Chapter 333: The line of fire is back, refusing to lose three in a row
After two consecutive losses, the Lakers' ranking did not drop, but Haugist always had a pimple in his heart when he saw the 2-loss record, just like Jordan's famous saying - "I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying." "If I didn't play well in the first game, I lost and lost, but it was definitely uncomfortable to stand on the sidelines and watch my teammates being slaughtered. Coupled with the fact that his plantar fasciitis recovered very quickly, he strongly requested a comeback on the day of the game against the Bucks on the 15th.
Shashewski naturally refused to agree, after all, Fan Xiaohong's recovery period was about a week, and it would be four days at best until the game against the Bucks. However, Fan Xiaohong took Haojist to the rehabilitation center and carefully examined it in an all-round way, and found that he had really recovered, although Fan Xiaohong was born in the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Chinese Medicine, and knew that the external application of Chinese medicine was very helpful for the treatment of Haojister, but he never expected that the effect would be so fast, and in the end he could only classify Haojist and Embiid as one type of person, both of whom are extremely sensitive to Chinese medicine.
Shashewski then agreed to Haugist's return for the evening's game, but out of a responsible attitude for his health, Coach K Sr. planned to set a time limit for Haugist.
Hoggist didn't object, but nodded again and again, "There's no problem with limiting the time, I don't want to play for so long in each quarter, just let me play against Giannis, I'll go up when he goes up, and I'll go down when he goes down." ”
"That doesn't work, what if Kidd keeps putting him on the field to train Antetokounmpo?" Shashewski questioned.
"Kidd isn't stupid, will he watch the team play 4 and 5 on the offensive end?" A mysterious smile appeared on Haugist's face.
"You seem pretty sure you're going to deal with him, huh?" Shashewski didn't understand Haugist's confident demeanor, "You're not welcome to say that his physical talent is better than yours!" ”
"If my physical talent is 1, then Giannis's physical talent is 1.5 at most, but if Giannis's offensive skills are 1, then I can pat my chest without blushing to ensure that my offensive skills are above 5, and I won't compare the defensive level, so I'm still very confident against him!" Hogist swore by it.
Shashewski smiled and shook his head, "I think the reason why you don't blush is more likely because you have a thick-skinned ......"
Although he teased Hoggist, Shashewski still put him in the starting lineup, and the Lakers' starters are still the traditional Jeremy Lin, Kobe, Hoggist, Randle, and Turner. And Kidd lined out Mayo, Middleton, Jabari. Parker, Antetokounmpo and Henson's lineup, although Brother Alphabet and Henson are the same height as Turner, but Henson is very much heavier than Turner, Brother Alphabet is more of an impact style of play, and his role in the team is more focused on organizing offense, so this lineup does not have any interior advantage in front of the Lakers. Although the height of the outside brother is a little higher than that of Hougist, but an outside player, the speed is not dominant and there is no three-point ability, so the height advantage in this case is of little practical significance.
In the opening jump ball, Henson, who was lighter and quicker, got the ball to touch the ball first and flicked it towards his own half. He didn't pass the ball to the other defenders, but dribbled to the front court. Brother Alphabet controlled the ball at the top of the arc, and Hoggist retreated to the free throw line, leaving him plenty of space to shoot, and Hougist made up his mind to put Brother Alphabet outside the line in this game to prevent his organization and breakthrough.
And Brother Alphabet really didn't dare to shoot, but just distributed the ball to Jabari on the wing, Jabari broke through with the ball, rushed to the basket against Randle, and forcibly jumped, and did not lose his balance after the physical confrontation, threw the ball steadily, and bounced off the board into the basket.
Hougist received the ball and dribbled to the front court, and directly hoisted the ball to Turner to let him eat Henson alone, but he didn't expect Turner to get up with his back to the inside, but the ball was poked out of the bottom line by Parker, who assisted in the defense. The Lakers reopened the sideline ball, Hougist still forced the ball to Turner under the basket, Turner received the ball and forced a layup and missed, grabbed the rebound and made up for it or missed, and when he grabbed the rebound again, he missed and poked the ball out of the bottom line.
The Bucks got the ball, Brother Alphabet dribbled and ran two steps to surprise a long pass to Middleton, who had run to the wing, Middleton received the ball and shot three points directly, and hit the iron under Kobe's interference, and Henson also poked the rebound out of the baseline when he rushed to grab the rebound.
