NBA: I really just want to be a second-in-command

Chapter 193

At the end of the first half, the score came to 45:57.
The Hornets led the Lakers by 12 points.

This score made both sides dissatisfied.

For the Hornets, they led the Hornets by nearly [-] points at the beginning. They originally wanted to further expand the score, but they did not expect that after Lu Yusheng came on the court, they would not continue to expand their lead.

And this score was also very dissatisfied to Lu Yusheng.

Because in the previous games, when the Lakers were behind, Lu Yusheng's appearance could always solve the problem, not to mention leading the score, at least he could close the score.

But in today's game, Lu Yusheng found that after he played, it seemed that he couldn't have an immediate effect.

Chris Paul's single defense against him and the strong overall defense of the New Orleans Hornets did not give him too many opportunities, which made him feel uncomfortable.

Moreover, what dissatisfied Lu Yusheng the most was that among the scores in the first half, almost half of the Lakers' scores were earned by Lu Yusheng himself.

In contrast, most of the New Orleans Hornets' scores come from teammates.

This shows that Chris Paul drove other teammates well, but Lu Yusheng failed to do this.

For the brains and point guards of both teams, Chris Paul's performance is obviously higher than that of Lu Yusheng.

This is the strength of Chris Paul. In the previous competition with Lu Yusheng, he did not lose himself and fell into an emotional crisis. On the contrary, he was able to calm down quickly and began to think of ways to motivate other teammates.

For Lu Yusheng, only Steve Nash had this ability before, and the ranks of others were obviously worse.

During the intermission, Zen master Phil Jackson said to Lu Yusheng alone, "Lu, you played pretty well in the first half, especially making Chris Paul very uncomfortable. He can't use the bad way before to mess with you. mood, which is good."

Lu Yusheng nodded. He knew that Zen Master hadn't finished speaking. According to his habit, no matter how badly you beat him, he would find some words to praise you and praise you in the previous words.

The important thing is to read what he said later.

"However, it is still the problem I told you in the first half. For us and the New Orleans Hornets, if we want to win the game, the most important thing is to see if more people can participate in the offense. Come on, do you understand what I mean?"

Sure enough, the Zen master saw the problem very thoroughly.

"I know that Chris Paul is much better than me at this point." Lu Yusheng added.

"No, that's not what I meant," said the Zen master. "I definitely didn't say that he did better than you. Although on the surface, it seems that this is true, the root of the problem is not that his ability is better than yours." How much better you are, but the overall strength of the rest of the New Orleans Hornets is above us, that's all."

Zen Master continued, "I mean, what you did is good enough, but to win this game, you have to do more things, you have to find more helpers to help you. As hard as it is, you have to do it if you want to win games."

Lu Yusheng nodded, "Actually, I have thought about this problem, but you have to know, Phil, the Hornets' defensive ability is not inferior to the Spurs, and they are more targeted at me tonight, such as the pick-and-roll , I have no other way but to break into the paint and make small throws. So when even pick-and-roll tactics can’t drive teammates, I really can’t think of what else to do to make it better.”

"When you played against the Spurs last time, facing Tony Parker, the one-handed back was very useful. Why didn't you use it in this game?" Zen Master said.

"I don't think it will be effective." Lu Yusheng said, "Chris Paul's defensive ability is far higher than Tony Parker's. Even if he defends the back, this guy's strength is not comparable to Tony Parker, so I am worried. If If I fight like this, it is very likely that I will not be able to score with the back and end up wasting my physical strength."

"No, no, no," Zen Master said immediately, "For this kind of thing, never use theoretical imagination to replace the actual game effect. Let me tell you this, Chris Paul's defensive ability and strength are indeed above Tony Parker. But he has a more disadvantageous condition than Tony Parker in defending the back, and his height is shorter than Tony Parker, so you must try it, and you must not take it for granted.”

Lu Yusheng nodded.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers players.

After serving the baseline ball, Lu Yusheng dribbled the ball across half court.

After making a few passes, Lu Yusheng dribbled the ball one step inside the three-point line, began to adjust the dribble, and hit Chris Paul with his back.

