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Chapter 185 Flanking defense, six offenses leave the field [Third, please subscribe]

The atmosphere in the Lakers locker room was a bit depressing.

Jackson is very satisfied with this atmosphere. Although O'Neal was sent off to surprise him, this is only a regular season. The team has been too smooth since the start of the game and needs a little setback.

What's more, who said that without O'Neal, it would be lost?

As long as Bryant can fully play, the team still has great hope of winning.

Wei Wei arranged a little bit of tactics, and he waved his hand to let the players play. The score of 46:40 was flashing on the big screen.

It's only 6 points, it's a fart!

……

"Drip" the referee's whistle sounded again.

Artest reluctantly raised his right hand to signal that he committed a foul. This is the second time he has committed against Kobe Bryant.

He was just assisting in defense, but he was still a step slower.

"The situation is not good." Zhang Weiping's face was a little heavy: "The Bulls have done a poor defense during this period. They have already fouled four times in only 4 minutes of the third quarter. If they foul again, they will be required to make free throws. .”

"Actually, this defense is not a big problem." Yu Jia added: "The Bulls' defense is only an occasional problem. Now the key is offense. Their weak offense in the first few games was covered by their strong defense, which made people feel It's not a big problem. But it's obvious now that their players have lost touch. It's fatal for a team that didn't have a lot of offensive points."

Zhang Weiping nodded again and again, the offense of the Bulls today is really not good - compared to the previous games.

"Artest missed two shots, Oakley missed two shots, Lu Yu missed one shot, Hassel missed one shot, Chandler missed one of three shots, and made one of two free throws." Cartwright With an ugly face, he threw off this technical stat sheet. In the past few minutes, the Bulls were collectively misfiring. The team only made one out of nine shots, and the only one hit was Chandler's dunk.

He was already very dissatisfied.

He motioned to Lu Yu, who was holding the ball and walking towards the front court, to pause, and looked coldly at the players walking off the court.

No one dared to look at him, they all silently walked back to their seats, drinking water and wiping away sweat.

Cartwright was ready to take a swipe at their performance, but after seeing the shame and self-reproach on the players' faces, he couldn't speak.

After all, the players also want to play well. They play according to their own deployment, but they just don't feel it.

On defense, he has nothing else to do.

In the last time out, because Chandler and Oakley fouled Bryant, Bryant was given four free throws.

In response to this, he just asked Hassell on the outside to strengthen his control over Kobe. If it doesn't work, foul as soon as possible to protect the inside players.

But what I didn't expect was that Hassel stopped Kobe's footsteps and didn't let the inside foul, but who knew that Artest got the foul.

The opponent's tactic is very simple, is to create opportunities for Kobe, let Kobe singles.

Cartwright knows this strategy too well, and he also knows Phil Jackson very well. He won the championship under this strategy of Phil Jackson that year.

The Kobe Bryant at this time was the Jordan of the year.

The most critical problem now is not defense, but offense. Now the team's offense can't be opened, is it really just a matter of feel?
His eyes fell on Lu Yu who lowered his head.

What Lu Yu showed him was the shadow of another superstar, not only his super ability, but also his super adaptability, which made it impossible for people to feel that he was still a rookie.

What he admires most is his ability to control the game and the big picture.

That calm expression on the field is more like a leader.

Leadership style?

core?

Cartwright sighed helplessly. The current teams are all dual-core, especially the teams aiming to win the championship. The Lakers' OK combination, the Jazz's Xuanming and the Spurs' twin towers, the benefits of dual-core are obvious. The opponent does not dare to attack any one of them arbitrarily.

Flank one, and the other can take control.

But the Bulls only have Lu Yu!
After the start of the third quarter, Lu Yu was attacked and replaced by Kobe Bryant to defend Lu Yu. Fisher attacked at any time. As for Trenton Hassell, Jackson would not treat him as a dish. A shooting guard with no shooting ability, what's there to worry about.

Cartwright wants to replace Hassel, but in this case, who will defend Kobe?
Or... Lu Yu?
"Yes!"

