Chapter 224 Lin Han and Little Sky Hook(2/2)
But he had never had the chance to play against him before. Judging from the Lakers' on-court lineup, Lin Han's opponent in this game was him, so when Lin Han looked at the Lakers rookie at this time, his eyes were full of madness.
"It seems that the Lakers are not willing to fail in this game. They have changed their teams in this game."
When the Lakers and Jazz walked to the court to prepare for warm-up, Pat Riley, who had been in a bad mood on the sidelines, also sighed.
The Lakers' starting lineup in this game was point guard Van Eksel, shooting guard George Lynch, small forward James Worthy, power forward Antonio Harvey, center forward Divac
This is a typical tall lineup. Except for Van Eksel, all the other players are above 2.03 meters. It is clear what the Lakers want to do in this game. George Lynch, the Lakers now have the best outside athletic talent and defensive ability, and they will beat Lin Han. All the insides are placed with tall players to surround Malone and keep the insides to prevent the Jazz from being beaten up. In this game, the Lakers are going to bet on luck, and the Jazz's shooting percentage is not very good.
Pat Riley also knew that this choice was a helpless choice. Facing the Jazz team that was much stronger than them, it was already very good to be able to gambling like this.
So when referee Bavita threw the basketball in his hand into the air in this game, when the centers of both sides jumped. When the centers of both sides jumped, everyone on the scene was a little surprised that the Lakers players had retreated, as if they had no confidence in Divac's ability to jump.
In fact, this is the case. Polinis was successful this time. However, when Stockton received the jump and was about to launch a fast break, the Lakers had almost all stopped their defensive positions, and Stockton, who was originally preparing for a fast break, could only give up his speed at this time.
"It seems that the Lakers' style of playing in this game is based on defense. I'm afraid that they not only gave up jumping balls in this game, but also gave up fighting for the frontcourt rebounds. The full defense makes it difficult for the Jazz, who lacks offensive height in the interior. Especially, Malone's intermittent weakness when facing a tall inside line is very worrying."
When the Lakers were on the verge of defending as soon as they came up, even Larry Bird on the sidelines was a little surprised. After all, according to the Lakers tradition, this team has always been a game of offense. Such an almost complete defensive posture is definitely not the Lakers of Magic Johnson back then. I have to say that when the Lakers came to the dark period, many noble traditions were slowly giving up.
So when the live broadcast camera was very clever and the Lakers were fully defensive, almost all the cameras were wandering around the faces of the Magician, Chamberlain, Jerry West, etc. At this time, the people in the TV cameras looked very solemn, and it seemed that their views on this Lakers were not very positive.
However, although the Lakers' abandonment of their noble traditional playing style was somewhat satisfying to these Lakers' celebrities, it has to be said that the effect was still good, especially when these tall guys stood around the free throw line, they almost controlled the entire basket space, which made the Jazz directly fall into a positional battle.
"Lin Han, even if we lose everything in this game, we will definitely not let you win easily!"
When Lin Han came to the frontcourt, George Lynch, who faced Lin Han in this game, said to Lin Han almost flushed with excitement, but Lin Han did not answer much in the face of George Lynch's provocation.
"Yeah?"
After just two faint words, Lin Han started asking Stockton for the ball after seeing the Jazz's offense fall into a positional battle. After Lin Han ignored it, Lin Han saw Lin Han asking for the ball again. Although George Lynch was extremely angry, he still took a little back half a step. According to the Lakers' pre-match arrangement, he believed that it was to prevent Lin Han from breaking through. As for Lin Han's perimeter shooting, he only needed to use his own height to interfere.
But what surprised George Lynch was that when Lin Han received the pass from Stockton, he did not directly pull up and shoot because of the half-step space that George Lynch placed. Instead, after receiving the ball, he pressed one step forward and instantly accelerated directly past George Lynch.
Although George Linhan was prepared in advance, Linhan's speed was too fast. If it weren't for Divac, who had been assisting in defense in the interior, Linhan would have already hit the basket and dunked after passing George Lynch. When Divac and Antonio Harvey surrounded from the side after Linhan passed George Lynch, Linhan, who had already arrived at the middle of the free throw line, had actually missed the opportunity to attack. In this case, if Linhan could play the ball and directly hit the ball, it would be better to find Malone. If he couldn't play such a ball, it would be nice to pass Stockton or Russell.
"Isn't this kid going to fight against two inside players?!"
But what surprised Pat Riley on the sidelines was that Lin Han not only passed the ball to Malone without hitting the ground, but also passed it back to Stockton, but faced Harvey and Divac who were surrounded from the side, and the Jazz's shooting guard went straight to meet him.
Just as everyone in the audience was exclaiming and preparing to see how Lin Han faced the two inside players forcibly attacking, Lin Han's next move almost shocked everyone on the sidelines.
Seeing that Lin Han was about to collide with the Lakers' two insides in the middle of the free throw line, Lin Han, who was originally breaking through quickly, stopped directly, and Lin Han, who was originally facing the basket, actually made a side move!
When Lin Han finished sideways, when the two Lakers insiders came to Lin Han, Lin Han, who was originally sideways, had already hooked the basketball in his hand and shot it out!
This is a hook shot in the middle of the free throw line! And it is a mid-range hook that makes almost everyone on the scene look very familiar!
"Xiao Tiangou?!"
After Lin Han completed this inside attack, the legendary Boston Celtics player almost subconsciously stood up. At this time, the Lakers and Jazz players on the court were also stunned after seeing Lin Han complete this attack.
Especially the Jazz players, Stockton and Malone were almost out of their eyes at this time, especially Malone, as an inside player, he could not play the magician's hook, and Lin Han had never shown this skill in training before.
As for the Lakers players at this time, when the figure of the somewhat fat Lakers legendary point guard appeared on the big screen on the scene, almost all of these Lakers players subconsciously looked at the first point guard in the league history on the big screen on the scene.
"Magic, do you know this boy?!"
At this time, the Lakers boss Jerry Bass, who was sitting with David Stern on the sidelines, looked at the magician who was a little dull at this time with a puzzled look. However, when the team boss asked this, the magician was speechless.
Chapter completed!