Chapter Ninety-Eight: The First Battle of Rockets
But after all the calculations, I still didn't expect the Lakers to have a Lamar, and if he didn't play and put his hope on Davis, this guy was not very reliable defensively. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
There is no way, the only solution now is for Olajuwon to quickly return to defense after the shot, and the others will jam their opponents, so that the Lakers players try not to play too fast and buy time for Olajuwon.
It's useless, without the ball in hand, Davis can't look at Lamar at all, just an acceleration, Lamar gets rid of Davis, sees Lamar rush into the three-point line, Billups throws the ball directly.
In order to prevent a steal, he deliberately threw the ball high, not worried about mistakes!
Lamar did not disappoint Billups, his legs jumped high, Lamar grabbed the ball and continued to sprint to the Rockets' interior, Steve followed from behind, Lamar jumped with him, but Lamar did not catch it in the air, but passed the ball back to Kobe Bryant, who was running behind.
After receiving the ball, Lamar yelled and took three steps to dunk directly, and Steve was knocked by him. Block foul, Kobe 2+1!
Lamar and Bryant slapped each other's palms, and the ball worked well together.
"Come on, Lamar, and I'll follow you at any time, if you don't have a good phone. Man, give me the ball!" Kobe Bryant said solemnly.
Lamar smiled, and Shaq waved his teammates back to defend.
"Look at Steve, he's going to do it alone. Lamar told Chauncey.
Not much attention has been paid to Steve's performance since Lamar's rise, which hurts the high-spirited swingman guard Mr. Francis, so as Lamar guessed, he was ready to go it alone when the Rockets started attacking, and he wanted to prove himself in front of fans across the United States.
Pulling his body forward, Kobe Bryant subconsciously took half a step back, he didn't dare to get too close to Steve, the first step when Francis broke through in his heyday was too fast, and no one could prevent it if it was close.
Kobe Bryant consciously moved out of the way a little, and Steve pulled his forward body back directly, got up and hit a jumper.
Chauncy opened his legs and ran forward as soon as he received the ball, which is also the fast-forward tactic that the Lakers are now adopting, and the other three people on the team are following him as fast as they can.
The purpose of the Lakers' tactics is to distance themselves from Olajuwon and bring down the Rockets.
"Here!" Lamar yelled in front of Billups to the right.
With a wave of his big hand, the basketball was passed directly by Billups, and Lamar stopped suddenly holding the ball in both hands and was about to jump, Davis was startled, and jumped up, and when his feet left the ground, the tense muscles of Lamar's legs quickly relaxed, and he strode to the inside line.
Mobley stepped up to the plate and faced the street-born player. Lamar shouldered forward and knocked him away with ease, and continued to charge inside in the same direction.
Olajuwon has not yet been put in place, the Rockets are completely empty inside, Lamar holds the ball in his big hand and throws it to the hoop and sends the ball in! At the request of Phil, except for special circumstances, except for Shaq, the rest of the people try not to dunk to end the offense, the reason is, of course, too much physical consumption.
The Lakers' offense was fast-paced, but they didn't break the Rockets to gain a huge lead, as Olajuwon and Steve were both efficient offensively.
Olajuwon got the ball and hit it backwards, Shaq half-crouched down and was ready to resist him, but Olajuwon suddenly turned around and jumped, and his hands were almost parallel to the hoop after he jumped, so Olajuwon just picked his wrist and sent the ball into the hoop.
"Don't care, Shak, go serve, quick!" Fei Ruri saw that Shaq was a little frustrated, and he hurriedly spoke out as he stood on the sidelines.
Shaq dropped off the touchline and he took the ball from the referee and flicked it to Billups. Billups was ready to run before he received the ball, and as soon as the ball arrived, he was running faster again.
Seeing that there was no chance of a fast attack, Chauncey calmed his pace and handed the ball to Lamar to organize. Lamar controlled the ball outside the three-point line, always paying attention to the position of his teammates, and when he saw that Shaq had rushed to the second half, he immediately threw his hand and passed the ball to Shaq.
When Shaq received the ball, his body was close to Olajuwon and turned half a circle, squeezed past his blocker and rushed into the penalty area, jumped up and dunked the ball in! Unfortunately, the power was a bit big, the basketball bounced out in the hoop, Lamar rushed up to pick up the rebound on Davis's head, Lamar jumped up and dunked, and the ball was slapped down by Olajuwon, who caught up.
"Toot!" The referee blew the whistle and awarded Olajuwon a foul on a thug, Olajuwon showed a wry smile on his face, and Steve rushed directly to complain to the referee dissatisfied: "Man, you can see clearly." That's a good hat, he doesn't have a thug!"
