Chapter 841: The Most Domineering Rookie
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"Whew, that guy is finally going down"
As an All-Star level No. 1 player, Byron Davis has never been afraid of anyone in the league before this game, because his physical talent alone can make him semi-invincible in the league, taller than him is not as fast as him, faster than him and not as tall and strong as him, in this case, he can explode the league's No. 1 player directly from beginning to end, even if the Celtics' weird James Posey can limit him, but he has never let him be so embarrassed, Or James Posey is only able to limit him, not to be able to prevent him, in this case, the performance of the veteran Hardaway in today's game can only be described as against the sky, except for the word against the sky, Byron Davis can't find any other adjectives, and he himself is now a little unable to raise his head in front of Hardaway.
Although it is embarrassing to be humiliated by a veteran, especially this veteran is still a player who was previously thought to have fallen, but Hardaway is also a former superstar and a former national idol, which is beyond the reach of a player of this level in his heart, in this case, although it is difficult for him to be satisfied with losing to Hardaway, but it can also be accepted by him, which is actually not too embarrassing, and Hardaway is still fighting against him in that extremely physically consuming way, As long as the next game can blow up the Lakers' No. 1 spot, he can get back everything that Hardaway took away.
Chris Paul, this is the No. 1 position on the Lakers' bench, Byron Davis has been staring at this short-looking guard since Paul came on the court, he knows this guy, this guy is the core of this year's NCAA championship team Wake Forest, in the NBA, every Wake Forest player is extremely difficult. Carter, the first man in the league, Duncan, the second or third man in the league, and the James Posey of the Celtics, Raga Bell of the Spurs, and now Szebiak of the Lakers, etc., these are all players who can cause headaches for many people, but it is clear that rookie players are no longer on this list, and Byron Davis does not believe that Paul is a player of the caliber of Carter or Duncan. Players of this level are the same as Jordan, there is no so-called rookie, they have the ability to surpass most people from the beginning, and such players often only come out every few years, or even only one in the last 10 years, and Paul doesn't look like such a player no matter how he looks at it.
"Boy, let you bear the anger in my chest" Finally, Byron Davis snorted after glancing at Paul coldly, and Paul, who had just come on the court and was bending down to tidy up his sneakers, also felt a little different gaze, so he looked up. Finding that the organizational defender in front of him was staring at him, as if he was going to eat himself, this also made Paul stunned, but soon, the No. 1 position, who never gave up, was also full of fighting spirit. This made Byron Davis, who was staring at Paul not far away, a little stunned.
"Hmph, what an arrogant boy" Byron Davis, who came back to his senses, also snorted coldly again, and said secretly in his heart at this time, at this time he was more and more determined to play bad Paul.
"Coach, kid Chris has no problem directly facing Byron Davis, right? It was his first game, after all," he said, looking at the menacing Byron Davis on the court. Lakers assistant coach Stephen Green on the sidelines was a little worried at this time, Paul was his junior, and he also took great care of Green, a fellow countryman he had known for a long time. He also knows that Paul's ability is very strong, but it is also a very worrying thing to face such an opponent in the first game, although it seems that Byron Davis was beaten by Hardaway in the first half of the quarter, but that is Hardaway, and Paul is still far from Hardaway at present, this distance is not very small, experience, ability, physical aspects, it can be said that Hardaway in the first half of the game is using his experience and ability to play Byron Davis has no temper, And Paul doesn't have those things like Hardaway, and it would be tragic if Paul was beaten out of confidence in this game, and judging by Byron Davis's expression now, it's clear that he's prepared to do that. It's just that the Lakers assistant coach is a little helpless that Zhuang Fei, the head coach of the team next to him, didn't have any special instructions for Paul after his reminder, but still looked at the court with a smile.
"Stephen, you have to believe in all the players on your team, even if it seems that they are in a weak position, when you always believe that your players are the best in the league, they themselves will think that they are the best in the league, so that they will never lose confidence" Zhuang Fei finally took a deep look at his assistant and said, and at this time Green was also stunned, and seemed to understand something in his heart, but at this time, the worry on the face of the Lakers assistant coach was still there, At this time, Zhuang Fei sighed and turned his head to look at the court again.
