One Guard

Chapter 181: The Return After Paying

"I repeat again, the Dallas Mavericks are a strong team! Their current record of 29 wins and 9 losses is even better than us! If any of you think that the Mavericks are an opponent worth mentioning, then I advise Forget about this kind of thinking quickly! After all, I don’t want to be an idiot who is laughed at by others after losing!” Before the game started, "Zen Master" Jackson began to do pre-match mobilization in the locker room. Enough has been said about tactics these days. Phil Jackson only hoped that his team would not take it lightly. Although the Mavericks lost badly in the last game, it was not the true level of the Mavericks after all.

"Phil is right! This is our home court! Failure is absolutely unacceptable!" After Jackson finished speaking, Kobe also stood up and yelled at his teammates.

"Zen Master" looked at the state of the players in front of him with satisfaction. As long as the Lakers don't lose the chain, then this game will be sure!

When the players on both sides have warmed up and are ready to start the game, the Lakers officially set up a starting player introduction ceremony for today's game.

When introducing the starting players of the Mavericks, the tone of the DJ on the scene was as flat as water, and the proud Los Angeles fans did not respond to the names.

And when the home team's starters were introduced, the lights dimmed and only one spotlight shone on the Lakers' bench. The music blared, and the cheers of the fans seemed to knock the roof off Staples. The on-site DJ passionately yelled the names of every starting player, and every player on the field would make the shouts of the scene one octave higher.

Finally, when the defender wearing the golden jersey No. 24 walked onto the pitch, Yiyang felt the sound from the stands almost shattering his eardrums.

I have to admit that this is the most shocking player introduction ceremony Yiyang has ever experienced. The official purpose of the Lakers is also very simple, through the fiery introduction ceremony, continue to put pressure on the players of the Mavericks!

Finally, all the lights on the scene were restored, and the players of both teams had already stood at the designated positions. Although Yiyang was sitting on the bench, his heart couldn't stop beating. Playing against the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA, this scene that could only appear in dreams before, has now become a reality!

"Hello, viewers, welcome to EPN! I'm Mike Breen, and next to me is my partner Jeff Van Gundy. This much-watched battle of the western powerhouses is about to begin! Jeff, for this game , What do you think is the key to the Mavericks' victory?" Mike Breen's voice always makes people feel very friendly. After all, when you play the NBA2K game, what you hear is the commentary he recorded.

When Mike Brin raised this question, the director of EPN immediately pointed the camera at Nowitzki, and played Nowitzki's appalling statistics yesterday at the bottom of the screen.

Obviously, the director thought that Van Gundy would say that Nowitzki's performance would be the key to the Mavericks' victory, so they included such a shot.

But Van Gundy seemed very "uncooperative". As soon as he opened his mouth, the director immediately cut off the screen.

"Also, there is no doubt that Yi's performance will be the key to the Mavericks' victory in this game. The Mavericks' personnel reserve at the second position is actually not sufficient. Although Terry has always played at the second position, we all know He will be at a disadvantage playing the second position on the defensive end. So today, if there is no accident, he will have the opportunity to directly match Kobe. How he will deal with Kobe is the highlight of the game and the key to the game!" The "funny" style is different, and EPN's commentary is more "academic" style. The commentators are meticulous and analyze the game more comprehensively.

After Van Gundy finished speaking, he pushed his glasses. At this time, the referee was ready to throw the ball, and the battle was about to start!

The referee blew the whistle, and Bynum took the lead to dial the basketball with his fingertips, and the Lakers won the first attack of the game.

"Old Fish" Fisher began to advance slowly, and everyone on the Lakers ran immediately, including Kobe.

People often say that Kobe is alone. In fact, Kobe doesn't have much possession of the ball, he just has more shot rights. So now Kobe is not in a hurry to hold the ball, but continues to use running to find opportunities.

Fisher paused outside the three-point line, and instead of passing the ball to Kobe, he hit the ball to the Spanish tall tower Pau Gasol who wanted to live.

Terry hurriedly quickened his pace, trying to stretch out his arms, not giving Gasol a chance to pass the ball to Kobe. As the "axis" in the triangle tactics, Gasol's mid-range support ability is very good. So Terry didn't dare to slack off. If Kobe was allowed to hold the ball, then the defense would have been considered a half failure.

But unexpectedly, the Spaniard did not choose to pass the ball, but sat back suddenly, causing Nowitzki to take a big step back. This guy is going to play singles!

After two tough steps in, Gasol turned and hooked. Although Dirk tried his best to block, but the Spaniard's soft touch still helped him successfully score the ball.

At the beginning, the Lakers scored in the three-second zone in such a tough way. And this is also Phil Jackson's deliberate arrangement. From the first second of the game, he will put pressure on Nowitzki!

"It's okay, it's okay, play patiently, let's play patiently on the offensive end!" Carlisle didn't become irritable because he lost a goal. Get it back.

Phil Jackson went to Gasol for his first offense, and Carlisle also chose to hit the ball inside for his first offense.

After Kidd's organization, the basketball was finally safely delivered to Nowitzki. It can be seen that when Nowitzki holds the ball, Bynum has a defense at the basket, but he will not double-team it easily. To put it bluntly, Jackson is really relieved to let you Nowitzki cast outside. I don't know if he is too confident in Gasol's defense, or he is really not optimistic about the state of the German.

Nowitzki's ability to read the game is naturally very strong. If he breaks through the basket, he basically has no possibility of scoring with the cooperation of the Lakers Twin Towers. So Nowitzki took a step back, causing Gasol to suddenly retreat when he moved his center of gravity back, turning over and shooting a jumper.

