Guoshu basketball

Chapter 18 Suppression of the Sun
In the second half, the Lakers served first, and just after halftime, Li Du led Barbosa and galloped all over the field.In fact, Barbosa's speed is not slower than Li Du's, and may be a little faster in a straight line, but Li Du's running position according to Xingyiquan's pace is really hard to figure out. Odom blocked.

Li Du stepped out of the three-point line in two steps, and Fisher's pass also arrived.Li Du received the ball without stopping, opened his hand and scored a three-pointer, and the goal was scored.Just over 10 seconds into the second half, the Lakers recovered a three-pointer.The score became 56 to 52, and the Lakers were still 4 points behind.

The Suns insisted on the rhythm of the bombardment. As soon as Nash got the ball, Li Du was about to stick to the defense and passed the ball directly to the frontcourt. Lagabel hit the ground after receiving the ball. Sri Lanka hands.Bynum hadn't returned to the defense yet, and Stoudemire didn't care about Fisher who was coming to help defend. He jumped up and dunked the ball in. Fisher could only dodge.

58 to 52, the score gap came to 6 points again.

Kobe waved to Li Du, and the Lakers flocked to the Suns' half court like a tide.Li Du still started running quickly after halftime, and Barbosa chased after him.He was led by Li Du to run poorly in the first half, and he kept thinking about how to keep up with the weird pace and rhythm of the Lakers rookie during the intermission.

The way he came up with was to move as Li Du moved, so that he would not be thrown away by Li Du's weird rhythm.

Unfortunately, things backfired.Barbosa followed Li Du's movements, and almost tripped himself after only a few steps.Li Du took the opportunity to slip out of the outside line, and scored another three-pointer after catching the ball, narrowing the gap again.

Seeing this, Nash walked over and patted Barbosa, "Don't worry, it seems that the Lakers are going to focus on this young man. Next time our team switches defenses from outside, he won't be able to escape!"

Barbosa almost tripped himself while defending against Li Du, which made the fans burst into laughter, and even Barkley laughed and said: "This Brazilian is very unwise, his speed is actually not slower than Li Du , but he insisted on doing the same moves as Li Du. Doesn’t he know that the pace and rhythm of this little Laker has never been seen before, and it is impossible to accurately grasp it in a game!”

Smith suppressed a smile and said, "You can't blame him. Li Du has already made 3 shots in front of him tonight. Barbosa has no good way to restrict Li Du. He can only try to learn Li Du's rhythm." and pace."

Amidst the laughter of the crowd, Barbosa also played his life. He directly dribbled the ball across the frontcourt with his fastest speed, and before the Lakers had time to form an effective defense, he attracted inside double-teams and passed Over Diaw, Diaw leaned back under the basket and easily scored the ball.

After the two sides came and went to attack and defend, due to Li Du's slippery running position and precise three-pointers, the Suns had to adopt a defense strategy against him. Once the players defending Li Du were blocked, others immediately followed up.

In this way, it is no problem to chase and defend Li Du, and Li Du's chances of getting the ball are much less, and his chances of shooting three-pointers are also greatly reduced.But a new problem came up again. Since Li Du often did off-ball pick-and-rolls with Odom or Kobe, after switching defenses, it became Stoudemire or Diaw to defend Kobe.

Both of them are inside players, and they don't have an advantage in defense on the outside. In addition, Kobe is defending, so they basically end up being broken through and shooting casually.

Moreover, even after switching defenses occasionally, with his rich experience, Lagabel still defends Kobe. But first of all, Kobe is not something he can defend one-on-one. very good.But what's more serious is that Kobe even started to pick and roll with Odom and even Bynum. After the pick and roll, either Kobe would get a shot from the outside, or the Suns who were emptied by Li Duo on the inside would have to suffer from being caught by Bynum and Odo The result of Mu's repeated bombings.

Finally, at the end of the third quarter, the Lakers chased the score to 78 to 77, only one point behind!

第三节过后，科比独的32分，奥多姆也有18分11个篮板和4次助攻入账。李杜三分球4投4中，得到12分，同时还有2次抢断和2次盖帽。

On the Suns side, Stoudemire was as strong as ever, scoring 22 points and 13 rebounds, Diaw also had 14 points and 8 rebounds, and Marion also scored 18 points.But Nash still only had 2 points and 3 assists, and 3 embarrassing turnovers!
If they hadn't been speeding up their offensive tempo, and everyone's shooting feel was pretty good today, I'm afraid they would have been overtaken by the Lakers long ago.But even so, Nash knew that if he didn't make any changes, the Suns would lose in the second half of the fourth quarter when all the main players of the Lakers returned!
The opening game means a lot, no one wants to lose this kind of game!
"Coach, what should we do?" Nash and the others were in a hurry. If this continues, the game will be lost!

