Chapter 117: Duty to God
"Damn, how can we make a team that can't even make the playoffs in the East play like this! Is this still the Lakers? Jack Nicholson roared excitedly, "Are you serious about playing?" ”
Then, Gwyneth Paltrow, who was elected Oscar winner in 1999 for "Shakespeare in Love", made a sharp comment about Fei: "No. 44 is really uneducated, he is so annoying, Shaq should teach him a good lesson!" ”
However, Shaq, who was pinned on by the actress, was competing with his partner at this time.
After the Lakers called a timeout, Phil Jackson looked at Kobe Bryant and said, "Enough, Kobe, you can't play like this anymore!" That's not how our tactics are! You're destroying the whole system! ”
As a result, Kobe Bryant did not back down, "Didn't you say it?" I have a history of 'sabotage' of the game! I have a habit of 'sabotaging' matches! I have a need to 'sabotage' the game! I'm just doing what you say I am, why are you angry?! ”
Some time ago, Jackson, who couldn't bear Kobe, told reporters such a story - Kobe Bryant in high school would "deliberately sabotage the game" in the first half of the game in order to become the savior of the team at the last moment, resulting in a stalemate between the two sides, and then Kobe Bryant could be the savior.
When your coach personally says this kind of thing to attack you, it's hard to defend your innocence.
Because a lot of people will say that your coach knows you best.
Kobe's agent, Arne Trym, hated the Zen master for this and once wanted to sue the Zen master for defaming Kobe.
Bryant now mentioned this, which annoyed the Zen master even more.
"I think you need to calm down!" After that, the Zen master's gaze turned to the veteran Mitch Richmond who was sitting on the bench, "Mitch, you replace Kobe." ”
The Zen master then replaced Robert Horry, who had no energy on the defensive end, with Mark Madsen, a power-filled Fauvist striker.
The Wizards, for their part, are much more cautious about changing formations.
If it weren't for the point where a substitution had to be made, Collins would have preferred to stay put.
Because they relied on their current lineup to take a three-point lead, it is not good to change rashly.
"Fry, do you need anything else?"
Collins felt like he was Yu Fei's nanny now.
Whatever support Yu Fei needs on the field, he will give whatever support he needs.
But he was never ready to be a babysitter for someone other than Jordan.
"Strengthen the joint defense, we can't let O'Neill attack our interior line at will." The more games Yu Fei plays in the modern era, the more he understands the transformative power of the NBA's legalization of joint defense and the introduction of the three-second defense.
The NBA experienced a long war of words before the unblocking of the defense.
A group of veteran coaches decided that joint defense was a bad thing for the game, why? Because this kind of thing requires players to build a defensive line in a fixed area, rather than actively facing their opponents.
In other words, the team that really makes the joint defense not care about the man-to-man effect.
Doing so will make the players less responsible for defensively.
However, it's the advent of joint defense that allows NBA teams to make multiple choices on the defensive end, where they can choose to forgo putting defensive resources into someone who is against the opponent and thus focus on those who are really worth playing.
Letting go is a science, and in the small-ball era, he needed to take into account the shooting percentage, hot spots, recent performances, and the shooting percentage of players at various points, but now, don't bother so much, just look at the Lakers who doesn't shoot high from three-point range.
Bryan Shaw, 33% three-point shooting? Venting!
Rick Fox, 31% three-point shooting? Do you dare to stand outside the three-point line?
Mark Madsen, a coolie blue-collar power forward with no shooting ability, can be ignored directly.
Mitch Richmond, the Wizards' outcast, an old trash who was decisively waived by Jordan and proved to be right, shot 29% from three-point range. The Wizards look at him from the outside and look at him from the outside is disrespectful to his three-point shooting percentage.
By the standards of the small-ball era, the Lakers really don't have any shooters to worry about.
Jackson's move to free O'Neal by holding Bryant back was counterproductive.
Every time O'Neal gets the ball, the Wizards basically have three or four people shrink in and wrap up.
His only option was to pass the ball to the perimeter and let his teammates shoot open threes.
But why did the outside geniuses with a three-point shooting rate of more than 30% help O'Neal clear the siege? They began to strike iron, and kept on striking iron.
Yu Fei and other teammates tried their best to protect the long rebound and fought back with ease and happiness.
17 to 29
The Wizards, who were playing away from home, were dominated by the away side and entered the second quarter with a 12-point advantage.
"Good! Very good! ”
Collins, who felt that he had a chance of winning tonight, clenched his fists fiercely, "Fry, you come down and rest for a while." ”
Yu Fei has no opinion, he leads by 12 points without resting, in case OK temporarily reunites, and then catches up with the score, he will have no rest.
Collins replaced Yu Fei and let Lu lead Bobby Simmons, Tyrone Nesby, Kwame Brown and Jasidy White in the second quarter.
Seeing this lineup, Yu Fei also felt that their manpower was really a bit inferior to the other party.
