Chapter 180: Abuse the Lakers with Zhong Yu
For Jong-wook, Kobe Bryant is a player to be respected, but not in mythology for him.
He doesn't have any fear.
When Zhong Yu shook off Kobe Bryant's jumper again to score, the expression on Kobe's face began to become serious. Although this is in the playoffs, because of his age, Kobe Bryant also has to consciously save his physical strength and wait for the critical moment. But Jongwook had just piqued his competitive spirit.
And for the audience, the two balls that Zhong Yu hit on Kobe's head just now also made them feel very uncomfortable.
"This kid is too presumptuous!" Some people are complaining dissatisfied.
"It's time to teach him a lesson, Kobe!" There is still a lot of clamor from the fans, especially in this situation. It's just that Zhong Yu and Kobe Bryant were unmoved on the court.
After a few more offensive and defensive conversions, the Lakers' ball was in Kobe's hands.
Kobe's shoulders sank slightly, and seeing his move, Odom pulled a little to the side, and Gasol also came to the top of the three-point arc, pulling Chandler out by the way.
Seeing this situation, in the most accurate moment, Kobe's body suddenly turned to one side, and then accelerated instantly, Zhong Yu suddenly failed to keep up, and was pulled away by him by half a body.
"Oops!" When Zhong Yu reacted, the Hornets' interior defense was basically pulled out, West came up to make up for the defense, but Kobe dodged him with a small jump, and then he was already under the basket!
"Bang dang!" Bryant's body flew into the sky, and after a short glide, he dodged a right hand slam dunk from Chandler's rush back!
"ho~" The fans cheered desperately, Kobe's dunk can make their blood boil every time, and each one can ignite the atmosphere of the audience.
Bryant dropped the basket and let out a loud roar, and the green tendons on his forehead and neck could show his excitement at the moment. Although this slam dunk was done with the help of his teammates, he always completed it himself.
Although Kobe Bryant didn't say anything, Zhong Yu's mood in his heart was also stimulated. Back in the half, the Hornets' formation was still the usual one, and the posture of positional battle had been set, and Chandler came up to block Paul and opened up space for him to go inside.
But Paul passed the basketball to Jong-wook.
Jongwook receives a pass! At this time, he didn't stop for half a point, even in the face of Kobe.
The soles of the feet are windy, sharp as knives.
He accelerated instantly, stepping from beyond the three-point line into the first zone, and Bryant saw that he could still catch up with him, and took a step back. But at this moment, Zhong Yu had just stepped into the first area, and it seemed that a hot wheel was installed under his feet, and he accelerated again!
"What's going on?" Kobe Bryant was also a little puzzled by Zhong Yudi's acceleration again, and when he tried to steal, Zhong Yu's ball control could perfectly let go of his hand.
Then, Zhong Yu walked out of the first area, his speed slowed down, and he didn't dare to hold it up, so he immediately put away the basketball.
"Stop him!"
"Stop that rookie!" The audience stopped doing it and were yelling, and Zhong Yu once again dodged Kobe Bryant into the inner line, which made them feel very unhappy.
However, the situation is already that Zhong Yu pulled Kobe Bryant into a multi-position and put away the basketball at the moment.
Zhong Yu, who put away the basketball, took a step forward, Gasol's defense just arrived, Zhong Yu took the second step, and the person had already risen into the air.
Gasol's long hand was sealed, but although Zhong Yu suffered a little in terms of confrontation strength, Gasol did not dare to use all his strength, so Zhong Yu spun slightly in the air, touched Gasol's right hand with his right hand, and then ended the attack with a small licking basket with a basketball.
The referee hesitated, but still blew for Gasol's foul.
After all, Gasol's hand touched Zhongyu, which is true, even if it is a 2+1, even if this is on the home court of the Lakers...... Although Gasol is also a star who needs to be protected, compared with the two-meter-16 European Gasol, the one-meter-ninety-eight, handsome outside player, Chinese player Zhong Yu, who is more likely to be guaranteed by the league in the future, everyone knows clearly.
Especially when the ball is not actually controversial in terms of decision.
The referee blew a defensive foul on Gasol.
Gasol looked innocent, but he didn't dare to complain to the referee, to be honest, although the ball just now was fouled by Zhong Yu, he was indeed successful.
Zhong Yu, who was standing at the free throw line, looked relaxed, this is his territory.
"Huh!" The free throw was easily hit, and Jongwook completed a 2+1.
The fans fell silent, but did not boo. Just like Kobe Bryant, Zhong Yu's ball style is as elegant as flying and light as a leaf. Just like the ball just now, he rode into the dust in an instant, got inside from Kobe Bryant's side, and Gasol made a foul on him when he came up to defend.
Then hit the free throw, this string of actions, not unpretty.
However, Kobe Bryant's dunk just now was almost snatched back by Zhong Yu's 2+1 this time.
The Lakers finally handed over the timeout, and now the game is nearly six minutes into play, and the score is 16-12, with the Hornets leading the Lakers by four points.
