am i proud?

Chapter 173 "OK Group" VS "Li Ning Four Brothers"

"Give me the ball!" O'Neill yelled loudly while fighting for position with Big Ben.

For him, the block just now was undoubtedly very humiliating. He could endure Da Ben's trash talk, but he had to fight back powerfully.

Fisher looked embarrassed, and O'Neill didn't grab a favorable position, so he didn't dare to throw the ball in rashly.

If Jason Kidd is in possession of the ball, he should be able to pass the ball to O'Neal accurately in this situation, but Fisher's passing skills are only so-so... Even Kobe, the "black mamba" who only has eyes on the basket, can do better as long as he passes the ball with peace of mind.

O'Neill finally squeezed to the front, and Fisher quickly lobbed the ball to him.

Kobe on the other side glared at him, and Fisher felt aggrieved...you two masters are really difficult to serve, if it weren't for the Lakers being able to win the championship, I wouldn't be here if I was killed!

After O'Neal received the ball, Big Ben tried harder to resist him. His strength was extraordinary, and even O'Neal felt quite difficult to fight against him.

But O'Neill really can't make a big deal with his skills, he can only choose to go hard.

Daben tried his best and still couldn't resist. O'Neill pushed into the basket and forced a layup. Daben threw himself hard and hugged him down.

"Shet!" O'Neill cursed inwardly, about to make another free throw!
When he walked to the free throw line, Carlisle on the sidelines shouted loudly: "Darling, Clifford, you two pay attention to the inside defense, don't let Shaq get into the basket easily!"

Wang Dalin and Robinson nodded to show that they received the ball. If either of them came to help defend the ball just now, O'Neal would probably choose to pass the ball to the outside.

At this time, the Pistons will have to make a defensive choice. Should O'Neal continue to cause damage at the basket, or should he pass the ball to others to shoot?

The game has just started, even if the Pistons want to "cut the shark", it shouldn't be at this time, so it should be put aside at this time... Instead of letting O'Neal continue to attack at the basket, it is better to let other people attack, anyway, their offensive efficiency is not as good as O'Neal.

The reason why O'Neal's big inside killer is so powerful, even more terrifying than Jordan, is because no one can stop him one-on-one at the basket, not even the peak Olajuwon or Duncan.

His shooting percentage at the basket is too high. If he is allowed to play like this, regardless of the two-pointers, it will be quite scary after adding up.

Carlisle had already made arrangements from the very beginning, all he had to do was keep an eye on Fisher from the outside line, and everyone else's three-pointers were not very accurate... This season, Fox's three-point shooting rate is only 31%, and Kobe's three-point shooting rate is only about 25%.

O'Neal made one of two free throws, the score came to 8:7, and the Pistons continued to attack.

Wang Dalin came to a high position to catch the ball, and after Billups passed the ball, he ran to the bottom corner on the right.

Fox is very close to Wang Dalin, and his defensive strategy is very clear... It is better to let Wang Dalin rush in than to let Wang Dalin attack from the outside. At least the rest of the Lakers can help him defend.

The vast majority of scorers these years are breakthrough types. There are very few players like Wang Dalin whose projection is better than breakthrough. Fox's strategy of "letting breakthroughs but not shooting" is also very correct.

But if Wang Dalin can't do anything like this, how can he average more than 27 points per game?
You want to let me break through, right?

Very good, then I will burst!

His current dribbling speed is as high as 85, and his ball handling ability has also reached 80, which is better than most small forwards in the league. Even Jamal Mashburn, who has always been known for his sharp breakthroughs, is probably like this.

Fox's defensive ability is really good...but it's just good, he hasn't reached the level of a real perimeter defender!
After the start, Wang Dalin successfully crossed Fox's defense line through two changes of rhythm. After entering the three-second zone, he double-teamed Kobe and O'Neal and immediately passed the ball to the flank. Hamilton caught the ball and shot it. This ball scored again!

At 10:7, Hamilton has scored three goals since the start, with a [-]% hit rate!
Kobe was so angry that he smashed the ball hard on the floor. It was obvious that he came to help defend the ball and caused a miss. Of course, the fault was his.

"Kobe, don't be angry!" Wang Dalin said with a smile, "I've said it before, it's not okay for you to come over and stare at me all the time. My third brother's shots are very accurate!"

Wang Dalin ran to his own half, and O'Neill also said to Kobe: "He is right, you really have to keep an eye on that kid Richard, he has scored three goals, and they are all open!"

Kobe curled his lips and said, "I know!"

