NBA: I really just want to be a second-in-command

Chapter 154

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Rockets immediately deployed the main lineup.

On the Lakers side, because the score was ahead, Zen Master sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and let the first team continue to rest.

Lu Yusheng led the Lakers' bench to play against the Rockets' starting lineup.

This made Lu Yusheng a little stressed.

In the previous game, he and Vujacic were on the bench, and the scoring was still guaranteed.

But today this kid doesn't know what's going on, he has no touch at all, and he doesn't take the initiative to attack.

It was difficult for Bynum on the inside to connect the ball restricted by Uncle Mu, let alone score.

In other words, for the next time, facing Houston's main lineup, the scoring pressure will be on Lu Yusheng alone.

With the referee's whistle, the second quarter begins!
The Lakers serve.

Lu Yusheng dribbled the ball across half court and faced Alstom.

Alston is famous for his streetball. He was born in South Jamaica, where dragons and snakes are mixed together in Queens, New York.

Because he lives near Rock Park, known as the "streetball resort" in Queens, New York, he visits the park almost every day.Gradually, he also fell in love with streetball, and has since played on basketball courts in the streets of New York.

At the age of 15, he participated in the 18-year-old and over age group competition in Rock Park, and immediately became popular in Harlem and the United States with his superb hand-changing dribbles, combined with various strange turn and footwork.

In 2003, And1 launched the Skip series, and Alstom became the first street player in history to have its own brand of sneakers.

Although he is famous for his street ball, in fact, Alston's defense is not bad at all. During the Bucks and Heat, Alston was even the defensive leader of the team's No. [-] position.

Lu Yusheng knew all these things, so, facing this streetball king, Lu Yusheng did not dare to neglect in the slightest.

He didn't directly try to break through like he did when facing Uncle Huo and Sura, but called for a pick-and-roll.

Of course, this time, he didn't let Vujacic pick and roll for himself, but called Bynum inside.

The main reason is that Vujacic has no desire to attack at all tonight, and after the pick-and-roll, it is useless to pass the ball to him.

Why not let Bynum give it a try.

"Did you see that?" Barkley said triumphantly, "Facing Alston, he simply didn't have the courage to break through, and he knew he would definitely not be able to break through."

Mason said, "Hey, brother, can't they adapt their tactics according to the opponent's lineup? Lu has always scored breakthroughs before, and now that the Rockets have replaced the main lineup, can't they change their tactics? What's more, they have always been the most What you are good at is the pick-and-roll tactics. Did you Suns fight to the end with one tactic back then?"

Buckley laughed and stopped talking.

Bynum used his thick body to give Lu Yusheng a solid pick-and-roll!

Alstom chose to go around the back, obviously after studying Lu Yusheng, knowing that Lu Yusheng's shooting was unstable.

In this case, Lu Yusheng could only shoot.

Although Alstom was circling around the pick-and-roll player, when Lu Yusheng raised the ball to shoot, he was surprised to find that Alston had already jumped in front of him, which greatly interfered with his shooting!

Obviously, Alston would also do that. When circling around the pick-and-roll player, secretly push the pick-and-roll player. Only in this way can he come to Lu Yusheng in the first place!
Moreover, what surprised Lu Yusheng even more was that he never knew that Alston's bounce was surprisingly good!

When this ball was thrown, Lu Yusheng felt that he was about to block his own shot!
tie!
This ball really hit the iron!

Bynum came out to pick and roll, and the Lakers basically had no height at the basket, so Yao Ming got the rebound almost easily!

The ball was handed over to McGrady for the first time, and McGrady's dribble passed halftime!

Just after halftime, one step away from the three-point line, he suddenly pulled up and shot!

This unexpected shot made the Lakers players completely unprepared.

Aaron McGee rushed forward, but he was still far from McGrady!
Swish!
This ultra-long three-pointer scored hollow!

"Zen didn't seem to know that the Rockets sent the main lineup at the beginning of the second quarter, so he didn't respond with the Lakers' first team.
Although the Lakers' bench lineup played well against the Rockets' second team just now, I feel that they still struggled against the Rockets' main lineup, especially on the defensive end. Aaron McGee obviously couldn't limit McGrady. said Mason.

"I think it is impossible for Zen master not to consider that the Rockets will make substitutions. Anyone who has watched the Rockets game knows that Van Gundy will definitely use the main lineup at the beginning of the second quarter. This is his coaching habit. Besides, the substitute lineup has already After losing so much, if you don’t change your main force, you can only wait to be beaten.”

Barkley said, "I think the reason why Zen Master didn't make a substitution is that he still has confidence in the bench lineup."

