Create trouble and then walk away.
It sounds simple, but actually it is very difficult to do.
Because during strenuous exercise, it is difficult to completely control people's emotions.
And when you cause trouble, you already have mood swings. At this time, if the other party pounces on you and wants to beat you, or verbally abuses you, it will be difficult for you to escape unscathed.
Basically, you have to quarrel or start a fight with the other party.
But Bill Laimbeer and his son Doug Laimbeer, after causing trouble, were able to escape with smiles on their faces.
Both of them had many unsportsmanlike actions during the game, but they were rarely called for fouls. Even if they were called for fouls, they were ordinary fouls, and they were rarely called for flagrant fouls.
It is precisely because they all follow this principle - create trouble and then leave.
Their existence is to make the opponent's main players, especially the opponent's star players, feel uncomfortable and uncomfortable.
After this round, when Doug defended Zion in the next round, Zion had some concerns.
After all, he knew that this guy was really capable of ruthless actions;
Secondly, this guy once had a record of three kills with one kick. He just reminded Zion to be careful where he steps. Naturally, Zion was even more afraid, so he almost didn't dare to go in front of this guy.
Jump.
In this way, it will be very simple for Doug to guard against Zion.
Zion is not very tall to begin with, so he relies on his explosive power and jumping in the paint.
Now that he doesn't dare to jump, it will be easy to deal with him.
So Zion's next two consecutive rounds of offense failed in front of Doug.
In fact, Doug's movements in these two rounds were not very big.
The most important thing is psychological deterrence.
When Zion was attacking, he kept chattering:
"I heard that your ankle was injured this season. Be careful and don't injure it again."
"I grabbed the rebound just now and jumped very high. Come on, try another jump."
"Do you know how precise my black feet are? Kill three times with one kick. Isn't that cool?"
Under his continuous psychological pressure, Zion finally couldn't bear it and took a rest two minutes early.
After Zion left the field, the Pelicans' offense stagnated a lot.
Finally, at the end of the third quarter, the Kings slowly caught up to only 5 points.
At this time, everyone began to pay attention to Doug.
Pelicans coach Rondo made special arrangements for Doc.
"Since our perimeter is guarded inside, and they have Doug there to restrict Zion, it seems that we can only play more pick-and-rolls between the perimeter and try to find opportunities for three-point shots."
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After entering the fourth quarter, the Pelicans began to look for opportunities with pick-and-rolls on the outside.
However, their three-point shooting percentage was average tonight, so they had no choice but to use their so-called trump card - mid-range cuts after the pick-and-roll.
That being said, this trick really works.
Using the mid-range after the air cut, he hit three consecutive mid-range shots.
Moreover, when cutting from mid-range, the Kings' inside line cannot be defended, and neither can the outside line.
In today's situation where the league focuses on three-pointers and inside lines and looks down on the mid-range, defensive teams attach the most importance to the defense of the three-point line and the inside line, and do not pay much attention to the defense of the mid-range.
Now the Pelicans suddenly come up with the mid-range, which can indeed be called a killer.
After taking out this trump card, they quickly widened the point difference to 10 points.
This brings excitement to the Pelicans' home court once again.
The excitement once again appeared in the commentary:
"It looks like we are going to win our first victory tonight. It's a good start."
At this time, Kings coach D'Antoni was a bit confused.
On the defensive end, you can't prevent the opponent's mid-range shot from the air;
On the offensive end, the three-point shooting rate dropped.
What should we do?
In this case, Wang Yi said to the coach:
"Coach, leave it to me."
D'Antoni nodded when he saw Wang Yi's confident eyes.
Wang Yi didn't seem tired at all on the court today.
Even into the 4th quarter, he still looked alive and kicking.
So now that Wang Yi has said this, leave it to him.
Just like James when Tyronn Lue was coaching at his peak, he gave the ball to James when he couldn't think of a way.
If it really doesn't work, the worst possible thing is to call two more timeouts to give James a rest.
The same is true for D'Antoni now. When he really can't think of a way, he can just give the ball to Wang Yi.
In short, if the team has such a player, the coach can save a lot of worry.
After returning to the court, Wang Yi slowly dribbled the ball from the outside.
The Pelicans still adopt their zone defense strategy.
Wang Yi frowned slightly when he saw this.
Then he dribbled the ball directly to the mid-range.
At this time, Battier Jr. and Messi in the middle distance immediately pounced to double-team Wang Yi.
But Wang Yi didn't wait for the two men to form a double-team, and then directly attacked them.
Swish——
Easy hit!
In the next round, Wang Yi directly reached the middle distance again.
This time the opponent was slightly on guard, so when Wang Yi tried to reach the mid-range, they had already double-teamed him in advance.
But even so, Wang Yi still did not hesitate and took action as soon as his foot touched the three-point line.
Whoosh!
Two more points!
His shooting percentage inside the three-point line and outside the penalty area is too high.
Seeing this, Rondo could only shout to the players on the sidelines:
"Push one step further and double-team him as soon as he shows signs of entering the three-point line!"
Sure enough, in the next round, when Wang Yi attacked, the two opponents immediately came to double-team him and blocked him on the three-point line.
This is the moment Wang Yi has been waiting for.
Seeing the two opponents coming to double-team, and the Pelicans' defensive focus shifting to the top line, Wang Yi threw the ball directly towards the basket.
There are only two people at the basket at this time, one is Zion and the other is Doug.
Zion saw the ball flying this way and quickly wanted to take off.
But before he took off, Doug said with a sinister smile: "You jump."
Zion's heart suddenly thumped.
Then he gave up the idea of ​​taking off and just used his body to carry Doug.
Doug smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and pinched Zion's waist.
Zion was in pain and immediately moved away, while Doug took off smoothly, caught the ball in the air and smashed directly into the basket.
The alley-oop between Wang Yi and Doug!
As soon as the goal was scored, all the Kings players, including the coach and head coach, were extremely shocked.
Because in their view, Wang Yi and Doug are sworn enemies, and there is no other connection between the two people except for the one-on-one showdown where they almost lost their skin yesterday.
Now the two people seem to have a good understanding. Wang Yi throws to the basket, and Doug can hit the alley-oop.
This is really strange.
Could it be that there is some kind of ulterior deal between these two people?

Chapter completed!