Chapter 266: A Strange Substitution

"Squeak......" The piercing electronic bell sounded, and the basketball in the air slowly fell into the net...... It's not a lore, it's just a whistle, an all-round player from the Lakers, Lamar Odom, this guy has already forced Granger to commit suicide, but at the critical moment he actually hit this three-point whistle, and it can only be six The Lakers should not be killed today.

At the end of the half, the Pacers trailed by one point 58-59 into the second half, and if it weren't for Odom's luck just now accounting for most of the buzzer-beating three-pointers, the Pacers would be leading now, not the Lakers.

At the end of the half, although the Pacers also scored 29 points in the second quarter, the three-point shot still did not open.

Under Zhang Kong's string, although the Pacers' offense has improved, but it only turned the first quarter's layup, violent dunk, into an inside shot, the shooting rate is still not very high, if it wasn't for Zhang Kong there to lead, maybe the Pacers would have been finished, at the end of the half, Zhang Kong has scored 18 points, that is, the assist is only a pitiful 4 points, and there are only 2 blocks, it can be seen that he has put most of his energy into the offense, Zhang Kong has hit 4 three-pointers at this time, a total of 10, hit 4 three-pointers, plus rushed into the interior to hit a shot on Bynum's head, dunked a shot in the first quarter against Kobe, and just picked up a leak, happened to pick up an offensive rebound on the inside, and hit a shot.

Zhang Kong has scored 18 points in the first half of the game, and now Zhang Kong is in offensive mode, not passing mode.

If you only look at the data, everyone may say that Zhang Kong is too poisonous, but it is difficult for people who watched this game to put poison on Zhang Kong's body.

The Pacers threw a total of 48 balls in the half, 33 of the 48 balls were instigated by Zhang Kong, of which 21 balls were passed by Zhang Kong, and only 15 balls had nothing to do with Zhang Kong, and among these 21 passes, only four became scores, and Zhang Kong had nothing to do.

Even if the pass passes, they will shake off the defender and get inside before shooting.

Just look at their three-pointers, they made a total of 18 three-pointers in the half, and only scored 7, and four of them were scored by Zhang Kong, which means that in addition to the three-pointers scored by Earl Watson and Murphy, the Pacers only scored one three-pointer in the half, and this three-pointer was thrown by Granger, but after throwing in this three-pointer, Granger disappeared again.

Looking at the situation on the Pacers' side, although the score is very tight, people who understand the market have already guessed that there is a problem on the Pacers' side.

Although Zhang Kong's three points are still sharp, but relying on Zhang Kong's three points can only bite the score, there is no way to turn the score over or even overtake, or that reason, Zhang Kong's current explosive power is insufficient, if he can shoot four threes in a row, it is estimated that the score difference has already been opened, but Zhang Kong is not sure how many three points he scores, he must score four out of ten goals, and he may also score five.

No one can say for sure, if you're lucky, it's possible to get five in a row, and if you're unlucky...... It is also possible that there will be no six in a row, and it is difficult for the people to say that this explosive force is difficult to reflect on Zhang Kong's body, while the Lakers are much more stable.

They didn't rely on shooting to increase their points in the first place, so they didn't care about their own shooting problems at all.

As long as the Twin Towers and Kobe Bryant on the inside play steadily, it will not be easy for them to lose, but the Pacers can keep biting with the Lakers to such an extent, to the surprise of Phil Jackson, in his opinion, the Pacers still have a big weakness against the Lakers that have not been solved, if the Pacers still maintain such a lineup next year, then the Lakers will be unlucky.

At this time, the atmosphere in the locker room on the Pacers' side was not too good, everyone hurried to rest, and even Jim O'Brien put aside the tactical problem for the time being, because the Pacers' tactics can be said to have no problem at all.

This is not a joke, the Pacers have played all the tactics laid out for the season here, interspersed with inside and outside, coupled with Zhang Kong's threading of the needle, everything looks very good, but God is not beautiful, Granger's hand has dropped below freezing, and as soon as his hand drops, Dunleavy and Dundee-Jones have also lowered their hand.

Even Luther Hyde, a maniac, is obviously not in shape today, only Zhang Kong is still stable, and Watson can also turn on the role of the microwave oven, in addition, the Pacers have no way, the tactics they play, it can be said that there are tactics, or they can be said to have no tactics, a player like Zhang Kong, if you let him run tactics, it will be in vain to blind him this material.

If he had been on Larry Brown's team, he might not have the commercial value he has now.

