Chapter 278
Kill the shark!
Mark Madsen, Medvedenko, and even Gerani McCoy, the second-round pick at the end of the Lakers bench in 1998, used foul tactics to send them to the free throw line, and the Eagles ground their position in turn. , No matter whether you can score or not, immediately use the replaced power forward or the second, third, and fourth of the center...even the substitute who guards the drinking fountain, and fouls the Lakers center when he comes up.
I don't know if there is a law of O'Neal's team. The center forwards are all bad free throws, and Medvedenko's free throw percentage is only 60%.
And the Lakers have never made less than 80% of their free throws from outside, especially the former Warriors and Kings superstar Mickey Redmond in the 1990s who came to hug his thighs, with 90% of his free throws five.
The Lakers are going crazy. No matter which center is replaced, the opponent will foul immediately, which is even better than Popovich and old Nelson who cut O'Neal!
The Lakers have only one opinion about the Eagles: Shameless!
The fans at the scene felt this strong rookie style of their own, and they were already calm, anyway, they were cheering! Lakers center walks to the free throw line... cheers too! The Lakers missed a free throw, let's cheer! My team's ugly ground, because this lineup does not have a real big man to cover, there is no support point at the basket, it is a bit miserable, and there is an offensive burden that comes up to foul, the scoring efficiency is not high, but at least it is higher than the opponent, cheers!
As a professional player, especially a role player, he basically listens to the arrangements of the coach and the boss, and plays as he says. Unless the role player is characterized as a neurosurgeon, he has the ability to suddenly become a superstar. Otherwise, if you don't listen to the arrangement, you will only be buried in the snow.
In terms of stars, Raheem doesn’t care about being too shameless, and he doesn’t care so much about his stats. After five years of being a stat maniac, he knows that stats alone are useless. You have to win to get attention. Liu What Mang’s arrival brings is winning, just follow orders. I dare not say that Liu Mang’s ideas are not wrong, but Rahim admires Liu Mang’s brain!
Although Jason Terry has not yet reached the point where he regards data as nothing and can guarantee 20+10 like Raheem, he just can't understand Kobe's sloppy look, and Kobe just started the third quarter. Already 41 points, he doesn't want to be the background of Kobe's scoring show, he has already become the background of McGrady and Jordan's scoring before, he can't bear it.
In the third quarter, from the penultimate minute to the penultimate minute, in more than 8 minutes, the Lakers scored 24 free throws! That's an average of three free throws per minute!
In other words, from the second minute of the third quarter of the Lakers until the official off-the-ball foul in the last two minutes of each game is regarded as a physical foul, the Lakers hardly have a successful offense! All free throws!
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"It's so shameless! Shameless! The whole Eagles team is shameless!" Barkley climbed onto the table angrily.
In today's game, as a team with two consecutive championships, the Lakers are still regarded as the strongest in the league even if they are only fourth in the West, while the Eagles are the number one in the East, and there are no outstanding teams in the East. It is regarded as the strongest in the east and the strongest in the east and west. The three major sports TV stations in North America broadcast the game live.
In the first half, Kobe flourished, and Barkley was so excited to see the rookie being abused. If Kenny Smith and the producer of T.N.T thought it was unsightly and quickly stopped him, Barkley would have stripped off his clothes and danced to the disco.
But in the third quarter, just when Barkley was expecting a certain rookie to continue to be abused, the Eagles began to chop the sharks, and they still shamelessly hacked those backup centers who had no offensive ability!
This is the first time in the entire NBA!
Sure enough, just like Doug Rivers and Kevin McHale who started this kind of slashing role players and were sprayed to death, Barkley was completely blown up, cursing the Eagles crazily on the live broadcast.
"Charles, calm down!" Kenny Smith watched Barkley go crazy and dissuaded him while laughing...
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The Lakers made 11 of 24 free throws in the third quarter, except for Kobe who scored 1 goal and scored 2 points in a sports game. The others were all free throws. Got 13 points!
Of course, the Eagles' offense was not much better, but relying on 7 points in a row at the beginning of the third quarter, they also shot 6 of 18 from the field and scored 23 points in a single quarter. Only 3 points left!
73 to 76!
In the last two minutes of the third quarter, Kobe, who had been so patient that he could no longer bear it, could not suppress his desire to shoot at all. He started to rush towards the basket of the Eagles with the ball, regardless of whether he could make a shot or not. Anyway, at this time, Kobe If you think about it, you can adjust it casually!
