Legendary star

Chapter 477
"Kobe, give the ball to Shaq!" Phil Jackson, standing on the sidelines, yelled loudly at Kobe as he watched Kobe get rid of Hamilton's pressure and choose to play singles with the ball again.As the game progressed, the situation on the court became more and more unfavorable to the Lakers. As the strongest point of the Lakers on the offensive end, O'Neal was the one that the Lakers were most loosely pressed by the Pacers on the court, but the embarrassing thing is that O'Neal is now Can't even catch the ball, and can only do useless back and forth on the court. This kind of isolation is more terrifying than the defense of multiple teams.To break the Pacers' defense, the first thing is to restore the connection between the inside and outside of the Lakers, but Kobe, who has repeatedly broken through Hamilton's blockade, has no such awareness at all.

"Kobe missed a mid-range shot, the backcourt rebound was grabbed by James Posey, the Pacers launched a fast break again, Meng Xu made a direct long pass to the frontcourt, Prince dunked with one hand, the Pacers have overtaken the Lakers by 5 points .”

"Damn it!" After receiving the towel from the assistant coach, O'Neill slammed onto the seat in front of him.For this year's championship, O'Neal has always been determined to win. This is not only to avenge last season, but also to continue to suppress the kid in the Lakers who is ready to move. Of course, he came to join him for the championship. Malone and Payton, otherwise O'Neal would not have publicly issued a championship declaration before the finals started. This behavior of not leaving himself a retreat is not only an encouragement to his teammates, but also a spur to himself.As for today's game, the first game of the finals, O'Neal not only wants to win, but also wins beautifully. It is best to kill the Pacers by a big score and directly destroy the Pacers' will to fight. The Pacers have a big problem with their defensive strategy. O'Neal also has to make resolute shots and keep attacking inside. Because O'Neal has such confidence, if he doesn't double-team, I will hit until you double-team me.However, in the third quarter of this game, the situation changed suddenly, which was completely different from the style of the first half. For a full 6 minutes, O'Neal only had a few touches, and they were all when he was fighting for backcourt rebounds.

The rest of the Lakers starters, Payton, who was the first to leave the game, sat on the bench and lowered his head, like a schoolboy who made a mistake, not daring to look at O'Neal. Among them, Payton was not only unable to provide any support for O'Neal on the offensive end, but also became an obvious shortcoming of the Lakers when facing Meng Xu on the defensive end. Payton, who tried his best, could not keep up with Meng Xu's footsteps.Kobe, who left the field at the same time as O'Neal, took the towel handed over by the substitute player on his own, and sat down on the bench. At the same time, he called the water dispenser manager at the end of the bench and handed him a glass of water.Malone, who was already limping when he got off the field behind O'Neal, reached out to call the team doctor for help. It seemed that Malone's knee had a problem again. As for Devin George, who was the last to leave the field behind O'Neal, he saw O'Neal's angry look After that, he just froze there, not daring to move at all. Devon George is not a big boss like Malone and Payton, and he dared not completely ignore O'Neal's anger like Kobe did.

Glancing at Larry Bird not far away who was pulling Jermaine O'Neal to teach him the opportunity, Phil Jackson shook his head and walked towards O'Neal, seeing Larry Bird's appearance. In this season, the Pacers will definitely continue to use the main lineup. Phil Jackson, who originally planned to use the bench lineup to let O'Neal rest for a while, immediately gave up his plan to replace the bench lineup.Phil Jackson, who just patted O'Neal on the shoulder and was about to comfort O'Neal, walked towards Kobe who was already sitting on the bench as if he suddenly remembered something, how to settle this thorn and let him follow his own tactics Execution of ideas is Phil Jackson's top priority right now.

"Jermaine, regardless of whether the big fat man has a basketball in his hand or not, he must stick to him tightly and block the passing route of other Lakers players. As long as the big fat man can't catch the ball, he will not cause us harm. Any threat!" During the official timeout of the third quarter, Larry Bird asked Jermaine O'Neal to teach him the opportunity. Since in this game, the Pacers have always implemented a defensive strategy of not double-teaming, so as a single defense O'Neal's players, whether it is Mutombo or Jermaine O'Neal, are undoubtedly the hardest ones on the Pacers team. Although O'Neal's state has begun to decline, the current O'Neal is still not Jermaine O'Neal or Mutombo can withstand it alone, and he can live with restrictions.Therefore, during the timeout, Larry Bird also continued to cheer for Jermaine O'Neal. Jermaine O'Neal has outstanding physical talent. It is enough to rank in the top ten, but his willpower has always been weak, and he has always been childish. This is also the biggest obstacle in the way of Jermaine O'Neal's growth. If he can be as strong as Mutombo With strong willpower, it is absolutely possible to become a first-line super giant in the league.