His apprentice's self-confidence is still not like him, simply put, he still doesn't have the consciousness of 'I am the strongest in the world', in fact, his current ability is already the strongest level in the world, if he really has such confidence and awareness, maybe the Chinese team in this year's Olympics can beat Lithuania to get back a third place.
Of course, although Green is very worried about whether Paul is too early to face Byron Davis now, and after the game restarts, Paul, who is directly facing Byron Davis, does not think so, to a certain extent, Paul's personality is very similar to Zhuang Fei, he is the strongest posture of the king Lao Tzu, even when he faced James in high school, he could directly rush up to find James directly and live PK, if it weren't for James's more introverted personality, the two of them could really fight, This is a very violent player.
"The Los Angeles Lakers' bench players are also playing full-court pressing defense, which is too messy, we did misestimate the strength of the Los Angeles Lakers' main force, Grant Hill and Hardaway's recovery is amazing, but this is only the main players of the Los Angeles Lakers, and these benches are all rookies except for Jackson, so they play full-court pressing. Facing them, it is very likely that their defense is all leaky, and they don't have the defensive ability of Hardaway or Hill and Kobe, especially since Paul actually went to the whole court to press Byron Davis? Whether it's height or strength, the two are not equal weight class, and Paul simply can't put pressure on Byron Davis like Hardaway."
"Coach Z is too tendoned, too stubborn" Finally, Kenny Smith of the Staples Arena commentary seat also sighed and said, Zhuang Fei's design at the beginning of this game is eye-catching, and it should make people feel amazing. The Lakers not only played the performance of the Dream Four team in the face of international teams, but also reproduced the 'flying basketball' of the Dream Four team. air-team', and since the Dream Four team, this kind of offense has disappeared from both the American team and the NBA, and it is not until the current Lakers that they see the shadow again, which is an extremely great thing, whether Zhuang Fei is in the NBA to find this kind of basketball again or want to reinvent this kind of basketball is an extremely great thing. Kenny Smith also admires Zhuang Fei's courage, but it is clear that such basketball may not be fully applicable to the NBA. It's just that at this time, it is impossible for Zhuang Fei to know the commentator's worries.
And when the game restarted, in the face of Paul's full-court pressing from the back, this time. Byron Davis was not as cautious as he was in the face of Hardaway, but when Paul came up, he directly knocked Paul out with a dark force, if it was facing Hardaway. Not only will he not be able to hit Hardaway with this ball, but it is very likely that the ball in his hand will be stolen directly because he is too hard to protect it, obviously. He wasn't worried that Paul would be able to break his ball, in fact, after Paul was knocked down by him, he also glanced at the rookie point guard with disdain and accelerated directly to the frontcourt, and at this time there was an open field in front of him.
This is a disadvantage of the full-court pressing, when the ball carrier easily breaks through the first line of defense, the defense will become four to five, at this time the pressing side that originally occupied the advantageous side immediately became the inferior side, and at this time Byron Davis almost didn't take long to kill the Lakers' basket to prepare for a dunk, he also wanted to use this dunk to completely vent the resentment of being beaten by Hardaway in the first half of the game, but when he jumped, he found out, When he was in the air, a pair of large hands appeared directly in front of him.
With a snap, almost all the Lakers fans in the audience also gasped when they saw Byron Davis, who was just about to dunk, fly out from behind after hearing these pleasant voices, and at this time their thoughts were.
This Stephen Jackson is too fierce, this slap will hurt anyone for a long time, and when Byron Davis fell to the ground with a shocked face, the referee Crawford also blew the whistle in time, but at this time Jackson did not argue anything, and also looked at Byron Davis with disdain and left, just like the look in Byron Davis after using his body to bully Paul just now. At this time, Paul had already gotten up from the ground, and the young guard was also extremely grateful to see Jackson avenge him, but the young guard was not thinking about his teammates to help him avenge him. Looking at Byron Davis who was about to make free throws from behind, Paul's eyes were even hotter.