Not to mention, Kobe's style of play is really strong, and it is a foul to touch each other at the basket, and as early as the second minute of this quarter, the Eagles have already fouled 4 times, Kobe's desperate rampage The style of play rushing in is a free throw.
Bryant scored six straight points in the final two minutes to make it 82-77.
After three quarters, the Eagles trailed the Lakers by 5 points at home.
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"Ace, shall we continue in the fourth quarter?" Raheem looked hopeful of winning. Although he only scored 5 points in the third quarter, he felt good. It was right to have a chance to win! It's too difficult to play against Kobe normally, and it's all like this. Kobe also scored 49 points in three quarters.
Liu Mang looked at Coach Kruger, who was holding the foul statistics.
"Newbell 4, Mottola 3, Henderson 3, Strickland 2..."
Then there's Reggie Slater on the 12-man active roster and Carl Bobs in a suit who hasn't played in a game this year.
Only then did Liu Mang realize that his team has so many small forwards, power forwards, and centers, and there are so many who can't play... But just like what a certain villain in Xing Ye's movie said, even if it is a critical moment A piece of toilet paper has its uses.
"Coach, continue?" Liu Mang asked, he felt that he could continue to torture his opponent.
Coach Kruger was about to nod his head and say yes, when he suddenly noticed that the camera was facing him. It was the kind that would show the tactical process arranged by the coach in a small window after a few minutes of playing, usually for a ball. The team used it in the analysis after the team played a reversal and a key ball. The key turning point of the Eagles... a bit wretched, but it is also a key turning point. The national live broadcast still needs to show the coach some shots.
Coach Kruger saw the camera coming, Emma, damn it! I don't want to bear the name of this shameless coach! Coach Kruger handed the tactical board directly to Liu Mang and said, "Ace, you continue to arrange tactics, and you performed very well in the second half! You have great potential as a coach after you retire in the future. I am optimistic about you!"
"?" Liu Mang looked confused, what does this sudden compliment mean? But still hold the tactical board, what tactics should I arrange? Let's set up defense first!
"Sharif, Jason, take a break first, I'll go up and play singles, Emmanuel, Chris, you go up, use fouls to stop the opponent's offensive rhythm, and foul the opponent when the number of fouls is up." Although the ball The team has a lot of reserves in the frontcourt, but three of them are not on the active list. It is not without reason that Carl Bobs is not on the active list. As a rookie in 1999, he is the only one who averaged less than 3 points per game in his career. It is a side effect , The offensive end is completely a drag, the offense is bad enough, and then the guards and small forwards are used to foul, and Liu Mang is going to use the inside line after the official timeout.
Emmanuel can make air cuts, but he didn't shoot. Chris Crawford is a cutting rebound forward with good physical fitness. What a shot.
Liu Mang looked at the bench and said, "Nazir, let's continue to play the pick-and-roll, power forward... Tony, can you shoot a three-pointer?"
"Of course, Ace, if you need me, I can go right away." Kukoc moved his body and said.
It's not that Kukoc can't really move anymore. He can get a 3-year 24 million contract in the summer, and he still has some ability. It's just that the tactical needs of the Eagles are to dominate the rebound in positional battles or to be able to follow the offensive end. Both Kukocs can't do it. Now you don't care about rebounds, just shoot. Kukoc can still do it.
Moreover, Kukoc also has excellent coping ability. He is a tall man who averaged nearly 4 assists per game in his career.
Seeing that there is still half an hour left for ordinary star cards, Liu Mang feels that he can still make a first wave in singles, or should he continue the triangle attack? The absence of the two stars... the one that goes bankrupt and jumps off a building?
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After the start of the final quarter, the situation on the court was not much different from that of the third quarter. Kobe was directly fouled when he took a shot. Regardless of whether the Eagles made an offense or not, they fouled the opponent's center first.
Kobe is still very afraid of Liu Mang's single foul, so although it is difficult for Liu Mang to score, he is also slowly scoring. What Liu Mang wants is to carry Jason Terry and Raheem to recover a little bit of physical strength. The three-quarter game basically It's tiring without a break. Not everyone is like Kobe, running the whole court like a bullfighting bull. What Liu Mang wants is to kill the score within 5 points.
The most tiring one is Kobe. Originally thinking that the two strongest opponents were not there, he wanted to take a break on the defensive end and use Richmond to defend against Liu Wei, but Liu Wei directly picked him up and made a foul. 2+1, Kobe immediately switched back and put pressure on Liu Mang on the offensive end.
