Chapter 866 You Are All Tool Men!
Second quarter at Sleep Train Arena.
To be honest, Pollard, who came off the bench, failed to stand up and play. Even though he is 2.11 meters tall, he may be better than Divac in that he has one rebound data, but he only has one rebound data, while the Kings have a rebound data of only one rebound. Things didn't get any better in the second quarter.
You know, Adelman makes good use of centers and also uses centers to death. After Divac was knocked down, Pollard was completely ineffective not only in offense and defense, but also in organizational effectiveness, which made Adelman feel... a big problem. .
It wouldn't be a big problem if it were put in a normal game.
However, they were beaten by 23 points in the first quarter. The Kings' offense was not smooth. Pollard's weak organizational skills immediately became a shortcoming. He could not even play a tactical system. From his assists, Zero can see that there is no offensive round in which all players are in position and the first pass is hit. Even if a score is scored, the player who receives the ball still has to organize it again.
So the Kings still collapsed in the second quarter.
Trailing by 23 points in the first quarter, the two teams did not score as much in the second quarter as in the first quarter, but still fell behind by 21 points at 35:14, trailing by 44 points in the entire first half.
This is the exact opposite of what Scott said... the Kings would get better in the second quarter, and Scott just hates the last two teams left in the West because they let him in front of his players. It’s embarrassing, the predictions are inaccurate again and again.
…
"Coach..." Martin collapsed.
"Damn, why are you looking at me like this? Do you think I made a wrong judgment? No, you are all wrong. In fact, I didn't expect Adelman to be so stupid and inexperienced, so...it's not my experience. The problem is that Adelman has no experience, which makes my experience seem like he has little experience. Can you understand?"
"Well……"
"right?"
"Probably?"
"I don't understand very well!"
Martin and others shook their heads repeatedly to express their ignorance, but they didn't believe this roundabout way of saying it was not bragging.
"Let me tell you this, if my judgment is correct, the third quarter should be when the King counterattacks..."
"Coach, I think you should stop guessing, this is not good!"
"Shut up, according to my experience, the third quarter must be accurate!"
…
If you believe it, isn’t it enough for us who are riding horses to believe it?
Martin and several teammates were about to vomit, and they felt... The reason why Scott determined that the Kings counterattacked in the third quarter was probably, maybe, maybe because the game quickly entered garbage time with a huge 44-point difference, because With this kind of point difference, the Lakers can completely relax.
Chasing points during garbage time?
Can this be considered experience?
Well, if you think about it carefully, this is really experience, but Martin feels that this experience is worthless, and even smells bad, because everyone knows this shit, and if the opponent gives up some garbage time, no one can chase some points. Already?
…
However……
Scott never expected that the whole world would not give him even the last bit of face, because in the third quarter after waiting for a while... the Lakers indeed arranged for the main players to rest, and Li Shengli also came down, but as the A minute later, Adelman sent Divac onto the court, and Li Shengli made another targeted move, determined not to let Divac stand up.
Want to hit the ball while standing?
So what do I mean by what I said before?
What does Divac mean when you say that the Lakers are better at beating people than playing basketball?
Li Shengli was not going to give any face to him. As for Divac, he experienced the first six minutes of the death back slap, his whole body was shaking, and he finally calmed down. As a result, the death back slap happened again, and this time he was shaking even more violently than before. The heart was like a high-pressure pump pushing all the blood in the body to the brain, almost exploding all the brain matter.
As a result, the Kings lost by 15 points in the third quarter.
Scott, the head coach of the Nets far away in the East, may be even more excited than Divac right now, because the hole in his face is getting bigger and bigger, and he has been embarrassed to his grandma's house.
…
59 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, 7 steals and 5 blocks?
Li Shengli's three-quarter data was simply violent... touching!
Scott's previous subconscious thought was that he didn't want the King to lose too miserably, so he kept betting on the King to counterattack, but he didn't expect that Li Shengli would be so wild and directly beat the King to the ultimate collapse.
The fourth quarter must be garbage time!
Because the point difference has widened to 59 points!
It would be really humiliating to have all the main players play under such circumstances. Even if the Kings players on the court might not dare to move, the fans at the Kings home court would definitely not want to. In fact, these fans were already shouting in the streets in the third quarter.
…
It’s hard to imagine that the No. 1 team in the Western Conference will face No. 3 team.
The result turned out to be that the first-place Kings were beaten by the Lakers by 59 points?
This matter...according to common sense, it is basically completely impossible.
You know, the further you go in the playoffs, the closer the two teams will be. A 59-point lead in the first round would be acceptable, but it would be too shocking to appear in the Western Conference finals, and Scott Te sees that now he can see the way out, and even most people in the industry can see it.
The Kings are undoubtedly a strong team.
You may be able to win against other teams, but you will be cut in half against the Lakers.
During the regular season, the Kings defeated the Lakers in several games. Scott couldn't say why, but he knew why the Kings lost in today's game because Adelman's comprehensive tactical system couldn't be used.
