God of NBA point guards

Chapter 530 Boy, your performance today is as good as a role player
The game continued. Although Kobe wanted to perform, he did not make his own offense under Zhou Quan's full defense.

O'Neal alone is not enough to support the Lakers' offense.

Under the SuperSonics' human shield defense, he consumes a lot of physical energy every time he takes a back position and attacks, and the offensive continuity is not enough. After playing once, he has to rest for two rounds. However, Kobe's current strength is under Zhou Quan's defense. , he still can't fill the gap when O'Neal stops attacking.

Under Zhou Quan's terrifying offense and defense, the SuperSonics were always in the lead. After the first quarter, they led by 20 points at 34:14.

奥尼尔单节7投5中，4罚1中，轰下11分。

Zhou Quan made 14 of 11 shots in a single quarter, most of which were fast break points. His shooting rate was as high as 78.6%. He made 1 of 1 three-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 25 points in a single quarter.

Under Zhou Quan's defense, Kobe didn't have many chances to take action. He scored 6 points on 2 of 4 shots, shooting 33.3% from the field, and made 3 turnovers.

Under Bowen's defense, Glen Rice didn't have many chances to take shots. He made 3 of 1 shots and only scored 2 points.

After the first quarter, Zhang Lili said: "O'Neal's physical fitness is limited under the turns of Ben Wallace, Campbell, and Brad Miller. With this style of play, he can attack the basket twice on average in one quarter. It’s overwhelming, and most of his shots are nearly two-point field goals.”

"It's close to a two-point mid-range shot, with a shooting percentage of more than [-]% at most. In addition, the SuperSonics also restricted the passes to him. He really can't carry the Lakers' offensive banner alone." Xu Jicheng nodded.

Zhang Liji smiled and said: "He is a center and must have the support of outside players. He is indeed extremely dominant at the basket. If all five SuperSonics players are up, they may not be able to stop him.

But physical fitness is his biggest weakness. In the regular season this season, he averaged only 9 attacks at the basket, and the other 12 attacks were nearly two points.

Now when he meets the SuperSonics, they use three human shields to pile him up, which consumes too much physical energy. Even if his attacks at the basket are not reduced, they are not much more. At most ten or eleven times in a game, it depends. Chance.

Of course, this is just the offense he played under the basket. In fact, the number of times he took positions under the basket was much higher than this. He just didn't get the ball, which was a waste of physical energy. "

Xu Jicheng said: "O'Neal made four under-the-basket attacks in the first quarter and scored three goals. He couldn't play in the next few minutes. The SuperSonics were all about him. When he got the ball, he was double-teamed. Three close opponents Two points and one thrown in.

Although he only attacked the basket four times, he took important positions under the basket ten times, and failed to receive the ball six times, which was a very high physical exertion. "

At the beginning of the second quarter, both sides replaced some substitutes.

"The Lakers' main players scored 80.1 points, accounting for 79.5% of the team's score, and the substitutes only accounted for 20.5%. The SuperSonics' main players scored 68.4 points, accounting for 65.6%." Bill Walton read out a piece of data.

Laimbeer chuckled and said, "Brother Bill, you mean the Sonics will widen the point difference in the second quarter?"

Bill Walton raised the data sheet in his hand and said: "According to the data analysis, it is like this."

For the Lakers, Rick Fox, Robert Horry, Fisher, O'Neal, and Brian Shaw were sent in the second quarter.

O'Neal came off the court in the 11th minute of the first quarter. Substitute center Tyrese Knight only played for 1 minute, facing off against Brad Miller. He made 2 of 0 shots and 1 rebound, and suffered a big block from Miller, so it was not Trusted by Phil Jackson.

For the SuperSonics, Brad Miller, who played 3 minutes in the first quarter, continued to play, the fourth position was Rodman, who played 2 minutes in the first quarter, and the third position was Corey Maggette, who played 3 minutes in the first quarter. , the second position is Reuben Patterson, and the first position is Shamond Williams.

In the second quarter, Bill Walton expected it. At the end of the half, the Sonics led by 18 points.

This result made the Lakers very disappointed.

But disappointment could not change the outcome. In the end, 81:107, the SuperSonics defeated by 26 points and won the G1 game.

The Lakers withdrew all their main players 2 minutes before the end of the game.

奥尼尔打了42分钟，不惜体力，也只有25次出手的机会，命中13中，命中率52%，10罚3中，一共拿到29分12篮板3助攻2盖帽3失误3犯规。

Kobe played 38 minutes and was defended by Zhou Quan. He made 15 of 4 shots, with a shooting percentage of only 26.7%. He made 6 of 1 three-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws. He only scored 11 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, but he had 7 times. Made mistakes, was intercepted 5 times by Zhou Quan, and blocked 2 shots.

