From sparring to superstar

Chapter 151 149. Deterrence against veterans
It's not that Kobe doesn't know about Li Ao's development of back-ups, and he thinks that the big spider's physical comprehensive conditions are not good enough for ball control. It is a very smart choice to develop back-ups that do not require high ball control.

But it's too fast!
Kobe lost his mind for a short while, and suddenly felt that his shorts were pulled, so he quickly pulled Li Ao up.

Li Ao left a sentence of "three dunks" and ran to the backcourt.

Kobe took a deep breath.

Don't be angry, don't be angry, others will laugh at you when you get sick, and you won't be able to grab the boss position... But you can't help but be angry!
His teammates ran up to help this giant spider who killed thousands of knives, but he didn't help him, so he had to pull his pants and stand up!

He always thought that no one would be more annoying than Garnett, but he didn't expect that the world is full of wonders.

However, compared to Garnett, this big spider is just annoying, and he doesn't feel disgusted. He can still see admirable qualities from this big spider from time to time.

This made him even angrier. The education he had received since he was a child did not allow him to swear at the street because of such a trivial matter, and he couldn't even vent his anger...

But isn't this a chance!Blast the big spider!

When Kobe came to the frontcourt, he saw that his teammates were in the triangle offensive position to serve the low post. Part of his unhappiness was transferred to a certain teammate, but he still came to the reception point and waited obediently.

O'Neal continued to attack Jr. O'Neal with a low post. He saw that Sean Lukes had moved closer to the three-second zone in advance, but he did not choose to attract pincer passes, but continued to gouge!
Just like that night 10 months ago, the entire Clippers collapsed!
"Snapped"

"beep"

After being knocked back, O'Neal stretched out his hand vigorously when O'Neal turned around, slapped...on the hand that O'Neal had just picked up the ball, and slapped the ball away, and the referee's whistle sounded immediately.

The slap was crisp and loud, the scene was so noisy, the fans outside the baseline could hear it clearly, O'Neal gritted his teeth in pain, and pushed his palm on Jr. O'Neal.

With the strength of the big shark, O'Neill was pushed to the ground.

The Lakers players secretly screamed to be punished!

Spider-Man walked towards the bottom line!

The Zen master on the sidelines also stood up, his heart was suspended.

then……

"Sir, can an MVP hit someone in a game? Is this a physical foul or a malicious foul?"

O'Neal's eyes widened when he was ready for a "violent battle", and the rest of the Lakers were equally astonished.

Spiderman ran to sue the referee?

The referee who was equally nervous was speechless, hesitated for a while, and blew his whistle, making a T sign to O'Neill.

He didn't say a word, and answered Li Ao with practical actions, not a violation of form or a criminal.

Seeing Li Ao step forward to pull O'Neal up with a regretful face, then changed his face, and said to O'Neal with a smile, "Good job"... The Lakers players called me 屮.

This ball obviously wasn't an intentional conflict, but Spider-Man seized the opportunity to use his influence of the "one-on-seven incident" to overweight O'Neill's referee's pushing action, which might just be a warning, to the technical offender!
Having already received a technical foul, O'Neal's next defensive moves are bound to be affected. What if the opponent touches porcelain again?Tonight's referee obviously dare not bet on whether Spider-Man will be impulsive.

Happy Birthday!Spider-Man is not only amazing in fighting power, but also uses his brain!

...

Li Ao came to the opposite side to execute the free throw for the technical offender and made a steady hit.

O'Neal fouled before O'Neal's technical foul. Gentry replaced McGinnis, Nesby, and Sean Lux with Greg Anthony, Piakowski, and Chris Mihm. .

The starting point guard was replaced before the end of the second round, but McInnis got used to it.

At the beginning, he was replaced after two or three minutes in the first game. He also felt strange. However, the total playing time did not decrease. He didn't want to think about it anymore. It was much easier to play against the opponent's rotation lineup than to play against the opponent's starting lineup.

Yes, this is a good thing!

The game continues.

O'Neal's technical foul is generated after the ball is dead, which does not affect the possession of the ball. When O'Neal fouled, O'Neal had not yet made a shooting action, and the Lakers' offensive time went back to the clock and continued to attack.

O'Neill continued to fall low, was violently fouled, and was hit. He couldn't bear it. He wanted to beat O'Neill on the opposite side to call him a father!

But...the opponent changed to a center with a larger tonnage to defend him.

Although he still sat the opponent into the basket with two buttocks, and knocked back the opposite O'Neal who was rushing up and violently smashed the frame to score two points, and this tank center had more static confrontation, but he still felt that strength Did not use it.

