Chapter 135: There is no retreat to speak of
On the field, the game started immediately, and the starters of both sides appeared one after another.
Sun Hao glanced at O'Neal and Kobe Bryant opposite.
Although both men reacted a little unusually today, he knew how strong this Lakers team was.
When I watched the video of the match with Fernandez, I could feel the dominance through the screen.
And Kobe Bryant also practiced hard in the middle distance this summer, making up for his technical shortcomings.
Now he's going to play against a team like that.
As the referee's whistle blew, O'Neal slammed the ball back into the Lakers half court with Leitner.
In the cheers of the fans, he took the initiative to take the lead in attacking.
The Lakers' ball fell around from the outside, and O'Neal took advantage of the time to fall into the three-second zone.
Bryant drops the ball high and O'Neal faces Leitner's turnaround hook.
"Bang dang!"
Leitner straightened his arm and O'Neal's shot smashed into the frame.
Just as Leitner was about to take advantage of the rebound, he felt a mountain press down on him.
"Bang!"
In the explosive cheers of the fans at the scene, O'Neal directly pressed Leitner and scored with a dunk from the other person!
Shark, out of the cage!
Lightner looked helpless.
Sun Hao also looked shocked.
That feeling is completely different from watching it through the screen before.
It's true...... It's brutal!
I don't think of Leitner as a human at all!
Although Leitner is not the kind of muscular stick type, he is also a big man of 2.11,107 kilograms!
However, O'Neill's brutality is one thing, and on the other hand, those who know O'Neill know the feud between him and Leitner.
Duke of Lightner and Louisiana O'Neal, O'Neal were robbed of the "Woolen Prize" and "Naismith Award" when O'Neill was in college.
That was from the NCAA to the NBA.
The Mavericks' offense, Nowitzki and Sun Hao fell to the top of the arc after blocking and dismantling, and directly made a three-point shot after receiving Shi's pass.
"Huh!"
First shot, first score!
Turning around, O'Neal continued to play inside, facing Lightner's turn with a small hook before making a move.
This time he showed a soft feel that didn't belong to his body, and the ball grazed the net directly into the pocket.
Nash's sudden score in the front court, Sun Hao received the ball in the bottom corner and shook Kobe Bryant, and then shot after three points.
"Huh!"
Also enter!
The Mavericks hit back-to-back three-pointers in the opening game!
Old Nelson's little trick before the game worked!
And from the opening style of play, you can also see the old Nelson's strategy, which is to use three-point shots.
O'Neal continued to play in the three-second zone, and after receiving the ball and encountering the bag, the big shark rolled over to the basket and scored another close-range basket.
Can't stop it at all!
6 to 6!
Here, the Mavericks fired frequently on the outside, and O'Neal turned over on the inside.
The tactical ideas of both sides are completely clear even to the fans.
Either the Mavericks were killed by the Lakers inside, or the Lakers were shot to death by the Mavericks.
It's like fighting the landlord, both sides are directly exposed at the beginning.
At that moment, Phil Jackson on the Lakers' side stood up from the bench.
He walked to the sidelines, put the little fingers of his left and right hands on either side of his mouth, and whistled.
It's his signature move, and no one knows what it means except for the Lakers.
Sun Hao didn't understand it either, but he quickly understood.
The Lakers' defensive strategy has changed.
Originally, they were just simple man-to-man, but now they have become expansive defense.
In this era of the league, there were illegal defensive rules that did not allow the use of joint defense, so the defense of three-point shooting was basically this kind of defense.
The center shrinks under the basket, and the other four people defend directly to the high position, and they also change defenses when they encounter blocking, which just doesn't give you a chance to shoot in the vacant position of the outside player.
However, this style of defense will make the team's defense under the basket a huge challenge.
After all, as long as you break through and cut into the air, it is easy for the center to lose sight of one or the other.
But the reason why the Lakers, or Phil Jackson dared to do this, is also simple, because they have O'Neal!
O'Neal is a big Mac under the basket, and challenging him is basically nothing to do.