But this move did not surprise the Hornets and Chris Paul.

Obviously, they definitely studied the last game between the Lakers and the Spurs.

Of course, the Hornets did not take any changes in double-teaming or defense.

They still trust Chris Paul's single defense ability.

Lu Yusheng saw that the opponent had no intention of assisting in defense. He knew that the first goal had to be scored, otherwise it would be difficult for you to change the defensive methods of the other Hornets teammates and create opportunities for them.

Lu Yusheng dribbled the ball back twice, and couldn't help feeling a little desperate. The facts were similar to what he imagined. Chris Paul's strength even exceeded his imagination. Lu Yusheng didn't push this guy at all!

Seeing this, Lu Yusheng could only turn back and forth, trying to confuse the opponent with fake movements, so as to sense the opponent's center of gravity, and try to break through the opponent.

However, what surprised Lu Yusheng even more was that it was almost difficult for him to perceive the opponent's defensive center of gravity!

Obviously, Chris Paul must have done in-depth research on back defense, that is, he absolutely does not give the opponent a chance to perceive his center of gravity. Therefore, when Chris Paul defends Lu Yusheng, his body and the ground are at 45 degrees.

The Zen master also said not to take things for granted to replace the actual game effect, which is obviously more difficult than what he took for granted!
After trying several times, Lu Yusheng couldn't find a good opportunity, and the attack time was almost used up, so he could only turn around in a hurry, trying to shoot a fadeaway jumper!
But what he didn't expect was that just when Lu Yusheng was about to turn around and shoot a jump shot, before he picked up the ball, Chris Paul suddenly struck, and the ball in his hand was cut off like lightning!

This ball is cut beautifully!
This is what Chris Paul does best in defense!
Lu Yusheng didn't feel anything at all, the ball was cut off!
And this time, the referee didn't call a foul!
The Hornets instantly started a fast break rhythm!

The Lakers hurried back to defense!
But Peja of the Hornets had already come down quickly, which caught the Lakers off guard.

Hornets scored!

"When Lu Yusheng was on his back, he was cut off by Chris Paul directly, and the Hornets scored directly on a fast break. This is really a bit inappropriate." Daniel said.

"This is Chris Paul's stunt," said the magician. "You can see that he is not tall, so he should suffer a disadvantage in defense, but his cutting the ball is really powerful, so you have to beware of him anytime and anywhere." With this level of vigilance and vigilance, it will be difficult to fully display many of your technical moves.

And he's good at cutting the ball, whether you hit it head-on or post-up, he seems to find the perfect opportunity to cut the ball.Lu Yu was actually very careful when he made the ball just now, but Chris Paul's strikes were steady and ruthless. "

"What I don't understand is that the Lakers played well in the pick-and-roll before, why did they suddenly change their tactics and let Lu Yusheng go to the low post to play back?" Daniel asked.

"Then you must not have watched a game between the Lakers and the Spurs."

"Yeah, because I went to telecast the Cavaliers-Nuggets game last time. Did I miss something?"

"You missed the game between Lu Yusheng and Popovich," the magician said, "The reason why the Lakers were able to stalemate to the end with the mighty San Antonio Spurs in the last game was because of Lu Yusheng's Tony Parker's unexpected post-up singles made the Spurs in a mess and made mistakes one after another, otherwise the game would definitely not be able to reach the end.

And just now, the reason why Lu Yusheng did this was obviously to change his tactics, trying to get the New Orleans Hornets to change their defensive formation, so as to motivate his teammates.

But this time, he obviously underestimated Chris Paul's individual defensive ability. This offense was destroyed, so the next offense is very critical for the Lakers. If they score, the Hornets will change their defensive strategy, and everything will be fine. , but if they can't score, it will be troublesome. The Lakers can only be forced to return to the previous mode of Lu Yusheng's breakthrough singles. "

On the court, the Lakers have the ball.

Lu Yusheng dribbled the ball halfway, and Chris Paul stepped forward to defend.

Lu Yusheng passed the ball to Luke Walton, and he immediately ran to the low post.

When he got to the low post, Luke Walton passed the ball immediately.

