You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 872 Don't Love Pick-and-Roll Sharks

Mo Mengchen dribbled the ball. He had many ways to blow up Fisher. In order to save energy, he chose the simplest one.

Curry went on a high pick-and-roll, and bullying O'Neal couldn't defend it.

Curry's pick-and-roll quality is very high. In his previous life, he had a greater weight. As long as he wanted, he could hang on to any player, but in his previous life, he was not keen on the rough work that cannot be reflected in these statistics.

In Pistons, he developed a habit of aggressive pick-and-rolls and screens.

This pick-and-roll perfectly caught Fisher, and Mo Mengchen dribbled to the left, but the Sharks still couldn't come up.That being the case, Mo Mengchen was rude and made another jump shot.

14 is better than 8
"The great Aristotle in Los Angeles seems irresponsible." Lambiel deliberately mocked the nickname that the shark once boasted in front of the media. "How can he be indifferent to the Pistons' pick-and-roll offense?"

Vinier Johnson is a perfect partner. As long as Lambiel doesn't swear in the commentary booth, he can catch every stalk from Lambiel: "Of course he will be indifferent. How can the great Aristotle defend Plato II? ?”

(Note: see Chapter 802 for details)
The two played tricks and made the audience laugh out loud.

Kobe was the first Lakers fan who couldn't stand O'Neal: "Shaq, you have to go out and defend!"

Peter Pan made the request.

This was the first game Sharks came back after being absent for half a month. He felt that he still needed to find his way. He never expected that Kobe would take the initiative to ask him.

"I go out to defend?" Shark sneered, "Who will protect the basket?"

Kobe said: "We are not dead."

"Okay, I'll give you a chance to prove yourself." Shark was so angry that he couldn't speak. At this moment, he finally knew what it was to keep a tiger for trouble.

O'Neal continued to ask for a position, and Curry tried his best to prevent him from approaching the vital position, but his strength was completely incomparable to that of the shark.

As long as the shark exerts strength, the weight of 320 catties can provide him with strong pressure.

He's in position again!

Curry has decided to foul the Sharks, which is also Westphal's order-"If you have nothing to do with him, foul hard when he is attacking!"

Everyone who is responsible for defending the Sharks must have this awareness. For most players, if the defense ends with a foul, it should be regarded as a failure, unless you are defending the peak O'Neal.

It's a pity that although the Sharks are going to be in the position, the Lakers are in the high position. Two players from high school students played duo.

Bryant puts Harrington on a pick-and-roll, and Rasheed switches to the Flash.Harrington shouted, and Kobe passed him the ball, allowing Harrington to face Ginobili.

This is a common misalignment.

Ginobili couldn't defend against Harrington's attack. The opponent first took a step with the ball, leaned against his body, turned inward, and his defense was immediately disintegrated.

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Harrington scored a jumper.

Halfway through the first quarter, the Lakers also showed their ability to gain a foothold in the West while fighting among themselves.

Kobe is already a veritable superstar, and Harrington is gradually rising. If this continues, the situation of the Sharks in the Lakers will be even more difficult.

Fisher is from Kobe, and Harrington and Kobe are both high school students, and they have a common language.Fox remained absolutely neutral, neither Kobe Bryant nor Sharks.

The whole set of starters, plus Kobe, they have a total of three people, and the Sharks are alone.

Brian Shaw was pushed to the bench, Grant has retired, and other players who followed the Sharks were either not reused or left the team during the offseason.

Coupled with the Sharks' own problems in the new season, Kobe's rise cannot be stopped.

Mo Mengchen kept asking O'Neal to play pick-and-rolls.

Even if Mo Mengchen didn't fight, others would.

Hill played, Ginobili played, and even Curry tended to let Rasheed come to pick and roll when he got the ball.

All of a sudden, O'Neal's pick-and-roll problems became so prominent.

What happened now was basically the same as what Mo Mengchen knew.

At the same time in the previous life, OK should be chasing three consecutive championships. At that time, they had completed two consecutive championships. Kobe still had the desire to usurp the throne, but it was not as strong as in the 2000-2001 season.Unlike the previous season, in the new season, Kobe did not have a problem with the ball throughout the whole process. He also uncharacteristically reduced his shots and often hit triple-double data. He once competed with Kidd for a triple-double.At that time, many media speculated whether Kobe had succumbed and was willing to be Pippen for the rest of his life.

"Do you still like Kobe like this?" This was the headline used by the Los Angeles media at that time.

The great cause of three consecutive championships was the only pursuit of the team at that time, and nothing could hinder them from completing the three consecutive championships.This of course includes Kobe's O'Neal's possession of the ball.Phil Jackson stood unswervingly on O'Neal's side and ordered Kobe to obey. It is far from the time for him to be the boss.