This goal Byron Davis was a two-free throw, and it was clear that Jackson's ferocious thug just now affected him.
"Chris, are you okay" After Jackson, who used his good position and speed to grab the rebound in the backcourt, handed the ball into Paul's hands, the point guard actually stunned there and took a deep breath, which also made Jackson a little worried.
"It's okay, just a little excited" Paul also said a little excitedly, and at this time Jackson saw the expression on Paul's face and nodded like he went to the front, but after Jackson left, Paul just dribbled less than a few steps, but Byron Davis killed directly from the middle circle, as for what he wanted to do to kill Paul, the whole world knows.
"Byron Davis pressed Chris Paul with the whole court, judging from the strength of Byron Davis and Crawford's blowing scale in this game, Paul's current situation is a little dangerous" Kenny Smith in the commentary box saw that Byron Davis was almost ready to brake and rushed directly to Paul fiercely, the commentator was also a little curious, if the Kings could also use the pressing to find face when the Lakers bench players came on the court. Just when Kenny Smith was about to see how far Paul would fly this time, an extremely strange scene happened on the court, because it was not Paul but Byron Davis who fell to the ground.
When Byron Davis confidently attacked Paul and was almost about to make physical contact with Paul, the rookie guard actually disappeared directly in front of him, and at the same time as the Lakers guard disappeared, he felt that his crotch was also cold, as if something had passed through his crotch. And this also made some garlic under his feet fall directly to the ground without stopping the car for a while, and at this time, everyone who saw this scene around was directly shocked and didn't say a word.
This is the crotch pass, this is the seventh game of Nash's Western Conference Finals against the Spurs five years ago, the magical crotch pass staged at the last moment, everyone thought that the crotch would become Elliott's toe kill and become a swan song, but what they didn't expect was to see such a performance on the NBA court again so soon.
"Is this guy really a rookie?" At this time, Kenny Smith's heart was also suffocated again, and at this time, his partner Barkley had already gone crazy like the Lakers fans on the scene, in fact, he had been in a state of madness since the start of this game. Because this game is so good, even if Kenny Smith does not agree with such a game, but does not question how exciting this game is, the Lakers almost the whole team is showing the charm of basketball to everyone.
Just like the last ball after Byron Davis used his power to knock Paul away, this time Paul used technology to knock down Byron Davis, which also made the Lakers have a four-to-five situation. Although the Kings didn't press all the time like the Lakers, for this team's defense, the four-on-five defense was basically the same as nothing, at least for Paul. Paul appeared under the King's basket almost before all the Kings players could react after the dribble came to the frontcourt, and the basketball in his hand was also thrown out of his own hand before Miller pounced on the basket, which was a small throw under the basket. And it's a maddening head-to-head goal.
"Good dribble speed" At this time, Adelman on the sidelines was also shocked after seeing Paul complete this frontal board throw, Paul's combination speed was too fast, which is why the Kings defenders couldn't react, although he knew that his team's defense was terrible, but it wouldn't be as bad as it is now.
"Haha, it's so cool, Byron Davis knocked down Paul, and then Paul came back, this kind of game makes people blood boiling"
Facing the enthusiastic partner around him, Kenny Smith shook his head with a wry smile at this time, if Byron Davis can't even handle the Lakers' backup point guard, then it is impossible for the Kings to get back the score in this game.
Of course, like Kenny Smith's thoughts, the king's leading point guard Byron Davis also thinks so, if even Paul can't figure it out, then he will be really embarrassed in this section of the game, and at this time, the backcourt again receives the ball in the face of Paul's pressing, the guard is also ready to repeat the old trick, but it is obvious that this time Paul was not knocked down by him, and he has no intention of being close to him, but has been keeping a half-step distance from Byron Davis, which also makes Byron Davis extremely uncomfortable, When he finally advanced to the front court and was about to find the two big men of his team, he found that the two big men of his team were entangled here, Jackson was right, Miller was half-around, and Nocioni was extremely tight on Turkogru, and this guy's hand kept shaking irregularly, so that Byron Davis had a danger that his own pass could be cut off.