"Meng, are you healthy?" At the same time, at the other end of the Pacers' bench, assistant coach Lester Conor squatted in front of Meng Xu with a tactical board and asked about his physical condition. , although he rested for a long time in the second quarter, at the beginning of the third quarter, Meng Xu's uninterrupted pressure on Payton on the defensive end still consumed a lot of energy, and on the offensive end, as The core of the Pacers' tactics, after Jermaine O'Neal basically gave up on offense and defended O'Neal with all his strength, and Hamilton fell into entanglement with Kobe again, Meng Xu became the only strong point of the Pacers on the offensive end. Both ends bear huge responsibilities, so Meng Xu's physical exertion is also very fast.

"I'm fine." After taking the water glass handed over from the end of the bench and drinking it all in one go, Meng Xu nodded at Lester Conor. Except for the key games, Meng Xu has been playing quietly, and his playing time has always been controlled by Larry Bird to about 30 minutes. Therefore, after entering the finals, Meng Xu's physical reserve is still at a low level. very good stage.

"The Lakers have reached the end of their strength, especially the big fat man. His physical strength is already in question, so after the timeout, we have to speed up the pace of the game, get as much as we can, and don't fight them. At the same time You also need to pay more attention to the protection of the rebounds in the backcourt, we only have Jermaine on the field now..." After receiving Meng Xu's reply, Lester Conor raised his tactics The board, while introducing it to Meng Xu, took a marker and wrote on it.

Since Hamilton's pressing defense against Kobe has always been unsatisfactory, and the pressing defense of the whole court is extremely exhausting, so in the second half of the third quarter, the Pacers, who had already overtaken the score, gave up their pressing defense against the Lakers. , the two sides once again entered the conventional offensive and defensive battle.However, unlike the first half, the Pacers did not play a positional battle with the Lakers, but continued to speed up the pace of the game. The Pacers' intentions are very obvious, and they still have to continue to consume O'Neal.

Although the Pacers' pressing defense has stopped, because there are four swingmen with excellent maneuverability on the field, the Pacers have a very wide defensive range on the periphery, and the speed of assisting in defense is also very fast. In the case of O'Neal, the Pacers can devote more energy and manpower to defend the Lakers' perimeter, although after the Pacers gave up the press, O'Neal regained its dominance on the offensive end and continued to force Jermaine O'Neal, but the Lakers' outside line, apart from passing the ball to O'Neal, can no longer provide O'Neal with any help on the offensive end.

"Ervin, it seems that the Lakers can do nothing in this game." The third quarter of the game between the Pacers and the Lakers is now drawing to a close, but the situation on the field is completely opposite to what most people expected before the game, and this The game didn't look like a finals at all. The Lakers were almost hung up by the Pacers on the court. O'Neal, who had been over-consumed in the first half, as the Pacers continued to speed up in the third quarter , O'Neill's physical problems have become more and more obvious in the back and forth running again and again.

"Phil Jackson was completely at a disadvantage in terms of on-the-spot command today. Every adjustment he made seemed to fall into the trap set by Larry Bird in advance." The layout of the game was indeed very good. The calm Larry Bird sitting on the bench was in stark contrast to the anxious Phil Jackson not far away.

"This is the victory of talent. Although the strength of the Lakers seems to be stronger than the Pacers, but in front of the younger and more athletic Pacers, if the Lakers can't find a strategy to suppress the Pacers, then the Lakers will not only It's so easy to lose this game." After Jeff Van Gundy pondered for a while, he continued with the words of Michaels and Magic Johnson, wanting to suppress the Pacers' athleticism?Unless O'Neal can be 5 years younger and Payton and Malone can be 10 years younger, the Lakers, whose average age has reached 32 years old, want to suppress the Pacers whose average age is less than 25 years old in terms of athletic talent. It's just too difficult.

73 to 82, the Lakers entered the third quarter with a 6-point lead, but at the end of the third quarter, they fell behind to the Pacers by 9 points. , became extremely crazy, and the waves of cheers were higher than the waves, as if they were celebrating victory.

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