At that time, O'Neill was getting older and heavier, and suffered injuries during the period. He didn't have a good rest during the recovery period, sang, made movies, overeating, overweight, and he was in poor condition after returning.

After the Lakers entered the playoffs, they successfully reached the conference finals, and then the Kings caught O'Neal's braid that could not prevent the pick-and-roll and chased after him.

That was the first time in O'Neal's career that he was targeted to such an extent. After that, O'Neal's physical fitness deteriorated. Although he could still maintain his dominance, he was no longer as detached as he was in the two years of 00-01.

As for now, the situation is completely different.

Kobe's desire to usurp the throne is clearly revealed, and the situation of the Lakers is also very different from his previous life. O'Neal was isolated by his teammates, and Zen Master lost control of this player, so he could only use his set of inaction to continue to consume.

If this continues, either Kobe will succeed in usurping the throne and O'Neal will be the second child.Either Kobe failed to usurp the throne, and the two tigers will be injured in the fight (go), or the Lakers will bite their teeth and trade all these two incompetent things out for rebuilding, anything can happen.

Next, O'Neal's enthusiasm for pick-and-roll defense is much higher.

That's another question, why doesn't he come out and defend the pick-and-roll?Because as soon as he comes out, the opponent can easily pass him by relying on speed.

As soon as he came out, there was no one to protect the basket. As long as he broke through, the opponent would be left with a beautiful harbor.

Although Kobe threatened that besides O'Neal, there were other living people on the Lakers team, but guarding the basket is the center's bounden duty, and the penalty area without a center is the opponent's back garden.

The Lakers' penalty area fell again and again.

"Kobe, what about your actions?" O'Neal picked up Kobe's words and mocked, "Are you dead? What about defense? What about assist defense? I'm out, who will protect the basket for us?"

Kobe gritted his teeth fiercely. This is clearly O'Neal's responsibility, but what can he say now?
After playing 8 minutes in the first quarter, the Pistons firmly grasped O'Neal's flaws, coupled with OK's discord, the Lakers fell apart and scored 26 to 16.

After the timeout, the Pistons replaced Hill, Ginobili and Curry with Gerrard, Reid and Miller.

On the Lakers side, Zen master had had enough of OK's bickering and temporarily separated the two of them.

Kobe was replaced for a rest, and O'Neal continued the game with Brian Shaw, Horry, Fox and Lynch Hunter.

The pick-and-roll is still O'Neal's Achilles' heel. The Pistons' offense is not creative, they only know how to play the pick-and-roll.

What makes the Lakers angry is that this trick is really effective.

Miller and Rasheed were on the court at the same time, and the Pistons had a variety of pick-and-roll tricks, including normal pick-and-rolls, half pick-and-rolls, high-post double pick-and-rolls at the same angle, and side-angle pick-and-rolls. In the last minute of the game, they played the Lakers' nightmare—the maze pick-and-roll. .

O'Neal's low-post offense is still invincible. He took the ball in the low post five times in the first quarter and scored all of them.

Mo Mengchen was also convinced by this offensive efficiency. He brought 10 points to the Lakers, which was close to half of the team's points in the first quarter. However, his lack of ability to defend against pick-and-rolls allowed him to score 90% of the points.

The Pistons really didn't play other tactics, just a lot of pick-and-rolls.

After the first quarter, 38 to 25, the Lakers trailed by 13 points.

"As long as the Pistons pick and roll, the Lakers have no defense."

"I want to remind the Lakers in a friendly way," Lambiel came again, "in this kind of game of who defends who is Sun Tzu, the running and bombing team usually wins."

Johnson added cheaply: "The running and bombing team that changed to Princeton is still a running and bombing team. You must know that the country is easy to change and the nature cannot be changed."

In order to deal with the Pistons' pick-and-roll tactics, the Lakers deployed a lineup that is flexible but looks a little short inside.

Fisher, Bryant, Fox, Horry and Gerani McCoy.The last McCoy was a second-round pick in 98, and his whole life was bumpy. From the NBA to the CBA, and then to the European League, his life belonged to the Rangers. In the Lakers, he was a substitute for the Sharks.

Therefore, every time he goes to overseas leagues to find a job, he will add a sentence to his resume: he once played for the Lakers and was Shaquille O'Neal's main backup.

The inside combination of 208 cm + 206 cm is still the height in shoes. If the net height is counted, McCoy and Horry will only be shorter.

For the Pistons, Westphal played Magloire and Jerome Williams, two rough guys who have nothing else to do. Putting pressure on the opponent and dragging the game into a meat grinder is what they are best at. of.

Facing the Lakers insiders who are severely lacking in altitude and talent, their performance in rebounding will be extremely brutal.

Mo Mengchen came off the court to take a break. He took the drink prepared by Anne Sorvino, sat down, and saw Kobe hit a three-pointer and went out of the basket, Magloire took off the board with his long arm, and the Pistons counterattacked .

(End of this chapter)