NBA: Sharks at the peak, guard the basket!

Chapter 223 Clippers: Please be gentle, we really don't have any insiders!

The Clippers took the backcourt and shooting guard Darrick Martin advanced with the ball.

Kobe's single defense has shown a level far beyond the regular season, and the defense seems to have improved to another level.

This made Martin stunned, but also extremely uncomfortable.

During the regular season, it's not like Darrick Martin didn't confront Kobe head-on.

At that time, although Kobe gave a certain degree of defensive oppression, it was far from comparable to what it is now.

Darick Martin, who was so entangled that he couldn't move an inch, could only call his allies to come forward to cover him.

Just when Darrick Martin turned his back on Bryant and let Duckworth come up for the pick-and-roll, Bryant seized the moment.

Like a hungry wolf preying on food, he bypassed the petite Darek Martin and reached out to steal the basketball in the opponent's hand.

"Crack!" sound.

In an instant, Kobe touched the basketball in Darrick Martin's hands.

But Darrick Martin didn't give up either, and hurriedly got low and quickly protected the ball.

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

The two fell to the ground almost at the same time, playing and rolling in the mud.

The referee did not blow his whistle at this time.

After all, this is the playoffs.

Kobe, with longer arms and bigger fists, snatched the floor ball, and Horry hurried over to respond.

But at this time, Kobe did not give the ball to Horry, but gave it to Lin Hong who was on the weak side.

"Oops!"

"Stop him passing the ball!"

"Stop him passing the ball quickly!"

When the Clippers coach saw Lin Hong get the ball, he immediately exclaimed.

Although Lin Hong's assist data cannot be compared with top point guards, his long pass is much better than the average guard.

In the transition between offense and defense, he is condescending, and his vision is not too wide, just like the vision of God of a 2K game player.

What's even more frightening is that his trebuchet-like passing action made him make a fast break against "heavenly broken foot" Bowen in fright.

There was a sound of "whoosh".
Lin Hong threw the ball like a shot put.

This scared the outside line of the Clippers to chase Bowen quickly.

But soon.
They found that Lin Hong did not pass the ball.

The ball is still in his big fan-like hand.

At this time, Lin Hong passed the ball to the other side, in the direction of Horry's fast attack.

The Clippers' defensive resources were all piled up on Lin Hong and Bowen's passing route. As a result, Horry was left unguarded, and a mediocre two-handed dunk came directly.

China Central Television live broadcast room.

"Wow!"

"The Lakers really dare to play."

Sun Zhengping laughed.

"Yeah, how dare you play so flamboyantly in this playoffs." Zhang Lili couldn't help laughing.

After the opening game, Clippers point guard Darrick Martin encountered Kobe's strict defense, which made it difficult for the opponent to find a chance to name Lin Hong.

To break this situation, Malik Healy must mobilize the Lakers' defense and release Darrick Martin.

Malik Healey's regular season performance was remarkable, and he did excel
But he didn't prove himself in the playoffs.

Facing Bowen's pressing defense tonight is not much better than Darrick Martin, and the whole person is also extremely uncomfortable.

You can only rely on your own ball-handling rhythm to forcefully find an opportunity to shoot.

It can't form an effective attack basket, and it keeps floating and throwing.
Even if you can score, you can't beat the Lakers to death.

What's more, Bowen's defense is extremely targeted, blocking three-pointers, mid-range defensive strength is moderate, and breakthroughs under the basket are also blocked.

Its purpose is to protect Lin Hong from foul interference.

Soon, 3 minutes passed in the first quarter.

5: 12!

The Clippers are temporarily behind by 7 points.

The Clippers started with 5 points, all of which were earned by Malik Sealy.

Three-pointers, 3 of 1 shots!
Two-pointer, 3 of 1 shots!
Very inefficient.

In contrast to the Lakers, Lin Hong made 3 of 2 shots and 5 of 3 free throws from the free throw line, scoring 7 points efficiently.

Free throw percentage seems to have really been affected by the playoffs.

But everyone can understand.
After all, it is the first time, so it is normal to be a little nervous and not sure about the hole.

The Lakers attacked, and Kobe relied on his physical advantage to take Darrick Martin alone, and directly ran over the opponent and marched to the free throw line, turning over a mid-range jumper.

"Bang!" A sound.

The basketball hoop goes wide!
Bryant's touch is also a little tight.

But Ke Zhilin is high!
Lin Hong hung two people under the basket to grab the rebound.

At this time, Lin Hong was stopped by Roy Ott and Duckworth at the edge of the reasonable collision zone.

Lin Hong can't attack the frame directly either!
For this reason, Lin Hong used his straight-armed big hook.

However, the feel is really tight.

"boom!"

"Snapped!"

"boom!"

"Snapped!"

He missed two consecutive offenses, but also grabbed two offensive rebounds.

Just when Lin Hong took the third shot and still missed, he grabbed an offensive rebound and attacked again.

Duckworth hugged Lin Hong directly.