"It's rare, buddy, it's rare for you to make an objective comment tonight." Mason laughed.

"I haven't finished talking yet," Barkley said, "but I think Zen Master's confidence is a bit overstated. The Rockets' second team is a soft persimmon, but the first team is not. Just pointing to the two hits of landing, I think It's a dream to break arms with other people's main lineup. Watch, Zen Master will pay a terrible price for his support."

On the field, the Lakers were attacking, and Lu Yusheng dribbled the ball across half court.

This time, he still called Bynum's pick-and-roll.

After Bynum's pick-and-roll, Alston still chose to circle the defense from behind Bynum.

But this time, Lu Yusheng made an adjustment.

Seeing Alston coming out from the left, Lu Yusheng immediately dribbled the ball to the right. In this way, it would be very difficult for him to come around from the right of Bynum again!

As a result of Lu Yusheng's actions, he had to face Brother Yao Ming!
Small fight big!
As we all know, when Yao Ming first entered the league, his traversing speed was still very slow. The famous scene of being knocked down by Marbury was left in his first game when he first entered the league.

But after the second season, Yao Ming's traversing speed suddenly improved, so even if Lu Yusheng was playing big, he didn't dare to neglect him at all.

Start dribbling and constantly change the rhythm to mobilize Yao Ming's center of gravity.

But Yao Ming's small steps were very tight, and he didn't lose his position at all.

Under such circumstances, Lu Yusheng could only start to change direction in front of his body drastically to shake Yao Ming's center of gravity.

Sure enough, it worked. Because of Yao Ming's height, his center of gravity was too high. Under this shaking, he still lost his center of gravity.

Lu Yusheng saw the timing, accelerated, and quickly broke through to the right!
After the breakthrough, McGrady quickly made up the defense!

McGrady's defensive ability was still very good when he was in the Rockets. He lowered his center of gravity and fixed his eyes on Lu Yusheng.

Lu Yusheng knew that it was not easy to make a breakthrough. It was impossible for him to regain his stance and make a breakthrough like he did when he faced Yao Ming just now. Even if he could make a breakthrough, there was not enough time to attack.

So he took a step forward and suddenly stepped back!

Shoot!

Upon seeing this, McGrady quickly took off and blocked the shot!
With McGrady's reaction speed and bullet speed, as well as his super long wingspan, there is almost no room for Lu Yusheng to shoot this ball!
But Lu Yusheng thought it through when he took off, the ball was not intended to be shot, because he saw Aaron McGee's air cut from the corner of his eye!
So after taking off and tricking McGrady with a jump shot, Lu Yusheng suddenly turned his shot into a pass, and made a straight pass in the air to the air-cut Aaron McGee!

After Aaron McGee received the ball, there was no one under the basket, so he just patted the ball and went straight to the basket!
Three-step layup!

The moment he shot, a huge shadow suddenly flew obliquely, completely covering Aaron McGee!

Yao Ming!

Aaron McGee's layup was basically slapped away by Yao Ming as soon as he made the shot!
Flew directly out of the auditorium.

Although the Lakers have the ball, there are only three seconds left in the attack time, and there is basically no time to organize an attack.

Lu Yusheng felt a little regretful. In fact, for the ball just now, Aaron McGee could have switched to his left hand in the air, relying on Yao Ming to wipe the board with his left hand for the layup.

But this is indeed a bit difficult for an aging substitute player.

There is no way, when the Lakers' substitute players face the Rockets' starting lineup, the real strength gap is like this.

After all, the strength of the Rockets' starting lineup is among the top five in the league.

"See, Mason, your idol hasn't recorded any statistics since his debut in the first team." Barkley mocked, "Don't talk about scoring, he doesn't even have assists."

"Brother, can this also be blamed on Lu?" Mason said, "He just missed one shot. Just now, he has already fed the ball into Aaron McGee's mouth. It was Aaron McGee. Can you blame Lu for not living up to expectations and being hated?
"But the problem is, he knows that Aaron McGee has that strength. Obviously, this lineup requires him to attack, but he has no ability to attack. His shot just now, if he didn't pass the ball, would have been beaten by McGrady. The hat serves."

"You thought that was a shot?" Mason asked.

"Of course it's not a shot. It's a shot that is afraid of being blocked. It's a pass that takes advantage of the situation." Barkley said.

Mason shook his head helplessly.

The Lakers serve the sideline.

Alston defended Lu Yusheng so hard that he had no room to catch the ball!
In a hurry, Bynum could only send it to Aaron McGee. After Aaron McGee received the ball, McGrady had already rushed in front of him, so he could only shoot in a hurry!
This ball came with a three-pointer.

