Bishop of the Devil

Harris took advantage of the dead ball at the end of the first quarter and replaced O'Neal!

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"Calm down, Shaq!"

"I think Richard won't be that crazy. He can't use shark-cutting tactics against you throughout the game!"

Harris is comforting O'Neal. If O'Neal really becomes anxious, it will not only affect his free throw level, but may even affect his normal offensive level!

As for O'Neal's free throws today, it can't be said to be too bad. He still had a 50% hit rate!

In the first quarter of the game, the Blazers paid the price of five fouls on O'Neal alone!

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"Continue to play according to this tactic. When defending your opponent, be careful and try not to foul. I want you to use all the fouls on O'Neal!"

Richard said to his players before the start of the second quarter.

If O'Neill knew Richard's arrangement, I'm afraid he would have the idea of ​​​​strangling Richard to death.

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This was also Richard's helpless move. Defending in front was the weapon Richard was preparing to use against O'Neal!

But the effect is not very good, mainly because O'Neal is not like Yao Ming...

Yao Ming is very slow and loves to defend forward. This can very well limit his offense of catching the ball at the basket!

At his peak, Yao Ming's offensive ability could be said to be at an unbeatable level. If it weren't for the existence of forward-passing defensive tactics, his average points per game would continue to increase.

Because of the forward defense, Yao Ming must move to find a position to catch the ball in order to get rid of the forward attack. This makes his already poor physical fitness problems more and more exposed!

It can be said that the real reason that limits Yao Ming from becoming a star of O'Neal's level is Yao Ming's physical problem!

Perhaps Yao Ming's peak offensive strength is 46% higher than O'Neal's, but in terms of physical fitness, it is only 37% higher, or even 28% higher.

And now O'Neal is not Yao Ming. His flexibility is far superior to Yao Ming, so forward defense cannot have any good effect!

In desperation, Richard can only pin all his hopes on the shark-killing tactic!

Of course, this is also Richard's expedient measure. If the Oberla combination really enters its peak period, then Richard will not need to use this tactic.

Even with the hard steel on the court, the Lakers probably can't do anything against the Trail Blazers.

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Soon, the first half of the game was over!

Harris's estimation made a huge mistake. Richard did not give up the shark-cutting tactics in the second quarter, but intensified it!

Trent quickly used up his six foul quota and was sent off!

When Childress came on the field to replace Kobe, he committed three more fouls...

In this second quarter of the game, O'Neal stood on the free throw line eight times and took 16 free throws!

In the entire first half, poor O'Neal took 26 free throws, which gave him the urge to hit the wall...

O'Neal's average number of free throws per game is considered to be a lot among the inside positions, averaging about ten free throws per game!

But today, there were already 26 free throws in the first half alone!

Things were fine in the first quarter, with 5 of 10 free throws made, but things got worse in the second quarter, with O'Neal only hitting 6 of 16 free throws!

He made 11 of 26 free throws, a shooting percentage of only 42%!

Although this shooting rate is not ridiculously low for O'Neal, it was only half a game. It is conceivable that if he played the whole game, O'Neal's number of free throws in the final game would be horrifying. !

The Blazers fans at the scene were completely stunned!

They have never seen such a formation before. Shark-cutting tactics do happen from time to time, but no one would be so crazy, cutting from the beginning of the game to the end of the first half!

Looking at this posture, there will definitely be more cuts in the second half of the game!

How can this be considered chopping up a shark? This is completely chopping up a shark...

Before this game, the NBA's single-game free throw record was set by Chamberlain in 1962 with 34 free throws in a single game!

That's right, at that time, Chamberlain got so many free throws in a single game because of cutting sharks.

Later, this record was broken by O'Neal in the 2000 playoffs. In the Lakers' Finals against the Pacers, O'Neal made 39 free throws in a single game...

As for the free throw record in the regular season, it was set by Howard in the 2012 regular season, also 39 times!

There is no doubt that the reason these three were able to get so many free throws is because they were cut...

And now O'Neal has made 26 free throws in just halftime. At least it is certain that he will break Chamberlain's single-game free throw record today!

Of course, the most exaggerated shark-cutting tactic did not happen to these people, but to Zhuang Shen of the Pistons in later generations. In a game against the Rockets in later generations, a fringe Rockets player attacked him in 9 seconds. Five fouls were used, which is the infamous 9-second 5-foul incident.

Isn't this what hurts Zhuang Shen the most? In just three and a half minutes, he was hit with 16 free throws...

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In the visiting team's locker room, O'Neal looked hopeless...

He really didn't take the Blazers seriously at first. After all, the Blazers' insiders looked very immature to O'Neal, so it wouldn't be too troublesome to take care of them by himself.

But now it's good, I can indeed take care of the Blazers' inside line, but I can't get past Richard.

There were 26 free throws in the half. O'Neal's head almost exploded when he thought about how he did almost nothing in the first half. He just stood on the free throw line and took free throws!

"Del, think of a way quickly. If we keep fighting like this, I will go crazy!"

Del Harris is also full of sorrow, what should I do? ! He also didn't expect Richard to be so unrestrained, cutting from the opening to the end of half-time!

This is no longer no limit, but shameless!

Faced with such shameless means, Harris really has no good solution...

"How about we kill them too!" Crazy Fan from the Lakers suddenly said.

"Their free throw shooting percentages of Ben Wallace and Bruce Bowen are also very bad. Even Ben Wallace's shooting percentage is not as good as Shaq's!"

Harris's eyes flashed, yes, if you can kill sharks, I can kill you!

Ben's free throw shooting percentage is not as good as O'Neal right now, why can't he cut it!

"Okay! Then cut Ben, Corsi. During the Blazers' offensive round, you observe the situation on the court yourself. If the opponent gains momentum, immediately send their Ben Wallace to the free throw line!"

Harris is going to hand over the job of cutting costs to veteran Corsi.

The main thing is to cut down the shark and cut down the original. The routines are different. The reason for cutting down the shark is because the shark's own offensive ability is too unsolvable...

If the shark is not chopped, the shark may be able to score fifteen points in ten offensive rounds!

After killing the shark, the shark may only get ten points in ten offensive rounds, or even less...

That’s what slashing the shark is all about.

The cost cutting is not because of Ben's strong offensive ability. The meaning of cost cutting is to disrupt the Blazers' offensive rhythm.

If they don't cut costs, maybe the other players of the Blazers besides Ben will be able to score 12 points in ten offensive rounds...

But after cutting costs, Ben's free throws may only bring eight or nine points in ten offensive rounds!