Reborn in the 96 golden generation

Chapter 451
The Trail Blazers took the lead in launching the offensive. After Pippen received Harper's baseline serve, he took the ball across the half without haste.

Pippen has experienced a lot of scenes like this, and his state can be described as stable.

After the ball passed halftime, the whole Blazers team started to move, and the Lakers' defense was constantly being pulled.

When there were about 8 seconds left in the attack time, Pippen suddenly lowered his center of gravity and began to attack.

Kobe's defense is particularly critical. Objectively speaking, Kobe's defense against Pippen throughout the game was passable, at least the spirit of "can't run to death" made Pippen very uncomfortable.

Pippen's breakthrough moves are not fancy, except for dribbling under the crotch and turning around, basically using the change of rhythm to pass the opponent.

Although Kobe worked very hard, he was dribbled by Pippen's crotch and dribbled out of the shooting space. Zhou Yu came to help defend when he saw that the situation was not good, but inadvertently missed "Roaring Tianzun".

In the next second, after receiving a wonderful pass from Pippen, the "Roaring God" immediately adopted a superhand jumper, and the basketball drew a low arc and fell straight to the basket.

This is a standard mid-range shot, and the mid-range shot is the specialty of "Roaring Tianzun", so even though the basketball bumped a few times on the hoop, it still obediently rolled into the hoop!

"112:110", the Trail Blazers led the Lakers by two points, and the players clapped their hands to celebrate, as if they had won.

The goal scored by "Roaring Tianzun" just happened to be a good shot at the buzzer. Under Pippen's careful guidance, the whole team made full use of the 24-second attack time and played an exquisite cooperation.

There are only 23.3 seconds left for the Lakers. Whether they are going to tie or overtake is a dilemma.

Harris' timeouts have been used up, and he can only yell and command on the spot from the sidelines.

Obviously, the final attack had to be dominated by Zhou Yu. After Kobe dribbled the ball for half court, he handed it over to him. Zhou Yu started to control the time from the top of the arc.

What is different from Pippen is that Zhou Yu's ball compressed the attack time to about 6 seconds before launching the offensive.

Continuously changing direction and then turning around, Zhou Yu quickly penetrated to the vicinity of the penalty area. This is the advantage of long legs and big steps, and he can reach his eyes almost in the blink of an eye.

When the Trail Blazers' defense quickly retracted, Zhou Yu jumped up, and suddenly made a cool half-air pass, and accurately passed the ball to Van Exel who was located outside the 45-degree three-point line. inside.

Van Exel, who was mediocre throughout the game, was habitually ignored by the Trail Blazers and got a very good chance to make an open shot.

In order to save time, Van Exel shot the ball as soon as he caught it, and shot a three-pointer before reaching the highest point. The moment the ball was shot, the red light on the edge of the backboard suddenly lit up, and the game was over.

The basketball crossed a high parabola and slowly fell towards the basket. Everyone in the audience was watching the trajectory of the basketball intently. This ball will directly determine the outcome of the game.

After a crisp sound of "swish", Van Exel's three-pointer passed through the net!

"113:112", the Lakers beat the Trail Blazers with a three-pointer at the buzzer at the last moment, and won this strong dialogue with difficulty.

本场比赛，周宇毫无疑问是湖人队中表现最为出色的球员，独得36分、11个篮板、9次助攻；奥尼尔紧随其后，狂砍23分、15个篮板、5次盖帽；科比也表现不俗，得到21分、5个篮板、5次助攻。

In contrast, Pippen was even more dazzling in the Trail Blazers, scoring 41 points, 8 rebounds, and 13 assists. The scores of other Trail Blazers were relatively average, basically around 10 points.

After winning the Trail Blazers, the Lakers continued their winning streak and have won 13 consecutive victories. Although the Lakers have achieved a dazzling record of 13 wins and 1 loss, they still rank second in the West, because the Spurs also have a record of 13 wins and 1 loss. , Overwhelming the Lakers, temporarily ranking first in the Western Conference.

