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

Chapter 196

With a whistle, the fourth quarter officially begins!
Lakers possession.

Lu Yusheng dribbled the ball for half court. This time, instead of going directly to the low post, he called Luke Walton up to play a pick-and-roll tactic for himself.

The Hornets were a little confused for a while, don't they play low post?
They just listened intently to Byron Scott's talk about defending Lu Yusheng's low-post tactics for a long time. Everyone knows that if there is no way to break the Lakers' low-post tactics, it may be difficult to win this game.

Therefore, everyone listened very seriously, and they all held up their energy, and they were going to give the Lakers a blow when they came up.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they came up, the Lakers actually played a pick-and-roll tactic...

This made them somewhat caught off guard, so they were a little confused for a while.

He didn't choose to go around to defend, but double-teamed Lu Yusheng!
Lu Yusheng was overjoyed, this was what he wanted most.

While dribbling backwards, looking for an opportunity, a wonderful ground pass was passed directly to Luke Walton!

Luke Walton was unguarded and made an open shot!
70: 64!

"This ball... I don't understand the defense of the New Orleans Hornets very well. I already know that Lu Yusheng has an excellent ability to double-team the ball. Why did I double-team him? When the Lakers used pick-and-rolls before, they did not use double-teaming. Back defense, the effect has always been pretty good, why change the strategy temporarily?" Daniel puzzled.

The magician laughed, "The reason is actually very simple. New Orleans was a little panicked. They were a little confused by Lu Yusheng. This kind of situation is actually very common for athletes. When the opponent keeps scoring and you When your defense fails, you will indeed become flustered, and the tactics originally planned in your mind will not be so clear."

"Oh, this is not a good sign." Daniel said, "Now the two sides have just entered the decisive moment, the time for real wrestling. If you panic now, this game will not be easy to play."

"No, Daniel, the Hornets' bad situation didn't start from now. In fact, from the second half, the Hornets' situation is not very good," the magician said, "I told you, if they can't solve this problem, they will The game will become very difficult, and the current situation is just a continuation of that situation."

"Then what do you think the Hornets should do now? After all, this is a very important game for them. It is related to the No. [-] ranking in the Western Conference, so they can't just let it go so easily?" Daniel said.

"It's not up to them to decide, Daniel. If they mess up and can't even defend against the Lakers' pick-and-roll tactics, I don't think there will be much suspense in this game." The magician said.

"I still have some expectations for the New Orleans Hornets," Daniel said. "I've seen their games this season. They are really strong this season. I really don't want to see them lose like this."

"What is this like?"

"I mean, losing the game like this is really a bit useless, and I feel a little helpless. For a strong team, I think it is a bit unacceptable for both the coach and the players." Daniel said .

"There is no other way." The magician said, "As I told you, Lu Yusheng's style of play is not just a simple tactic, but a creative tactic that will change the ecological structure of the NBA. It’s not something that can be dealt with in one or two strokes.”

Back on the court, the Hornets took advantage of Chris Paul's singles in their offensive round and barely ate Odom.

"You see, although the goal was scored, it was definitely the last way Byron Scott and Chris Paul wanted to see scoring, because the team is completely stagnant now, there is no strategy to speak of. Playing like this , Even if it is scored, the Lakers are not afraid." The magician said.

"Yes, and judging from the goal just now, although we scored, we actually played very reluctantly. We can clearly feel that Chris Paul is a little tired," Daniel said, "It's really not an option to continue like this." , but there is no good way, if you don’t score any more and the Lakers open the gap, it will be even more difficult to play, oh, it’s so tangled..."

Back to the Lakers offense.

After Lu Yusheng dribbled the ball for halftime, the Hornets thought he was going to play a pick-and-roll tactic, and immediately took their positions.

But unexpectedly, this time, Lu Yusheng handed the ball directly to Luke Walton, and then started to run by himself.

Hornets: ...

Still playing low?