"This Lakers' bench lineup is not bad for pressing defense, Coach Z originally got a lot of swing guards who are ready to play this" At this time, looking at the Lakers bench who almost locked the king on the court, Barkley also laughed and said, At this time, it is estimated that only he will have such a mood to watch the game.
And at this time, with the passage of time, in the end, there was no way, Turkoglu pulled out to catch the ball again, which also destroyed the king's positional offense again, and in the end, the king's offense also ended with Byron Davis facing Paul's defense and forcing a shot from a long distance, but in the face of the fact that Miller can't jump up on his team's inside, the king basically doesn't have too many frontcourt rebounding opportunities in this game, but the Lakers do a better job in rebounding because the lineup is more mobile, And what is the next action after the Lakers get the rebound, almost all the Kings players know that the next step is that the Lakers are ready to launch a fast attack, and in fact it is true, Ariza who won the backcourt rebound also threw the ball directly to the frontcourt, and at this time, Paul, who received Ariza's pass, also took the lead in rushing to the front, but what reassured the King a little was that their team's boss Byron Davis was also ready to retreat, So when Paul came to the top of the arc, Byron Davis was also standing under the top of the arc, and at this time, the fans and people on the sidelines all looked at these two, and it was a one-on-one opportunity.
And just when everyone was about to see who won and who lost in this matchup, Paul moved before Byron Davis moved, because the defensive failure of the previous goal made Byron Davis dare not stick to Paul again, but when he saw that Paul was about to change direction and break through, the king's leading player also immediately moved.
It's just that after Byron Davis moved, the playmaker guard was a little weak, because he didn't know in which direction Paul's dribble would break through, this little man's dribbling rhythm was too weird, not at all a player of the same era as them, and what was even more deadly was that this little man could complete the change of direction with only his right hand dribbling, and such a feint was simply unguardable.
"Is it on the left? No, it's the right" Just when Byron Davis was moving to the left, he saw a turn of Paul's right wrist and immediately prepared to change the direction of defense, but his footsteps were as fast as Paul's right wrist, this time the king's leading point guard directly Paul shook down, and Paul, who shook Byron Davis, almost did not hesitate to pull up in front of Byron Davis is a frontal jumper, and this ball After Paul shot, Byron Davis, who fell to the ground, was really dead this time.
The ball thrown by Paul hit the front rebound with a bang, and finally fell into the basket with a brush, and Paul hit a two-point shot from long range.
And this ball is still a frontal board, at this time everyone knows, plus the previous frontal board throw, this frontal board is estimated to be like the Spurs' big man's 45-degree board, it is a stunt, and even at this time some people are wondering if these two players who are also from Wake Forest have anything to do with each other. It's just that Byron Davis, who was sitting on the ground at this time, would still think about these things, and Paul, who fell from the sky, looked down at Byron Davis, who was shaken down by himself.
"It seems that you are really old, and your steps are already unsteady" and after saying this, the Lakers' rookie player turned around and left, and at this time, the King's backcourt was only left with Byron Davis, who was sitting on the ground and gritting his teeth, and the other Kings players and Lakers players were always in the middle circle to watch the duel between the two, and when they saw Paul walking back, at this time, all the Kings players subconsciously gave way to this guard with an extremely crazy and bloodthirsty expression on his face.
"It's been a long time since I've seen such a domineering rookie" Barkley on the commentary bench at this time also said with some awe-inspiring in his heart, and Kenny Smith on the side also nodded in agreement, and also remembered his former teammate Olajuwon, speaking of domineering rookies, Jordan and Olajuwon, the peerless duo of the 84 generation that year, were definitely two of them.
"This kid is really aggressive" Looking at the little man on the court, Zhuang Fei on the sidelines was also a little helpless, this kid's master is Duncan, and his idol is Carter, but his style of play is neither like Carter nor Duncan. (To be continued.) )