Chapter 223: The Duel of the Block King (Part II)
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At 58-70, the Lakers temporarily trailed by 12 points.
The Thunder offense, without the presence of the Thunder two less, James. Harden was the central leader of the offensive playmaker, and he saw the moment and made a pass straight through the Lakers' box.
Nick. Collison catches the ball and steps to the basket.
Paul. Gasol's physical strength was obviously affected, and he was a full beat slower in the ball. But fortunately, the Spaniard is tall and has long arms, and when he stretches out his long arms, he is also very good at Nick. Collison played a role in a certain amount of shooting interference.
The basketball rolls around the hoop and then slides out of the hoop.
Damn, I didn't put it in!
Nick. After Collison cursed, he immediately jumped up and pounced on the falling offensive rebound.
Nick. Collison is a fierce interior player who fights for offensive rebounds, and his offensive rebounds are above 2+ all year round, and his career average rebounding data is only about 5. The percentage of offensive rebounds is almost 40 percent, which is already a terrible percentage. For reference, you can look at Gasol's offensive rebounding ratio, which accounts for only 28% in his career, and even lower this season, only 26%~27%. So as you can see from this set of data, Nick. Collison is definitely a good rebounder in the frontcourt.
Sure enough, Gasol missed the rebound in a scramble for the rebound.
The rebound was played by Nick. Collison snatched it away.
Okay, if you can't score once, then I'll hit it a second time!
Nick. Collison makes a jumper shot under the basket and the ball Paul. Gasol couldn't defend because the former was already too deep.
Syllable~
The moment Collison shot, the basketball was slapped sideways.
What the? Covered?
As soon as he turned around, a yellow-skinned man was standing right behind him.
"Defend now, Nick!" The rest of the Thunder team reminded loudly.
Lakers offense, Ramon. Sessions lobs the ball to Paul on the inside. Gasol, the crowd pulled away, to Paul. Gasol offers plenty of space for singles. However, Gasol's shot was missed, because of the excessive consumption of physical strength, so that his technical movements gradually lost their standard. Furthermore, the man who defended him was Kendrick. Perkins, under the opponent's weight of 288.9 pounds, the Spaniard can't take advantage of any back, coupled with the physical crisis, the result of the hard top is to go out more and more.
In this case, it's not surprising that the shot is inaccurate.
James. Harden saw Gasol's problem, so he immediately passed the ball to Kendrick. Perkins went to beat his opponent hard.
To be honest, Perkins still had some individual ability during the Green Army, but after coming to the Thunder, the offensive end was almost deserted, and it instantly became between third-rate and non-streaming. Under normal circumstances, the Thunder would not give him a chance to play alone with the ball. But tonight, Harden fed him the ball. Because his counterpart Paul. Gasol is already on the verge of running out of fitness.
Playing basketball, physical support is the foundation of the foundation, without sufficient physical support, then even if you are Jordan, Kobe, O'Neal, you will be bullied by second-rate players, and your competitive state will decline sharply. Of course, this is just an assumption, after all, as a supergiant, most of them are monsters with extraordinary physical strength, and unless they are at the end of their careers, they will hardly appear in such a state of exhaustion.
Gasol's physical fitness is very good among white Europeans, but overuse and plantar fasciitis have reduced his physical strength. In the terminology of the game industry, Gasol's overall strength has been weakened, and no matter how much he recovers, he will not be able to return to his peak state when he is old. Therefore, if you want to play him an average of 37+ minutes per game, as before, it will only overdraft his career in advance and increase the risk of injury.
Kendrick. Perkins also understood James. Harden means, after getting the ball, use his tonnage to force Paul. Gasol.
The Spaniards were almost defeated.
If it were when his physical strength was strong, Gasol would not be so unbearable, but tonight's double torture of physical fitness and injury, he was a little overwhelmed.
Kendrick. After Perkins squeezed into the right position, he raised his hand to shoot, and Paul. Gasol wanted to step forward to block the opponent, but he ate a collision from the opponent and completely lost the possibility of defense. Under normal circumstances, Perkins would not dare to hit Gasol like this, but tonight, it is time for him to bully his opponents, the court is like a battlefield, who will be polite? Take advantage of your illness to kill you, there are more such scenes!
