Kobe Bryant through time

Chapter 244 Chemical reaction?

O'Neal was stunned for a moment, and didn't seem to understand why Ling Yu said this. Anyway, the Spurs are indeed a traditional strong team, but they are not the top. Teams with a long history like the Lakers and Celtics, And the Spurs, a strong team, can only be said to be a playoff team, and last season, the Spurs' record was a thousand miles away, almost at the bottom of the league. Therefore, Ling Yu's reminder made O'Neal confused.

This team, which was at the bottom of last season, won a champion, and David.Robinson's comeback will be able to play a good match, and use this to change the record?

O'Neal doesn't believe that this will happen, at least not in this game, because Robinson has been absent from the court for a long time, and his performance on the court is still a little stiff, and Duncan seems to have not yet integrated into the team's tactics. I am not optimistic that the Lakers will collapse in this game, no, the reason why they will lose.

However, it turns out that O'Neal took it for granted. What a disciplined and tactical team the Spurs are. With 5 minutes left in the first half, after the Spurs returned from a timeout, David.Under the leadership of Robinson and Duncan Twin Towers, the Spurs played a 12-2 offensive climax. With this offensive wave, the Spurs overtook the Lakers by five points and took the lead.

It stands to reason that when the team is in full swing and the offense is very aggressive, the coach will not call a timeout, because this is likely to interrupt the team's offensive momentum, and a timeout may not bring you further progress, but It is possible for the team to forget how to attack, and it will not be able to have such a strong offense just now.

However, Popovich has never been one of these people. He has always been a maverick. When his team's offense is smooth, Popovich will also call a timeout. The intention is very simple, to warn his players Don't get carried away, just go all out, and usually, Popovich's timeouts are all good, because his team is very tactically literate and willing to execute tactics.

Therefore, after returning from this timeout, the Spurs did not mess up their offense, but continued to pursue the victory and beat the Lakers [-]-[-], forcing Del to call a timeout.

"We played badly just now, do you understand?" Dell was very dissatisfied with the performance of the Lakers in the past. The offensive end was stumbling, and the play was always not smooth. Of course, there are many reasons for this, that is, O'Neal did not want to get the ball inside. Offense, and the Lakers' offense can only be launched from the outside.

This is not the most important reason, the Lakers do not lack offensive firepower from outside, Ling Yu and McGrady, but, during the past period, Del let Ling Yu stay on the bench, let McGrady come and O'Neal to play a combination, maybe Because it was the first time to cooperate with O'Neal, or because it was the first time to play this kind of game, McGrady was very uncomfortable and made mistakes again and again, and the offensive end always felt that he was a little hesitant, as if he had returned to the previous him.

Ling Yu also saw that McGrady was timid in attacking and couldn't let go. After thinking about it, Ling Yu felt that there was a very important reason, that is O'Neal on the inside. With him on the court, McGrady always felt that he should give the ball to him and let him play. Offensive, however, O'Neal has long decided not to focus on offense in this game, so even after Ling Yu leaves the field, he will not take over the banner of offense. In any case, you have to pretend to be a little bit, so in order to fulfill his previous lie, O'Neal can only continue to pretend, and therefore, the heavy responsibility of the team's offense falls to McGrady.

However, McGrady and the team have only been in touch for a few days, and the chemical reaction has not formed at all. Among them, there is no cooperation with O'Neal. The two of them have never played together. , McGrady and O'Neal only played for a few minutes. In just a few minutes, what kind of tacit understanding can they play?It's impossible to think about it.

However, Del still wants to see if there is any tacit cooperation between them, or to see if they have the feeling of cooperation. Therefore, even if the Lakers' offense is not good, Del still chooses to let McGrady continue to be on the court.

In fact, when the Spurs called a timeout, Del originally planned to let Ling Yu play, continue to let Ling Yu play the main offensive point, and take over the heavy responsibility from McGrady, because he really can't stand it anymore. I'm going to lose, losing to last season's bottom team, and it's still at home. No matter how you say it, it can't satisfy the fans. Del doesn't want to offend these fans again. Del was fed up with what happened last season, and he doesn't want to do it again up.

However, Ling Yu did not play, but smiled and said to Del: "Let McGrady play first, I think he will play very well, if not later, then I will play."

Ling Yu still believed in McGrady, after all, he had witnessed that mighty No. 1.

However, it turns out that McGrady is still just a rookie. Experience and heart are his weakest shortcomings, the most fatal shortcomings. He began to become anxious after frequent offenses, and his offensive choices became unreasonable. The shot was made with iron, the breakthrough layup was blocked, and even his best pull-up jumper was no longer so accurate at this time. In general, McGrady's offense was hindered, and no tactics or skills were displayed.

"Bryant, wait for you to come on and replace." Del glanced at McGrady, then looked around, and frowned: "Replace Horry."

McGrady was a little surprised. He thought Del asked Ling Yu to replace him, but he didn't expect to replace Huo Li, who performed well, which made him very puzzled.

Ling Yu didn't think about it that much, anyway, he had thought about it a long time ago, a talented player like McGrady should be cultivated, and he should be given more time, so that enough trust can make him grow better and play better. Show off your talents.

"Wait until Bryant comes to attack, McGrady runs on the weak side." Del stared at Ling Yu solemnly while drawing the tactics, and seemed to be a little bit dissatisfied.

Ling Yu ignored him. Who would care about these things at a time like this? Winning the game is the most important thing.

There is no change in the tactical arrangement, that is, let Ling Yu attack, run outside, O'Neal grab the rebound inside, or help defend at a high position, while others run back at any time, waiting for Ling Yu to pass the ball.

This kind of tactics need not be said by Del, everyone understands, after nodding, they went to the court.

During this timeout, the Lakers really achieved results, and the offense was also opened up. Ling Yu and McGrady, the young outside duo, and O'Neal, the big shark, the Lakers tore through the Spurs' defense and won the final victory.

In the next preseason game at the airport, the cooperation between McGrady, Ling Yu and O'Neal got better and better. By the time of the last preseason game, McGrady had squeezed out Horry as the team's main small forward, and This may be the starting lineup for the Lakers in the regular season.

The preseason is over, and the regular season will soon be here. This will be another season worth looking forward to.
(End of this chapter)