NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 141 Divac defends O'Neill alone?

On May 2002, 5, at the Staples Arena in Los Angeles, the third series between the Kings and the Lakers was about to start.

After four days of adjustments, the idea of ​​"O'Neal is dead" was really buried deep in the hearts of the Lakers players.

They were even amazed that such an idea had ever occurred to them.

Isn't it just a buckle?

Isn't it because you fought too hard in the front and your physical fitness failed to keep up for a while?

Why do you think O'Neill is not good enough?
There must be something wrong with my brain!

After the second game, although everyone had the idea, no one was stupid enough to share it with their teammates.

Then, the more they recalled what happened in the second game, the more certain the Lakers players became that only they had such incredible thoughts.

Four days later, everyone re-established a consensus that O'Neal is still invincible, and Kobe needs to share more pressure for O'Neal.

As for other role players, Phil Jackson also arranged more tactics and running positions during training to help them find opportunities to make shots.

The Lakers' starting lineup remains the same, with Shaquille O'Neal, Robert Horry, Rick Fox, Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher.

Phil Jackson feels there is nothing wrong with this starting lineup, and he can't find a more reasonable starting lineup than this.

He believes that the problem in the last game was that O'Neal fell into the trap carefully arranged by the opponent and exhausted his energy prematurely, which led to the chaos of the Lakers behind.

But the same move is useless against O'Neal. O'Neal will never make such a mistake again in this game. Naturally, there is no need to replace Shaq with someone from the bench to share the pressure.

Phil Jackson has such a bunch of people in his hands. Except for O'Neal and Kobe who can't move, the other three are already the most reliable three.

You can't mention Devin George as the starter!
For the Kings, because of his excellent performance in the last game, Lu Yuanzhi was still kept in the starting lineup, and the other four remained unchanged, still being Divac, Webber, Christie and Bibby.

Before going on the field, Divac looked at the back row of his own bench, a burly man crowded with the staff, it was the bus.

Seeing the bus looking at him, Divac couldn't help rubbing his ribs.

Damn, I've been hit hard these days.

My old arms and legs were almost torn apart by this strong man from China.

"China?" (Where to remove?)
"China!" (Tear that down!)
However, this also gave Divac strong confidence. Under the special care of the bus, he has gradually adapted to that level of impact, and he can still have the energy to do small movements below. Today I will show O'Neal the results of the special training.

The Kings still sent Lu Yuanzhi to jump the ball, but O'Neal was very angry with Lu Yuanzhi, and his dunk in the previous game made him lose face.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the jump ball, O'Neal took the opportunity to make physical contact with Lu Yuanzhi, easily knocked Lu Yuanzhi away, and got the ball.

Lu Yuanzhi failed to jump the ball, spread his hands at his teammates, expressed his helplessness, and then returned to the defensive position.

I can't do anything about the jump ball, I can only spread my hands, but on the defensive end, I will never make it easier for you!

The Lakers jumped behind the ball and began passing the ball on the outside, not rushing to the inside.

Lu Yuanzhi was amused when he saw it, why, do you want some foreplay?Who doesn't know that you just want to pass it to O'Neill and go straight to Huanglong!

Sure enough, as Lu Yuanzhi expected, after Fisher failed to organize a tactical attack from the outside, he hoisted the ball into the inside again.

O'Neal caught the ball on the edge of the penalty area, and when he saw Divac was the only one coming up to him, he gave him a "Nick Young question mark face."

how?

After two games of double-teaming, do you dare to defend alone this time?

Did you Kings misunderstand me, Shaq?
I really thought that I had some physical problems in the last game, so I dare to defend me alone in this game?
In the face of conventional defense, O'Neal is not polite. He made a big mess in the last game, and he will definitely have to get it back in this game.

Otherwise, any cat or dog will ride on the face of the big shark.

Can this be tolerated?
O'Neal began to use his tonnage and strength to start eating Divac hard.

Divac was pushed twice, and had to let O'Neal into the paint area as a last resort.

What O'Neal didn't know was that Divac had already adapted to his strength through special training on the bus, and knew that continuing to push hard at this time would only make him out of position, which would have no effect on the overall defense.

At this time, it is necessary to call teammates to double-team.

Yes, it is still double-teaming, but it is no longer double-teaming up at the beginning, but double-teaming after O'Neal starts his offense.

On the one hand, this makes the defense less vulnerable.

On the other hand, regardless of O'Neal's follow-up attack, whether he chooses to go up against the double-team or pass the ball out, it has achieved the effect of consuming O'Neal's physical energy.

Yes, the Kings' tricks against O'Neal in this game still want him to consume his physical energy in advance, so that he can reduce the pressure he faces at the moment of the decisive battle.

But this defensive strategy has the most fatal flaw.

Can your defense team catch up in time?
As long as he can't catch up, O'Neal's success rate with Divac alone is higher than 70%!
When he reached the edge of the paint area, Divac quickly changed his strategy, his position was more biased towards the bottom line, and his center of gravity was lower.

O'Neal once again showed Nick Young's question mark face, "What are you doing?"
You've reached this position in the penalty area, and you still want to stay on one side?
Does it make sense?

Now that the space to turn around to the basket was blocked, O'Neal no longer hesitated, moved laterally along the channel that Divac gave way, dribbled the ball to the middle, and then jumped up with a small hook.

Such a short distance, O'Neill has full confidence to score the ball.

But at the same time that O'Neal moved laterally, Lu Yuanzhi returned to defense from the outside line on the other side and rushed straight to O'Neal.

In this direction, even if O'Neal found that Fox was empty, he would not dare to pass the ball to him through the crowd.

When O'Neal was about to take action, he was horrified to find that a Kings player flew out from behind him and was trying to reach for the basketball.

Max!
O'Neill was shocked!
The small hook can use the width and thickness of the body to separate the opposing defender and create a good shooting environment for himself.

But for the defensive player from the other side, isn't it just a ball raised with one hand?

No protection!

As long as you jump high enough, you can easily cover it!
O'Neal is 216 cm tall, with a wingspan of 231 cm and a standing height of 290 cm. After a full jump, the general defenders can't touch his ball at all.

But is Lu Yuanzhi an ordinary person?He is 206 centimeters tall, has a wingspan of 228 centimeters, and a standing reach of 283 centimeters.

The difference is only a few centimeters!

But Lu Yuanzhi came to take off with a run-up, and the take-off height was much higher than that of O'Neal who had a strong physical confrontation!

Seeing that Lu Yuanzhi hadn't fully lifted off, O'Neill shot ahead of time.

Lu Yuanzhi flinched.

But taking the shot early greatly interfered with O'Neal's rhythm. The little hook that was always reliable suddenly became less stable.

"Dangdang!"

The basketball hit the neck of the basket, and Divac and Lu Yuanzhi blocked O'Neal one after the other, making him unable to move.

This is also the experience gained after the special training with the bus. Lu Yuanzhi pushed O'Neill's waist and eyes hard from the rear, making him unable to take off with force.

Divac easily grabbed the defensive rebound.

Next, yes, you will all rush to answer.

Fast break of course!
The Kings went to the fast break with five players!

　The seventh day of Riwan, today's 2/5
　　
　
(End of this chapter)