NBA: I really just want to be a second-in-command

Chapter 153

Lu Yusheng began to dribble the ball under his crotch, constantly changing directions to test the opponent's center of gravity.

Uncle Huo saw Lu Yusheng's intentions, lowered his center of gravity, and opened his arms.

It's a posture that one man is in charge of the gate and ten thousand men are not allowed to open it!
But Lu Yusheng just sped up the frequency of dribbling a little, and Uncle Huo obviously couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

The center of gravity began to deviate constantly.

Lu Yusheng saw the opportunity, and made an accelerated breakthrough to the right. Second Uncle Huo's center of gravity was on the left, and he couldn't retract it at all.

Lu Yusheng's acceleration was not too fast, and Second Uncle Huo couldn't react at all.

He could only watch helplessly as Lu Yusheng rushed into the inside line!
Seeing Lu Yusheng break through, Mutombo took a step forward without relaxing Kwame Brown.

Uncle Mu, who has won DPOY 4 times, is still very experienced in defense. Generally, inexperienced inside players, when the opponent breaks into the inside, they will instantly jump out to defend on conditioned reflex.

In this situation, for the opposing point guard, it is basically an assist, and it is enough to pass it to the unguarded center under the basket.

Uncle Mu only took one step forward, not only threatening and restricting Lu Yusheng, but also not losing control of his defender.

Don't underestimate this step, not everyone can achieve this effect with one step.

This has quite high requirements for the defender to control the sense of defensive position.

Only a defensive player of Uncle Mu's level can have such an effect, he can attack, retreat and defend.

Lu Yusheng was stunned for a moment, and took a step forward. Uncle Mu immediately approached Lu Yusheng!
Lu Yusheng hurriedly passed the ball to Kwame Brown!
Uncle Mu noticed it and hurriedly retreated!

But I didn't expect that Lu Yusheng's biography was fake!
Taking advantage of the moment when Uncle Mu's center of gravity was turned backwards, Lu Yusheng directly raised his hand, taking advantage of the situation and made a small throw in the face!

Uncle Mu hurriedly jumped to block the shot!

The basketball passed Uncle Mu's fingertips and flew into the hoop!

Although the ball was scored, what made Lu Yusheng feel terrible was that even though he had completely cheated Uncle Mu's center of gravity just now, Uncle Mu almost covered the ball just now...

You know, at this time, Uncle Mu is already 40 years old!

At this age, he can still maintain such a bounce and speed, which is simply terrifying.

If he was a few years younger, he might have blocked the ball just now!
"Beautiful throw!" Mason yelled immediately, "Old man, did you see it? Didn't you say that Lu lacked offensive means and ability?"

"It's just a drop shot. What does it mean? This kind of ball is all about luck. Obviously, he was lucky tonight." Barkley said.

"Come on, this kind of small face-up throw is a difficult skill, okay? Looking at the entire league, there are not many point guards who can stare at Uncle Mu's block and make this kind of throw safely."

"That's why I said it was a fluke. Mutombo has completely interfered with his shooting. It is obviously just luck that he can score this kind of goal." Barkley said stubbornly.

"Anyway, buddy, he's already scored six points," Mason said. "There are only fourteen points left to your twenty points. Are you still stubborn?"

"Of course, these six points, two unguarded dunks after steals, and a lucky ball were all shot in an abnormal state. Can this also be regarded as scoring ability? ?” Barkley was unimpressed.

On the Rockets' bench, McGrady said to coach Van Gundy, "Let Sura play, coach, I really don't understand what your purpose is to let Howard play a point guard as a forward. He can't guard the Lakers' No. 6 at all."

Van Gundy didn't speak.

The main reason why Van Gundy chose to let Uncle Huo, the backup forward, face Lu Yusheng was that he had studied the Lakers' game style before.

He discovered that one of the most important reasons why the Lakers were able to win five consecutive seasons was this Chinese substitute rookie.

The time when this kid was leading the bench lineup was very important to the Lakers. He found that no matter what the Lakers' main lineup was doing on the field, as long as this kid went up and led the bench lineup, he could always lead the team to tie the game. Poor, or widen the point difference.

In several games, the Lakers struggled to win with their opponents until the last moment, so Lu Yusheng's importance was highlighted.

If it weren't for the time when he led the bench to completely suppress the opponent's second team, the Lakers would have no chance to fight the opponent to the final anxious moment.

Therefore, Van Gundy believes that it is very important to limit Lu Yusheng's performance during the substitute time and prevent him from leading the team to widen the point difference.

And the characteristic of Lu Yusheng he summed up is that he is extremely capable in pick-and-roll tactics, but his other breakthrough and offensive abilities are average.

