Legendary star

Chapter 136 The Spurs' Fast Break

"I didn't expect the breakout tactics to be so powerful. If Meng's emergency stop jump shot and mid-range shot are better, then his upper limit is hard to say, and his lower limit is at least at the same level as Irwin." Larry in front of the TV Holding a cigar in his hand, Bird said to himself: "The Spurs are really lucky, but I don't know, will this luck bring you glory or disaster?"

When the third quarter of the game between the Spurs and the Lakers ended, 78 to 75, the Spurs entered the fourth quarter with a 3-point advantage. False, the Spurs can't defend the Lakers, and the Lakers can't defend the Spurs. According to the current state, the game is over, and the two teams are basically rushing to 110 points.

The game between the Spurs and the Lakers has indeed exceeded most people's expectations. The Lakers, who originally had a huge advantage, are still behind the Spurs after the end of the 3rd quarter. The offensive tactics of the Lakers in the game can be said It was successful. Except for the first quarter, the Lakers played smoothly on the offensive end.But the more this is the case, the more anxious Phil Jackson is. If the Lakers can't play their own tactics, it means that the Lakers still have room for adjustment. However, the Lakers have played well enough now. Under this situation , the Lakers are still behind the Spurs, so judging from this situation, the Lakers' chances are getting smaller and smaller.

At the moment of the break, Phil Jackson has been thinking of a solution, but the result has left him a little helpless. The Lakers basically have no room for adjustment now, and the few players on the court have played well enough.And the Lakers are still facing a very big crisis, that is, O'Neal and Kobe played more than 3 minutes in the first three quarters, while Duncan of the Spurs rested for a long time in the first and third quarters. And Meng Xu sat on the bench for almost the entire second quarter.

"Phil, don't think too much. We can only rely on the choices of these players now." Seeing the head coach Phil Jackson frowning and scratching his head from time to time, Lakers assistant coach Jim Clay Mens reminded from the side that the fourth quarter will start soon, but the head coach Phil Jackson is still sitting there thinking about the problem, without the slightest expression.

"Hmm." Hearing what his assistant coach said, Phil Jackson also smiled. In this round of the series, Phil Jackson has always wanted to beat Popovich at the tactical level, but judging from today's game, there is no doubt that It was a failure.As the most outstanding nanny coach in the NBA, Phil Jackson has been thinking about how to make the team's leading players exert their maximum energy.However, under the current triangle offense system, O'Neal cannot exert his maximum lethality because of his tactical positioning as a supporter. Under such circumstances, in order to finally defeat the Spurs and win this round of the series, Phil Jackson decided to liberate O'Neal and give up the fetters of the triangle offense on O'Neal.

"Shaq, is there any problem with your physical fitness?" Phil Jackson got up and walked to O'Neal's side. Although Jim Clemens had arranged the tactics used by the team in the fourth quarter, Phil Jackson still decided to overthrow him. .

"Coach, there is no problem." For the sake of victory and the championship, O'Neal is willing to be restricted by Phil Jackson and the triangle offense, but once Phil Jackson cannot bring himself a championship, then Phil Jackson and the triangle offense In the eyes of O'Neal, it will be worthless, and O'Neal will use his own way to win. Although O'Neal's own way has never been able to bring him a championship, the extremely conceited O'Neal still treats his own way in his heart. With a glimmer of hope.Looking at each other, he understood Phil Jackson's intentions in an instant, and O'Neill stood up from his seat: "Coach, leave everything to me. We must be the ones who win this game."

After the start of the fourth quarter, O'Neal held the ball below the free throw line as usual. This time, it was Tim Duncan who defended O'Neal. After a long enough rest in the low quarter, Duncan appeared in the center again. .

After O'Neal turned his back to Duncan and pushed towards the basket twice in a row, before Sean Elliott's double-team was in place, he made an extremely quick half-turn, and at the moment he got rid of Duncan's defense, he hit a 10-footer. hook shot.

"Have the Lakers changed their tactics?" After O'Neal's two consecutive singles, Magic Johnson seemed to have discovered something. After the start of the fourth quarter, in two consecutive offenses, O'Neal did not have the slightest intention to pass the ball, but wanted to rely on his personal ability to score directly.

"Does Shaq want to take over the game? The fourth quarter has just started, isn't it too early?" There are 12 minutes in a quarter, and I really don't know if O'Neal, who has started to exert his strength now, can persist until the last moment.

"It seems that Shaq wants to use his own way to win this victory for the Lakers." For O'Neal's choice, the magician still appreciates it very much, because it was a very normal phenomenon in their era Yes, and the simpler the tactics, the better.

82 to 83, only 3 minutes into the fourth quarter, when O'Neal relied on his strong personal ability to score 8 points in a row to help the Lakers overtake the score, Popovich immediately called a timeout.

When the game restarted, the Spurs' tactics changed a lot. The Spurs, who had always used positional warfare as the main offensive method, unexpectedly played fast breaks for the first time. Go forward, the Spurs players who grab the basketball will pass the ball directly to the midfield, and after receiving the ball there, Avery Johnson will cooperate with Meng Xu to launch a fast break.The change in the Spurs' tactics not only helped the Spurs tightly bite the score, but more importantly, they can consume O'Neal to a greater extent through fast breaks.

"The Spurs launched a fast break again. Meng Xu escaped Kobe's defense and scored a layup. O'Neal just ran across the center line." Seeing the situation on the field, the magician also shook his head helplessly. Although O'Neal was faster than the average center Players have to move up a lot faster, but after all, they can't be compared with guards and small forwards.This kind of meaningless running back and forth will consume too much of O'Neill's physical strength. If this continues, I am afraid that it will not be possible to reach the second half of the fourth season, and O'Neill's physical strength will be in crisis.

(End of this chapter)