Chapter 401: Taking turns to wander your mind
The ball did not touch the hands of the Hornets players, the referee decisively gave a return violation, the game entered the first official timeout, everyone returned to the bench, Hoggist looked at everyone helplessly, "The start is good, why did you start to get distracted collectively?" β
"Take it easy, it's just two small mistakes, anyway, you can make up for it later!" Randall Tinick. Young and Turner explained.
Horgist didn't pay attention to Randle, but looked at Nick, who had made consecutive mistakes. Young and Turner: "Don't tell me you two think the same way?" β
Turner has been fighting with Hougist for so long, so he naturally knows Hougist's temper, and asking this must be dissatisfied with everyone's attitude on the field. In the last game, everyone tried their best in the case of losing the strong point of Hogist, but it still fell short, and then the back-to-back games made everyone feel physical and mental pressure, and the two before the game arrived at the major good news that Hogist could come back, and the tight string in his heart suddenly broke, and it is understandable that he was slack.
But it's one thing to be understandable, it's another to be able to allow slackness to happen. Obviously, Hougist can't tolerate the slackness of his teammates, although Hoggist's own style of play has been criticized by Kobe Bryant before, thinking that he is not focused enough, but Turner, who has been a teammate with Hoggist for a year, understands that Hoggist is more focused than anyone else in the game, but sometimes he is too keen to play psychological warfare with his opponent, so he may not care much about his own play, but because his tactical thinking is treacherous and changeable, he needs his teammates to stay focused and cooperate with him, so Hoggist is more strict about his teammates' mistakes.
So Turner took the initiative to stand up and admit his mistake, "It's true that our thinking is lax, and it really shouldn't be a low-level mistake like distraction on the field, and I will pay attention to it next!" β
Jeremy Lin also helped to play the round, and Randall said to Hoggist: "It's better like this, how about tonight's mistake king come to Boston tomorrow and invite everyone to eat seafood buffet?" β
"I know of a Boston spicy crayfish! It is said to be the most popular way to eat in China, which is very different from the common lobster cooking method in our United States, and there is no problem with seafood allergies, so it is definitely worth a try! Randall interjected again.
Jeremy Lin pushed Randall away again, "Let's go, let's go to the side, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand anything, okay?" The spicy crayfish is produced in the river, and people with seafood allergies are of course no problem eating it, but the problem is that this thing is not the same grade as Boston lobster at all! β
"We're eating flavors, and if you want to push the grain, ask the chef to put your mind on the plate and put it out for you......" Randall suggested.
"So now we're going to start talking about tomorrow's meal again?" Hougist asked in a deep voice.
"Uh...... That one...... Let's take the game seriously, I can imagine that if any of you make another low-level mistake, I'm afraid it will be difficult to touch the ball again! Jeremy Lin teased as he tongue out to end the awkward pause.
The game continued, Batum still asked for the ball in the low position alone, this time Haugist was afraid that his teammates would make a mistake again and simply took the initiative to attack, and wanted to cut the ball directly, but Batum protected the ball very tightly, Haugist failed to succeed, and almost paid a thug foul, fortunately, he started quickly and closed quickly, so he dodged Batum's arm that took the initiative to come up, but Batum took the opportunity to easily score the ball.
Jeremy Lin came up and patted Hoggist on the back and teased: "Everyone's collective distraction is over, is it your turn to start distracted?" β
Hougist embarrassedly drove the ball to Jeremy Lin, who dribbled a step and hit the ground directly to Nick in the front court. Young, Hoggist accelerated from the backcourt and seemed ready to cut to the basket, Turner mentioned that the top of the arc was ready to cover Hoggist, Nick. Young also suddenly activated, dribbling from the wing to the basket.
This tactic ran chaotically, leaving the Hornets players a little confused, not knowing who was feint on the Lakers and who was the real endpoint. Haugist ran in front of Turner, but did not use the cover to continue to cut to the inside, but moved sideways instead, Turner blocked Batum, Zeller didn't want to change the defense because he couldn't keep up with Haugist's speed, Batum saw that Haugist was still in a state without the ball, so he took a risk and wanted to go around and continue to chase Haugist.
