Chapter 268: A Minor Tactical Mistake
"You did a good job handling the ball in the first quarter, and you take a break at the beginning of the second quarter, and we will play according to the previous tactics!" Van Gundy finished Anjie's task in one sentence, not because he was dissatisfied with Anjie, but because the break time was too short for a game like the Western Conference semifinals. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info He has to save time, be able to keep it simple and not too verbose.
"KD, in the first half of the second quarter, you have to withstand the pressure!" Van Gundy didn't use the word "hope" this time, but said yes.
Van Gundy guessed that Phil Jackson might make adjustments to the Thunder's first-quarter tactics, and the championship coach must have seen what he was up to. It didn't matter, he changed his tactics at the beginning of the second quarter and made the Lakers' setup all nullified. At the same time, Anjie can also get more rest time to prepare for the more intense competitions in the future.
"Lamar and Paul, you give me a firm bag in the second half! As soon as he steps into the three-point line, you don't hesitate to pack me up! If he holds the ball outside the three-point line, Paul, you don't let him go. Jamming his position makes it difficult for him to handle the ball!As for you Artest, I don't want you to take care of the overall situation when defending, I just want you to follow Durant all the time, even if the rest of the Thunder team is empty under the basket, you don't care, continue to follow Durant!" Phil Jackson emphasized a lot of precautions about defense in one breath, which surprised Kobe.
Although the Thunder's offense in the first quarter was indeed very smooth, it was the Lakers who were leading now! Kobe Bryant couldn't understand why his coach was afraid of being like this.
The players on the court naturally have a better grasp of the overall situation than the coach off the court, Kobe Bryant has not seen any clues from the Thunder, but Phil Jackson has already touched Van Gundimo thoroughly.
However, when the two sides reappeared in the second quarter, Jackson realized that he had been tricked by that damn bald man again!
The center-forward tactics that worked well in the first quarter were not continued by Van Gundy, and Anjie was replaced by Ibaka, and the Thunder will definitely return to attacking with Durant as the core. That is, most of the arrangements that Jackson made during the interregendent became nonsense!
"Isn't he coming? Then don't blame us for being rude!" Kobe glanced at An Jie, who was obediently sitting on the bench, Van Gundy gave such a big gift to the Lakers, and the Black Mamba would not refuse.
After the opening, the Lakers continued their offensive momentum, and with Gasol, who was in excellent form, to solve Kobe's problems, the Lakers' offensive efficiency was more than one level higher than the previous two games.
Although Phil Jackson's defensive layout has become a waste of paper, his offensive layout is still executing step by step.
It's a good team. Although Van Gundy didn't play his cards by common sense, the Lakers players on the court weren't overwhelmed by it. They calmly respond to all kinds of changes and try to do their part well.
What moves you are willing to use is your business, what we have to do is to play our own tactics and our strengths!
It's true that on the offensive end, the Lakers weren't affected in the slightest. But they finally got used to the Thunder with the center as the core, and now they have to change to adapt to the Thunder with the outside offense as the core. This kind of transformation of a huge gap cannot be adjusted in a few minutes.
Artest sticks to Durant very tightly, but Durant is now dominated by ball-handling offense. As a result, the Rockets veteran has been saddled with many fouls.
Fischer barely had a break through by Westbrook in the first quarter, as the ball was in Angel's hands. But in the second verse, everything changed again. Although Fischer is sophisticated, the Lakers' offense will be more fluid and natural when he is on the floor. But now Westbrook is putting too much pressure on him, and Fischer has already committed two fouls to prevent Westbrook from breaking through.
When it comes to creating damage, it's not just interior players who suffer.
After a few minutes of play, the difference between the two teams still did not change much. Phil Jackson was going to call a timeout to rearrange the defense, but he knew that as soon as he changed, Van Gundy would immediately bring Anjie up and disrupt his own tactics!
Anyway, now that the Lakers are still holding a solid lead, it is better to let the game go on like this. The person who should be anxious at that time is Van Gundy, not him!
Watching Gasol play Morris and Ibaka, two rookies, and watching Odom repeatedly get shots from the outside. Van Gundy found that it wasn't just the offense, the Thunder's defense was starting to crumble. If Durant and Westbrook hadn't worked hard enough, the Lakers might have pulled the gap apart long ago.
Giardina sat behind An Jie, but she didn't dare to say even a word to An Jie. This man who is fully committed to the game gives a completely different feeling of oppression than when he is off the court!
"Boss, enough rest. An Jie patted Van Gundy, who was sitting next to him, Van Gundy glanced at the time on the big screen, the second quarter was almost five minutes old, and the time was just right!
"Pause, pause!" Van Gundy immediately called the first timeout of the Thunder's second quarter after Bryant assisted Gasol's goal again. It's time, it's time to let go of your hands and feet!
