Chapter Eighty-Four: Scorched
With a flick of his wrist in the middle of Stockton's quick down, the ball obediently passed to Malone, who singled out Harbour with an unquestionable answer, and Malone ended Haber's delusion with a jumper. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The Jazz have been playing pick-and-roll tactics for 17 years, and if the NBA were to pick one offensive tactic with the most points, then there would be no doubt that the Jazz's pick-and-roll would definitely be at the top, and the Salt Lake City Twins have spent 19 years interpreting what it means to be a pick-and-roll tactic. They turned the block into a classic, and the classic that belongs to them cannot be replicated. After two more consecutive attacks to no avail, Phil finally couldn't take it anymore and shouted, "Lamar has the ball!"
Hearing this, Haber actually felt a sense of relief: "It's finally over!" This is what Haber said to himself.
Jazz head coach Sloan was stunned for a long time when he saw Lamar go to catch the ball, and a coach like him who likes to use a core point guard can't imagine what it's like to hand over possession to the inside, but Lamar's excellent playmaking skills in the All-Star Game still made Sloan a little drummed. Still, he believes in his players, and Malone and Stockton, who are older but more experienced, will know how to do it.
Lamar controlled the ball after half the court, Malone came up to defend, after all, the center of the Jazz team still has to guard Shaq, and if he wants to defend Lamar, it is estimated that there is only one way to go if he is blown up!
Lamar looked at the macho man in front of him, to be honest, Malone is a little monotonous in all aspects, except for strong physical fitness, there are not too many advantages, and the offensive means can be more inclined to shoot after blocking or catching the ball after going down. So in general, Malone plays more by the execution of tactics.
But Lamar doesn't have so much time for him to go head-to-head, playing this kind of organization in the Lakers is much more tiring than in the All-Star Game, in the All-Star Game he only needs to control the pass, there is no desperate defense, and everyone has a strong individual attack, and the Lakers are not, sometimes even need Lamar to open the hole himself and then they go to run.
In the face of Ma Long's defense, Lamar knew his advantage! Ma Long was already old, and his feet could not be as flexible as himself, so he could only forcibly eat the opponent in terms of speed, Lamar directly began to accelerate and rushed towards Ma Long's right side. Lamar has a lot of explosiveness and naturally starts quickly.
Malone, who has been in the league all his life, knows that he can't keep up with Lamar, who has the speed of a defender, just by his feet!
But he also has his own way, he keeps up with him and uses physical contact to constantly exert force on Lamar, so that Lamar needs some energy to maintain his body balance, and can't blindly add up the speed! It looks like Malone is about to force Lamar into a corner.
At this time, it seemed that Lamar, who was about to pass the ball out because of the unfavorable offense, made a move that tended to be a foul, he used his body to push it Ma Long, and Ma Long, who was caught off guard, took a few steps back because of the natural reaction of his body, but these few steps were enough for Lamar to gain space for attack. Lamar showed great bounce ability as he almost pressed the last defender of the opposition to complete the dunk.
Of course, when the ball was scored, everyone's eyes were also focused on the referee, after all, it was okay to force the ball to foul.
But the referee's gesture made it clear that the score was valid, and the Jazz players didn't argue much.
The fans here have long liked the explosive physical contact, and the referee usually has a loose penalty scale, which is beneficial for the Jazz team with a strong style of play, but this time it was actually taken advantage of by Lamar.
Karl Malone felt that he had no face, so he had to return the last one, and when he went deep into the low post, he found that it was not Lamar who was defending him, but Shaq, which made Malone a little speechless.
Thinking that Malone is also a player destined to enter the Hall of Fame! Although he is old, he is very helpless to be taken so seriously, just as Malone was about to teach Shaq a lesson, he suddenly found out that Shaq was really the Shaq he knew. There are simply a lot of small movements that embarrass those ball ruffians who think they are dirty, and the hand with which he makes small movements has always been out of sight of the referee, which makes Malone very uncomfortable. However, this also made Malone more cautious.
Malone tried to use his body to hit Shaq. As he expected, Shaq's strong body showed very good resistance in the face of Ma Long's impact. Not taking a step back also made Malone very helpless.
But Malone also has his own way. He simply turned his back against Shaq. Marlon, like Lamar, is the master of the basket with a better frame than a basket. But when hitting some specific people, it is often a good choice to carry a basket.
