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Chapter 53 Being led by the nose by Kidd!
When Kobe fell on Chapman, Li Mu didn't care much, and his eyes fell more on the matchup between Kidd and Billups.

On the court, the Suns attacked and Kidd dribbled to the top arc.

Chapman's three-pointer just now made Kobe's help defense a display.

Kidd can comfortably single up Billups in the middle.

Still use the buttocks to arch, step by step to push to the sweet spot of shooting.

Immediately, turn around and make a jump shot...

In other words, Billups' steady style of play is simply a replica of Kidd.

In Li Mu's previous life, Kidd later went to the Eastern Nets, and Billups later became famous and went to the Pistons as the core.

However, the Nets led by Kidd have always restrained the Pistons led by Billups. In those years, Kidd was simply the nemesis of Billups.

In the playoffs, the Pistons were almost always swept out.

In 2004, the Pistons formed the Pistons 5 Tigers, and the Nets led by Kidd, who was troubled by knee injuries, won the game until the tiebreaker.

After Kidd was injured and collapsed, the Pistons won the tiebreaker one-sidedly and reached the NBA Finals that year. If Kidd was not injured, the Pistons would not have subverted the myth that year.

To put it bluntly, Billups' strength in the year he won the Finals MVP is still just a poor version of Kidd, and Kidd is an enhanced version of Billups.

For Kidd's offensive shot, Billups has no power to parry.

Swish-!
Kidd's mid-range shot hit.

Li Mu shook his head, Billups is still not enough now!
In all fairness, it is not to blame that Billups' strength is not growing enough. After all, Kidd is not yet called "Ki does not attack".

It's not because of Nash, it's not called "Nash can't defend", but because Kidd's state this season has reached the quasi-triple-double state of the all-around base.

The offensive firepower has reached the peak of his career, averaging 17 points, 10 assists and 6 rebounds per game.

As long as you give him a sharp edge and hit the sewer, Kidd grabs a triple-double, which is as easy as drinking water.

Because at this time, his shooting is not a weakness, but a strength.

After a few rounds, Li Mu also saw that Kidd not only had technical and physical advantages, but also stabilized Billups in terms of psychological experience.

When Kobe was pinned, Kidd was a continuous onslaught against Billups.

Billups is a No. [-] pick after all, with a good foundation, and soon found a sense of defense in the confrontation with Kidd.

Unexpectedly, Kidd, like a loach, decisively stopped singled out Billups and began to play pick-and-roll tactics.

Tom Gugliotta, a white forward who can't run fast or jump high, was able to become a three-time All-Star and was named to the Dream Team, along with Garnett and Marbury, in the Minnesota Timberwolves Three wolves are combined, and Gugliota is the first wolf.

Like Larry Bird, he has a precise mid-range shooting technique. He is an evacuation forward. After picking and rolling with Kidd, he receives a pass, raises his hand to shoot, and steadily scores the basketball.

Next, when Billups and Ben Wallace cracked the pick-and-roll tactics.

Kidd re-pointed again and played a pick-and-roll tactic with Langley.

Not to mention, Langley's speed is a bit slower, but he also has a good mid-range shooting technique.

Also frequently catch the ball and hit jump shots.

The Lakers couldn't find a clue on defense and was completely led by Kidd.

Kidd, who has a reasonable style of play, connects this Suns team with a very high offensive efficiency, which is not inferior to the offensive firepower of the Lakers.

Li Mu still has no tactical adjustments, just let the players adjust themselves on the field.

O'Neill is not so easy to restrict. He is a shark, not a stupid fish. He is a fat man, but he is flexible and fat.

Langley's agility was not enough at all, and O'Neill was just spending a little more effort.

O'Neal, who received the basketball, and Langley, who was not the Great Wall of China, couldn't stand it at all.

Bang Bang Bang, the sound of exploding the basket sounded, and O'Neal began to wreak havoc on the basket.

In addition, Kobe played in the individual heads-up and beat Chaps. Together with O'Neal, one outside and one inside, they played the strength of the OK combination.

In the first quarter, the game time lasted 6 minutes, and they were still evenly divided.