But Lin Hong relied on his formidable strength to forcefully maintain his balance in the air.

He put the basketball in abruptly.

"my God!"

"oh! no!"

For a moment, the Clippers fans in the stands could not help but hold their heads in their hands in annoyance.

This tm is so disappointing.

No foul, the Celestial Giants rebounded.

A foul, the Celestial Giants will be marked as and-one.

Lin Hong went to the free throw line again.

Take a deep breath.

For a while, the entire Great Western Forum fell silent.

Even the air is about to freeze!

They know very well that the Chinese giants, who are playing in the playoffs for the first time, may be nervous, otherwise tonight's free throws would not be so outrageous.

In fact, Lin Hong's free throws were poor.

But it was not caused by nervousness, but by being too excited.

After being warmly 'hugged' by Duckworth, Lin Hong's touch seemed to return to normal.

"Shh!" sounded.

The basketball goes through the net!

The first 2+1 in this game was scored.

Lakers fans subconsciously chanted MVP.

It is worth mentioning that.

Until the end of the regular season, Lin Hong was still far ahead in the MVP ranking list, even Michael Jordan and Postman Malone could not come close.

All in all, Lin Hong missed the regular season MVP because there is a shady scene.

"Dudududu!"

Clippers coach Bill Fitch quickly requested a timeout after Lin Hong scored a 2+1 penalty.

It's not just about adjusting the Clippers' offensive and defensive strategies.

Coach Bill Fitch has a premonition that after Lin Hong 2+1, his touch may have returned.

It was already strong enough to make one's scalp tingle, but once the feeling was regained, there was no need to beat it.

In addition to these two reasons, there is the .
The starting insider twin towers have some troubles in physical strength and fouls.

The game has only just started for less than 4 minutes.

Duckworth has been charged with 1 foul.

And Lloyd Ott, who was in charge of assisting in the double-teaming of Lin Hong, was charged with 2 fouls.

If the game continues like this, at the end of the first half, one of these two will definitely be sent off.

The big men on the bench either don't have enough height, or neither height nor athleticism.

There is also endurance.

Lin Hong swallowed alive at the basket, making Duckworth, who was defending against him, feel like he was being crushed by a heavy mountain.

Don't look at Duckworth has no rebounds, no assists, no points, no blocks, and nothing else.

However, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, after all, he was once an All-Star!
Without Duckworth's 127kg tonnage and experience, Lloyd Ott's double team would be for nothing.

On the offensive end, Duckworth's mid-range shot and jump hook can also contain Lin Hong, so that Lin Hong dare not excessively help defend Malik Sealy.

but the corresponding
The confrontation between Duckworth and Lin Hong was extremely exhausting.

Even when he was back on the bench, Duckworth was still panting heavily, and kept wiping the bead of sweat on his forehead.

On the other hand, Lin Hong remained unchanged.

For Lin Hong, whose upper body strength is at the limit of human beings and lower body strength is at the ceiling of the NBA, the consumption of confrontation is not great.

What Lin Hong was afraid of was the fast-paced attack. To put it bluntly, it was just running around.

After all, 125kg body weight.
Uh.
You know!
After a pause comes back.

What surprised Lin Hong was that the opponent's inside line did not change.

Still Duckworth and Roy Ott.

This made Lin Hong feel pleasantly surprised.

He likes playing against Duckworth so much. Apart from the fist-to-body confrontation, the most important thing is that Lin Hong doesn't need to run too fast.

However, it is different from heavy insiders such as Duckworth and Sabonis.

Lin Hong can run, even the defenders may not be able to catch up, but there is no need to run.

The latter two wanted to run, but they couldn't.

After a pause comes back.

Lin Hong first completed a robbery steal on Lloyd Ott.

Roy Ott was thrown directly by Lin Hong.

Immediately afterwards, a big jump came to the basket, and a dunk was made across Duckworth.

"Bang!" a voice.

The buzz of the rim being dunked.

At the same time, Duckworth was also knocked out of the baseline by Lin Hong.

This bloody scene!
Let the audience boil again.

As soon as he came back from the timeout, Lin Hong directly buckled the Clippers' two major insiders to the ground.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Clippers attack.

Darrick Martin called the pick-and-roll and wanted to name Lin Hong.

Kobe forced the pick-and-roll, and Kobe's strength was strong. In addition, some of his body and pace when he squeezed the pick-and-roll forced him to squeeze past Duckworth.

Didn't let him cause a switch.

And taking advantage of this time difference, Darrick Martin directly made a three-pointer.

With the sound of "Dang!", Lin Hong stepped onto the backboard and took off the rebound directly on Lloyd Ott's head.

Lin Zhike hurry up!

Gold double brush!

Empty connection!

The first quarter was 6 minutes and 21 seconds.

The Lakers attacked, and Lin Hong punched Duckworth under the basket. When being double-teamed by Roy Ott, Lin Hong suddenly turned around, feinted and sent Roy Ott flying.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Hong rose up against Lloyd Ott.

