Cartwright doesn't believe that after so long, other teams in the league will continue to ignore Lu Yu.
There is a term called rookie wall.
This term describes that after a rookie enters the NBA, he or she usually loses all form for a certain period of time, as if there is an invisible wall blocking the way forward.
Every year after the season starts, the rookies seem to become more and more active.
They will jump higher and run faster.
Unfortunately, the NBA is a marathon event, not a sprint event.
From the beginning of training camp, you have to practice twice a day for a whole month, followed by eight preseason games.
Then there's the long road tormenting you with 82 games, a long road filled with a dozen back-to-back games and endless days of flying, staying in hotels and riding buses.
And if you're on a strong team, then you have two more weeks on the road during the two months.
When you're a 19-22-year-old rookie, you basically have to multiply your college schedule by three.
Eventually, when both physical and mental strength begin to collapse a little - the "rookie wall" comes.
Most rookies will hit this evil wall to varying degrees in their first season.
"I think every guy hits the rookie wall," said Knicks guard Larry Hughes, a rookie in the shortened '99 season, "especially when you're expecting to dedicate everything to basketball and traveling.
time. For a lot of rookies, if they play a lot of time, they can feel like they're in trouble with the rookie wall. The question is how long do you get out of it."
Some people believe it, some people don't.
But basically every rookie will hit the rookie wall, especially an outstanding rookie like Lu Yu.
In addition to physical and mental reasons, what Cartwright is most worried about is other teams' research on Lu Yu. When a rookie reaches Lu Yu's level, other teams will definitely take him seriously.
The result of paying attention to it is to target him tactically.
Cartwright thought Phil Jackson would make defensive adjustments to target Lu Yu, but so far he has not seen it.
Could it be that Jackson didn't take Lu Yu seriously?
Artest took a pass from Lu Yu and made a three-point shot, but unfortunately it missed and the rebound was taken by Kobe.
Zhang Weiping lamented: "Lu Yu's passing mobilized the entire team. His ball always appeared in the most appropriate place at the right time... The national team lacks such a passer."
While he was explaining here, Kobe, who had grabbed the rebound, had already quickly dribbled the ball into the Bulls' half. Hassell couldn't stop him at all. He just passed by with a shake and a line change.
Lu Yu had already appeared in front of Kobe, staring at Kobe with open hands.
Hassell wisely defended Fisher.
When Kobe saw Lu Yu in front of him, he immediately stopped in an emergency. Chandler and Miller were already back on defense, and his fast break was impossible.
He slowly dribbled the ball twice and waved his right hand, and all the Lakers players immediately pulled away to facilitate his singles play.
Lu Yu's waist bent unconsciously. This was the first time he and Kobe officially faced off on the court.
Kobe's hands kept dribbling the ball between his legs, and his legs kept taking small steps back and forth.
Suddenly his upper body shook continuously, and he stepped forward with his left foot to the left. Lu Yu subconsciously followed suit and moved a step. Kobe only took one step to the left. After landing with his right foot, he turned around and passed Lu with a beautiful pull.
Yu, before Lu Yu came over, rushed to the inside with a lunge.
Chandler was prepared: "We can't let Brad make up the defense. If he has to make up the defense, it must be me!".
Miller was guarding O'Neal and was fighting with O'Neal under the basket.
The two of them have been fighting each other for a long time.
A big white bear, a big shark, no one gives way to the other.
Kobe didn't shoot the ball, but rushed to the basket, jumped high, leaned back, grabbed the ball with his right hand and hung it high behind his head, making it look like a slam dunk.
Even though he knew it was difficult to defend against Kobe Bryant's dunk, Chandler still jumped up
"Let's see who is the strongest high school student!"
A ball of fire burst out in his eyes, and his big hand stretched out towards the ball that Kobe was smashing down...
When Kobe saw that Chandler dared to block the shot when he was dunking, he increased his strength and slammed his hand down even faster...
The two men fell to the ground amid the screams of the fans, and many people did not even see clearly what happened.
Kobe looked at Chandler with an incredulous expression on his face, and Chandler also looked pityful.
At this time the referee's whistle sounded.
The player fouls and gets two free throws.
Chandler fouled this ball!
Zhang Weiping nodded and said loudly: "Not bad, not bad. Judging from these games, Chandler has improved a lot compared to the beginning of the season. Although the ball hit Kobe's hand, it still deflected the ball.
, no matter what, we can’t let Kobe succeed in dunking, it will hurt morale..."
Cartwright kept walking around the court. Although the team was still ahead, the situation was not optimistic. He looked at Kobe who was standing on the free throw line waiting for the referee to give the ball. Kobe's expression was very serious.
Kobe made the first free throw steadily.
Cartwright requested a substitution and replaced Chandler with Oakley, firstly to protect the rebounds, and secondly to help Miller share the defensive pressure. Didn't you see that Miller's face was already red?
Kobe also made his second free throw, 15:15
The two sides ended in a draw.
…
Lu Yu passed the ball to Trenton Hassell on the baseline, and Hassell hoisted into the paint. Miller missed the shot in the face of O'Neal's defense.
Zhang Weiping lamented: "What a great opportunity, what a pity."
Samaki Walker jumped up to grab the rebound. Although he was not tall, he always considered himself to be a good jumper. He believed that he was no worse than other power forwards. In the blink of an eye, he was about to touch the ball when a thick arm appeared.
He put the ball up over his head in one go. His second reaction was very quick. As soon as he landed on the ground, he immediately took off for the second time. Unfortunately, before he could jump up this time, his whole body flew out, and the basketball was hit by that ball again.
The arm moved away.
