Chapter 179 Against Kobe, the tuition fee was not paid
Lu Yu and Artest stood outside the three-point line and looked at each other.
No, Brad Miller took the wrong medicine today?
Actually want to single O'Neal?
Darling, that's O'Neal. It's not that you can't beat O'Neal, but you have to pay attention to strategy. What's going on if you forcefully beat O'Neal in the paint?
Fortunately, Miller was relatively strong, so he let him take a step in, and then... he passed the ball out, and the ball went into Lu Yu's hands.
Lu Yu took the ball and dribbled it a little, and found that Miller had secretly squeezed two steps towards the basket.
Miller was now closer to the basket than before, and O'Neal didn't care, thinking that Miller was going to block the rebound. Who knew that the basketball was actually swung into Miller's hands again, and Miller caught the ball and hit it one and a half times.
Turn around and score the ball with a hook.
The Bulls took the lead, 2-0
"The Bulls played very smartly in this game." Zhang Weiping praised, "They scored, scored, and scored again. They combined the inside and outside very well and caught the Lakers by surprise."
The Lakers attacked, and after halftime, Fisher immediately passed the ball into the hands of O'Neal inside, and all the players started running to clear out the help defenders around O'Neal.
Chandler didn't leave. He would rather let go of Samakie Walker and help Miller defend O'Neal.
Miller kept using small moves to interfere with O'Neal. O'Neal saw Chandler's help in defense, dribbled directly to the other side, and instantly came to the basket. With a small hook, the basketball was flying in the air before Chandler pounced on him.
Falling into the basket through an elegant arc.
2 to 2
Everyone only knows that O'Neal is physically strong and has constant dunks in games, but only when you actually defend him can you know that he also has delicate footsteps and excellent hook skills.
The only thing that sucks is probably the free throws.
In fact, O'Neal wanted to dunk this ball, but it was difficult for him to take off because Miller was stuck with his thigh, so he finally chose a hook. While running back, he complained to the referee about Miller's little move.
Chandler signaled that he was slow to assist in defense, and Miller patted his butt. In fact, everyone knew that this ball had nothing to do with assisting in defense. O'Neal wanted to score, but it was really difficult to defend.
Yu Jia couldn't help but sigh: "O'Neal is a truly master-level player. His turn and his strength have great effects whether he attacks by himself or as a containment... The Bulls launched an attack, but Lu Yu did not choose to break through.
Fisher instead called a screen, and it was Chandler who screened him. He broke through! He broke through between Walker and Fisher. What was Fox doing? He didn't cover, he was hesitating.
Lu Yu broke through to the elbow area, and there was O'Neal inside... Lu Yu didn't make a layup, he passed the ball to Artest in the corner, and Artest made a three-pointer and hit it!"
When Fox hesitated, he relaxed his defense on Artest, which gave Lu Yu a chance to pass the ball.
Zhang Weiping laughed and said: "Lu Yu played the ball very smartly, and his awareness of passing the ball was very good! He immediately discovered Fox's defensive loopholes and passed it to Artest in the bottom corner. It seems that he believed in Artest very much.
Test’s shot.”
Score 5 to 2
The Lakers attacked, and this time the basketball was passed to Kobe, but it was not Lu Yu who was guarding Kobe. Cartwright strictly prohibited Lu Yu from guarding Kobe, so he sent Trenton Hassell to guard Kobe at this time.
Hassell has only one task on the court, which is to limit Kobe's scoring.
Kobe kept taking tentative steps and shaking his shoulders, but Hassel remained unmoved and kept his big hands firmly covering Kobe's face.
"Xie Te, it must be the method taught by this guy Lu Yu!"
This made Kobe very uncomfortable. His eyes were covered, not to mention the basket, and even his teammates couldn't see.
He lowered his center of gravity, dribbled the ball from his hips and took a step back. Hassel took a step forward. The moment Hassel raised his foot, Kobe directly changed direction and blocked half of his body from his left. Jumped over.
Hassell quickly retreated, but then he saw Kobe jumping up.