Panic!
When it came to the Clippers' offense, Greg Anthony and O'Neal topped the pick-and-roll. Facing two experienced veterans, Ron Harper and Horace Grant, the Clippers didn't play the pick-and-roll offense.

Kobe followed Li Ao closely, and Piakowski on the flank had no sense of cover. Li Ao failed to run out of opportunities, nor could he attract Ron Harper or Horace Grant who were defending pick-and-rolls.

Li Ao didn't have time to be surprised by the improvement of the explosive head off the ball. He came to the high position on the right side of the free throw line and leaned against Kobe!
Piakowski came to the bottom corner on the right, Chris Mihm went to the left of the three-second zone, and O'Neal moved to the middle distance on the left.

Greg Anthony passed the ball to Li Ao and pulled it to the right 45-degree angle to meet the point.

Li Ao became more and more emotional.

In the previous few games, he also tried back hitting, but not much, and never used it as the main offensive method.

I met a big boss tonight, and I actually wanted to use this move as the main attack!
Is it equivalent to using Kobe to practice back-up in actual combat?

Kobe pushed Li Ao's elbow secretly, but he didn't rush to steal it or press it completely, and defended very patiently.

Li Ao's brain was burning and smoking, and he thought about all the conditions that James Worthy said could be used, but there were none!

Then it can only be the most simple and rude... He suddenly leaned towards Kobe, following the strength of the rebound, took a step forward, turned around, took off, and shot...

Although he wasn't blocked, but his shooting was interfered with, Li Aochang hit the iron with two points!

Ron Harper defended the defensive rebounds, and Li Ao muttered during the retreat, "It seems that the priority should be to turn over."

The Zen master on the sidelines was surprised!
It wasn't that Kobe was able to prevent Li Ao's back attack, which surprised him. It was obvious that he could prevent it.

Kobe defends with the ball and is the strongest guard in the league today. This season and last season, Kobe defended one-on-one and limited the opponent's shooting rate. He did a better job than Payton. At his peak, Kobe is only 30 years old.

At the age of 21, Kobe was selected for the first defense, breaking the record for the youngest player in the first defense.

Kobe's defense, the Zen master is very satisfied, but there are still places that make him regret.

Although Jordan reached the first defense level relatively late, he was only selected at the age of 25.

But in Zen Master's view, Kobe may not be able to reach the height that Jordan finally reached on the defensive end.

Jordan has experienced the baptism of college basketball. Single defense, auxiliary defense, complementary defense, and off-ball defense have developed in an all-round way, and defense with the ball and off-ball defense are very balanced.

Kobe's physical fitness, defensive skills, and concentration are also impeccable. His single defense is strong, and his auxiliary defense is also online.

But once Kobe's defenders don't have the ball in their hands, it's easy to miss.

In the finals last season, Kobe did not defend Reggie Miller as well as Fisher, and the Western Conference Finals did not do well in defending Steve Smith.

His attention is always on the person with the ball, even if there is a three-second zone, he often stares at that side.

This is a problem left over from the defensive polishing stage. Now Kobe's defense is very mature, and it is difficult to change. Zen Master reminded him many times last season. It has not improved in the finals.

But tonight, things seem to have changed...

When it came time for the Lakers to attack, O'Neal caught the ball in a low post, and took a step when he received the ball. The frequency of his movements was not as fast as the previous three back shots.

But O'Neal took a slow shot on purpose, he played the ball in time, and made a straight pass from the baseline.

Horace Grant makes a jump shot from close range from the baseline...

Iron!

Jermaine O'Neal scored a defensive rebound.

O'Neill: ⊙(◇)?

This guy, how can he catch and shoot in this position?

O'Neill moved his eyes to the right and saw Li Ao who stopped his contraction and turned and ran to the frontcourt.

No way, no way, the second-generation cobra is actually afraid of the little spider on the opposite side?

When it came time for the Clippers to attack, after two singles, Li Ao began to sneak the bottom line and gave up the high position to Greg Anthony and O'Neal to play pick and roll.

O'Neal disassembled and came to the left side of the three-second zone to receive the ball. Ron Harper, with his rich experience, stuck to O'Neal and restricted O'Neal from taking off.

From this distance, Jermaine O'Neal shot very badly. This season, he averaged only 1.4 shots from such a long distance per game, 0.5 hits, and a 34% hit rate.

But he voted decisively!

This is one of the few opportunities they currently have that can be considered a good shot.

Feels good, Jermaine O'Neal made a mid-range shot with a limited jump!
When it came time for the Lakers to attack, O'Neal didn't believe in evil, asked for the ball to play singles, attracted flankers, and split the ball to Horace Grant... This guy caught and shot the ball one step outside the right side of the three-second zone!