周权全场42分钟，30投22中，命中率高达73.3%，三分球2投1中，5罚5中，正好轰下50分，另外还有4篮板11助攻7抢断4盖帽2失误3犯规的数据。

"Congratulations to Zhou Quan for scoring 7th 50+ points in the playoffs of his career, surpassing Jordan's 6 50+ points. At the same time, don't forget that Zhou Quan has a record of scoring in a single game in the playoffs. He is the only one. For a person who has 60+ points in two games, Elgin Baylor and Jordan only have one each." After the game, Zhang Li said with a smile.

"Ben Wallace, Campbell, and Brad Miller also made great contributions in this game. Although O'Neal is strong, the three of them took turns to play and did not allow the Sharks to play a explosive offense." Xu Jicheng said.

"Bowen can do it too. He played 31 minutes. Although he only scored 5 points and had only one steal, he allowed the Lakers' third scoring point Glen Rice to only make 11 of 4 shots." Zhang Liang said.

Xu Jicheng said with emotion: "Coach Zhang, the Lakers and SuperSonics played two to two in the regular season, and there was one game with O'Neal absent, otherwise it might have been three to one. Why did the SuperSonics perform so well in the Western Conference Finals?" ?”

Zhang Liji smiled and said: "How can Zhou Quan perform at his full capacity in the regular season? His performance can determine many things, even the outcome of the game."

Xu Jicheng couldn't help but nodded, and Zhang Lili continued: "He locked up Kobe and cut off the connection between the OK combination, thereby destroying the Lakers' triangle offense.

In my opinion, the greatest power of the OK combination is that Kobe attacks with the ball from the outside, uses his breakthrough to attract the inside to cover the defense, and creates singles opportunities for O'Neal.

But Kobe was locked up, and O'Neal had no singles opportunity. This was the key reason why the Lakers lost. "

Zhang Jicheng said: "Yes, he beat Kobe, but Kobe didn't guard him. The difference between entering and exiting is huge."

"Shark, are you still proud?"

At the scene, after the game, Zhou Quan said as he passed by the Lakers bench.

"Hmph, don't be proud. If we were in Los Angeles, I would have made at least 20 free throws today, and we would have won." O'Neal rested for 2 minutes, his breathing had not completely calmed down, and his tone sounded very unhappy.

"With your shooting percentage, no matter how many free throws you give me, it's useless." Zhou Quan joked.

"Even if you miss the free throw, your three centers will still have to take the free throw. We will definitely win." O'Neal said unconvinced.

"Yes, how can you play without a center?" Kobe was even more unconvinced and jumped up and shouted.

"Boy, your performance today is as good as a role player. You have no say. Just stay aside." Zhou Quan pushed Kobe down to the seat with one hand.

"you?"

Kobe was so angry that his eyes were burning.At this time, a reporter from ESPN TV came over to conduct an on-site interview, and Zhou Quan walked aside to accept the interview.

"Let's go." O'Neal glanced at Zhou Quan's back, shook his head helplessly, stood up and walked to the players' tunnel.

Kobe followed behind and said: "Shaq, Iron Fist is too arrogant. We must play better in the next game and try to come back."

O'Neill looked back at Zhou Quan again, not in the mood to talk.

He only entered the league one year later than Zhou Quan. Now Zhou Quan has all kinds of honors, but he still has nothing. Even though he laughs and laughs every day, in fact, the psychological impact is very strong.

Ron Harper caught up at this time and said: "Shaq, this is the first time you and him have met in the playoffs, and I know him better than you do.

The Sonics' tactic today is fast break. Just like when they played against the Bulls in the 96/97 season, he didn't score many breakthrough layups in the positional battle today, and only made 5 free throws. It shows that he has scruples about you. "

“My shot blocking is not a vegetarian.”

When O'Neal heard this, he felt a little better, shook his palm as big as a futon, and said somewhat proudly.

But in fact, he knew in his heart that today's attack alone had exhausted his energy. He couldn't devote much energy to the defensive end, and he was just a paper tiger.

Back in the locker room, while the players were unloading their equipment, Phil Jackson began to summarize.

"Our offense failed today. Shaq encountered layers of double-teams in the low post. Kobe was locked up on the outside. Neither the internal or external core points could support the team's offense, and the offensive tactics were not implemented."