This is why Van Gundy chose to use Uncle Huo as a forward to face Lu Yusheng.

He believes that, as a backup forward, Uncle Huo lacks speed and explosive power, but Lu Yusheng is not fast either, and Uncle Huo can use his weight and wingspan to limit Lu Yusheng's pick-and-roll tactics.

But now it seems that his strategy has completely failed.

Second Uncle Huo not only failed to restrict Lu Yusheng's pick and roll, he even couldn't restrict Lu Yusheng's breakthrough.

In the video, he felt that Lu Yusheng didn't have much speed and explosive power, but he didn't expect that when facing Uncle Huo, Lu Yusheng almost didn't use any speed and explosive power, so he could easily handle Uncle Huo.

It seemed that he still underestimated this kid.

But now, the substitute lineup has only played for a short time, and the score has not been opened, so Van Gundy has no intention of replacing Uncle Huo.

Let him try again.

However, the problem is that Second Uncle Huo's presence on the field is basically a side effect. He could organize tactics before, but now he is afraid of Lu Yusheng's steals and dare not organize tactics at all.

No one organizes tactics, and the Rockets' second team is a mess.

Only one or two lucky goals can be scored at the end of shot clock.

But on the Lakers side, Lu Yusheng took advantage of Second Uncle Huo's weakness, made a fierce attack, made sudden shots, scored six points in a row, and did not give Uncle Huo any chance to breathe.

Van Gundy on the sidelines finally couldn't sit still and hurriedly called a timeout.

At this moment, the Lakers have led the Rockets by 32 points at 26:6.

If this continues, his video research will be useless.

And Mason in the commentary was also very proud, "Wow, old man, let's take a look at the technical statistics of the Lakers' No. 6 kid who has no offensive ability, shall we?"

Barkley laughed and said nothing.

"Assists: 0, um, it's really not that good, rebounds: 2, it's average, scoring, oh? What's going on? Isn't this guy without any offensive ability? How can he win in just a few minutes? 12 points? That's not right, old man, explain it to me, what's going on?"

Buckley laughed.

"Oh, what are you laughing at my old man? Come and help me to solve my confusion, I really can't understand, how can a rookie who was deemed incapable of attacking by the former NBA star get it in such a short time? Such a high score?"

"Okay," Barkley said, "let me answer your doubts. The fact is that Juwan Howard is really bad. Although he will be a point guard at some point in the Rockets, he is really just a A forward, not a qualified point guard. It is his extreme unqualification that makes Lu Yusheng easy to score. You have also seen that whether it is the kid's breakthrough or shooting, Juwan Howard takes him at all There is no way."

"It's a good sophistry." Mason laughed, "You stubborn guy, it seems really difficult for you to admit that Lu is excellent, but it doesn't matter, anyway, I just need to win your thousand dollars today."

"That's probably not possible," Barkley said.

"Oh? Are you kidding me?" Mason said, "In just a few minutes, he has already scored 12 points, and his scoring efficiency is even higher than Kobe's. Tell me he can't score [-] points in the whole game." ?”

"Man, listen to me, I didn't just cover it casually." Barkley said seriously.

"Okay, I'd like to hear how you, a former professional player, analyze that he can't score twenty points." Mason said.

"I have already said that it is a fluke for him to score these [-] points. He can only have such an opportunity when facing an unprofessional point guard like Juwan Howard. Once he encounters a normal point guard, Don't even think about it."

Mason pouted with disdain.

"Look, Van Gundy's timeout will definitely be replaced by another point guard, and he will definitely misfire by then." Barkley said.

Just as we were talking, the pause ended. ,

Sure enough, this time Van Gundy replaced point guard Bob Sura immediately after the timeout.

"Dude, do you think Bob Sura is a serious point guard?" Mason asked.

"Sura? Forget it, of course. Although he is not too strong, compared to Juwan Howard, he is a pure point guard after all. So, just watch. Next, Lu Xiangxiang It's just not possible to score as much as Juwan Howard wants," Barkley said.

"Okay, listen to you, I will wait and see."

A whistle, the game continues!

Rocket right.

Bob Surla dribbles half court.

Lu Yusheng stepped forward to defend.

In my impression, Bob Sura was also a weak defender, so Lu Yusheng directly stuck to the defense and tried to steal.

But Bob Sura is an NBA-level serious point guard after all. Although he is not very strong, he is still experienced in many battles, and he will not be directly robbed like Juwan Howard.

He began to direct the tactics in an orderly manner.

"See?" Barkley was very satisfied with this, "Once there are qualified point guards to defend him, can he still steal?"

Mason said helplessly, "Please, do you think that a qualified point guard is just not being intercepted?"