And most importantly, there is no defense for three seconds in this era!
This makes O'Neal simply invincible under the basket.
Defend your threes, guard the basket, and as for the mid-range, it's up to you.
Anyway, it's only two points for mid-range shooting, and it's two points for O'Neal to play inside.
And the mid-range shooting rate is definitely not as good as the basket, and it is easy to pay fouls for O'Neal, not to mention the impact on morale.
Anyone can settle the score.
Phil Jackson didn't have much command on the court, and he didn't even bother to call a timeout a lot of times, leaving the players to handle it themselves on the court.
But he thought it through, the "Zen Master" coached Jordan to win six consecutive championships, and led the team to win the championship in the first season of the Lakers, which was not in vain.
The Mavericks couldn't hit a three-pointer, and Finley accepted the pass and didn't score from the mid-range.
The Lakers' sudden change of defense made the Mavericks a little uncomfortable.
O'Neal took the defensive rebound with his long arm.
The Lakers went to the frontcourt to continue their positions, O'Neal continued to position on the inside, and the Mavericks could only continue to wrap up.
This time O'Neal showed off his hand, turning and turning around with a close-range ball for Kobe Bryant, who cut in on the weak side.
Bryant caught the ball and rose into the air and split it directly with one hand.
The Staples Center exploded in an instant.
Nicholson put down the coffee in his hand, got up and pumped his fist excitedly.
OK Wired,!
10 to 6!
Nowitzki's high jump shot was still missed, and O'Neal grabbed the rebound this time and threw it directly into the backcourt.
Kobe Bryant had already passed the halfcourt, and after receiving the ball, he quickly attacked the free throw line against Sun Hao's defense, and a backhand layup that changed hands behind his back.
It was a difficult shot, but Bryant showed his physical flexibility at this stage and scored a layup!
12 to 6!
The cheers at the scene rose again.
The Lakers began to suppress the Mavericks to play!
Although the old Nelson used a trick to mobilize the state of the Mavericks players before the game, the Lakers are significantly stronger!
"Speed! Velocity! ”
Old Nelson couldn't sit still, he got up and walked to the sideline, waving his arms and shouting.
The Mavericks' positional battle is no longer open, and the Lakers are playing tricks with O'Neal.
If the Mavericks want to break the situation in front of them, they can only play at a faster pace.
But after the Mavericks really started to pick up the pace, the situation didn't change.
Because of O'Neill at this time, he is really not slow!
In 2010, O'Neill had a 100-meter race with sprint champion Tyson Gay on a reality show.
The last person to win was O'Neill!
O'Neill started halfway, but Guy was the 100m world champion.
And it was 2010, when he was about to retire, and now he is at his peak!
In the game, the backcourt made a quick layup, which was not a problem for him.
Halfway through the first quarter, the score on the court was 20-10, and the Lakers had widened the margin to double digits!
O'Neal scored 10 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists alone, completely unsolved.
Nelson Sr. was forced to call a timeout.
And after the timeout, he stood there for a few moments.
The little tricks before the game, the three points of the positional battle, the speed, and the speed that he could use basically used it, but it didn't work in the face of the strength gap.
It appears that O'Neill has recovered from his left ankle injury.
Healthy O'Neal is an add-on to the math test on both ends of the floor, and it's hard to get answers.
The players all returned to the field one after another, and they all looked at the old Nelson who was still in a daze.
Harris shoved his old partner.
Old Nelson came back to his senses and suddenly looked straight at Sun Hao.
Sun Hao was a little apprehensive.
Old Nelson wouldn't be trying to dump the pot on him!
He was closely defended by Kobe Bryant after the opening, and it was not easy to receive the ball.
Although he had just unlocked the "Catch Scorer" badge, he didn't take the pot.
"Sun, when you were in Europe, how did you deal with those big men?"
But what Sun Hao didn't expect was that old Nelson asked him a very strange question.
"Pick-and-roll, shoot threes."
Sun Hao thought about it and replied.
The big men in Europe are cowering under the basket one by one, and that trick has been tried and tested since he started playing in the EBA League.
