NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 330 The familiar yet unfamiliar Kobe
If statistics are used, O'Neal's current score will most likely be counted as "off-ball offense."

Off-the-ball offense in everyone's mind: running hard, actively covering with teammates, looking for a gap, and sealing the throat with a sword from the outside.

Off-ball offense in terms of statistics: including pie-eating.

That's right, O'Neal's scoring method of cutting inside and catching the ball after covering the screen is very similar to Capela.

By the way, many people asked me in the comment area, why can’t Tan Huang play without the ball?He is great without the ball!

If you look at the statistics, his off-ball offensive scoring can account for more than 30%!
Okay, statistics again.

This is the battlefield where the Tanhuang team is best at cheating!

If eating pie can be considered as off-ball offense, then Capela's off-ball offense is most likely to be master-level. More than 90% of his offensive scores come from eating pie.

In the same way, Jordan is also a master of off-ball offense. As long as he is paired with a good defender, such as the 58-shooter in Lo-oop City, he can average more than 12 points per game in off-ball offense!

According to this logic, the real master without the ball: the cake eater!

False off-ball masters: Miller, Ray Allen, Hamilton, Klay Thompson. . .

Kobe's rampage continues.

In the next attack, he once again called O'Neal to come for the pick-and-roll. The Shark was in a good mood today, and he had to seize the opportunity and enjoy this pick-and-roll treatment.

He hasn't enjoyed it in so many years!
Don't think that "put away your damn pick-and-roll" means that Kobe doesn't want to play pick-and-roll. Didn't you see that he and Dayao had a lot of fun in the All-Star Game?
Didn't he feel very happy after his sister-in-law arrived?
He just doesn't like those pick-and-rolls that don't bring any help except bringing him a double-team!

O'Neal's pick-and-roll is very comfortable.

This time, Lu Yuanzhi predicted O'Neal's pick-and-roll position very well, and grabbed the pass one step ahead. At the same time, Divac also blocked O'Neal's cutting route.

O'Neal, who does not enter the inside line, is no threat at all.

The moment Lu Yuanzhi slowed down to grab the screen, Kobe also accelerated at the same time and came to the free throw line.

At this time, he did not continue to accelerate, but slowed down near the free throw line, stuck Lu Yuanzhi behind him, and began to observe the situation on the court.

Lu Yuanzhi frowned. You can see this sophisticated offensive method in Kidd and Payton. This is a skill exclusive to top point guards.

After the pick-and-roll, use your body to trap the defender behind you, observe the situation, and then make the next offensive plan.

No one stipulates that the little man behind the pick-and-roll must be like a kite with its string broken, rushing straight into the paint without control.

That was just Leng Touqing's choice.

Kobe was stuck like this, forcing Lu Yuanzhi to slow down, otherwise he would have to bump into Kobe and get a defensive foul.

But Lu Yuanzhi couldn't smoothly bypass Kobe and seize an advantageous defensive position. He was stuck tightly with Kobe's body, and there was no gap for him to move forward.

Turkoglu on the other side noticed the situation here and quickly slid over to help defend. Kobe saw this and accelerated towards the inside.

With Weber in front, Turkoglu on the side, and Lu Yuanzhi behind him, there is a real three-man double team with wide open space!
The passing route to O'Neal was intercepted by Divac.

Faced with such a "big gap", Kobe naturally jumped up without hesitation and prepared to attack the basket.

The three double-team players of the Kings took off one after another in a tacit understanding, not giving Kobe a chance to pass the three of them in the air.

But what Webb, Turkoglu and Lu Yuanzhi never expected was that Kobe threw the ball directly in the air to Battier, who was unmarked on the outside.

Passed the ball?
Kobe actually passed the ball?
Weber, Turkoglu and Lu Yuanzhi seemed to have received too much information flow and went down!
Why pass the ball?

Before the three of them could figure it out, Battier received the ball and still had time to adjust his shooting posture. Only then did he take a steady shot and hit a three-pointer!After Kobe landed, he didn't even look at the ball. He confidently raised three fingers and returned to defense while celebrating.

It's not that I don't want to pass the ball, it's that I don't want to pass the ball to a fool.

Those idiots can't make a shot after receiving a pass, so what should I pass to them?

It's better for me to attack directly!
Why is there a legend about "four-man double-teaming with a big gap"?

Because even if I am double-teamed by four people, the probability of scoring the ball is higher than the open shooting percentage of those idiots!
But Battier is different, and so is Billups.

Their three-pointers have been approved by me!

Lu Yuanzhi looked at Kobe in front of him, and a familiar yet unfamiliar feeling emerged.

It seems that at this moment, Kobe is completing a transformation, a mental transformation.

He is still young, he still has speed, he has not finished gaining weight, and he is not yet able to get everything he wants from the low post. He has not even learned the dream dance steps from Olajuwon, and he cannot make those incredible offenses on the court.

His offensive skills aren't quite there yet.

But at this moment, his mentality entered the realm of "Black Mamba" one step ahead of schedule.

He is like a deadly snake, looking for opportunities on the court, and then suddenly strikes to give his opponent a fatal blow.

In this game, he no longer indulges in individual singles. He will use the strength of his teammates to tear apart the defense and then distribute the ball to teammates who have better opportunities.

But he is not just organizing, he is also using his offense to put huge defensive pressure on the Kings.

Damn, what happened!
Lu Yuanzhi knows very well what Kobe looks like at this time.

Obsessed with playing alone, because he wanted to win the Finals MVP, he was set up a trap by the Pistons. He took crazy shots and rarely hit. He left O'Neal, a big inside killer, and only focused on his own offense.

This is the Kobe of this period!
This is the Kobe Lu Yuanzhi is familiar with!

But look at it, Kobe is actually mobilizing the whole team and organizing offense now. How can Kobe like this make Lu Yuanzhi black?
No, it's not just a matter of blackness. How can you defend against Kobe like this?
In the next attack, Kobe took advantage of Lu Yuanzhi's defensive hesitation and decisively shot backward. The ball drew a not-so-pretty arc and got into the basket again.

Dry!
The hit rate has also gone up!
Something was wrong with Kobe tonight.

But Lu Yuanzhi knew that he could no longer think about Kobe's problem.

No matter what stimulus Kobe received or what flash of inspiration made him understand how to play, now is not the time to get to the bottom of it.

What's the use of figuring it out now? The Lakers, led by Kobe, took the lead in the second quarter.

It’s time to respond!

Since I can't do anything to you on the defensive end, I have to show off my skills on the offensive end.

Lu Yuanzhi withstood Kobe's defense and shot directly from outside the three-point line, hitting his first three-pointer in the second quarter.

At 58:52, the Kings were still 6 points behind.

But Lu Yuanzhi also started to score points.

You, Kobe, have a hot hand in this game and are unstoppable on the offensive end?
It's okay, as long as I score enough goals, I can complete the exchange with you!

This is not an easy time for me, Kobe!

(End of this chapter)