Dominate the basketball world, starting from the skyhook skill

Chapter 282 Zhou Qi started, and the Lakers were unwilling to lose.

The fans looked at Zhou Qi standing in the middle of the field, and suddenly felt that the last time they saw him play was... the last time!
This big man, who was only recruited into the team in the middle of the regular season, had almost no outstanding performance in this year's playoffs and did not get many performance opportunities.

In the first round against the Warriors, the Lakers had a fierce battle with the five Yodelers on the opposite side. In many cases, Hamm played the entire game with 1 big player and 4 small players. Zhou Qi hardly got many opportunities to play in this round of the game.

In the second round against the Clippers, although Zhou Qi performed brilliantly, he fell into premature foul crisis in the second and fourth games, and Shelby played very well in some games in this series, haha Mu didn't use Zhou Qi too much.

But in the Western Conference Finals, Shelby, who had replaced the thick eyebrows in the first two games, was single-handedly taught by Teacher Yue, and almost lost his confidence.

But Zhou Qi, who took up the time freed up by thick eyebrows, performed well.

The thick eyebrows came back in G3, Zhou Qi returned to the bench, but the Lakers still lost.

So Ham directly took out the control variable method. G4 had little hope anyway, so it was better to be a living horse doctor and boldly use Zhou Qi to face Jokic!
Not only were the fans surprised, but even Reggie Miller on the commentary desk was confused. However, Pau Gasol, who is very familiar with FIBA ​​and international players, pointed at Zhou Qi and said to him:
"Don't look down on this big man."

"In the 2013 Men's Basketball World Youth Championship, all of Zhou Qi's statistics completely outperformed Jokic, who also participated in the game at the time."

"At that time, everyone said that he was the next 'Yao Ming', Jokic? At that time, he was just little Karami standing behind him."

"Of course, the growth of the two has been very different since then, but I want to say that Zhou Qi's talent is definitely higher than you think, and as they are both international players, he is more adaptable to Jokic's style of play."

Hamm's love for Shelby is well known. Everyone looked down on Shelby during the draft. It was Hamm who suggested to Pelinka many times that the Lakers finally selected him with the 17th overall pick.

But last night, the Lakers assistant coaches discussed with Hamm for a long time and insisted on giving Zhou Qi a try in the starting lineup.

Ham knows that in the small ball era, insiders need to be fast and accurate in shooting. Zhou Qi is not as good as Shelby in these two areas.

And Shelby also played very hard in this series. There were several times when Jokic rushed from the backcourt for layups. He rushed to block the road without fear, even if he was knocked out of the way. Mi gritted her teeth and got up and continued to work hard.

His mentality is growing and he is full of desire to win.

But the first three games proved that Shelby couldn't play a big role at all.

Compared with the previous Warriors and Clippers, the Nuggets have significantly fewer fast breaks and transition attacks. They prefer to fall into a rigid offense.

Once he fell into position, Shelby's weaknesses of insufficient confrontation and poor defensive awareness were completely exposed.

On the offensive end, he couldn't break down Michael Porter Jr.'s defense. You must know that he is only 2 meters tall, and Porter, who plays the small forward, is also 08 meters tall!

The offense and defense couldn't work, and I felt uncomfortable playing. In the end, my confidence was shaken.

So it will only get worse.

As for Zhou Qi, although his speed has dropped a lot after gaining weight, he has height and confrontation. He can defend Jokic for a period of time and let the thick eyebrows participate in his best assist defense. This is enough in Hamm's opinion.

In this current series, the team just needs someone who can stand up to Jokic.

After being persuaded by a bunch of people, Ham finally couldn't resist, so he decided to let Zhou Qi start the game.

But he also said ugly things up front:
"If the effect is not good, I will replace him immediately." The referee threw the ball into the air and the game officially started!
Zhou Qi, who was starting in the playoffs for the first time, was very excited and jumped hard to get the ball into Li Kaiwen's hands.

After Li Kaiwen got the basketball, he didn't hesitate and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom.

If you have the chance, you must play fast to make the fat guy on the opposite side start running and consume his energy like crazy!
Li Kaiwen directly accelerated into the penalty area, which caught the Nuggets off guard.

Jamal Murray was the first to react. He immediately blocked Kevin Li's path and stuck to Kevin Li's side.

But Murray, who is 1 meters tall and weighs 93kg, has proven in the first three games that he is completely unable to limit Kevin Li.

He was forcibly carried by Li Kaiwen, and then watched his body fall into the space under the basket!

The whole audience was in an uproar. What did Li Kaiwen want to do in the first round?
After knocking over Murray, Li Kaiwen jumped directly on the spot, a thunderous sound was heard, and he dunked and exploded the frame!

The basket creaked and trembled as he dunked it, and Pau Gasol danced with joy:

"A domineering dunk! Wow, is Kevin Li so excited just after he came up?"

"Kevin Li is in good condition, and Murray has absolutely no way to stop him from committing violence."

"Sorry guys, we may not see the smiling faces of the Nuggets today."

As soon as Li Kaiwen started the game, he ignited the encryption center with a dunk.

Looking at Murray struggling to get up from the baseline, Li Kevin shook his head and said:

"Jamal, are you not hurt?"

"Stay away when you defend later. You must know that even I am afraid of my serious self."

Jamal Murray is also a tough guy. After being dunked, he acted like nothing happened and signaled Aaron Gordon to kick off.

He wanted to use scoring to shut up that annoying guy Li Kevin.

After dribbling the ball to the frontcourt, Jokic quickly reached the line, took the basketball in his hand and prepared to hand over the screen.

Zhou Qi, who was behind him, pressed forward with a nervous look on his face, spreading his arms and stretching forward to interfere with Jokic's ball play.

The Nuggets' tactical line is not difficult to crack. Jokic, who is generally in the high position, mainly plays pivots. He will only score by himself when he is completely unable to create opportunities for his teammates.

This time he really found Murray, who had just come to him to catch the ball!
He was dunked just now, so give him a three-point chance this time and let him regain his position!
Murray was extremely fast and quickly rushed to his side to catch the ball. One step away from the three-point line, he directly pulled out and shot a three-pointer!
With a three-point shooting percentage of over 4% in the playoffs, he is almost synonymous with perfect shots.

All the difficult three-pointers for the Nuggets are shot by him. In this way, he can still shoot 4%, which shows how solid his shooting skills are.

Just when Murray was throwing the basketball with a perfect shooting posture, he saw a black shadow coming out diagonally in front of him, and slapped the basketball he had just shot away in the air!
(End of this chapter)