Kobe Bryant through time

Chapter 252 Inspirational
After all, O'Neal stopped covering and ran to the basket to get a position. Of course, O'Neal's tonnage was there, and the Jazz's starting center naturally couldn't restrain O'Neal, so it seemed very difficult to defend.

"Bryant." O'Neal yelled at Ling Yu, indicating that he was already in position, and stretched out his hand to wait for the pass.

Ling Yu frowned, and shouted at Eddie: "Eddie, give me the ball." After finishing speaking, Ling Yu subconsciously ran towards Eddie, and Eddie didn't hesitate, and hurriedly passed the ball to the Ling Yu, after Ling Yu got the ball, he leaned forward and leaned against the defensive player to prevent the Jazz players from taking advantage of the ball. At the same time, Ling Yu also specially observed the running position of his teammates and took aim .

Eddie is standing in the left corner, Horry is 45 degrees to the right, Kemp is high, and O'Neal is stuck under the basket.

After doing all this, Ling Yu took a step with his left foot, and immediately sped up, heading towards the bottom of the basket.

Not surprisingly, the Jazz's defense naturally focused on Ling Yu, so even if Ling Yu passed one of the Jazz's defenders in the first step, and had already taken the absolute advantage, but this did not That is to say, Ling Yu can go to the bottom of the basket without hesitation, and go straight to Huanglong to score points, because he just passed a defensive player of the Jazz, and the player who helped defend him immediately defended him, and the guy who was just thrown away by Ling Yu , still did not leave, but followed closely behind Ling Yu, preparing to close the goal and steal the ball.

Not only that, as soon as Ling Yu started to speed up, the Jazz's overall defense line immediately closed, and in the other direction, Jazz players also rushed over from the weak side. Of course, there was only one purpose, and that was to block Ling Yu.

And Ling Yu naturally saw the Jazz players' running positions, and immediately understood their intentions, just as he predicted before, if O'Neal's inside line can't put absolute pressure on the Jazz, their defensive focus will definitely fall on him. In the past period of time, O'Neal did not take the initiative to ask for the ball to attack, which made the coach of the Jazz suspect that O'Neal was in a bad state. Therefore, when the tactics were just arranged, the coach of the Jazz put the focus of defense on Ling Yu. Only then did the Jazz's defense shrink just now, waiting for Ling Yu to enter the net, and then they closed again to completely restrict Ling Yu.

However, since Ling Yu saw their intentions, he naturally had a countermeasure, so he frowned, slammed the Jazz defender, and then threw the ball to the basket continuously.

O'Neal at the basket understood it, turned around and ran back, passed the Jazz's defensive center, and then jumped high to dunk the ball into the basket, and the scoring of this goal completely revitalized the Lakers' offense.

But the Jazz were fooled by the Lakers' offense. In the next few offenses, Ling Yu used his personal ability to play for O'Neal. Naturally, O'Neal would not miss such an opportunity and dunked all the balls into the basket. At the end of the first half, the Lakers led 61 to 45 by 16 points, and such a score was beyond everyone's expectation.

You know, the Jazz were the regular season champions last season, and, importantly, their lineup has not changed, and in terms of benches, after the Jazz failed in the finals last season, they, in the past summer, The lineup has been strengthened, especially the bench lineup. In other words, the current Jazz is only stronger than last season.

However, this is how the Jazz were defeated by the Lakers in the first half, while Shuangsha Stockton and Malone performed mediocrely, and they did not reach that frightening level at all. Moreover, the two of them In the first half of the game, the longest pick-and-roll cooperation between players was not played at all. On the contrary, Ling Yu and O'Neal also played a lot of pick-and-roll cooperation, which really slapped the Jazz coach in the face.

They took the lead in the first half, and it was last season's regular season champion who led. This really makes the current fans unbelievable and confused. However, in comparison, they are still more willing to believe in the Lakers' ability. Because of Ling Yu's growth, coupled with the arrival of Tracy McGrady, and the big shark O'Neal, even on paper, the Lakers are not inferior to the Jazz. Therefore, it is only natural that the Lakers can be so strong.

Dell is also very happy to see this result, but he is also a little worried, that is, if he continues to play like this, will he return to the previous tactics, focusing on the inside, and then other players will not know how to play. After halftime, the ball was handed over to O'Neal, and then they didn't know where to move, and they all stayed in place and waited to see O'Neal play alone. This is why after Ling Yu was injured, the Lakers were in jail. The Lakers scored points, but O'Neal is just an individual after all. If he keeps playing like this, he can't stand it. Every night, he has to face the defense of three or four opponents. If there are few fluctuations, then O'Neal is very likely to break out the turmoil of last season's suspension. At that time, the Lakers will repeat the same mistakes again.

"Dell, don't worry, the Lakers' offense is not only Shaq, but also me, and McGrady." Ling Yu saw what was on Del's mind, because this was what he had thought of before, and put it in Del's mind. , and maybe there is nothing inappropriate, because the things they face are all the same.

"Bryant, I still hope you can attack with the ball more, and then share the pressure of Shaq, so that he can defend better and protect the basket from being attacked by opponents." Del said meaningfully.

"I know that." Ling Yu chuckled lightly: "Make teammates better, that's what I want to do this season."

"By the way, Del, aren't you going to let McGrady play?" Ling Yu asked hurriedly.

In the first half of the game, Del did not let McGrady play for 1 minute, which seemed to be inconsistent with his previous plan, which made Ling Yu confused.

"You and Shaq are the absolute leaders of the Lakers, and Mike gave it to you." Del pondered and sighed a little helplessly: "I really can't see the temperament of a leader from him, a temperament that dares to take responsibility. "

"Dell, you can't be so prejudiced." Ling Yu frowned: "It's too unfair for you to say that he has no leadership qualities before you give him a chance."

"Okay, since you trust him so much, I'll let him play later, and then you can see if what I said is right." Del said seriously.

"Okay, you go back to the locker room and take a break. There is still the second half." Del waved his hand, and then walked to the locker room first, and Ling Yu followed without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)