Everyone in the bishop circle knows that the Kings' offense often relies on the organization of the center near the free throw line.
Maybe the poor condition of all the Kings is one thing, but Scott is not stupid. He thinks the most important thing is... the center who serves as the vision commander in the Princeton system was beheaded by Li Shengli and became a brainless person.
Especially Divac.
The Kings' collapse in the first quarter can be said to have started with Divac. Although he was in the preset position, the concept of 'organizing center' proposed by the Kings is completely different from that of an organizing guard. Divac's ball-handling There was basically no running, and Li Shengli was used as a tool to improve steals and defensive efficiency.
Divac couldn't stand the first wave of confrontation.
Another wave of interceptions came, and Divac was so panicked that he couldn't even control the timing of passing the ball.
This is a fatal blow to the Kings, and it may be one of the few vital points in their tactical system. Originally, no center in the league would be able to play in this situation, not even O'Neal, because he has the strength to fight, He has flexible steps in a small area, but he doesn't dare to let O'Neal steal the ball. Otherwise, Divac will rush to the basket.
But Li Shengli dared to steal and was not afraid of rushing.
Even if Divac is allowed to rush to the basket, as long as Divac takes a shot, he can chase after Divac and hit the block. Just by focusing on one center, the Kings were half broken.
…
The king's tactic is a gun, but the king can't shoot with his feet, right?
Maybe Divac didn't expect before the game that he was a model of "not disabled in body and mind". Even the two hands that were holding the trigger of the King submachine gun on a mental level were chopped off by Li Shengli. All that came out were empty packets and dumb guns!
As for the east side.
Nets coach Scott, who was aiming for the Finals, suddenly discovered...the airtight and gorgeous King might really be qualified for the championship, provided that the Lakers were excluded, and the Lakers were simply born to torture this gorgeous King. The nightmare, starting directly from the source of the king's tactics, suffocating the great tactics in its infancy.
Even if Weber and Peja are in good condition, without the most familiar one, Divac's first wave of organization, the tactical effect has been compromised, so this has little impact. The real outcome will not change, only the difference will be. The King lost more honorably.
This was weird, Scott thought it was too weird.
At this stage, in addition to the Lakers and Kings, there are 27 teams in the league.
Of these 27 teams, not to mention the ones at the bottom, even the strong teams from the east and west, no one dares to say that they can win a guaranteed victory in a round of seven games, or have a high probability of beating the Kings, and this can prove that the Kings are really Very strong.
But the problem is... such a strong Kings, who are ranked first in the Western Conference, are still beaten by the Lakers, who are third in the Western Conference. The Kings are beaten as if they are in the first round and eighth in the Western Conference. This is very strange, because obviously they are playing in the first round. It's a strong team and it can win or lose, but it can't be crushed like this.
Is this...the lineup of Tianke?
To be honest, Scott felt that the king was too miserable.
Both the Nets and the Kings were quiet for a long time, and then they overcame the rest this season and rushed to the first place in the Eastern and Western Conferences. However, the Nets had not even started yet, and the Kings had already collapsed... A seemingly beautiful and eye-catching regular season record. It seemed to be of no use at all. Even the home court advantage was useless. He was directly defeated at the center position.
…
"Don't watch it, there's no point later. Let's go back and rest early. Don't let anyone be late for tomorrow's morning training!" Scott turned off the live broadcast screen. It was basically certain that the Lakers were the final boss. The only difference was the determined time. It was only the first game of the Western Conference Finals, and after Scott left... Martin and others saw that the live broadcast was turned off, and then they remembered to take a breath and sat next to Kidd.
"It's scary. It's too scary. If he had played one more quarter, he might have had a quadruple-double."
"Yeah, 59 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, 7 steals and 5 blocks, maybe... maybe half a quarter is enough!"
"Stop joking, do you think someone like him will continue to play in garbage time? Just four pairs!"
"Four doubles? That's all? Damn, four doubles. That's four doubles. The sad thing is that it's difficult for us to hit two doubles."
"Li... is invincible, really already invincible!"
Martin feels that he may not sleep well tonight, because he is now afraid of losing against the Celtics and not qualifying for the finals. He is also afraid of winning against the Celtics and being beaten into a Muggle by the invincible boss in Los Angeles. As for Kidd, who was sitting on the sidelines and heard about it now, his mood was actually more complicated.
"Okay, let's all go back."
"We are still one step away from the Lakers, don't worry, and now we have an opponent in front of us."
"Starting tomorrow, we will knock out the Celtics first. If we can't defeat the Celtics, then we may not even be qualified to go to Los Angeles and be beaten!" Kidd left the table after saying that. He didn't even look back, he just muttered in a low voice when he walked out of the conference room: "But...it may not be me who loses, and it may not always be me. As long as we guard the entrance to the finals, there will always be the Lakers and there will always be Li. That day, I hope it comes soon, I really hope!"