Cartwright suddenly came to his senses: "Phil can play any tactics that I can play. He flanks Lu Yu, and I flank Kobe. He asks Kobe to defend Lu Yu, and I let Lu Yu take defense against Kobe, and he asks Kobe to defend him. For singles, I will let Lu Yu singles and see who can fight to the end."

"No, no!"

Cartwright rejected his idea again: "My lineup is not as deep as the Lakers. If Lu Yu and Kobe are exchanged like this, we will still lose."

Cartwright resisted the thought of changing Lu Yu and Kobe to face off. He was shocked by his own stupid idea just now and broke into a cold sweat.

Kobe is the Lakers' core scorer.

But Lu Yu is the bull's commander!

He didn't want Lu Yu to end up with too many fouls, how could there be no commander on the court!

He arranged a few tactics for Lu Yu to cover, hoping that through the cover of the players, Lu Yu could find opportunities to score or pass the ball.

The game continues.

He hopes that other players can quickly find the touch, so there may be a chance.

……

Mark Foyou sighed helplessly when he saw that the Bulls had not made any lineup adjustments.

"Carterwright still has too few cards in his hand. The Bulls have a strong defense, but the offense can't always count on Lu Yu to score. When Lu Yu was restrained to death, the rest of the team couldn't help the team win. ."

"Isn't there a few of their bench players who can score?" Black asked.

He was referring to Crawford and Mercer.

Mark Foyou shook his head: "The Bulls' bench is only suitable for scoring points during rotation time. This is why the Bulls were able to lead in the first half, because they had the advantage in the second quarter against the Lakers' bench."

"But when the Lakers are on the main lineup, that bench lineup doesn't work."

"If Miller is not sent off, perhaps O'Neal is a big threat, but Miller can give Lu Yu the support on the offensive end that no one else on the field can give now."

"On the surface, O'Neal was sent off, and the Lakers suffered a loss. In fact, after losing Miller's Bulls, only Lu Yu was left, and it was even more difficult to support alone."

Blake is not convinced: "But the Lakers only have one Kobe!"

Mark Foyou smiled: "In addition to Kobe, the Lakers also have Horry, Fox, Fisher, Medvedenko..."

Black is speechless.

Although the Bulls also have Artest, Hassell, Oakley, and Chandler, are these guys capable of attacking?
Artest can try it, but he doesn't feel anything today, and he can't count on it.

Chandler has no ability to attack on his own, relying on eating pie.

Hassel shoots like shit.

Oakley...so old to rebound.

Sure enough, as Mark Foyou expected, the Lakers may be the reason for their morale. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the whole team played vigorously, and the score was opened in one fell swoop.

At the critical time, thanks to Artest feeling a little back, he hit two three-pointers in succession, and then bit the score again.

But immediately Bryant was a conscious foul, so Artest received the fifth foul.

Cartwright almost wanted to kill someone, and finally one person got back to his state, but he was fouled 5 times immediately. He wanted to put Artest on the court and continue to fight, but reason told him that this would not work, and the other party would keep using it. He used this point as a breakthrough.

In desperation, he called a timeout again, which is the most time he has called for a game so far this season.

"Ron, take a rest first, Drew, go to control the ball, Lu you change to the scoring position, no matter if you have a good shot, you give me a hard shot, even if we lose, we can't lose to our own offense superior."

Cartwright had no choice but to do so.

Didn't Jackson keep forcing himself to make Lu Yu and Kobe match up? That's right!

"Ah...Fans and friends, the matchup that everyone has been eagerly looking forward to is finally coming. After this time out, we saw Lu Yu appear at the shooting guard position. No matter what the final result is, I believe this experience will Promote his growth." Zhang Weiping explained excitedly, "Let's wait and see, let's watch the "Keluo Showdown"."

"Come on," the fans read.

"It's finally here." A fan muttered in his heart.

"Contest of Kelu"... The term that popped out of Zhang Weiping's mouth was immediately discussed hotly by netizens on the Internet.

