Chapter 18: Chen Mu's Seven Inches
"Toot"
The timeout was over and players from both sides returned to the pitch.
As soon as Chen Mu stepped onto the court, he felt that something was wrong.
"Hmm......? And what about Turyaf? β
As far as the eye can see, there is no figure of Turiaf who has been facing him on the field, and even on a closer look, even the other substitute interior lines are gone.
"Hmm......?"
Off the pitch, D'Antoni also found the clue, frowned, and faintly gave birth to an extremely bad feeling in his heart.
"Yo, Phil, Phil, such a bold plan really doesn't look like your style, but I like it, hahahaha!"
On the comment bench, Barkley opened his mouth and laughed: "Kenny, look at the current Lakers lineup, it's so interesting, there are good shows to watch, there are good shows to watch!" β
"Well, the Lakers' current lineup on the court is, point guard Jordan Farmar, Kobe Bryant at the point guard position, and Vujacic at small forward, well...... Sasha is an orthodox No. 2 position, and it seems that Phil is ready to play small ball. β
Kenny Smith looked at the Lakers players on the court and analyzed: "And then the power forward position is ...... Well? Devon George?? β
Devin George, a tough, jack-of-all-trades character on the Lakers, can break through, retreat to control the ball, grab boards inside, and shoot outside.
But like all jack-of-all-trades players, George is a jack of all sorts of things, and is nicknamed "pig's head" by many Chinese fans because of his unique and joyful appearance.
"Phil is rarely so bold, ......!" Kenny Smith shook his head slightly and said: "Devin George is a pure small forward who can't be pure, he will be blown up by the Chinese kid when he comes to play the inside!" β
βNONONO~~β
While eating a sandwich, Barkley shook his head mysteriously and said: "It's a shame that you are still a professional player, Kenny, if you look at the Lakers' center candidates, you should know what's going on." β
"Well, the Lakers' center is ......"
Kenny Smith took a closer look, was instantly dumbfounded, was stunned for a while, and then suddenly seemed to understand something, and said with a long breath: "Zen master Phil Jackson, worthy of being a man with 9 rings in his hand......!" β
On the court, the game continued, the Lakers attacked, and Famar steadily advanced to the frontcourt.
Chen Mu was defending the position under the basket, and a slender figure appeared in front of him, leaned back, and then raised his hand high.
"Ramar Odom......!"
Chen Mu was shocked, and before he could react, Famar had already put the ball into the inside, and Odom wrapped his long arms and held the basketball steadily.
"Odom?! Odom plays center......?!! β
Chen Mu couldn't believe it, he remembered that this season, Odom played most of the time as a small forward, although he has all-round skills, especially in rebounding. But Odom's real transformation into a power forward came in the 2008 season, when the Lakers traded Gasol.
At the moment, Chen Mu's actual position in the Suns is center, running wild with four shooters to ensure rebounds. And Odom's position with him proves that the current center of the Lakers on the court is Odom!
"Smack, smack"
Odom dribbled with his back, leaned a little, felt Chen Mu's defensive center of gravity, and then suddenly turned around and accelerated, turning from Chen Mu's left side.
"It's ...... fast!"
Chen Mu couldn't react and hurriedly slid sideways, but at the moment when Chen Mu turned his center of gravity to the left, Odom's center of gravity changed again.
"It's a feint!"
Odom stepped quickly, grabbed Chen Mu's momentary center of gravity deviation, and then smoothly deceives from Chen Mu's right side, raising his hands high and shooting quickly.
"Smack, smack!"
The basketball was played neatly into the frame, and Odom didn't look at it anymore, as if he knew that the ball would go in at the moment of the shot, and turned around and ran to the backcourt.
"......!"
Chen Mu scolded himself secretly, helplessly served from the bottom line, and the Suns came to the front court and ran again, and finally Barbossa shot three points.
"Dididi"
Won't enter!
Chen Mu knew that his opportunity to perform had come, and hurriedly rushed into the inner line, just as he was about to rush towards the flickering ring, when suddenly a black shadow appeared in front of him.
"Bang......!"
Chen Mu couldn't brake and hit this person hard, and the referee's whistle sounded immediately.
"Suns No. 5 offensive foul, Lakers ball!"
"Oooh!!"
The situation finally eased, and the Lakers fans began to recover, and the shouts rang out again, and the whole arena was lively again.
"Alas......!"
Chen Mu sighed, he made continuous mistakes at both ends of the offense and defense, and he himself was very annoyed.
While returning to the defense, Chen Mu thought back to Fang Cai's situation, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.
"As soon as Barbossa made a shot just now, I went inside, and no one should know where the rebound landed at that time, so why did Odom appear so quickly in my path?"
Chen Mu thought about it and couldn't find an answer.
"Dang!"
At this time, the Lakers' outside players shot and hit the iron, and Chen Mu had nowhere to steam his anger in his heart, so he strode away and grabbed the rebound with a snap.
