Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Chapter 69 The Strong Has Its Own Strong Hands!
"Dune, in the first half of tonight's game, you should save your energy and just hand the ball to Kobe and Shaq.

Kobe will leave the team in the second half and drive to Eagle County. The team needs you to provide more stable offense and defense.

Your task will be heavier tonight, but I believe you can overcome some difficulties and help the team win. "

Before the normal training in the afternoon, Zen Master had a private chat with Du En.

Only then did Duan realize that Kobe was going to Eagle County for a hearing again, and he would be leaving in the middle of the game.

Hearing Zen Master's arrangement, Du En also understood how to play tonight's game.

Give the ball to Kobe!Give the ball to O'Neal!What's so difficult about it?Just watch me perform and that's it!

After 7 o'clock in the evening, at the Staples Center, after the two teams started to play, the game started quickly.

Just like in the preseason, Dunn did not guard James, who was playing point guard. The Lakers first sent Payton to guard James to create some ball-holding pressure on James.

It is said that after Ricky Davis was traded to the Celtics, the Cavaliers also won the third-year lottery pick Kedrick Brown from the Celtics to replace Ricky Davis' vacant position.

James gave the ball to Kedrick Brown and ran without the ball, but before he cut to the basket and looked for a chance to steal the chicken, the ball in Kedric Brown's hand was taken away by Kobe.

In the blink of an eye, Kobe quickly broke to the basket and dunked, helping the Lakers take the lead.

When the Lakers returned to defense, the Cavaliers also passed the ball to the frontcourt.

However, James failed to catch the ball, because Dunn, who was always paying attention to him, anticipated this scene in advance.

James did not expect that Duan first lurked near the center circle. After the ball was passed, he ran a step inside the three-point line and took off to intercept the ball in the air.

James was in the penalty area. He thought about getting the ball and dunking it directly. Who knew that someone had studied his scoring routine clearly?

By the time James notices Dunn rushing up and wants to get the ball, it's too late.

After Duan completed the interception, he immediately passed the ball to Kobe who turned around and resumed the fast break.

After Kobe got the ball, he dunked in three big strides and scored two points again.

In the first half minute, the Lakers relied on defensive counterattacks and easily scored 4 points.

Cavaliers head coach Paul Silas had to call a timeout, replace Kedrick Brown, and then replace him with Kevin Ollie, the backup point guard, to share the pressure of holding the ball with James.

"Kobe, how about you take care of this rookie, and I'll take care of that substitute?"

After the Cavaliers made the substitution, Payton guessed the layout of the Cavaliers head coach, so he took the initiative to switch defenses with Kobe.

Although Payton has seriously affected James' dribbling and control, there are people who help James share the pressure of dribbling. When James gets the ball in the frontcourt and hits him alone, it will also put a lot of defensive pressure on him. After all, James is taller and stronger than him. .

If Kobe were to defend James, he would defend Kevin Ollie, an undrafted pick with mediocre talent, then the defensive pressure would naturally be much less.

"No problem." After Kobe said that, he went to guard James.

As soon as James saw that it was Kobe, he immediately passed the ball to his teammates, so that he could save energy and devote himself to the offensive end.

After Kevin Ollie got the ball, he encountered Payton's strict defense and was a little overwhelmed. He quickly passed the ball to Eric Williams who was defending Duan.

Eric Williams was also unable to move in the face of Duan's persistent pursuit. He had to protect the ball with his back and wait for his teammates to come up and respond.

The Lakers accidentally played a full-court press, and the Cavaliers didn't even have an outside line that could dribble across half court.

James had to come up to catch the ball, and then immediately passed it to Boozer who had already run upfield.

After taking the ball, Boozer didn't wait for his teammates, shook it, took another step, and directly shot a mid-range shot.

Cavaliers finally relied on Boozer's personal ability to get 2 points.

After the Lakers' offensive round, they played very simply. Duane held the ball and called a pick-and-roll, and directly misplaced Kevin Ollie to the basket and passed the ball to O'Neal.

Big Z actually did a good job of pushing O'Neal, but O'Neal still hit him twice on the back, turned around and hooked the ball into the basket.

"MVP, MVP, MVP!"

Star singles is the best part of the game, Kobe Bryant scored two fast breaks, the Lakers fans are not surprised, O'Neal singles big Z success, but the Lakers fans cheered.