On the court, the Lakers were attacking, and Kobe was holding the ball to break through on the left side. Chaps faced Kobe, who was full of energy and talented in basketball, and had no way to defend.

He didn't have good defensive skills at first, and he was still a glass man. He had two surgeries on his knees, his speed was nothing, and he couldn't do physical confrontation.

Kobe's breakthrough was very smooth, and he was about to be hit to the basket. Gugliotta rushed over to help defend, and Kobe pulled the ball up and threw the basketball to the basket.

O'Neill turned around to receive Kobe's pass, lifted it up, and, as expected, Langley jumped up again, trying to block O'Neill's shot.

O'Neal carried Longley's block, forced a dunk, and sent the basketball into the basket.

beep~~
The referee's whistle sounded at the same time, Longley was fouled by the thugs, in order to limit O'Neill, just halfway through the first quarter, he already had 3 fouls on his body.

O'Neal scored 2+1! !
At the free throw line, O'Neal played super-level and made another free throw.

17 to 14! !
"The OK team joined forces, the Lakers played a three-dimensional offense, and the Suns' shooting, can they keep up?" Marv Albert said.

Turning around on offense and defense, Kidd was entangled by Billup in the frontcourt, and Billups also figured it out.

It is completely impossible to defeat Kidd with personal ability. Fortunately, the Lakers are strong on the bench, so the Lakers can use wheel battles to deal with Kidd.

This season, the Suns sent Nash away, and there are no good backup point guards on the bench.

Billups began to defend without hesitation in physical fitness. Kidd was very uncomfortable with such a defensive method regardless of consumption, and continued to play pick-and-roll tactics with Gugliotta.

Bowen chose to attack to help defend, Kidd's face was calm, and then he passed a pass without looking at people, and the basketball was distributed outside the three-point line on the right.

At this time, George McLeod received the ball completely empty.

Catch the ball to the basket, jump up quickly, make a quick three-point jump shot...

Bo Wen turned back, only to guard against a loneliness.

Swish-!
With his hands up and down, McLeod also scored 3 points, bringing the score back to the same starting line.

"Sloppy! How can that player, Bowen, let George McLeod go?
This kind of defense looks very amateurish! "Mike Brin shook his head and explained with a smile.

"Three-point shooting is the job of George McLeod. In that iron-blooded basketball era, he was the pioneer of three-point shooting in the league.

Now he has hit more than 800 three-pointers, setting a record of hitting 6 three-pointers in 5 consecutive games. "

You must know that in Li Mu's previous life, the future Curry's three-pointer shooting was crazy enough!
You can say that Mengshen likes to get off work in three quarters, and doesn't care about records.

However, Curry can only hit 5 three-pointers in 5 consecutive games.

Putting George McLeod vacant is no different from sending sub-questions.

In other words, there is a template for James' draft in the future named George McLeod.

James' draft template includes well-known magicians, Pippen and Mashburn.

As we all know, the upper limit of James' draft template, James has surpassed his template.

Of course, there are still unfamiliar ones, the lower limit template for James' draft, among which is George McLeod.

This person's peak data is 18 points and 5 rebounds per game, regardless of his strength.

The key is that this person is characterized by long-range three-pointers.

From this, it can be seen that James had three-point shooting in high school, but it was useless to train his body in the league.

From now on, don't mess around.

In the first quarter, the Suns sieged O'Neal defensively, shrinking to protect the inside line, and offensively, relying on Kidd's reasonable assistance, they played shooting tactics, and their offensive efficiency was actually better than that of the Lakers.

It seems that the details of the small iron fight have been seen through by the opponent, and now it is targeted by the Suns.

In this game, the Suns let Bowen make three-pointers throughout the game.

At the same time, the inside line is also emptying the big book, letting Gugliota go out to help defend Kobe.

The reason is simple. Compared with the Suns' shooting, the Lakers' current starting five players are really not enough.

After the first quarter, the score was 28 to 24, and the Lakers trailed the Suns by 4 points.

The only good news is that the OK combination was not defended.

O'Neal was targeted for defense and still scored 10 points and 5 rebounds.

Kobe singled out and scored 11 points and 3 assists.

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(End of this chapter)