What he didn't expect was that Hoggist gave Turner a gentle push as he turned to the sideways, motioning for him to go down to the paint. Turner's downward movement completely blocked Batum's detour route, and Zeller was also shrinking to interfere with Turner's catch, so Haugist was actually empty.
Nick. When Young burst into the low post and saw that Hoggist was in the open position, he quickly distributed the ball to Hoggist outside the three-point line. Batum finally reacted at this time, since Turner was going to the basket and couldn't go around the back by himself, why not go around the front directly? Anyway, there is Zeller to protect the inside line. So Batum went straight to the outside.
Haugist received the ball and calmly raised his hand to shoot a three-point jumper, but at this time, Zeller didn't see that Batum had saved behind him, but thought that Batum was blocked, this defensive mistake was my responsibility, and I should make up for Haugist, so he pounced.
In this way, it became Batum and Zeller to pounce on Haugist together, and Turner was empty again. Hougist jumped up to face the two who pounced, calmly smashed the ball into the paint, and Turner received the ball under the basket and completed a slam dunk with ease.
Despite the serious flaws in defense, Batum's mood was not affected as his brain raced to analyze why Haugist had a chance to shoot that three-pointer but changed it to an assist that passed inside. After analyzing it, he came to a very satisfying conclusion that Hougist was indeed influenced by him and had difficulty concentrating on the distraction, which meant that his strategy was effective!
So Batum continued to ask for the ball in the front court to beat Haugist, and Haugist quickly adjusted his mentality, resisting Batum to make it difficult for him to move forward, and Batum chose to turn over and jump shot, Haugist took the initiative and used his arm span to successfully interfere with Batum again, so that his shot bounced out of the basket.
Zeller, in order to make up for mistakes made on the defensive end, worked hard to grab rebounds with Turner, forcing Turner to poke the ball out of the sideline and give the Hornets an offensive opportunity. Batum took the ball on the sideline, and saw that Marvin was unguarded outside the three-point line on the wing, so he wanted to send the ball to him for a transition and continue to play Haugist, but after Marvin received the ball, he actually shot a super long three-pointer directly, this unreliable shot was naturally a missed basket, and Randle easily accepted the rebound in the low post on the weak side.
"What kind of plane are you working on?" Batum asked unhappily.
Marven looked aggrieved, "Isn't the offensive time coming to an end soon?" You still dare to ask me why I am shooting? β
ββ¦β¦ Big brother, even if you don't know the situation, you can take a look at the timer! My shot got to the basket and it's been 24 seconds! Batum complained helplessly.
Randle shoved the ball to Haugist, "Now it's the turn of the opposing players to start getting distracted!" β
Hoggist didn't pick up the stubble, rushed to the front court with the ball, and secretly complained in his heart, "That's right, the other party is distracted, but this is not a dead ball, why don't you hurry up and play fast, why do you plan to continue to watch the excitement here?" β
Haugist's acceleration Batum reacted that he was still alive and hurriedly chased Haugist, but Haugist passed the ball directly to Jeremy Lin in the front court.
Jeremy Lin took advantage of the fact that no one was defending to decisively shoot a three-pointer, but he failed to hit, but let Walker collect the rebound and pass it to Marven, who was still in the front court, Marvin easily scored two points on the empty basket after receiving the ball, swaggered back to the backcourt, and smiled proudly at Batum, "Although the situation is not clear, but I scored easily, you can't accept it!" β
Batum glared at Marven, and a sentence starting with "F" was held in his mouth and not spoken. The Lakers kicked the ball out and Hougist organized in the frontcourt, motioning for Randle to come out to cover. Horgist moved sideways with cover, and Randle successfully blocked Batum with his flesh.
Batum hurriedly signaled Marven to leave Randle alone and pounced to make up for Hougist, Marvin immediately came up and reached out to interfere with Hougist's three-point shot, but it was still a step too late, and Hougist had already jumped in the air and threw the ball. Marvin reflexively prepared to go back to the interior to grab the rebound, but found that the arc of Haugist's shot was very short, obviously not a normal shot, and then looked at Randle, Batum, who had already thrown off the change of defense, rushed into the interior, and still received the ball to complete a wonderful empty layup under the interference of Zeller's defense.
