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Chapter 27 O'Neill is growing!
On the field, the Spurs have the ball.

General Johnson dribbled the ball upfield, missed Billups, and passed the basketball to David Robinson.

The first round of offense was immediately a duel between two super centers.

After catching the ball, David Robinson bent over and took a tentative step, shaking his shoulders to the right and left, and dribbled the ball to the right to the basket.

The first step started very quickly, and the speed was not lost to the defender at all. The most excessive thing was that he also added a fake move.

The striker's three threats, plus the defender's breakthrough speed, do you call this a center forward?

O'Neal was shaken, half a beat slow, and when he jumped to defend, Robinson had already reached the paint area, pulled the ball and jumped, trying to dunk with both hands, ending this round of offense.

Suddenly, a figure appeared from the side, jumped up instantly, and the speed exploded extremely fast, pressing the basketball with his right hand precisely.

Crack, bang——!
David Robinson wanted to block Big Ben's shot and dribbled the ball into the basket, but in the end, he hit the basket and the basketball flew off.

If you were young, Robinson's offense would have been there in all likelihood.

Now his physical talent is declining, and O'Neal is growing.

grow what?
weight!

O'Neal's weight is getting fatter and his lateral area is widening. It will take a little time to break through this distance.

This little time, and the space it occupied, made Robinson want to dodge, and the speed of attack slowed down.

Ben Wallace is short inside and has an advantage in speed. He sweeps and protects the basket and becomes very mobile.

Not to mention, Robinson also underestimated the strength of Big Ben.

The rebound was taken by O'Neal who followed him.

The Lakers attack, and Li Mu also played against O'Neal.

Billups lobs to O'Neal, catches the ball with his back, and faces David Robinson's defense.

O'Neal doesn't have so many tricks, he dribbles to the inside.

Bang-!
Bumps out of space, turns around, ignores David Robinson covering the sky with his hands, and forces a layup.

At this time, Duncan also rushed over to make up the defense. In the situation of second defense and first defense, O'Neal still smashed towards the basket.

Bang-dang-!
O'Neal's dunk also went flying.

beep~~
The whistle sounded, and the referee directly gave Duncan a thug foul.

In the same script, Big Ben blocked David Robinson's dunk, but Duncan's block was called a foul.

It's not Big Ben's defensive strength, which is stronger than Duncan's. The problem lies with David Robinson.

David Robinson is 216cm tall and weighs 115kg. In terms of weight and strength, he is not a rival of O'Neill's weight.

David Robinson couldn't defend his bottom plate, which easily allowed O'Neal to get a comfortable offensive space. No matter how strong Duncan's defense was, he couldn't stop O'Neal's giant.

On the free throw line, O'Neal maintained his usual level, made two free throws and scored one point for the Lakers.

1 to 0! !
The Spurs attacked, and the young general Johnson still looked for David Robinson.

This round, David Robinson made a direct jumper after catching the ball...

He is a left-handed general, and his shooting is very distinctive. It is somewhat similar to straight-arm shooting, and it is very difficult to block.

Boom-!
David Robinson's mid-range shot went wide, but still missed.

Off the court, Popovich kept his face calm, but shook his head in his heart.

David Robinson is good at everything, but the missing piece of the puzzle is ambition.

He estimated that during the lockout period, he has been enjoying a happy life with his family, and he did not practice well to maintain his state.

With his talent, he has the opportunity to become the top ten legendary players in league history.

However, a sea general without murderous intent and ambition is still too far away from people's expectations.

In the next round of offense, Li Mu did not play team tactics, but let Billups pass the ball to the star to resolve the battle.

Unlike some head coaches, he doesn't like to use stars, likes to use the right system players, likes to play teams, likes to play 'right basketball'.

I don't like to use stars, stars are not necessarily suitable for my team, hehe... Then, if I lose, I say it is to cultivate new players.

There are contradictions in these words. The newcomers cultivated, in the end, don't they want to be called stars?

Then, you will say, for the sake of my team, the stars are not needed, and then, continue to train new players...

This is a dead end!
Unless he is a so-called newcomer, he has never grown.

In the end, it is nothing more than a story of a dragon-slaying hero becoming a dragon.

In other words, Larry Brown also doesn't like to use stars, and likes to order Iverson to play better for the team.

