Chapter 87: Best Rookie, Death Shackle! (The second update, ask for subscription)

As the NBA playoffs are in full swing, the mysteries of the major awards of the regular season are beginning to be revealed one by one.

As always, the NBA officially announced the winner of the Best Sixth Man - Antoine Jamison of the Dallas Mavericks.

Back in Summer League, Doon had set his goal for the season as the best sixth man.

However, because of good luck, a lot of player templates suitable for Doon were drawn.

This, coupled with Bryant's off-court incidents, allowed Doon to get more playing time and the ball with the Lakers.

As a result, Doon has been playing the starting position since he entered the NBA, and he missed the Best Sixth Man award.

Of course, now Doon, there is no shortage of the best sixth man template.

Few of the best sixth men have made the rise from the bench to the regular season MVP like Harden.

Overwhelmingly, being able to be a champion puzzle piece is remarkable.

Now Doon's eyes have undoubtedly been set on the pursuit of regular season MVP and finals MVP! Not this season, though.

……

"Doon, the news of Rookie of the Year is already on the table.

If nothing else, when the second round of the playoffs begins, you and LeBron James will share that honor.

If the Los Angeles Lakers are eliminated in the first round, then you're going to New York for the medal ceremony.

If the Los Angeles Lakers make it to the Western Conference semifinals, then LeBron James will come to Los Angeles to join you. ”

Before the first round of the Lakers and Jazz playoffs G2 was about to start, Nike executives passed a message to Doon about Rookie of the Year.

In fact, the selection of the major awards in the regular season has ended, and it is not difficult for a sponsor like Nike, one of the best in the United States, to know the results.

And the NBA official only temporarily held down these news, led but did not send it, and put a long line to catch a big fish.

By constantly releasing news of various awards, it attracts fans of teams that did not make the playoffs, and continues to pay attention to playoff games, thereby increasing the overall viewership of the league.

Having said that, knowing in advance that he had become the Rookie of the Year, Doon was quite happy.

However, the honor has to be shared with James...... In this way, Doon is not very interested.

Before, Doon only thought about touching others. Unexpectedly, in his rookie season alone, he would be touched by James......

It can only be said that if you walk too much at night, you will inevitably encounter ghosts.

This year, like 9 years ago, there is a double yolk egg.

And it's very surprising that how can Kidd Hode? Qualified to share the best rookie with Jordan's successor Grant Hill?

Kidd averaged 11.7 points, 5.4 rebounds and 7.7 assists per game while shooting just 38.5 percent from the field, while Hill averaged 19.9 points, 6.4 rebounds and 5 assists per game while shooting 47.7 percent from the field.

Although Kidd's record is a little better than Hill's, don't forget that there is also a more gorgeous stats and a better record Robinson!

The Big Dog led the Bucks, who were the bottom of the league, to ninth in the East, and failed to make the playoffs by one point.

Kidd and Hill, who also did not make the playoffs, are far inferior to the big dogs in terms of data and records, but they have achieved fame first.

Let's just say, Business is business!

Anthony, who led the team to the playoffs in the East this year, is also like Robinson, the big dog.

Because of the stain on his body, he is not suitable for being promoted as a façade, even if the data and record are not bad, the best rookie still has nothing to do with him.

Of course, for Nike, Doon, James, Anthony, whoever wins the best rookie is the same.

Nike won't pull Anthony off the horse just for boosting James.

Not to mention that the current Nike hand is not stretched that long, and it does not have the ability to operate like this.

Speaking of the current situation alone, Nike still relies on Jordan, the great god, to control the field, and Anthony is Jordan's future star.

It can only be said that Jordan never disappoints when it comes to looking at people.

Kobe Bryant withstood the pupil of death from Jordan and rushed into the top ten in history, which is really not easy......

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Getting back to business, the time is fast approaching April 21, and the Lakers and Jazz G2 will play again at the Staples Center.

Perhaps because of the three-day gap, or because G1 won too easily, the Lakers showed symptoms of a big break in the first quarter.

Fortunately, the Lakers were only in poor offensive condition and did not fall behind in defense, so the score was 21-19 in the first quarter, and the Lakers fought at home, only 2 points behind the Jazz.

However, a superteam is a superteam.

It was Doon who took the lead with the bench lineup to break the deadlock at the beginning of the second quarter and help the Lakers overtake the score and turn defeat into victory.