"Dunn, let MVP lead you to win!"

After scoring the goal, O'Neal came to Du En to clap. When Du En saw that Kobe and Payton had stepped forward to press on the defense, he took the time to joke with O'Neal.

"Shaq, you played great, I will continue to pass the ball to you!"

"Haha, what are you going to eat later, Shaq treats you!"

Even though O'Neal is fat, he actually eats a lot.

Every home game, O'Neill will order a takeaway or something, sometimes he eats for himself, and sometimes he invites everyone to eat together.

O'Neal was in a very good mood today and entered the "let's order first" phase early.

However, it has to be said that as a weak team in the Eastern Conference, the Cavaliers really can't put too much pressure on O'Neal.

Not to mention, the Lakers' perimeter defense made it a big trouble for the Cavaliers just to dribble.

After the first quarter, 16 to 27, the Lakers already led by 11 points.

By the time the first half was over and Kobe left the arena early, the score between the two teams had reached 37 to 54, a full 17-point difference.

If the game continues like this, I am afraid that the main force of the Lakers will clock in in the third quarter.

杜恩考虑到上半场才3投2中，三分2投1中，罚球1投1中，仅仅得到6分2篮板6助攻，不得不在第三节多想想办法。

After all, who knows if James will lead the team to another fight in the fourth quarter?

When the time comes, James scores 30+ points and becomes a tragic hero, while Duan only scores more than ten points and becomes a transparent person. Isn't this very bad?
"Kobe is not here, as my successor, it is reasonable to fire infinitely?"

During the intermission, Du En was eating and thinking.

When he started the game in the second half, Duane took the initiative and said to Payton: "I will take Kobe's position and I will guard LeBron James."

Payton was quite happy at first. Duen was willing to help him share the defensive pressure, so Payton naturally had no objection.

Who knows, the meaning of Dunn taking Kobe's position is that he even inherited Kobe's unique skill of watching people and not passing the ball.

Because both Dunn and O'Neal want the ball, Payton can only be forced to become a dribbling guard.

However, because of Kobe's departure, the Lakers' perimeter defense lacked a hole.

The Cavaliers finally made a few three-pointers from the outside. At the end of the third quarter, the score was 65 to 86.

Although the Lakers continued to have an advantage in the third quarter, the point difference was not wide enough to clock in three quarters.

"Phil, leave it to me, let Shaq and Gary have a good rest!
The veterans need more rest time, our goal is the championship!
Only health can win us the championship, right? "

During the break between festivals, Du En volunteered to lead the team in the fourth quarter.

After hearing what Dunn said, O'Neill was overjoyed: "Ah, yes, yes, Shaq is very tired, Shaq needs to rest!
Next, let my little brother Dunn take you to play!
Shaq will come out at critical moments and lead you guys to win games. "

Who says that if you have the biggest contract in the team, you must play the most minutes and produce the highest statistics?

Shaq won three championships for the Lakers, can't enjoy it?

O'Neal is very happy to see the rookie in the team roll up and take the initiative to let him eat the rookie bonus.

In this game, the Lakers did take a lot of leads in the first three quarters.

There are also many rookies in the Lakers who need more playing time. Zen Master thought that Du En and O'Neal had already spoken, so let's do it!

As a result, Du En soon led the team alone and led other Lakers to play as substitutes.

Sure enough, in the fourth quarter, Duane faced James, and James also came out with a group of Cavaliers substitute players.

In the first three quarters, James made 17 of 7 shots, 3 of 0 three-pointers, and 5 of 3 free throws before scoring 17 points. Naturally, James was not very satisfied.

In the fourth quarter, the only ones the Lakers could defend were Duane and Fisher.

James, who was full of anger, naturally wanted to find a place on Fisher.

However, Du En did not give him a chance and continued to take the initiative to defend James.

As early as the third quarter, James knew how good Dune's defense was, so he let others do the dirty work of dribbling the ball through half court.

After arriving in the frontcourt, James began to direct traffic, calling for pick-and-rolls, and getting the ball ready to start a breakthrough.

Dunn knew that James was left-handed and liked to go left around screens.

In addition, James' style of play is to break through through screens, not to shoot directly like a shooter.

This style of play allows Duen to avoid forcing the screen, and can simply take a step back around the screen, move laterally faster, and go around to James.

