backwards.

Under normal circumstances, when the opponent starts to change direction and wants to break through, the defensive players will subconsciously step back to leave a defensive space.

Tony Parker didn't expect that just as he gave up space and retreated to the three-point line, Lu Yusheng suddenly broke through to the right, and then leaned back to face Parker with his back.

Tony Parker didn't expect this change at all, and he hurriedly defended Lu Yusheng with all his might.

But Lu Yusheng's strength was much better than Tony Parker's. He took two steps back against Tony Parker and turned forward. Lu Yusheng obviously felt that Tony Parker's center of gravity had shifted.
Tony Parker lost his center of gravity and couldn't keep up at all. Lu Yusheng directly scored a jumper!

"Oh, I read it right, right?" Connor said, "Lu used Kobe's signature move, turning around and jumping back! I didn't expect him to do this!"

"Yes, I think Tony Parker probably didn't expect that the opponent's point guard would hit him in such a way. More importantly, point guards generally don't practice how to defend post-up singles, because generally point guards are Not very good at attacking with this technique, I guess it was taught to him by Kobe, so if he plays like this, Parker is really difficult to defend." David Robinson said.

In the next round, Lu Yusheng's purpose was clear, and he still asked Vujacic to pick and roll for him, and still used two pick and rolls before finally replacing Tony Parker.

This time, Tony Parker knew that Lu Yusheng would still hit him with the method just now, so he made preparations in advance, instead of retreating, he went straight up, trying not to give Lu Yusheng any room to go in.

Lu Yusheng simply dribbled the ball with his right hand, covered with his left hand, and pushed Parker inside!
Tony Parker tried his best to go to the top, but Lu Yusheng still had a great strength advantage, and he still easily pushed Tony Parker to the three-point line.

Continue to start back hitting!
But this time, it was obviously impossible for the Spurs to let Lu Yusheng repeat his tricks.

Not only was Tony Parker giving him strength and pushing him away desperately, but also the players on both sides of the Spurs were ready to help defend at any time!
Especially Duncan, his position was behind Parker, so when Lu Yusheng hit Parker with his back, Duncan was completely in his blind spot, so Duncan decided that this time, as long as Lu Yusheng still planned to sit on Tony Parker, he would go up immediately Cover!
Lu Yusheng still used his legs to sense Tony Parker's center of gravity while still being lucky. When he made two swaying feints in a row, he clearly felt that Tony Parker's center of gravity was unstable, so he turned around and shot a jump shot!
As soon as he turned around, he saw Duncan flying out of it like a giant Buddha and heading towards him to seal the cover!
Lu Yusheng turned his hands sideways and passed the ball to Kwame Brown on the inside!

The ball almost flew past Duncan's jersey and passed to Kwame Brown, who was unguarded at the basket!

Kwame Brown catches the ball and jumps for a dunk!

Fabricio Oberto stepped forward to defend, but was directly knocked away by Kwame Brown's strength!

Instead, he paid for a foul!
The goal was scored and the score came to 48:46. The Lakers were only two points behind!

Popovich immediately called a timeout!
"Lu Yusheng used two consecutive post-up singles to stop the Spurs. Although he didn't make the last shot, he created a dunk opportunity for Kwame Brown." Connor said.

"Yes, with these two balls, Lu Yusheng finally found the Spurs' defensive weakness, that is Tony Parker," David Robinson said, "and he found it very cleverly, which was completely beyond my expectation. I believe the Spurs will definitely Unexpectedly, because in other games, Tony Parker will never become the team's weakness, because very few point guards will play Tony Parker in this way."

"I said, this kid will always find a way out of desperation."

"This is a problem for Popovich. I don't know how he will respond after calling this timeout." David Robinson said.

Connor laughed, "I was expecting to see Phil Jackson and Popovich fighting, but now it has become Lu Yusheng and Popovich fighting, which really surprised me."

"I have to say that today's game gave me a new understanding of this rookie. His control of the situation on the field really exceeded my expectations. I was trying to help him think of a way, how to break the situation, but I really couldn't think of any way, I didn't expect this kid to come up with such a trick suddenly, it's amazing, it's really amazing!" David Robinson couldn't help but praised.

But in fact, David Robinson didn't know that Lu Yusheng had used this trick before.

In fact, the principle is very simple. When Luke Wharton was restricted by the tactical axis of the triangle offense, Lu Yusheng replaced this tactical axis and went to the low position to support.

In fact, what Lu Yusheng played just now was a triangle offense!
Lu Yusheng's advantage in this tactical axis is that he has one more post-up single than Luke Wharton, so he is more deterrent and more attractive to defense, thereby creating space for his teammates.

Moreover, he changed his defense from Bowen to Tony Parker, reducing the difficulty.

"Lu, your thinking is very good, keep playing like this! Force the Spurs to make defensive adjustments."

On the Lakers' bench, Zen Master was also full of praise for Lu Yusheng, "Others, like Luke Walton when he was in the low post, started interspersed with running positions. In this way, our tactics have changed."

After the timeout ended, the Spurs served.

At this time, there are less than 2 minutes left before the end of the first half.

What everyone didn't expect was that Popovich's coping strategy turned out to be to replace Tony Parker and replace him with another striker, Brent Barry.

"I didn't expect Popovich to use the simplest way to deal with it," David Robinson said. "Brent Barry, everyone knows that the offense is not reliable, but the defensive ability is good, especially It is the individual defensive ability, which is quite good, and it is specially designed to deal with Lu Yusheng's post-up singles."

"Remove my defensive weakness and replace Lu Yusheng with a higher lineup. There is nothing wrong with my thinking, but I have a question. Will Tony Parker not play in this game? The Spurs' offensive end lacks a motor. , how to solve it?" Connor questioned.

"You are right, you have grasped the root of the problem," David Robinson said, "Although such substitutions do cover up the current defensive problems, Tony Parker, as the main point guard of the Spurs, cannot always be the main point guard. He played, but once he plays, he will definitely become the Spurs' defensive weakness. I guess Popovich must have not figured out a strategy to deal with it, so put on Brent Barry and finish the first half first. , At least, with the current lineup, the Lakers don't have any good solutions on the offensive end, stabilize the situation, and study the countermeasures after the end of the first half."

On the court, the Spurs attack.

Without Tony Parker's organization, the Spurs' offense really became very stagnant, no longer as smooth as before.

In the end, there was not much time, and Duncan barely scored one with Kwame Brown alone.

After Lu Yusheng dribbled the ball for halftime, Brent Barry immediately stepped forward to defend. Seeing him, Lu Yusheng was overjoyed.

Popovich’s substitution is obviously a palliative, not a root cause. As a striker, Brent Barry has excellent height and jumping. It can indeed limit my post-up singles, but I don’t need to post-up you. up?

If I play number one and number three, can I only use my back to solve the problem?
Just hit you straight!
It seems that the old man was also caught off guard by his one-handed back single just now. He probably wasn't prepared at all before the match.

Brent Barry received the order, apparently to defend Lu Yusheng's back.

So as soon as he came up, he held back his strength and stuck very close, just waiting for Lu Yusheng to hit him with his back.

But as soon as he came up, Lu Yusheng dribbled the ball under his crotch and passed him directly.

Brent Barry was also stunned, did he stop playing?
Lu Yusheng rushed inside, faced Duncan's supplementary defense, and directly threw a high throw!
The basketball passed Duncan's head high!

Kwame Brown, who was behind Duncan, had already jumped high, and dunked with an alley-oop explosion!
The moment at the Staples Center boiled up!

Although the Lakers are still two points behind in the score, the momentum has obviously returned to the Lakers!
(End of this chapter)