CHAPTER XLIX
Horn surprised everyone with a beautiful individual offense.
In the past, Horn was able to score again, relying on the strength of the team to score, and it still can't be said how deadly Horn is to score in this way, because it is easy to stop by relying on the team's score, but now Horn is attacking with the ball all of a sudden, which makes people feel numb in the scalp.
Everyone sensed a beast awakening in front of them, and Bynum was a little upset to see Horn hit such a good ball.
He came over and immediately asked for the ball and wanted to single Horn, but how could Horn let Bynum get the ball at this time, he was desperately defending around the front, and Bynum was a little lazy after being defended by the front, and he didn't desperately come out to grab the ball.
With that, Blake immediately shifted the ball to Kobe's hands, and Bryant once again singled Collison with a back-to-back jumper.
Collison did not form a very good defense, but Kobe Bryant felt average today, he didn't play much from the beginning to now, and he didn't have much fighting spirit, so he didn't shoot a mid-distance Kobe Bryant.
West got the rebound under the basket and made a quick pass to Paul, and the Hornets' fast break came again.
The Lakers' lineup at this time is indeed a little slow, and when Paul and Horn arrived at the Lakers' half, only Odom and Blake were in place on the Lakers' side.
Paul passed the ball, Horn didn't break through directly, but took the ball again to stabilize it, and the three threats took a step forward in the face of Odom. Then he suddenly turned his back to Odom, who took the opportunity to stick a half-step up.
Horn's body turned to the left, and Odom could only move to the left, and at this moment, Horn suddenly broke through with his back, slapped the ball behind him with his right hand, and gave Odom a moment away.
Turning around, Horn once again succeeded in holding the ball and singled, and shook off Odomhorn to make a layup again.
Horn's two consecutive ball-handling singles were successful, much to the surprise of the audience, even his Hornets teammates had never seen Horne like this.
Horn had an epiphany on the court, it was an epiphany, and all at once he played something that he had never shown before. Horn had only practiced this technique in training before, but he was able to use it all at once on the court, and this is his own realm.
Seeing that Horn is going to be superb, he has already started consecutive individual singles, and has scored 10 points in a row, so the Zen master is really unbearable. Just let Horn play like this, the situation must be out of control, and the Zen master stood up and whistled on the court for Odom and Gasol to defend with their hearts.
Zen masters rarely shout on the sidelines, and his whistle is a harsh reminder.
Horn is so crazy now, scoring 10 points in a row, and the Lakers are finally a little nervous, that is, a little bit. Who are the Lakers! It's a veteran powerhouse and a two-time champion, and Horn is not in their eyes to make a splash.
So the Lakers are still not very nervous, and when they meet the Celtics or the Spurs, they don't play the same attitude basketball at all.
Gasol came up to seize the opportunity and made a jump shot in the high post, West rushed out to interfere, and the Lakers missed the attack.
The Lakers' continuous offensive efficiency is low, but when it comes to the defensive end, the Lakers' tactical execution ability is still not said. Odom and Gasol formed a tight two-man defense against Horn.
In the face of the two-man defense of these two men, Horn took a step forward to dribble the ball and directly turned around and passed the basketball to West, who pulled it out.
It's really hard for Horn to play two alone, but the Lakers can use two people to defend Horn, and David West can pull out to play Bynum, which is an absolute advantage.
Bynum couldn't defend it, so he could only watch West raise his hand and throw this mid-range, the Lakers were shot by the Hornets in a row, and the current point difference has narrowed to 7 points, and the score has become 90:83, and the Lakers' advantage is not big.
The Lakers also began to be a little anxious at this time, and Kobe Bryant and Gasol came over and immediately played a match. At this time, the Hornets players saw that Gasol's performance in the first half was average, and the two of them went to wrap Kobe Bryant and released Gasol.
Gasol also knew that he was not in good shape when he got the ball, and he wanted to attack the basket with a dribble, but at this time, Horn suddenly hit in front of Gasol, just standing outside the reasonable collision zone, allowing Gasol to hit himself.
"Didi!"
Horne relied on his speed and positional sense to cleverly create an offensive foul on Gasol, and the Hornets got the ball and ran to the Lakers' half again, Paul passed to Horn, Horne repeated the trick and passed the ball to West, and West scored two points again with an easy shot.
The difference has been shortened to 5 points! This point difference is too short, and there is no sense of security at all.
At this time, the Zen master also began to be nervous, although the Lakers currently do not have a big attempt to win the first place in the West, but it is still very unpleasant to be overturned like this. He quickly called a timeout.
The Lakers called a timeout again, and at this time Joan Barry said with a look of surprise; "Horn is really a player who can break the situation, and the absolute advantage of the Lakers before was actually lost by him! And this guy's previous attacks were definitely wonderful individual singles. Horn played really well today! ”
David Pash said in a bit of a daze at this time: "I think Horn is not playing at all, but a kind of self-sublimation." Sometimes we get into that when we play, we suddenly find the feeling of doing something in the middle of a game. Things that couldn't be done before, things that couldn't be done smoothly all of a sudden, all at once, were done all at once, and then it became an instinct of the body. I think Horn is better suited for this situation! ”
"So, do you think Horn will do the wrong solo after that?"
Joan Barry couldn't believe it, but David Pash said, "Of course, and he's going to be even more skilled!" ”
At the end of the timeout, the Lakers finally began to get a little serious, the triangle offense opened, Kobe Bryant went to the low post to face Ariza, the old teammates met, Kobe easily turned around and feint to deceive Ariza and then looked back at the next two points.
The Lakers are finally starting to get serious, and the Hornets don't have any chance to play an offensive and defensive transition.
When it came to the Lakers' half, the Hornets could only bite the half-court offense, and at this time, the Lakers also noticed West's misalignment and took care of West, and Paul was also under a lot of pressure here, and at this time Horne came out to get the ball.
Facing Odom and the Lakers' entire defense, Horn must attack with the ball again this time.
Odom took a step to stick to it, and Horn immediately spied on the step to widen the distance, and then raised his hand to make a feint, two consecutive feints to distract Odom slightly.
At this time, Horn leaned to the left and dribbled out with his left hand, Odom quickly turned back, but he didn't expect Horn's left-handed dribble to change to the right all of a sudden. One step Horn passed Odom again, and when Horn passed Odom, the whole court was stupid.
Because Horn, a big man of 2.11 meters, played a crossover, and walked past people with his hands crossed.
And Horn not only played, but also played extremely beautifully, extremely fast, extremely exaggerated in the range of movements, a big man of 2.11 meters gave Odom as light as Iverson, how could this not be shocking.
The Lakers players on the inside wanted to save, but Horn had already made a sharp stop and jumped to make a small mid-range shot.
"Brush!"
The ball is in! Staples was silent, and Horn's actions had suppressed everything in the space.
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