Kobe Bryant missed a shot.

Lu Yuchong grabbed the rebound.

Just as his hand touched the ball, before he had time to be happy, another hand stretched out from between his hands and stabbed hard.

The ball he hadn't held firm yet flew out with a "squeak".

Medvedenko appeared in the air and held the ball firmly.

Lu Yu turned around and found that Kobe stabbed his ball.

The basketball was back in Kobe's hands. He didn't stop while catching the ball. He directly accelerated to break through. He knew that as soon as he stopped, he would be entangled by Lu Yu.

Lu Yu used his milk strength to follow behind Kobe. He only knew that he couldn't give Kobe a good chance to shoot. That would be suicide.

He also knows that his strength is still some distance from the top players in the league like Kobe Bryant.

Although it is not big, it still exists objectively.

Suddenly Kobe pulled the ball to an emergency stop on the outside, Lu Yu quickly stabilized his body, but Kobe was already leaning on him, and he moved his hand subconsciously.

"Drip" the referee's whistle blew.

Lu Yu fouled the thug and made two free throws.

A sign was placed on the technical table, showing that Lu Yu had also fouled five times.

Looked at the score: 99:86, 13 points behind.Cartwright sighed. In the fourth quarter, the team's shooting percentage still did not come up. Although this is a game that this team that relies on defense and lacks offensive points will definitely experience, he still can't accept it.

He wanted to replace Lu Yu, who had fouled five times. In the fourth quarter, Lu Yu, who switched to shooting guard, did not perform well. He made one of four shots and two free throws, and only scored four points.

No matter what position Lu Yu played, Jackson would attack Lu Yu anyway.

Of course, Kobe's score was not high. Lu Yu's defense surprised Kobe. Although he knew that Lu Yu was famous for his defense in the NCAA, it was the NCAA after all. powerful.

Fortunately, his teammates are more powerful.

Cartwright is hesitating, Kobe has finished the free throw, and the team has regained control of the ball.

Lu Yu caught the ball at the three-point line, his upper body swayed a few times, and his right foot stepped forward. Kobe was also a little scared by Lu Yu just now, and his body took a step back.

Lu Yu immediately retracted his right foot, jumped high and threw the ball.

Kobe didn't respond.

"The ball is in, the ball is in..." Zhang Weiping exclaimed happily, "Lu Yu finally hit another three-pointer. He has scored 17 points now, and with more effort, the score is still up for grabs. "

Fans all over China also sat up straight, and the fire of hope was rekindled.As soon as their flames were burning, they heard Zhang Weiping exclaim: "Attention... let him go, don't foul... oops... the referee's whistle rang, still inexperienced..."

Lu Yu walked down the court in frustration. Kobe Bryant was consciously chasing after him just now, and the referee's whistle was a bit like a home court. He has been off the court six times, and he knows that his game today is over.

Cartwright also understands that the team's game is over today!
In the last few minutes, Artest, who had just been replaced by the Bulls, was also sent off for 6 fouls. Although the score was reduced to 9 points with the joint efforts of Chandler and Crawford, he still couldn't catch up.

The final whistle blows and the game is over.

The Lakers defeated the visiting Bulls 104-95 at home, and Bryant scored a game-high 41 points.

The camera finally focused on Lu Yu, who was sent off for 6 fouls in the game, with 17 points and 13 assists. This is a great answer for a rookie.

But people don't know why they feel that his performance is not perfect, and that the loss of the Bulls has a lot to do with his performance today.

Maybe everyone has subconsciously forgotten that he is a rookie, and use a higher standard to measure him.

Lu Yu walked out of the Staples Arena with his head held high, and the frustration after the defeat could not be found on his face.

Looking back at the Lakers fans who were celebrating, and at Kobe with a bright smile on his face, Lu Yu clenched his fists: Thank you, Kobe, it was you who told me not to be arrogant, which made my heart flutter. stabilized.You can beat me, but you can't beat me. I will definitely come back. "

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