Legendary star

Chapter 102 Status

"The game between the Lakers and the Spurs was unbelievable."

"Yes, the Lakers and Spurs were originally the two most team-dependent teams in the league this season, but this game has now become a superstar matchup between O'Neal and Duncan."

After three quarters, the Lakers led the Spurs by 78 points 73 to 5. O'Neal had 44 points and 15 rebounds, and Tim Duncan had 41 points and 17 rebounds.After the absence of David Robinson, the Spurs' offensive end was greatly affected. A group of iron gods on the outside made it difficult for the Spurs to even play the basic tactics of inside-out. The pressure is on Duncan, and Duncan is firing on all cylinders for the first time this season.

As for the Lakers, due to the absence of David Robinson, Duncan, who lost his inside partner, can no longer restrain O'Neal.When the triangle offense can't run smoothly, Mayfair Jackson is also fighting O'Neal desperately, and everyone else, including Kobe, must serve O'Neal.

This season is a year for Kobe to complete his transformation. As the favorite of the 96 generation, Kobe played Eddie Jones as a backup for two seasons after he came to the Lakers.After Mayfair Jackson came to the Lakers this season, Kobe went a step further, replacing Glen Rice as Mayfair Jackson's second-in-command, not only an important part of Mayfair Jackson's tactics, but also in many games Became the team's main scorer.

But all this changed because of the playoffs. After the start of the playoffs, O'Neal became the only core of the team, and everyone else had to serve O'Neal. This made it difficult for Kobe to adapt, even a little tangled.Sometimes it is clear that I have a better chance, but the coach still asks me to give the ball to O'Neal.This game was like this. In the second half of the second quarter, O'Neal came off the court to rest, and Kobe, who stayed on the court to lead the bench, made 11 of 6 shots and scored 12 points. Kobe thought he had surpassed the field goal percentage and offensive efficiency. O'Neal, but after O'Neal came on the court, Mayfair Jackson still stubbornly asked Kobe to hand over the ball, and at the same time asked Kobe to continue to serve O'Neal.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the situation on the field changed. Due to the shooting percentage of the outside four irons, especially Meng Xu's shooting percentage, Tim Duncan gradually reduced the number of singles and put the limited The energy began to tilt on the defensive side.

The Lakers on the opposite side did not change accordingly, but still played O'Neal.As the most outstanding nanny coach in the league, Mayfair Jackson is undoubtedly very successful, but when it comes to on-the-spot response and fighting spirit, Mayfair Jackson is undoubtedly better than the current top coaches in the league, Riley Popovich and even Larry. Liberd is almost there.

After the start of the fourth quarter, not only did Meng Xu hit two 3-pointers in a row, but Sean Etrio and Mario Eli made his debut. Especially Avery Johnson finally made another shot after 21 games. After scoring a 3-pointer, the Spurs not only filled the 5-point gap after a sudden drop of three-pointers, but also led the Lakers for the second time since the opening game.

Under such circumstances, Mayfair Jackson had to call a timeout. Although O'Neal's offensive efficiency was still not low, he couldn't stand the Spurs' 8-of-5 3-pointers.Mayfair Jackson didn't just disrupt the Spurs' touch through a timeout. After the timeout, the Lakers also strengthened their perimeter defense against the Spurs.In the previous 3 quarters, the Spurs’ three-point shooting was 7 of 1, and the Spurs have not been a team that is good at three-pointers in the past few seasons, so Mayfair Jackson did not make targeted measures for the Spurs’ three-pointers. Arrangement, but it was this small mistake that made the Lakers ruin their hard-earned advantage in the first 2 quarters in just the opening 3 minutes.

After the timeout, the style of play on the court changed suddenly. O'Neal caused Duncan's fouls consecutively. Duncan, who had committed 4 fouls in total, had to rest.

"Meng, everything depends on you now." Lost David Robinson, lost Tim Duncan, the remaining players of the Spurs suddenly lost their backbone, and they played very chaotically in this round. Avery Johnson held the ball Breaking into the inside, a small layup was blocked by O'Neal.When Meng Xu returned to defense and passed the Spurs' bench, Mike Budenholzer shouted loudly beside Meng Xu.

"Bryant, it's been a long time since I made a shot." The situation on the court seemed to be very unfavorable for the Spurs, but Meng Xu still didn't want to give up, at least until Duncan played again.

Resisting Meng Xu's provocation, Kobe still passed the ball when he saw O'Neal reaching out for the ball.

"It won't be so easy, big fat man." After Duncan left the court, O'Neill only had to sit back, and Spencer was pushed to a distance of more than one meter. O'Neill glanced at Spencer with contempt, and directly He turned around, and Spencer was so frightened by O'Neill that he stood there and didn't dare to move.

Just when O'Neill was about to end the attack with a dunk, he suddenly felt a figure flying behind him.

"Shaq, be careful." Ron Haber, who was near the penalty line, seemed to sense that the situation was not good, and shouted to O'Neal who was already flying in the air.

"Big fat man, be careful behind you." When the basketball in O'Neill's hand was slapped out of the sideline by Meng Xu from behind, O'Neill looked at the hideous Meng Xu behind him in disbelief after landing.Although the referee finally blew Meng Xu's thug foul, Meng Xu still used this method to motivate the morale of the Spurs players on the court.

After O'Neal made one of two free throws, Spencer sent a baseline ball. Just after half court, Meng Xu, who had been waiting at a 45-degree angle to the left of the three-point line, reached out for the ball without any hesitation. The basketball was handed over to Meng Xu.

Meng Xu held the ball in his right hand and stretched it behind him, turned sideways to Kobe who was defending him, and looked up at the scoreboard.With 7 minutes left in the game, the Spurs were 90 point behind the Lakers 91-1.

After taking a deep breath, Meng Xu tried his best to calm down his still nervous mood, recalling the selfless state he entered during the All-Star three-point contest.Ever since the All-Star Three-Point Contest, Meng Xubian has never found that kind of selfless and fearless mentality.

"Bastard, it's almost 20 seconds." Kobe stood in front of Meng Xu, trying to reach for the basketball in Meng Xu's hand, but he couldn't reach it because of his lack of wingspan.

(End of this chapter)