This is Kobe Bryant... as headstrong as he is, when he makes a mistake on the defensive end, he is always quick to make adjustments.

Of course... when he is obsessed with single-handedly playing against the opponent's star, he will never change just because of someone's words.

The Lakers attacked, Ben continued to defend O'Neal, and Fisher passed the ball to Kobe.

After Kobe received the ball, he wanted to hang it to O'Neal... From his angle, O'Neal's position is still good, but Big Ben squeezed to the front again very hard.

Kobe hesitated for less than a second, and directly activated and wiped Hamilton. When Wang Dalin came to help defend, he faced the difficulty and made a fadeaway jumper.

The timing of Wang Dalin's assisting defense was good, but Kobe's back was so large that he obviously couldn't directly block the shot, so he had to resort to "one leaf blinder".

As soon as this trick came out, Kobe shot decisively, and Robinson took off the rebound and passed it to Billups.

If it was a few years later, when Kobe had perfected all his offensive skills, "One Leaf Obstacle" would basically have no effect on him, but now... "Black Mamba" obviously hasn't evolved successfully yet!

During this period, Kobe was still called "Peter Pan" by everyone, and his style of play obviously relied more on breakthroughs, just like James in the early days.

Of course, even in this period, Kobe's mid-range jumper is more stable than James in the Cavaliers 1.0 period. If his shot selection is better, his shooting percentage can reach more than 50%.

The Pistons successfully defended the attack and immediately seized the opportunity to quickly counterattack.

The Lakers' defensive formation was not fully in place. Hamilton directly chose to attack the frame after receiving the pass, but Kobe quickly returned to the defense and gave him a big cap.

Kobe jumped too fast when he blocked the shot this time. When the ball fell, he had completely lost his center of gravity. Wang Dalin, who followed closely behind, took advantage of it, grabbed the rebound and picked the basket with one hand, and scored again!
At 12:7, the Pistons led by 5 points, and Jackson finally stood up and called a timeout.

It has been 4 minutes and 32 seconds since the start of the game. The Lakers' offense is still playing normally, but there is an obvious problem with the defense.

In 4 minutes and 32 seconds, the Pistons scored 12 points. If this is converted into 12 minutes in a quarter, wouldn't it be more than [-] points?
How can any team win if they allow their opponents to score more than 30 points in each quarter?
"Robert, come on, replace Samaki, pay attention to the defense against Darling-Wang, the other side, Clifford, can let this point go a little bit!"

"Rick, to deal with Darling-Wang, continue to adopt the defensive strategy just now. I would rather he break through than shoot from the outside!"

"Shaq, the position of the opponent's center forward can be said to have no offensive power. Just look at it properly when defending. I need you to pay more attention to the opponent's [-]nd and [-]rd positions. Their shooting ability is very strong. Be sure to put defensive pressure on them!"

"Kobe, the opponent's second position has a strong shooting ability, you must keep an eye on him, and don't help defend Darling-Wang anymore!"

"Derek, you've done a good job defending the No. [-] position, keep it up!"

"As for the offense, we must first give the ball to the inside as much as possible, attract the opponent's double-team and then pass the ball to the outside, understand?"

Jackson's deployment is actually nothing inscrutable. For this season's sake, who in the entire league doesn't know who?
What he hopes is to maximize the inside advantage of the Lakers. With O'Neal, they can maintain the inside advantage against any team in the league, even when facing the "Twin Towers" of the Spurs.

Carlisle is also deploying quickly. He knows very well that the Lakers will make corresponding adjustments, so this time is a game between the head coaches.

"Clifford, you rest, Corlis, you play the third position, and Darling goes to the fourth position!"

"Corris, don't get entangled with the opponent's third position. You and Richard cover each other, run out of open space as much as possible, don't hesitate when shooting, and don't be afraid of missing the shot!"

"Darling, pay attention to the defense against Shaq, we must limit him as much as possible!"

"Chauncey, you can add some personal offense, the opponent's No. [-] position is not your opponent!"

"Richard, run, I want you to be open every shot!"

"Attention everyone, we have to bring up the tempo, we can't grind the ground with them slowly, as long as we run, the Lakers are nothing to be afraid of!"

"One more thing, don't play so conservatively outside the three-point line. If you have a chance, shoot for me. Aren't your three-pointers very accurate? Why don't you dare to shoot?"

The timeout ends and players from both sides return to the court again.

When it was the Lakers' turn to attack, Fisher dribbled the ball past half court. His first thought was to pass the ball to O'Neal, but when he saw that Wang Dalin was approaching O'Neal intentionally or unintentionally, he immediately dismissed the idea of ​​passing the ball to O'Neal.