On the field, Bob Sura dribbled the ball and chose to pass the ball directly when Kirk Snyder ran out of the point guard.

After Kirk Snyder received the ball, he shot directly, and Vujacic threw it directly to block the block!

Kirk Snyder was obviously interfered by Vujacic on this ball and shot short.

The Lakers took the rebound.

Lu Yusheng dribbled the ball halfway, facing Bob Sura's defense, Lu Yusheng only passed the ball once, when the ball returned to his hands again, he directly started dribbling and breaking through.

Bob Sula's speed was obviously faster than Juwan Howard's, so Lu Yusheng couldn't directly break through with a few changes of direction like before.

But Lu Yusheng changed the rhythm patiently, and he found that Bob Sura's center of gravity was still shaken.

Still an acceleration, he easily broke through Bob Sura's defense!
After passing people this time, seeing Uncle Mu approaching aggressively, Lu Yusheng didn't try to dribble inside and score with throws, which was a bit risky.

This time he directly chose the emergency stop jumper!

Still scored!

On the Rockets' bench, Yao Ming said to Van Gundy, "Jeff, this is not good. Our second team is not their opponent. If this continues, the score will get bigger and bigger."

"There is no way." Van Gundy said, "The second team also needs to be tempered. We want to go further this year. The second team must stand up early, otherwise we will still be very difficult in the playoffs."

McGrady on the side said a little discouraged, "It's not a matter of experience, they are all old players who have played many games, and they are not young players."

The implication is very clear, the Rockets' management should do something.

Van Gundy naturally understood what McGrady meant, "Tracey, do you think I didn't mention it to him, but the problem is that there were many bad contracts in our previous transactions, and our space was basically locked. It’s hard to get any good deals.”

"I know the team's salary space, but do they have to trade? Why can they (the Lakers) pick players of this level in the 8 rounds of the draft, but we can't pick the No. [-] lottery pick? A decent player?" McGrady said.

"We chose Rudy Gay. I think this kid is good, but they traded him to the Grizzlies without my consent." Van Gundy said a little annoyed.

"Tracey, you can't blame Van Gundy," said Yao Ming on the side. "You know, among so many rookies this year, no one thought that the No. 26 pick could play so well, and he even completely overwhelmed those rookies." It’s hard to predict what a showy demeanor it is.”

McGrady let out a long sigh of relief. Seeing Bob Sula on the field being broken by Lu Yusheng again, he couldn't help but sighed again, "It seems that I will waste another year."

"Hey, Tracy," Yao Ming hurriedly stopped McGrady, "The season has just begun, and we have great hope."

McGrady didn't take it seriously, chewing gum silently.

On the court, Lu Yusheng once again broke through Bob Sura's defense one after another, scoring mid-range shots!
The first quarter is over!
The score on the field came to 38:28.

The Lakers have taken a full ten-point lead.

When the game ended, Zen Master was very happy, "Lu, you played well!"

It can be said that Lu Yusheng almost perfectly completed the task entrusted to him by the Zen master.

But Lu Yusheng didn't respond. He hasn't communicated with Zen Master for a long time.

In the commentary booth, Mason smiled and said, "What should I do buddy? Your serious point guard Sura didn't seem to be able to limit that kid's scoring. Now the first quarter has just ended, and his score has reached 16 points." , what should I do? Do you want to bet that he won't even score four points in the remaining three quarters?"

Barkley laughed loudly, "Well, I have to admit, I'm afraid I'll lose this bet."

"I don't need the money, but Barkley, remember, this kid almost broke your prejudice in half a quarter. Now, can you admit that the level of this rookie Lu is really good?" Mason Said.

Buckley took out the cash directly from his pocket, "Then I'll give you the money."

"Why do you just refuse to admit this fact? You have to know that with his joining, the Lakers have won five consecutive victories. This is something they couldn't even imagine last season."

"But it's hard for me to admit, Mason, come on, he beat opponents like Juwan Howard and Bob Sura, let me admit that he is the future of the league's point guard nemesis?"

"OKOK, let me ask you now, what about Alston? What do you think of Alstom? If I guess right, Van Gundy will definitely send their starting point guard Alstom to stop the bleeding at the beginning of the second quarter , What if he also defeated Alston? Can you recognize Lu's strength?" Mason asked.

"Of course." Barkley said, "Alston is a street player, but he is definitely the upper-middle point guard in the current league. If he can really beat Alston head-on, then you don't need to say, I will naturally Will recognize his strength. A thousand dollars, or kiss the donkey's ass again, I am willing."

"Okay, that's what you said!"

"No problem, but I still think that he has no chance. I think Alstom's breakthrough alone is enough for that kid to drink a pot."

(End of this chapter)