Regarding defending Adrian, McMillan didn't make many arrangements before the start of the game. As Barkley said, Adrian's shooting was very poor, which can be seen from the previous games.
The topic of Adrian has been very popular recently, so McMillan also did a little research on Adrian.
At least before the start of this game, McMillan believed that if he needed to defend Adrian, he would only have to defend the pick-and-roll pass between him and the inside players, as well as his back-turning cut to attack, and he would have little power.
But McMillan did not expect that Adrian would attack with a back attack and then turn around and shoot a jump shot to open up the situation. This was an ability that Adrian had never shown in the previous games, and it immediately disrupted McMillan.
s arrangement.
After thinking for a while, McMillan decisively replaced Jerrytta, who was beaten on the court, because after Adrian mastered the skill of turning his back and shooting, Jerrytta, who was short in height, obviously had no way to defend Adrian.
Already.
After a few glances on the bench, McMillan decided to replace Martel.
Trail Blazers No. 8 has a height of 201 centimeters, which is almost the same as Adrian. At least there is no obvious disadvantage in height.
On the defensive end, Martel is responsible for guarding Adrian, but on the offensive end, Martel automatically moves to the shooting guard position, and the point guard position is taken by Brandon Roy.
In addition, replacing Martel McMillan also hopes to enhance the offensive effect.
Martel, a former genius high school student, was one of the twenty-five best high school students in the 2004-2005 preseason. His physical fitness is very good, and he is also very accurate in shooting, especially three-pointers. As a high school student, he directly
Entering the NBA, in his first season with the Trail Blazers, he played 66 times, averaging 17.5 minutes, averaging 6.6 points per game, and his free throw percentage was as high as 89.5%. He was a very good corner player.
Of course, as a high school player, Martel has many common problems. His tactical literacy is relatively poor, his defense is poor, he is also very unstable, and his body is immature. He entered the NBA directly without the influence of college basketball.
Few people can achieve success. Although there are perverts like James who only come out once every ten years, but since it is said that they only come out once every ten years, it is definitely not common.
In fact, this is indeed the case. Martel received Roy's pass at the three-point line when Pu came on the field, and he ignored Kobe and directly hit Kobe at the three-point line.
Kobe probably didn't expect that the second-year player from the Trail Blazers would be so bold. He didn't even react to block the ball. The arc drawn by the basketball was flat and straight, but after hitting the front edge of the basket, it rolled forward.
, diving into the basket.
Then Martel seemed to have done something very common and retreated directly towards the Trail Blazers' half.
Kobe's face suddenly darkened, and Adrian's heart skipped a beat. Sure enough, after halftime again, Kobe, who had been silent for a while, reached out to Adrian for the ball without hesitation!
Off the court, Kobe is relatively calm. But on the court, it is too easy to anger Kobe. He is a creature that cannot stand provocation.
There was no way, Adrian could only hand over the possession of the ball that he had not yet covered up, and then pulled it to the left. He did not leave the three-point line, because once outside the three-point line, Adrian was not a threat at all.
Oh, and his shots from beyond the three-point line are totally inaccurate.
Kobe Bryant, who was catching the ball, had anger in his eyes and headed directly to the right without hesitation. Roy quickly slid to keep up, but the moment he exerted force on his toes, he found that Kobe suddenly suddenly appeared in front of him.
Change of direction. At this time, the force had been sent out, but it was too late to take it back. Roy immediately reached out to grab Kobe's jersey, but he could only grab a piece of air.
"Clang!"
The next second, Kobe Bryant was hanging high on the basket. Roy had a helpless expression on his face. Although he tried his best to keep up, he was still out of temper.
Returning to the defensive end again, Kobe never wanted to let Martel go this time. After Martel passed halftime, he immediately stared at him. Their bodies were close to each other, and their arms were entangled with each other. Kobe seemed to be together.
The stick stuck to Martel's body like candy, giving him no chance to catch the ball smoothly.
Martel couldn't catch the ball, and the inside line wasn't stuck. After some observation, Roy decided it was better to do it by himself. Staring at Adrian seriously, Roy lowered his body, and the basketball kept beating between his hands.