"Let's pass it to Kobe!" Fisher immediately implemented the second tactical choice.

After Kobe received the ball, Hamilton took a step back, obviously "putting in and not letting go."

If this ball is replaced by Ben Simmons of later generations, he will not shoot a three-pointer if he is killed; if it is replaced by Westbrook of later generations, he will probably shoot it, but most of it will not;
How would Kobe choose?

Of course he will shoot, and he will shoot very resolutely, but the result... is similar to Westbrook!

During this period, Kobe's three-pointers still remained at the level of relying on the basics, and whether he could make it all depended on luck.

After hearing the sound of "dang", the ball bounced directly behind the backboard and went out of bounds. Kobe's face showed a rare embarrassment.

When it was the Pistons' turn to attack, Wang Dalin couldn't find a chance after receiving the ball from the high post. Williams and Hamilton were closely followed by Fox and Kobe, and Billups was always followed by Fisher.

"Let's make one yourself!" Wang Dalin made up his mind and chose to break through Huo Li.

Compared with Fox, the 208cm tall Horry is of course much slower, and he is not too young now, and his moving speed is even slower than when he was young.

Wang Dalin's breakthrough was very smooth, but Horry followed him all the time, and he did not give up on defense... If O'Neill came to cover the defense in time, he and O'Neill could form a double-team against Wang Dalin.

Of course O'Neal made up for it, but Wang Dalin passed the ball behind him. After receiving the ball, Da Ben immediately turned around and dunked. After landing, he yelled again.

Big Ben can only score about 6 points per game on average, and every sports game score is extremely valuable to him, so whenever he scores, he always looks very excited.

In the TNT live broadcast room.

Smith laughed excitedly: "Larry, did you see that Darling-Wang played Shaq, this pass is really wonderful!"

Bird smiled lightly and said, "It's really good. Let me just say that Darling-Wang is very similar to me, right? I used to pass such good shots back then!"

It is worthy of being the "king of bullying". When you praise others, you can always pretend to be bullying.

O'Neill was a little helpless, facing an opponent who was good at passing the ball like Wang Dalin, he always felt powerless and helpless.

His speed is much slower than when he was young. If the ball was played just now when he was in the Magic, he would definitely be able to return to the defense in time.

There is no way, when you choose to gain weight to further improve your power in the low post, you are doomed to give up some things... such as the ability to quickly assist defense!

Jackson naturally knew about O'Neal's current problem for a long time, but in order for the Lakers to get closer to the three-peat dynasty, he still acquiesced in O'Neal's continued weight gain.

He remembered that when he first joined the Lakers, O'Neal weighed only 142 kilograms, but now his weight is very close to 150 kilograms.

其实本赛季光看数据的话，奥尼尔的表现好像并没有前两个赛季那样生猛，1999-2000赛季他场均可以轰出29.7分13.6篮板3.8助攻3盖帽，那才是奥尼尔职业生涯数据最爆炸的一个赛季。

That season, he also got his wish and won the only regular season MVP trophy in his career, and also won the scoring champion.

本赛季至今他只打了54场比赛，场均27分10.9篮板3助攻2.2盖帽0.6抢断，这种表现当然无愧于联盟第一中锋的称号，可是他却已经有了明显下滑。

Of course, one of the reasons is the restriction of the rules, but the main reason is his own injury. His toes have been aching, which has brought him a lot of trouble.

The greater weight brought O'Neal not only a more unsolvable inside offense, but also more injuries... His toe has been in pain, which also cast a shadow over the Lakers' defending title this year.

At 14:7, the Lakers were already 7 points behind, O'Neal stopped pulling back, and he began to go all out.

Although Daben is currently the first-tier inside defense super fierce man in the league, even though his body is also extremely strong, when O'Neal goes all out, he can only feel weak for a while.

There is no way, it is indeed unstoppable!
Daben tried his best and still couldn't stop O'Neal from receiving the ball on the edge of the penalty area. The next step was to push forward strongly.

"Isn't this too fierce?" Wang Dalin couldn't help being shocked.

Recalling his experience as a keyboard warrior before time travel, Wang Dalin once discussed O'Neill with many people on the Internet.

Someone raised this point at the time-is O'Neal considered the number one center in NBA history?
A lot of people besieged that person for a while, blowing him up beyond measure. At that time, Wang Dalin also participated in the siege.

In Wang Dalin's view, a center with poor free throws, no matter how strong he is, still has obvious flaws, how can he be called the number one center in history?

