Chapter 59: The Battle of Los Angeles (8)

When it comes to grabbing rebounds, Luke knows it. But you know in China, it's not easy for a guard to grab a rebound, China has a high interior line, the forwards are also good, the rebounds are almost all theirs, and the guards pick up two or three per game is already very good. In the long run, Luke did not demonstrate this ability for many years.

Rebounding is important, and that's a tip that everyone who plays basketball knows. If you have rebounds, you will have a second chance to attack, and you will have more opportunities to score. There's a saying on the court, "If you get a rebound, you win," and no one can be completely sure that they're 100 percent on every shot. Then the power of rebounding comes. The second offense can score, but the second offense can't score three times. That's it, it's always going to come in.

Although Luke liked point guards before he was discovered, he was too tall, so he basically chose to play him as a center or power forward, and grabbing rebounds and blocks had to be his master. So, Luke won't grab rebounds, do you think it's possible?

But what if Luke still likes to float on the outside and grab rebounds at the same time? At this time, Luke learned a way to grab rebounds, which is a method from "The King of Rebounds" Jason Williams.

When Jason sees his teammates shooting, he's generally farther away from rebounding, and the opposing player's position seems to be more favorable, which is actually a trick Jason learned while watching New York Giants football star Taylor move. Keeping a certain distance from your opponent will give you room to move, because the closer you get, the easier it will be for your opponent to entangle you.

Jason is in very good physical condition, moving and turning faster than the vast majority of players he has to defend. When the ball looks like a shot is not

When entering, Jason will move to the left and right, forcing the opponent to move with him, and then the ball is about to hit the rebound or basket

In an instant, Jason began to rush forward, relying on his good judgment of time and space, and tried to grab the basket in the air at the first time

Ball.

Many people don't use this method to grab rebounds, because this method is particularly physically demanding, and it is easy to lose use when you are old.

But now Luke is very suitable for this trick. Especially against O'Neill. O'Neilty is too big. Coupled with Big Ben, the inside line is full of people, and Robert Horry is even more out as a shooter. This is the only way to grab a rebound. And because of Barkley, Jason Williams and O'Neal don't have a good relationship (Barkley himself has a bad relationship with O'Neal and has had fights, and Jason Williams is Barkley's younger brother, of course, the relationship is not good), and having this way to grab rebounds can stimulate O'Neal even more.

Do whatever comes to mind. After handing the ball to Allen, Luke himself ran inside and watched Robert Horry.

Between Allen playing himself and passing the ball to McGee, Allen certainly chose the former. , Allen broke through with the ball himself, and it took some effort to deal with Ron Haber. Aaron kept cross-stepping, kept moving his center of gravity, forcing Ron Haber to also keep changing his center of gravity, finally, Aaron shook his shoulders again, made a fake move to the right, and then after crossover, Ron Haber finally couldn't hold on and fell, Aaron dribbled and shot easily. But what I didn't expect was that such a good beginning did not have a good ending, and the shot collapsed out of the basket.

A fierce battle ensued under the basket, with O'Neal and Big Ben desperately mixed up and Robert Horry moving forward. Ron Haber got up and waited for O'Neal's pass, and McGee of the 76ers had already begun to drop back. Except for Big Ben, almost no one would believe that Big Ben would grab the ball. But the facts do not go in this direction.

Big itself is only 2.03 meters tall, and he obviously bowed his head in front of O'Neill at 2.16, at this time he completely suppressed Big Ben, even though Big Ben's upper body strength has surpassed O'Neal's, but the height disadvantage is there, which makes people sympathetic.

It was seen that O'Neill was about to touch the ball, but suddenly a hand picked the ball away. O'Neal's desire to get the ball easily fell short. The ball was picked up and then caught by the man.