The Lakers restarted, Hougist singled out Brother Alphabet at the top of the arc, faced Brother Alphabet with a light face, dribbled with his left hand and accelerated on the left side, instantly got the lead, dribbled to the elbow area Hoggist suddenly stopped and jumped, although Brother Alphabet's body did not brake the car and rushed in front of Hougist, but the long arm turned around and stretched out to try to interfere with Hoggist's shot, and Haugist's mid-range shot failed to hit under the interference of Brother Alphabet.
Parker picked up the rebound and handed it to Brother Alphabet, and the two quickly advanced to the court, and Brother Alphabet rushed inside to bypass Turner to give the ball to Parker, but Hougist cut the ball in the middle. After breaking the ball, Hougist dribbled and rushed to the front court quickly, and walked to the middle to calmly kill the basket under the siege and interception of Parker, Middleton, and Mayo.
Mayo came to the front court, Henson took the initiative to ask for the ball in the high post, after Mayo handed over the ball, he used the cover of the alphabet brother at the top of the arc to cut to the basket from the middle, Henson saw Turner shrink to the basket, hesitated and did not share the ball to the basket, but gave the alphabet brother at the top of the arc, Mayo saw that the opportunity was fleeting and moved to the low post to cover Middleton in the bottom corner.
Middleton took the opportunity to cut to the basket, and Antetokounmpo seized the opportunity by jumping up and flicking the ball over the head of Hougist. Middleton received the ball and didn't hesitate to turn over and jumper, but Bryant didn't lose his position, sticking behind him to interfere with Middle's vision, causing his shot to go wide again.
Turner took off the rebound and handed it to Jeremy Lin next to him, Jeremy Lin dribbled to the front court to borrow cover to the wing, and then hit the ground to distribute the ball to Turner at the top of the arc, Turner took the ball and dribbled to the other side, attracting Middleton's defense in the elbow area on the other side, Middleton wanted to cut off Turner's dribble, but Turner threw the ball directly to Kobe Bryant, who was supposed to be defended by Middleton on the wing, Kobe also seized the opportunity to shoot three points in seconds, but the ball smashed on the rebound and rebounded straight to the other side of the basket.
Hougist rushed inside to grab the rebound, dribbled to the top of the arc and retreated, while the quick-witted Jeremy Lin swept past Hougist and cut to the basket, Hougist hit the ground through the crowd and gave the ball to Jeremy Lin, who received the ball and got up to hook his hand to shoot, but was blocked by Henson's long arm.
Antetokounmpo received the blocked rebound and quickly advanced to the frontcourt, rushing all the way to the paint area and was almost stealed by Haugist, and the panicked Antetokounmpo hurriedly passed the ball out, threw it to Mayo on the wing, and then moved to the bottom corner. Mayo gave the ball to Henson, who replaced Brother Alphabet in the middle, Henson directly distributed the ball to Brother Alphabet in the bottom corner, Hougist still let go of two steps, let Brother Alphabet shoot outside, Brother Alphabet felt that he couldn't let Haugist look flat, so he directly threw an empty three-pointer.
It's a pity that Brother Alphabet's three points really reassured Haogist, and he collapsed directly out of the basket. Parker rushed inside and tried to get the ball out, and Mayo picked up the ball and hit a pull-up jumper for a two-pointer.
The Lakers attacked aggressively in the frontcourt, Horgist and Turner played the old trick of blocking and dismantling covers, but Horgist stuffed the ball into Turner's arms when he dribbled and cut through the screen, Turner held the ball with his back, Henson came up to defend, Turner gave the ball to Kobe Bryant on the wing and then suddenly turned around Henson and cut to the basket, Kobe Bryant would throw the ball directly to the basket, Turner also just happened to shoot the ball and arrived at it, and received the ball with both hands to complete a wonderful empty catch.
Brother Alphabet tried to play Haugist with his back in the front court, but the tonnage of Haugist was slightly higher than that of Brother Alphabet, and Brother Alphabet failed to push it. Seeing that he couldn't get rid of Haugist, Giannis didn't stop doing it, he simply turned over and hooked up, and with his height and reach, Haugist couldn't interfere, but unfortunately this rough offensive method couldn't make a difference, but Henson came out of the diagonal stab and dunked the ball into the basket through Turner.
Horgist dribbled to the front court and raised his hand to make a false shot, and then distributed the ball to Kobe Bryant on the wing, Kobe Bryant received the ball and also dribbled a shot, and after flying Middleton, he dribbled to the elbow area and made another emergency stop jump shot, but unfortunately this unguarded shot was missed again.
