Chinese magic

Chapter 24: The 9-Minute Rookie Wall

The Lakers attacked, and Ouyang dribbled the ball. Facing Ginobili's defense, Ouyang, who had already suffered a loss, did not dare to be careless. Seeing George Hill who was facing Kobe with a tense face, Ouyang's heart moved. Moves slowly towards Kobe and Gasol on the line, then acts overwrought, grabs the ball with one hand, and looks like he's trying to ground the ball to Gasol
At this time, Hill was very tangled. He was already very nervous defending Kobe, but now this damn pick wants to pass the ball from his side, right?or constantly?Seeing Ouyang who had already stretched out his hand, he gritted his teeth and broke, but after Ouyang stretched his arm and Hill threw it out suddenly, he suddenly found that Ouyang, who had stretched out his hand to pass the ball, flipped his wrist, and the ball appeared in the hands of Kobe on the right wing
This sudden scene made everyone stunned, but the magician sitting off the field laughed. This trick looked like a simple fake fax transmission. Ouyang had practiced it for nearly a week at the time, and it looked silly. Everyone who knows, Kobe is a veteran after all, come quickly and hit a three-pointer easily
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The scene was tepid, but Ouyang's defense was much better than Hill's, and it didn't show for a while. With 1 minute left in the second quarter, the Spurs realized that they were already behind by as much as [-] points, but the old-fashioned Popovich did not call a timeout, which is strange

In fact, it's not that Popovich can't see that the team has fallen into a vicious circle, but that he is observing the No. [-] pick and observing his weaknesses. This is also the origin of most rookie rookie walls. Some team management needs a It takes many pages or even months to study, but Popovich only needs less than one section of time
As Hill missed a strong shot at the buzzer, the second quarter ended, and Popovich also showed a relieved smile, looking at Ouyang who was not showing his face but scored 6 points, 3 assists and 3 rebounds. "Young man, I hope you can take it"

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Spurs still had the ball. Except for Manu Ginobili, they played their main players, as if they had a good understanding. The Lakers also replaced everyone except Kobe. Ouyang, who was still on the court, was already standing in the position of shooting guard.
Parker advanced quickly. Facing Laoyu's defense, he didn't dare to take it lightly. He dropped the ball to Duncan, and he just watched from the side. Sure enough, Shifo in 08 was still at the peak. He just turned around and passed. Bynum, who was half bent, dunked his hands, and then left indifferently. It was a weird feeling, but Duncan did it, as if it was a matter of course
Ouyang, who finally dribbled the ball without fear, felt a little uncomfortable. He smiled slightly, shook his head, ran to the right wing and stood still, waiting for the opportunity, but it could be seen that the new Spurs player, the old bird Mike Finley, seemed to have a plan in mind, so he just stood there. Ouyang looked at Finley with a smile on his face, speechless, "What's so funny about the old guy?"

He stretched out his hand for the ball, but just as he got the ball, Finley suddenly pushed up and clung to Ouyang, making small movements from time to time. Although he was mentally prepared, he still couldn't get used to it. He had no choice but to pass the ball back to Lao Yu. Seeing this scene, Finley took another two steps back to the station leisurely

This is what the old-fashioned Popovich did. He saw that Ouyang's dribbling and breakthrough were so-so, so he asked Finley, a veteran veteran, to use the press to destroy Ouyang. Of course, Popovich didn't think it would work. How long has Ouyang been troubled? He feels that with Ouyang's talent, he may be able to get out of the rookie wall in five games or even less.

In the end, the ball was blocked for 24 seconds, but just like Popovich in the first half, the Zen master was still sitting on the Diaoyutai, waiting, he was waiting for Ouyang to get out of the trap, maybe one game, maybe two games, Maybe more, but we have to wait, this is the ultimate way for superstars to grow
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Eight minutes have passed, and Ouyang got nothing except for one mistake. The Lakers also fell behind 8:70. Looking at Mike Finley, who was still smiling, Ouyang had the urge to hit the old guy. Looking at the faces of Kobe and Zen Master, they still looked at themselves trustingly, "We must solve this old guy"

Different from falling into positional warfare at the beginning, Ouyang began to use his superior speed and use other players on the field to block people, including the Spurs
After two laps in a row, leaving aside the old guy’s long distance, he received a pass from the old fish and hit a three-pointer to tie the game at 73:73. After finding a solution, Ouyang began to vent his anger
"9:17, seconds, Ouyang took a step back from Gasol and hit a three-point jumper"

"9:45 seconds, Ouyang made an air cut, received a wonderful pass from Gasol, received a dunk in the air and caused a foul by McDyess, and successfully scored a three-pointer"

"At 10:11 seconds, it was still Ouyang. First, he screened and rolled Gasol and let Gasol play in. After Duncan came out to defend, he took the lead in the penalty area. After Gasol missed a shot, he stuck Jay Fossen made the first dunk."

"Drip" as a last resort, Popovich called a timeout, there is no way, the rookie has already scored 11 points, although he is only 4 points behind, but the Lakers have already played momentum, Popovich has to admit that he was beaten Stopped "little guy, I underestimated you" and then started to line up troops, mainly how to prevent Ouyang's air cuts and running positions

"Head, let me go" This is the first sentence just off "They must think that we will continue to borrow my touch and run to score, so let Kobe go up and I go down"

Zen master was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "OK, Kobe, you go, replace Ouyang"

After everyone came on the field, the Spurs were confused. They were all tactics around that rookie, but...he didn't play?
Kobe doesn't care what you're thinking, at a moment when Finley was stunned, he slapped the basketball away and scored with a fast break dunk

Off the court, Popovich had already concluded that the game might be lost when Kobe came on the court. Sure enough, Kobe took over the team's offensive right as soon as he came on the court, and he singled out Mike Finley. Are you not a little trick? Hmph" Originally, Finley would not be so passive, but his mind has been disturbed, how could he be Kobe's opponent

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With the sound of the buzzer, the game ended, and the Lakers got off to a good start to the season with 111:103. Kobe, who scored 28 points, and Ouyang, who walked out of the rookie wall in 18 minutes, scored 6 points and 6 assists. became the focus of the media

(End of this chapter)