Rebirth of Hayes Cyclone

Chapter 272 [The soft egg needs to be trained! 】

"Brook - Lopez!" Bobcats live DJ shouted passionately.

With 3 minutes and 11 seconds left in the first quarter, rookie Brook Lopez made a turnaround jumper and scored his 10th point of the game.

The atmosphere at the scene was very active, but the fans shouted Hayes' name together, because it was Hayes who made the assist.The first quarter is not over yet, Hayes has sent out 4 assists, all of which were passed to Lopez to score after attracting the defense.

Bobcats 25 to 16 lead by 9 points.

Heat coach Spoelstra frowned off the court, their inside defense was so poor, not to mention Hayes, even the Bobcats' rookie couldn't prevent it.

In the last game, Durant seemed the weakest among the Bobcats starters, but Durant was the main offensive player.This time the Bobcats started with a first-year rookie, Lopez, who was even more inexperienced than Durant. As a result, Lopez started to attack again.The Bobcats play based on where the opponent has weaknesses.

The Heat clearly knew that the Bobcats were going to attack the paint, but they just couldn't prevent it.

Coach D'Antoni replaced Lopez, Hayes, and Durant together, and replaced them with Marcus Camby, Bargnani, and Azubuike.D'Antoni's arrangement is to allow Hayes to rest as soon as possible, so that he can play when the Heat replace the main players, and lead the substitutes to open the score in one fell swoop.

Spoelstra didn't dare to put on the bench at this time. First of all, Wade couldn't get off the court.If he plays, the Heat's offense will drop a notch.

The Heat only replaced one main player, Sean Marion.After arriving in the Heat, Marion's scoring data dropped to 12 points, but his defense was still sharp. Under his defense, Durant made 4 of 1 shots and only scored 2 points.The Heat need to let Marion rest for a while and continue to mark Durant.

Although Lopez scored the highest in the team with 10 points, but looking at the scene, you will find that he has many problems.The most important thing is that he played softly, was blocked by Elson and Wade, and he didn't grab a single rebound during this period.

At the beginning of this season, Lopez and Kevin Love of the Knicks were compared by the media as opponents. The Bobcats upset and chose Lopez with the fourth overall pick, but there have always been more people who are optimistic about Love. Some, even Charlotte Media.Lopez's performance was mediocre after the start of the season, while Love averaged 32 minutes per game and averaged a double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds per game.

"Brook, you have to play tougher. Rebound! You have to control the rebound!" D'Antoni did not praise Lopez's scoring after he got off the court, but was a little dissatisfied with his performance on the defensive end.His 8 points were all open shots after his teammates attracted the defense, which was not difficult.

Lopez looked a little embarrassed.

Hayes gave D'Antoni a run for his money and sat next to Lopez.Hayes is also quite helpless. Now the team already has Bargnani, who is a soft insider. Now Lopez also likes to shoot and is not good at fighting inside. Hayes, as the team's number one star, does dirty work. The tiring work can't always be done by him...

"Brook, you have to act like a 7-footer," Hayes said in a voice only two people could hear.

"I'm sorry." Lopez looked at Hayes embarrassedly and whispered.

"Needless to say I'm sorry, this is your first season, tuition fees are unavoidable, but you can't get used to this style of play. I practiced shooting with you so that you can use it against Haslem, You are not asked to use this trick every round, you are not Yao Ming, and someone with good jumping ability can still cover you. Against Elson, you can break through to the inside and use your footsteps, you are more flexible than him.” Hai Yess said.

Lopez listened so carefully that he almost took a notebook to record it.

"Also, don't turn around and shoot as soon as you catch the ball. When you catch the ball, you have to protect the ball and raise your hands high. Don't let the opponent easily figure out your intention. After turning around, you can also make a fake move before shooting, no The need is very complicated, just raise your hand and pause for a while, and then shoot again. If you shake the opponent up, it is easy to cause a foul. Your shot is fast and looks smooth, but in fact it is equivalent to giving away the advantage of height. Wade is only 190cm. If he wants to If you want to take the risk to block you, you should dunk him into the basket with the ball. Next, except for short jump shots when defending inside, you try to hit the basket. If you pass an open ball, I hope you can use it. Dunk to complete the offense."

Lopez's fundamentals are better than most players his age.He plays solidly, with solid footwork, and a lot of the time he only needs one or two dribbles to get a good shot.What he lacks the most is arrogance.How can a person be dominant if he doesn't even have the idea of ​​ruling the basket?
If the Bobcats need a big man who can pull and shoot from the outside, Bargnani will be enough.Lopez needs to get tougher.The reason why he is not tough enough has something to do with his introverted personality.

As a top student at Stanford University, Lopez is not like other players. After entering the NBA, he has lived a luxurious life. Apart from playing basketball, he enjoys partying and gambling.Lopez is different. When he is not playing, he will stay at home, drink coffee, listen to lyrical blues music and write a book. This is not a personal biography, let alone basketball. What he writes is a real novel.