When Malone continued to resist, he used his arm to almost push Shaq away by a few centimeters, and then turned around and hit a jumper. It seems that Malone is sure that he will not be adjudged for a foul, and this ball is the same as Lamar just now, which is between a foul and no foul. Since Lamar was not sentenced, then Malone is naturally fine.
Sure enough, the referee's gesture attack was effective. Shaq could only frustrate and send the ball to Lamar, who advanced very quickly to the front court this time.
This made Jazz a little stunned. Compared with the slow pace just now, the Lakers' offense this time seems to be very fast.
The Jazz, who are accustomed to slow-paced offense and defense, are obviously a little uncomfortable with such an accelerated pace.
The Jazz's defensive system had not yet been completed, and Lamar, who was in the high post, suddenly shook the ball and aimed at the paint area. And Kobe Bryant also rushed out quickly from the tip of the horns.
The player defending Kobe Bryant was caught off guard and let him out of his control. After receiving the ball, Bryant dodged the Jazz center's block in the air and made a layup.
The Lakers quickly scored two points. Lamar also showed his creativity and anticipation.
For the next period of time, the Lakers played well under the organization of Lamardi.
The two knob counterruns showed the quality of several off-ball runners.
Plus Shaq goes up from time to time to do a few pick-and-rolls. The Lakers' offense is very smooth, giving people a sense of flowing water.
On the other hand, the Jazz's offense is a bit of a setback, although Shaq said that he couldn't completely lock up Malone, but the aging Malone, he really couldn't get any big advantage under Wang Dabao's all-encompassing defense, and Stockton, another major attack point of the Jazz, was also in a dilemma.
Phil knew that Haber alone couldn't lock Stockton to death, so he simply asked Haber to only need to defend Stockton's shots! If he wants to break through, he will simply let him in, and the Lakers' two interior lines with excellent defensive ability will surprise him.
In this way, although Stockton can easily break through, but due to the disadvantage of height, Stockton has no advantage in the air, and the layup always has to risk being blocked, and the continuous breakthrough has given Lamar two big hats.
At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers even led the Jazz by as many as eight points. This greatly surprised the pre-game expectations, and the originally powerful Jazz team should have led the Lakers by the nose. And the truth is moving in the opposite direction.
"Bill, it seems that Phil is starting to put Lamar in favor of the organization, do they really want to turn Lamar into a playmaker?208 playmaker, God kill me!" Kurt said, pretending to be horrified.
"Cotter, let's put your head clear! Lamar has a lot of playmaking skills, yes! But his talent on the inside is a temptation for every coach, and it turns out that as long as the center has a strong dominance, plus a good group of role players, the championship is easy to win, and there are many good point guards who have never won a championship! It seems that in order to defend the glory of the center, Beal did not hesitate to use his junior Stockton as an example!
I don't know if this sentence stimulated Stockton's nerves, and while he was dribbling, he ignored Haber's defense and scored a three-pointer directly, bluffing Haber for a moment.
And Stockton showed Bill Wharton with his performance, go for your championship! You try a dozen with the Bulls of 98, and you will definitely lose your game.
But as if to return the color, Lamar continued to dribble under the crotch and then leaned back directly, 208 height plus excellent bounce, and finally shameless backwards, Malone couldn't even seal his eyes!
Malone felt like he wanted to cry without tears, and he swore that he would never feel so powerless even against Rodman, the toughest power forward in history. The big man also plays a step-back jumper, and he can only hope that God will let the ball go off the basket.
Jazz's boos were already rising, Lamar was obviously a naked provocation! The provocation was just that, and he still used such an arrogant way! It was simply ignoring their existence, if the boos could kill people, Lamar would have received enough boos for him to die and then be booed again.
Sloane frowned, he originally thought that this was a game without any suspense, and his strong points 4 and 1 were the weaknesses of the opponent. What I didn't expect was that Shaq could restrict Malone so well, which certainly has the element of Malone's old age and decay, but for a player who is habitually lazy, this is already a rare achievement.
And on Stockton's side, the Lakers did it more thoroughly, and simply let him break through!
Although Stockton is said to be experienced, time always eats away at everything, including physical fitness, and if Stockton is 10 years younger, he has enough ability to put the ball in the basket when he enters the box.