Basketball's most talented forward is on the left
Chapter 667 The God Who Makes Fouls
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zuo Li is having a hard time playing in the paint.
Although Zuo Li again fouled Mbenga and made one of two free throws, giving the Knicks the lead again.
But it's still very painful to miss consecutive singles. The main damage is physical fitness, and the other is touch. Barkley described Zuo Li's every attack as if he was carrying a big mountain on his back.
Director Zhang also said worriedly: "Zuo Li is really tired from playing like this. If it is so close all the time, Zuo Li's physical fitness may be tested at the critical moment."
In addition to the impact on Zuo Li, the greater impact is on the Knicks' rhythm.
Aren't consecutive fouls the same as hacking a shark?
Oh, it’s different. This is much more severe than cutting a shark. After all, the Lakers’ actions are bigger and more secretive. These two times were whistled. In fact, basically every action can be whistled.
In view of this, Knicks fans began to question the referee's penalty scale.
And there are also many Zuo Hei who gloated: "Isn't it true that Zuo Hei's dominance is more terrifying than that of O'Neal? What's wrong? This won't work? O'Neal can dunk with three people!"
Look, the impression has flowed, isn’t it?
Of course, O'Neal was very exaggerated in his peak period. He could fly in the sky and escape from the earth. No one in the league could be his opponent. Even Olajuwon and Duncan, the top five insiders in history, could not defend him one on one.
O'Neal, there's no doubt about that.
In the finals that year, even if they were swept 4-0, O'Neal was still slightly behind in terms of statistics. But when OK won three consecutive championships in 2000, sorry, no one could do it.
But this does not mean that O'Neal cannot be restricted, which was especially obvious in the Western Conference playoffs during the three consecutive championships.
This is why it is said that OK is complementary to each other and cannot exist without the other.
In the 2000 playoffs, the Lakers' strongest opponent was the Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Finals. At that time, the Trail Blazers had Sabonis and Rasheed Wallace inside, and Pippen, Smith, and Stoudemire outside.
There are many soldiers and many generals. In the contest with the Lakers, the Trail Blazers used Sabonis to defend O'Neal. Although Sabonis was 36 years old at the time, he had the tonnage after all. Coupled with the attack from his teammates, O'Neal's data was limited to 25.9 points and 12.4 rebounds.
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You think it’s still pretty cool, right?
of course!
Even if he is restricted, O'Neal is still the number one center in the league.
However, when facing the Pacers in the finals, O'Neal had a terrifying stat of 3817 because the Pacers were weak inside, and when facing Sabonis, O'Neal was not so magical.
And in the seventh game, O'Neal got into foul trouble, and the Lakers fell into a desperate situation of falling behind by 15 points in the fourth quarter. At this time, Kobe showed his general style. He not only scored personally, but also led his teammates to fight back. As the final
Former Kobe Bryant shook off Pippen and connected with O'Neal for a successful alley-oop, allowing the Lakers to escape the danger. Without Kobe's effort in the last quarter, the Lakers' first championship would have been ruined.
Without O'Neal's restraint in the paint, Kobe wouldn't be able to get what he asked for.
In the 2001 Western Conference Finals, the Spurs did restrict O'Neal inside. O'Neal averaged 2,713 points per game, which was not an exaggeration. However, the Spurs had nothing to do with Kobe Bryant from the outside. Kobe averaged 3,377 points per game in this series.
The shooting rate was 51.4%, and there was no solution. Therefore, the game that was supposed to be evenly matched showed a one-sided trend, and the regular season champion Spurs were swept out.
It was even more obvious when facing the Spurs in the 2002 playoffs. That year, Duncan even overshadowed O'Neal in the paint. He averaged 2,917 per game. O'Neal was limited, averaging "only" 2,112 per game and shooting only 44.7%. At this time, it was again Kobe Bryant led the Lakers out of trouble. He averaged 26.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game, once again allowing the Spurs to come back without success.
When facing the Kings in the 2002 Western Conference Finals, the inside line composed of Divac and Webber put great pressure on O'Neal. If it weren't for experience and referees, the Lakers' three consecutive championships might have been in vain.
Therefore, even O'Neal at his peak cannot reach the level of being unsolvable. The reason why the statistics in the finals exploded is because the opponent is too weak. Smits, Davis, Van Horn, and Collins are completely inferior insiders. The only ones who are somewhat famous. Mutombo was over 35 years old at the time, and when facing Sabonis and Divac with powerful inside lines, O'Neal's data returned to normal, and his data would even be at a disadvantage when facing Duncan.
This is O'Neal's true level. Although he is very powerful, if he wants to win the championship, he must be paired with top defenders in history like Kobe and Wade.
The strength of ok is that both of them have historical level singles ability. Each of them needs 2-3 people to flank them. This is the secret of ok's success!
Therefore, even if Zuo Li has the best confrontation in history, he can't completely smash opponents in the paint who are rushing for fouls. This is also the biggest problem of the Knicks. The threat from the outside is still not big enough.
So it is not surprising that Zuo Li is in a tough fight.
In the first quarter, Bynum and Mbenga committed 5 fouls, allowing Zuo Li to make 8 free throws, making 6 of 8 free throws, but only scored 1 goal in a sports game, and scored "only" 8 points in total.
Kobe Bryant scored 12 points on a sudden outside shot, Gasol scored 7 points, and the Lakers also led the Knicks by 8 points 28-20 in a single quarter.
"Tighten the restrictions on Kobe! It doesn't matter if he moves bigger!" D'Antoni was furious. He complained to the referee more than once in the first quarter about the penalty scale, but they were ignored.
Obviously, the league's top management has given instructions before, and this year's finals will definitely be a very large one.
So the Knicks didn't hold back. In the second quarter, Chandler and Danny Green came on the scene one after another. Chandler immediately gave Kobe a blow, but Artest immediately regained the game for Kobe.
The most outrageous thing is that one of them pushes someone and the other beats them, but they don’t even brag about it!
He was directly entangled by the arrogant Mbenga. If Zuoli hadn't been strong, he would have been pushed down.
Although Gasol was immediately hit by Anderson, who had just come on as a substitute, the difference was that Gasol passed the ball and Artest widened the point difference to 10 points!
"Okay, you have to force me to do a trick, right?" After the fight, Zuo Li also understood that he needed to change.
If you don’t brag about these moves, how dare you not brag about some of them?!
You’ve never seen Harden, right?
Then let you meet me!
When the Knicks attacked, Zuo Li pulled out from the top of the arc to catch the ball. Mbenga stepped back two meters arrogantly and shouted: "If you can, make the shot. I will push you when you come in, I promise!"
Yo ho!
It boosts your ambition!
Zuo Li did not choose to shoot, but slowly walked forward with his hips, came to the free throw line, and suddenly accelerated his dribbling!
Mbenga stretched out his right hand, determined to block Zuo Li once he broke through, and then called for a double-team to defeat him fiercely!
However, while dribbling the ball, Zuo Li suddenly took three steps, and three steps slowly. He raised his hands from underneath, and Mbenga's hand was right between Zuo Li's arms.
"Ah!~" Zuo Li shouted exaggeratedly, and Zuo Li threw the ball.
Mbenga: “…”
Referee, did you see this?
Referee: "(sympathetic look), I'm sorry, I can't help you with this ball."
"Beep!"
"Thugs foul! Two free throws"
Zuo Li: "Translate, translate, what is a master of foul making?"
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