Then, along with the shaking of his shoulders, it misled Adrian's judgment.
Adrian adjusted his steps slightly, ready to respond to Roy's breakthrough. Judging from the experience just now, Roy's first step was not very fast, but Roy's second step was difficult to keep up with.
, that sudden change of direction was not only exaggerated in magnitude, but the action was even more intense.
Now~~
The sound of sneakers scraping against the floor was extremely harsh, and Roy moved, as if he were moving like a rabbit. Adrian quickly followed, but secretly reserved strength under his feet to cope with Roy's subsequent change of direction.
Sure enough, noticing the movement of Roy's shoulder, Adrian took a step in the opposite direction without waiting for Roy to finish, blocking Roy's breakthrough route in advance, but...
"Fuck, fake action!"
That's right, a fake move. The shaking of Roy's shoulders successfully tempted Adrian to make a wrong judgment. Taking advantage of the opportunity exposed by Adrian's wrong judgment, Roy seized the opportunity and broke through Adrian like lightning.
defense.
The left foot that had already stepped out was forcefully taken back by Adrian. The left foot that was on the ground exploded with force, driving Adrian's body. He turned around, followed Roy's footsteps, and rushed in.
Inside.
Adrian was broken through, and Bynum could only come out. However, he observed very smartly and confirmed that he was indeed standing outside the reasonable collision zone. When he saw Roy making a jump, Bynum immediately jumped up.
Stretching his arms high. But Roy didn't go for a layup, but a jump step!
When Roy finished holding the ball in the air, Bynum came to his senses, but there was no other way he could think of. He couldn't make any other moves while he was in the air.
Jumping to avoid Bynum's block, Roy immediately took off again and lifted the basketball in his hand toward the basket.
Things were perfect up to this point. If nothing happened later, this would have been a very exciting breakthrough and one-stop layup.
The moment the basketball was released, Roy suddenly felt a strong wind coming from behind.
Across Roy, Adrian's big hand slapped the rising basketball hard!
"boom!"
The next moment, the basketball was firmly nailed to the backboard. And Adrian couldn't hold back his strength and flew directly into Roy, pushing Roy to the ground. Adrian stretched out his hands on the floor.
After holding on for a while, the two of them rolled out of the court together under the influence of inertia and rushed directly into the press box. Kwame Brown, who was on the side, relied on his position and height advantage to pick up the rebound first, and threw it away with his backhand.
He turned to Bill Walton, who took the opportunity to start the fast break first. With no one guarding him, Walton made an easy layup.
This was the first time Walton scored today. Although he had made two shots before, he failed to score because of his average touch. Unfortunately, the camera did not focus on him at this time, but focused on him along with the eyes of the audience.
In the press box under the Lakers basketball hoop.
Phil Jackson checked the time, it was nine minutes, and took advantage of the dead ball to call a timeout. Because Roy was there as a cushion, even if he crashed into the press box, Adrian was not hurt, and he was soon gone.
He stood up. However, Adrian, who stood up, reached out to Roy, who was still lying on the ground.
"How is it?" Adrian smiled and said, "No injuries. I just completely fell on you."
"I'm fine." Looking at Adrian's outstretched hand, Roy, who was depressed and embarrassed, couldn't help but show a smile with a different meaning. Grabbing Adrian's hand, Roy climbed up: "Also,
Thanks."
If Adrian hadn't held on for a while just now, he might have been at a high risk of injury.
Seeing that both of them were fine, everyone couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. Immediately, applause rang out from the audience. It was just a small piece at first, but soon spread to the entire arena.
Although Adrian is an enemy, his style makes it really difficult for people to dislike him.
"What a wonderful shot, oh, today's top five shots are here, and this week's top ten shots are also here." In the TNT commentary box, Kenny Smith clapped along happily: "What a wonderful shot, Roy's breakthrough is really great."
It was very exciting, but unfortunately Adrian's block was even more amazing. Look at this shot, he nailed the basketball directly to the backboard!"