When Kobe, Malone, and O'Neal returned to the game, the Lakers began to gain momentum, and after the first half, they took a nine-point lead.

Just when the point difference was about to completely open up in the third quarter, the Jazz's sixth man, Gordon Girisek, suddenly ushered in a wave of outbursts, and scored 7 points in a row with a combination of sudden shots to help the Jazz stabilize the situation.

However, after Bryant took the initiative to apply to defend Gordon Girisek, the latter also quickly died down.

In this way, 68-76, the Lakers entered the fourth quarter with an eight-point advantage.

Unlike G1, Zen Master adjusted O'Neal's playing time tonight, and directly let O'Neal and Doon start in the fourth quarter.

Sloane didn't expect the Zen master's main force to come so early.

Previously, Sloan carefully studied the footage of the Lakers' regular season and felt that Doane at the beginning of the fourth quarter needed to be on guard.

In order to avoid Doon from blocking and dismantling, playing conversion offense, pushing speed, and scoring through simple balls, more forward players were sent to surround Doane, but the big center was not prepared in advance to defend O'Neal.

It can only be said that while Sloane was calculating Dhorn, the Zen master also predicted Sloane's thoughts.

Relying on more hole cards in his hand, the Zen master played O'Neill's king in advance.

Without calling a timeout immediately, Sloan had to have people pinch Doon and O'Neal and let go of the other role players.

Sloan can only bet that the Lakers' role players don't feel good and can't shoot three-pointers when they are empty.

Then relied on O'Neal to slow down the speed of the Lakers' retreat, focusing on defensive counterattacks, so as to narrow the score.

However, Fisher, Rick Fox, and Cobra Grant in the Lakers' bench lineup all have baskets.

Doon's breakthrough point made them very comfortable to catch the ball, and they could throw the ball directly by picking it up.

Relying on the three-pointers of the Lakers' role players to shoot 3 of 5, Sloan could only call a timeout to replace the main force and adopt a defensive strategy of 212 joint defense and Kirilenko in the center to assist the defense.

Sloan shouted a timeout, and the Zen master naturally would not remain indifferent.

In fact, it's very simple, just send Kobe and Malone back on the court and it's over.

Of course, before the timeout ended, the Zen master still instructed Doon to take the initiative to lower the pace of the game.

As for the things on the field, the Zen master showed full trust in Doon.

Doon knew that he had been PUA by the Zen master, but after he returned to the game, he did not live up to the trust of the Zen master.

With a 10-point lead, Doon took the initiative to lower the pace of the game and played patiently.

is to find a way to break into the middle distance, or call Malone to come out to block and dismantle, and attract Kirilenko over.

Then pass the ball to the basket and give Malone and O'Neal a chance to play one-on-one.

I really can't find it, so when there are about four seconds left in the offensive time, pass the ball to Kobe Bryant and let Kobe find a way to solve it.

Kobe Bryant has no problem with this kind of thing, but wants to try the tactic of "you four pull me away and watch me single".

However, Doon didn't give Kobe Bryant that much time to play alone.

And the Jazz also because the Lakers' four main players are on the court, and Fisher, the only one who is more dish, also made a three-pointer in the fourth quarter.

Therefore, the Jazz did not have so many manpower to play Kobe Bryant without the ball.

will only wrap up Doon, the ball carrier, first, and force Doon to make mistakes. When Doon passed the ball to Kobe, there were basically only two people to wrap Kobe Bryant, not three, four, five.

After Kobe Bryant received the ball, it was also because of the time problem, he would not waste offensive opportunities, throw the ball when he got it, and say whether he can score or not.

Relying on this to play slowly and grind positional battles, the Lakers have maintained an advantage of about 10 points.

There was no way, with more than 3 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Sloan's dead horse was used as a live horse doctor, and the shark cutting tactic was sacrificed in advance.

O'Neal played a lot of time tonight, and he had already scored 22 points, and after only one of the four free throws in a row, the Zen master also decisively replaced O'Neal.

Without O'Neal, the Lakers and Kobe, Doon and Malone, the superteam can do whatever they want!

It is also because of the Jazz Shark Hack that the number of fouls has accumulated to the full.

Under the advice of the Zen master, Doon and Kobe Bryant worked harder to kill under the basket.

Although Doon played the full fourth quarter, he only had 2 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists in the fourth quarter.

Although there are a lot of breakthroughs, he is not fighting alone, but passing the ball to Kobe, Malone, and O'Neal.