Luke Walton ate the ball and started to support it near the free throw line.

"Oh, this time, the Lakers still didn't let Lu Yusheng play in the low post," Daniel said, "Now they seem to have returned to the original tactic, let Luke Wharton play in the low post, and Lu Yusheng and other teammates ran. , This is a standard triangle offense."

"I guess this must be Lu Yusheng's idea." The magician laughed, "It's a psychological game. He knows very well that the timeout of the New Orleans Hornets is to target his low-post singles, and this time, the Hornets The whole team will go all out to resolutely implement the tactics. To deal with Lu Yusheng's low singles, but for two consecutive rounds, he just doesn't play as you think, he just plays other tactics. In this way, the Hornets You can’t use the energy, and when you really want to bring up the energy again, the momentum is gone.”

"Ah? Is there such a psychological game?"

"Yes, top athletes will have this kind of psychological game, especially the top players of our teams. This is very common. When you use the same tactic to play smoothly, after the opponent pauses, the first ball , I will definitely go all out to target you on this point, but at this time, you must avoid the edge, so that they have nowhere to use their energy, not only me, Michael, Kobe, they will definitely deal with it like this."

On the field, when the Lakers started to play the triangle offense, the New Orleans Hornets were still in a state of confusion. Their defense was a little messed up for a while, and there was no communication between teammates. Some people wanted to double-team, and some wanted to Wanted to defend alone, but after hesitating, Lu Yusheng covered Vujacic with an open spot!
Luke Walton's pass was given immediately, and Vujacic opened his hand and made a three-pointer!

scored! !
At this time, the momentum of the New Orleans home fans was obviously depressed, and they could already clearly feel the gap between the states of the two teams.

Back to the New Orleans Hornets offense.

After Chris Paul dribbled the ball for halftime, he tried to use the pick-and-roll to organize his tactics, but the Lakers' defense was quite active. After tossing for a long time, they still couldn't find a chance.

In the end, it was Chris Paul who trained Odom.

This time, Lu Yusheng didn't even try to help defend. After all, in the round just now, he could clearly feel that Chris Paul's singles was a bit difficult, he was a little tired, and the goal was barely scored.Not to mention this ball.

Chris Paul dribbled the ball quickly in an attempt to break through Odom's defense. Odom dropped his center of gravity very low and moved quickly. Chris Paul's two breakthroughs were unexpectedly predicted by Odom and blocked.

"Chris Paul is really a little tired, his footsteps are obviously slow, and his explosive power is obviously not that high." Daniel said, "This is really not a good sign for the New Orleans Hornets."

On the court, Chris Paul broke through three times in a row, all of which were blocked by Odom. Finally, on the fourth time, he opened up a little space for Odom and hurriedly made a jump shot!

But this space is not a problem for Odom, who is tall and long, he just jumps to block the shot!
"No ball! Grab the rebound!" Lu Yusheng yelled!
Lu Yusheng could clearly feel that this shot, because Chris Paul didn't completely shake off Odom, and Odom just lost a little bit of his center of gravity, so Odom's supplementary defense completely interfered with Chris Paul's. The shot forced him to make an early shot.

But what Lu Yusheng didn't expect was that the goal was still scored!
And it's still hollow!

Lu Yusheng couldn't help sighing in his heart, this guy's singles ability is really not covered!
Such a difficult jump shot can be scored!

The home fans of the New Orleans Hornets also became excited because of Chris Paul's difficult one-on-one ball!

The home court that was beaten by the Lakers just now was silent, and finally there were some voices at this moment.

But the excitement didn't last long. When it came to the Lakers' offensive round, they still played the triangle offensive tactic, and soon got a chance to score easily!
"Although in these few rounds, the Hornets took advantage of Chris Paul's super singles ability to reduce the score, but I feel that their defense has completely dropped a few notches. I remember when the game first started, when When Lu Yusheng didn't play, they played triangle offense, and it's the same now. Luke Walton held the ball in that position to support,

But at that time, the New Orleans Hornets defended very well, making their triangle offense completely impossible to play, but now, the Lakers still use the tactics at the beginning, but they seem to be completely unable to defend. said Daniel.

