At the ninth minute of the second quarter, the official timeout time was reached. The score was 51:46. As usual in the NBA, the home team was in front. The Heat led the Lakers by 5 points. This lead was not much, but it did not explain the Lakers' current disadvantage on the court.
At this point in the game, Adrian's statistics were pretty good, sixteen points, four assists, and four rebounds. Sixteen points in the half was still Adrian's highest half-time score, but Adrian was in unprecedented trouble.
, but it was difficult for him to solve this problem by himself. The Heat used a double-team tactic against him. This was a special situation that Adrian had never encountered in previous games. The best way to break the double-team was
It was a pass, but Adrian's ball was clearly in the hands of an open player, but it couldn't be converted into a score.
Luke Walton felt cold, and Kobe seemed to have no fighting spirit. There were several opportunities to attack, but he still chose to pass the ball out, and even passed it back to Adrian. As for the two players on the team,
Insiders, Kwame Brown and Turiaf? Come on, they are both defensive insiders, and their offensive ability is really insufficient. It is not difficult to let them score piecemeal points to add to the cake. You want them to become the main force of the offense?
Let’s wait until we eat dumplings to talk about this.
Break through the double-team of two people to score?
Adrian would not play in such a stupid way. Maybe some people think that a real star should pick an opponent and an entire team. But that is only the worst choice made under helpless circumstances.
If he plays like this in every game, he is no longer a superstar, but a cancer. No matter how many points he scores, he is still a cancer.
Of course, if you can maintain a hit rate of 50% or more even when the opponent is double-teamed or triple-teamed, then you can fight at will. People on earth can no longer stop you. You can call yourself
God.
Is there such a player in the nba?
At least Adrian has never seen or heard of him. Such a character should only exist in YY novels.
But the problem now is that neither Kobe nor Walton are in their best condition. Logically speaking, facing an opponent like Wade who is scoring crazy points in front of him, a normal Kobe should be so excited that he would go straight to the top of his head.
Acupoint, desperate to launch solo singles.
Although Adrian would also feel a headache in that situation, but after spending time with Kobe, he also knew that Kobe was not the kind of person who couldn't communicate at all. He just had a stubborn and donkey-like temper, and he could always communicate by touching it.
, and no matter what, the responsibility of dribbling the ball to the frontcourt is always in Adrian's hands. If Kobe's touch is really not good, and there may be a risk of conflict, Adrian can choose not to hand the ball over.
The worst he can do is apologize afterwards. Anyway, as long as he wins the game in the end, Kobe's temper will not be too bad.
But like now, with no fighting spirit at all, and a performance as if he was asleep on the court, Adrian felt that there was nothing he could do. Although there were eighty-two regular season games throughout the season, it was impossible for any player to guarantee
Even if he is in full form, there will always be times when he is not in form. Physical fatigue and even mental fatigue will cause a player's performance to decline. However, Kobe's state is not too weird, and it is almost without warning.
This made Adrian helpless.
Kobe has no fighting spirit, but Wade is full of firepower. He has scored 22 points under Kobe's defense. This is not to say that Kobe's defense is not good. In fact, his defense has been good.
That's great, but there are always some players in the NBA that you can't defend if you defend well, especially when they break out.
Adrian tried to take the initiative to help defend the attack when Wade broke through, but it didn't work very well. Wade successfully blocked two attacks, but Wade caused a defensive foul.
In fact, not only Kobe is weird, Phil Jackson himself is also weird.
Although everyone in the league knows that Phil Jackson likes to let players play freely on the court and often does not call timeouts, it is really rare to be as lazy as today. During normal timeouts or breaks between sections, he
Even if he doesn't lay out tactics, he still has to say a few words to point out mistakes in his playing style and areas that need attention. But today, Phil Jackson seemed to be asleep.
Kobe fell asleep on the court, and he also fell asleep on the sidelines. Apart from changing players at a fixed time, or changing players when players on the court were in foul trouble, he did nothing, not even a word.
Two sentences, and during the break between sessions, I only said two nonsense sentences.
"You guys fought well, have a good rest."
"It's almost time, get ready to play."
Adrian can't figure out what kind of bullshit Phil Jackson and Kobe Bryant are selling, and now he can only find a way to solve the problems on the court by himself.
The one-hundred-second timeout was about to pass, but Phil Jackson made a move that surprised Adrian before the timeout was about to end. He replaced Farmar and replaced Kobe Bryant.
Ryant. This is not a matchup substitution. Counting Farmar, the Lakers have two point guards on the court.
"Double point guard tactic, what is this? Could it be that Kobe was injured, but why didn't I see it?" With full of doubts, Adrian stepped onto the court and almost made a mistake on his first shot.
At that time, Adrian was holding the ball at the three-point line and was about to move to the low post. However, he was slightly distracted by the strange atmosphere in the team today. As a result, Jason Williams, who had sharp eyesight and quick hands, suddenly reached out and stabbed him.
Judging from Adrian's reaction, it is almost impossible for him to make a mistake in this situation, and it is his opportunity to pass the ball. His ultra-quick reactions and ability to read the game are his biggest trump cards for being active at the point guard position, but
Affected by the strange atmosphere, Adrian inexplicably failed to react.
Fortunately, Williams probably didn't expect that his casual poke would have an effect. He was stunned for a moment, and Adrian quickly regained control of the basketball. Ten seconds had passed since he started going back and forth.
Adrian immediately calmed down and passed the basketball to Farmar, but he cut into the penalty area from the right along the baseline, and then circled out of the penalty area.
Adrian originally just wanted the basketball to pass from Farmar's hands, but he didn't expect that Farmar would suddenly choose to attack on his own in this situation. He made two fake moves in a row, shaking Dwyane a little -
With Wade's center of gravity, Farmar immediately took steps to break through the penalty area along the right side.
But Wade was not thrown away. Although he was shaken, he quickly adjusted, caught up with Farmar, and pressed him towards the bottom line. Seeing that he would be forced to the bottom line if he went further down.
, Adrian happened to come out from the other side at this time, and immediately opened his hand to ask Farmar.
"This way!"
Farmar passed the basketball.
This pass was very risky, almost crossing the penalty area. There were so many hands on the road, and anyone who touched it might cause a passing error, but surprisingly, no one touched it.
Adrian successfully caught the basketball. At this time, Jason Williams chased him from the baseline. Adrian immediately took a posture ready to shoot. Williams immediately jumped high, intending to interfere with Adrian's shot.
He shot, but after jumping up, he discovered that Adrian's feet were firmly nailed to the ground.
His body collided with Williams, who was in the air, and he threw the basketball in his hand toward the basket as the referee's whistle sounded. The basketball bounced on the basket twice, and finally fell down, failing to enter the basket as he wished.
But it also caused Williams to foul and got two free throw opportunities.