When returning to defense, Lu Yusheng looked at Zen Master. He felt that in this case, Zen Master should change.

Now the Lakers' bench lineup has no offensive ability against the Rockets at all, and his tactics are basically useless.

But in this case, the Zen master was still in a stable state, and he didn't mean to call a timeout at all.

It seems that you have to attack yourself.

Lu Yusheng understood that if he couldn't attack, the lineup would be passive forever.

If you can't score offensively, let alone defend, with this lineup, Lu Yusheng doesn't think it is possible to defend the Rockets' main force.It is only a matter of time before the point difference is tied or even overtaken.

Rocket attack!

After Als passed halftime, he handed the ball directly to McGrady at the top of the arc.

Facing Aaron McGee's defense, McGrady didn't even have any intention of passing the ball.

Aaron McGee was afraid of McGrady's interference, so he resorted to Yingmu Huadao's "open teeth and claws", waving his hands non-stop to interfere with McGrady.

However, McGrady is only a three-threat, and he passed Aaron McGee cleanly in one step!

Direct emergency stop jump shot!

When he was shooting, McGrady suddenly noticed that a figure flew out from the side, trying to block the shot!

The timing of this guy's killing made McGrady unexpected!

It's Lu Yusheng!

Lu Yusheng had already seen that McGrady absolutely wanted to fight against Aaron McGee by himself, so he simply let go of the defense against Alston and quickly followed to make up the defense!

Lu Yusheng had tried his best to block this shot, but McGrady's bounce was extremely high and his release point was high, so Lu Yusheng barely interfered in the air!
Still scored!

"See, Mason, I've said it a long time ago, Zen master is obviously too big, his strategy is very clear, he wants the bench lineup to buy time for his main lineup to rest,

Because he knows that this game will be very intense, it will consume a lot of energy, and the time to decide the winner must be in the second half, so he must strive for rest time for the main lineup, so that in the second half, the Lakers will have a greater chance of winning . "

Barkley said, "But like I said, he obviously overestimated Lu's strength. It is impossible for him to lead the Lakers' bench lineup to compete with the Rockets' main lineup. He doesn't have that strength at all. Well, the Rockets will catch up and overtake the score soon."

Indeed, in just two rounds, the Rockets brought the score back to 5 points.

However, the Zen master still did not call a timeout.

Lu Yusheng could only bite the bullet and continue fighting.

When he dribbled past Zen master, Zen master stood up and said to him, "Lu, come on, hold on for this time, don't let the point difference be widened!"

Lu Yusheng understood that he was buying time and energy for the Lakers' first team, but it was really difficult. It was too difficult for him to lead such a group of level teammates to compete with the Rockets' main lineup.

But now that the Zen master has developed such a strategy, he must try his best to do it.

Lu Yusheng made up his mind that he must attack first, so as to attract the defense and create better opportunities for his teammates.

After he dribbled the ball across half court, facing Alston's defense, this time, he did not call a pick-and-roll.

He got into position and started dribbling.

"Too naive, with his strength, he wants to single out Alston?" Barkley laughed.

Alstom also put up a defensive stance, Lu Yusheng continued to dribble the ball under his crotch, and Alston kept his center of gravity, after all, his defensive skills lay there.

Lu Yusheng suddenly began to change direction drastically, which made Alston nervous, and he took small steps!
Lu Yusheng suddenly broke through to the right, and Alston quickly left!
However, Lu Yusheng's breakthrough was a fake move, and when Alston made a defense to the left, he suddenly pulled the ball back sharply!

Break to the left! !
One step ahead of Alstom by half a body!
As a veteran of breakthroughs, Alston is so shrewd. Naturally, he didn't go all out to defend, but reserved his spare energy.

Seeing that Lu Yusheng pulled the ball back suddenly, he was expected to shoot to the left, so he immediately withdrew to the right and rushed to the right with all his strength!

However, what he didn't expect was that when he suddenly rushed over, Lu Yusheng suddenly pulled the ball back again!
Another feint? ?

Alston never expected that this guy would be so patient, and when he was halfway past him, he could pull the ball back and break through again in the opposite direction!
This time, he completely lost his position!

He could only watch helplessly as Lu Yusheng jumped past him!

And the Zen master and Kobe in the field shouted almost at the same time, "Deron!"

Zen Master and Kobe looked at each other, with surprise in their eyes at the same time!
That's right, Lu Yusheng learned this move from Deron Williams in the last match.

Deron Williams's drastic changes in rhythm and repeated breakthroughs full of patience are the best answer to deal with Alstom's defense!

(End of this chapter)