Chapter 249: Smash the rebound
Rodman was restless off the court, this new guy was amazingly capable, not only able to grab the board and defend, but also able to dribble and advance, shoot the ball and so on, it was like pulling a phoenix out of the haystack. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Out of nowhere!" Pat Riley and Rodman muttered at the same time.
At this point, the situation on the court can only be reversed by the true core of the Lakers, Elvin Johnson, who is still looking for opportunities in the low post, going to fight the Pistons' two short guards in the low post, and relying on his taller and heavier body to misplace the offense.
As soon as the Pistons clamped it, he would tear up the defense with ghostly passes, but because of the coaches of this period such as Pat Riley who ordered the scoring close to the basket, the Lakers never tried to shoot three-pointers, and James Posey attacked from mid-range or directly attacked the basket.
In this way, it gave the Pistons another opportunity to rotate the defense, and the Lakers missed the offense, and the score was still 68-79 behind.
The Pistons also missed the offense at this point, and Isaiah Thomas fed Dantley a pass and Dantley missed the throw.
This series is also a matchup between two of the NBA's top point guards, in terms of passing, offense and defense, the two are high or low, and overall, the difference is not too big. Yang Di estimates that if Elvin Johnson has an S+ ability rating, then Isaiah Thomas is at least an S rating.
All in all, it's all supergiants.
He himself was gradually targeted by AC Green after two waves of defense and offense, and the game after the third quarter was decent and did not stand out.
The Pistons led the Lakers by three points 75-72.
In the last quarter of the game, the Lakers did not replace Johnson and other young players off the court, and only replaced Abdul-Jabbar with Michael Thompson, who was 2.08 meters old, after all, Abdul-Jabbar was really old, and his athleticism on the court was obviously not as strong as these people who were one or two decades younger than him.
On the Pistons' side, Chuck Daley replaced Joe Dumas with Pooh Johnson and switched to a two-guard strategy.
At this time, the Bad Boys gathered all except Dennis Rodman on the sidelines, and Yang Di was in this group known for its dirty, brutal, and violent nature, and deeply felt their all-encompassing defensive methods. If they could, they would be ready to go with every ball to ruin their opponent's career.
"Bang!"
Johnson hit Isaiah Thomas with his back, suddenly turned around, broke through the middle, and then ran with a big hook on his left hand.
Yang Di looked back at the basket, what kind of offense is this?
"Huh!" Hit!
Yang Di went out of the bottom line and was about to kick off, and saw Isaiah Thomas spewing dirty words over there, probably because he didn't prevent the ball or something, Yang Di felt that Isaiah was too serious, Johnson was full of calculations, and he was 20 centimeters taller than him, and this gap would be infinitely magnified on a professional basketball court, not ashamed.
After he sent it to Thomas, Thomas dribbled the ball through the half court with murderous spirits, and then blocked with Ranbier and others, and immediately found Elvin Johnson one-on-one, and everyone opened up the space, and the two went head-to-head.
"Smack!" Isaiah Thomas dribbled the ball in succession under his crotch, dribbled the ball very low, and then suddenly twisted his wrist and pulled the ball to the right side.
He had a good pace of his breakaways and was soon on par with Johnson.
Elvin Johnson only felt a pain in his chest, Thomas's big elbow had hit his chest, and his whole body was stunned, and his body slowed down by half a beat.
The referee turned a deaf ear and was accustomed to such confrontations.
The Lakers' interior line immediately appeared empty, and the sensitive Yang Di floated silently like a ghost, and Isaiah Thomas hit the ground with a low hand, which was just in his hand.
He stomped on the floor, his legs snapped and he jumped out of gravity.
Off the court, Rodman, Pat Riley and others all opened their mouths wide, watching the man's head easily pass the basket, and then grabbed the ball behind his head with both hands, like Tarzan of the apes, and slammed it on the basket.
"Bang!"
Yang Di shouted, the strength of his arms exploded, and he grabbed the basket desperately and pulled it down.
"Click~" The subtle sound of glass cracking sounded, and from the place where the basket was connected, the glass crack spread rapidly like a spider web, covering the entire glass surface in the blink of an eye, and then with a "bang", all of them were reduced to pieces.
Yang Di didn't feel the force, and fell straight down, slamming on the floor with a "bang".
The audience was stunned, the basket glass was actually broken? The basketball hoop was actually buckled?
Oh my God, what did they see! Everyone hugged their heads, looking incredulous.
The referee invited the personnel of both sides out of the field, and the staff quickly entered to clean up, and the game was interrupted.
Yang Di was proud in his heart, after Dawkins, only O'Neal could dunk the rebound, but unfortunately O'Neal had not yet entered the league at this time, and the league did not realize that he wanted to strengthen the basket, his strength close to the S-level exploded instantly, and he also did this, if he wanted to put it on hold in 05, he couldn't do it.
After that, he played for another three minutes, and Chuck replaced him with Rodman.
By this time, his mission had been accomplished, and after helping the Pistons withstand the Lakers' offense in the third quarter, the history of their victory had been rewritten, and the scales had already tipped in turn.
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Staples, Training Gym.
Montgomery raised his head curiously, looked left and right, and didn't find the figure of the No. 8 disciple, and suddenly some doubts surged in his heart, he turned his head to look and asked assistant coach Ron Adams.
Adams shook his head, "I haven't seen him, he's still there!" ”
"I know, he went to the bathroom." On the field, Fisher walked down wiping his sweat and just in time to hear the conversation between the two coaches.
"Well, well, I hope he didn't fall out of the toilet." Montgomery made a rare joke.
"Haha." Fisher and Ron laughed out loud together.
It's no wonder that Montgomery is a little relaxed tonight, according to reason, the Lakers with Kobe Bryant should be the most important team in the league, but unfortunately Kobe Bryant will not play in today's game. Since the beginning of January, Kobe Bryant has missed several games in a row due to injury, and the specific return time has not yet been decided, but it will definitely not be today.
And without Kobe, the Lakers, whose strength has dropped several levels, is even more embarrassing.
Previously, they had already lost to the Timberwolves, Jazz and other teams, and even lost to the Warriors at home in Oakland on January 13.
Therefore, for this game, Montgomery, who was already leading the record, naturally did not take the Lakers seriously.
There is no one in the eyes, but there is someone in the heart, Montgomery has to do the tactical arrangement training before the game, and the guidance of the combat policy is the same, and carefully instructs each player to match the ball.
At this time, Richardson and others on the field also came down to rest, and at the door of the training hall, Yang Di, who was wearing a training jacket, walked in.
"Hey, I'm finally back!" Assistant Teacher Ron greeted him.
"That's right." Yang Di was embarrassed, secretly observed, and sure enough, after leaving for more than an hour, everyone noticed him, and then they all looked at him with strange eyes.
"Come back to training."
Montgomery said with a deliberately straight face, wondering if Yang Di was constipated. If it weren't for Yang Di's self-discipline every day, and he would go to the stadium to train without being reminded, he really doubted that Yang Di had deliberately gone out to play and avoided training.
Yang Di laughed dryly twice and took off his training jacket, revealing the No. 8 jersey and sturdy body.
Then he walked over to Assistant Coach Ron, who prepared several trainers for him with an astonishing tonnage, taking turns to hold the protective plate and fight with Yang Di's back.
"Dong Dong~" Yang Di continued to further temper his physical fitness and basketball skills.