Don't look at the Lakers' first quarter of the iron to fly, as long as O'Neal is no longer obsessed with the interior line of the Wizards in the low post, or Kobe Bryant is no longer the Zen master's self, others can collectively cling to OK under the wings that cover the sky and shine.
Jackson is no ordinary head coach, though.
He knows that if he replaces Kobe Bryant and replaces Kobe Bryant when O'Neal leads the team to fall behind by 12 points, Kobe Bryant will definitely chase the points desperately, if he does it, it means that he is right, if he fails, it is O'Neal who digs too hard.
Either way, he had a reason.
And for the Zen master, this is a major blow to the prestige of the coach.
He won't rely on Kobe Bryant to turn the tide on the court.
At least until the tables turn around, Bryant will have to sit off the court as punishment for his rebellion against the coaching staff.
Jackson stroked O'Neal's shoulder, whispered a few words to him, and then chose the starting lineup for the second quarter.
Derek Fisher, Devin George, Rick Fox, Robert Horry, Shaq O'Neill.
Suddenly, the Lakers went from being a space-tight team to a space-hungry team.
It's Shaquille O'Neal's dream lineup.
Three of the four teammates around him have a three-point shooting rate of more than 37%, and in the face of this kind of outside threat, the Wizards will have to weigh whether it is worth it if they want to contain O'Neal.
After only one round in the second quarter, Yu Fei felt that he couldn't sit on the bench for long.
O'Neal came up and went to the low post, and although the Wizards insisted on defending the team, they didn't dare to shrink like they did in the first quarter.
Fisher knows too well how to pass the ball to O'Neill in this state.
After O'Neal got the ball, he didn't crush Jasidy White's dunk as Yu Fei thought, but a crisp turn, hook hand, and hit.
19 to 29
Even O'Neal won't have many opportunities to dunk in a game, and the near-basket hook is his most conventional means of scoring.
If the opponent is tall enough, he may also be able to interfere with his hook hand, and White, as a short center, cannot be a problem for O'Neal in terms of height or strength.
That way, as long as O'Neal is in position, hooking his hands in front of White is as easy for him as it is practicing on the air.
Problems on the defensive end are about to emerge, and when it comes to the offensive end, the Wizards look even more embarrassed.
Without Yu Fei, the all-round creator, the players on the Wizards court have too single functions, and there is no outstanding player.
Tyronn Lue has speed, but if the Lakers' athletic success rate increases, his speed won't be of much use. The current Fisher is not the old fish who can only cross his waist and watch in the face of a speed-oriented point guard in the future, and he is too experienced in the face of Lu's former little brother.
Pull away first, Director Lu will definitely not throw, and then open his hands, ready to fight at any time.
The Wizards' ball was passed back and forth, and in the end, Bobby Simmons could only beat Devin George, but to no avail.
"Fry, you are needed on the field."
Yu Fei sat down for less than a minute, and Collins walked up to him with an embarrassed face and said.
Is it true that with great power comes great responsibility?
Yu Fei is happy to be a genius god of responsibility.
Then, within a minute of Yu Fei waiting to play, O'Neal first punished the early Wizards with a pass, and Devin George hit a three-pointer.
Subsequently, Tyronn Lue picked up the speed and hit quickly, but his problem of not being able to stop when he was fast still did not change, and as a result, a fluttery layup missed the basket.
Coming to the Lakers' offensive round again, O'Neal trotted in the middle and seemed to deliberately maintain the same advancing rhythm as his teammates.
In the blink of an eye, O'Neal was in the three-second zone, and he shouted at Fisher for the ball.
Fisher passes the ball decisively.
The Wizards players on the court reacted immediately, with White in front, Nesby on the side, and Brown interfering from the other side. O'Neal was unafraid of the three-man bag, and he forced his jump to put the ball in and caused White's third foul.
"You shit!" O'Neill exclaimed furiously, "Not your Shaq Daddy at all!" ”
This made Collins feel tricky.
While the Wizards are still ahead, White has committed three fouls.
Now he has to replace White.
Aside from White, does the Wizards have anyone else who can stand at the No. 5 position and hard top O'Neal?
Only Popayer Jones can count on it, but the dude also broke two rules in the first quarter, and Collins didn't want to risk it.
So, no.
Collins could only retreat, his gaze falling on Leitner, "Christian, you go up and replace Jasidy." ”
Seeing Leitner replacing White, Yu Fei expressed surprise, "You play center? ”
Lightner, who had never been at odds with Yu Fei, asked unhappily: "Something?" ”
Yu Fei didn't know whether he was worried about Leitner or gloating, "It seems that Doug really doesn't love you at all." ”
As a result, Lightner blocked Yu Fei with one sentence: "That's not that you spoiled high school students are too useless!" ”
He didn't say this in a hurry.
Rushing to whom? Of course, it was Kwame Brown, who played the number four position on the field.
If the current Brown is allowed to play center, it is very likely that he will be broken by O'Neal, so Collins would rather let Leitner send it than send Brown to O'Neal's mouth.
Although Yu Fei hated Leitner very much, there was really nothing wrong with what he said.
(End of chapter)