Basketball starts with breathing

Chapter 192 Lu Yu played a shooting guard [First update, please subscribe]

If not playing basketball, Pau Gasol could be a great doctor.

Influenced by his mother, Marisa, a doctor, Pau Gasol entered the University of Barcelona to study medicine in 1998, and in the same year he became the star of the Barcelona youth team and led the team Won the European Youth Basketball Championship.

At this moment, Gasol really realized that it was time to put his dream of becoming a doctor aside and he needed to focus more on his basketball career development.

In the 2000-01 season, Gasol was a well-known talent in the European basketball world. He averaged less than 24 minutes per game, but he contributed 11.3 points and 5.2 rebounds, and won the La Liga championship with the team.

Not only that, the 20-year-old Gasol has been able to use his seven-foot height to completely overwhelm the opponent's interior players, and scouts from the NBA have long coveted his talent.

In the three seasons he played for Barcelona, ​​he became the top all-around player in the Spanish league, and his teamwork-oriented game style and selfless style of play made him the type of player that NBA teams most desire to acquire overseas.

In order to set foot on the dream NBA arena, Gasol paid $165 million in damages from his own pocket.

In this way, Gasol started his NBA career in Memphis.

In the first season of the NBA, although he had good statistics, there was always a rookie of the same class standing in front of him. In order to create a gimmick, the league even deliberately formed a confrontation between the two.

This is what Gasol said in the interview.

When Gasol put on the black jersey and ran out of the player tunnel, there were deafening boos in the United Center arena. In the eyes of the Bulls fans, Gasol was simply beyond his ability to compete with Lu Yu for the best rookie. Even if Lu Yu has not played well recently.

Gasol also has a hint of dissatisfaction in his heart. He feels that he is no worse than anyone, especially among the rookies of the same year, he even thinks that he is the best one.

In his original heart of Gujing Wubo, suddenly because of the boos, an idea of ​​wanting to fight came up.

He's going to be the Rookie of the Year.

"Hello everyone, I'm your old friend Yu Jia. Today I bring you the Chicago Bulls' home game against the Memphis Grizzlies."

Yu Jia, wearing a navy blue suit, sat upright in the commentary position and said with a smile: "Today, I will be explaining to you Mr. Xu Jicheng, Mr. Xu, hello."

"Hello, Yu Jia." Xu Jicheng smiled.

"Although the Grizzlies have the second-to-last record in the West, they have had a good momentum recently, winning two games in a row. Instead, the Bulls fell to the sixth place in the East because of a three-game losing streak."

Yu Jia briefly introduced the current situation of the two teams.

Xu Jicheng, who was beside him, twitched his nose and added: "Although the Bulls still have the advantage in terms of strength, each team in the league has thoroughly studied the Bulls, because their shortcomings are too obvious, so Losing is a matter of time."

"The Bulls have indeed been losing recently, but I personally think it's not Lu Yu's problem, but the weakness of the striker's offense that drags down the team. You can't ask Lu Yu to organize the team's offense without assigning him any configuration. A strong scorer, even asking Lu Yu to stand up and score by himself, no one can guarantee that he will always do well when he is both a father and a mother." Yu Jia analyzed.

Xu Jicheng smiled: "That's why the Bulls were caught by other teams. Now they're like angry little daughters-in-law. Whoever catches and bullies the hooligans all over the street."

"Now both sides have played from the locker room... You can see that it is our Lu Yu who is shooting and warming up. Last month, Lu Yu performed well, won the Rookie of the Month, and led the team to make great progress, but Since mid-December, the team has been losing gradually, and the last three straight losses, I don't know if the Bulls will make a change in this game."

Before Yu Jia's speech had finished, a string of English letters appeared on the big screen of the broadcast. Xu Jicheng glanced at it and smiled.

