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

Chapter 332 The Lakers may be in trouble (two-in-one)

Adelman and his coaching staff are extremely unfamiliar with the Lakers' current style of play and are a little helpless.

Perhaps, after going back tonight, the entire coaching staff will work overtime to study the loopholes in this style of play and find out how to deal with it.

but not now.

Now, they can't provide any help at all from the team's tactics.

The first thing we can rely on is the individual performance of the players.

"Rick, don't blame yourself for such a small problem. Every player will have a great game! We were just unlucky. In the first game of the Western Conference Finals, we encountered Kobe's explosion!"

Weber and Divac looked at each other and were the first to express comfort.

This is not only for Adelman, but also for his teammates.

As an NBA professional player, everyone will have explosive moments. The teammates present have experienced such moments more or less, which is not terrible.

Just like the team's little transparent Fanderburk, in the regular season against the Spurs last year, he showed off his prowess and made whatever shots he wanted. Even if the Spurs asked Duncan to guard him specifically, they couldn't stop Fanderburk from hitting every shot. .

Fear comes from the unknown.

When everyone thinks about this, Kobe's magical performance tonight is no longer so scary.

Isn't it just a big explosion?
We play more than 100 games every year, do we encounter many explosive opponents?
Even if we encounter a huge opponent, it’s not like we haven’t won?
"That's right! It's only Kobe who has a big explosion. I will try to limit him and consume him on the offensive end!" Lu Yuanzhi followed up and expressed support for his boss, "His physical strength has an upper limit. He will play until the fourth quarter. , when he gets tired, our opportunity will come!”

"Don't forget, more than ten of us can play, but only seven or eight of them can keep up with our intensity!"

"I will work with Max to consume Kobe's energy." Doug Christie also expressed his opinion.

Kobe's ability to suddenly go berserk today is inseparable from him.

Perhaps he was overconfident. When Kobe was gaining momentum, Christie did not interrupt Kobe's momentum with a rough foul. Instead, he believed too much in experience, feeling that Kobe would return to the right path of blacksmithing sooner or later.

By the time Kobe went crazy, it was too late for Christie to restrict him.

But Christie was very happy that his teammates did not blame him for this. After all, everyone knew that Christie's choice was not a big problem.

He just encountered a small probability event.

Before Lu Yuanzhi was about to return to the court, Christie pulled him and said, "Max, do you know how to deal with Kobe?"

"Of course, Doug!" Lu Yuanzhi was full of confidence, "It consumes his physical energy, doesn't it?"

Christy grinned, which was exactly what he was thinking.

No matter who he is, no matter how good he is, there is always an upper limit to his physical ability.

Perhaps the secretion of hormones can make them temporarily forget their fatigue, but the fatigue will not disappear. When the excitement passes, they will experience deeper fatigue.

The Kings now have two defensive specialists who can take on Kobe, so why not give it a try?

Back on the court, Lu Yuanzhi adjusted his defensive strategy against Kobe.

He actually started staring at Kobe in the audience!

Kobe glanced at Lu Yuanzhi with strange eyes, instinctively feeling that something was wrong, but he didn't think about it deeply.

It's Billups who controls the ball. What's the point of following me from our backcourt like this, wasting your energy?
Of course it makes sense!
Lu Yuanzhi chose to do this, of course, first to give reassurance to his teammates.

No matter what you lose, don’t lose confidence!
Lu Yuanzhi just wants to give a signal to his teammates. Even if Kobe Bryant is unstoppable tonight, I, Lu Yuanzhi, will still try my best to stop him!
I'll do my job well, and you can't hold me back!
Billups dribbled past the midline. At this time, he could easily give the ball to Kobe, who was in hot condition, and let him launch an unsolvable offensive again. However, at this time, Billups was in a bit of trouble.

Because Lu Yuanzhi was running tirelessly to interfere with Kobe Bryant's catch.

Yes, this is exactly Lu Yuanzhi's second purpose.

Since your Kobe attack with the ball tonight is unstoppable, then I will make it impossible for you to catch the ball!

And all I have to pay is some of my physical fitness!
Of course, Kobe also felt the change in Lu Yuanzhi's defensive intensity. He was also very experienced and began to move around the court constantly, using teammates to cover and look for opportunities to catch the ball.

Lu Yuanzhi did not panic. This was his third purpose, and it was also the way he and Christie came up with to force Kobe to consume a lot of physical energy before Kobe could catch the ball.

By the way, disrupt the Lakers' offensive rhythm!

Kobe finally successfully caught the basketball, but before that, the Lakers consumed nearly 5 seconds.

Including the time it took Billups to dribble across half court, the Lakers' offense consumed about 10 seconds.

This means that the Lakers' offense can only carry out one tactical coordination. If the first tactical coordination fails, it will enter the stage of Kobe or O'Neal's singles problem solving.

But Kobe didn't care.