Luke judged where the ball landed and where it bounced the moment O'Neal pressed Big Ben, and he knew it would be very unwise to steal inside or compete with O'Neal for rebounding. So I came up with this trick "Kobe Bryant's inside ball" (anyone who has played the game of street basketball should know that this is a skill of a forward, as for why it is called Kobe Bryant's inside ball, I haven't figured it out, and if I don't understand, I will ask Jiuyou Internet Cafe) to pick out the ball, and then grab the rebound. It's better to grab one person than a group of people, okay.

Luke grabbed the rebound and handed it directly to Allen, who didn't waste the opportunity this time and threw the ball in.

O'Neal got angry, attacked with the ball alone, didn't give anyone face, and directly used his strong body to squeeze away the 76ers' players, and then dunked violently, dispelling the resentment in his heart.

“…… Wow wow wow wow!! Lakers fans at Staples Arena were stunned by O'Neal's move, and it took two seconds before cheering.

Then the two sides began to fight offensive and defensive. You play one ball, I play one ball. But it may be due to the fact that the 76ers consumed too much physical strength in the first quarter, and by the last 30 seconds, the 76ers only had a one-point advantage, and it was soon gone.

With a loud bang, O'Neal smashed the ball into the basket, and the score was overtaken, and the Lakers took the lead again, and there were only 20 seconds left in the clock. Larry immediately called a timeout and began to lay out the final quarter's tactics.

"The Lakers will be using full-court marking, so be careful and give the ball to Allen to execute. We're going to run out of time and not give the Lakers a chance," Larry said, pausing, and then adding, "So we don't want to rebound, and wait until Ben comes out to help Allen block and the others help Allen pull away to give him a one-on-one chance." Remember to play two points and not threes. You must remember that how to score is easy to play, remember? ”

"Remember!" Everyone replied in unison.

"Okay, let's go on the field." Larry said with a laugh.

Back on the court, the 76ers served from the bottom line, and the Lakers, as Larry expected, adopted a full-court marking strategy, but this could not stop the 76ers, Allen began to shake people directly after receiving the ball, and after practicing 3 people to the front court, he stopped near the midline, and the Lakers hurried back to defense. Then the 76ers began to execute the tactics, Allen controlled the ball, consumed time at the top of the arc, and with ten seconds left, Allen moved, and got into the interior under the cover of Big Ben, Kobe Bryant and Robert Horry quickly dropped the markers and rushed over to make up for the defense. But how can they prevent it? Allen shook Robert Horry away unhurriedly, and then made a jumper in front of Kobe, estimated that there was a second or two left in the end, but there was no pressure. Allen shot confidently, but the ball did not go headlong into the net as he imagined, but smashed into the neck of the hoop.

"Bang-" The basketball bounced high after smashing on the hoop. Big Ben was about to go in and grab the rebound, but was held down by O'Neal. I can't move. Seeing that the time is coming, Lakers fans are convinced that their victory has been won. But often at this time something else happens.

Just as Allen threw the ball, Luke had a hunch that the goal would not go in, and Allen's rhythm was disrupted, and unless he was extremely lucky, he would not score. So Luke hurriedly moved, just as Robert Horry went to make up for Allen, and there was no one in front of Luke, so Luke directly started to run to the basket, calculated the trajectory of the basketball (how good the math is), caught the basketball that had bounced high, and then dunked into the basket.

"Bang--" followed by a loud "beep-" sound at the end of the game, and the timer sounded. The 76ers completed the lore.

Staples Arena was quiet, and no one expected it. But the 76ers players woke up first and rushed to Luke. Big Ben, in particular, directly dragged Luke, who was still on the basket, down. Rubbing his hair, the other 76ers players also came around and hugged Luke, rubbing his hair.

"Tap, tap." Luke said as he enjoyed the "caresses" of his teammates.

Kobe Bryant looked helpless, everyone thought that Allen was going to execute the last shot, but in the end it was also executed by Allen, and if he scored, he would kill, and if he didn't score, he would win. But the script didn't go the way the Lakers envisioned, and it was all disrupted by one person. He was Luke, an unusual Luke.

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