After playing for a few minutes, after Jason Terry and Raheem replaced, the Eagles replaced the inside substitutes and continued to foul. Like the third quarter, the point difference continued to narrow, and even overtook!
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With only 3 minutes left in the final quarter, the Eagles succeeded in overtaking by three points 101 to 98!
The Lakers didn't call timeouts before, it was useless at all, the opponent didn't care about their tactics, they fouled anyway.
The scene of the game was very ugly, the fans were a little drowsy, they could still roar in the third quarter, and just applaud in the fourth quarter.
When they tied, Zen master was still stable and was overtaken. Zen master couldn't sit still and called a timeout, looking forward to the Eagles playing normally after this timeout.
During the timeout, the live TV screen played a scene that silenced Eagles fans and scolded non-Hawks fans.
Liu Mang deployed tactics there!
Players deploy tactics...
Not without it, Jordan has done it, so has the magician, and even Steve Kerr at the role player level has done it.
But this tactic makes people want to hit someone!
Too shameless and shameless tactics!
"I just said that this despicable rookie did it! It's so shameless! Despicable, nasty!" Barkley was so angry that he seemed to be Kobe, and he had never had such a sense of substitution for Kobe.
Well, as long as he is Liu Mang's opponent, Barkley will be his own!
"But it's very effective, isn't it? Charles, I think the Lakers will have problems next time. Ace has found a way for other teams to deal with the Lakers. Although it's a bit dirty, if it's the playoffs, it's nothing to be shameless. "Kenny Smith will always be the guy who can honestly analyze the game.
"Tch, if O'Neal is here, this method is useless at all. Although I don't like O'Neal, he is still very accurate in free throws at critical moments. It is not uncommon for others to use foul tactics against him, but the Lakers still won two consecutive championships. Not every Each team has three stars who can score independently like the Eagles. Although the rookie is annoying, he is really good in singles, I admit this.” Although Barkley looks like a fool, his professional level in basketball is still high. very good.
Barkley thought for a while and continued: "And when O'Neal was here, the Lakers' defense was not like it is now. That shameless rookie couldn't go inside and make fouls wantonly. The Eagles themselves didn't have the rhythm of the game. Shark tactics are always two-faced, a good defensive team will not be afraid of Shark-killing tactics, as long as they can make half of the free throws, there is no way for a Shark-killing team to get 1 point every time they attack.”
Kenny Smith was stunned for a moment. He has been working together for more than a year and almost two years. This is the first time he saw Barkley analyze a tactic so seriously!
"Is there any more?" Kenny Smith still wanted to hear more analysis from Barclay, which was so rare.
"So..." Barkley drew a long tail.
"So?" Kenny Smith wondered what Barkley would say.
"So... the Lakers championship!"
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Coach Kruger thinks it's time to play normally!
It can't really be delayed until the last two minutes, and my side didn't widen the point difference. The main reason is that they fell behind too much in the first half. Up to the second half, the Eagles have scored 16 points more than the Lakers, and they only lead by 3 points. I knew it earlier Let the rookie play this shameless style of play earlier, anyway, his team has already been labeled like this, and he is used to it after a lot of scolding.
It's a little surprising that a veteran like Kukoc is a bit more expensive. As a high-paid player on the team after Raheem and Ratliff, Kukoc's contract is obviously a premium, but he has experience. He was able to make a contribution when he came up. He made two three-pointers in the fourth quarter, and he was the only one in the bench who could throw the ball to Liu Mang who wanted the ball from the middle distance in the high position. No one else could.
Although the Eagles are playing fast break scoring has become the main scoring method as the season progresses, they still attach great importance to positional warfare. It is indeed a surprise that Kukoc can still have such a performance.
Coach Kruger has some ideas about whether to include the triangle offense as one of the conventional tactics.
Kukoc, who was in good form today, continued to be deployed at small forward with Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Raheem, and Mohammed.
After the timeout, the Lakers sent a combination of Fisher, Kobe, Fox, Horry, and Samaki-Walker.
Both teams are small lineups.
Although Kukoc is two meters one, he often played small forward when he was under Zen Master.
Final battle!
The next chapter will be updated in the evening, and today is another class reunion. It is amazing that the elementary school students can gather several tables together, so get up early in the morning and write a chapter first.