With Karl Malone's current physical condition, his original flexible and fast movements have disappeared. What he relies on is nothing more than brute strength and extremely rich game experience. So when Wang Dalin caught the ball with his back in the mid-range and wanted to beat him in singles, He was quite happy in his heart.
If Wang Dalin really had to use the ball to attack him, he would basically attack him one at a time, but he is not afraid of this kind of back attack. At least it is impossible for Wang Dalin to forcefully advance.
From Malone's point of view, his strength is definitely among the top in the entire league. Even if O'Neal wants to shake him in a short time, it will not be easy, let alone Wang Dalin?
But when Wang Dalin exerted his strength to push back, Ma Long suddenly let out a muffled groan, and a look of horror appeared on his face Damn it! Why is this guy so strong?
You must know that Karl Malone is known as "the most powerful power forward in NBA history". He has been in the league for nearly 20 years. Apart from O'Neal, he has never defeated anyone in terms of strength.
Even though he is now old and frail, he thinks that there will never be anyone in the alliance who can surpass him in strength by more than one palm. There are only seven or eight people who can match his own strength at most. But just now Wang Dalin He almost couldn't resist it when he exerted all his strength. How could this not frighten him?
Wang Dalin also sighed "I thought that after I put on the 'Strength Bracelet', I would have a strength of 93 and no one could beat him except O'Neal, but I didn't expect that even the 40-year-old Malone couldn't bear it. This guy How strong must it have been at its peak?"
In fact, he overestimated Ma Long. Ma Long's power was strong, but after all, he was already 40 years old, and it was impossible for him to still have the magical power he had when he was young.
¡°If he tried to attack again, Ma Long would be defeated on the spot after one or two blows at most. However, he had already been deeply impressed by Ma Long¡¯s amazing power in his previous life, and coupled with that blow just now, he misjudged Ma Long¡¯s power.
Since using brute force is not going to work, let's just play with technologyWang Dalin really wanted to do it, after all, he never thought that he wanted to play like O'Neal.
Wang Dalin shook his shoulders, then turned around and jumped back to play the ball, which was a cool move.
Ma Long tried his best to defend, but his height and wingspan were far inferior to Wang Dalin's, and his jumping ability was getting worse and worse His hands couldn't even cover Wang Dalin's face, and he could lead Wang Dalin. How much interference is there?
This goal was scored without any fuss, and it didn¡¯t even touch the net.
Ma Long¡¯s face was as calm as water, but in his heart he couldn¡¯t help but feel a bit of the sadness of a hero in his twilight years Humph! If I were still young, could I really not guard this ball?
But later he thought about it carefullyit seemed that he really couldn't prevent it!
In the 1980s and 1990s, Malone's height of 206cm was definitely not short for the fourth position, and his wingspan of 214cm was also good, but in this era it is a bit insufficient.
Chris Webber, the shortest among the current "four power forwards", is 208cm tall. Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and Rasheed Wallace are all over 210cm tall.
Coupled with the fact that the "veteran players" who are becoming more and more fierce nowadays are actually 213cm tall, the "standard height" of the league's power forwards has already improved a lot.
??Some people say, ¡°I¡¯m not tall enough and I¡¯m not fast enough¡±?
Yes, but now that Karl Malone is over forty years old, how can he still have speed?
When meeting other opponents, he can still rely on his rich defensive experience, especially in defensive positions, but against Wang Dalin, how can he dare to stay away from him?
Who doesn¡¯t know that what Wang Dalin is best at is shooting. As long as you stay a little farther away from him, he can instantly disgrace you with accurate shooting.
Seeing that Malone¡¯s defense was completely unable to restrain Wang Dalin, Phil Jackson frowned slightly and began to think of countermeasures in his mind¡ª¡ª
"Switch to Fox to defend?"
"Nohe can't guard it eitherI already tried it last season!"
"How about let Kobe guard him in misplaced positions?"
"In this case, Kobe's energy on the offensive end may not be enough, and it is still a bit inappropriate!"
"what can we do about it?"
If the current head coach of the Lakers is Rick Carlisle, he will not hesitate to arrange Kobe Bryant, who has the strongest perimeter defense ability, to guard Wang Dalin. After all, most of Wang Dalin's offense is initiated from the outside.
As for the offensive end isn't there O'Neal?
With the inside configuration of the Clippers, who can stop O'Neal's indiscriminate bombardment?
Mourning?
He couldn¡¯t guard O¡¯Neal when he was at his peak, let alone now??And the impact on the offensive end is also stronger.
During this period, Barnes was not the fierce perimeter defender that he would become in later generations. He often behaved very irritably on the court, was often out of position defensively, and was poor at mid- and long-range shooting.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Wang Dalin obviously reduced his personal offense and started to play the routine of dealing cards from a high position. For a while, all four people who came on the bench were like gods, and they succeeded one after another.
Especially Wang Zhizhi, who made 3 of 5 shots in just four minutes, one of which was a three-pointer, humiliating the Lakers' backup center Medvedenko.
Wang Dalin was of course very pleased to see Wang Zhizhi performing so well After all, he had to pass the ball to his teammates, so why not pass a few more passes to his brothers?
And Wang Zhizhi can turn his passes into assists again and again, which is really impressive.
It seems that after talking to Wang Dalin last time, Wang Zhizhi's mood has improved significantly and he is much more confident on the court.
He has never lacked firepower on the offensive end, but his defense is a bit stretched, but for a character like Medvedenko, what can he do if his defense is not good?
By the time the main players of both sides came on the court again, the Lakers not only failed to narrow the point difference, but had already been stretched to double digits.
Probably because he calmed down completely during the off-court break, O'Neal immediately started making waves inside the Clippers as soon as he came on the court. No matter how hard Mourning tried, he couldn't stop his inside attack.
Moreover, O'Neal's free throws tonight were quite accurate. By the middle of the second quarter, he had already made 5 of 6 shots. This also made Dunleavy completely give up the "shark-killing tactic" If he insisted on "shark-killing" tonight, he would probably be The one who got killed was the Clippers.
Seeing that the points difference between the two sides was narrowing little by little, Wang Dalin finally took over the game.
His various unanswerable shots made the opponent's defenders complain, and his breakthrough also made the opponent's so-called "defensive champion" lose face.
Phil Jackson arranged for Malone, Fox and Kobe to take turns defending Wang Dalin, but they were still unable to limit his offense. He had to signal Kobe and O'Neal to directly fight against Wang Dalin.
The second quarter of this game was obviously much more exciting than the first quarter. After all, it was an attack, so it was definitely much more exciting than a defensive battle The audience would make various exclamations and screams from time to time.
At the end of the first half, the Clippers still led by 3 points at 65:62, but after the break, the Lakers' offense took it to a new level.
O'Neal and Kobe Bryant's offensive firepower is still the same, Payton also began to frequently break through Yalic to get excellent offensive opportunities, and Malone also made two goals from the mid-range.
"The f4 combination" finally showed its true power. When they go all out, even if only three of the four people show their strength, few teams in the league can resist it.
¡°Besides, the four of them are showing off their power at the same time in this game. To be blunt under the circumstances they are invincible!
But Wang Dalin did not give up, or he could not give up After all, he had a mission!
Since I can¡¯t defend you, I might as well fight you!
The four of you together are great, but in the end there is only one basketball, and you still have to give the ball to someone to complete the offense.
And I¡¯m simple I don¡¯t care who of you is going to defend me, anyway, as long as I want to attack, none of you can stop me!
After a fierce coaching battle that was evenly matched at halftime, the second half of this Los Angeles derby really entered the fierce competition (Remember this website's website address: www.hlnovel.com