()Chapter 94: The Broken Record (Let’s put a two-in-one chapter first, I feel nothing today)
After the official timeout, Adrian was not replaced by Phil Jackson, but continued to stay on the court. However, the Lakers' on-court lineup also made some adjustments. Kobe was replaced by Vujacic, and Kwame-
Brown replaced Andrew Bynum as center, and Radmanovic replaced Luke Walton as small forward.
Except for Adrian and Turiaf, the Lakers' lineup has undergone a huge change. On the Nuggets, George Karl did not replace most of the main lineup, except for Allen Iverson.
Except for substitutions and rest, the Nuggets have almost a complete main lineup on the court.
Obviously George Karl hopes to take advantage of this opportunity when most of the Lakers' main lineup is off the court to try to score some points and even the score gap as much as possible. This is almost a way to quench thirst by drinking poison to quench thirst, allowing the main lineup to stay on the court. Indeed
You can rely on the strength gap between the main players and substitute players to quickly take advantage of the field, but the shortcomings are also obvious. This will be a huge challenge to the physical strength of the main players.
After all, people are not machines. Generally speaking, if the physical fitness of NBA players is above average, it will be good if they can maintain a high level of performance for thirty-five minutes in a game. If it exceeds this time, with the substantial consumption of physical strength,
Your performance on the court will definitely get worse, your shooting rate will decrease, your speed will slow down, etc. More importantly, if you cannot break the situation or even overtake the score using this method, but will be held back by the opponent's substitute lineup, then not only will
It was a waste of physical strength, and even more of a loss of confidence. George Karl's decision seemed a bit desperate.
Allen Iverson took a rest, and the offensive focus on the court inevitably shifted towards the core Carmelo Anthony again. Adrian needed to bear greater defensive pressure. However, after the constant battles in the previous period, Adrian
Derian is basically familiar with Carmelo Anthony's offensive mode and is more comfortable defensively.
Just after returning from the timeout, Carmelo Anthony's jump shot hit the frame due to Adrian's interference. Kwame Brown grabbed the rebound arrogantly, and at the same time raised his elbow and fiercely shot around.
Sweep. This forced Marcus Camby, who was originally preparing to steal the ball from Kwame, to carefully retreat some distance.
Kwame Brown's ball-handling ability has always been a big problem. His buttery hands will always cause inexplicable mistakes at inexplicable times, especially when the opponent player steals him... In order to make up for Kwame
- Regarding Brown's question, Adrian specifically gave him the follow-up action of raising his elbow to grab a rebound.
In fact, to put it bluntly, this is a follow-up move with basically no skills and only brutality. The big black elbow raised is full of threats, but it is indeed effective. Karl Malone, the meritorious player of the Jazz, is a leader. Whenever he grabs the ball,
When he gets an offensive rebound and raises his elbow, no one wants to steal the basketball from his hand.
Scaring off Marcus Camby who wanted to steal the ball, Kwame immediately handed the basketball to Adrian, then quickly ran to the frontcourt and rushed to the basket to compete fiercely with Marcus Camby.
When Adrian controlled the ball and reached the three-point line, he threw Camby away and rushed outside the three-point line to set a pick-and-roll for Adrian!
Adrian's pick-and-roll offense is now quite famous. As he attracts more and more attention in the league, his offensive habits have naturally been studied very thoroughly. In addition to post-up singles in the position or high position,
Adrian's most commonly used offensive mode is a breakthrough offense after the pick-and-roll.
Therefore, when Kwame Brown rushed out to cooperate with Adrian in the pick-and-roll, he immediately attracted the attention of the Nuggets' defense and was ready to deal with the pick-and-roll cooperation between the two, but...
With almost no warning, Adrian suddenly threw the basketball to a 30-degree angle on the right baseline. There, Vujacic, who had just come on the court, ran into an open space and was completely unguarded.
At this time, Vujacic was stunned for a moment when he received the pass, but his reaction was quite fast. He came to his senses and immediately jumped up and shot a three-pointer.
"Rebound!" Because he was stunned for a moment, the three-point shot was very hasty. Vujacic also felt that his touch was not good, and he yelled immediately after shooting the basketball.
Adrian and Kwame Brown rushed to the basket at the same time and competed for the advantageous position, preparing to compete for the ownership of the offensive rebound. Their elbows and arms were entangled, making the basket more crowded than the market after get off work.
Bang bang bang bang...
However, the basketball is like a naughty elf, jumping gently on the rim, bumping here and there, jumping here and there, but it just refuses to fall. After playing like this for two or three seconds, it seems to be exhausted.