Fallback jump shot!
Hassel also jumped up. He didn't think about blocking the ball. He just covered Kobe's eyes with his hands. Unfortunately, his jump was still a little late. Kobe had already taken action before he pounced on him.
The arc of the basketball in the air is not very high, but it still falls firmly into the basket.
5 to 4
"As expected of Kobe, the ball shook twice on the rim and still went in." Zhang Weiping sighed with emotion.
The fans at the scene cheered.
Cartwright applauded Hassell on the sidelines. Hassell defended the ball very well, allowing Cartwright to see the team's defensive improvement.
Whether it's Hassell, Artest, or Lu Yu, their defense is excellent. The Bulls are definitely one of the best defensive teams in the league in the backcourt.
…
Fisher didn't dare to be careless. He bent over and stared at Lu Yu who was dribbling the ball in front of him. For some reason, he hated the smile on the corner of Lu Yu's mouth. He felt uncomfortable every time he saw it. It was very uncomfortable to be stared at by Lu Yu with a smile on his face, making him feel like he was being targeted!
He focused on his waist and bent his upper body slightly. When watching the Bulls game videos in the past two days, Phil Jackson specifically pointed out that he should pay attention to Lu Yu's breakthrough and three-pointers.
Lu Yu, who was dribbling the ball, kept observing the position of his teammates on the field, and at the same time kept avoiding the "Lushan Claw" extended by Fisher.
Chandler ran out from the inside and created a pick-and-roll with Lu Yu. Lu Yu got rid of Fisher and quickly broke inside along the right rib.
"This road is blocked." Walker quickly stood in the front to defend.
Lu Yu jumped up to everyone's surprise and rushed towards Walker.
"What is Lu Yu doing?" Yu Jia asked strangely.
"Huh?" Zhang Weiping pulled his sleeves. He himself couldn't understand Lu Yu's action. "Maybe it was a direct hit, trying to cause the opponent to foul."
"You want to foul me? No way." Walker stood still in the three-second zone, raised his hands high, and tried not to make any pressure.
Fishers, who was chasing behind him, was relieved. The Chinese's choice of attack this time was not very good!
It will be affected if you rely on Walker to shoot, after all, Walker is so much taller.
When Lu Yu's body was about to hit Walker, he suddenly twisted his waist in the air, turned his body abruptly, and hit Walker with his back. When the bodies of both sides were about to come into contact, he hit the ball and passed the ball to Walker. Free throw line.
"Not good." Fisher immediately rushed towards the free throw line. He had already seen Chandler on the free throw line.
His consciousness is very good, but he has too many height defects. His height of 185 centimeters does not put much pressure on Chandler in shooting. Chandler raises the ball high and the ball flies in with a "swipe" sound. The basket.
On the other side, Walker got up from the ground, rushed to the referee, and asked why Lu Yu was not called for a foul. After Lu Yu made the ball just now, his body continued to glide in the air and hit Walker. Walker also fell down, hoping to hear the referee's whistle.
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But the referee ignored him and just made a gesture to indicate that the two points were valid. 7:4.
"Samaki, don't argue with the referee." Kobe pulled him and said softly: "Just beat him until the shit comes out of him."
"Yeah." Kobe said, but Walker couldn't help but obey. He suddenly turned around and shouted to his teammates, "Let's hit them."
"OK."
Amid the cheers of their home fans, the Lakers charged toward the Bulls at halftime.
In fact, everyone could see that Lu Yu's offense deliberately avoided the strong points of his two opponents, Kobe and O'Neal.
Phil Jackson, who was standing on the sidelines, sighed secretly: "Why didn't we think of trading this kid?"
In his eyes, the Bulls' No. 10 plays too smart.
…
Fisher passed the ball to Walker in the corner. Artest in front of Walker immediately covered Walker's head with both hands.
Without a shot or lob to give O'Neal an angle, Walker chose to pass back.