As soon as he answered, he realized what old Nelson was going to do.
After the Lakers' defensive strategy changed during this period, O'Neal has been cowering under the basket.
The way he played in Europe at the beginning, isn't it right now!
But listening to Nelson Sr., the Mavericks should have been paying attention to him for a long time, but they have been hiding.
Speaking of the previous visit to Nelson's house, Nelson Jr. said that Lithuania is his first hometown.
He was still a little puzzled at the time, but now that he thinks about it, the old Nelson father and son not only have a China complex, but also have experienced a lot of things in Europe.
"Yes, that's it, Steve, you're ready to open up space and get ready for a second organization."
Old Nelson continued.
Sun Hao nodded, but Nash on the side was stunned for a moment.
This asked him to play Sun Hao's deputy?
After the timeout, Nash carried the ball to the front court, handed the ball to Sun Hao, and then motioned for the wings to pull away.
Kobe Bryant saw that Sun Hao was going to attack with the ball, and directly pressed with high pressure.
Sun Hao said a word to the mother of the thunder building.
Although he ignored him and said that he didn't know him, from the opening fight to the present, he didn't look like a stranger at all!
That's when Lightner mentioned the three-point line to play pick-and-roll.
Bryant bypassed once, but was blocked the second time.
Sun Hao seized the opportunity for a moment, took a step to the left side, did not make any extra moves at all, and directly pulled up and throw.
His decisive shot, coupled with the speed of his pushing, could only watch Kobe Bryant shoot when he squeezed past Lightner.
The ball spun around and streaked across a parabola.
"Huh!"
Hollow bag!
Sun Hao's first three-point attempt, hit!
This style of play, he is too familiar with.
And with the [Stadium Bond] activated, his performance is more stable.
"Beautiful!"
On the commentary seat, Su Qun shouted excitedly.
When all the methods of the Mavericks team failed, Sun Hao stood up!
There was a stirring on the sidelines.
Sun Hao has been invisible and has not performed much since he scored three points in the opening game, and they almost forgot about him.
But as soon as this pause came back, Sun Hao immediately woke up the memory in the depths of their minds.
The boy in front of him, but the boy that the Lakers intended to be!
If it weren't for the Mavericks, Sun Hao would be their person!
Imagine what it would be like for O'Neal and Kobe Bryant to have an extra three-pointer next to them.
O'Neal can wreak havoc under the basket with impunity, and Kobe Bryant can hold the ball alone without hesitation.
The picture is too beautiful to think!
At this time, a certain singer composed a song, but unfortunately there was no if.
Now this teenager, across from them!
The Mavericks scored a goal up front, but in retrospect, they still didn't have much to do with O'Neal.
Under the basket, the defense should be contained, and the ball will be given to Kobe Bryant on the outside.
Bryant flickered and dribbled to a mid-range jumper in the high post.
"Huh!"
The basketball landed steadily.
Kobe Bryant's mid-distance training in the summer has been very effective!
22 to 13, a difference of 9 points.
The cheers at the scene rose again.
The Mavericks' interior line simply doesn't have enough to look at in front of O'Neal, plus Kobe Bryant's current accurate mid-range.
OK combination, one inside and one outside, king fried.
But the cheers weren't down yet.
After Sun Hao and Leitner blocked and dismantled, they took a step back to shake off Kobe, who had just squeezed through the block, and made a three-point shot.
"Huh!"
A basin of cold water fell from him, instantly extinguishing the enthusiasm of the fans at the Staples Center.
Sun Hao, consecutive three-point hits!
16 to 22!
The difference has been narrowed to 6 points!
After throwing this goal, Sun Hao excitedly made a blow gun action, and Kobe Bryant on the opposite side was stunned.
"Sun Hao, it's still Sun Hao, the only one who can solve the problem on the court now is Sun Hao! Oh, my God! He's just a rookie! ”
Su Qun was brought into Su Blowing mode by Sun Hao's consecutive three points.
"I'll just say it, Xiao Sun is like this, when he is strong, eh, he is strong!"