After coming to the Pacers, Jim O'Brien was originally half-academic, but now he is willing to open a small door for Zhang Kong, as long as the Pacers can maintain their record, he will not move Zhang Kong's mind to run tactics.

In fact, the four-person running tactic, Zhang Kong is responsible for interspersing, running, making trouble, and destroying the opponent's rhythm and tactical intentions.

This kind of play, that is, Zhang Kong, a guy who has never learned basketball before, can successfully get it out, punching the master to death, Zhang Kong is the arm of the fist, and the fingers on the fist are these players on the Pacers court.

However, some of today's chaotic punches can't be played, because the fist itself is not very hard, so in the past, they were throwing bricks (three-point shots) in Zhang Kong...... It's like two people fighting, one side is very strong, poss, waiting to fight with you, and you feel a bunch of bricks from behind at this time, brush and throw, and the guy who smashed it cried dad and shouted mother, and some of his body was almost stoned to death.

Some of them have better bodies, and after withstanding the bricks, it is also the end of the strong crossbow, and it is effortless for you to go up and clean him up, which is the reason why the Pacers have maintained a very high winning rate until now, but now because of the lack of physical strength, the bricks are not enough...... I couldn't throw a few, and before I could smash the other party, there were no bricks on the Pacers' side.

This is the disadvantage of the team made up of young people, who have consumed too much mental and physical energy during the winning streak, and after playing more than halfway through the season, players such as Granger and Dunleavy do not have the physical strength and energy to play three-point rain anymore.

Jim O'Brien is also the first time to see such a tiger team, and he doesn't have the mentality to adjust the players, and Larry Bird has been dealing with the team's trade problems a while ago, so by mistake, the Pacers' side can't supply ammunition! Looking at the dejected players in the locker room, Jim O'Brien really didn't know what to say.

Although they have only lost by one point now, the morale of the team is very low, not only the head coach has noticed this, Zhang Kong has also noticed, after looking at the expressions of the players, Zhang Kong slowly walked to Jim O'Brien's side.

"Coach, I have a way, maybe I can temporarily raise the morale of the team!" Seeing Jim O'Brien whisper next to his ear, hearing Zhang Kong's words, Jim O'Brien's brows furrowed.

"What's that bad idea?" Jim O'Brien looked at Zhang Kong, who has been more and more fond of smiling recently, speechless, is this still Zhang Kong who couldn't beat a fart with the three sticks at the beginning of that season? Zhang Kong didn't notice that with the development of the spiritual system recently, he seemed to be getting more and more obscene...... Wretched? This word didn't seem to have much to do with Zhang Kong before...... "Okay, thank you for the wonderful performance of the cheerleaders, don't look at the Pacers' side of the game, although they are not very passionate, but their cheerleading performance is really powerful, hehe, that thigh, that arm, that ...... Uh, ahem! Well, come back and watch the Indiana Pacers vs. Los Angeles Lakers game brought to you by TNT, with Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith live! Buckley was there, and when he noticed that the camera's light was on, he immediately sorted out his appearance and said to the audience on the other side of the camera.

"In the first half, the strongest three-point rain on the Pacers' side did not come out, if they still did not have a three-point rain in the second half, then Phil Jackson on the Lakers' side was going to make a move, in fact, the current Pacers, against the league's fish belly team, it doesn't matter if the three points are not three-pointed, but in the face of these super giants, if you don't throw the three points and prepare, it is simply an impossible task to win the game!" Thinking back to the first half, Buckley spoke to the audience in front of the television.

"Huh? The Pacers have a substitution! Just as Buckley was about to say something bad about Zhang Kong, a scream from Kenny Smith next to him surprised Buckley, who looked at the Pacers' roster.

"Oh, Al Jefferson was transferred to the court, playing in the number four position, which is not bad, he shouldn't be too bad against Gasol! The rest of the players haven't changed, the small forward is Danny Granger, the scoring guard is Mike Dunleavy, the point guard is Zhang Kong, the center is Darko Milicic, and the backcourt is still like that, it's normal...... Ay? Darko Milicic? When Barkley saw the name, he couldn't help but shout loudly, originally he saw that the center was a white man, and thought it was Murphy, but who would have thought that at this time, the Pacers would actually replace Milicic...... What do they think?

Although the big bug has played well in the league recently, he really hasn't picked up any heavy burdens in such a crucial game, which is why Jim O'Brien doesn't believe him, he didn't have a minute of playing time in the first 24 minutes, but he actually started in the second half...... This made everyone gasp, even Phil Jackson was blindsided.

"Hey, let them see how good you are! Take advantage of your chance! "Only Zhang Kong understands what the big worm means on the field.

(To be continued)