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Chapter 54 One-Star Four-Shoot Tactical Showdown!
The Lakers were behind the Suns, but Li Mu didn't panic.

He also let O'Neill play, and he can move randomly on offense.

Can be the protagonist or a supporting role.

Substitute Harper, Curry, Rice and Horry to complete the one-star lineup to the end.

Suns coach Danny Ainge took a look, and sure enough, the Lakers' rotation was terrifying.

He wasn't flustered, and there was hardly any expression on his face.

How to accept the move, he already had a plan in mind.

Don't ask, if you ask, there are seven people in rotation, and the main force is deadly.

There is one thing to say, this is also the tradition of the Suns, and the future D'Antoni will do the same.

The seven-man rotation, this overdrawn style of play in the regular season, made their regular season record look very eye-catching, but the post-show game was very stretched, and the core players suffered more injuries.

Then, in order to solve the injury problem, the Suns opened a copy of the miracle doctor.

Kidd is an iron man, young and strong, adapting to stay on the court more, George McLeod and Gugliotta also continue to fight again.

At the same time replaced the sixth man Danny Manning, and Clifford Robinson.

The game started in the second quarter. Kidd easily assisted Danny Manning in the first round and hit two points with a catch-and-shoot jumper.

24 to 30! !
In other words, the existence of Kidd makes people understand that it is not terrible to play the main force. What is terrible is that Kidd can distribute the ball reasonably so that his teammates will not be too tired.

This allows many All-Star players to cooperate with him, and the scoring data will drop a lot, and the scoring of Kidd, the head star, will not be so far apart.

Of course, if he forms a team with teammates who are not stars, Kidd will make the statistics of the teammates around him become like All-Stars, and they will fall again if he leaves him.

With Kidd's control, the Suns' main operation is very smooth.

The Lakers attack, O'Neal catches the ball, and Clifford Robinson has a terrible headache.

As the team's second scorer and an All-Star, he didn't start the game just to avoid O'Neal.

Unexpectedly, O'Neal continued to come off the bench, making him inevitable.

He looks a bit like Durant, the contractor, and his style of play is similar. He is a space-type insider, and his defense is naturally not much better than Durant.

Facing a giant like O'Neill, Clifford Robinson was a little bit overwhelmed after being hit by O'Neill. He fought so hard that all the headbands on his head were knocked off, and his body was knocked out of the bottom line.

After O'Neal turned around, he found that there was only the basket in front of him, and it was a dunk.

26 to 30! !
Fortunately, in the transition between offense and defense, Clifford Robinson regained the points he had just lost.

He didn't go inside at all, received a pass from Kidd, and when O'Neal couldn't find a defensive inside line, he was already outside the three-point line, lifted the ball, jumped up, raised his hand and shot a three-pointer...

Swish-!
The basketball draws a beautiful arc and enters the net hollowly.

It is said that Roaring Tianzun Rashid is an insider who treats the high position as a low position.

In fact, Clifford Robinson was earlier than Tianzun Rashid.

This person is simply the creator of the trend in the league, not only the style of playing inside and outside, he is also the initiator of the NBA headbands.

In the 90s, it seemed that he was the only one who wore the headband. After the mid-90s, the Blazers players were infected. Pippen went to the Trail Blazers and also wore the Blazers hoop.

During James' rookie period, he was also keen on wearing headbands, not because he wanted to hide his baldness.

After Clifford Robinson retired, he also created a reality show for NBA players.

His three-point shooting skills are very good. When Nuo Tianwang was not famous, Clifford Robinson was the famous three-point shooting king in the league.

Back then, when the Trail Blazers reached the NBA finals against Jordan's Bulls, the media also used Clifford Robinson's three-point shooting skills to make fun of Jordan's three-pointers, which were not as good as insider Clifford.

As a result, Jordan's face-slapping show began.

Hits six 6-pointers over Clifford's head, and then, shrugging, he can't help it, it's too hot.

At that time, Clifford Robinson stood next to him and became Jordan's background board.

Anyway, this person is good at three-pointers.

In the second quarter, the main attackers were naturally Clifford Robinson and Danny Manning.

The rest of the Suns are fronts, and Kidd plays for both of them.

Danny Manning showed the power of an All-Star veteran, using precise mid-range shots, frequently receiving assists from Kidd, and scoring points for the Suns.

Last season, Danny Manning also defeated Kobe and won the honor of the sixth man in 98, but Kobe, who was quite popular and had better statistics, was ranked No.2 in the selection.

There is indeed something about Manning's offense. Although he is not very popular now, he was the No. 1988 pick in 24, the leader of the two-time All-Star, and he could perform 7+4+[-] at his peak.

The core style of play of the Suns is vividly displayed, and it is the same as the current style of play of the Lakers' rotation.

The difference is that the Suns are centered on Kidd and shoot from the perimeter, while the Lakers are based on O'Neal and shoot from the inside.

In addition, O'Neill and Kidd played different roles in these four shots.

O'Neal is the main attacker. The Lakers' style of play, in exchange for the 76ers' Iverson's four guarantees and one, is a four-support one tactical play.

The Suns' tactics are four offenses and one assist.

In the second quarter, Kidd served his teammates comfortably, and his offensive efficiency was obviously much higher than O'Neal's.

However, O'Neal does not abandon his teammates. His powerful penalty zone lethality allows the outside to get a lot of open shots, and in another way, makes his teammates better.

In the era of the Magic, his existence allowed the role-type outsiders to get very good data.

When I came to the Lakers, it was even more amazing. In the 97/98 season, all the three-point outside players of the Lakers were selected to the All-Star Game.

As far as the thigh is concerned, O'Neill's one is a little thicker.

With O'Neal on the inside, the chances of the Lakers' "shooting" are no worse than those of the Suns. Moreover, the Lakers' outside shooters are better than the Suns.

I won't mention Rice. In the past few years, he has been ranked in the top five in the league. At his peak, he could compete with Jordan. Well, just look at the statistics.

Curry is almost defensive, and his three-point shooting efficiency is higher than Rice.

In addition to Horry, a player with a big heart, although he has some convulsions and good times and bad times, his level is still quite good.

Under Kidd's defense, Harper didn't try a three-pointer, and he had no problem organizing and dealing with Kidd for a few minutes.

The game is still very tight, the Suns are more efficient, the Lakers players have stronger personal abilities, and the score is very close.

The turning point of the game occurred in the last 2 minutes of the game. No matter how strong Kidd is, it is impossible not to rest.

Taking advantage of Kidd's 2-minute rest, the Lakers, led by Kobe who re-entered the game, began to exert force and overtook the score of both sides.

After the second quarter, the score was 52 to 51, and the Lakers took a 1-point lead into the locker room.

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(End of this chapter)