While hitting him for a dunk, he also caused a foul.

When the referee's foul whistle sounded.

Another 2+1.

The Clippers fans in front of the TV put their hands on their heads, their faces full of panic.

It's not because Lin Hong can't be prevented.

After all, it is normal that Lin Hong cannot be guarded.

But Lloyd Ott's 3 fouls in a single quarter put the Clippers in a very passive situation, which made the Clippers' inside resources even more stretched.

Lin Hong made a free throw!

The Clippers again requested a timeout.

It is time to protect Lloyd Ott, otherwise, if the halftime is not over, he will probably have to be sent off.

Lorenzen White, who is 211cm tall and 105kg in weight, is an insider with excellent wingspan and first-class athletic ability who replaced Lloyd Ott.

After all, he is the main center of the Clippers in the regular season, and he is also the No. 96 rookie in the 9 class.

However, Lorenzen White's lack of shooting made things easier for the Lakers' defense.

Lin Hong can adopt a squatting defense and let Big Ben face Duckworth.

As for Darrick Martin, it has become very difficult to transfer Lin Hong out of the paint area through Lorenzen White's pick-and-roll.

Lorenzen White doesn't have the ability to shoot. After the pick-and-roll, he can only go down. He also lacks the organizational ability to be a big axis inside. Lin Hong retreats and defends.

Lorenzen White's physical dimension and strength are far inferior to Duckworth's, which makes it easier for Kobe to squeeze the pick-and-roll.

The first quarter was 10 minutes and 01 seconds.

After Darrick Martin and Lorenzen White were in the pick-and-roll, Lorenzen White quickly slid down.

Darek Martin made a touchdown pass.

After Lorenzen White received the ball, he just took a big dribble before ejecting and attacking the frame quickly.

"Bang!" A sound.

What Darrick Martin never imagined was that Lin Hong, who didn't participate in the fast break very much, was so fast at this time.

Covering the sky with one hand, Lin Hong directly grabbed the basketball from Lorenzen White's hand as if he was fishing for the moon.

The Celestial Giants on the offensive end are even more unstoppable.

Lorenzen White's awareness of assisting defense and double-teaming is far inferior to that of Lloyd Ott, and his experience and judgment are also severely lacking.

After the start of the second quarter.

The team still focuses on Lin Hong.

Lin Hong also showed a dominant scoring ability.

Either the attack is successful, or fouled by Lorenzen White, or the foul cannot be committed.

The efficiency is even more exaggerated than the 8-of-6 shooting in the first quarter.

The first 5 shots in the second quarter were all hits.

The main reason is that Duckworth's physical strength has seriously declined, and his defensive ability has plummeted, which allows Lin Hong to make offensive moves more easily.

What made Clippers coach Bill Fitch even more uncomfortable was that the substitute insider Lorenzen White also had 6 fouls on his back at 32 minutes and 3 seconds of the second quarter.

The second quarter is 7 minutes and 13 seconds.

Clippers 32 vs. Lakers 52.

Already behind the Lakers by a full 20 points.

The Clippers again requested a timeout.

The Clippers are on the bench.

Coach Bill Fitch came to Lloyd Ott and told him:
"Roy, you can't foul anymore, you must protect yourself.

Reduce risky defensive moves and would rather let him score than foul again. "

"Well, I see, Coach!"

Roy Otter nodded.

on the other hand.

The Lakers are on the bench.

"Lin, can you continue?"

Coach Silver Fox Harris patted Lin Hong on the shoulder.

"Of course there is no problem." Lin Hong showed his big teeth.

Lin Hong only rested for one and a half minutes in the first quarter.

The second quarter has not rested yet.

You must know that a huge center like Lin Hong consumes a lot of energy.

But what surprised Donovan was that Lin Hong never yelled the word 'tired' from the beginning to the end.

What is even more exaggerated is that Lin Hong is not trying to be brave, he is really not tired.

In fact, the 127kg Duckworth consumed Lin Hong a lot, but only in the first five or six minutes of the game.

The physical strength of both of them is constantly being exhausted.

It's just that Lin Hong's blood bar is not only infinitely long, but the speed of weakening is also slow, and it is getting slower and slower.

Duckworth's blood bar is short, and the speed of weakening is getting faster and faster.

This is changing!

Duckworth, who was fighting Lin Hong hand to hand, was exhausted at this time, and his eyes were dark.

Anyway, he couldn't hear what Bill Fitch was saying, and he rolled his eyes.

To cope with Lin Hong's confrontation intensity, at least two insiders with a weight of more than 2kg must be prepared.

"Bryant, for the next time, the team will focus on your offense."

"Lin, you cover for Bryant."

Silver Fox Harris said again.

"Yes." Both Kobe and Lin Hong nodded.

Although Lin Hong is not too tired now, he can't be the same as in the first quarter, dunking through the opponent at every turn, scoring 2+1.

Let Lin Hong play as a support, reduce physical consumption, and recover blood during the game.

(End of this chapter)