Chapter 141: Eruptions in turn

The time of this quarter passed quickly, when the time came to more than four minutes, the head coach Silver Fox Harris called a timeout, at this time our Lakers led by about five points on the court, at the beginning our lead was actually close to double digits, but then the Magic team's forward players shot two difficult three-pointers in a row, and the score was brought closer at once, to be honest, we had defense in place for these two three-pointers, But sometimes there is this kind of situation where you can still score goals even though you have defended in place.

In the next timeout, head coach Silver Fox Harris still made some comments on our enthusiasm for today's game, of course, the next player on the court will be the substitute player, he began to arrange the tactics of the substitute players, and our Lakers bench players can perform well today, in the last game against the Jazz, our Lakers bench players actually performed very well, but it is a pity that although the bench players performed very well, But the unfortunate thing is that they had to face the main players of the Jazz team on the court at that time.

Because our Lakers starters were not physically fit in the last game, they were generally replaced in advance to rest, and then let the bench players go on the court first to play against the Jazz starters, which largely led to a lot of pressure on our Lakers' bench players, so even if they performed well, they still couldn't beat the Jazz starters.

Today's time for our Lakers' bench players to play should be a relatively normal time, but I just don't know if the Magic team will replace the bench players at the same time as us, after all, it seems that the Magic's bench players are not so strong, if they replace the substitute players very early, I am afraid it will be very difficult to fight against our Lakers' bench players, then they are likely to let the starters play for a while longer.

When the timeout ended, my guess was confirmed, the Magic really let the starters stay on the court, and they should have let the starters play the first quarter in this way, of course, there is no problem with them arranging this, because it seems that they want the starters to find a little presence in our Lakers bench players, after all, they are really a bit of a slack when facing our Lakers starters, especially when it comes to defending Shaq, By now, Shaq has scored as many as 17 points, although the Magic's defense of Shaq was quite successful later, but Shaq's 17 points were enough for the Magic team to be nailed to the pillar of shame.

After the pause, the game started again, our Lakers took the lead in attacking, and the main core player of our Lakers team on the bench is Eddie Jones, but he also has a certain disadvantage, his characteristics are actually more suitable to be the sixth man, so during this period of time, Eddie Jones really played quite well on the bench, at least he can give full play to many of his characteristics, so that the opponent will not ignore the existence of such a person as him.

Eddie Jones holds the ball outside the three-point line to organize, in fact, the tactics arranged by head coach Silver Fox Harris for him are very similar to me, we are often tactically arranged to hold the ball outside the three-point line, of course, this is mainly because we both have a certain ability to hold the ball alone, and this ability is better used as the starting point of the ball-holding tactics, once we have such a strong ball-holding point, then the opponent needs to make certain adjustments to the defensive formation and defensive tactics when defending us, And once the opponent's defensive tactics are adjusted, then this offensive tactic can be considered a success.

Because in fact, in the basketball game, the offensive side and the defense side are repeatedly engaged in some kind of game, and this game is very important at these times, if you want to understand how to conduct a psychological game in a basketball game, you still need to find the answer on the sidelines or in the video.

This is because a lot of times the authorities are obsessed with bystanders, when you are playing a game, you may focus too much on a certain point, so you will ignore some more important points, which is actually a very dangerous thing, because if you only focus on the game itself, you may be able to get a good performance in this game, but in the long run it is quite unfavorable, the best way is actually to stay focused on the field, But when you are off the field, you still have to understand the game itself from more aspects.

There are a lot of opportunities, for example, when you're on the bench, it's actually a very good opportunity for you to watch the game carefully, because the bench is usually a good perspective, and if you can take advantage of that, your career will definitely benefit a lot.

The other way is to analyze and improve by watching the video of the game, which I do often, anyway, for me this method is really effective, as for others, I dare to say that as long as you really do these homework seriously, then the improvement must be quite obvious.

Eddie Jones' performance today is still quite good, he is not false at all against the main Hardaway of the opposite Magic, because in fact, Hardaway is not the top among scoring guards in terms of height and physical fitness, in fact, his real strength is still in the rhythm of the dribble, at this point the only player in the league who can compare with him is Iverson, of course, Iverson is actually more powerful than Hardaway.

Iverson is shorter, the pace and speed of his movements are faster, and the range of movements is extremely exaggerated, of course, in fact, Hardaway's dribbling style is similar to Iverson, although in some aspects it may still be inferior to Iverson, but it is not much different.

Iverson is actually a lot better than Hardaway, at least the last time our Lakers team was in the game with the 76ers, we clearly felt what a terrifying player Iverson is, he was able to score more than 50 points under the siege and interception of our Lakers team, you must know that this year is only his rookie year, which is really a bit too scary.

Of course, I'm still thinking that the last time Iverson was so scary, maybe he was stimulated by me, because maybe he felt a threat from me, and as a player who was only the 13th pick in the first round, the strength he showed was also terrifying.

Only when you play against a strong opponent can you bring out your strong strength, which is really true at all, and this situation can be true in many cases.

Today, our Lakers bench players under the leadership of Eddie Jones and others are still with the main players of the Magic team, at least to maintain the lead is still about five points, this has completed the task they should complete, and the next thing should be handed over to our Lakers starters.

The first quarter was pretty much over, and I closed my eyes for a short time after the first quarter, which helped me to improve my focus on the game, and I would have a completely different state when I was on the court than when I was off the court, and now all I have to do is really improve my concentration again, which will help me to control the game.

Soon the second quarter of the game began, and our Lakers bench players were still on the court, and it was normal for our starters to come back on the court until about ten minutes into the second quarter, or to play a little longer to nine or eight minutes.

