Chapter 35: A Gamble from the Commentary Table
So it's acceptable for Tim to call himself a power forward. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info But this guy has been wandering in the center position in his later life, Tim uses his advantage as a center forward, always under the guise of a big forward, and abuses the big forwards of various teams, so he is called a pseudo big forward.
Lamar was a little apprehensive in his heart, but after seeing Shaq sweating like rain next to him, he still smiled with relief: "Damn! I have nothing to worry about, isn't there still Shaq! Isn't Shaq always used to be Tim's nemesis in later generations! There must be some reason." ”
On the day of the game, the Spurs also came to Los Angeles early in the morning, what is this guy doing now? Of course, he is staying in a hotel, you must know that this guy is too mature, and he is not at all like most players in the NBA! Tim has no hobbies of flowers and plants, to say that his biggest hobby is cars, I heard that this guy recently opened a flagship store for car sales in the Holy City.
In the evening, the game officially began.
The Lakers continued their usual starting lineup: center Shaq O'Neal, power forward Lamar Odom, small forward Ramon Murray, scoring guard Kobe Bryant, and point guard Chancey Billups.
Spurs starters: center David Robinson, power forward Tim Duncan, small forward Sean Elliott, shooting guard Mario Aley, point guard Avery Johnson.
Obviously, the Spurs are also a continuation of their championship-winning lineup last season, but unfortunately Shaun Elliott underwent kidney surgery in the offseason, and although he returned in time, it was also a serious injury!
When Shaq and Robinson jumped the ball, Lamar and Duncan also looked at each other, Duncan looked at Lamar in front of him, this rookie who has become popular in the entire league this year, and a competitive spirit also rose in his heart.
At this time, Robinson was looking at the huge guy opposite, the terrifying guy who surpassed the limits of the human body, and when he was about to leave this stage, he was very happy to be able to confront such a guy head-on! Robinson knew that this guy's achievements would definitely surpass their four centers in the 90s, and he was also very emotional!
Robinson said to Shaq, "Shaq, I know you're strong, I'm old, and I don't have many opportunities to face you face to face! I'm going to give it my all today to let you know how good an old guy I am!"
Shaq and Robinson started jumping the ball, and Shaq unsurprisingly took another victory. Robinson has begun to enter a period of decline, and neither reaction speed, strength nor bounce is the opponent of Shaq at his peak, so Robinson can only helplessly watch the basketball being allocated to Chauncey by Shaq.
Billups was quick to get the ball and wanted to find a quick opportunity, but the experienced Johnson couldn't let that happen, and he was quick to get back and out. Seeing this, Chauncy also wisely stabilized the rhythm and handed the ball to Lamar to organize.
Lamar received the ball near the three-point line, checked his teammates with the basketball, and then passed the ball to Shaq.
After Shaq got the ball, he faced Robinson who was defending him, Robinson's basic skills were still not said, and Shaq also began to prepare to play with his back to the single.
Robinson immediately posted it, Shaq resisted Robinson and arched under the basket, Tim saw this and wanted to help defend, but Lamar was watching from the side. In desperation, I had to watch Shaq arch to the basket and easily score two points!
Coming back, Duncan also wanted the ball to prepare to single Lamar, Tim first held the ball and shook it, using his strong explosiveness to break through, and the focused Lamar obviously would not be deceived by Tim's feints, and quickly followed Tim's footsteps.
Tim didn't think that he could pass Lamar in such a simple way, but he had already thought of a back move, he used his body to lean on Lamar, with his right foot as the axis, and came to a 180~ turn to the position of the zero degree angle of the bottom line. It's a pity that Lamar was stunned to keep up with his reaction and the experience of his previous life.
So Thiem had to turn around again and get back to his original position, and then barely made a layup in a position that wasn't what a big man should have, which was completely out of Lamar's judgment!
The basketball bounced twice on the basket and finally went in.
Lamar looked at Tim beside him and immediately began to sarcastic: "Damn! Tim, is this your new technique?
Tim is a master of psychology, so how could he care about this: "yes, I just practiced recently, how is it?"
"Collins, it seems that Lamar's defense is still successful, Thiem's luck is so good that this goal has been scored! Bill Wharton watched the confrontation between the two on the court and immediately started the conversation.
