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Once Yao Ming starts to explode, almost no one can stop him, but he also has a problem that has been bothering him, that is his physical strength problem, which is also the biggest flaw in his journey to greatness, even if there is no injury to limit his playing In terms of time, it is impossible for Yao Ming to play for 10 minutes like some tall black players. Even if he is forced to stay on the court, his performance will be much lower than the normal level. This is Yao Ming's biggest problem.

Because he played too aggressively in the first half, Yao Ming was exhausted when there were more than two minutes left in the first quarter. And had to foul, or because of physical reasons he could not catch up with Andrew Bynum.

Seeing Yao Ming's physical problems, Carlesimo immediately replaced Yao Ming with Coupard, and at the same time replaced Kurt Thomas with Serge Ibaka. Although Kurt Thomas did not show much, but After all, he is old, and he is a little tired even after running like this.

When Yao Ming came to the team, he communicated with Carlesimo. According to the general rotation of starting players, it takes one and a half quarters or a little more than one quarter before he is replaced by a substitute player, but Yao Ming's physical strength can't support that. The long time does not mean that he can't even play for more than ten minutes, but his physical characteristics are that he can play for more than 10 minutes. It is best to let him rest for two to three minutes. Everyone's physical condition is different. This is not surprising.

After Yao Ming left the field, Andrew Bynum was about to show off his skills, but he was blocked by a strong cap from Coupard who just came on the field. With his height and weight, although he can't compare with those jumping men, he is already the best among players of the same tonnage. [

Coupard didn't think about offense. For him, there is no difference between putting energy into offense and defense. He didn't think about being an All-Star or anything. For him, playing is for making money, and for He is happy, he is content with his current life without overthinking. After seeing Yao Ming's performance just now, Coupard feels that with his own skill, he can't compare with Yao Ming at all. In the past, he didn't want to show his offensive skills anymore, so he should actively invest in defense.

But in this way, the Sonics would have no inside offensive power. The Lakers seized this opportunity, initiated by Pau Gasol, and Kobe Bryant personally implemented consecutive scoring, slowly chasing after a score of seven points behind. up.

At this time, Stephen started to score, and once he scored, he scored five points in a row, which opened up the score that the Lakers had finally closed. By the end of the first quarter, the Sonics still led the Los Angeles Lakers by five points 29-24 .

However, 29 points is considered a low score for the Sonics. Their average score in the first quarter is 31 points, which is the highest in the league. But it is obviously because Stephen's scoring has dropped too much, but Yao Ming's scoring made up for his loss. Yao Ming scored [-] points in the first quarter, and apart from him, none of the two teams scored in double digits.

In the second quarter, since Kevin Durant didn't make any shots in the first quarter, Carlesimo still kept him on the court, but replaced Earl Watson with Russell Westbrook, in the playoffs, Jarrett Jack's playing time dropped sharply. The main reason is that Stephen's playing time increased, which affected Russell Westbrook, and Russell Westbrook affected him.

But now Russell Westbrook has matured a lot. Whether facing Derek Fisher or Jordan Farmar, he will not blindly attack, but try his best to cooperate with tactics, especially in the last game. After watching Stephen's performance, he realized how low-key life Stephen lived on weekdays. If you say that he has an advantage in the matchup, he has no advantage against anyone, but he doesn't keep shooting because he has the advantage. .

So after the game, he expressed his admiration and admiration for Stephen. After the game debuted, he handed the ball to Stephen just after halftime, without hesitation at all. However, after Stephen got the ball, He didn't rush to attack, but turned around and passed the ball to Kevin Durant, but Kevin Durant was defended by Kobe Bryant, the chance was not very good, so he passed the ball again Russell Westbrook.

Russell Westbrook had a chance to attack, but he only threatened Jordan Farmar a little and then passed the ball to Stephen. He still wanted to see Stephen score, so let’s enjoy the game from a close distance. .