"Hey, you don't want to hit me with this crappy back, do you?" Chris Paul resisted Lu Yusheng from behind and said, "Please, you think you are Kobe? Do you think anyone can use this move? ? I tell you, you don't have any chance!"

Lu Yusheng held the ball with his back facing Chris Paul and began to dribble.

But similar to the situation just now, he has no way to move Chris Paul at all.

Kobe, who was sitting off the court, saw this scene and couldn't help shaking his head helplessly, "This idiot, it's useless to teach him."

The Zen master smiled, "Hey, you said it too, this is not a skill that can be mastered in a day or two at all. I think it's normal for a rookie to be unable to master it for a while, right?"

"No, I have already taught him the technical essentials. The key point is that he didn't use any technical know-how at all. He just blindly used brute force to advance here. This is really stupid." Kobe was a little angry.

"Let's see," Zen master said, "I said it, after all, he is still a rookie. His skills and experience need time and games to develop and settle."

Kobe didn't speak.

On the court, Lu Yusheng finally admitted that he was indeed inferior to Chris Paul in terms of strength.

In fact, the reason why he didn't use the skills Kobe taught him to advance from the beginning is because he wanted to use strength to advance and let Chris Paul expose his center of gravity.

But after two rounds of trying, he fully recognized that in terms of strength, he is indeed inferior to Chris Paul, even though he is so thin, he is really strong!

So Lu Yusheng began to change his strategy, gradually adding left and right turns.

Sure enough, Chris Paul was driven left and right by Lu Yusheng's fake movements, and gradually his center of gravity began to deviate, and Lu Yusheng finally pushed back!
Seeing this, Kobe's brows gradually relaxed.

Lu Yusheng turned forward, and quickly took another turn!

The speed of this back turn is so fast that Chris Paul has to jump to the right!
This made Lu Yusheng quickly feel his center of gravity shifted, and then Lu Yusheng hurriedly took one and turned around!

In his opinion, Chris Paul was definitely shaken away this time.

Unexpectedly, when he turned around, he was surprised to find that this guy had already quickly defended him! !

Lu Yusheng was dumbfounded. What kind of speed is this...

But at this time, Lu Yusheng no longer had the space and time to make more fake moves. He was in the three-second zone, and if he didn't attack, he would be blown for three seconds!
So Lu Yusheng jumped up and shot!
Chris Paul blocks!
But although Paul made up for the ball, after all, Lu Yusheng swayed his center of gravity in front of him. In addition, his height is indeed not high. This block cannot interfere with Lu Yusheng's shooting at all!
This ball is hollow and steady!
"Didn't you say that I can't hit you with my back?" Lu Yusheng replied to Paul.

"Don't you think it was a fluke?" Chris Paul said.

"A fluke?" Lu Yusheng laughed, "Believe it or not, I will continue to hit you in the same place next round."

Chris Paul sneered.

David West asked Chris Paul when he was serving, "Do you want to help defend, or make up defense."

"No need." Chris Paul categorically refused.

next round.

Still in the same position, Lu Yusheng was about to get the ball, and continued to hit Chris Paul with his back.

This time, Paul obviously tried his best, not only resisting Lu Yusheng from behind, but also started trying to get Lu Yusheng's ball from behind!
Seeing that Chris Paul's defense is so active, the home of the New Orleans Hornets began to burst into cheers!
But Lu Yusheng was overjoyed. This kind of steal looks fierce, but it is extremely easy to lose his position.

Lu Yusheng seized Paul's opportunity to make a steal, turned around and passed Paul!

Straight back jumper!

Keep going!

Lu Yusheng suddenly realized that he seemed to have found a way to hit Chris Paul with his back!
Chris Paul's strength is indeed good, but when it comes to defending post-up singles, strength is one of the important factors, but height is also very important.

He has strength, Lu Yusheng can rely on the method Kobe taught him to score, but when Lu Yusheng turned around and shot a jumper, Chris Paul's height was obviously not enough.

Especially when Lu Yusheng cheated Chris Paul's center of gravity with fake moves, then it would be more perfect if he took a jump shot. Raw shots form blocks.

(End of this chapter)