Chapter 62: Lessons from Loss

The Lakers fell behind in the score, everyone was in a bad mood, sitting on the bench and not talking much, even Odom, who was usually funny, was silent. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Du has been thinking, what to do when he encounters small defensive actions? He is not attacking with the ball now, and some other small actions can be ignored for the time being, and the top priority is to solve Kirilenko and solve this game!

At this time, whether it is Xingyi Fist or Baguazhang, it seems that it is not used! So, what can be done when it comes to basketball skills? After thinking about it, Li Du suddenly found that he didn't know much about basketball and the NBA!

All his previous game methods were used in martial arts, and he didn't learn basketball well. The same is true for the NBA, until now, Li Du still only plays in the NBA as a job, a tool he uses to make money! He's right to love basketball, but he doesn't! How can a person who doesn't love basketball become a good professional player!

Li Du sighed, he still has a lot to learn! Guoshu has indeed allowed him to get the ability that most players don't have, and all his current reputation and strength are also obtained by virtue of his cultivation of Guoshu, but Guoshu and basketball are two completely different sports, and Guoshu is not omnipotent.

So far, Li Du still focuses most of his energy on national arts, which is of course very good for a martial artist, if you want to practice martial arts to the point of profundity, you need to indulge in it. But now Li Du is a professional basketball player, and he still puts the national art in the most important position, so it shouldn't be!

With this vigilance, Li Du refocused his attention on the court, and watched his teammates play with a heavy learning mentality, and he suddenly found that every teammate is actually very good, and they all have something worth learning from themselves!

Li Du secretly sighed: "There must be my teacher in the threesome, and the ancient sages will not deceive me!" ”

At the start of the fourth quarter, the Lakers were already trailing by 14 points. With trailing by 14 points in the fourth quarter on the road, the outcome of the game was all but assured.

The Zen master simply didn't let Kobe Bryant play, and in the last 7 minutes of the game, some of the more important players in the second lineup, such as Bynum, Wharton Jr., Famar and others were replaced, and the game completely entered garbage time.

Seeing that the Zen master took the initiative to admit defeat, Sloan did not rush to kill them all, and accordingly replaced him with other substitutes.

In the end, the Jazz defeated the Lakers by 114-102, 12 points at home, which was also the first loss for the Lakers this season.

After the game, Li Du took the initiative to find Kirilenko to shake hands, "Andrey, thank you!" ”

Kirilenko shook hands with Li Du and said with a smile: "I thought you were here to fight with me, Li!" I didn't cause you a lot of trouble during the game, why did you thank me? ”

"How could I fight with you!" Li Du smiled: "I want to thank you, it was you who made me understand my weaknesses!" AK47 lives up to its name! ”

Kirilenko laughed and said, "You also gave me no chance to score today!" Lee, you are indeed a magical rookie, I believe you will be stronger and more amazing in the future! ”

The two touted each other, and instead of the smell of gunpowder on the field, they became friends.

In this game, Kobe Bryant shot 9 of 19, scored 27 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 assists. Odom had 23 points, six rebounds and three assists. The two of them were the Lakers' top scorers of the day, with Li Du scoring just nine points, and he was limited by Kirilenko in this game and barely got a chance to shoot.

For the Jazz, Boozer had a big double-double with 31 points and 16 rebounds, Delon had 23 points and 11 assists, and Oku's statistics were also good with 18 points and 12 rebounds.

Although the game was lost, the Lakers still showed that they were very accepting of this result, and even Kobe Bryant said when asked: "The Jazz played better than us tonight, so they won, which is normal." ”

However, the media does not seem to intend to let the Lakers go easily, and many news outlets have reported on the Lakers' first loss of the season.

Among the many reports, everyone thinks that the Lakers this season is actually similar to last season, and the whole team still has a serious "Kobe dependency", when Kobe is in good shape, with his strong offensive ability, he can attract most of the opponent's defensive attention, and the rest of the Lakers players can be played. Once Kobe Bryant is not in good shape, the Lakers' offense will come to a standstill.

On the defensive end, although the Lakers unexpectedly got the "magical rookie" Li Du this year, no matter how good Li Du's defense is, he can only defend one person at the same time, in the face of a team with balanced strength, everyone can score, and everyone can organize offense, Li Du's role will be greatly weakened, and the rest of the Lakers' defense, except for Kobe, is not good!

In the previous game, due to Li Du's desperate defense, everyone ignored the Lakers' overall poor defense, and now they lost to the Jazz, and many problems have been exposed.

As a result, some commentators began to emerge, some smeared the Lakers, some helped the Lakers come up with ideas, and some used Zen masters improperly. Seemingly overnight, the Lakers went from a championship team to a belly team!

One of the ESPN commentators said in his article that the Zen master had problems with the formation of the troops from the beginning. In the previous games won by the Lakers, it has always been Li Du who is the outside core of defending the opponent, and it has proven to work very well! While Li Du greatly restricts the opponent's outside core, it also makes the opponent's offensive fluency and greatly reduces the offensive efficiency.

And this time in the face of the Jazz, the Zen master did not continue to let Li Du defend the Jazz's outside core Delon, but let Li Du defend Kirilenko. Kirilenko's role on the left and right of the Jazz is similar to that of Li Du in the Lakers, both are defensive strikers, but Kirilenko's role on the offensive end is minimal, and he often only takes two or three shots a game.

Letting Li Du defend Kirilenko, but handing over the opponent's most important outside core to Fisher is in itself a waste of the player's talent, and it is a big failure!

The commentator's sharp words, and the analysis was very in-depth and careful, and this review caused a huge sensation in the league, and attracted the attention of many coaches and team managers.

However, what they pay attention to is not the Zen master's misuse of people, but his analysis of Li Du!

To this day, Li Du's huge role on the defensive end has been recognized by everyone. At the same time, how to minimize the effect of Li Du on the defensive end is also a headache for the coaching staff of all teams.