After Stephen regained the ball, he made a gesture to Coupard, asked Coupard to come over and do a pick-and-roll for himself, and then passed the ball to Coupard, but Coupard was blocked by Andrew Bynum. Go up, but pass the ball back to Stephen, Stephen is already under the basket at this time, although Trevor Ariza is still closely behind him, but Stephen is not without a shot, but at this time Why did Stephen see a figure next to him out of the corner of his eyes, it was Serge Ibaka, who immediately passed the ball.

The offense of the Sonics is a bit too cumbersome. Everyone on the team received the ball one or more times. In the end, no one who was very sure took a shot. Instead, the ball came to Sergi, who has the least offensive ability. In Ibaka's hands, even Charles Barkley, who was in charge of today's on-site commentary, said without joking: "If the Sonics' offense is a tactic, then I have to say that the Sonics' tactic is too complicated. Well, at least in my mind, it’s impossible to remember this tactic. If it’s not a tactic, then the Sonics don’t pay much attention to this offense. Could it be that the Lakers are the ones they can make fun of? Said they think everyone touches the ball and end up throwing the ball to Serge Ibaka unreliably, at least as far as I can remember, I haven't seen this little guy make a single shot, dunk I have seen it, but he is obviously too far away from the basket now, ah!"

When Charles Barkley was showing off his eloquence, he saw Serge Ibaka suddenly jump up and raise his hand to throw the ball with only two seconds left in the shot clock. Flying into the hoop as flawlessly as a GPS, it was Charles Backus' turn to open his mouth and not know what to say.

Could it be said that Serge Ibaka got in by stealth, but judging by his hand movements, it is so smooth, it can be seen that he has been trained for a long time. Doesn’t it mean that this guy can’t attack? Who provided the information, isn’t this Make a fool of me, Sir Barclay.

In fact, Stephen passed the ball to Serge Ibaka, not for the sake of Serge Ibaka's defense, and he did trust Serge Ibaka's shooting. After the team, in addition to starting training from some basic skills, shooting training is indispensable in the middle. After all, a player, no matter what position he plays, no matter what type of player he is, needs to have a certain offensive ability. If you don't have the ability, then you have no threat on the field, and the opponent can double-team other players.

Although Serge Ibaka has never had many chances in the game, and he usually makes tip-ups or dunks after grabbing rebounds, but his close-range jumper is still very threatening, and his hard work in normal training , Stephen also saw it in his eyes and kept it in his heart. No matter that Serge Ibaka's shooting percentage was not ideal at that time, although he practiced hard, the effect was not good.

But some time ago, after Kurt Thomas was enlightened by Stephen and Robert Horry, in addition to regaining interest in the game, he also had a great interest in teaching younger players, and the others were just like that, some of them did not match their positions, and some The personalities are not compatible, but Serge Ibaka is like a piece of rough jade, which makes people want to be trained. In addition, Serge Ibaka's temper is also very similar to Kurt Thomas' character, so he began to treat Serge Ibaka. Erji Ibaka carried out key training.

As a defensive player, Kurt Thomas can get an annual salary of 700 million US dollars, not all because of his defense. Although he also teaches comprehensively about defense, he also has no secrets about his offensive specialty and mid-range shooting. Under his key training, Serge Ibaka also seemed to have suddenly opened up, and his shooting rate suddenly improved greatly, and all of this was seen by Stephen, and he proved it with passing at this time Serge Ibaka's practice is effective, and the offense is very obvious.

Kurt Thomas couldn't help applauding Serge Ibaka below. Although the two of them did not have the status of mentors and apprentices, seeing the performance of the players they trained made Kurt Thomas very kind. The gratifying feeling of growing up.

Only Charles Barkley said dejectedly over there: "I found a very strange thing. This Sonics team is amazing. It seems that every player who is not good at offense can make great progress in the Sonics team." , I don’t know what’s the reason?” After speaking, Charles Barkley scratched his big bald head.

"It's not that the Sonics are amazing, but Stephen is amazing. He didn't know how to attack at the beginning, and then he became the most offensive player in the league in only two years. I think the magic started from him." Kenny Smith retorted, it seems that even Yao Ming, after Stephen's side, the offense has increased, which is really strange. [