The basketball shot and flew straight to the Lakers basket.
At this moment, a yellow palm suddenly appeared, and then gently pressed Perkins' shot on the rebound.
"Ramon, Attack!" After landing on the ground, Tang Qian shouted, and the basketball in his hand was passed to Sessions.
Ramon. Sessions and Matt. Barnes rushed into the Thunder's half, and in the end, although Barnes made a layup and did not score, it still caused Daquinn. Cook's defensive foul and both goals were scored.
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At 60-70, the Lakers chased the score difference to 10 points.
Seeing that the opponent chased the score closer, James. Harden is ready to come on his own and face Matt. Barnes' defense, he stepped back with a back-to-back hip drop, 16 feet to the right, and threw it into the net.
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At 60-72, the Thunder added two points.
Seeing Barnes's somewhat annoyed look, Tang Qian patted him and said, "It's okay, if he has the ability, he has been shooting from the outside, don't come into the paint area." ”
Gasol missed another shot, and apparently the ball was a little too far off.
But Mike. Brown didn't mean anything about replacing him.
"Rebounding!"
Nick. Collison grabbed the orange basketball, but someone was one step ahead of him.
Tang Qian got this offensive rebound.
Due to the deep position, he did not hesitate, immediately jumped, and slammed the Thunder's basket with both hands.
Bang~
Tang Qian scored.
62-72, the score difference between the two sides came to 10 points again.
"This stinky boy!"
Nick. Collison looked at Tang Qian's back and cursed secretly.
There is not much time left in the third quarter, and on the Thunder side, it is still James. Harden took it upon himself and continued to single Matt. Barnes.
"I'm not going to let you put this ball in easily!" Matt. Barnes was extremely aggressive defensively.
"I still need you to let me?" Harden dismissed the other party with a disdain, then pulled away from the dribble and strode forward, looking like he was about to break through. Barnes naturally moved sideways at a rapid pace, and he wasn't going to give Harden a chance to break through comfortably. But this move, Harden is just a feint, seeing Matt. Barnes immediately pulled his body back with a move, and then made another beautiful step-back shot.
This guy actually played this hand so skillfully?
Don't blame Matt. Barnes was a little surprised, because the drop-back shooting is almost a marginalized shooting technique in the NBA. In the future, there was a statistic, which is the least used of all kinds of shooting techniques. For example, there are only two people in the entire league who use their step-back shots more than 100 times in a season, and one is Stephen. Curry, and the other one is James. Harden. And both of them played with a magical hand, and the hit rate was ridiculously high.
Curry doesn't care, after all, he has evolved to the state of "Kuhao" at that time, the ultimate shooter in NBA history. But Harden, Tang Qian couldn't figure it out, a person with an ordinary jump shot rate of only about 30%, once he used a step-back jumper, he was immediately "reborn", and the shooting rate soared to around 50%. Ma or normal people?
It is said that the pinnacle Kobe Bryant is no difficulty, not to score, James. Harden also has a bit of this kind of meaning in the technique of jump shot, which can be called "no step-back, no goal".
But this ball is a bit of a pity, "dang", the basketball hoop hit the iron.
It happened to run into the other "50%".
Don potential to overpower Nick. Collison protected the defensive rebound.
On the offensive end, the Lakers are getting weaker and weaker, and Gasol's physical strength is almost exhausted, so after getting the ball, he can only pass it out and let Ci Shiping on the other end hold the ball and attack. Ci Shiping hit Fisher strongly, and the shot was not able to hit, when ~, the basketball bounced out.
Ci Shiping is in this case, the feeling of shooting, there is no match, it feels good, it is no worse than an all-star player or even a superstar player, and the strong shot is okay with the top shot. But it feels like it's gone, if you just let him shoot, he will "help the board" and become "Rajan with the beast physique. Rondo".
The Thunder protected the defensive rebound, and the basketball was once again in the hands of their No. 13.