I felt a little tired after exerting all my strength. The basketball trembled slightly and plunged into the basket.
Vujacic's hurried three-pointer hit!
What Vujacic hit was not just a three-pointer, but also a history-tying assist!
As the basketball thrown by Vujacic plunged into the basket, Adrian's assist data was played almost impatiently on the big screen in the arena. At this moment, it has maintained a record of 23 years since 1984.
The Lakers' record has been overtaken at this moment and only needs one more assist to break it!
The cheers and applause surged almost like huge waves, and the call for one more one surged through the entire arena. Everyone participated. Everyone looked forward to the moment when the record was broken, and everyone looked forward to the moment when they could do it.
Witness history here.
There were some indescribable emotions in Adrian's heart, wonder, silence, and more of excitement. At this moment, he was engraved in the history books like a great predecessor, and he wanted to be recorded more deeply.
, then it only requires a little effort.
"Oh, Erwin, your record is about to be broken." Charles Barkley jumped up excitedly, waving his fat palms: "Today, twenty-year-old Adrian caught up.
Twenty-five-year-old Earvin Johnson, and will surpass him at any time!"
"It's not that easy Charles, one game can't explain anything." Kenny Smith obviously wants to fight with Charles Barkley to the end, and he is obviously a supporter of Earvin Johnson: "I admit a second
It is not easy for a ten-year-old to do this, but to catch up with Erwin? He is still a little too young, and the gap between him and Erwin is as wide as the distance between the sky and the earth."
"Oh, Kenny, I understand you, because I am also an old guy." Charles Barkley laughed unintentionally: "That's what old guys are like, watching young people surpass themselves step by step and throw themselves away.
There will always be some emotions in the pile of old memories. But Kenny, don’t be like this. You don’t have any records worth remembering waiting to be surpassed, unlike me and Erwin.”
As for the person involved, Earvin Johnson applauded calmly, seeming to be happy for Adrian's achievements. But as Charles said, when the record he left behind
When he was caught up, he did have some mixed feelings in his heart, which was helplessness and sighing at the passage of time.
The fans did not wait too long. In the next fast break, Adrian assisted Radmanovic to score a layup, successfully increasing his assists to thirteen and completely getting rid of him.
He lost Earvin Johnson and engraved his own name on the Lakers' team history.
The applause surged like wind and thunder, and Adrian couldn't help but open his arms. At this moment, his surging heart seemed to burst out of the dam!
At this moment, all the light of Staples was focused on him, and no one could share it.
Adrian failed to further his Lakers single-quarter assist record. After he broke the record, the Nuggets adopted a slightly laissez-faire strategy for the rest of the first quarter and turned to tight defense.
Adrian's teammates obviously would rather let Adrian score than let him create a more brilliant record on his own head. You must know that the league's NBA historical assist record in a single quarter is only fifteen times in a single quarter. Then
It was created in 1984 by John Lucas II, who was still a Spurs player at the time. But in that game, their opponent was also the Nuggets!
Suffering such humiliation twice in a row, the Denver Nuggets obviously cannot accept it! So they would rather let Adrian shoot than let Adrian get any more assists.
In this regard, whether it is the fans at the scene, the commentators, or Adrian himself, they all feel regretful. Because everyone understands that things like this are rare, and no one knows that someone will be able to do it next time.
When will it be possible to challenge this dusty historical record? Maybe if this opportunity is missed, it will be difficult to get another chance in the future.
However, the good result is that in the last minute, Adrian scored six points in a row without sending an assist, but he also successfully widened the point difference between the two teams to a twelve-point gap of 49:37.
The Golden Team chose to keep their main players on the court at the last moment of the first quarter. Instead of having the effect of bringing the score closer, the Lakers once again expanded their three-point lead. Not only that, the Nuggets also sacrificed their main players.
With the players' rest time, the next game will be more difficult to play.
In the second quarter, Adrian finally came off the field. He ran on the field for almost a quarter. Adrian really needed a rest. Smash Parker stayed on the field with a group of substitutes. Fortunately, at this time, George-
Karl also replaced all the main players to rest. Both teams also used a bunch of substitutes to compete on the court, but two minutes later, Kobe and Andrew Bynum came on the court, and he came off in the ninth minute.
After having enough rest time, George Karl also wanted to replace the main players, but looking at the tired faces of his main players, George Karl thought about it again and again, and finally gritted his teeth and endured it.
