Chapter 21: Finally Showing His Fangs
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D'Antoni looked at the players on the court with some headaches, and watched the Hornets still score easily under the tight defense of the Lakers, and he realized the mistake of the tactic of wrapping Yang Yi in the opening game.
The game has just begun, and the Hornets are undoubtedly at their most physical. Even if they don't shoot themselves, they can create easy scoring opportunities for their teammates by passing and sharing the ball.
No matter how strong Kobe Bryant's defensive ability is, in a three-on-four situation, first of all, he is not superior in terms of numbers, and his physical fitness is also comparable, and it is unlikely that the Hornets players will make mistakes.
The most important thing is that the current Hornets are not the rookie youth army at the beginning of the new season, they have been honed for most of the season, whether it is technology, awareness or fighting will, it is very different from before, completely different.
I only considered Yang Yi alone before, and I obviously made a mistake in this regard. The Wasp starts with five tigers, and none of them can be underestimated!
D'Antoni thought so, but had no idea of changing tactics. At present, the two sides have temporarily reached a balance, he sacrificed the Lakers' defense in exchange for the bag of Yang Yi, and did not let Yang Yi soar points, which has achieved his goal.
Besides, D'Antoni is not a head coach who is good at defensive tactics, from the previous Suns to the current Lakers, his defensive tactics have always been weak. Although it is not a hypothetical, the Lakers are really much worse defensively than teams that are good at defense, such as the Spurs.
He still needs to observe and observe, the Hornets will not be able to maintain this state all the time, and there will be mistakes. As long as the Lakers can play steadily according to his tactics and then catch the Hornets' mistakes, the winning rate is still very good.
The game continued on the pitch, and although the scores of the two teams were still deadlocked, the opportunity that D'Antoni had been waiting for was not long in coming.
Halfway through the first quarter, the Hornets were in a three-on-four situation on the offensive end, and they were not hindered during the period, and they attracted the defense of Lakers players by passing and distributing the ball, creating offensive opportunities for teammates.
It's okay to have such an opportunity once or twice, but after a long time, everyone is a little slack, or rather, a little slack.
After Aminu received Anderson's transfer ball, he passed the ball to Gordon who was not far away in the face of Kobe Bryant, who was watching him closely.
The pass was right and looked right, because Gordon was in the open space and he could pass and throw the ball as long as he got the ball into his hands.
There is no secrecy in Aminu's pass, and the speed is average, ordinary fans can see Aminu's passing intentions, and the Lakers players on the court are no exception.
Just as Aminu's ball was on its way to Gordon, a man suddenly came out and intercepted the ball.
Worst!
When he saw the man who intercepted the ball halfway, the fat man felt that he was going to suffer.
At this time, Nash was standing next to him alone, and he quickly ran towards the front court of the Lakers, and the person who intercepted Aminu's pass was known - Waldpain.
After intercepting Aminu's pass, Waldpis quickly held the ball and charged forward as the rest of the Hornets moved away from him. In front of him, at present, except for Yang Yi is Nash.
Now the situation of the Hornets is exactly the opposite of what the Lakers used to be, before the Hornets were four to three, and now the Lakers are two to one, Nash and Waldpease attack, and Young one to defend.
Damn, this is really, really......
The fat man was very depressed!
He didn't score a point in the first five minutes, and now he has such a defense, it's so embarrassing!
Although he was already trying to defend, he was completely discouraged in a one-on-two situation, and was eventually connected by Nash and Waldebias, who ended the offense.
At 16:12, the Lakers opened the score of the two teams to more than one goal for the first time.
With a happy smile on their faces, the Lakers players worked hard for so long to finally pull the score apart a little.
Even Kobe, who has always had a calm face, is a little happy, it's not easy, it's not easy! Now that the score of the two teams has opened up a little bit, all they have to do is to maintain this gap and keep pulling the score apart, getting bigger and bigger.
On the offensive end, Yang Yi was completely a spectator in this quarter of the game. So far, he has 0 points, 0 assists, 0 rebounds, 0 blocks and 0 steals, and he is completely here to play soy sauce!
But even so, Nash and Waldpease still stuck to his side, neither giving him a chance to catch the ball nor giving him a chance to touch the ball, completely isolating him from the roster of confrontations.
Faced with this situation, Williams also failed to come up with any way to crack it. And now it seems that in addition to Yang Yi, the other players are also playing well, and it seems okay to be in such a stalemate.
In addition to the mistake that allowed the Lakers to add two points out of thin air, the performance of the rest of the Hornets also satisfied him.
It's just that this didn't last long. After the Lakers tasted the sweetness of steals, they constantly pressed the Hornets players, allowing them to make non-stop turnovers.
4 points, 5 points, 7 points, 8 points. As the score continued to widen, Williams gradually couldn't sit still.
“The One,The One……”
The fans at the scene kept calling Yang Yi's name, hoping that he could stand up and solve the current score that was constantly being stretched by the Lakers. Instead of being a soy sauce-like existence, trapped in the encirclement by the Lakers' two old guys and unable to get out.
In fact, the score was constantly widened, and the fat man was also very anxious. In addition to breaking the Lakers' record, this game is worth 35 glory points.
No. 3 told him before that this game with the Lakers is a side quest of intermediate difficulty, and there are thirty glory points for defeating the Lakers; Combined with the 5 glory points that the victory over the Lakers already has, it is a total of 35.
On the one hand, there is glory, on the other hand, there are tangible benefits, and Yang Yi also knows how to choose.
It's a big deal to choose to keep consuming physical energy, anyway, the two old guys of the Lakers can't be their opponents. If you choose to keep running and take Nash and Waldpis around the court, you will definitely get a chance. And by doing it yourself, your physical strength can still support you until the last session.
When the time comes, spend ten glory points to buy individual energy supplements, and the last section can also be supported.
Thinking of this, Yang Yi decided to change. If you haven't made a move for so long, the Lakers won't forget about themselves!
When it came to the Hornets' baseline serve, Yang Yi waved his fist at Gordon. Gordon has been in the league with him for so long, so he naturally knows that this is a signal that the fat man wants to attack.
Truth be told, with four to three still trailing by eight points, Gordon and they're on the verge of losing their place. And as the game progressed, they couldn't maintain the same abundant physical strength as before, and it was easy for the Lakers to catch holes, and then form a quick counterattack.
Now that the boss is finally about to show his fangs, he is naturally very happy.