βThis is a big shitοΌmanοΌ You got my back and I got your backοΌ this is the ay e ork!β Marven complained to Batum: "I helped you make up for it, but what about you? Just put Randle in for a layup? β
Batum smiled and said with relief: "As long as we can lock up Haugist, how many goals can he score if we let Randle attack the whole game?" Randall can't kill people at all, let's let him score a few first, and when Hougist is killed, who can pass the ball to him? β
"Don't try to fool me, the audience will only remember my poor performance on the defensive end, and they won't give me the credit for winning!" Marven said depressedly.
"Do you want to take credit for winning or do you want to win?" Batum asked.
Marven got close to Batum's face, stretched out his right hand and clenched it into a fist in the air, "I want them all!" β
"That's impossible, you think too much, if you can score crazy points on the offensive end and lock up Hoggist on the defensive end, then the credit for winning is yours, but unfortunately you can't do it, no one in our team can do it, so we need to unite and work together, everyone has to make some sacrifices, so, for the sake of victory, you still have to bear with it!" Batum patted Marvin on the shoulder and dribbled to the front court.
Came to the front court Batum elbow zone Zeller, Zeller dribbled the frame and encountered a bag in the low post, so he distributed the ball to Helston in the bottom corner, and Helston caught up with Nick. Yang raised his hand for a three-pointer before coming back from the defense, and hit the basket accurately to chase the score to 13-all.
Jeremy Lin held the ball to the front court and wanted to give the ball to the Haugist organization, Hougist gave a hint that he wanted to cut the air, and quickly returned the ball to Jeremy Lin after receiving the ball at the top of the arc, and then suddenly started to forcibly overtake Batum to cut into the paint area, Jeremy Lin passed the ball to the inside again, but Haugist still did not receive the ball, but quickly dialed the ball back to Jeremy Lin's hand again, Jeremy Lin took advantage of Walker's unpreparedness to quickly shoot three points, but unfortunately hit the iron again.
Zeller picked up the rebound and actually dribbled to the frontcourt by himself, Turner tried to steal but was directly shaken off. Young caught up and stabbed Zeller's ball from behind, but Zeller was desperate, fell directly to the ground to save the ball, sat on the ground and gave the ball to the follow-up Hairston, Hairston shot another three-pointer on the wing, hit consecutive shots, and the Hornets overtook the score.
Haugist couldn't blame his teammates for conceding the goal, after all, two teammates were already chasing after him with all his might. So Haugist began to regain control of the ball, dribbling to the front court to face Batum's defense, pretending to break through, dribbling quickly sideways and then directly forcing a three-point shot, Batum interfered sideways, but Haugist was not affected in any way, and still forced the hit to color.
"Your theory doesn't seem to make sense, huh? Hoggist can still easily shoot three points over your head! Marven mocked Batum mercilessly, and deliberately emphasized "above your head".
"You see he's only shot twice from beyond the three-point line after playing for nearly seven minutes, and that's telling, now is when he's at his most energetic, and then when he's not at his strength? Isn't it going to be a waste? Let's see in the second half! Batum remains confident in his theories.
"You'd better be right!" Marven pouted.
When Batum continued to play Haugist alone in the front court, the audience felt a little inexplicable, Batum played Haugistt so hard Everyone saw it, so everyone couldn't understand why he had such an iron head, and he had to ask for hardship. Horgist seized the opportunity this time and successfully poked the ball out of Batum's hand, but Walker quickly picked the ball back and took advantage of Marvin's cover to burst into the elbow area and hit the basket.
Turner tees the ball to Hougist, who suddenly starts to accelerate after receiving the ball, throws off Batum and quickly passes to the front court like a gust of wind, and easily turns around and wipes into the interior in the face of Marvin's defense, and Walker, who carries the moth to the fire, slams the ball into the basket with one hand.
Under the control of Hougist, the Lakers' tactical style on the offensive end is very different, but the strange thing is that his teammates cooperate with him quite tacitly, and I don't see him make any gestures, how do they communicate? Could it be that they have tacitly understood that one look is enough? But they're obviously the ones who have changed their lineup this offseason! It has been able to run in to this extent in just a few months, the level of Coach K is really worthy of its reputation, and the glue effect of Hoggist's team is also strong and terrifying!