Kobe Bryant's face was not salty, but everyone could feel the murderous intent on his face.
Zhong Yu may have really aroused his competitiveness, in fact, this is also very understandable, the same quarterback, the same height of 198cm, some similar technical style, which has aroused his competitiveness.
And Zhong Yu was a little out of breath at this moment.
It's really tiring to play against Kobe, and Kobe hasn't made too many shots so far, and part of the reason comes from Zhong Yu. Zhong Yu, who does not have exquisite defensive skills and excellent physical fitness, can only use the seriousness of lifting his mind every moment if he wants to prevent Kobe.
Unmoving, body hair-level defense, this is Zhong Yu's trick against Kobe.
In this way, Kobe Bryant's chances are a little less, but Zhong Yu's physical strength is also depleted rapidly, and he doesn't know how much faster than usual.
Scott also knew his situation, and wanted to do his best to prevent Kobe, but his physical strength decreased very quickly.
"Zhong Yu, you take a break." Scott said a word, and then began to explain the other tactics.
In the past time, Zhong Yu has scored 9 points, which was obtained in the process of playing against Kobe. It can be seen that Zhong Yu is still the Hornet's killer attacker.
The game restarted, Jongwook didn't play for a while, and the Hornets reverted back to Paul mode, attacking and counterattacking with knife and shot, using blocks and pick-and-rolls to constantly expand the field of vision while tearing apart the opponent's defense.
Kobe Bryant remained on the court, however, Kobe Bryant didn't seem to show any particularly strong attacks after Zhong Yu went off the court**, but he handed out 3 assists in the first quarter.
In this quarter of the game, Paul led the Hornets to open up the situation, and after Zhong Yu went off the court, although the offensive end was not as sharp as before, it also stabilized the situation.
The Lakers relied on Gasol's score on the inside, plus Odom's flash of inspiration, and a three-pointer from Famar, who had just come on the court, to overtake the score at the end of the first quarter, and the two sides ended the first quarter with a score of 27-24.
"In the first quarter, there weren't enough scores!" Fans don't seem too happy with the Lakers' current lead.
"It's a little less! There is some discipline in the game of these New Orleanians. "There are fans who are agreeing.
"That Zhong Yu is still down! If he stays on the pitch, we could be more passive. Someone expressed their approval.
"Honestly, if our opponent wasn't the New Orleans Hornets this time, then I might like Jongwook. He's playing well and he's scoring efficiently, and he's a well-established shooting guard, and I predict he's going to have a good future. ”
"It's only natural that no one can score as much as he does in the playoffs in his rookie season, and almost every game."
............ "In the second quarter of the game, Zhong Yu, you go first." Scott made this decision, leaving everyone a little confused. Jongwook is now a near-core player for the Hornets, starting every game, and under normal circumstances, coaches don't use such players to play the start of the second quarter.
So what are Scott's intentions today?
The players thought about it for a while, but they understood that at the beginning of the second quarter, there were not many people who could guard Zhong Yu tightly, and Scott hoped that Zhong Yu would use his score to let the Hornets directly gain an overwhelming advantage over the Lakers.
Sure enough, Scott said, "On the court, you can ask the point guard for the ball, you can shoot the way you want!" I have only one expectation for you, and that is to get the most points in the shortest time! ”
After speaking, Scott looked at Zhong Yu with his somewhat sharp eyes, and Zhong Yu nodded: "I know." ”
The game is officially underway! As a result, the fans saw the lineup of both sides on the field. The Hornets now have two players left in the main lineup, Zhong Yu and Peja, and the Lakers' main players have basically changed, at least at the shooting guard position, their player is Vujasic.
"What are the Hornets doing here?" Fans are a little puzzled, although Jongwook is only a rookie in 2007, but no one does not know the horror of this kid.
Eight of the eight playoff games were played, with six games scoring more than 30 points...... Such a shooting guard is a huge threat to opponents. You don't see the Heat team that won the championship that year, and Wade only averaged more than 30 points per game in the Finals...... Soon, everyone figured out that Zhong Yu rested in the second half of the first quarter, and now he is going to score desperately on the head of the Lakers!
"Damn the Hornets...... I even made such a plan. ”
"We can't let them get away with it...... Zhong Yu, do you think you can score 30 points per game and wreak havoc on the Lakers' head? "Some of the spectators were so loud that they almost wanted to be heard by the whole stadium.
The race has begun! Paco had just passed half the court when he followed the team's choice and passed the basketball to Jong-wook.
When Zhong Yu received the ball, the fans' shouts became even more severe, and at this time, Vujacic also defended, and it could be seen that he was very active in defense.
"Bang-bang!" Zhong Yu dribbled under his crotch two times in a row, and then suddenly lifted his body, and it was a step-back jumper directly outside the three-point line!
"Huh!" The first ball hit, leaving the crowd speechless!
(To be continued)