"Yeah, although I think New Orleans really has little chance in this game, but I really didn't expect that they collapsed so quickly and even lost the most basic defense." The magician said, "At this time, Byron Scott really should have called a timeout, otherwise the game would be ugly to lose."

Sure enough, as the magician expected, the New Orleans Hornets called a timeout immediately.

"What are you doing?!" Byron Scott was very angry, "We have already arranged their triangle offense before, why did you make such an outrageous defense??!!"

The players of the New Orleans Hornets were silent. They all knew that this was indeed their problem, but they didn't know why they were playing to this point.

Chris Paul gritted his teeth and said, "Coach, don't blame them, it's my responsibility."

"This is not the responsibility of anyone alone." Byron Scott said airily, "I have always emphasized that the team's defense is a whole, a team. To do a good job in defense, you must devote all your attention and energy. , What about the defensive tacit understanding we formed before? Why did we even lose these things we are proud of?"

Seeing that everyone was silent, Byron Scott put away his temper, endured his emotions, and then said slowly, "The game can be lost, everyone has achieved such a good record before, it is no good to lose a regular season Worrying, we can afford to lose, but the problem is that we absolutely cannot lose this game in such a way, which I cannot accept, we can win even a team like the Spurs, why? Not because of us The proud defense this season? Now what's the matter? I hope you can cheer up and play the level we deserve!"

The time-out is over and the game continues.

New Orleans Hornets.

Chris Paul dribbled the ball for halftime, but still wanted to organize tactics.

But it was still disintegrated by the Lakers' defense, and in the end it was Chris Paul who singled Odom.

This time, Chris Paul broke through Odom with difficulty. He didn't rush to shoot, but continued to break through!

Seeing this, Vujacic had no choice but to jump over to defend!

Counted!
Lu Yusheng hurriedly shouted at Vujacic, "No need to defend!"

But it was too late, Chris Paul raised his hand, and passed to Peja Stojakovic who was already ambushing outside the three-point line with the accuracy of a basketball scalpel!

shit!
Peja Stojakovic opened his hand and made a direct three-pointer!

Lu Yusheng rushed to the inside in a hurry, but he estimated that the ball was probably [-]%. After all, Peja Stojakovic's three-pointers are well known, especially in this unguarded situation.

But I didn't expect that the ball was actually iron!

Come out of the frame!

The direction where the rebound fell happened to be where Lu Yusheng ran over, and he picked up a rebound!

Fast attack!

Lu Yusheng dribbled the ball quickly at the first time, looking for teammates who were going down quickly!
But the Hornets' defense was also very quick. When the Lakers were about to come down, they flew with both wings, blocking Lu Yusheng's passing route!
"What's the situation with this ball? Peja Stojakovic didn't even have a three-pointer. The Hornets are really out of shape now, and the offensive end is completely out of control." Daniel said.

"Yeah, this is the foreshadowing from the second half. For the Lakers, Lu Yusheng continued to drive his teammates to score, which made their defensive enthusiasm rapidly increase. Their defensive improvement forced Chris Paul to fall into singles. As a result, it is impossible to revitalize the whole team and drive teammates to score, so other teammates feel so bad that Peja Stojakovic, who is best at three-pointers, can miss open three-pointers. This is a chain reaction ’ said the magician.

Because of the Hornets' active return to defense, the Lakers did not make a fast break.

But the Lakers are not in a hurry, they set their positions and play patiently.

Lu Yusheng walked to the low position and started asking for the ball!
finally come!

Everyone in the Hornets was shocked immediately, this ball must be defended!
And Lu Yusheng also knew that this goal had to be scored.

Because this will be the game-ending goal.

(End of this chapter)