"It seems that Phil's old fox is not fooled, his Lakers team is really not so easy to deceive. Van Gundy shook his head, still thinking of the old man Jackson too simply.
"Well done guys, second half of the second quarter, Ann, you know what to do. That's what we've been practicing these days, and now, it's time to show all the results of your practice!" Phil Jackson, that guy may have seen everything through. No matter how secretive it is, there is no point.
"Our defensive strategy remains the same, the Thunder team will definitely not be able to hold back, their show time is over! From now on, the Thunder team will launch an all-out counterattack with real guns! Resist me until the end of the game!" Old Phil's face was red from his shock. Emotions are high, blood pressure soars, so people also say that professional basketball coaching is a dangerous job. Maybe one day, this blood vessel will be broken?
Anjie re-appeared, and the cheers at the Chesapeake Energy Arena continued to grow. The Thunder team is eight points behind, and An Jie's task is really heavy.
On the first shot of the opening game, An Jie did not receive the ball outside the three-point line again. Instead, he honestly ran to the low post and became entangled with the Spaniard Gasol.
Since it is the core of the tactics, there must be more than one tactical style of play. In the low post, Van Gundy's tactical changes are still abundant.
Westbrook didn't have much possession, he just dribbled the ball safely across the half court and handed it directly to Anjie.
It's up to Angel to take care of everything, and that's the biggest change for the Thunder today from the previous game.
Don't look at Anjie holding the ball on the inside, but he doesn't have the only option of singles. Odom didn't dare to act rashly on the sidelines, and how sharp Anjie's pass was, Jackson didn't fail to emphasize it.
Now all the rest of the Lakers can do is try to bite the runners and not give them space to catch the ball. Gasol has a much harder time to face, he has to stop Anjie's offense!
Gasol, who played half a quarter of the game, was very physically exhausted, and the physical strength of the Spaniards has always been a problem, and now it is indeed difficult for him to face the physical An Jie.
Anjie didn't plan to fight with Gasol, because it would be easy for Gasol to guess his next move. Hitting hard is Gasol's biggest weakness!
An Jie kept using his back to challenge the limits of the Spaniards, Gasol's chest was overwhelmed by An Jie, and even then he couldn't take half a step back!
If it weren't for the emergence of Charles Barkley to change the rules of the NBA, Gasol would have really been arrested. Fortunately, the rules of this moment protected him.
But before he could take a breath, An Jie's offensive pounced again!
An Jie sat down with Gasol again, but this time it was not a back hit, but a sudden turn!
An Jie's turn this time was not to use confusion and flexibility to pass the opponent, but to use a tough body collision to squeeze the opponent away.
Seeing that Gasol was knocked two steps away by himself, An Jie came to the basket with a small jump, and quickly jumped twice and hung the frame in place under the basket.
The basketball hoop at the Chesapeake Energy Arena made a huge "shout", and the reaction from the audience was even more explosive.
"Well done!" Giardina can finally cheer for the Thunder team today, because she is surrounded by Thunder fans today, and she doesn't have to worry about being looked down upon.
"Oh my God, that's O'Neal, that's got to be O'Neal. In the past, you all said that Ann was a flexible center, but now this guy can even learn O'Neal!" After Anjie did a complete set of moves, the first name that came to Barkley's mind was O'Neal.
The way and pace of attacking the basket is exactly the same as O'Neal!
An Jie naturally does not have a perverted body like O'Neill, but the physical exhaustion of Gasol puts too little pressure on An Jie.
After that goal, Phil Jackson had to sacrifice his own attack, replacing Gasol with Bynum.
It can't be helped, the Spaniard has to take a break and he did play more time today than expected.
After the first two games, Bynum has proven that the attack will be completely suppressed in front of Anjie. In this one, the Zen master didn't have much hope for his attack.
Sure enough, when Gasol was replaced, the Lakers' interior offense suddenly stalled. Bynum tried to hit twice, but to no avail. On the contrary, it was An Jie who continued to lead the team to continue chasing points with his own methods.
An Jie has played less than four minutes since he started the game, and the Lakers' original eight-point lead is only two points left in the blink of an eye.
However, at this juncture, Van Gundy had to replace Westbrook, Morris and Seforosa and other main players, because the three of them had been playing for a long time in the second quarter, and Anjie had to lead the team's second team to complete the next game for the sake of rotation.
Angel, Ibaka, Durant, Livingston and Eric Maynor, that's the Thunder's current lineup.
On the Lakers' side, the Zen master sent a combination of Bynum, Odom, Shannon Brown, Kobe Bryant and Vujasic.
None of them are the strongest lineups, but they all leave the sharpest blades on the field. The competition between the second team of the two teams is still full of highlights!
Anjie, the core, can play well in addition to the support of the starters. The test is coming!
The real core, at any time, can lead the team to victory! The Lakers' only two-point advantage looks like it's about to be filled.