"The team did not create singles opportunities for O'Neal, and Kobe could not get rid of the Iron Fist King's defense. These are the two main reasons for the failure of offensive tactics."

"Or we can say it the other way around. Because Kobe couldn't play the offense the team needed, we couldn't pull away the defense around O'Neal, so he was double-teamed."

"On the defensive end, we did not limit their fast pace and kept playing at their pace, so the defensive tactics also failed."

"Kobe's straight-line speed is not as good as that of King of Iron Fist, and he suffers more when switching offense and defense. At the same time, he also lacks in game experience, and he cannot keep up with King of Iron Fist's rhythm."

"Kobe made too many mistakes and was unable to control the Iron Fist King's counterattack and fast break, which resulted in us losing too many points easily."

"Our rebounding is also 6 points behind the SuperSonics. Their Ben Wallace grabbed 24 rebounds in 9 minutes, Rodman grabbed 21 rebounds in 8 minutes, and Brad Miller grabbed 6. Campbell also grabbed 7, Thorpe grabbed 5, and the five inside players grabbed 35 rebounds in total. As for us, the 4 inside players only grabbed 26 rebounds, which was 9 rebounds behind them."

……

Phil Jackson talked for nearly 10 minutes before letting the players take a shower.

Kobe's face was not very good, because Phil Jackson almost never left his performance, as if the loss was his sole responsibility, which embarrassed him.

"It's all my responsibility. As the head coach, don't you have any responsibility?" He was very unconvinced.

"Jerry, there are many reasons why we lost the game today." Phil Jackson said to Jerry West outside the locker room.

West, who was also disappointed with the game, nodded and motioned for Jackson to continue.

"Kobe obviously can't meet my tactical requirements. He still needs further growth. In addition, our lineup is not as thick as the SuperSonics." Phil Jackson said.

Jerry West took off his glasses, pinched the bridge of his nose, shook his head and sighed: "The SuperSonics are unlucky. They signed a bunch of minimum-salary players that no one wanted. None of them are bad. Ben Wallace is the best." He performed like a top-notch defensive center. Without these minimum-salary players, their lineup would be garbage."

Having said this, he looked at Phil Jackson and said: "As for the lineup, I will strengthen it in the offseason. But Kobe, I hope you don't put too much pressure on him and don't put too much responsibility for the defeat of the game. Don't make the relationship with him difficult.

He works very hard, harder than anyone I have ever seen. He pays more attention to games and training than anyone else. His dedication to basketball even surpasses Jordan, and definitely exceeds the Iron Fist King. He truly loves basketball, like this People are the future of our Lakers.

His talent may not be as good as Iron Fist King and Jordan, but it should be impossible for us to find a second Iron Fist King and Jordan. We must cultivate him at all costs. "

Phil Jackson was silent for a moment, nodded, and said: "I will not reduce his time, and of course I will not quarrel with him. There is really no need. So, I will find time to chat with him. I need Strengthen communication with him.”

"That's best." Jerry West nodded.

He really valued Kobe, and Kobe lived up to his expectations. In just four seasons, he was selected to the first defensive team and the best second team. Now he has first-class offensive and defensive capabilities.

He can be sure that Kobe will be even better in the future, but the current Kobe is not not good enough. It's just that like Jordan, he has met the Iron Fist King, so he pales in comparison.

But he believes that as long as Kobe continues to grow, his defense is further strengthened, his offensive skills are more mature, his game experience is further enriched, and he has [-]% to [-]% of Jordan's peak strength, he can defeat the Iron Fist King with O'Neal. That kind of OK combination is invincible. .

……

"The King of Iron Fist defeated the OK group by himself!" New York Times.

"With 50+ points in a single game, the King of Iron Fist beats the rising star of Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant." Seattle Times.

"The King of Iron Fist scored 50 points in a single game, the Shark was trapped in a human shield, Peter Pan was locked up by the King of Iron Fist, and the Lakers lost the G1 game." Los Angeles Times.

"Facing the current No. 1, the performance of the rising star Kobe Bryant is disappointing." Chicago Daily.

At 9 o'clock in the morning the next day, Zhou Quan finished breakfast, drank coffee, and flipped through a stack of newspapers.

Compared with the period of the 96/97 season playoffs, the US media's coverage of him is much better now, and they no longer openly think of ways to blackmail him and target him.

"Brother, you've finished eating."

At this time, Zhou Ye went downstairs to have breakfast. She had just gone to Zeng Li's place to help give Zhou Zhou a bath.

"Well, eat quickly." Zhou Quan nodded.

(End of this chapter)