Chapter 321: The Newborn Calf (7)

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At the end of the timeout, the Lakers players who returned to the court saw the score on the courtside scoreboard, and they couldn't help but be depressed, and then thought that 14 of the Rockets' 16 points were scored by Long Zheng alone, and their hearts sank again.

The first offense after the timeout, initiated by the Los Angeles Lakers.

Long Zheng made a succession of steals, and everyone could see that he was in good shape, including the Lakers players on the court.

Glancing at the point guard, the Lakers point guard took Long Zheng directly to the bottom and came to the right baseline position, and similarly, Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon was also taken to the right side of the baseline by the Lakers center; At the same time, the Lakers small forward and the Lakers power forward covered each other and moved towards the left side of the court.

knew that the Lakers players wanted to take Long Zheng and Hakiem Olajuwon, the two defensive cores, away from the team's defensive formation, but because they couldn't defend together, the Rockets players had no choice but to suffer a dark loss.

On the left side of the court, the Lakers small forward finally ran out of the open space with the help of his teammates' cover, and at this moment, the Lakers point guard made a ground-hitting pass and accurately delivered the basketball to the hands of the Lakers small forward.

Facing the chase block of Rockets small forward Mario Elie, the Lakers small forward faked a real shot, dribbled a shot and then dribbled to the basket, played a layup, and scored the ball.

The goal was valid, the score came to 16-4, and the Lakers' four points were all scored by small forwards.

The center was frozen by Hakeem Olajuwon, the scoring guard was defended by Long Zheng, and the loss of two main attackers in a row, the Los Angeles Lakers' offense became fragmented, and it was difficult to form effective offensive tactics, and they could only rely on the individual ability of the players to storm the Rockets' defense and score hard.

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The Los Angeles Lakers scored, and the Houston Rockets went on offense.

Knowing that Long Zheng was in good shape, Rockets point guard Kenny Smith advanced the ball to the front court and passed the basketball to Long Zheng, while Kenny Smith himself and small forward Mario Elli began to run along both sides of the three-point line.

After receiving a pass from the opponent while running without the ball, Long Zheng suddenly accelerated, and after two steps, he threw off the Lakers scoring guard who was guarding him by one position.

Outside the three-point line, Long Zheng collided with the Lakers' small forward, who was always watching him and making up for the defense in time. A simple but wonderful cross dribble, Long Zheng turned and leaned on the opponent, perfectly protecting the ball.

After a moment's delay, the Lakers' scoring guard had already caught up and teamed up with the Lakers' small forward to trap Long Zheng.

In the face of the double bag, Long Zheng was not in a hurry, he was not disrupted by the sudden bag, relying on the Lakers' small forward, resisting the Lakers' scoring guard, Long Hua's wonderful virtual shake was about to turn around and jump.

"Don't think!"

Seeing that Long Zheng regarded the two of them as nothing, and was about to jump after turning around, the Lakers scoring guard was furious, jumped up with all his strength, and struggled to make a move to chase the big hat.

Suddenly, Long Zheng retracted the basketball held high on the left side of his waist and abdomen, allowing the Lakers' scoring guard to save the big hat.

Seeing Mario Elli, the small forward of the Rockets running towards him, Long Zheng did not hesitate and decisively passed the ball over.

Attacking the frontcourt, Mario Elie was very comfortable receiving Ryu-jung's accurate pass, and with a slight adjustment, he hit two points in an unguarded open opportunity.

The two-point score was 18:4, the Houston Rockets were in front, and the Los Angeles Lakers were behind, and the difference between the two teams widened to 14 points.

So far in the game, Long Zheng has accumulated 14 points, including one of two pointers, three of three three-pointers, and one assist, two steals, and one block. The other four Rockets players, civilian Mario Elli scored four points with effective support from his teammates and point guard Kenny Smith received an assist.

On the Los Angeles Lakers side, the Lakers' small forward scored four points alone, and the other four players did not have any statistics.

What amazed everyone was that so far in the game, the two teams had not even seen a single rebound. Shots from both sides are either scored or successfully destroyed by defenders before the basketball leaves their hands.

"Oops!"

In the Lakers coach's box, interim head coach Bill Beetka secretly said no.

Long Zheng on the court is much more difficult to deal with than Michael Jordan back then. From entering the NBA to winning his first championship ring, Michael Jordan has always been the archetype of the NBA alone, and although Michael Jordan is difficult to defend, he can always find a way to suppress him. Back then, the Pistons' "Jordan's Rule" was successful, largely because Michael Jordan liked to play alone, often outside the team's offensive system.

But in front of Long Zheng, Bill Betka clenched his teeth and exhaled lightly. Whether it's shooting, bursting, passing, running without the ball, or crossing screens with teammates, if Bill Betka hadn't known that Ryuzheng was playing with a Rockets player for the first time, Bill Beitka would have really thought that Ryuzheng had been playing basketball with the Rockets for more than a decade.

This kind of calmness and ease of life is not something that a rookie who has just joined the team can have.

Shaking his head, Bill Betka suppressed these troubled thoughts and raised his head to continue watching the game on the field.

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As the Lakers' point guard dribbled to the frontcourt, he kept thinking about the situation on the court.

The Lakers have five people on the court, and the ability of the point guard is reflected in the control of the ball and the organization of offense, and the scoring ability is very weak; The scoring guard was tightly defended by Long Zheng, who was in good shape, and he had been beaten out of the psychological shadow by Long Zheng, and now he didn't want to touch the ball at all; The small forward played against one of the weakest players on the Rockets' team, starting small forward Mario Eli, who scored four points for the team despite the difficult scoring. The big forward is against Otis Thorpe, Otis Thorpe, as a benchmark for blue-collar players, has always been stronger in defense than in offense, rebounding and blocking is stronger than shooting and assisting, without the effective cover of teammates, it is difficult for Lakers power forward to get scoring opportunities under Otis Thorpe's tight defense; The center is opposite the top NBA interior player -- the starting center of the Houston Rockets Hakeem Olajuwon, who is 208 cm tall and weighs 116 kilograms, is at the peak of his career. (To be continued.) )