This time it was more than eight minutes when our starters came on the court, and when we came back to the court, the score gap between the two sides was about two points, and the Magic's bench players came up and even closed the score, which was a bit unexpected to me, but it was okay, it was not fun to widen the difference, and I decided to start taking over the game at the beginning of the second quarter.

In the first quarter, Shaq was about the same, in the second quarter I exploded a little more, and then in the third quarter I let Shaq break out, and in the fourth quarter I broke out again, so it was a very good situation for me and Shaq to take turns to break out.

After our starters are on the court, Shaq's appearance really can't be compared with the state of the first quarter, in fact, it's true, Shaq is like this a lot of the time, he often appears for a period of time very ferocious, and then for a period of time he will fall into a relative slump, of course, if you are more familiar with Shaq's characteristics as a teammate, you won't feel that there is anything special about this, after all, he can't break out in the whole game.

Shaq's physical condition determines that his explosiveness is stronger than his stamina, so we want to play to Shaq's strengths, that is, to let him show absolute dominance in his particularly strong phase, which is actually enough for the team, and we don't need to make more meaningless demands on Shaq.

When our Lakers starters came on, I started to attack with the ball, and even if Shaq asked for the ball in the low post, I wouldn't give it to me, because this is the point in time that should belong to me, and I would face the opposing bench player and teach him a lesson.

It is also because the Magic's starters have not yet played at this point in time, so I will kill when facing the Magic's bench players, of course, in fact, the Magic's bench players today are a bit over-level, which can be reflected in many places, the most obvious of which is that our Lakers' bench players have not been able to take advantage of the Magic's bench players, which shows that the Magic's bench may not be as good as we imagined.

But at the end of the day, the opponents they faced are different now, I didn't shoot much in the first quarter, and now once I decide to start exploding, the Magic team will actually be a little difficult to cope with psychologically, and they definitely didn't expect that I would suddenly burst out at this time.

Anyway, now when I face the substitute players of the Magic team, I am directly exerting force, and impacting their interior line is my first choice, because the Magic team's interior line seems to be an interior player who lacks the ability to protect the frame, and the tacit understanding between their players on the defensive end is not enough, in this case, I can naturally say something to them, that is, a positive impact, after all, in the face of their big shortcomings and not to take advantage of them, It doesn't look like a professional footballer should do anything.

After all, this is a professional game, and in a professional game, it is necessary to seize the opponent's weakness and then desperately attack the opponent, so that the opponent has no way to fight back, and you can't be soft on your opponent at all, because mercy to your enemy is cruelty to yourself, this sentence can also be used in professional basketball games, and it can be established at all times.

After I came up, I had broken through three fouls in a row to cause the Magic team's interior three fouls, and I was basically able to get free throws for each foul, and one of the big differences between me and Shaq is that my free throw ability can be guaranteed, and Shaq's free throw ability is really very unsettling.

My overall free-throw percentage this season is around 90 percent, which is pretty impressive as a rookie, and if you can't figure out how horrible a 90 percent free-throw percentage is, you might as well go to the practice court and try out what kind of shooting percentage you can get from the free throw line without anyone defending you.

And many times in the game, when you take free throws, you will be interfered by many other factors, such as your physical exertion, such as the impact of physical confrontation on your state, such as your own psychological state, such as the interference of away fans on you, etc., to achieve more than 90% of the free throw shooting rate in the season in this situation, which also fully shows that my basic skills training is really in place.

I didn't put in so much time in training, and all my efforts actually paid off, and it's satisfying for me to know that.

In fact, in many things in this world, your efforts may not necessarily be positively correlated with your gains, and your efforts may not make you gain more, so for me now, being able to perform well on the field will further motivate me to put in more effort in the training period.

Of course, I don't know how I should do better in training, at least at this stage I feel that the effort I have made in training is very good, of course, this is not an excuse for me to be complacent, I know that I still have a lot of room for improvement, and I need to slowly find these shortcomings.

But that doesn't stop me from being happy about what I've achieved, after all, the success of a person's hard work can not only bring some practical gains, but more importantly, the great satisfaction of my self-confidence and sense of achievement, which is the most important thing.

Because only after I have enough psychological satisfaction will I feel a great sense of accomplishment in doing this thing, and then I will be willing to do something further.

It's like if you do something if you can continue to get praise, then you are willing to keep doing it, but if you have been feeling frustration about something, you are naturally unwilling to do it again, this logic is actually very easy to understand, if you can understand this logic, you will naturally understand this.

The Magic's bench players didn't have anything to do against my crazy offense, and I had scored as many as 10 consecutive points in the three minutes I played, and my scoring efficiency seemed to be no worse than Shaq's, and Shaq seemed a little stunned to see my performance.

It looked like he wanted to score some more points, but in the second quarter I just didn't want to give Shaq more passes because I hadn't been able to enjoy the crazy scoring feeling yet, so I walked up to Shaq and told him that the second quarter was mine, and if you want to score then you have a third quarter.

Shaq was reluctant at first, but later found that my feel and condition were a little too good, and he really couldn't find a reason to refute me, after all, all my shots were basically able to score or make free throws, and some iron balls would also have Shaq on the inside to grab offensive rebounds.

In less than four minutes, we had already widened the margin to about 10 points, and it seemed a bit sluggish for the Magic to call a timeout again, maybe they should have called a timeout when they were down by three or five points, maybe their head coach really underestimated my scoring explosiveness.

You know, in terms of scoring explosiveness, I may even be at the top of the league, and in this regard, Michael Jordan is not necessarily better than me, Jordan's scoring is actually a good consistency point difference, can contribute to the score at any time on the court, and rarely appear in a slump.

I'm a little more precarious in comparison.