Chapter 258: The Zen Master's Scheduling
"Come on, little fish hiding behind Kobe. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
This sentence was heard by Bynum clearly, except for Garnett, no insider dared to humiliate himself like this.
"Hey, Andrew, calm down. Bynum was just about to go up to Anjie to theorize, but Gasol grabbed him.
Bynum took a deep breath and tried to stabilize his emotions. He knew that it was all An Jie's trick, and an uncool mind could easily make mistakes. And An Jie is slowly stimulating Bynum, making his mind irritable and making his flaws bigger.
"I'm okay Paul, thanks. Let's go, it's time for us to get through. Bynum forced himself to squeeze a smile at Gasol so that he could be calmed down a bit.
From the very beginning of the game, Bynum used small moves, and it was always himself who suffered. An Jie's dark elbow and this humiliation made Bynum want to tear An Jie to shreds with practical actions.
But that's where he gets humiliated, and the Lakers' offense is now being taken over by Bryant again. Bynum wanted to play, but couldn't get the ball. And Anjie and Morris have become the current offensive core of the Thunder team, as long as they want, they can receive the ball inside again and again and attack the basket.
Bryant did shoot well in the quarter after a long break, and just now he scored a goal on Sephorosa's head with his trademark turnaround jumper. The more this is the case, the more Kobe Bryant will have to make a shot. The more Kobe Bryant's shots, the more aggrieved Bynum became.
Before Bynum could breathe out just now, Anjie once again leaned against him with the ball.
"It's still Anjie and Bynum who play in the low post, and the first two attacks Anjie and Morris have done very well. Look at what other tricks they have this time. Yu Jia looked at the field intently, of course he would not let go of the moment that belonged to An Jie.
Anjie knew Bynum's current mood, and if he was provoked by that kind of provocation, he would be angry. However, this is what An Jie wants.
He kept leaning Bynum, and Bynum did not show weakness, straightening his chest and carrying An Jie's impact again and again. The referee has already put the whistle in his mouth, and the movements of these two guys are too big!
Suddenly, Bynum, who was hit by An Jie, pushed An Jie hard, and this time, the referee who had been paying attention to the two of them could see it clearly.
"Toot toot!" The referee blew a foul without hesitation, and Anjie glanced at Bynum triumphantly before walking to the free throw line.
"Fuck!" Bynum gritted his teeth, although he fouled, Anjie didn't suffer much. In the process of the two of them colliding, they are actually indistinguishable.
Bynum was in pain, but he was rewarded with a foul.
An Jie hit both free throws steadily, and Bynum's behavior has begun to gradually get out of control! If a trash talk can make the opponent hot and get himself an easy free throw opportunity, then An Jie will be willing to continue to spray trash talk.
It's not about individuals, it's all about winning.
As the second quarter continued, the cheers of the Staples Center fans grew quieter. They were surprised to find that Anjie and Morris actually bit the score under the combined attack of the Twin Towers and Kobe!
Angel can be inside and out, and has a tacit understanding with Morris. The attack power of these two people is completely beyond Phil Jackson's imagination.
By the end of the second quarter, when Bynum had to go off the court due to rotation, the Lakers' defense couldn't do anything about them.
Odom's body can't hold Anjie and Morris at all, as for Gasol, don't compete with him, the harder you are, the softer he is.
As soon as the Thunder's interior line opens, the Lakers' defensive formation will be relatively narrow, so that the Thunder's three outside shooting space will become larger.
Livingston and Mayno fired back, and then Sefrosa also had a three-point shot under Anjie's ball. In the case of Kobe's gratifying hand, in the absence of Durant and Westbrook in the Thunder, the two teams are actually inseparable!
At 47-47, the halftime ended with the Thunder tied with the Purple and Gold at the Staples Center. Phil Jackson can't even calculate it, his twin towers will be at a disadvantage!
Maybe it's because Westbrook and Durant are there, so Anjie and Morris don't look very dazzling on the offensive end. But now the Zen master knows that the Lakers' interior line is really not dominant. If you want to win, you really have to look at Kobe's performance in the second half.
"Andrew, you have to be calm! If you continue to make unnecessary fouls on that Chinese, it is exactly his plan!" Bynum didn't have much playing time, and if he couldn't stand An Jie's stimulation, then the Zen master would only have to further squeeze his time.
Odom and Gasol's defensive effects have just been seen by Zen masters, and without Bynum, the Lakers' interior defense level really can't resist the Thunder's offense. Bynum's time must not be shortened, and Phil Jackson must remind the Lakers of the potential center they have developed.
'I'm calm and whatever he says in the second half, I'm not going to be impulsive anymore. Bynum replied disapprovingly, trying to defeat him just by mental stimulation?
"Kobe, you can be more flexible in the second half...... Seeing that Bynum had no problem, Phil Jackson began to make other arrangements, which is enough to show the importance of Bynum on the defensive end. However, only Gasol found that Bynum's fists were clenched all the time and never let go.
