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Chapter 15 The Blacksmithing Squad Was Found Out?

The Rockets attacked, and Pippen dribbled the ball upfield, frowning.

After the first few rounds of probing, he knew that the current defensive tactics of the Lakers and the Knicks are a virtuous, defensive pseudo-zone defense tactic.

In fact, in the 98-99 season, the rule of not being allowed to defend the zone defense has existed in name only.

Jeff Van Gundy relied on his pseudo-zone defense tactics to lead the Knicks to the top three defensive efficiency in the league.

Bowen will be a first-team defensive player in the future, and Young Ke will also grow into a first-team defensive player. He is active and desperate, and now he is also showing strong defensive strength.

Being zoned by two defensive first-team players, even Pippen is uncomfortable.

Mobley and Dixon on the outside are useless. Pippen can only risk making mistakes and hand over the basketball to Olajuwon.

At this time, the Lakers' defense quickly recovered, and their strong mobility gradually began to show off.

The Rockets don't have a lot of offensive space. Olajuwon has a big move like dream footsteps, but there is no room to display it.

Trying to test the offense, but failed to find a good shot space, Olajuwon scored the ball to the corner of the three-pointer.

At this time, the Rockets' attack time had already started counting down from 5 seconds, and Mobley had no choice but to face Kobe's chasing cap and force a three-point jumper.

It's not a rhythm he's used to, and he doesn't like standing in front of the defense.

Boom-!
The league is suspended, which affects the performance of rookies.

Didn't play in summer league.

Training camp is not open.

Didn't play preseason.

It is indeed difficult for them to start in the NBA without training.

The Rockets can only gamble, betting that this group of rookies will grow under strong pressure, or be destroyed!
It's a brutal alliance.

Olajuwon's career time is running out, and it is impossible for the Rockets to train rookies in a step-by-step manner, which will waste the precious career time of a legendary center.

Mobley was obviously unprepared. He made a three-pointer and the basket flew out.

Under the basket, Ben Wallace and Barkley got stuck, and then jumped at the same time.

Big Ben's sprung legs completely overwhelmed 'The Flying Pig', and Ben Wallace grabbed the rebound.

Rebounding work is his eating bowl, as Kobe said, singled out, he can't lose to James.

Because, heads-up is his job!

Now, Barkley wants to grab Daben's job, but he can't.

The Lakers attacked, Billups controlled the ball in the frontcourt, and found that O'Neal was surrounded by defense.

Immediately according to the tactics explained by Li Mu, hand over the basketball to Kobe to attack.

And his opponent is Mobley who just missed a three-pointer.

"Kobe took the ball, started it, accelerated it, and it was just an unreasonable rush.

Mobley was born suddenly, and fought and retreated.

Kobe went inside and was flanked.

Pippen and Barkley pounce, Kobe's offense is about to miss... oh!Kobe scored! "

Mike Brin has no expression on his face, as long as he is not embarrassed, it is others who are embarrassed.

"Kobe pulls up and pulls up a fadeaway jumper and hits a solid two.

The Rockets are already 10 points behind, and the game seems to be heading in a one-sided direction.

This was a pre-match prediction, and it was completely unexpected. I thought it would be a strong dialogue.

Now it seems that the really strong team is only the Lakers. "

"The Lakers are completely different, with sharp offense and excellent defense. Such a Lakers team is very frightening."

In the Rockets' bench, Tomjanovich was very depressed.

The team's outside line is completely powerless.

What's even more exaggerated is that on the Lakers' bench, there are still star guard Jones and quasi-point guard Harper.

Just like that, the Rockets' outside line was beaten by the Lakers.

Tomjanovich glanced at the players on the bench.

Shaking his head, if there are really strong players, how can he reuse rookies?

Now that the Lakers are in good shape, it is difficult to make a difference defensively. They can only find ways to open up the situation in offensive scoring.

"Scottie, stop hiding your offensive prowess.

Rockets, there is no Michael here.

Please make a guest appearance as Michael temporarily, and blow up your defensive players! ’ Tomjanovich yelled at Pippen with the ball.

Dameng is facing O'Neal, can play, but the efficiency is not too high.

Ben Wallace seems to have something, and Barkley can't clean it up for a while.

Bowen, standing in front of Pippen, is not well-known. He should be the breakthrough of the offense!
Nodding his head, Pippen decided to single out Bowen to teach the Lakers that the Rockets can play outside.

Back-up singles, no speed, easy to get caught in the pinch, Pippen decided to face the basket to attack.

One stepped down and dribbled the ball, changing directions and trying to make a strong charge, but found that Bowen in front of him did not passively wait for him to attack, but rushed towards him, interfering with him personally, clinging to him like a jelly candy.

Pippen directly elbowed the way, his elbow was on Bowen's chest, and he stopped and pulled up and shot a fadeaway jumper.

Enduring the pain in his chest, Bowen flew over to block the shot.

He wasn't confident enough to successfully block Pippen's shot. His only hope was to interfere with his shooting rhythm.

The right hand greeted Pippen's eyes directly.

revenge!

Pippen exclaimed inwardly!

Bowen's defensive posture is definitely trying to get his revenge. Pippen doesn't have Jordan's ability to stay in the air.

Boom-!
Pippen's mid-range shot went wide.

Not being famous doesn't mean not having strength. Bowen taught Pippen a lesson. As long as he plays dirty, he is not afraid of anyone.

Of course, the most important thing is that Pippen should not attack facing the basket, because what Bowen is best at, except for the stepping, is defending facing the basket.

If Pippen plays with his back, Bowen really has nothing to do but fall to the ground and make a foul.

But when the time comes, Kobe will definitely not eat dry food and just watch from the sidelines.

Pippen attacked twice in a row and returned without attacking. He also knew Bowen's defensive strength.

Since it is not easy to play single-handedly, Pippen directly calls out tactics and asks Dameng to come out to attack.

As the ceiling of center technology in history, Olajuwon has very comprehensive offensive weapons.

He can break through, he can hit mid-range shots, he can post up, and he can team up...

There will always be an offensive weapon, the key to the Rockets' scoring.

Dameng pulled out and played a pick-and-roll tactic with Pippen. After receiving Pippen's pass, he raised his hand and shot a jumper...

O'Neal has nothing to do with the pick-and-roll.

Fortunately, Dameng's state doesn't seem to be good, and he didn't make a shot.

The Rockets, the idea of ​​​​wanting to open the situation offensively, obviously failed.

However, the east is not bright and the west is bright.

The Rockets, defensively, prevented the Lakers' offense.

Now, it was Li Mu's turn to frown. Unknowingly, Li Mu's fine iron squad was gradually found out by the Rockets.

For example, Ben Wallace can only defend, not shoot.

Similarly, Bowen has never seen him shoot. Even if he is open to receive the basketball, he will choose to pass it out.

Kobe, as the rising star of the Lakers, is the most popular spicy chicken in the league.

Last season, he was already an All-Star starter, and he is relatively clear about his offensive characteristics.

His shooting is not stable, and his main offensive method is to break through and hit the basket.

Billups, after hitting a three-pointer, also showed the characteristics of 'Iron Lu'.

Tomjanovich, as the two-time championship coach, naturally knows how to make the team defend.

Shrink the defense, let Big Ben and Bowen empty, as long as Kobe and O'Neal have the ball, they will directly attack.

Blocking the restricted area, there are constant pincer attacks.

In the Great Western Forum Arena, there were bursts of wonderful blacksmithing marches.

Strangely, Li Mu didn't change.

Without any adjustments, it was like really sleeping.

The boos of the fans and spectators once again hit like a landslide and tsunami.

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(End of this chapter)