Chapter 82: Playoff Game 1

　　 In the previous life, the Lakers defeated the Rockets 4 to 1 to advance. This time the Lakers have an extra Sun Zhuo, and there will be no suspense in defeating the Rockets.
Although the little giant Yao Ming is one year earlier than Sun Zhuo, but like Sun Zhuo, today is the first time to play in the playoffs. The first game is to face the big shark O'Neal that makes anyone helpless. This is definitely not a good one. At the beginning.
　　For Sun Zhuo, the first opponent in the playoffs is Yao Ming and Francis Rockets. They are not bad. They will not only make Sun Zhuo feel the difference in the playoffs, but will not cause too much pressure to Sun Zhuo.
In the first game of the playoffs, the Staples Center Arena was almost full. Although the fans were not uniformly dressed, there were not many well-known celebrities to watch the game. Except for the filming actor Nicholson who was immobile, the side was responsible for commentary. Luke Wharton's father, Bill Wharton, has been praising Sun Zhuo's rookie performance and constantly belittled his son. He also predicted that Sun Zhuo in the playoffs will complete the evolution again, making everyone startled.
Sun Zhuo started with O'Neal, Kobe, Gary Peyton and Karl Malone in this game. This is also what he fought for by dunking when playing the Cavaliers. Otherwise, in the playoffs, Phil Jackson may not give Sun Zhuo too much. Playing time.
　　 It turns out that anyone will be nervous for the first time in the playoffs.
Yao Ming had a few beautiful passes, but he would still hesitate on offense. When he received the ball from a high position, he would stop and choose whether to shoot. Unlike Yao Ming who once had the opportunity to shoot immediately, there will still be defensive O'Neal. Fearful, in the first quarter, the two offenders beaten by O'Neill left the field.
As soon as the Lakers came up, he played O'Neal unwaveringly. All running positions, all dribbles and passes, the ultimate goal was to give the ball to O'Neal smoothly. Sun Zhuo is also one of the auxiliary roles. When he was basically running, passing, and constantly feeding the ball to O’Neill, and then to see if O’Neill scored, Sun Zhuo had the opportunity to play when he played a defensive counterattack or when the other party made a mistake, but Sun Zhuo only had the opportunity For open shots, all the power to hold the ball for fast breaks must be handed over to Kobe, who will allocate it.
Phil naturally will not completely forget to exercise Sun Zhuo, he will allow Sun Zhuo to get some opportunities to hold the ball, but in the playoff debut, Sun Zhuo's performance is not good, one thing makes him unable to adapt, that That is: too many hands.
Every time Sun Zhuo holds the ball and dribble breaks, there will always be one hand to reach his own basketball. Sun Zhuo's current ball control ability is not good enough, and the speed is not fast enough. It was easier to steal, often Sun Zhuogang dribble the ball to break through the first step, and then heard a snap, the ball in Sun Zhuo's hand was cut away by the opponent.
The physical confrontation in the playoffs is more fierce, the defensive players start to attack more frequently, and they don’t even give you a chance to start, and the referee’s penalty is not so strict. Like this time Sun Zhuo was stealing, even if the whole person In the end, they almost fell to the ground, the referee still did not play, this is still the Lakers home.
Phil Jackson cut his hair, his expression was indifferent, but he was also slightly worried: "Sun's bounce talent is good, but the ball control and physical confrontation are still a little bit worse. Now he can't adapt to the playoffs in a short time. Confrontation, it seems that he has to arrange more offenses without the ball, Rick, I remember Sun's open three-pointer is not bad, right?"
Phil Jackson likes to listen to Rick Fox. He thinks that the latter can always say words that satisfy him. In private training, Sun Zhuo and Rick Fox communicate more, mainly because Sun Zhuo is very curious about this. How did the star choose to make a film in the end? Sun Zhuo wants to know his views and understanding of this business.
　　Rick Fox said: "Yes, Sun's open three-points are not bad, I remember once compared with him a few three-pointers, he won me."
As soon as Rick Fox finished speaking, the assistant coach had checked the data and reported to Phil: "Sun's three-point shooting rate in the regular season is only 31%, but his three-point shooting rate on both corners It’s relatively high, 70%."
Phil Jackson nodded. He knew that Sun Zhuo had few three-pointers in the regular season. The shooting rate actually showed little. Phil said: "During the fast break, put him outside to make three-pointers. What do you think?"
　　Rick Fox said: "Sun's bouncing is so good, it's a pity not to attack the basket directly and put him outside?"
As the saying goes, the Lakers launched a fast break, Kobe Bryant quickly attacked the Rockets rim, the final layup missed, and did not jump too high Sun Zhuo grabbed a rebound in the back, just about two attacks, but was quickly given by Francis Break off.
If it is the regular season, Sun Zhuo succeeded in making up the basket this time, but in the playoffs, there is no concession, every ball defensive player must fight, let alone a rookie like Sun Zhuo, even Karl Malone, a veteran, has been ridiculed by opponents in this game, and in the end it is also a situation of turning back.
　　After seeing it, Phil said, "Let him try it. Now, he is not yet fit to work under the basket. The fight there is too fierce."
　　 So, Sun Zhuo was gradually placed away from the basket, Phil told him: "You can try to shoot a three-pointer, especially your corner three-point shooting rate is not bad."
　　Sun Zhuo can only smile bitterly, how can he score a three-point long shot with a 30-level SF?
In this "NBA World" game, SG (shooting guard) has the highest three-point value. SF's strength is in rebounds and dunks. As for Phil, telling Sun Zhuo that he has a good three-point shooting from the corner, Sun Zhuo didn't take it seriously, because he didn't shoot a few three-pointers in the whole regular season, and his shooting rate could not explain the problem, and Sun Zhuo tried his three-point shooting rate in various positions~EbookFREE.me~ Actually it's not so good.
The most important thing is that when Sun Zhuo was placed outside the three-point line, his teammates dared not pass the ball to Sun Zhuo, because Sun Zhuo did not prove that he had an excellent three-pointer, so it was less than a last resort, or appeared Completely empty seats, neither Kobe nor Payton, will not think of letting Sun Zhuo complete the long shot.
At the beginning of this game, the Lakers can still suppress the Rockets. O'Neal catches the ball and dribbles to the low position. Once in that position, he will turn around and force a dunk. The method is simple and effective. Will choose to score the ball out, teammates will have a chance to shoot easily.
But as the game deepened, the Rockets' defense against O'Neal became more powerful, forcing O'Neill to divide the ball every time, and other people's defense was very fast, often caught in the final Kobe strong vote situation, this time Kobe, He hasn't learned the low-level offensive skills from Olajuwon's apprenticeship, and the result of the forced vote is not ideal.
　　Carl Malone is not good today, 14 of 3, but Gary Peyton became the team's third scorer, occupying the position that Sun Zhuo should have occupied.
In the first game of the playoffs, both sides played more nervously. The more inaccurate the shot, the more they would focus on defense. Finally, the two teams added up to 143 points in this game. The Lakers finally rely on Kobe’s Shooting three non-sticks, O'Neill dunked after receiving the ball, achieved a key two-point advantage, and won the final game.
After the game, Bill Walton commented: "Neither the Lakers nor the Rockets have played their level today, but this is the playoff game. In the playoffs, you can achieve half the level of the regular season. Eric Sun fully explained this to us. He averaged 17 points per game in the regular season. He only scored 8 points today and made 6 turnovers."