Not to mention the fierce men like Chamberlain and Russell in ancient times, but Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Olajuwon. They have no obvious flaws. Although free throws are not very accurate, at least they won’t be used as "shark-cutting tactics", right?

When he personally played against O'Neill, he realized how ridiculous his original thoughts were.

With O'Neal's inside offensive strength, even if the free throws are poor, so what?
O'Neal's free throws are really bad, but he can basically make one of two free throws, which can be seen from his career free throw percentage of 52.7%.

It's impossible for him to foul every time he attacks you, right?

O'Neal averaged about 20 shots per game. Do you really have to pay the price of three or four people being sent off?

Looking at O'Neal's free throw, Wang Dalin felt a trace of fear in his heart, and Carlisle on the sidelines frowned. Obviously, he was also thinking about how to deal with this giant insider.

As we all know, if you want to beat the Lakers, you must solve O'Neal's point, otherwise everything is empty talk.

"It seems that I have to find a way to anger Kobe!" Wang Dalin thought to himself, "At this time, maybe Kobe is the only way to guard against O'Neal!"

Of course Wang Dalin knows about Westbrook's "Best Defensive Player"... Only Russell Westbrook can guard Kevin Durant, and no one else can!

Is Kobe Bryant the only one who can guard against Shaquille O'Neal?
For the current Lakers team, if O'Neal is allowed to attack all the time, I am afraid that it will be difficult for any team to beat them, because his offensive efficiency is too high.

If you want to beat them, you still have to start with Kobe.

As long as Kobe can be stimulated to snatch the ball from O'Neal, even if his offensive firepower can be ranked first in the league, it is still not as good as O'Neal.

O'Neal missed a free throw, Wang Dalin received the rebound, and immediately dribbled the ball forward quickly.

He's done it once or twice a game since he got to 80 with the ball, just like Antoine Walker and Chris Webber...in fact he's a little bit better with the ball now and faster than those two.

Kobe saw Wang Dalin launch a quick break and hurried over to stop him.

He didn't think about stealing the ball directly, he just wanted to delay the overall progress of the Pistons, otherwise it would be bad if O'Neal couldn't get back to the Lakers' defense.

The ball in Wang Dalin's hand flew into the hands of Billups on the other side in the blink of an eye. After receiving the ball, Billups made a three-pointer under Fisher's gaze without saying a word... Fisher really didn't expect that he would directly hit a three-pointer with the ball, and he didn't even make a defensive move.

Billups has hit 38.9 percent of his [-]-pointers this season, and there are a lot of them.

The entire process of the Pistons' attack only took about 7 seconds, which is really a bit like the "extreme running and bombing" advocated by D'Antoni of the later Suns.

When the ball passed through the basket, O'Neal had just run back to his own basket and settled down, and Ben didn't participate in the fast break at all.

"Good shot! Just hit it like this!" Carlisle clapped his hands on the sidelines and shouted to his disciples.

Just now when he arranged the tactics, he emphasized that the rhythm must be brought up. It seems that the players of the Pistons executed very well.

"Hey, Kobe, you're staring at me again. I told you earlier that it's useless for you to stare at me!" After sending another assist, Wang Dalin couldn't stop talking.

"Boy, very good, you managed to piss me off!" Kobe gritted his teeth, "Next, I'll make you feel the price of pissing me off!"

"Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter!" Wang Dalin laughed, "The second leader of the Lakers team, you should first ask Shaq if he will give you the ball to play?"

At this moment, Fisher dribbled the ball halfway, and Kobe immediately yelled at him: "Derrick, give me the ball!"

Fisher didn't dare not listen, and quickly passed the ball to him.

It's okay not to pass the ball to O'Neal, at least O'Neal doesn't know how to play "death stare". Kobe has a very small mind. If he doesn't pass the ball to him, Fisher feels that he must have no good fruit.

Kobe tried to break through Hamilton with the ball, but Hamilton's defensive position was very good, Kobe couldn't just shake him off, and Billups immediately came to help defend.

If it was Kobe a few years later, he would use fast and slow rhythm changes to leave Hamilton behind, but he still doesn't know this trick at this time.

Fisher happened to have an open spot on the perimeter, so he yelled, "Pass it to me!"

As long as the ball is passed, it is an open three-pointer. With Fisher's 41.6% three-point shooting rate, most of them can be made.

But Kobe turned a deaf ear, turned around and shot a fadeaway jumper under the double-team of Hamilton and Billups.