Turner moved the rebound beyond the three-point line, Haugist controlled the ball, dribbled to the free throw line and dribbled to the left elbow, and then dribbled back to the basket outside the free throw line with an easy jumper.
This time, the Bucks played an old corner screen, and this time he successfully passed the ball to Middleton who cut to the basket, and Middleton received the ball and scored two points on a rebound.
Kobe Bryant had a blocking and dismantling cooperation with Turner in the front court, Kobe cut through the cover and retreated to the three-point line with a step back, hit the ground and distributed the ball to Turner who went down, when Turner hit the basket with the ball, he saw Randle in the low post on the weak side and no one paid attention, so he passed the ball over, Randle caught the ball and jumped up to make a shot, but saw Jeremy Lin in the same big open space on the same wing, so Randle, who wanted to show his "passing talent", threw the ball over.
Jeremy Lin missed a three-point shot after receiving the ball, Randle worked tirelessly to pull out the frontcourt rebound, and Hougist received the ball outside the three-point line and directly shot a cold arrow, and hit the first three-pointer of the game with an arrow through the heart.
Bucks head coach Kidd showed excellent tactical literacy when he was a player, and after becoming a coach, he was a genius, and the famous "hit me" tactic in the Nets in the first year of his coaching career is still talked about by fans. I don't know if the tactics of this round came from Kidd's whimsy, the Bucks actually let Parker and Mayo cooperate in the high and low posts, some people may think that Mayo and Parker are tall and short, what is strange about playing high and low cooperation? However, in the Bucks' high-and-low post tactics, the tall Parker stood at the top of the arc with the ball, and the short Mayo sank to the basket and actually had to hit Jeremy Lin with his back.
Although Jeremy Lin is shorter than Mayo, he still has Turner under the basket to help defend him, so how can he easily let Mayo score under the basket? But because of Turner's defense, although Mayo's backward shot missed, Henson easily dialed the rebound from the other side of the basket to Middleton in the strong elbow area, and Middleton received the ball and hit a two-pointer directly.
Hoggist dribbled to the frontcourt, gave Kobe Bryant on the wing, went to the weak side and switched positions with Jeremy Lin, Kobe held the ball and shook it twice, Middleton didn't eat his set, Kobe Bryant returned the ball to Jeremy Lin in the middle, Jeremy Lin then divided the wing Hougist, Hoggist used the old routine, dribbled to the bottom line like lightning and took the first step, and then immediately collected the ball and turned back to the spot to shoot a jumper, this time Hoggist was faster, the range of action was larger, completely shook Giannis away, and easily hit the shot.
"It's a handsome shot, more coordinated than Durant's movements! And you're still more handsome than Durant, who can believe you're a big guy close to 7 feet just by looking at your movements! was shaken off by Hoggist and thrown into the middle shot, instead of showing anger, Brother Alphabet praised Hoggist.
"After all, I'm also a defender! Do you want to learn? I'll teach you! "Hoggist has a good opinion of Giannis.
"Teach me? Aren't you afraid that the disciples of the church will starve their masters to death? Brother Alphabet said as he dribbled to the frontcourt, "But I heard that Leonard's shooting was taught by you, good boy, you are really an all-rounder, I guess you can play from the No. 1 position to the president of the league, and you can do all the positions related to basketball, right?" ”
Coming to the front court, Brother Alphabet gave the ball to Middleton in the bottom corner, Middleton hoisted the ball to Henson in the low post, although Henson couldn't move Turner, but the inside offensive action was still very solid, this ball he desperately stood in a straight position, straightened his waist and turned around to hook his hand to throw the ball, and the ball slid into the basket accurately.
Hogist and Brother Alphabet continued the discussion just now, "Shooting also depends on talent, the level you can only achieve by practicing hard may only be my basic level, and what I can teach is only the most suitable shooting method for you." As for why I'm willing to teach you, the story of your running to the stadium for a race really touched me! ”
Brother Alphabet said shyly: "I didn't send all the money home as reported, but I thought about playing at night that day, and went out to change into sportswear, but I forgot to bring my wallet, so I sent money to my family and didn't have the money to go to the stadium!" ”
"You're really a sincere person, and you're really angry with me, I'll show you more of my shooting in the game today!" After saying that, Hougist also began to dribble forward the court.