"I just want to tell everyone about this. The voting for the All-Star Game has started. You can vote for your favorite player online. Of course, I am here to canvass for our Chinese players, especially Wang Zhizhi and Lu Yu, I really hope this is an All-Star game with two Chinese players," Xu Jicheng said.

The NBA All-Star Game was first held on March 1951, 3 by the National Basketball Association and evolved into an annual exhibition game where NBA stars gather.

Each year, two teams of the best players from the East and West regions hold a game to decide the winner.

After evolution, the contemporary All-Star Game has developed into "All-Star Weekend," a three-day event.

Yu Jia took a look at the information downloaded by the staff and said with a smile, "I saw the names of Wang Zhizhi and Lu Yu, who we are familiar with, on the list at first sight. They both played in the first year of this year. In the NBA, Wang Zhizhi’s All-Star status as a substitute is probably enough, but as Lu Yu is the absolute core of the Bulls, I don’t think it’s a big problem to be an All-Star…”

"It's not easy to get into the Eastern Conference All-Stars." Xu Jicheng said solemnly, "Don't look at the situation of the league in the past two years. The west is strong and the east is weak. This is because the west's inside line is stronger. If it is better than the guards, the east's guards are full of talents. "

"It's true that you said that. The center that the East can take is Mutombo." Yu Jia nodded and said.

"So it seems that it is much more difficult for Lu Yu to become an All-Star in the East than in the West. There are too many star players on the backline in the East today. Iverson, Kidd, Jordan, McGrady, Ray Allen, Carter There is also this season's assist king Andre Miller... But I think Lu Yu still has a good chance of being selected. After all, there are so many of us, one person, one vote can send Lu Yu to the All-Star... Oh, the game starts now..."

The two commentators were obviously more keen to help Lu Yu canvass tickets, Xu Jicheng ignored the start of the game and continued: "If Lu Yu enters the All-Star Game, he will be the first Chinese player to enter the All-Star Game... Beautiful, Lu Yu A pass assisted Artest to hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner...I'm here to help Lu Yu canvass for votes, everyone can go to the Internet to vote for them when you have time...Okay, let's take a look at the two teams. The starting lineup."

They finally put commentary on the game.

But the fans watching the game at this time were obviously not paying attention to the game, and many had already turned on the computer or rushed to the Internet cafe.

"Where are you going?"

"Go and vote for Lu Yu!"

"Vote for what?"

"Vote for the All-Star Game, no matter what this year, let Lu Yujin start!"

"Wait for me, I'll go too!"

But Lu Yu didn't know that fans all over the country were voting frantically for him to enter the All-Star starting lineup, and he was now facing the Grizzlies' iron bucket-like defense.

Pau Gasol seems to be taking medicine, constantly helping Williams to flank himself. The most annoying thing is that his teammates have no touch. Even Chandler's scratching shots at the basket can miss the basket. .

Just 3 minutes into the first quarter, the opponent made a 15:4.

Cartwright reluctantly called a timeout.

Lu Yu glanced at the dazzling lights above his head, his brows furrowed tightly, and he kept thinking about the team's recent problems in his mind.

"coach……"

Lu Yu turned to look at Trenton Hassell, who stood beside Cartwright at some point.

"Coach, I think I can try to play the point guard and let Lu Yu play the shooting guard." Hassell said seriously.

Cartwright and Lu Yu were stunned at the same time.

What Lu Yu was stunned was that since he became the team's point guard, because his teammates' scoring ability was weak, he would choose to open up the situation through his own offense, and this offense was Lu Yu advancing from the backcourt to the frontcourt. Then break through, score the ball, or use the pick-and-roll to pass to Miller who stays high or to Chandler.

However, this method has been targeted by other teams recently, and some teams even started to attack Lu Yu before halftime.

This has greatly reduced Lu Yu's threat.

The team's defense has never been a problem, the problem is the offense.

At the beginning of the season, everyone was used to this style of play, and even Lu Yu was accustomed to this style of play unknowingly, because the team has always been in control of the overall situation, and even Lu Yu lost these few games, He did a good job, so everyone thought that the reason for the loss was the incompetence of other players.