The consequences of keeping the main players on the court in the first quarter have already been reflected. When the Lakers started to replace the main players according to the normal rotation frequency, they had to let the main players stay off the court to rest. Of course, he could also replace the main players.
, but taking over like that will be a more intense consumption of physical energy.
George Karl decided to take a look first. If the substitutes can withstand it, at least not to let the score difference widen too much, then let the main lineup rest for a while...
Andrew Bynum quickly helped him make his choice.
In the first quarter, facing the defense of Marcus Camby and Nene, Andrew Bynum did not perform well. He could still play a role on the defensive end, but he got few opportunities on the offensive end.
, Nene's top defense often kept him out of position.
But in the second quarter, facing the Nuggets' weak substitute interior, Little Shark bared his teeth and showed his ferocious side. He attacked inside three times in a row and also caused a defensive foul. Although he was unlucky to miss both free throws.
, but there is still a tendency to further widen the score.
George Karl was forced to switch to the main lineup early.
After the main lineup was replaced, Carmelo Anthony suddenly showed his power and scored six consecutive points on the offensive end, which suddenly saved the Nuggets' decline. However, Phil Jackson closed his eyes slightly. The game had reached this point.
The outcome is basically obvious. Unless there are big changes, the Nuggets have no chance of comeback.
Things were just as Phil Jackson thought.
Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson maintained a high level of performance throughout the quarter, once closing the score gap between the two sides to within five points. Adrian was once again substituted to defend Carmelo Anthony, but
The effect is not very good either.
But when the second half came, the Nuggets quickly entered collapse mode. Throughout the first half, Carmelo Anthony almost didn't rest. The result of such playing time was that in the second half, he faced Adrian
The defensive effect dropped sharply by one level.
Carmelo Anthony's defensive skills are not very good. Compared with technical defensive players, Carmelo Anthony relies more on his physical fitness to defend. He is second to none at the small forward position.
Although he is still on the court, Cameron's performance in the second half, whether in aggression
Neither the performance nor the technical performance can be compared with the first half, but Adrian is in full swing.
George Karl had to replace Carmelo Anthony in the middle of the third quarter because his performance on the court had been completely suppressed by Adrian. In order to allow Carmelo Anthony to retain the energy to perform in the fourth quarter, although
The situation on the field was very unfavorable, and George Karl had to replace him, and then pinned his hopes on the other two guns.
Allen Iverson and Jr Smith.
However, Allen Iverson was blocked by Kobe Bryant on the offensive end, but Jr. Smith lost the chain on his own. He repeatedly hit the three-point line, which not only did not have the effect of a surprise attack, but also chilled the dugout.
The whole three-point touch of the Gold Team.
When George Karl once again sent Carmelo Anthony on the court after half a rest in the fourth quarter, the Lakers had opened up a twenty-point lead. With Carmelo Anthony feeling cold after coming on the court, the offense
Duan hit the iron twice in a row, and the outcome of this game was completely set.
Finally, seven minutes before the end of the game, seeing that the 20-point point difference not only had no tendency to narrow, but was gradually getting wider under the firepower of the Lakers, George Karl, although helpless, simply took advantage of it.
Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, he replaced all the main players, declaring the Nuggets' surrender.
Phil Jackson immediately replaced all the main players. The game had reached such a level that the Nuggets basically had no chance of a comeback, so there was no need to do anything too desperate.
Seven minutes later, the game ended. The Lakers defeated the Nuggets 132:111, with a 21-point advantage. Five Lakers scored in double figures in the game, of which Adrian and Kobe both got luxurious double-doubles, Kobe 38
Points, 11 assists, Adrian had 17 points, 23 assists, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 steals. Adrian luxuriously refreshed his personal single-game assist record and broke the Lakers' history.
The record for assists in a single quarter, and second only to Magic Johnson with 23 assists in a single game. This is because in the second half, Adrian focused more on the defensive end and scoring, otherwise he would have had a chance to break Magic Johnson's
Single game assist record.
For Adrian, this was a last resort. As Adrian's assists continued to improve, the Nuggets became more and more strict in guarding against Adrian's passes. Sometimes, Adrian even succeeded in directly attacking.
The rate is higher than passing the ball, which also forces Adrian to conduct more personal attacks. For the sake of record, regardless of the reality of the team, choose a more difficult style of play. Adrian cannot do this kind of thing.
After the game, Staples' applause lasted for several minutes. It was a tribute to the Purple and Gold Army's perfect performance. Adrian shook hands and hugged Johnson, and the spotlights flashed as if they were free of charge. This was
The impact of this incident is definitely not just as simple as breaking a record.