"Fast Break !!"
After grabbing the rebound, Chen Mu shouted, and then opened his hand and threw the basketball towards Barbosa, who had already run to the frontcourt.
However, at the moment when the ball left Chen Mu's hands, the black shadow reappeared, jumped violently, and intercepted the basketball in the air.
"Hey~"
Odom landed steadily, smiled at the stunned Chen Mu, and then sent a behind-the-back pass without looking at it, and the basketball flew straight to the left three-point line, where it was firmly caught by a player.
ββ¦β¦ Call! β
Kobe Bryant let out a sigh of relief, and then shot a three-point shot in a wonderful posture, in Chen Mu's opinion, the ball seemed to have been in the air for a century, and then fell perfectly into the center of the basket.
"Huh"
ββ¦β¦ Wow!!! β
The Staples Arena burst into an astonishing wave with the three-pointer, and the fans cheered and excited, all of them chanting.
"HOHO~ Phil's trick has worked!"
Barkley shook his fat head and said: "After Ramar came on the court, he used his singles ability on the offensive end, speed advantage, and basketball IQ to surpass the Chinese kid in all aspects, and taught the Chinese kid a good lesson!" β
"Whew...... Call...... Call...... Whew......"
Looking at Odom's figure, Chen Mu's whole body was suddenly surrounded by a sense of powerlessness.
In fact, when it comes to grabbing rebounds, a quasi-rebounding master like Odom is just five or five with himself. In fact, since Odom came on the court, he didn't grab a single rebound, and Chen Mu did continue to harvest rebounds. But the situation on the field has changed dramatically.
"Chen, don't be discouraged, we're attacking!"
Barbosa reminded Chen Mu, and then dribbled to the front court, Chen Mu let out a sigh of relief, caught up again, and ran tactics with his teammates.
"Dang!"
Just as a good feel is contagious, a bad feel is contagious. After all three shooters made three-pointers, Barbosa's three-pointer missed, disrupting the rhythm of the rest of the shooters.
This time Eddie House's shot failed to hit, Chen Mu rushed into the penalty area in advance, and under his careful movement, he was not stopped by Odom again.
"Frontcourt rebounds!"
Firmly stuck Odom behind him, Chen Mu jumped up, took off the rebound ball steadily, and just wanted to pass it to the outside line after landing, but found that there was another figure around him at some point.
"Squeak Squeak"
The sound of sneakers rubbing against the floor continued, and Chen Mu was near the baseline, and his passing route was completely blocked by two Lakers players.
"Quick answer...... Pick it up!! β
Chen Mu shouted loudly, finding that those pitcher teammates could not enter the encirclement laid by the Lakers at all, and in desperation, he hurriedly turned around and wanted to call a timeout to the referee.
"Smack"
At the moment when Chen Mu turned around, a hand knife fell, and the basketball in Chen Mu's hand was instantly broken, and then, the person who broke the ball turned around and quickly rushed to the front court with the ball.
Kobe Bryant dribbled like a fly, gorgeous, and after passing two Suns players in a row, he came to the Suns basket, flew up, and scored with a violent dunk.
"Bang!!"
"Oooh oh !!"
Under the heavy buckle, Kobe Bryant himself was also very excited, cheering loudly to signal to the fans.
"Beep!"
Meanwhile, Suns head coach D'Antoni called a timeout.
"Good shot! What a ball!! β
The entire Staples Arena boiled instantly, and the appearance of Odom and Kobe Bryant instantly turned the situation around, and the Lakers went from being passively beaten to playing 7-0 small **, but there was only a minute apart.
"Chen, Eddie, you two come down and rest for a while."
D'Antoni replaced the helpless Chen Mu and replaced Dio and Nash.
"......!"
Back on the bench, as soon as Chen Mu sat down, he immediately shouted angrily.
"Chen, you were completely beaten by Lamar just now."
D'Antoni looked bad and said coldly.
"Coach, he's so fast, and his skills are good, I'm really ......"
Chen Mu defended for less than two sentences, and was stopped by D'Antoni reaching out.
"I didn't want to criticize you or blame you. The score has been overtaken, and it is useless to scold you no matter how much you are scolded. β
D'Antoni's eyes flashed with an unpredictable brilliance, grabbed Chen Mu's shoulder, and pushed forward: "From now on, you have to watch the situation on the field very, very carefully, every detail, especially every offensive and defensive choice when Dio and Odom are in position. β
"Whether you can play in this game depends on when you will understand how to deal with Odom......
"Smack!"
On the court, Dio grabbed a rebound, and Odom began to press and counterattack on the spot as he did against Chen Mu before. Dior didn't care, quickly retracted the basketball to the bottom road, and then started a series of wonderful "teaching exercises to get rid of interference" that Chen Mu had never noticed before.