Chapter 321 320: He is creating miracles in batches!(1/2)
Chapter 321 320: He is simply creating miracles in batches!
Author: Grove Street Brothers
Chapter 321 320: He is simply creating miracles in batches!
I don’t know whether Kidd was desperate, but Stern was already desperate.
A rule modified specifically to restrict Shay actually made Shay stronger!
Shay simply shines under any rules!
The Kings, who have the best offense in the league and the most gorgeous offensive scene, were actually defended in such a embarrassing manner in this round.
Kidd, a court general with extremely high intelligence, was actually prevented from making such an incredible move.
And all this is just because the Lakers' zone defense is too strong! Shea's help defense ability is too strong!
After destroying Kidd's pass, he can immediately rush back to interfere with Kidd's shot.
Now, everyone finally knows why Kidd can only quarrel with his peers, but Shay can keep changing tracks.
There is a huge difference in ability between the two parties!
Kidd is known as the strongest point guard in the new era and the number one player at the one position under Shay.
As a result, the gap between first and second place was far beyond people's expectations.
After forcing Kidd to make a mistake, Shea's next task was to completely open up the score.
At this time, the Lakers only lead by 4 points. But if they can contain the Kings' offense, widening the point difference is a sure thing!
Just now, the entire Kings team thought they could compete with the Lakers in the second half.
Little did they know that they had fallen into an abyss that they could not climb.
The Kings changed to Kidd's single defense in the second half to contain Shea. Billups and Finley's performance in the first half was so good that Adelman didn't want to give them easy scoring opportunities with wide open spaces.
According to Adelman's expectation, if we want to fight offense with offense, it would be better to let Shea take shots against Kidd's defense. In this way, the Kings' offensive efficiency will definitely be higher than that of the Lakers.
But now, the King's offense has begun to encounter problems.
And soon Adelman will discover that Kidd's single defense may not necessarily make Shea's efficiency decline!
Shea directly chose a post-up single for this shot. Of course, Kidd is one of the few number one positions who is not afraid of post-up play.
It is said that Deron Williams will be like a tank in the first position in the future, but if you look at the pictures comparing Kidd and Deron, you will find that Deron is just a thin dog in front of Kidd.
We all know how strong Kidd is.
Kidd is very confident when it comes to defending post-ups from positions 1 to 3.
He thought that Shay would beat him hard, so he was going to use his rich experience in defending against backs, both on and off the court, to deal with Shay.
Unexpectedly, Shay suddenly turned his back and wanted to use a breakthrough to solve the problem!
It seems that Shay also knows that forcing Kidd to eat is not a good choice.
Kidd immediately moved in the direction where Shay turned to block, but in the next second, Shay flexibly turned his body back and retreated to outside the three-point line.
Shay used a beautiful half-turn to retreat, completely shaken Kidd, and then shot directly from the three-pointer! Although Kidd reacted immediately, the interference was still full of steps. Such a seemingly simple but actually extremely superb back-up move
With his body movements, Shay easily controlled Kidd!
The basketball went into the net, and Shea hit a three-pointer, scoring his 20th point of the day.
The Lakers also opened the point difference to 7 points!
Kidd was almost knocked to his knees, and Shay's skills were indeed very good. He could always use this seemingly simple action to score points easily and elegantly over his own head.
The defensive ceiling at the first position is like a big colander in front of Shay.
After that, as expected, the Kings' next attack failed again.
This time, Divac gave the ball to Williamson who cut to the basket along the baseline. Williamson leaned on Finley blocking his side and forced a layup.
But as soon as he threw the ball, the explosive head jumped into the air like a rocket, and slammed the ball onto the backboard with a bang!
At that moment, Williamson was afraid that the backboard would be smashed to pieces! It was just a block, do you need to use so much force? What if it breaks!?
Big Ben's shots are all blocked with great force without sparing any effort, as if he wants to make the basketball explode like his hair.
After all, blocking shots is too tempting for Ben. Imagine a basketball player who can't dribble, shoot, or score. Then his only fun is blocking shots.
Men generally like to work hard to achieve miracles when it comes to such highly tempting things.
Big Ben's defensive ability allowed him to contain Divac and Williamson at the same time. Since the beginning of the second half, the Kings have changed several areas to attack, but they have failed.
The current Lakers have no defensive weakness at all against the Kings!
The Kings' gorgeous offense has turned to dust under the Lakers' defense.