D'Antoni patted them and comforted them: "Don't worry, you have fought hard for a quarter, rest first, recover your strength, and prepare to beat them in the fourth quarter."

In fact, D'Antoni has nothing to do. He is a coach who is good at offense, but the question now is how to defend the Lakers.And their offense was contained by the Lakers, the source is that Nash was suppressed by the Chinese.

Thinking of this, D'Antoni couldn't help but look at the Lakers, then turned to look at Nash.Sighing secretly in his heart, Nash was suppressed by that rookie due to physical limitations.But since Nash entered the league, he has encountered too many opponents with strong physical talents. Why is he so uncomfortable with this Chinese man today?
Thinking of this, D'Antoni came to Nash and asked in a low voice, "Steve, is that rookie really strong?"

Nash looked at D'Antoni. Regarding this mentor who turned him from a point guard who would be booed by home fans to the strongest point guard in the league today, as soon as he opened his mouth, Nash knew what D'Antoni wanted to ask. Nash sighed , Said: "Coach, his physical talent really has nothing to say, but I'm not afraid of those who play with their bodies."

Seeing D'Antoni nodding in agreement, Nash continued: "But this Chinese is different. When he defended me, he didn't rely on his physical talent at all, but played with his brain! He seemed to be able to predict my every move. , and even the passing line at times! It's scary! I feel like he's in control! I've never had that feeling from any player!"

Hearing what Nash said, D'Antoni was also surprised. Is there really such a terrible player?If this is the case, then I am afraid that he and Kobe need to be valued at the same level.But how could a rookie do this?

When D'Antoni and Nash were silent, the Lakers were full of excitement.Odom was not idle on the bench, pulling Li Du to ask this and that, and even imitated Li Du's footsteps!One foot forward, one heel, he said it felt like dancing.He also made dancing movements in his hands, which made all his teammates laugh out loud.

Everyone's interest was so high because they could see that Nash was not well suppressed by Li Du. Although the Suns' offense was still strong, they lost Nash's impetus.

Li Du didn't make trouble with his teammates, he stood on the sidelines, and Xiong Ying joined forces.This skill can be said to be the pinnacle of Xingyiquan's health preservation. As long as you get the essence, you can not only recover your physical strength quickly, but also increase your physical strength in normal times!It fully demonstrates the meaning of Zhuangzi's "Xiong Jing Niao Shen".

Moreover, Li Du also knew that although this kung fu is mainly about health preservation, as a unique skill of Shang style Xingyi boxing, how could it not have the skill of fighting?If the Xiong Ying joint strike is well practiced and enters the level of energy transformation, the strength of a body will not be much different from that of a real bear!That is the peak movement of Xingyiquan's close-to-body short strike, the crocodile tail cut!That is a terrifying move that can tear the enemy apart!
When Kobe saw Li Du standing on the sidelines in a strange pose, he knew that Li Du was practicing.Shang Yun used dark energy to heal his injuries for more than two months, and he also has some knowledge of Chinese martial arts.Immediately walked over to Li Du and said: "Li, come and sit down and have a rest, the practice is not here for a few minutes."

Li Du didn't move his body, and said in his mouth: "Boss, I am recovering my physical strength. Although the advantage has returned to our side, I still don't trust Nash. Last season's MVP is not so easy to suppress. I want to maintain the best physical strength, and then let him know what real despair is!"

Seeing what Li Du said, Kobe stopped persuading him. He walked back and muttered, "You guys will be a nightmare for all opposing players! But, I really want to experience it!"

It is difficult for substitute players to change the situation on the court, especially in the two teams of the Lakers and Suns.With 7 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Zen master replaced the substitute players and put the main players on the field again.

D'Antoni also knew that the decisive moment of this game had come, and he also replaced the main players.But before Nash came on the court, he stopped Nash and said, "Steve, you are the strongest point guard. I can't be wrong about this! I believe you think so too!"

Nash froze for a moment, then understood D'Antoni's meaning: Since he is the strongest point guard, he will win all challenges!Including this terrifying rookie in front of him!

Slapping his face hard, Nash settled down, then took the ball and quickly advanced towards the Lakers' half court.Li Du immediately defended him, but this time, Nash didn't avoid Li Du any more. He protected the ball and didn't give Li Du any chance to steal the ball.

(End of this chapter)