160 Horn 2.0
The Lakers changed their defense when they came up, and at this time Horn had two options: A continued to attack and the Lakers stumbled, and B entered passing mode and changed his style of play.
If it were the last 3 minutes of the game, Horn would have chosen A, but with half time left before the end of the game, Horn would have to choose B.
A person can force a few minutes, but he must not force a half-court, before the Lakers' defense was lax, Horn can play, but the opponent is ready to trap, if you still have to rush, there is a problem with your head.
Horn can only choose B at this time, in the face of the Lakers' very tight defense, Horn held the ball and broke forward suddenly, attracting the Lakers' double bag up, Horn immediately turned around to protect the ball, and at the same time took the ball towards Hill who pounced, Hill was slightly stunned, Horn passed the ball to Wallace on the bottom line with a ground pass.
Wallace scored two points with a baseline backhand layup, and as soon as the Lakers started to change on the defensive end, Horn immediately changed his style of play as a response.
Horn's response was very fast, and at this time Brown smashed his lip a little unpleasantly on the side, and his own defense did not force Horn to make mistakes, nor did he force the Nets' offense to stagnate, which is not a good sign.
Horn's side used the first plan, and when the Lakers attacked, the Nets also used a targeted defense.
The Nets used Stevenson to defend Horn, followed by Horn to help defend, and the defense of the little general is not as complicated as the Lakers, because he believes in Horn's defensive ability.
Horn may not be as dominant on offense as the league's top stars, but his contribution on the defensive end is far greater than theirs.
It's not for nothing that a big man is paid more in the league, and a small man is far less intimidating on the defensive end than a big man. Horn waited for Kobe Bryant in the back. Kobe Bryant is not easy to play at this time.
But Bryant wasn't one to give up easily. In the face of this defense, he did not choose to pass, but flashed his body, leaned against Stevenson and attacked the Nets' basket, and Horn went up to the basket.
Bryant dribbled two steps outside and then took advantage of Gasol's pick-and-roll to step back for a three-point jumper.
"Brush!"
Kobe Bryant hit another shot at this time, and Horn and Kobe Bryant chose a different way. But they all have their own effect.
Horn passes the ball in the face of the opponent's bag, and Kobe Bryant controls the ball and pulls it outside once he faces the opponent's bag.
The game entered a state of 2.0, and the two teams were still tied in the first round, and they played again, when the Nets played half-court offense.
Horn took a more flexible run at this time, he began to run wildly fast along the three-point line and the baseline, Horn is a big man of 7 feet running like this, the opportunity is very easy to come out. Although Barnes chased desperately, when Horn came out in a circle to get the ball, Barnes was still in an extremely disadvantaged position. A big step outside the box and Horn got the ball here.
The body swings slightly. Barnes was immediately overwhelmed, and Horn stepped back and made a step-back jumper to score two points with ease.
Horn is now scoring on his own again, but with a flexible scoring method.
In the third quarter, the Lakers changed their defense, but they still couldn't help Horn, and Horn was still comfortable with passing or playing off-ball offense.
At this time, Brown was very depressed on the sidelines! I have carefully arranged my defense, and my players have also defended seriously, but in the end, I still can't help Horn, Horn's speed and flexibility are simply too rebellious.
And the most important thing is that Horn can pass the ball, if he can't pass the ball, he can contain most of him, but now he can pass the ball, and every ball is very threatening, and he can't control the Lakers' defense.
The Lakers attacked, Kobe Bryant still came up to play, and at this time, the Nets also came up to block Kobe's way on the team's defense.
Kobe Bryant doesn't have Horn's passing awareness, or Kobe's mindset is different from Horn's.
What can Kobe Bryant do if he can't pass the ball? When the Zen master was on the team, he thought of a good solution, which was to install an auxiliary software for Kobe, and this software was called Gasol.
Gasol will get close to Kobe when Kobe's strong attack is difficult, and as long as Kobe passes the ball to Gasol, Gasol will either attack on his own or can transfer a wide range of them.
With Gasol Kobe, he is no longer afraid of bagging, and the Lakers can be fully operational, so once the Lakers get Gasol's two championships, the relationship between Kobe and Gasol is very compatible.
At this time, once Gasol leaned over, Kobe Bryant also immediately passed the ball to Gasol, and Gasol took the ball and pulled it to the side.
The Nets' attention was diverted by the ball, and Horn also looked at Gasol on this side, and at this time Kobe Bryant also cut into the basket without the ball.
Gasol suddenly raised his hand at this time and made a fake pass, and the basketball passed directly to Kobe Bryant's hand from high to low.
Kobe Bryant got the ball under the basket, and when Horn turned back to defend, Kobe pulled a large lever in the air and threw the ball with one hand, and the basketball got into the basket of the Nets.
At the beginning of the third quarter, on the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant and Gasol led the whole team through small cooperation, and Horn led the whole team through passing and running without the ball.
Neither side was completely contained by the opponent's defense, both sides played extremely well, Horn showed his strong ability to control the game at this time, it can be easily seen from the field, Horn is dominating the entire team's offense, almost all the offense is around Horn.
Compared with the Nets, Horn has become the center of the team, and the Lakers have shown their strong team ability.
Horn can lead the entire team to play with the seriously defensive Lakers for so long, which makes fans, commentators and commentators even more unbelievable.
At this time, O'Neal said: "Horn's current technical characteristics, I think it is very suitable for an outside All-Star partner, he is an upgraded version of Gasol, he is very comprehensive in all aspects, and it is very suitable for a small man with strong attacking power!" ”
O'Neill thinks that Horn is a strengthened version of Gasol at this time, but Barrick, who is next to O'Neal, said at this time: "I think Horn is not in the best state at the moment, nor is he in the final form, his plasticity is very strange, the way he plays now is completely different from last season, last season he was more of a high battery, this season he is the team's gate, who said he can't be the king of the penalty area next season!" I think Horn has endless possibilities. (To be continued......)