After quickly calling out O'Neal, Kobe began to cooperate with O'Neal in pick-and-roll again.

To be honest, if anyone has the opportunity to play a pick-and-roll with O'Neal, it will definitely be much more comfortable than playing the damn triangle offense.

O'Neal's huge body can block most defenders very well, and his flexible steps for a center also make him a huge threat when cutting inside.

Who doesn't like a pick-and-roller like this?
If it's Lillard, why won't he show off the pick-and-roll?

ah?Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo's pick-and-roll effect is poor?

This. . .

Sorry, this is beyond my knowledge, I don’t know how to evaluate it at all!
O'Neal's pick-and-roll effect was very good, but Lu Yuanzhi was not an ordinary defender. After noticing O'Neal coming up, he used his strong body to stick to Kobe and force his way through the pick-and-roll.

Yes, you, O'Neal, are very strong. It's useless no matter how hard I squeeze you, but Kobe is not as strong as you!

While squeezing through, Lu Yuanzhi glanced at the referee. The referee was about to put the whistle in his hand into his mouth, but it seemed that considering that this was the playoffs and the Western Conference finals that attracted everyone's attention, he did not respond to this intensity. The defense whistled.

very good!

The referees are encouraging more intense physical confrontation!

Lu Yuanzhi squeezed through the pick-and-roll and stood in front of Kobe, blocking Kobe's breakthrough route.

Kobe and O'Neal frowned at the same time. In such a defensive position, they couldn't rush into the paint together. This time the pick-and-roll failed.

But it doesn't matter, there is still plenty of attack time.

Although the two superstars with extremely high golf IQ have never played this kind of cooperation, they still have a tacit understanding and choose to do it again.

O'Neal turned around and adjusted the angle of the pick-and-roll, while Kobe passed the ball to O'Neal, then quickly ran back, bypassing O'Neal and receiving O'Neal's pass hand-to-hand.

However, this still did not leave Lu Yuanzhi behind.

Lu Yuanzhi was highly focused. When he saw Kobe passing the ball back, he stopped the car and ran back close to Kobe.

Kobe is half a body ahead of Lu Yuanzhi. This tiny space cannot help him break into the basket, but Kobe is not the only one who can break through.

After receiving the ball, Kobe exploded the ball, moved his body to the side and back again, and then joined the ball and took off to shoot.

Lu Yuanzhi did not expect Kobe to be so decisive, but he did not completely lose his defensive position, and immediately jumped to block the shot.

He's not a floor player like Shane Battier who doesn't bounce well and is trying to cover his eyes.

That is to say, if you dare to cover up in the NBA, if you go to the international arena, you cover up once, the referee will blow it once, and the opponent will be weak in free throws!

Lu Yuanzhi's hand went straight to the basketball, but Kobe's back shot was very large and he grasped the rhythm very well. He took the shot before Lu Yuanzhi's block came.

"Backboard!"

Lu Yuanzhi shouted!
With such a difficult fallback, such a strong interference, and such a flat arc, he didn't believe that the ball could still be scored. "brush!"

But the basketball accurately got into the hoop and hit Lu Yuanzhi hard in the face.

Mudd, Kobe Bryant really had a hot touch tonight and could score the ball.

In normal times, shouldn't the four Yangs turn into the three irons?
However, Lu Yuanzhi is not depressed at all. Even if you can hit such magic balls all over the field, can your physical strength be able to withstand it?

At the last moment, can you still dance?

Moreover, Lu Yuanzhi not only wanted to put pressure on Kobe on the defensive end, but also on the offensive end, he also had to consume Kobe's physical strength.

When the Kings attack, Kobe is responsible for guarding Lu Yuanzhi. Lu Yuanzhi is not polite at all and just starts running on the court.

Although he now has the ability to attack with the ball, how can running around walking the dog consume the opponent's energy more when attacking with the ball?
Lu Yuanzhi first ran into the penalty area, ducked in and out of the crowd, and then suddenly reversed, returned to the original position when he entered the penalty area, and accelerated towards the three-point line.

Kobe followed closely behind, but at this time, a huge figure suddenly appeared in front of him. Stojakovic ran over without knowing when and made an off-ball screen for Lu Yuanzhi.

But this was not a problem for Kobe. He deftly avoided the Yugoslavs and accelerated to catch up with Lu Yuanzhi.

At this moment, there are only more than ten seconds left in the attack time. Ordinarily, when Lu Yuanzhi gets a chance to catch the ball, he should look for an opportunity to take a shot. But on the one hand, Lu Yuanzhi feels that this shooting opportunity is not good. On the other hand, if he slips away again, Wouldn't it be nice to take a look at Kobe?

When Lu Yuanzhi saw Kobe rushing over, he also accelerated and passed Kobe.

Kobe was shocked and stepped on the brakes, stopping his forward momentum and turning around to chase Lu Yuanzhi.