He is not the kind of writer who plays tricks, he has already written a play and a novel.But what is even more admirable is that the famous American Paramount Pictures is negotiating with Lopez's agent's wife to purchase the copyright of Lopez's novels. It can be seen that Lopez's writing skills are no less Yubi's performance on the court.

People who write books tend to be calm. Lopez is more brutal on the court.How to change the role is the problem he has to solve.

Hayes off, the Bobcats offensive unabated.Billups' go-betweens and Gerald - Wallace's crazy offense quickly stretched the score to 15 points.Wallace had a good touch and hit a three-pointer from the outside.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Heat replaced Wade and Rose to rest and replaced Jason Williams and Daiquan Cook.Bobcats also take substitutions, Landry, Rondo, Miller play, replacing Wallace, Billups, Azubuike.

After the Heat replaced two outside core players, they almost lost their offense, and Dorell Wright became the team's first offensive point.The combination of Padgett and Joe Anthony inside can't put any pressure on the Bobcats on the offensive end. Their role is to delay time and let the main players rest.

Rondo assisted Landry dunks twice, and Miller also hit a three-pointer from the outside.With the obvious inside advantage, the Bobcats only took a little more than one quarter to let the game lose its suspense.

Hayes sat on the sidelines, chatting with Lopez all the time.

Lopez whispered: "I think it is difficult for me to be a player like Duncan. Although I can try my best to dunk and squeeze to the basket, my strength is still a bit weaker. The template I set for myself is Paul Gaso you."

"It's not because when you and Mark were singled out, he said that your style is like his brother, so you have such a plan?" Hayes said with a smile: "It would be good if you can reach the level of Pau Gasol. Then You need to pay more attention to supporting the offense. I feel that Gasol's passing awareness is stronger than Duncan's. And his rebounding is not bad, your rebounding must be strengthened, even if you hold the mentality of brushing statistics, you need to play a game. Go for 10 rebounds. Considering you're short on the floor, let's say 8. You've got to aim for that."

"Okay, I will work hard to grab rebounds. I will grab it today." Lopez cheered up and said.

Only 3 minutes into the second quarter, Wade and Rose were substituted.The Bobcats just replaced Durant and let the substitute players and the Heat start to deal with it. As a result, it took more than 5 minutes for the Heat to recover the point difference to only 13 points.Their interior is really bad. After Marc Gasol came on the court, he could score consecutive points against the defense of Joel Anthony and Haslem.Bargnani and Durant both attacked on the perimeter, which also made the Heat's defense complain again and again.

Hayes did not return to the field until the end of the second quarter, leading four pitchers including Bargnani, Durant, Miller, and Billups to play a 17-2 offensive climax.The score was widened to close to 30 points, and the Heat were defeated.

Lopez did not get another chance to play until the second half of the game.

D'Antoni called a timeout and arranged for Lopez to be the core of the offense.

"Triangle offense, outside Andris (Bagnani), Chauncey (Billups) and Brook form a triangle. Andris lobs inside, Brook singles, and if double-teamed pass the ball outside .During defense, Brook has to control the rebound, and I believe you can do it well."

The other four players on the field are Bargnani, Miller, Azubuike and Billups.Except for Lopez, the other four are good at attacking from the outside, and the rebounding is not very strong.At this time, the heavy responsibility of protecting the backboard falls on Lopez's shoulders.

The Heat played a small lineup at this time, with Haslem and Marion partnering inside, Dorell Wright as a forward swingman, Rose and Wade appeared together, ready to fast break and grab points.

After Rose made a breakthrough layup.Bobcats began to play positional warfare.

Billups passed the ball to Bargnani, who lobbed it to Lopez on the left.Although Bargnani's passing is not very good, he has height, but it is not difficult to pass inside.The Heat sent Wright to defend Bargnani. Wright is 206cm tall and has a good wingspan, so he doesn't suffer.

The man who defended Lopez was Haslem.

"Show me what you're a rookie," Haslem yelled, holding Lopez back.Hayes has already left the field. Facing the rookie, he still has the confidence to defend against it.

Lopez recalls Hayes talking to him off the court, holding the ball with his back, turning with a step toward the baseline, hands up.Haslem immediately jumped up to block the shot.Because of the previous few attacks, Lopez shot immediately after turning around without a pause.

But this time Haslem was wrong.After communicating with Hayes off the court, Lopez made a fake move before shooting, raised his hand and slightly bent his knees, shaking the experienced Haslem.

Beautiful.Hayes watched Lopez move from the sidelines and clenched his fists.After shaking Haslem, Lopez chose a fadeaway jumper.goal!
Hayes was a little dizzy.This guy is still too soft.Even if you shake your opponent up, you still avoid hitting.It seems that it will take time for him to turn the corner and like to confront people.

(End of this chapter)