As a result, he left the 76ers and went to the Pistons to play his team tactics. In the end, he became the Pistons Five Tigers and a team of five All-Stars.

Adelman's Princeton tactics were originally played by ordinary players as a team, with the purpose of defeating teams with talented players.

However, what he is famous for is relying on the golden generation of kings, and he also needs to rely on superstars to achieve results.

Did you agree not to use stars?
Good guy, everyone can't escape the law of Zhenxiang in the end.

Li Mu likes to use stars, the key is not whether to use stars, but whether he can use them well.

Of course, how to use the stars is also simple, just give them the damn basketball.

Their performance can make the game easier.

Bang-!
On the court, O'Neal received the ball, knocked David Robinson away cleanly, turned around and jumped up, dunked with both hands, and scored another 2 points.

3 to 0! !
David Robinson has the speed of a guard, the scoring of a forward, and the height of a center.

However, it was all useless, he was a running and jumping center forward, his base was too light, he couldn't resist with strength, and he couldn't resist but was forced to eat.

Even if his upper body strength is very strong, it is said that he can circle the court in a handstand, like Yao Ming defending O'Neal, covering the sky, but he still can't stop O'Neal's bombing basket.

This is called breaking through all methods with one force!

A new trick, sometimes very unsolvable.

At the beginning of the game, the stars of both sides made tentative attacks.

If the star is in good condition and opens up the situation, the game will become easier.

If the star is not in good condition and can't start the situation, then we can only hope that the second scorer or the surprise soldier will come out to disrupt the situation.

Therefore, the head coaches of both sides consciously fight for the stars.

Now it seems that O'Neal is in a better state in this super center matchup, helping the Lakers' offense and opening up the situation.

O'Neill scored, and Popovich knew that David Robinson alone could not withstand O'Neal's offensive impact and could only assist in defense.

Among Billups and Bowen, looking at the data comparison, Bowen is just a defensive forward, and his offensive ability seems to be quite mediocre.

Immediately let Sean Elliott empty Bowen and shrink back to flank O'Neal.

Duncan on the other side is also eyeing him, and he will rush over at any time to sweep and protect the basket.

O'Neal didn't force a shot and bullied David Robinson. He felt no pressure. If he added Duncan and Elliott and continued to attack, he might score sometimes, but the efficiency would not be that high.

Immediately divide the basketball according to the tactics.

Bowen took a three-pointer from the left corner, caught the ball, took a look, and immediately shot a three-pointer...

In the first two games, Bowen's shooting percentage was not high, and he missed a lot of three-pointers.

However, he didn't waver in his heart, as long as his teammates dared to pass, he dared to shoot.

Swish-!
Finally, finally there is.

O'Neal scored the ball, and Bowen made a three-pointer from the bottom corner and made a steady hit.

After the goal, Bowen celebrated with a punch.

He felt like he was in great shape tonight, and he felt like he could get to the basket easily if he had another chance like that.

Li Mu nodded, with a slight smile on his face, Bao Wen finally returned to his place.

According to Li Mu's tactical concept, on the left side, let Kobe, Billups and Big Ben form an iron triangle, and also hope to activate Bowen.

In Li Mu's previous life, Bowen later played a top-level 3D performance, and the interaction with the super center O'Neal, one inside and one outside, is his way out on offense.

For example, in Li Mu's previous life, Duncan and Bowen, this pair of inside and outside combination, showed a strong offensive and destructive power on the left, so that the opponents in the game did not dare to attack Duncan easily.

Bowen's corner three-pointer is his best offensive method.

3D players, along with Bowen's success, made this type of players the final piece of the championship puzzle.

Of course, what this puzzle refers to is not only defense and three-pointers, but also "heavenly broken feet".

With O'Neal's inside offense unsolvable and Bowen's outside three-pointer opening the situation, the situation on the court quickly fell to the Lakers' side.

If O'Neal is flanked, Bowen's three-pointer will give the Spurs a head-on blow.

If it wasn't for pinching O'Neill and single-handedly defeating David Robinson, it would be one-on-one.

The first quarter lasted 6 minutes, and the score came to 16 to 7.

Seeing that the Spurs were about to fall behind by double digits, and David Robinson's state was not improving, Popovich finally couldn't bear it and called a timeout.

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(End of this chapter)