But this was a huge position, and he completely lost his defensive position.

Lu Yuanzhi broke into the inside and received Bibby's pass.

That's the comfort of playing for the Kings. As long as you can get out of position, the ball will always come to you.

O'Neal quickly made up the defense, but this time, he was a step slower. Lu Yuanzhi quickly rose into the air and dunked the ball into the basket before O'Neal took off.

"Nice job!"

"Max dunked on Shaq!"

In the commentary box, Barkley yelled excitedly. He liked such passionate dunks, and he even liked that the background of such dunks was O'Neal.

O'Neal muttered, did not serve, and slowly walked towards the front court.

There was no time to defend the ball, so it couldn't be considered a dunk over my head!
Phil Jackson on the sidelines was keenly aware of Lu Yuanzhi's little thoughts, and called Kobe and Battier to ask them to replace the defender.

You can't expect your own ace to carry the flag on the offensive end, and when you return to the defensive end, you have to defend the opposite arrow character.

Although this is very Western and resembles a duel between cowboys, it consumes too much the physical energy of our own stars.

The style of play that was popular in the 90s was gradually replaced by more utilitarian tactics.

Because everyone knows that although one-on-one on both offense and defense is good for morale, no one's physical fitness is unlimited, and some tasks should be left to teammates in the team to complete.

Although Kobe was a little dissatisfied, he still wanted to be like Jordan, beating his opponents on both ends of the offense and defense, and then spewing some trash talk, but he still followed the Zen Master's instructions to defend Stojakovic.

Not for anything else, just for victory!
But when the Lakers' defensive round came, Kobe was surprised to find that the Yugoslavs also started running wildly, and Weber and Lu Yuanzhi in the crowd ran over to cover him from time to time.

Want a chance to rest on defense?

I don't think about it!

Although you, Kobe, are also a defensive expert, attacking your strong point is not a smart choice, but today is different.

Today's Kobe, no matter how strong his defense is, the Kings still have to let their players consume his energy on the offensive end.

Otherwise, a Kobe who can get a rest on the court can kill the Kings one ball after another!

Stojakovic's explosive power is not as strong as Lu Yuanzhi's, and he cannot make the amazing emergency stops and moves like Lu Yuanzhi's. However, many years of NBA career and a good foundation laid since childhood have made the Yugoslavian's off-the-ball movement more efficient. threatening.

He knows which teammates can provide him with off-ball screens.

He also knows how to move, making it harder for Kobe to trap him.

He even knew that as long as he stayed outside the three-point line, Kobe would have to be on alert.

A higher level of alert than Lu Yuanzhi.

Because he is the two-time NBA three-point contest champion.

His name is the representative of the shooter.

Kobe didn't dare to let him have even the slightest chance.

Poor Kobe, on the offensive end, he had to consume a lot of energy to attack, and on the defensive end, he didn't get any rest. Stojakovic was leading the whole court.

You thought this was the end?

No!This is the appetizer!

With only 7 seconds left in the attack time, Stojakovic suddenly changed direction while running, and then received a pass from Divac inside the three-point line.

This was not a regular spot for Stojakovic to attack.

But his newfound independence makes him a huge threat when receiving the ball in any position.

Stojakovic turned around, with his back to Kobe, and used his height and weight advantages to force his way inside.

Kobe mainly stayed stuck and didn't care much about the Yugoslavs' move to the inside.

He knew that as long as Stojakovic dared to go to the basket, his own shark would definitely open its mouth to him. He had to be careful, it was Stojakovic's strange shooting package that could make European players with average physical fitness complete shooting packages similar to fadeaway jumpers.

Sure enough, after pushing away Kobe in a physical confrontation, Stojakovic quickly turned around, raised one leg, took off with one leg, and jumped backwards to shoot.

Kobe had already caught the opportunity for Stojakovic to take off, and he also took off to block the shot almost at the same time.

But it didn't work.

Stojakovic's right leg was there, keeping Kobe away.

The backward angle is very large, creating a good shooting space for Stojakovic.

With a gentle flick of the Yugoslav woman's wrist, the ball drew a wonderful arc, passed Kobe's block, and flew toward the basket.

"brush!"

Go in!

Phil Jackson's face was ashen on the sidelines.

The Kings are determined to attack Kobe.

They want to consume Kobe's physical energy!

What made him even more uncomfortable was that Kobe, who was originally good at defense, not only failed to prevent Lu Yuanzhi's breakthrough, but also failed to prevent Stojakovic's shot.

Waste of energy!
I lost my wife and lost my army!
If according to this trend, the Kings can not only consume Kobe's physical energy, but also bite the score, then at the final decisive moment, the Lakers may be in trouble!
　Thanks to Ren Zhile for the reward, and thanks to all the brothers for your monthly votes!

　　Today’s two-in-one, that’s it for this chapter!

　　
　
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