In order to ensure the success rate of the offense, James. Harden chose to break through directly, a stiff holding the ball, a shake of the shoulder, and then stepped into the Lakers' three-point line. Matt. Barnes defended tightly and was only half a position by the opposition, but for this season's James. Harden, that's enough. After calculating the distance, Harden collected the ball, then slowed down and rushed towards the Lakers' restricted area. About halfway through the paint, Harden began to make layups.
"Don't you want to make a comfortable shot!" As soon as Barnes took a big stride, he had to be guarded against it.
Okay, all I want is you clinging to it!
After Harden saw that the opponent was guarding tightly, he didn't mess up at all, and without warning, he got up and went to the basket.
What is this layup rhythm?
Barnes was a little puzzled because the opponent jumped in a hurry and didn't fully stretch out.
Tang Qian, who was standing under the basket, saw the clue.
Beep~
"Lakers No. 9, hitter foul!" The referee gestured for a penalty.
But it's not over yet, because James. Harden's coherent moves continue.
Using his powerful upper body strength, Harden can ensure that he can still shoot smoothly even if he is violated.
This is his personal advantage, and the "little prince of bench presses" that year was not boasted.
This year is the year when he has just begun to practice this "divine skill".
So a lot of people are not prepared and have no contingency measures.
Syllable~
Except, of course, Lakers No. 29.
Another block, and Harden's 2+1 aspirations were shattered.
However, due to the foul first, this block ball was not recorded in Tang Qian's technical statistics.
Rao is like this, and Tang's ability to protect the basket has also been reflected.
Harden made 1 of 2 free throws to make it 62-73, and the Lakers actually earned a point.
Lakers offense, Paul. Gasol finally gritted his teeth and helped the Lakers score in this positional battle, 64-73, and the score difference was within double digits.
Thunder Harden dribbled through, but this time he was a breakaway and attracted Matt. Barnes and Paul. After Gasol's attention, his left hand shook, and the basketball passed smoothly to Perkins under the basket. After nearly 3 seasons of growth, James. Harden's passing ability has gotten higher and higher, from just 1.8 per game to 3.7 per game, which is pretty good as a bench position.
With such a good position, Perkins certainly won't hesitate and immediately shoot under the basket.
However, the "snap" made Perkins stunned, because the ball was blocked halfway through and did not fall into the Lakers' basket.
"Hey, Buddy, you're too slow." After landing, Tang Qian "reminded" the other party.
For the rest of the game, neither team scored again, and the score went into the fourth quarter at 62-73.
Although Tang Qian's block number did not rise again, it interfered with the opponent's shooting, and also contributed a lot, and several times the Thunder wanted to score points under the inside basket, but they were interfered with by the Lakers' No. 29. It's just that this kind of contribution can't be reflected in the basic data.
During the break, ESPN kept spitting.
"How's it going, Brad, how about the hot cap in China?" Isaiah. Thomas deliberately headed towards Brad. Doherty asked.
Brad. Dohedi said: "Let's make a living, get by." ”
"Still living?" Isaiah. Thomas said: "He's got 5 blocks now, okay. Ibaka has 2 more! ”
"No, you can't look at it that way, Isaiah." Brad. Doherty said: "The opponents faced by China and Ibaka are completely different, if Ibaka faces the Lakers bench lineup, then there are at least 6~7 blocks now." ”
"At least 6~7?" Isaiah. Thomas said, "Brad, how dare you say it! ”
"What dare you not say." Brad. Doherty said: "After all, I am the same interior player as them, so I know the truth better. ”
"Brad, our era is gone, and now it's the age of newcomers."
"Really? I don't think the inside line is as strong as we were back then. "Brad. Doherty said, "Who else but Howard could go to our time to fight?" Duncan is old, Garnett is old, Shaq is retired, and I don't need four centers, even I can teach them how to behave! ”
Brad. As the champion in 1986, he averaged 19.0 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.7 blocks per game in his career, 20+10 data for 3 seasons, and a height of 213CM, if it weren't for a serious back injury, he would not have faded out of the NBA stage at the golden age of 28. And as a 7-foot-long man, he also has excellent passing skills, and his career 3.7 assists is definitely a first-class level among interior players.