Zhang Weiping also has an expression of strategizing and everything under control.
O'Neal finally missed once under the basket, and Sun Hao continued to hold the ball when he turned around.
But this time, as soon as Sun Hao opened it and was about to shoot, Kobe Bryant had already squeezed past Lightner to make a new pounce.
Sun Hao looked up at the basket after seeing it.
Kobe Bryant jumped directly.
Sun Hao scored two three-pointers in front of him, which was too scary.
Sun Hao received the ball and accelerated, crossed the three-point line and rushed in.
Don't say it, O'Neal just cowered under the basket and couldn't come out.
Sun Hao saw O'Neal's eyes on him and distributed the ball to Finley, who cut in.
O'Neill turned to pounce on Finley.
Finley reacted very quickly, shook his hand and gave the ball to Sun Hao, who returned to the middle.
Two to one, playing with the big shark.
After Sun Hao received the ball, he directly exerted his strength and rose into the air.
Taking advantage of O'Neill's lack of time to turn around, he wants to deduct one!
The side buckle is also a partition buckle, and this ball is deducted into today's top five, no, the top ten goals of the season!
People are not crazy teenagers!
He's hi!
Sun Hao worked hard, and after his height grew to 1.87 meters, he became more and more confident in his dunks.
But just as he was about to fly to the highest point, he saw O'Neill turn around!
it, this flexible big fat man!
However, there was no retreat to speak of, and he could only reach out and press the ball to the basket in advance.
It's going to be in time!
"Smack!"
It turned out that he was overthinking.
When O'Neill turned around, a palm move that fell from the sky directly knocked him to the ground.
"Lost ......"
Before Sun Hao finished scolding, he felt like he had fallen heavily to the ground.
The moment he landed, he felt like he had almost left this beautiful world.
The referee's whistle blew for a foul on O'Neal.
O'Neill turned his head with a question mark face and went to the referee theory.
Nowitzki and Finley walked to Sun Hao's side for the first time.
Sun Hao lay down for a while before sitting up.
After making sure that he was not injured, he pulled the two of them up.
Thanks to the more than ten years in the system, he has been practicing his body, otherwise he would have to scrap it just now.
But just now he was really hilarious, and he actually felt that he could now block O'Neill.
However, if you cheat a foul and you don't get hurt, it doesn't seem to be a loss.
He's ready to go to the free-throw line.
Just then, O'Neal, who had finished arguing with the referees, came back and slapped him on the ass before going to the free throw line.
??
This time it was Sun Hao's turn to have an O'Neill-esque question mark face.
I'm special.
I'm not familiar with you, hey!
It was strange for O'Neill to greet him before the game, and he is still here.
Do you also like Chinese culture as much as Nelson Jr.?
O'Neal went to the side of the free throw line after shooting, and Sun Hao couldn't guess why.
However, outside the three-point line, Kobe's face was ugly.
Jealous?
Inexistent.
He's not Steve Nash!
In fact, his relationship with O'Neal, except for his teammates on the field, has not been very good off the field.
How is it possible for a person who is crazy to train and someone who does not like to train to talk together!
The reason for his ugly face was that O'Neill made such an affectionate gesture to his opponent.
The opponent on the field is the enemy!
Sun Hao adjusted his breathing and hit both punishments.
18-22, the Mavericks have chased the difference to 4 points!
After returning from the pause, Sun Hao scored 8 points in a row!
"That's the best rookie!"
Su Qun couldn't stop blowing in the broadcast seat.
Zhang Weiping laughed on the side, he found that it was really blowing, brother, you are better than me.
The Lakers' offense, O'Neal continued to sink low, but this time, Kobe Bryant didn't give in!
After facing Sun Hao's continuous shaking, he directly pulled out the jump shot.
Sun Hao learns Battier's blindfolded defense.
"Huh!"
The face is covered, but Kobe Bryant's mid-range is still thrown!
After throwing in, he glanced at O'Neill with a fierce look in his eyes.
The expression seemed to say, this is the way to deal with the enemy!
