Chapter 44 Fighting under the "Four Heavenly Kings".
In the arena of the American Airlines Center, Anna sat in her fixed seat and watched the game with concern, and unlike the emotions of the surrounding audience, Anna was in a very different mood today. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
On the court, the Mavericks had an advantage at the beginning, the offense that the Lakers originally wanted to play was not played at all, O'Neal's interior advantage was not brought into play, and Liu Han's non-stop bag clamping and rotation transfer O'Neal connected ball were difficult to do.
The Mavericks players also knew that today's game was not easy to play, so they were all desperate as soon as they got on the court, but the original regular season game played a playoff-level defensive level, which is why the Lakers fell behind at the beginning, after all, such defensive changes are really easy to fool.
However, the Lakers players are not small roles that have not seen a big scene, that is, Devin George, who has the least seniority, has already won a championship with O'Neal, but Payton and Malone have never won a championship although they have experienced a hundred battles.
The Lakers immediately adjusted the team's offensive and defensive strategies after the initial discomfort, and the players' ability to self-regulate themselves on the court The Lakers are actually very good. Krent's gift to the Lakers, he has been instilling various tactical concepts and coping methods in these seemingly well-limbed, simple-minded "muscle sticks" since he coached the Lakers. The Lakers players who came out of the Krent era were very tactical.
Relying on Malone's high shot and Payton and Finley's outside offense, the Lakers gradually stabilized the situation, and O'Neal also had a lot less defensive pressure because of his teammates' outside fire.
In defense, the Lakers still squeezed Liu Han's tactics, letting Fortson hold the ball and letting Finley and Devin George entangle Liu Han.
However, today's Mavericks' preparation is very sufficient, Liu Han gave up holding the ball and let Odom pull the ball to the high post to be responsible for organizing the offense, and Jamison relied on Fortson's cover to move towards the gap, so that there will be chaos after the Lakers rotate to change positions, if O'Neal is defended, then Jamison can directly hit the basket as long as he gets the ball, and if O'Neal does not defend himself, then Odom and Jamison will have a chance to shoot in the open space, and Liu Han's position is stuck by Finley and Devin George, But it's not that he can't play any role, Liu Han can still take the ball or catch the ball under the guidance of Odom in the high position, this tactic of holding the ball inside to organize the attack is actually the same as Phil? There are similarities in Jackson's triangular offense.
Today's most surprising thing for Mavericks fans is Fortson, this player with a very similar appearance is an out-and-out "desperate Saburo", Fortson was selected by the Bucks with the tenth pick in the first round of the 97 draft, but then he was traded to the Denver Nuggets, In Denver, he averaged 10.2 points and 5.6 rebounds per game in his rookie season, and in his second season, he was able to average a double-double of 11.0 points and 11.6 rebounds per game.
Today, it was Fortson's desperate rebounding that allowed the Mavericks to take the lead after the Lakers gradually adapted to the pace of the game.
Fortson even once grabbed a frontcourt rebound directly above Malone's head, which made Malone, who is taller than Felseson, embarrassed, although he is now nearly forty years old, but unexpectedly, Malone's current seems to be more concerned about face.
With five minutes played, the Mavericks led the Lakers by three points at 12-9, and the performance of the two sides was generally evenly matched, but the Mavericks played harder and harder.
However, the progress of the game was interrupted by the next "accident", or it was not an accident, but a deliberate "accident".
In the sixth minute of the game, Liu Han shook off Finley and Devin George to get the basketball with difficulty, but then he didn't shoot, but passed the ball to the empty Odom to shoot, Odom had hit two mid-range shots in the high post before, but this time the shot was a little shorter, the ball bounced back in front of the basket, and Fortson grabbed the position again to get ready to win the frontcourt rebound, but at this time, Malone, who had been in the position of Fortson, suddenly showed an iron elbow to Fortson.
Malone is actually not a very open-minded person by nature, even if his friend David is under his iron elbows? Robinson was in a coma because of this, and Malone didn't even apologize afterwards, he thought his actions were not wrong.
Fortson didn't expect that Ma Long, who was almost forty years old, was still such a person, he had already rushed up, and he couldn't dodge Ma Long's iron elbow at all, so he could only tilt his head and avoid the front of his face, but Ma Long's iron elbow still hit his side face, Fortson only felt that his eyes were dark, and then he fainted.
Liu Han rushed directly to Ma Long for the first time, his fist had already been raised, Liu Han, who had experienced the tempering of life and death, now follows a principle, that is, a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye, you treat the game with violent actions, then I will let you see the harm of violence, Liu Han just saw it very clearly, Ma Long, this guy is definitely deliberate, and at the same time insidious.
However, Liu Han's fist was not able to swing out, O'Neal hugged Liu Han and pulled him away, although he hadn't seen Liu Han for several years, but O'Neal still knew Liu Han's temper better, he didn't want his teammates to be injured, and he didn't want his friends to be banned because of this, so he immediately pulled Liu Han away in the middle, and Payton also pushed Malone away to protect him as soon as possible, because the Mavericks players had already rushed up at this time.
"Hey, hey, man, calm down, calm down, it's not like you, man."
"Let go of me, Shaq, I'm going to kill that bastard, a sinister villain who only behaves like this doesn't deserve to be on the court."
"I know, man, I know, but it's in the game, you're going to be banned for it, and I don't want to see you in the playoffs."
O'Neill's words made Liu Han gradually calm down, and at the same time, he realized that the most important thing now should be to see how Fortson is doing, he had been seriously injured before, and now he is in a coma, I hope there will not be too many accidents.
Just when the chaos on the field calmed down, and Fortson was immediately sent back to the medical room, there was a commotion on the sidelines, Cuban shouted Liu Han's name loudly, and Anna, who was watching the game on his side, was unconscious, Liu Han looked back and saw this scene in front of him, and almost fell down himself, he was afraid that Anna would have an accident.