Moreover, it is iron again!

O'Neal tried to rush, but O'Neal and Chris Mihm just tried to get stuck this time, even O'Neal had nothing to do, he could only watch Li Ao, who came in, protect the defensive rebound.

O'Neill retreated quickly, but he was very confused.

Horace Grant's short-range shots outside the three-second zone are similar to O'Neal's mid-range shots.

O'Neal wondered what happened tonight?Could it be that he was really afraid?

Ten thousand alpacas ran past in his heart.

But his character is not the type of strict rule.

He looked at the afro who was following Spiderman - why don't you start scolding!
Don't you love pointing fingers at who usually does not do well?
Hurry up and scold!This time, big brother, I support you!
But Fatty's inner voice failed to reach Afro.

The Afro now only has Spider-Man in his eyes, and he follows closely.

The Clippers attack, O'Neal continued to pick and roll with Greg Anthony, this time he was more confident, received the ball and made a feint, Ron Harper reached for the ball, O'Neal turned around Ron Harper flexibly , took two steps to close range, took off before O'Neal could not come out, shot... hit again!
After playing against Duncan, Jermaine O'Neal has become tougher in the game, and his offensive and defensive actions are very decisive. Now that Odom can't play, he has long been ready to take on the heavy responsibility of offense.

It's just that McGinnis was the second shot point in the previous game. Now that the opportunity came, he thought of how to play, so he went directly.

O'Neal scored 4 points in a row, the score was 7 to 4, and the Clippers led by 3 points!
It was the Lakers' turn to attack, and after a few rounds, O'Neal didn't ask for the ball, and Rick Fox passed the ball to Kobe.

Kobe's high-position face-frame singles, a breakthrough!
Li Ao blocked the middle, Kobe changed direction and rushed from the right side of the line, met Greg Anthony's supplementary defense, and scored the ball to Ron Harper... Ron Harper cut to catch the ball, and took a big step outside the three-second zone The position of the pull-up jump shot shot...

Iron!

O'Neill rushed to grab the ball aggressively and hit the ball, but missed it. He charged again, and the ball was taken by Li Ao, who came in.

O'Neal finally remembered that on the first day of this year, when they played against the Clippers, it seemed that the veterans of the team rarely scored in the three-second zone, and the shots near the basket seemed to be shot outside the three-second zone.

不过那个晚上霍雷斯-格兰特9投6中拿到12分、罗恩-哈珀8中4拿到10分、布莱恩-肖7中3拿到8分，手感都极好，没人在意这个情况。

But tonight, Horace Grant and Ron Harper, the two veterans who started the game, didn't feel very good, and the problem was suddenly exposed!

O'Neill was dumbfounded—is Spider-Man's deterrent effect so great?

...

After the first quarter, O'Neal, who was replaced after 9 minutes of playing, looked at the score and wanted to turn into an afro and point and curse at his teammates, so as to offend them all.

Veterans really dare not enter the inside line!

But the young teammates... O'Neal scanned the teammates, Horace Grant, Rick Fox, Horry, Ron Harper, Brian Shaw, Greg Foster, Isaiah Leder , Tyronn Lue, Devin George, plus their OK, is their team's 11-man main rotation this season.

Of the 11 players, six are at least 6 years old.

In addition to their OK, the three brothers who are less than 30 years old, the heavy signing Ryder, who is riddled with alcohol and drugs, has been confirmed to be abolished, but Fisher needs a forward guard before his comeback, and he will use it, 37% of the three-point catch The shooting percentage can also top a wing; Tyronn Lu Taicai; Devin George is a pure defensive player, and his shooting percentage is an outrageous 29.1% so far this season, so he is not considered to strengthen the offense.

The youngest of the veterans is Horry, 30 years old, but his athletic ability declined very early, and he switched to a big shooter at the beginning of the shrinking season. This season, he averaged 0.9 shots per game at the basket and 0.5 shots per game at close range. A veteran who is not particularly old, but his style of play is older than anyone else.

Not daring to go inside is actually not a big problem. There are open opportunities at close range, and shots are fine, but tonight the veterans are not as hot as they were in the last match. As role players, they generally don’t practice close-range shooting. Is the 'star position'.

The coaching staff on the opposite side also noticed this early, and adjusted their defense, sticking to the veteran pitchers for mid-range and long-range shots, and letting them cut into the close-range attack frame.

Faced with such a situation, the Zen master had no good solution for a while, so he simply closed his eyes and recited the scriptures...

23 to 17, the Clippers led the Lakers by 6 points in the first quarter!
(End of this chapter)