"Is this okay?" Fisher on the side was a little dumbfounded.

Du En and James actually played the game of King Qin around the pillar.

One is really hesitant, and the other really doesn't dare to vote.

James called two screens in a row, but he still couldn't get to the basket. He could only retreat to the three-point line again and tried to shake off Duan's center of gravity twice in a row.

When there were about 3 seconds left in the attack time, the ball was suddenly passed to the hands of substitute small forward Jason Kapono.

Jason Kapono is a white wing shooter with a strong three-point ability.

However, as soon as he entered the court, he had to shoot a catch with only two or three seconds left in the attack time.

As the duang sounded, Du En turned around and rushed to the frontcourt.

Immediately afterwards, the basketball quickly appeared in front of Duen. After receiving the ball, Duen made a gliding dunk.

Don't ask Dunn why he runs so fast, just trust his teammates.

Noticing Duen who quickly ran back to the backcourt, James felt vaguely familiar, but he couldn't figure out what the situation was.

Soon the ball returned to James' hands, as if realizing that the game had been lost and there was no pressure to win, James no longer hesitated.

This time, James did not continue to rush around the screen, but directly used the screen to shoot a jumper before Dunn could react.

Du En found that he had no chance to pounce, so he could only turn his head and pay attention to the basketball situation to see if he scored or missed.

If it's a blackout, Duan will continue to look at where the rebound lands and then choose whether to go for a fast break.

Duang, as expected, James still failed to grasp the ball.

However, the rebound was grabbed by Cavaliers inside player Tony Barty, who immediately launched an attack in the low post after receiving the ball.

"LeBron, you scared me! I thought you could really get in!"

Seeing James miss the shot, Du En said with a playful smile.

James naturally knew that Dunn was laughing at him, so he could only turn his head and ignore him, and immediately returned to defense.

As Tony Barty scored the ball, the Lakers regained the ball.

Because they couldn't play fast breaks, the Lakers played a triangle offense under the leadership of Du En.

James is a point guard and doesn't need to guard Duane, a swingman.

However, Duan took the initiative to play a pick-and-roll and switched to James.

As soon as Duane started his back attack, James took the initiative to take a step back, seemingly preventing Duane from turning around and breaking through.

Dunn was aware of James' defense, so he turned around to face the frame, stepped back from his hips, and retreated directly outside the three-point line to shoot a three-pointer.

James reacted a beat slower, and it was too late to fly out again.

However, this did not prevent James from taking a few steps forward. When he got below Duan, he turned his head and looked at the basket.

Fortunately, Dunn didn't jump very high, and he also paid attention to James' movements defensively after shooting.

beep-

Dunn missed a three-pointer, but the whistle blew.

Because James occupied Du En's cylinder, Du En had no place to stay after falling, so he could only rely on the strength of his waist and abdomen to lean back slightly and fall to the ground.

He is also a Nike contract player. Although Duan's contract is not as big as that of James, he is a small boss of Nike.

Not to mention that this is the home court of the Lakers, the home whistle is still very obvious these days.

With an innocent look on his face, James spread his hands towards the referee, wanting an explanation.

However, Duan stood on the free throw line and soon made all three free throws into the basket.

Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, he prefers to go to the mountains, and then Du En attacks with the ball, which is still troublesome for James.

James' small moves were a little restrained, and Dunn hit two three-pointers with the help of a half-open shot.

It didn't take long for Du En to complete the task of leading the team and clocked out after three and a half quarters.

在杜恩下半场狂砍17分3篮板4助攻的带领下，全场比分82比104，湖人以22分巨大优势击退了詹姆斯率领的骑士。

Of course, it was still the same after the game. The Cavaliers lost, but James did not lose.

詹姆斯全场空砍31分6篮板5助攻，比起23分5篮板10助攻的杜恩，看上去非但不弱，反倒得分方面更占优势。

However, when it came to the post-game interview, Dunn, as an opponent, was trying to cover up for James.

"LeBron has already played very well. If it were anyone else, facing the OK team for the first time, I'm afraid they would be too scared to play!"

"I believe in LeBron's talent, the sky is the limit! It's just that this is Staples Center, no one can fly over Shaq!"

"I don't care who is the best rookie, maybe it's LeBron, maybe it's Melo! And I'm already studying the opponents of the All-Stars!"

(End of this chapter)