"Ann and Morris, you two did a great job in the first half. There's one more stat I want to remind you about, Bynum has been fouled three times, you know what I mean?" Van Gundy swept through his players, especially Anjie and Westbrook.
"Get him off the court, and then we'll break down the Lakers' interior in one go. Anjie smiled, he knew the bad ideas in Van Gundy's head.
"That's right, Ann, just do it. As long as Bynum isn't there, a Gasol, I think we can handle it. "It's almost in vain to try to restrain Kobe, so Van Gundy is going to make a big fuss on the inside.
"Kevin, in the second half, you also appropriately reduced the number of outside shots. Break through, don't be afraid of Artest, he is no longer the same person he was back then!" It's a playoff game, and just a little bit of strength won't make the team win.
"I know everybody isn't optimistic that we're going to win the Lakers at Staples, but right here, right in the middle of the season, we've beaten them! We've beaten the defending champions! There's nothing to be afraid of, we've come all the way here, and we've never been favored by anyone!
Tactics and mentality, Van Gundy has completely adjusted. Now, let's wait and see what kind of countermeasures the Zen master will come up with.
At the beginning of the second half, the Zen master let the twin towers stay by his side. He hoped that his twin towers could stagger with the Whirlwind Twin Towers, otherwise Bynum and Gasol would be inefficient and wasted their energy.
In their place were all-round warriors Lamar Odom and Josh Powell.
Now don't wait for when, seeing the Lakers give up the inside line, Van Gundy is also unequivocal. Swung his arm vigorously and let Anjie and Morris continue to attack!
But before they can get in, the Thunder will have to take the Lakers' offense off the ground.
How did the Zen master arrange it, this ball should be able to see some clues.
As soon as the offensive formation unfolded, Van Gundy found that the Lakers had really completely abandoned the interior. Odom was lounging outside the three-point line, while Bowell was doing off-ball pick-and-rolls for his teammates. Throughout the three-second zone, no one went to settle down.
Fischer controlled the basketball steadily, and when he found the opportunity, the old fish suddenly made a strong pass to the ground.
Because the Thunder's defense was stretched too wide, the pass gap that Lao Yu got was also very large. Bryant easily got away with the ball and got around Sephorosa and received the hit pass that went straight into the box.
After receiving the ball, Kobe Bryant had already flashed past An Jie, but An Jie reacted quickly and immediately chased back. But the rushing Peter Pan is something An Jie can easily catch up with.
Facing the Thunder's unguarded basket, Kobe Bryant immediately took three steps, jumped high, and won the tomahawk split.
There is no inside line and no inside line play, this is the Zen master, he will never send useless people on the field.
And when the Thunder attacked, An Jie held the ball. Odom, along with Powell, carried out the trap on Angel.
These two flexible guys are very difficult, An Jie can easily eat them alone, but he can fall into the bag, and in the face of those two pairs of constantly waving arms, An Jie has to choose to pass the ball for the sake of insurance.
Naturally, the ball passed to Morris, who was missed, and just as the big bull was about to return the color with a dunk, the fast-moving Odom made up for it.
Since Odom can play five positions, his speed is naturally much faster than that of a traditional interior lineman. The Zen master knew that shooting was Morris's weakness, and he had to get close to the basket if he wanted to attack. And the time when Morris rushed to the basket was enough for Odom to make up for the defense.
Morris decided to force a layup in the same way as in the first half, ignoring Odom, who was much thinner than himself. However, as soon as he jumped, the basketball in his hand was cut off by Odom.
Odom advanced with the ball on his own, and suddenly passed forward, and Bryant still scored the ball despite Westbrook's efforts to chase back. 4-0, as soon as the third quarter came up, the Lakers gave the Thunder a strong response.
With the excellent performance of his teammates, Artest was also greatly affected. He defended Durant tighter, and the skinny Durant was completely crushed by Artest's body.
After an attack, the ball hit Westbrook. Once again, he threw himself into the air before thinking about what to do with the ball.
But this time he found that Odom blocked his offensive angle very tightly, and Powell stuck to Anjie inch by inch, so that he could not catch the ball.
Feeling like he was about to start falling, Westbrook had no choice but to get the ball into Morris's hands.
Morris was afraid of losing his chance, so he shot hard. His shot was still as stiff as in college, and the basketball that was thrown out also slammed into the front of the basket and missed.
Van Gundy found out that the two new insiders of the Zen master had restrained Anjie and Morris!
A rookie manager like Adrian Dantley might be toyed with by Van Gundy, but now his opponent is Phil Jackson.
Seeing that the score was slowly widening, Van Gundy also began to think of a solution. It's not that easy to defeat the Purple and Gold in Staples!
The Lakers are not only strong players, but also coaches!
The second half will only be more complicated and difficult. (To be continued.) )