The world of basketball

Chapter 85 The old man talks about the teenage madness

Josh Hart received a pass from James in the bottom corner, and the three-pointer hit the buzzer three-pointer against the whistle at the end of the first quarter. The Lakers recovered the point difference to only three points .

The Lakers team felt good today. They passed the ball patiently, striving for everyone to participate in the offense instead of James rushing in with the ball and the other four watching.

Josh Hart hit three three-pointers and scored eleven points. Brother Qiu also hit two three-pointers. The Lakers' backcourt completely supported the offense of the entire Lakers team. Ingram seems to have been locked up by Mu Xiaobei.

Mu Xiaobei, who doesn't look strong or even a little thin, is stronger than Ingram, and Mu Xiaobei's speed and defensive awareness and defensive habits allow Mu Xiaobei to keep up with Ingram's offense.

And Ingram's offense still seems to be the three-axes, with one step and a dry pull, three steps against the person and then throwing with a height and wingspan, and a back-to-back singles and a fallback jumper.

It is a pity that Ingram's hand feeling is very poor today, and he has not scored a point so far.

But on the Spurs side, there was a person that no one expected to stand up—Pau Gasol, the big Gasol, although the author of the Shark always called the old Gasol, but Gasol looked at it. He is not old, and compared to when he was young, he has a rough, mature handsomeness that has been polished by the years.

In the first quarter, Gasol, who played 7 minutes, had already scored [-] points. He and Kuzma carried the scoring banner of the Spurs' end.

It all started with Popovich's tactics of arranging Gasol's low-post singles against Ingram. Well, yes, I want to black Ingram again. After that, Gasol's low-post turn hook, half-block Throwing, the mid-range after the outside cut, etc. All Gasol's offensive methods seem to be back again.

In the opening 3 minutes of the second quarter, Gasol and Mu Xiaobei returned to the court at the same time, and the Lakers picked up Jonathan Williams, whom they hadn't used for a long time.

Before Chandler came, due to the weakness of the inside line, Jonathan had enough playing time, but after the old boxing champion came, Jonathan's playing time was greatly restricted.

After all, he is short, basically has no long-range shooting ability on the offensive end, and it is difficult to effectively restrict the opponent's inside line on the defensive end, but Ingram is really turned into a defensive black hole.

Gasol made a pick-and-roll for Jeremy Lin from a high position, and Jonathan didn't jump up to face him, nor did he intend to switch defenses. They implemented the strategy proposed by Walton Jr. to defend this pick-and-roll.

But Jeremy Lin is not Mudiay, his tonnage is not as large as Mudiay, and his strength is not as good as Mudiay, but Jeremy Lin's speed, explosive power, starting speed and first step speed are much better than Mudiay. The 30-year-old Jeremy Lin, even Jeremy Lin who has suffered a serious injury, his explosive speed and so on can no longer be compared with the super guards with incredible physical fitness like Volvey, but he is still at the forefront of the league.

The most important thing is that Jeremy Lin's core strength is very strong, and his shooting accuracy is much higher than that of Mudiay. What does this mean?

In other words, if Jeremy Lin walks the pick-and-roll, if no one comes up to make up for it, he can just pull it up and shoot, and fire directly from outside the three-point line.

With this shooting method, Jeremy Lin's stability is also steadily improving.

For example, I entered this time.

Rondo holds the ball. This season he underwent surgery due to a hand injury and missed part of the game, but this did not affect his financial status. On the contrary, Rondo's three-point stability after returning from injury is stronger than before .

When McGee mentioned the pick-and-roll in the high position, Mu Xiaobei shrank to defend, but Jeremy Lin was squeezed halfway, and Mu Xiaobei could only look at McGee's position and Rondo's position.

Rondo still throws the ball high. Mu Xiaobei and Rondo have been teammates for a while, and the two sides have had a deep communication. Mu Xiaobei also has a certain understanding of Rondo. It's a sure thing.

But Mu Xiaobei still turned around and tried to block McGee who might be directly alley-ooping behind him.

After a slow step, Big McGee jumped up high and pushed the ball in.

Mu Xiaobei, the unlucky boy, was dunked for the first time in the playoffs.

After the dunk, McGee stuck out his tongue mischievously at Mu Xiaobei, which made Mu Xiaobei feel a little funny.

Jeremy Lin once again called Gasol for a high pick-and-roll. This time Jonathan made up for it. Jeremy Lin quickly went to the basket and Gasol stayed near the free throw line.

Jeremy Lin passed the ball to Mu Xiaobei, and Mu Xiaobei sat with McGee in a low position, looking like he was about to take revenge, then Mu Xiaobei suddenly turned around, slipped the baseline for two steps, McGee and Rondo came to double-team Mu Xiaobei.

But Mu Xiaobei still found a very small space to pass the ball out. Gasol received the pass from Mu Xiaobei in an air cut in the middle, jumped high, and met McGee and Rondo who turned around. , holding the ball high with both hands.

Boom——

The ball was dunked hard into the basket!
Gasol dunked two people at once!

The 38-year-old Gasol dunked two people apart. I believe this ball will definitely become a very important one in his career highlights when Gasol retires.

Rondo continued to partner with McGee. This time, the defender behind McGee became Gasol. After Rondo squeezed past, it was still a high throw, and McGee was about to press the ball in after receiving the pass.

But, but, but.

Old Gasol, just when McGee received the ball and pressed it down, Gasol jumped up high and put his big hands on the ball fiercely. Even the 38-year-old Gasol, his upper body strength Still better than McGee.

Originally a quick split button, Gasol abruptly pressed it down.

"Beep-"

The referee signaled out of bounds, the frontcourt ball.

But the arena was blown up, the fans were hoarse, the players on the bench had already broken their towels, and Mu Xiaobei slapped Gasol's chest until his hands ached.

We always say that the current trend in the league is small ball, shooting, and three-pointers.

We watched Curry's pull-ups one by one, watched Harden's step-back three-pointers again and again, and watched Lillard's super-long three-pointers again and again, and seemed to forget that it was not these that stimulated our hormones in the first place.

It was Kobe's bottom-line reverse dunk, James King's dunk, Westbrook's small body on the court but with great energy, and O'Neal's dunk against the big center.

It's James' chasing blocks, it's Wade's incredible blocking of big centers like Howard and Yao Ming, and it's Howard's volleyball blocking after guarding the basket.

It's brutal, it's brutal, it's confrontation, it's madness, it's bloody, it's roaring.

It was the agitation that burned the blood in his body again and again.

I am not saying that three-pointers are not good. Three-pointers are freehand and gentle. They are an essential part of basketball. But basketball should not only have chic fadeaway jumpers, sudden stops and pull-ups, but also the vision of these dunks and blocked shots. feast.

And in the Spurs, the tepid Spurs, it has been a long time since I saw this kind of dunk dunk with two people at a time, and it has been a long time since I have seen a scene where one person blocks the opponent's center dunk.

And tonight, in this game, the 38-year-old Gasol ignited this passion, making the Spurs no longer just a disciplined and tough team, he also has his own outbreaks.

The old man chatted about being a teenager, Gasol, at the last stage of his career, turned his blood into a flower, and tonight, it will bloom brightly!
(End of this chapter)