It's a pity that he retired due to injury before he reached his peak, otherwise the four centers in the 90s may become the five major centers.
"Well, well, well, well, Brad, I'll admit you were the All-Star interior back then, but we're talking about blocks, aren't we?" Isaiah. Thomas said: "Other abilities, you are on the inside, you are indeed first-class, but the cap, hehe, that is almost meaningless." ”
Isaiah. Thomas's words were kind of poking Brad. Doherty's "sore spot", as a 7-foot big center, the latter has only one season in his career that the average number of blocks per game exceeds the 1+ level, and it is only 1.1, which is a marginal zone.
"Isaiah, even if that's the case, I'm better than you, if I'm not mistaken, your career block average is only 0.3, and you're not qualified to talk about it!" Brad. Doherdi also came to lose his temper and pushed Isaiah. Thomas said.
"Okay, it's true that I'm a bad blocker, but that doesn't stop me from being bullish on China, isn't it?" Isaiah. Thomas was not angry, and said kindly.
"Then you wait and see, when Ibaka comes up, he will understand what the NBA block king is!" Brad. Doherty said.
Domestic, Korean. Ting Sports Channel Studio.
"Teacher Yangyi, Tang Qian's current block data has reached 5, do you think he can beat Serji in terms of block statistics in this game. What about Ibaka? Meteor Shower asked.
"It's possible, but it's not likely." Yang Yi replied in a typical "Yang Yi" way: "Because I don't think Ibaka has fully exerted his strength." ”
"But this time, he must not be able to bear it." Overflowing.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Thunder came to the starting lineup. As soon as Brown saw it, he immediately replaced Kobe Bryant and Bynum.
"Mr. Brown, Paul's condition is not very good, can you let him come down and rest first?" Tang Qian glanced at Gasol's back, and couldn't help but talk to Mike. Bronte suggested.
"No, it's a critical moment, Paul has to stay on the court!" Mike. When Brown heard this, he directly rejected Tang Qiandao.
A few minutes later, Mike. Brown paid the price for his "persistence".
Through the pick-and-roll, the Thunder attacked Paul. Gasol's point, which made the Spaniards' already small amount of physical strength bottomed out in an instant, and completely turned into a defensive "hole".
"Paul, what are you doing? Cheer me up to defend!! "After the Thunder scored another goal, Mike. Brown yelled in a bit of rage.
The Spaniards could only gasp for air, and even the strength to refute was almost gone.
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Westbrook made a strong layup and made a 2+1 on Gasol's body.
Mike. Brown had no choice but to call a timeout.
"Paul. Gasol, can you be serious? What was that ball just now? If you want to foul, be ruthless, don't do it without committing it! "Mike. Brown said to the Spaniards as soon as he came, and his tone was very annoyed.
Gasol has a more introverted personality, so he just bowed his head and was silent, without saying anything.
"Coach Brown, you can replace Paul first, he needs to rest now." Kobe Bryant stood up at this time to help Gasol speak.
"But Bryant, isn't it a bit ...... to replace him now?" Before Brown could finish speaking, Kobe continued: "Replace him, sir, or he will be injured again, the playoffs are just around the corner, and we can't afford this loss." ”
It seems that he was persuaded by Kobe's words, Mike. Brown thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay then, Gasol will come down and rest first." But who should be replaced? To exchange Troy. Does Murphy go up to step up the attack firepower? ”
"Nope." Kobe Bryant shook his head and said, "Replace him." ”
Mike. Brown looked in the direction Bryant was pointing, and there, a yellow-skinned Oriental was sitting.
He is the No. 29 of the Lakers, the Chinese Tang Qian.
PS: The nerd also announced his retirement, thanks to his 19 years, and since then there is no more legend of "Rookie No. 21" in the NBA ~ crying ~ Big chapters ask for recommendations, ask for subscriptions, ask for collections~ (To be continued.) )