The world's best combo guard

Chapter 94 91 The Once Gorgeous Legion

What does the state of California in the United States mean to you?The sunny beach, the luxurious life in Los Angeles, the world technology center in the Bay Area, or the Golden Gate Bridge across San Francisco?
Perhaps the least presence is the capital of California, Sacramento.

Compared with Sacramento in California, the Sacramento Kings in the entire NBA league are also not so bright.

Until the beginning of this century, one of the oldest and most tragic teams in NBA history finally had a strong sense of existence.

Entering the 21st century, under the Princeton tactical system of head coach Rick Adelman, the Kings relied on Chris Webber, Peja Stojakovic, Mike Bibby, Vlad Divac and other players. As the core, with the "bench gangsters" dominated by Bobby Jackson and Hedo Turkoglu, it has become the most entertaining team in the NBA.

Someone once said that the 2001-2002 Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and the Kings was a collision between the most powerful superstar basketball and the most perfect team basketball in the 21st century so far.

But in fact, it was such a great series that should have been recorded in history, but it was ruined by match-fixing and black whistle, which not only ruined one of the greatest series in NBA history, but also ruined Sacramento. The golden generation of kings.

Since last season, the flamboyant king team has gradually started to decline. It is undeniable that they are still one of the few top teams in the league so far, but they are no longer the most powerful championship contenders.

So far this season, the Kings have a good record. They are currently ranked third in the Western Conference, but the season-ending reimbursement of star Chris Webber in the last game has cast an unimaginable shadow on the future of this team.

The misty Saskatchewan Legion vs. the Los Angeles Legion who suffers from the same disease, who will win?
A day later, when the Lakers No. 10 hit the first shot of both players in the game, this mixed game officially began.

Phil Jackson vs. Adelman is also the triangle offense vs. Princeton. It is self-evident that this game is destined to be enjoyable.

After being confused at the beginning of the season, Li Hao's understanding of the triangle offense has reached a whole new level. In the words of the team's offensive coach Judy Brucher, "Now Li, if you want to integrate into the triangle offense If the total process is marked as 10 points, then Li has achieved at least 6 points, which is regarded as a pass."

The Lakers triangle offense without Shaquille O'Neal will always look a bit nondescript. Fortunately, Shaquille O'Neal will officially usher in a comeback in another week.

In this game, Phil Jackson has a lot of demands on Kobe and Li Hao. He hopes that the team can play a better rhythm on the offensive end when facing a team that is good at attacking like the Kings. He wants to test the current stage through the Princeton system. The team's offensive efficiency.

Therefore, in this game, Li Hao will use more of his positioning in the triangle offensive tactics to implement the game, for example, he will play more off the ball.

Of course, playing off the ball does not mean that Li Hao will no longer have outstanding performances, because as long as he is still in good condition, he can also become the ultimate point of round offense.

For example, in the first attack of the Lakers at the beginning of the game, Kobe threw the ball to Karl Malone on the left side of the paint area after advancing with the ball, and then everyone ran without the ball around Karl Malone who was holding the ball, a standard triangle offense Running position, and it was Li Hao who finally ended the offense. Li Hao ran to a relatively good position, and after receiving a pass from Karl Malone, he made a steady shot.

Li Hao found that when you really integrate into the triangle offense, when a team can truly implement the triangle offense, the players will have a feeling that they can get twice the result with half the effort.

Mike Bibby, the No. 1998 pick in [-], is now the main point guard of the Kings. He is also Li Hao's opponent in this game. Mike Bibby is the kind of point guard who is good at sorting out the team's offense. Maybe he and Dallas Jr. The Bulls' Steve Nash has a similar style, but his defensive steals should be better than Nash's.

Playing against these All-Star point guards is very stressful, but the rewards are not small.

Great moments always come so unexpectedly.

Who would have thought that after Li Hao hit the first layup, he and Mike Bibby would actually stage a fierce battle in the next period of time.

Chris Webber's accidental injury forced Mike Bibby to take on more scoring responsibilities, so when he turned around to face Li Hao, it was an emergency stop jumper.

At first, neither of the two cared about it, thinking it was a very ordinary goal, but then when Li Hao hit Mike Bibby again, and Mike Bibby hit Li Hao in turn, Invisibly, this contest began.

You feel good, and I don't feel bad. If you shoot three-pointers, I can do it too.

In the next few minutes, the entire arena seemed to be a two-person show between Li Hao and Mike Bibby.

Li Hao thinks this is very interesting, it is always good to be able to hit, and it is also very cool to be able to compete with a star player like Mike Bibby.

And Mike Bibby was also a little surprised. He also heard about the Lakers No. 10 in front of him these days. It was only after a contest that he discovered that this Lakers No. 10 might be better than people imagined.

Sophisticated and gorgeous!
This was Mike Bibby's first impression of Li Hao's playing style, and it also made him feel a little unbelievable.

The first quarter of the game entered an official timeout, 24:22!The score did not open, but Li Hao and Mike Bibby have scored 10+ each!

Many Lakers fans and Li Hao fans who followed the game breathed a sigh of relief. They were able to score 10+ points in such a short period of time. At least Li Hao’s state is fine. At least the Lakers still have a good chance of winning this game. , Compared with the Kings, after all, the Lakers still have Kobe Bryant as their trump card.

On the Lakers bench, Phil Jackson communicated with the team's offensive coach Judy Brucher. Li Hao's scoring ability and defensive ability are very good, but as a guard, he can be both a shooting guard and a point guard. As a ball defender, Li Hao's assist ability is not satisfactory.

Phil Jackson has carefully observed that Li Hao, like Kobe, originally belonged to the kind of players who needed the ball to play brilliantly, and the two were surprisingly good at integrating into the triangle offense and playing off the ball, but they were different from Kobe. The ability to assist is just that he is not willing to trust his teammates to pass the ball. Li Hao really does not have too strong assist ability.

In order to become a real super guard with both offense and defense, Phil Jackson understands that Li Hao must develop his assist ability.

(End of this chapter)