Almighty legend life

Chapter 724
The basketball is flying high in the middle circle. Although O'Neill is fat, he can still crush Nowitzki with his bounce.

The Lakers have established confidence in the game after the last victory, and it also proved that the "Four Heavenly Kings" can form a good chemical effect on the court at the same time. Although the proof of this argument dragged on for a whole season, it is at least in It worked at the most critical moment.

The ball that O'Neal dialed out was grabbed by Finley, and the Lakers stabilized their formation and played positional warfare.

It is still a triangle offense. The Lakers' tactical execution finally reached a reasonable standard in the Western Conference Finals. Malone, Payton, and Finley all put down their small thoughts and began to take the game seriously. Under the strong pressure of the Mavericks, the Lakers The combination has been squeezed out of potential.

Payton lobbed the ball to O'Neal, but as soon as O'Neal received the ball, Liu Han, who was defending Payton, turned around and double-teamed O'Neal.

Seeing that Liu Han had turned around to double-team, O'Neill didn't dare to be careless. If it was someone else, he might have hit him directly, but Liu Han was different. O'Neill knew very well that although his old friend had never been selected as the best defensive player, his other Defensive ability cannot be underestimated. Being able to fight Jordan one-on-one back then is enough to prove Liu Han's defensive ability.

O'Neal took advantage of Liu Han's double-team and passed the ball directly to Payton on the outside. There was no one defending in front of him. Payton couldn't help but be tempted to shoot a three-pointer.

The basketball bounced directly into the sky after the back of the basket. Payton overestimated his three-point ability. Since joining the NBA in the 90-91 season, Payton has never made more than [-]% of his three-pointers. Not a point guard with three-point deterrent ability, he relies more on his breakthrough and defensive ability.

O'Neal wanted to grab the rebound, but he was directly flanked by Nowitzki and Liu Han, and there was no room for movement at all, and the Mavericks had a lot of players under the basket. The Lakers opened up all the inside space for O'Neal because of the offense just now. , Odom directly grabbed the rebound.

Seeing that the situation is not good, the Lakers immediately returned to defense, but their speed is not the opponent of the Mavericks. When Odom grabbed the rebound, the Mavericks and the Lakers rushed to the Lakers half. When the ball was passed, Josh Howard and Liu Han of the Mavericks had already left the Lakers players behind, and Finley was the only one who could barely keep up.

Liu Han received a pass from Odom on the right side of the center circle and rushed directly to the Lakers basket. Finley tried to get close to Liu Han because he had to prevent Liu Han from suddenly shooting a three-pointer, but Liu Han took the ball in Josh Howard on the left side of the pass.

Josh Howard didn't dribble after receiving the ball, but threw the ball high to the basket.

Finley also tried to block the pass, but Josh Howard's pass arc was very high. When the basketball was close to the basket, Liu Han fell from the sky and directly pressed the ball into the basket.

A little bit of cheers could be faintly heard amidst the boos of Staples. This is the old fans of the Lakers who still miss Liu Han's time. The purple and gold shirt he wore.

After the defeat in the last game, the Mavericks have come up with their own new ideas. Instead of passively fighting the Lakers, it is better to maximize their own advantages. The biggest advantage of the Mavericks now is their amazing speed and accurate outside shooting ability. .

The Lakers did not expect the Mavericks to be so resolute in today's away game. From the defense of the first round, we can see the Mavericks' thinking, which is to resolutely limit O'Neal's performance and let others take shots.

The game continued, and the Lakers still tried to open the situation from the inside after advancing to the frontcourt, but this time O'Neal had a hard time connecting the ball. Payton wanted to lob the ball to O'Neal, but Liu Han directly let go of Payton two or three meters, faintly Having been pinching O'Neal, the Lakers had to shift the ball to reorganize the offense. Payton was a lot more cautious after losing the first shot, and sometimes he would worry too much when he was older.

The Lakers' offense was quite patient, but it also showed that they were a little overwhelmed. Finally, when the 24-second offensive clock was about to expire, Malone made a high shot, and the ball barely rolled into the basket. .

After scoring the goal, everyone on the Lakers hardly expressed anything, but lowered their heads and accelerated their retreat. They were afraid that the Mavericks would chase and counterattack again.

But this time the Mavericks pushed steadily into the frontcourt.

After Liu Han took the ball to the front court, Finley immediately defended him, but Nowitzki also came over immediately and made a solid cover for Liu Han.

Liu Han dribbled the ball against Nowitzki's back and broke through. Finley immediately bypassed Nowitzki and tried to chase Liu Han, but Liu Han did not break through, but retreated behind Nowitzki. Shoot directly from beyond the three-point line.

The ball flew into the net in a perfect arc. The Mavericks' offense was simple and determined, but at the same time so threatening. This fast and concise offensive style is actually the real tactical core of the Mavericks this season.

The Lakers panicked when they saw that Liu Han started the scoring mode at the beginning of the game. Now any team in the league will worry about Liu Han's explosion when facing the Mavericks. No one will doubt Liu Han's scoring ability.

Phil Jackson, who was originally sitting on the bench, walked to the sidelines and gestured to the players on the field. This is rare. Phil Jackson paid great attention to his own image.

The Lakers began to change their style of play in the next attack. O'Neal no longer sat on the inside to attack, but took the initiative to raise the high post to cover for his teammates, and at the same time Malone dropped to the low post to wait for the singles opportunity.

However, the Mavericks directly switched to zone defense this time, allowing the Lakers to shoot from the outside and completely blocking the inside. The tactics of shrinking defense were specially prepared for O'Neal by the Mavericks in this game.

Unable to break through to the inside, the Lakers could only take a three-pointer from the outside by Finley, but the ball still bounced out of the basket. Staples didn't seem to help the home team much today.

This time the rebound was grabbed by Jamison. After Olajuwon's training, the inside players of the Mavericks have made great progress in how to block and grab rebounds. If they want to play a more threatening fast break, they must protect Good every rebound.

After grabbing the rebound, the Mavericks made another fast break. Although the Lakers retreated to defend in advance, they still couldn't stop the Mavericks from this fast break.

The Mavericks played very smoothly with two or three people in a small area. The three-line fast break and the sudden three-pointer in the rapid advance made many teams headaches. This time it was the turn of the Lakers.

It’s still Liu Han. Last time he completed an alley-oop dunk in the fast break, this time he suddenly stopped when receiving the ball and shot a three-pointer one meter away from the three-point line. The Mavericks scored in less than 2 minutes. The Lakers scored [-]-[-], and all [-] points were scored by Liu Han.

(End of this chapter)