O'Neill had already buried his head in the first place and ran back......
A burst of anger shook the air, and Kobe's face became more and more ugly.
But before he could attack, Sun Hao took three points to the right side after blocking and dismantling, and!
Sun Hao scored 3 three-pointers in this quarter and has already scored 11 points!
Emperor Ou, it's online!
“……”
After Kobe Bryant received the ball in the front court, he once again ignored O'Neal's request, and the three threats took a step to meet Sun Hao's defense and then shot.
"Phew!"
The first note of the mamba piano piece is struck.
Leitner drove the ball out of the basket and the Mavericks went straight to the fast break.
Sun Hao received the ball in the front court to attract the defense and distributed the ball to Finley, who followed up on the right side, and Finley scored 2 points on a fast-break layup.
23 to 24!
The Mavericks chased the margin to 1 point!
In the last attack of the first quarter, Kobe Bryant still did not choose to pass to O'Neal, and the three points after shaking smashed out of the frame.
The three-pointer finally upset O'Neal.
When he was off the court, he and Kobe Bryant had a verbal exchange.
"Give me the ball and I'm shooting 60 percent from the field under the basket."
"I'm also very accurate on the outside, I can handle him."
"You get him first on the defensive end!"
"Is that my problem? I'm a two-point guard at the three-point line, where are you? ”
"I'm protecting the exclusion zone."
……
After half time, Old Nelson couldn't hear what the two were talking about, but it could be seen from their expressions and movements that the two were arguing.
The opportunity he had been waiting for had come.
The opening OK combination cooperated tacitly, and also showed the strength of the High Mavericks.
But after Sun Hao's sudden outburst changed the situation on the field, the contradictions between OK began to appear.
Such scenes have appeared more than once this season, and they are a big reason for the ups and downs of the Lakers' record.
This problem becomes more apparent in the second section.
Phil Jackson has always been a laissez-faire attitude towards the superstar debate within the team, which is not a good thing.
At least not in the second section.
In the first few minutes of the second quarter, the two teams were evenly matched off the bench.
But when the main team came back, Kobe Bryant still didn't feed O'Neal, and as a result, he played in a hurry.
The big shark lost its fangs without the ball, and the black mamba sprayed venom frantically at the enemy more than ten meters away.
The Lakers lost control on the court, changed the overwhelming situation at the beginning, and began to fall into passivity.
At halftime, the score was 50-43.
The side behind is the Lakers!
The Mavericks are anti-guest-oriented!
When they returned to the locker room at halftime, Kobe Bryant and O'Neal didn't look at anyone.
Even if you are not a player of the Lakers, you can feel the contradiction between the two.
"It's going to be tough for them to defend their title this season."
Nowitzki said with a smile.
The collapse of dynasties often begins from within.
The NBA has championship teams every year, but not many can defend their titles.
Sun Hao smiled and didn't speak.
If he hadn't crossed over, he would have agreed with Nowitzki.
But history tells him that the OK group will part ways in the end, but certainly not now.
Sure enough, when I came back in the second half, there was a clear change on the Lakers' side.
The biggest change came from O'Neill.
O'Neal, the first active player in the league, is taking the initiative to block Kobe Bryant!
Sun Hao's ability to block and dismantle is very good, but what blocks him is a wall.
Bryant got a lot of opportunities to play Leitner in a misplaced position.
He also showed what he was capable of as a top scorer.
The Lakers began to gradually bring the momentum back.
This change also made Sun Hao understand why the OK combination in history was able to complete three consecutive championships.
O'Neill is a person with a domineering style of play, but his personality is really easy to get along with.
Think about Kobe, whether it is recognized in history, or Sun Hao has crossed over and contacted several times, you can feel his strangeness.
Even judging from the performance on the field, it is very selfish.
But that's it, O'Neal actually gave in in the second half and took the initiative to block him.
This open-mindedness, to be honest, Sun Hao really didn't expect it.
It was this open-mindedness that allowed the Lakers to regain the initiative.
Phil Jackson is back on the scene.
When he was playing well, he replaced him!