Suddenly, a hand appeared between the ball and Fisher, and he quickly pounced towards the ball. Amidst the screams of more than 10,000 fans at Staples Stadium, Lu Yu grabbed the hand that was flying in the air.
The ball rushed towards the Lakers half court like lightning.
"Fake!"
Fisher cursed secretly and hurriedly chased after him, but Lu Yu was extremely fast and had already left him far behind.
Looking at the empty half,
Lu Yu was thinking: Is this a layup? Or is it a morale-boosting dunk?
Just as he was thinking about it, out of the corner of his eye he saw a figure quickly chasing after him from the side.
Lu Yu smiled, he knew who the person beside him was.
He had already seen this person start when he was stealing the ball, and he also deliberately slowed down.
There is only one purpose - to let this person catch up with you.
"Kobe, come on, let me see your strength!" He stopped making fake moves and directly stepped forward with his left foot, pushed back hard with his right foot, and flew into the air like a bird.
Flying towards the basket as well.
Kobe frowned. After all, he was a step too late and couldn't catch up with Lu Yu. However, he was already very satisfied with his performance. He was able to catch up with this ball. Lu Yu hasn't made much progress recently.
He flew up with a single lunge, flying higher than Lu Yu. He stretched out his right hand and aimed at Lu Yu's right hand that was preparing to shoot...
Except for the fact that he didn't expect Kobe to jump so high, everything else about this ball was within Lu Yu's control. He didn't marvel at Kobe's ability to jump higher than him in the air, nor did he marvel at Kobe's super ability to stay in the air.
The player waiting for him in the air is exposed.
What he is trying to do now is to try to maintain the balance of his body, strive for a longer time in the air, and beat Kobe Bryant in a time difference.
He stretched out his right hand, preparing for a hook layup. Kobe's long hand behind him quickly waved over, and he thought proudly: You can't hold it anymore, get off here.
Seeing that Lu Yu was about to be covered, his pupils suddenly shrank violently, and the ball that had been exposed under his eyes suddenly disappeared!
Lu Yu twisted his waist and blew out the breath he was holding in his chest. Miraculously, he stopped falling. He dodged in the air, retracted his right hand, handed it to his left hand in front of his chest, and moved his body to the bottom of the basket.
, the left hand goes around to the other side and hooks the ball in.
"Beautiful." Zhang Weiping applauded: "It's so beautiful. If I remember correctly, this kind of hook layup of changing hands and sides under the basket should be Kobe's favorite thing to do. Was this ball intentional by Lu Yu?
Use this action to demonstrate to Kobe?"
"Hey, we originally thought we wouldn't see the duel between the two of them, but we didn't expect to see it just three minutes into the game. The score is now 9 to 4. No one expected that the Bulls would have a climax at the beginning."
Yu Jia was also very excited.
Lu Yu was a little unstable when he landed. The action he just performed exceeded his limit under Kobe's strong pressure.
When he landed on the ground, his calves softened and his body tilted down. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and quickly coordinated his body, and he used his right hand to hold himself up without falling to the ground.
He stood up, ignoring the fans who were booing him, and immediately used the Thunder Breathing Technique to stimulate his calf muscles to avoid strain or cramps.
When he turned around, he realized that Kobe was looking at him, with a hint of sparkle in his eyes.
He passed by Kobe with a smile and said softly: "You know what? It took me a long time to learn your trick."
Seeing Lu Yu's proud figure, Kobe snorted: "I haven't even paid the tuition."
…
O'Neal took a step forward, and just as Lu Yu was about to grab him, he turned around and found Miller pressing his arm against O'Neal's lower back.
It’s over!
Sure enough, O'Neal turned around and left Miller behind. The basketball in Fisher's hand flew toward the basket, and O'Neal also flew up at the same time.
Boom!
A dunk!
Cartwright frowned. Although Miller kept making small moves and rubbed O'Neal's back until it was almost gone, he still couldn't stop the Sharks' attack.
What worries him most is that Phil Jackson doesn't seem to have any tactical plans for Lu Yu, which is really beyond Cartwright's expectation...