He wanted to see who had knocked him away, and he saw it was Oakley.
Suddenly it wasn't surprising at all.
Walker had no time to worry, he quickly put his body against Oakley, fearing that Oakley would shoot.
Seeing that there was no chance, Oakley passed the ball to Lu Yu at the top of the arc. Fisher immediately pounced on him. Lu Yu's three-pointer was the key to guard against.
It's a pity that Lu Yu didn't even look at him and took action directly.
Goal scored, 18 to 15
The camera followed Lu Yu closely. His calm expression seemed as if he was just making an ordinary shot, but this shot suppressed the momentum the Lakers had just gained.
Then the camera moved to Lu Yu's father, Lu Chaoyang, in the Bulls' stands.
Lu Chaoyang waited for half a quarter to get into position. After seeing his own image on the big screen, Lu Chaoyang immediately straightened his tie and then kicked the sleepy Snoopy beside him.
He raised the billboard higher...
Lu Chaoyang's name was printed on the screen, and Zhang Weiping also saw it and introduced to the audience in front of the TV: "This is Lu Yu's father, Lu Chaoyang, who was a small forward for the Chinese men's basketball team in the 1980s. It seems that Lu Yu is very
Good for inheriting Lu Chaoyang’s basketball talent..."
The game between the two sides continued, and both teams found their own offensive state. The Lakers quickly caught up with the score under the impact of Kobe Bryant and O'Neal, while the Bulls continued to counterattack through tenacious defense, and Lu Yu's mobilization
He kept scoring points.
At the end of the first quarter, 22-22, the two sides were tied again.
The head coaches of both sides were very satisfied with the score and happily welcomed the players to take a rest.
Although he clearly knew that Lu Yu and Kobe Bryant were not playing in the same position today, Zhang Weiping still unconsciously found out the technical statistics of the two people and made a comparison. From a Chinese perspective, he also hoped that Lu Yu could do it
As good as Kobe, he can be compared with many top-notch guards.
"Kobe played 12 minutes, made 3 of 7 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, scored 10 points, and also had 1 assist and 2 rebounds."
"Lu Yu has played the same amount of time as Kobe. The two of them are the only players on the field who have never rested. He currently has 5 points and contributed 4 assists and 2 steals."
It can be said that both of them performed well in their respective positions, and the two direct conversations between the two were also tied - Lu Yu succeeded in a layup under Kobe's defense; Kobe's breakthrough caused Lu Yu to lose money.
Dele's foul.
"Go ahead for a commercial and be back soon." Yu Jia said immediately after hearing the director's arrangement through his ears, and the screen immediately switched away.
The audience in front of the TV breathed a sigh of relief. They each moved their waists and backs that were sore from sitting, shook their stiff necks, and began their first "free activity" in nearly twenty minutes.
"It's so damn exciting. When did we have such a good defender!"
"Don't you know? Didn't you watch his NCAA finals this year?"
"Look, you think I'm really blind about the game! Who doesn't know Lu Yu now? His level is recognized around the world."
"Then what are you still calling me?"
"I'm wondering when I can see him in the national team's game!"
…
Spokane.
The Gonzaga Bulldogs just finished a regular season game against the University of Arizona.
Last year, Gonzaga defeated Arizona in the finals, but in this game, Gonzaga lost, and lost by many points.
"Don't be depressed, man, losing is not your problem." Casey Green patted Yi Jianlian on the shoulder.
"Yes, you have performed very well." Dan Dickau was also very depressed, but seeing Yi Jianlian's appearance, he decided to comfort him first.
In this game, Yi Jianlian scored 11 points and 13 rebounds. For a freshman, his performance was actually pretty good.
But at the last moment, Dan Dickau's shot missed the basket and he failed to grab the rebound. He blamed himself that if he had grabbed the rebound and put the ball in, the outcome might have been different.
Mark Foyou looked at the group of disciples in front of him and shook his head helplessly.
After Lu Yu left, the strength of this team's back line has dropped a lot. It is almost impossible to win the championship again, and losing to a strong team like Arizona is not unacceptable.
As for Yi Jianlian, he is very good, except... he is a bit introverted.
But it's much better now. At least I can have fun with my teammates. The only problem is that I lack the domineering attitude of Lu Yu.
"By the way, there is a live match between Lu Yu's Bulls and Lakers today."
Mark Foyou thought for a while and said: "How about everyone go directly to my house and let's watch a Lu Yu game together?"
"Yeah!" Blake was the first to agree.
Yi Jianlian's eyes also showed a look of expectation,
They came to Mark Foyo's house, turned on the TV, and Mark Foyo prepared fruit for the team members.
After a while, he came over and asked: "What's the score now? How is Lu Yu's performance?"
Blake said excitedly: "Now the second quarter is almost over, the Bulls have opened the score to 7 points, and the director of all this is Lu Yu's good deeds."
"What a good thing Lu Yu did."
Mark Foyou rolled his eyes at him, put the fruit on the table, and watched the game.
On TV, Kobe Bryant missed a shot after a breakthrough. Chandler grabbed the rebound and quickly passed the ball to Lu Yu on the sideline. Lu Yu first turned inward and suddenly passed the ball over Fisher's crossbar.
Passing through, he bypassed Fisher from the sideline, caught up with the ball, and quickly dribbled the ball along the right side.
Walker was running towards the basket. Chandler was not far to his left. Artest was also following up in the middle. Between him and Lu Yu, Kobe was paying close attention to Lu Yu's movements.
Zhang Weiping shouted excitedly: "It's another quick counterattack, a three-on-two quick counterattack. How will Lu Yu handle this ball? Let's wait and see!"