Kobe Bryant was unhappy when he came off the court.
If it weren't for Phil Jackson on the other side, he would probably have to scold the head coach.
This operation makes people look at the clouds.
After Bryant went off the court, O'Neal began to take over the team's offense.
However, the Mavericks' state is not bad, especially Sun Hao and Nowitzki, under the effect of [Court Bond], the two took turns to fire on the court.
At the end of the third quarter, the score on the court was 72-70, and the Mavericks still led the Lakers by 2 points!
Nowitzki scored 16 points and 6 rebounds, and Sun Hao scored a game-high 20 points!
They still have a lot to win.
At this moment, Phil Jackson waved his hand, and Kobe Bryant reappeared.
Kobe Bryant was replaced with a hot hand, holding back a belly of fire, and after coming up, he began to go berserk.
After breaking through Ellis, he announced his return with a pull-up layup, and then steals Davis's fast-break fast-break and fast-break dunk!
On the Mavericks' side, Kukoc continued to score three points at the top of the arc, and Kobe Bryant turned around and hit the basket to make it 2+1!
The Mavericks didn't score a wave of offense, and Kobe Bryant scored in the middle of Easley and Davis!
Less than three minutes were played in the fourth quarter, and Kobe Bryant had already scored 9 points with a sudden shot!
The Peter Pan that Sun Hao and Fernandez saw in the video appeared!
No one on the Mavericks' side could stop him.
Sun Hao turned his head to look at Phil Jackson next door at this time, and felt that the person "Zen Master" was a little scary.
Especially the control of the players' psychology is too strong.
In the second quarter, he didn't adjust the contradiction between the two cores of the team, and in the third quarter, Kobe Bryant was hot and replaced him off the court.
Either one, these two seemed stupid operations at the time.
But now, it turns out that it was the right choice.
Because he was familiar with O'Neill and knew that the latter's character would take the initiative to give in, he did not rush to mediate;
Similarly, because he is familiar with Kobe Bryant and knows how to fully stimulate the latter's state, he replaces him when his hand is hot.
For a while, the clouds will see the sun, and the trapped beast will come out of the cage for a while!
The elder Sun Hao heard many people say that Phil Jackson won so many championships because he was completely lucky, and it was Jordan Pippen and O'Neal Bryant.
But after this game, Sun Hao found that it was not like that.
There is no such thing as an accident in this world.
Phil Jackson, Jordan Pippen, and Kobe O'Neal are all mutually successful.
You must know that whether it is Jordan Pippen or Kobe O'Neal, their combination has never been just one head coach.
Even, there are Kobe Bryant and Gasol.
If it weren't for Jackson, who would be able to guarantee that he could combine the arrogant Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol, who is hard to find a win in the playoffs, into another golden combination.
Even if you are a little lucky, it will be another dynasty!
Five minutes into the fourth quarter, Bryant scored 13 points in five minutes to help the Lakers rewrite the score to 83-76.
Nelson Sr. made a change and brought the main player on the court early, and Kukoc was still on the bench.
A familiar scene.
At the beginning of Philadelphia, the Mavericks relied on this lineup to set off a three-point rain and finally successfully reversed the 76ers.
Only this time, they are facing the more powerful Lakers.
And the Lakers, there is Kobe Bryant, who has a hot hand, O'Neal, who is invincible on the inside, and even the scheming Phil Jackson.
And it's true, Nash and Nowitzki missed back-to-back outside shots, and God wasn't going to stand behind them every night.
On the contrary, it was the Lakers, who grabbed the Mavericks, a lineup with weak interior defense, and constantly attacked the basket.
After more than four minutes of play, the Lakers played the Mavericks 7-3 and further extended the lead to 11 points!
Nelson Sr. was forced to call a timeout.
On the broadcast seat, Su Qun looked up at the timer.
2 minutes 58 seconds.
"There's not much time left for the Mavericks."
There was a hint of unwillingness in his tone.
ps: I feel a little better today, I didn't go to check, it's a bit too late to write a book, and it shouldn't be a big problem
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