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

Chapter 185: Offense wins championship?
Lu Yuanzhi completely underestimated the impact of the Kings defeating the Lakers.

It wasn't until he saw the system's rewards for changing the course of history that he realized that the impact of winning this series might be far greater than he imagined.

After hastily ending the celebration with his teammates, Lu Yuanzhi returned to his apartment, opened the system again, and was ready to plan his points.

Yes, in order to deal with O'Neal and the Lakers, Lu Yuanzhi's preferred playoff skill is "strengthening confrontation", and the advanced free attribute point is also "confrontation ending".

It can be said that without the addition of these two items, Lu Yuanzhi would not have been able to put so much pressure on the Lakers.

But are these two options really the most suitable choices for Lu Yuanzhi’s personal development?
This is up for debate.

After Lu Yuanzhi's own training and system additions, his current style of play is more like a super 3D, starting with defense and using off-ball cuts and three-pointers as the main scoring methods.

If Lu Yuanzhi were to choose a few familiar players as templates in his own time and space, then Porter Jr. and Klay Thompson might be selected.

But Lu Yuanzhi is different from these two players.

Porter is 208 centimeters tall. He is good at off-ball cuts and three-pointers (except for the 22-23 season finals). He also uses one-step shooting from outside the three-point line. His shooting mechanism and release speed are both good.

Especially the height difference between the two is only 2 centimeters, so they do have many similarities.

But unlike Porter, Lu Yuanzhi has D, and Porter's lateral movement is simply catastrophic.

At the same time, Porter Jr. also has the ability to shoot inside the three-point line, which Lu Yuanzhi lacks.

It is worth mentioning that Porter Jr. uses one-stage shooting outside the three-point line and two-stage shooting for jump shots inside the three-point line, which is very enlightening.

If Lu Yuanzhi wants to develop mid-range shots, he can also consider choosing a two-stage shot like Porter Jr., which can reduce interference from defenders.

With a height of 206 or 208, a two-stage shot from mid-range is almost unblockable.

Another person who is very similar to Lu Yuanzhi is "Golden State Irving" Klay Thompson. After all, Lu Yuanzhi is also the essence of human dribbling, and the two are on par.

When Klay is not injured, as the top 3D in the league, he can guard most small forwards in the league, and he can also swing down to guard offensive guards.

At the same time, Klay also played without the ball. The most classic scene was in the third quarter of the 14-15 season against the Kings. Klay, who barely dribbled the ball a few times, made all 13 shots and scored 37 points in a single quarter.

Therefore, if there is a core player in the team who holds the ball, he will have super offensive firepower even when playing without the ball.

But compared with Porter Jr. and Clay, what Lu Yuanzhi lacks most now is three-point firepower.

Yes, Lu Yuanzhi improved his three-point shooting ability to 70 points through extra points in the second half of the regular season, and gained the confidence to take shots on the court, but compared with these two, his offensive power is still slightly insufficient.

So, should we stop adding points to "Confrontation End"?

Through the previous points addition, the end of the confrontation has reached 85 points. With the "enhanced confrontation" with full skills, except for behemoths like O'Neal and Duncan at the basket, no one can effectively interfere with Lu Yuanzhi's attack on the basket.

Anyway, the Nets, their opponent in the finals, don't have such a rim protector.

In the long run, if you want to make a name for yourself in the league, it is not enough to just be a "jumping man" who attacks the inside.

Regardless of how big a role Lu Yuanzhi played in this Kings team, in the eyes of the mainstream American basketball media, Lu Yuanzhi is just a qualified role player and an important piece of the championship puzzle.

Now that Lu Yuanzhi's defense has become famous, is it necessary to strengthen the offense, especially the three-point offensive ability?
At the beginning of the 21st century, no one paid much attention to the three-point shot, so why not use your "prophet" advantage to start a new trend in the NBA?In particular, he also has the magical skill of "shooting with force"!

Why are the three-point shooting offense of Curry, Lillard and Trae Young so sharp?
Not only because they have a longer range, but also because they can "Pull Up" (stop jumpers, pull-ups) when facing defenders, allowing them to look for three-pointers without waiting for teammates to pass the ball. Opportunity.

Lu Yuanzhi has made up his mind to strengthen his dribbling ability in the offseason and next season. With the "top-up shot", he can also develop the ability to hold the ball and make three-pointers!

Most importantly, this is a combo!

Why are many players commenting that the breakthroughs of Curry, Lillard and Trae Young are more difficult to defend than Westbrook?

Isn't Westbrook faster?Are you physically stronger?
Of course, the shooting threats of Curry, Lillard and Trae Young are too great. They don't need to make any fake moves. As long as they look up at the rim, the defender has to "prevent the shot but not the breakthrough."

This effect is exactly what Lu Yuanzhi wants!

Even if the 206-centimeter big man is full of dribbling, his power on the court is far inferior to that of the 190-centimeter small guard.

This is determined by body size. Just as Lu Yuanzhi can get a body size bonus when he hits the basket, his body size will inevitably be weakened when dribbling.

So how can we make a smooth breakthrough?
Of course, the opponent is afraid of your shooting and will let you break through!
Thinking of this, Lu Yuanzhi no longer hesitated, and added the 4 skill points he had just obtained to "Forced Shooting", and then added 10 advanced free attributes to the three-point catch, strengthening the three-point catch to 80 point.

As for dribbling and three-point dribbling, we have to wait until the offseason and next season to strengthen them.

Lu Yuanzhi finished adding points and finally fell asleep with satisfaction, but at this time a big earthquake occurred in the American basketball world.

Because the Lakers lost.

At first, the league was afraid that the Kings would lose too quickly. It gave the Kings a whistle advantage in the first few games. However, in the next few games, it saw that the Lakers couldn't hold it back and gave the Lakers more whistle advantages.

A show of operation.

But aside from this outrageous operation, American basketball players have a different taste.

Is the Lakers' roster of players really reliable?

In the past two years, the Lakers, led by the "OK" combination, defeated all opponents and won two consecutive championships. Everyone also feels that a combination of a super insider and a super outside may be the standard for a team to win the championship in the 21st century. configuration.

As for whether there will be any problem with these two superstars taking up too much salary space?

Some people have raised such questions, but all doubts disappeared as the Lakers won two consecutive championships.

But now, the Lakers role players are too weak, and the Kings took advantage of the loopholes and beat them wildly, but this issue has been put on the table again.

Perhaps those role players are also very important.

A further question is, is the "truth" that "defense wins championships" really outdated?

Take a look at the champions of the Eastern and Western Conferences. The Eastern Conference is dominated by the New Jersey Nets, which holds high the offensive banner, and the Western Conference is dominated by the Kings, which has the strongest offensive power in the league.

Could it be that offense can win championships?

(End of this chapter)