The camera showed Adelman, who just crossed his chest with his hands and pressed his lips tightly.
Facts have proved that no matter what tactics you use or not, at the end of the game there must be someone who can stand up and score points in desperate situations.
Why is the saying "If there is Joe, choose Joe, if there is no Joe, choose Shark, if there is no Joe, choose Shark, if there is no Joe, choose Jiba"? Because they are the kind of players who can stand up and solve problems on their own!
No matter how sophisticated the tactics are, they will sometimes be cracked.
But the unsolvable player, he is really unsolvable!
Afterwards, Shay repeated his old trick and beat Kidd with a back-up shot.
Kidd was afraid that Shay would retreat again, so this time his focus was particularly forward.
After sensing this, Shay turned his back and broke through. Crossing Kidd was even more unscrupulous than crossing the road. After all, when crossing the road, you have to be careful of cars coming from the left and right.
After reaching the inside, Shay didn't do any fancy tricks this time. He directly hit Kukoc with a riding dunk!
Shea scored 5 points in a row, and the Lakers instantly opened the point difference to 9 points.
The Kings are about to fall behind the Lakers by double digits!
Adelman would never have imagined that his team, which ranks first in offensive efficiency in the league, could still not defeat Shea!
Whether he is coaching the Trail Blazers or the Kings, whether his top player is Drexler or Kidd.
It doesn't seem to have any impact on his ending. He will lose to Shay after all!
Kidd no longer knows how to defend at this time, and he feels that his defense is the same as nothing.
This was only the first serious match between Shay and Kidd. At this time, Kidd could not imagine how Drexler and Pippen had persisted for so many years.
The Kings are in urgent need of scoring now. If the Lakers are allowed to open the point difference to double digits in one breath, the entire Kings team will be exhausted.
Therefore, Kidd is no longer limited to being a backcourt commander in this offense, but has also begun to seek scoring opportunities himself.
In Kidd's scoring composition this season, the two things that account for the most are quick counterattacks and cuts to attack the frame.
Although Kidd cannot attack independently, under the Princeton system, his off-ball offense has been greatly developed. After all, in this team, his teammates also have the ability to provide him with the ball.
Especially when it comes to attacking the frame from the air, Kidd did an excellent job.
In this round, Kidd must use his own efforts to help the team break the scoring drought.
However, when he started running, he discovered that it was very difficult to get rid of Shay by running without the ball.
In the past, AI was able to score 36 points on Shay's head by relying on off-ball play. That was because AI's speed was unrivaled and even Shay couldn't stop it.
Kidd was also very fast at his peak, but not as fast as an AI, so he couldn't get rid of Shay at all.
Kidd tried several times to cut inside but was easily blocked by Shea. Moreover, after blocking Kidd, Shea would directly grab Kidd's jersey, making it impossible for Kidd to get away.
In desperation, Kidd imitated Reggie Miller in last season's finals and pushed Shea hard. After pushing Shea away, he bounced to a place one step inside the three-point line, received the basketball, and prepared to shoot.
Shoot!
Shay pounced outward with all his strength, stretched out his arms, and expanded the defensive area to the maximum.
Seeing Kidd lifting the basketball and slightly bending his legs to take off, Shea immediately jumped up and planned to block the shot. Even if he couldn't block it, he could force Kidd to use his Yun Nian skill again.
But this time, Kidd was much calmer than before.
He didn't jump up and panic, but just made a fake shot!
Seeing that Shay was fooled into jumping up, Kidd took back the basketball, and then waited for Shay to pass by him before shooting.
As the true king of the Kings, he will definitely be able to step forward and help the team out of trouble!
However, Kidd still underestimated Shay's length.
Even though Shea's body was falling but had already flown to Kidd's side, he was still able to wave his arm a second time and slap the basketball Kidd had just shot to the ground! Kidd shook Shea away, but still couldn't change the situation.
The fate of being exposed to blood!
Kidd was stunned. Shea's defensive area was so ridiculous that he was just cheating. He was even knocked away and he could still complete the defense!
After landing, Kidd immediately turned around, opened his hands at the referee, and signaled that Shea had just committed a foul. The real king never misses any opportunity to get the ball back!
But the referee ignored it. There are old men in the basketball world, but there are no such inspiring people in the referee world.
Shay's shot just now was completely covered. It was a good risk!
Kidd finally saw a scoring opportunity, but was still turned away by Shay!
To be continued...