And because Kirilenko was in the middle to assist in the defense and did not come to defend Doon, Doon actually did not consume much physical strength.

Jazz power forward Tom Gugliotta, seeing that Doon broke into the interior with the help of Malone's cover, was also worried that Doane would make a foul, so the defensive action was not big, and he only dared to stand up in advance and reach out to block.

I don't want to, Doon directly hawked the sky and bullied forward! As if to fly over his head and ride him!

"Why can this still fly?"

"Oh my God? Is Doon going for a buckle? ”

"Doon, Doon, Doon!"

Many Lakers fans at the scene saw Doon's actions and stood up from their seats excitedly.

Who would have thought that in the playoffs G2 in the face of the Jazz's defense, Doon, who played in the fourth quarter, would still have the strength to fly away and hold the bow like a full moon!

Tom Gugliotta was also frightened by the momentum of Doon's death shackle, and subconsciously took a step back, not wanting to be reduced to a background board.

It was Tom Gogliotta who was cowardly and stepped on his heel in the reasonable collision zone, which made Doon's buckle even more reasonable.

I saw that Doon, who was unforgiving, really flew towards Tom Gugliotta!

When Tom Gugliotta reached for the cover, Doon put his left hand on Tom Gugliotta's shoulder.

The move was both to bring Tom Gogliotta down and avoid the defense affecting his dunk.

At the same time, Doon's whole body also took advantage of this to lift up a section, and the hair on the top of his head was just over the frame.

Boom –

After half a circle, his arm grabbed the ball and dunked it into the basket fiercely, and at the same time that the basketball fell into the net, Tom Gugliotta was also knocked down by Doon and fell heavily to the floor.

It was also with Doon's shot that the big windmill death dunk from the slam dunk king instantly ignited the passion of the fans at the Staples Center.

“MVP,MVP,MVP!”

Even though Kobe Bryant and O'Neal were also there, Lakers fans got up from their seats and shouted "MVP" to Doane in unison!

No problem, the Rookie Challenge MVP is also the MVP!

O'Neal, who had just come off the break, heard the Lakers fans cheering for Doane, and he also jumped up from his seat, came to the sidelines and shouted MVP to the audience, and threw the towel hard, looking like he was having fun with the people.

It can only be said that the timing of Doon's standing up is too timely!

The difference had just been narrowed to within 10 points, and the situation still looked a little dangerous, and Doon suddenly stood up and slammed a violent dunk, which deafened Jazz deafening and delirious, which was indeed very morale-boosting!

As for the referee on the sidelines, although from a professional point of view, Doon's goal is a bit of an offensive foul, but the atmosphere on the scene is set here, so there is nothing to worry about.

However, there was also a referee who gave a different opinion at this time.

"This is the Staples Center, and the scale of the penalty is in our hands.

We should have the fans of the Los Angeles Lakers, and the fans of the whole America.

Continue to enjoy Doon's dunk again and again in slow motion! ”

"You're right, I agree with you."

"Then request a replay! Let's take a look at how Doon dunked the ball! ”

What is a professional referee? It's called professionalism!

The death dunk that originally shocked Los Angeles fans suddenly became a classic actual dunk that fans across the United States talked about in the future.

In the slow-motion replay, the referee did catch Tom Gugliotta voluntarily retreating and stepped into the reasonable collision zone before Doon could rush up.

So, there is no doubt about the penalty this time, and Doon's score is valid!

is also because the game time, which was originally less than three minutes, suddenly increased by more than ten minutes because of Doon's death shackle.

The Jazz's previous momentum of chasing points came to an abrupt end.

Witnessing Doon's violent and passionate actual dunks again and again, the mentality of the Jazz players can only quickly crack in the cheers of the fans.

Although Sloan did not choose to give up, he spoke at length on the sidelines, and his passion inspired the Jazz players.

But after the timeout, the fighting spirit of the Jazz players on the court was indeed significantly worse than before.

93-105, with the Dhorn death dunk boosting morale, the Lakers won by 12 points and won G2 again.

Next, the Lakers and their entourage are about to pack their bags and bring their talents to Salt Lake City!

As the No. 1 team in the West, it's not a big deal to hold on to the home G1 and G2 wins.

The key is to see if we can overcome the harsh conditions of the away team and win G3 and G4!

And as a rookie, Doon also needs to relearn how to win the playoffs on the road!

(End of chapter)