"Yes, that's the end of the game, I guess the next game will be a bayonet red!"
Duncan didn't have the time to make small talk with Lamar, and still started to defend himself with the same ****** face as if everyone owed him money. Lamar doesn't care, but he still has to get his face back, and Lamar is ready to attack himself this time.
After receiving the ball, Lamar faced the basket, looking at Tim who was defending himself in front of him, he directly chose a strong break, Lamar took advantage of his speed, did not use any complicated steps, and came to the basket in two big steps when Tim was still a little unable to react, and there was no one under the basket at this time. Robinson was firmly behind Shaq.
Lamar was also unkind when he saw this, and jumped up with all his strength!
"Wow, look! Lamar jumped so high, his head was level with the basket!" Collins was surprised at Lamar's bounce power.
"What a look! Lamar has clearly overtaken the basket, what an amazing bounce!" Bill Wharton clearly looked more closely.
Lamar spun the ball in the air for a big time before slamming it in!
"Bang!" accompanied by the moaning of the basket, the fans in the audience were boiling, and they all stood up excitedly to express their inner excitement!
Lamar got past Tim and got a great dunk! Lamar should be going to this year's NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest. If the alliance doesn't invite Marl, then it will definitely be a mistake on the part of the league!" Bill Wharton also stood up excitedly and cheered for Lamar!
Collins directly ignored Bill Walton, who had fallen into madness around him, he was not a Lamar fan: "The dunk is good, but that's just Tim's carelessness, you must know that in the current league, the guy who can fight Tim in this position is except the guy from the Timberwolves, I really haven't thought of anyone else!"
Spurs missed a shot from the outside, and Shaq got the rebound!
Lamar faced Tim again, and this time Lamar didn't shake Tim away after several attempts to shake: it seems that this guy is really difficult to deal with when he is serious!
There is no way, Lamar did not choose to be brutal and handed the ball to Kobe, Kobe Bryant is still very easy to face his own defenders, and now the Spurs have no one on the outside to defend him. After breaking through the defense, he scored 2 points with a pull-up jumper.
Johnson dribbled to the front court and handed the ball to Thiem again, it seems that the Spurs have decided that Lamar has this point in this game! Lamar gritted his teeth and looked at Tim who held the ball seriously. (Zhuge you can do it, don't you pinch Lao Tzu as a soft persimmon, Lao Tzu will let you see, whether I am a soft persimmon or a hedgehog group, see if Lao Tzu doesn't blow up your thorns!) Lamar's resentment against Popovich is infinitely rising.
After Tim arched his back a few times, he immediately turned around and threw the ball, don't look at the basketball shot a little crooked, this is Tim's most iconic move, hitting the board and shooting!
Lamar was also helpless, he was several centimeters shorter than Tim! At this time, Lamar had to pray for a miracle!
Perhaps God also knew Lamar's prayer, and the basketball that Tim threw did not fall into the basket after hitting the rebound, but came out a little bit. Lamar immediately stepped forward to grab the rebound.
"Collins, it seems that Tim's hand is not very good today! It seems that Lamar's defense is still effective! Why don't we make a bet between the two of us tonight?" Bill Wharton looked down on Collins' lama black potential and wanted to make a bet with Collins.
"Yes, I don't have a problem, you say, how do you want to bet?" Collins didn't hold back, he couldn't bear to worry about what Lamar would have to eat in the face of Tim.
"You also know the organization of the team that Lamar is best at, and I won't bully you, just bet on how many points Lamar can score against Thiem tonight! You know, Lamar has 2 assists by now!" Bill Wharton also has a lot of trust in Lamar.
"Okay! The one who loses will kiss the donkey mother's buttocks! How about it live in front of fans all over the world?" Collins was so confident in Tim that he made an unimaginable bet.
"I'm a bet! I don't believe Lamar will let me down! 18 points, just bet on whether Lamar can score 18 points or more today under Thiem's defense!" Bill Wharton also let go. (Lamar was still very touched when he found out later, old guy, I'll top you!)
"18 points?" Collins hesitated.
"It's just 18 points! You also know that Lamar is still a rookie, and scoring is not his main task, and besides, the Lakers still have Shaq and Kobe Bryant, Lamar is at most the team's third scoring point!