Chapter Seventy-Seven: Controlling the Ball
The "bang, bang, bang" basketball pulsed back and forth between the floor and Chamberlain's hand, like his heartbeat at this time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Starter, core, control of the ball!
Chamberlain, who was intoxicated at this moment, did not forget his duty, dribbled the ball and easily dodged Malone under the cover of Duncan, so that only O'Neal was left on the Lakers' interior line.
Facing O'Neill, who was waiting for him, Chamberlain suddenly changed his rhythm. Hurried cross-dribble, then jumped up as soon as he raised his hand.
This is it!
O'Neill, who had been on guard for a long time, saw Chamberlain jumping, and hurriedly jumped up to block Chamberlain's shot.
But in order to prevent blocking, Chamberlain's shot point is really high, which is a very strange height, and his body is slightly tilted back!
Although David Robinson's 10-point scoring ability has been scattered among mid-range shots, close shots and layups, even a little bit of growth is a huge improvement for Chamberlain now. You must know that he has been with the Spurs for almost a season now, and his mid-range shooting has only increased by two points in total.
O'Neal suddenly found that his outstretched hand was in vain, the distance between him and the basketball became more and more distant, and his movements were so futile that they did not pose any threat to Chamberlain at all.
The basketball that Chamberlain threw out rubbed against the rebound wonderfully, and then the basketball that rose almost vertically actually changed its trajectory and rolled towards the basket with a little arc.
At this time, the court seemed quiet, the rolling basketball, spinning, in Chamberlain, and Popovich on the sidelines, in the eyes of hope, it was easy to get into the Lakers' basket.
Chamberlain easily scored two points on O'Neal's head.
Chamberlain, who had never been so comfortable, like a handsome musketeer, blew his fingers that were not even dusty at O'Neill's big purple face.
Let's forgive this baby who grew up with sheep. At this moment, Chamberlain was a top-level 'M', and his movements steadily pulled all the hatred, making the Staples Center uproar all at once.
"Shaq, detain him hard and let that rookie know that you are awesome!"
Barkley was indignant and sided with the home side.
Popovich also closed his eyes in pain, the old-fashioned old guy could not understand the sullen heart of the young man at all.
"Is it necessary, is it necessary?"
When the Lakers attacked, O'Neal still beat Chamberlain, and Chamberlain couldn't do anything about it except for creating a little trouble, and he didn't dare to make fouls.
When the Spurs handed the ball to Chamberlain again, Jackson saw the mystery on the court and immediately called out to Payton: "Gary, control the tempo."
Payton, an old ruffian, also felt the abnormal rhythm of the Spurs. At the moment of the coach's reminder, he understood, who was already full of doubts.
Popovich's tactics didn't work, or didn't work completely. Under Payton's control, the Spurs did not bring up the rhythm as Popovich expected, dragging down the physical strength of the Lakers' old fat main players such as Malone, Payton, O'Neal, etc.
However, it is surprising that they firmly bit the score and did not disconnect like in the first quarter. Jackson doesn't have a good way to deal with Chamberlain's kind of panacea, you can't prevent him from shooting, you can't prevent him from shooting, you can't prevent him from passing.
The scene is starting to burn again!
This is a game that the Lakers can't afford to lose, and the anxiety of the scene makes the string in Phil Jackson's heart tense again. "OK" is strong, but not invincible, especially at this time, the "OK" Spurs are the main opponents of the Lakers in the playoffs in recent years.
The eyes of the "Zen Master" were glued to the court, carefully observing every detail of the Spurs' offense. Speaking of the Spurs' version of the 'small ball tactics' is not complicated, or the Spurs' tactics have never been complicated, what is complicated is the process, and it is their thorough execution of the tactics.
Popovich seems to have a kind of magic that he can turn a simple tactic into an unsolvable one.
The outside line is responsible for passing the ball out, using Duncan's threat to contain O'Neal on the inside, forming a one-on-one between Chamberlain and Malone. It took Jackson less than a minute to fully understand this set of tactics. What he was observing was that after Chamberlain received the ball, the others ran each other, covered each other, and ran out of the whole part of the tactic.
Popovich's team has always had a terrible ability to execute tactics, and this ability makes the Spurs very thorough in the execution of every tactic, not only the main part of the tactics, but also every branch of tactical execution can be executed very clearly.
After watching the game for a while, Jackson picked up the tactical board next to him, twisted his eyebrows and kept writing and drawing, so that after a minute or so, he called a timeout.
At this time, less than three minutes into the second quarter of the game, the score on the court was 31:26, the Lakers were ahead, and the difference was still seven points.
"The Zen Master" called a short 20-second timeout, almost a mouthful of water in his throat, and the game resumed.
This time, Payton changed his low-effort jamming strategy and went straight to Parker's close defense. Peyton, who was "fanatical" by the "Zen Master", exerted all his strength, footsteps, energy, and enthusiasm for the championship. Step by step, he didn't let him run, he didn't let him dribble, and Parker saw this situation and had to rely on Payton to swim slowly and carefully.
The Spurs' fast attack did not succeed, and they had to reluctantly switch to a more professional positional battle.
This is definitely not a good sign for Popovich. He was always very strict with tactics, and began to yell at his players from the sidelines: "What are you doing? Run, run. ”
Reprimanded, Parker began looking for teammates who could pass the ball. But the Lakers, who were pressing all over the court, frantically tracked the Spurs players who were trying to penetrate the cover like a tracking bullet.
Faced with this situation, Parker could only helplessly hoist the ball directly into the hands of Chamberlain, who was quite leisurely in the penalty area.
This was an obvious trap, and the moment Chamberlain received the ball, Malone spread his hands and ran to Chamberlain's side. Chamberlain, who was unguarded, was firmly attached to Malone.
This is Phil Jackson's defensive strategy: slowing down the Spurs' advance, disrupting the Spurs' fast-break passes and catches, letting go of long passes, and using Malone to defend Chamberlain closely. Forcing Chamberlain, who has no ability to play back, gambles on jump shots without passing teammates and can't break through, yes, it's gambling.
Parker's helplessness also passed to Chamberlain with the basketball at this time!