The referee glanced at him and said coldly: "Back on the field, I can see very clearly that he is indeed a fighter." ”
Steve Francis shook his head, muttering all the time, it's good that the league hasn't issued a ban yet, otherwise what awaits this guy is definitely a technical foul.
It's true that this kind of ball can be blown or not, think about it, which NBA player doesn't have a big hand? When they hold the ball with both hands, they almost cover the ball, so it is inevitable that they will slap their hands when they block it.
Lamar hit two free throws to extend the Lakers' lead to six points.
"Be careful next time, rookie. Olajuwon warned Lamar, "God doesn't always take care of you, and the referee doesn't always take care of you." Lamar looked at the chattering old guy in front of him, and he was also speechless! It seems that there is no good gentleman in the NBA who can't talk trash!
Lamar laughed unruly, "Yes, old fellow, but I'm not afraid, I'll ride one on top of your head!"
Lakers players settled into the backcourt early and waited for the Rockets players to attack.
Kobe Bryant followed Steve closely, like a piece of kraft candy, he followed Steve wherever he ran, and never gave Steve a chance to attack with the ball easily.
The basketball fell in the hands of the Rockets players and finally reappeared in the hands of Olajuwon, and in the first quarter Olajuwon was full of energy, at this time the Rockets players would subconsciously pass the ball to him, and he would attack. If you only look at the first quarter, Olajuwon is enough to compare with any great center in NBA history, both offensively and defensively.
Olajuwon probed, his right foot moving in the box, and Shaq slowly moved over, waiting for Olajuwon to attack.
Lamar wanted to help defend, as soon as he stepped into the box, Olajuwon passed the ball directly back to Davis, at this time Davis was nobody, jumped out of his hand, the basketball spun and fell into the hoop, Davis swung his fist at Shaq, this was his first score in this game.
"Are you demonstrating against Lamar?" Shaq asked Davis, who was still yelling, as he served, and Davis was about to open his mouth when he heard Steve yell, "Glenn, back to defense, hurry up!"
Davis shook his body, and he turned around to see that Shaq had already run half the court. There are five more men up front, him, Olajuwon, Shaq, Billups and Mobley.
Chauncey received Lamar's through pass to the front court, and Billups rushed into the three-point line earlier than the three interior players, and in the face of the Rockets' blocking, he passed the ball to Lamar who followed up, and Lamar rushed into the interior to easily pick the ball into the hoop.
"Glenn, don't be influenced by them. Concentrate a little bit!" Olajuwon said, patting Davis on the shoulder.
Davis had an embarrassed smile on his face, a little smug just now, but he was attracted by Shaq's words.
"Go around the front! Shaq, go around!" Seeing that Mobley was about to pass the ball to Olajuwon again, Phil hurriedly shouted, he couldn't let Olajuwon have a chance to make a move, the old guy felt hot today, and his fighting spirit was high.
Shak's footsteps are faster than Olajuwon's, looking at Shaq who suddenly stepped forward, Olajuwon also understands!
Shaq used his ****** card to re-enter Olajuwon, and his body was firmly attached to Olajuwon, so that Mobley would not dare to pass the ball wantonly. Now as long as the pass is unstable, it will definitely be cut off by Shaq.
As a result, the Rockets' offense was no longer smooth, and Mobley forced his way through Billups' defense and rushed into the box.
Shaq was about to move, but Lamar had already taken the lead to block it, "Don't you leave the old fellow! I'll come!" Lamar whispered to Shaq.
In the face of Lamar, Mobley did not dare to shoot easily, he passed the ball to Davis in the open space, Davis jumped again, the basketball popped out of the frame, Shaq jumped up to grab the rebound, and immediately threw the ball to Lamar.
Lamar raced to the front court with the ball, Steve shook off Kobe Bryant and followed, Lamar passed the ball to Billups before Steve was close, Billups followed up quickly, cut in from behind and attacked himself to the hoop.
Steve Francis had to defend again, and Billups then passed the ball to Lamar, who easily dunked the ball into the basket and scored easily.
Steve Francis served Mobley, Rudy called a timeout, and the Rockets were a little messy in the face of the Lakers' targeted defense. He needs to make some tactical adjustments.
"Why are you so tired from today's game? Guys, are we running a little too fast?" said Shaq, gasping for breath. Lamar looked at Kobe Bryant and the others with sweat on his face, and felt that others didn't seem to be very relaxed, why did he feel like a fish in water, very relaxed?
(To be continued.) )