Chapter 384: From Vulnerability to Advantage
The Lakers are still in a state of confusion, they still haven't eased up, and Kraft Nguyen is really going to be a point guard?
In the next second, just after halftime, Fisher, who chose to pass the ball, was cut off, and the person who broke the ball was none other than Ruan Erniu. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Celestial Empire used his height and reach to easily predict Fisher's passing route and intercepted the ball in one fell swoop.
Then Erniu started the wild bull sprint, no one along the way, and after flying into the air, he filled the basket with one arm and solved the battle.
MVP!
MVP!
MVP!
The home fans finally don't have to hold back themselves, they can cheer to their heart's content.
"Toot!" Phil Jackson called a timeout, he couldn't tolerate continued chaos on the team.
The Hawks' choice to put Ruan Erniu in the No. 1 position made all his previous calculations come to naught, and now what he urgently needs to solve is the Lakers' game status problem.
"It doesn't matter where the Celestial Empire people appear, your own offensive and defensive rhythm can't be disrupted!" That said, but Jackson now has no way to stop the Celestial Empire monster in the No. 1 position, "On the offensive end, the main ones are Paul and Lamar!"
This is Jackson's only way, and he can't find a way to stabilize the situation on the offensive end in his eagerness on the defensive end.
Jackson's judgment is that if Kraft Nguyen is not on the inside, the Hawks' defense should be far worse than in the past!
At the end of the timeout, the Lakers held the ball, Fisher carefully guarded the basketball, and then passed the ball to Kobe's hand.
Ruan Erniu's pressing defense put too much pressure on Fisher, why can such a huge body be so flexible?
The senile Fisher simply did not have the courage to break through.
It's not so much that he passed the ball to Kobe, but that he was really afraid of taking the blame.
Kobe Bryant didn't force the ball and passed the ball to Gasol in the high post as soon as possible.
Gasol singled Pachulia in the high post, which should be quite a sure point, after all, Gasol's speed and shooting accuracy are difficult for Pachulia to parry.
In the regular season, of course, that's no problem.
But this is the finals, and it's a very defensive arena. The Georgian's small gesture made Gasol very uncomfortable.
Zaza Pachulia was not weak in athleticism at his peak, and he was able to limit Gasol well on the defensive end.
Gasol forced his shot and hit the iron.
Ruan Erniu stuck the position for the first time and won the backcourt rebound.
This time he didn't run wildly, he used a big center like Pachuria, and sometimes, he had to sacrifice a little speed.
The Lakers were even more uncomfortable, and they ran back to their own half like they had done in previous games, only to find that the Hawks were actually playing the standard half-court positional flow.
Erniu is called a point guard, but he didn't control the basketball desperately, Zaza Pachulia mentioned the high post, and after Erniu passed the ball to Embarrassment, with the help of Zaza's cover, he ran without the ball and rushed to the inside.
Embarrassed Sen made a through plug and sent the ball to the unguarded Erniu, who put his arms into the basket and scored 2 points effortlessly.
What about the Lakers' defenders?
Fisher was pushed by Pachulia on the perimeter, and Gasol followed Pachulia out of the line. The speed of the second bull is too fast, and Gasol's change of defense is slow. There is also Odom, who was afraid of Marvin Williams' mid-range shooting ability, so he failed to make up for it in time.
The Lakers' defense was in shambles, and Jackson asked for a timeout again, this is a life-and-death battle, and the Lakers have no way back since G4.
Either win 3 games in a row or go home fishing.
Originally, after Bibby's injury, the probability of the former situation was greatly increasing, but now, the probability of the latter situation is increasing rapidly.
Phil Jackson turned on Spitfire mode and spewed the whole team into a rage, hoping that they would be able to cheer up on the defensive end.
The Hawks opened the game with a 12-0 surge, and it wasn't until three and a half minutes into the first quarter that the Lakers hit the first step-back jumper from 20 feet by Kobe Bryant to break the big duck egg.
But this is far from enough for the Lakers, Ruan Erniu is in the point guard position, and the pressure on the Lakers on the defensive end is difficult to describe in words.
Fisher, Kobe, Radmanovic, and even Odom took turns to defend him, but they didn't have the effect of restraining him, and Ruan Erniu faced all kinds of misalignments in the face of these guys.
Those who are shorter than you are not as strong as you, taller than you are still not as strong as you, and the speed is the same, and it is estimated that only Famar can barely keep up with Erniu in the Lakers.
Before G6, even Erniu himself didn't notice that when he got to the No. 1 position, his misalignment advantage would be so big.
After less than three years of vocational training, Erniu's technology has grown too fast.
He reached the No. 1 position in this game, and he was just thinking about better making up for the Hawks' loopholes in the No. 1 position, but he didn't expect that when he really got to the court, his mismatch advantage was even greater than when he was on the inside.
Knowing each other but not knowing themselves, the Eagles have actually hidden such a killer move for a long time, but they have never thought of it.
From this point of view, Bibi's injury may be a good thing, because in this way, another form of Ruan Erniu was forced out.
Erniu held the ball on the outside, and this time Kobe Bryant switched to defend him one-on-one.
Ruan Erniu faced Kobe Bryant and entered the inner line, and the powerful power made it difficult for Kobe to stop the Celestial Empire who gained space in the first step.
Gasol's bag came as scheduled, Erniu jumped high with the ball in one hand, and the three jumped into the air at the same time, Erniu took the ball back into his arms in the air, and after moving sideways to avoid the bag of the two, he stretched out his long arm, and poked the ball out from behind the rebound with his right hand, a light throw, the basketball with a spin, and hit the board into the basket.
"Oh!"
The Philips Arena has been detonated again!
Today, LeBron James also came to the Philips Arena, watching Ruan Erniu's wonderful move, he made an extremely exaggerated expression on his face.
Obviously, he was also conquered by Erniu's creativity and top physical talent!
However, James is far more complicated on the inside than on the outside, and he also understands that the East is getting harder and harder to mix.
In addition to the Cavaliers, the rise of the Hawks, the strength of the Celtics, and the rise of the Magic are all things in front of him, and he, the chosen son, can only be a spectator on the stage of the Finals, what a tragedy for him.
What's more, Kraft Nguyen on the field is younger than him, and if he really leads the team to win the O'Brien Cup in his rookie season, his future is limitless.
This is not good news for James, who wants to be the number one man in the league.
At 19:30, the Hawks led their opponents by 11 points in the first quarter.
Nguyen Erniu scored 7 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists in a single quarter, giving the Lakers a heavy blow at the No. 1 position.
ESPN still fielded the classic trio of Mark Jackson, Jeff Van Gundy and Mike Brin today.
Van Gundy commented on the first quarter: "The Hawks did a trick, I think the Lakers are in big trouble, they don't have as much advantage on the inside as they thought they would be, but they have more trouble in the backcourt. ”
Mark Jackson said: "Don't just look at Kraft Nguyen on the offensive end, he's just as good on the defensive end. Fisher shot 0-of-3 in the first quarter and didn't score a point.
The Celestial Empire even has the strength to wrap up Kobe, and the Black Mamba also shot 1 of 4 in the first quarter of the game, and only scored 5 points with this free throw, which is not very efficient. ”
Mike Brin said: "In other words, you are more optimistic about the Eagles winning the championship?"