没多久，东西部月最佳球员评选新鲜出炉：费城76人队的艾弗森以场均29.6分、6.3次助攻、3.8次抢断的耀眼数据，率队取得12胜2负的不俗战绩，毫无悬念的当选为11月份东部最佳球员。

The competition for the best player of the month in the Western Conference is mainly between Zhou Yu and Duncan. Although Zhou Yu scored an extremely cool "triple double" data of 28.3 points, 10.8 rebounds, and 11.3 assists per game, the Western Conference is the best player of the month. The best player still belongs to Duncan, who averaged only 23.7 points, 13.3 rebounds, and 2.8 blocks per game. The reason is nothing more than the team's record and the Spurs' victory over the Lakers.

Even though Zhou Yu felt angry, he could only swallow his anger and work hard on the team's record.

Fortunately, in December, the Lakers encountered most of the teams in the middle and lower reaches of the league. On the one hand, Zhou Yu "paddled" intermittently, and on the other hand, he mostly passed good shots for O'Neal and Kobe. I didn't get any personal honor, and the consequences can be imagined.

The game rhythm of the Lakers is basically like this: in the first quarter, Zhou Yu first assisted Kobe and the "Madman" to fight and rush for a while; In the first quarter, Zhou Yu assisted and threw a few ultra-long three-pointers from time to time; Down.

After this wave of godly manipulation, those mediocre teams basically couldn't handle it and were quickly defeated.

Therefore, the Lakers' record in December is still bright and beautiful. Although they failed to continue their winning streak, they achieved a good record of 12 wins and 13 losses.

In this way, the Lakers' current record has reached an astonishing 26 wins and 3 losses, beating the Spurs with 24 wins and 5 losses, ranking first in the Western Conference, and even the league's first.

In the selection of the best players in the East and West in December, Zhou Yu's data shrank significantly, only averaging 12 points, 12.3 rebounds, and 8.9 assists per game. The best player in the West was won by his teammate Kobe. The three-pointer has made great progress, and he can average 13.1 three-pointers per game. His personal data soared to an average of 4.3 points, 31.6 rebounds, and 6.3 assists per game. optimal.

In a blink of an eye, it came to January 1998, and the schedule of this month became dangerous again. The opponents they faced were all top-ranked teams in the East and West. The Lakers' record declined slightly, and they only won 1 out of 15 regular season games. With a record of 11 losses, the total record is 4 wins and 35 losses.

Fortunately, the main rivals of the Lakers, the Spurs and the Trail Blazers, also performed poorly, with a total record of 33 wins and 11 losses and 32 wins and 12 losses respectively.

The Lakers still rank first in the West, while the Spurs and Trail Blazers rank second and third in the West.

Therefore, the best player in the Western Conference in January is still selected from the Lakers. Zhou Yu is still out of luck. His averages are only 1 points, 13.1 rebounds, and 9.3 assists per game. Increased to 8.6 points, 32.1 rebounds, and 15.3 blocks, beating Duncan and winning the best player in the Western Conference in January.

Look at the meaning, the best player of the month in the Western Conference will become Kobe and O'Neal in turn, and Zhou Yu is just acting as a spectator.

Only Zhou Yu knew best in his heart that those seemingly glamorous personal honors were nothing compared to the "Ten-Consecutive Lakers Dynasty".

In order to maintain the harmony and stability among the "Big Three", Zhou Yu continued to "paddle" intermittently in the subsequent games, leaving more scoring opportunities to his teammates, and only took shots at critical moments to seal the victory.

The team's record has also become more and more stable. In the 2 regular season games in February, the Lakers actually maintained a terrifying victory.

In the 3 regular season games in March, the Lakers only lost one game. By April, the Lakers' total record had reached an astonishing 14 wins and 4 losses, ranking first in the league.

There are still seven regular-season games to play in April, and then it will be transferred to the playoffs.

If the Lakers continue to maintain a complete victory, they will tie the Bulls' best regular season record of 1995 wins and 1996 losses in the 72-10 season.

(End of this chapter)