No one will think about whether the problem lies with Lu Yu.

Cartwright frowned slightly and asked, "Tell me what you think."

Hassell nodded and said, "I also recently thought of this question after watching a video of Lu Yu playing in Gonzaga. Lu Yu played at Gonzaga as a shooting guard, and Gonzaga's point guard dribbled the ball. At halftime, Lu Yu relieved a lot of pressure, and the opponent would hesitate to choose whether to double-team Lu Yu, after all, Lu Yu was off the ball at this time."

"Off the ball?" Cartwright's eyes jumped: "I see what you mean..."

This is a bit like when the 76ers let Iverson switch to shooting guard. Iverson switched to shooting guard that season, which solved the embarrassing situation of being double-teamed and ushered in a scoring explosion.

But that was the case last season when zone defense was not allowed, which meant pinching off-ball players was not allowed.

Iverson struggled this season because he still played shooting guard like last season, but with zone defense, even if he was without the ball, he would still be pinched.

That's why Cartwright never thought about it.

But Hassel's words made Cartwright suddenly wake up. Lu Yu was pinched when he was holding the ball and being pinched when he was not having the ball. Passing out, it all requires time to handle the ball, and this time is enough for the opponent to make adjustments.

When there is no ball, the basketball is on the other side, which is a situation of more hits and less. If the opponent does not pinch, the ball can be in Lu Yu's hands, and it can form a one-on-one in an instant.

This is also what Cartwright suggested to Floyd at the beginning, asking the team to find a guard who can shoot and organize, put Lu Yu at the shooting guard position, and lead the team to win like Jordan.

The only problem right now is that Trenton Hassell doesn't have the ability to shoot.

If Hoiberg is used to play the point guard, the shooting ability will be there, but the team's foundation, defense, will decline.

Two choices, Cartwright decided to let Hassell try to play point guard.

Artest is ready to respond on the strong side at any time, and if Hassel passes the ball to Lu Yu, he will try to move to the weak side as much as possible, and pull the opponent's defensive formation as wide as possible.

The televised camera was aimed at the players on both sides who were about to play.

At this time, Xu Jicheng remembered to introduce the starters of the two sides, "The two sides are still playing their respective starters, this time the Bulls' suspension did not change any players, but I don't know if their tactics have been adjusted. "

"Let's take a look at the Grizzlies' starter roster."

The director duly called out the Grizzlies' roster.

Point Guard: Jason Williams

Shooting Guard: Blevin Knight
Small Forward: Sean Battier

Power Forward: Pau Gasol

Center: Lorenzen Wright
"The backcourt combination is Jason Williams and Blevin Knight. This Grizzlies has CaPaulo Gasol on the offensive end and Shane Battier on the defensive end. This kind of lineup configuration does not count. Good, but definitely not bad, the offense and defense are fairly balanced, their record this season is not good, there are reasons for the younger players."

Xu Jicheng continued: "We can recall the games the Bulls have lost so far, whether it's the Lakers or the Celtics, the Raptors, the Timberwolves, these teams all have one thing in common, that is, the balance of offense and defense... When the Bulls If the team's offense can't be opened, Lu Yu's threat will naturally decrease, so the offensive end will naturally be affected... And these teams' offensive ability is not weak, and there will be no situation like the Bulls can't score, It's inevitable that the Bulls will lose."

"Director Xu thinks the Bulls will lose this game?" Yu Jia asked quickly.

Xu Jicheng looked at the game screen with worry in his eyes: "I think... I might lose..."

As soon as the words fell, the Bulls' first attack after the suspension made Xu Jicheng's throat seem to be stuffed with something, and a clear voice seemed to be heard in his ears.

"Clap clap..."

My face hurts!

　Thanks Shwilin for the tip!Ask for a monthly pass

　　
　
(End of this chapter)