The ball was so difficult that even O'Neill thought he would definitely not be able to score, so he fought for a favorable position with Big Ben under the basket, trying to grab this offensive rebound.

Wang Dalin is also struggling to get a position. Behind him, Huo Li is an old man with a lot of tricks, pulling the jersey and pinning his arms.

The Pistons huddled under the basket, and everyone wanted to grab the rebound, but the ball went through the basket with a "swish".

"Isn't it...all of these can enter?" Wang Dalin was stunned, and the audience burst into earth-shattering cheers with a "boom".

Hamilton and Billups were also taken aback. They really couldn't imagine that someone could still make a shot under such a defensive intensity. They would definitely not be able to make this kind of ball... It would be nice if they could not be blocked on the spot. How dare they expect to make a shot?

After Kobe made the shot, he sat down on the ground and slid far away because of too much backlash. Although this action looked rather embarrassing, he sat on the ground and made a pose with his right hand, which looked cool.

For a while, even Wang Dalin felt that Kobe was so cool!
At 17:11, the Pistons still led by 6 points, but after Kobe scored the "fairy ball", even Carlisle on the sidelines felt that the Lakers' momentum was up.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to serve the bottom line, Wang Dalin quickly greeted Big Ben, Hamilton and Billups and said, "We can't let the Lakers start, this offense must be scored!"

Billups laughed, "Understood!"

Hamilton nodded and said, "I will run out of space!"

Da Ben grinned and said, "You can shoot without worry, I will grab rebounds at the basket!"

Wang Dalin suddenly felt a lot more at ease... Yes, your "OK ​​Group" is indeed very powerful, but our "Four Brothers of Li Ning" are not vegetarians either!
So far in the game, Wang Dalin has not really launched an offensive. Firstly, it is because the defense he faced against Fox is not weak, and secondly, his teammates feel good. There is no need for him to be obsessed with personal offense.

He has always played more selflessly, otherwise it would be impossible to average more than 6 assists per game.

The Pistons attacked again, Hamilton immediately started his ghostly running position, and Kobe followed closely behind... Both of them are also physical monsters. Of course, it was a tie in the first quarter, but I don’t know how long Kobe can last. Can he keep up with Hamilton in the fourth quarter?
After Wang Dalin received the ball at a high position, Horry's defensive position was a little behind. Wang Dalin made a decisive shot. The ball hit the basket several times and finally scored.

At 19:11, the score was stretched a little further. Jackson on the sidelines was in a hurry. He stood up and shouted loudly: "Robert, you stick to me, don't let him shoot!"

Horry shrugged his shoulders. Of course, he realized that he had made some mistakes in defending Wang Dalin just now. This was just a defensive habit he had developed for a long time.

How can there be a few big players with accurate outside shooting these days?
How many eccentrics like Wang Dalin and Nowitzki can be found in the entire league?
The Lakers attacked, and Kobe singled Hamilton. After attracting Wang Dalin to double-team, he did not make a hard attack this time, but passed the ball to Horry who was open.

Horry made up for it with a dunk, and also caused a foul by Williams who was defending.

对于奥尼尔来说，2+1的那个1多半只是象征意义，可对于霍里来说，2+1那就真的是2+1了。

After Horry scored and added penalties, the two sides fought back and forth for a few more rounds. The Lakers made 5 of 3 shots, and Fisher made a three-pointer.

However, the Pistons did not give up too much. Wang Dalin finally opened from beyond the three-point line. Billups scored a goal and assisted Williams to score another goal.

The score between the two sides came to 26:20, and the Pistons still led by 6 points. The two teams began to deploy troops. The Lakers left Kobe on the field to lead the second team, while the Pistons left Wang Dalin and Da Ben.

Of course, Carlisle will pay more attention to a strong team like the Lakers, so he couldn't help but choose "the main force" in this game.

The five players on the Lakers are Lynch Hunter, Kobe Bryant, Devin George, Robert Horry and Brian Shaw. This is an obviously small lineup.

For the Pistons, there are Ralph Alston, Joan Barry, Corris Williams, Wang Dalin and Ben. Considering Wang Dalin's speed and Ben's height, this is actually a small lineup.

　Thanks to "Tracey Curry" for rewarding 5000 starting coins and the monthly pass for encouragement!
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　　There can only be so much for this chapter today. I originally wanted to write a [-]-character chapter, but the plot is like this, and there is no way to write more!
　　Writing this month is getting more and more tiring. Lao Wang really can’t guarantee that the [-]D will be updated every day, so he can only try his best to update it!

　　I'm so sorry!

　　
　
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