Yiyang on the bench stared at the basketball, but when the ball flew halfway, he shook his head slightly.

"Boom!" Sure enough, the sound of iron strikes spread in the Staples Center, but today it wasn't Kobe who struck iron, it was Dirk!

"Hey." Carlisle waved his hand unwillingly, although a missed shot didn't explain anything. But it got off to a bad start, and none of the coaches would like it.

The subsequent games seemed to be following the script, and Phil Jackson was the director of this good show.

Unlike Carlisle, who was on the sidelines, "Zen Master" was like an old man watching a theater, sitting motionless on his bench. The situation on the court is completely controlled by the Lakers. Whether it is offense or defense, the Mavericks have less than the slightest advantage.

Nowitzki is still not going well on the offensive end, which also caused the Mavericks' overall offense to be greatly affected.

Mike Brin and Van Gundy shook their heads again and again. After Nowitzki returned from injury, his state was not so easy to adjust.

Five minutes into the first quarter, the Lakers widened the point difference to 7 points in just five minutes. And in these five minutes, Kobe hasn't attacked much.

Carlisle finally called a stoppage when Artest hit a layup with his own staggering pace and scored a bad ball. The 9-point difference put the Mavericks in crisis from the very beginning.

"Although the Mavericks are better in terms of record, we can clearly feel from the five-minute matchup that the defending champions are better at controlling the scene. Their defense is good, and Phil's tactics allow the Lakers to try their best to cut the Mavericks players The connection between them forces everyone to play singles. But singles are not the Mavericks' specialty on the offensive end." Mike Breen also took advantage of the timeout to explain to the fans: Why the Mavericks gave another I dug a hole myself.

"The key is that Dirk's offense did not meet expectations, which made the entire operation of the Mavericks extremely difficult. We can see that he has already taken off his training uniform, and he should be playing. I hope that Yi will appear, It can make the Mavericks break the balance at Staples." Van Gundy adjusted his glasses, even if he was biased, in short, this guy is very optimistic about the No. 3 pick from China. After all, Van Gundy, who once coached Yao Ming, is one of the commentators who know Chinese players best in the league.

"Oh? That kid is on the court?" The timeout was over, and when Kobe returned to the court and saw Yiyang replacing Kidd, the number 24 also smiled excitedly. Kobe wants to see how capable he is on the court for the legendary man who "replaces two James alone".

Staples Center, the huge Lakers team logo is in the middle of the court. When Yiyang took possession of the ball for half court, he couldn't believe that he was really stepping on LG of the Los Angeles Lakers.

The ear-piercing boos of Los Angeles fans lingered around Yiyang, and the strong Fisher was standing in front of him, looking extremely fierce.

Yiyang let out a sigh of relief, his eyes immediately became focused. Yiyang stretched out his hand to make a move, as if calling a pick-and-roll. From the corner of his eye, Fischer also saw that Nowitzki seemed to be blocking his left side.

Yiyang dribbled the ball alternately, and suddenly accelerated!

Fisher hurried around the pick-and-roll, he didn't squeeze in front of Nowitzki, but bypassed Nowitzki behind him. This is the most effective way to defend pick-and-rolls against this kind of guard who likes to break through and doesn't shoot three-pointers very much.

Bynum has also helped defend the basket, and at the same time blocked Chandler's cut-in route, not giving the "Champion" and Yiyang a chance to play an alley-oop. Kobe on the flank also stared at the yellow-skinned No. 1, ready to help defend at any time. With Phil Jackson, Yiyang definitely enjoyed superstar treatment.

Everyone thought that Yiyang would break through, after all, breaking through is what Yiyang is best at. Whether it is a breakthrough to attack the frame or break through to score the ball, it needs to be based on Yiyang's successful breakthrough.

Yiyang saw that Fischer circled behind Dirk, but he suddenly stopped, braked the car, and then took a step backward diagonally, back outside the three-point line again.

The leisurely "Zen Master" immediately widened his eyes, this was the first unexpected thing today, Yiyang's action, could it be that...

With a fake breakthrough and a fake pick-and-roll, Yiyang completely throws off Fisher. After taking a step back, Yiyang took off directly at the top of the arc outside the three-point line, and shot an open three-pointer.

"I also chose to shoot a step-back three-pointer!?" Mike Breen's tone was questioning, because he really couldn't believe that Yiyang would choose to attack in this way.

In the past two games, Yiyang made a total of 5 shots from outside the three-point line. Even with such a small number of shots, Yiyang's three-point shooting percentage in these two games was 0%, and he failed to score a single goal.

But Nowitzki smiled, you don't know how much this guy shot from beyond the three-point line that night in the loss to the Grizzlies...

The basketball was softly thrown by Yiyang, Kobe immediately turned around and stared at the ball that started to fall.

"This is fucking..." Carlisle was about to yell, but the next second, the basketball fell into the net.

"It's a fucking... good shot!" Carlisle suddenly raised his arms and shouted after hitting a three-pointer!

"It's in! It's actually in! God, he completely defeated Fisher from beyond the three-point line! As soon as he played, he gave the Lakers a head-on blow. This guy is really good!" Mike Brin was full of enthusiasm, and also Yang's three-pointer completely ignited the game.

Nowitzki excitedly gave Yiyang a high five, he was the only guy who knew how hard Yiyang worked. While others are complaining about failure, Yiyang is using sweat to prevent himself from failing again!

"You shot as accurately as in extra practice!" The German patted Yiyang's head.

Yiyang didn't respond, but opened his arms and lowered his center of gravity, ready to stop the Zijin army's attack.

Kobe saw Yiyang's serious eyes, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised. That number one is really interesting...

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