Facing what is considered to be the biggest playoff rival, the Lakers players are under a lot of pressure and don't want to lose, let alone suffer back-to-back home losses after losing to the 76ers.

Kobe Bryant cared about this game very much, and in an interview with reporters, he said: "I watched the video of our last game until two o'clock in the morning, and I was ready, although Bynum was missing, but we were confident that we would beat the Warriors." ”

The ruthlessness before the game was to boost the morale of the team, and the media cooperated with him to release what he said in the news. Coincidentally, another media in Los Angeles reported that Kobe Bryant went to the arena to practice at 4 a.m. in order to win the Warriors.

Some people can't help but ask, if you sleep two hours a day and play at night, can Kobe stand it?

The morale that Bryant wanted to build unfortunately became a joke.

The game was broadcast live across the United States, and the ESPN duo arrived to commentate on the scene.

"Magic" Johnson, as a Lakers celebrity, certainly supports the Lakers, saying: "This is the fourth meeting between the Warriors and Lakers this season. The Lakers are two wins and one loss. Jeff, which side do you fancy in this match? ”

Van Gundy unceremoniously voiced his opinion. "The Warriors, although the Lakers have a better run-in and a good defensive system, the Warriors offense is fantastic, with a number of super scorers. If the Lakers want to win, they can't make mistakes, and they have to play well offensively. And their number one position has obvious flaws. ”

Johnson sighed: "It's true, it's a pity that the Lakers didn't bring in a point guard in the middle of the season, and their salary didn't allow for a big-name guard. ”

Van Gundy smiled: "But if Fisher leaves the Lakers, I believe there are still many teams interested, his contribution to the Lakers cannot be measured by data, I remember someone once described Fisher like this, the weight of the scoring guard, the speed of the interior and the data of the water cooler, but in the Lakers Kobe Bryant is the first choice of the lore, and the second choice is Fisher." ”

In fact, Fisher's offensive skills at his peak were also average, he was a pure role player, except for the left-handed super-large arc outside projection, there is not much worth talking about, but his strength is that he has a heart as strong as his physique, and he is not soft when it is critical. When it comes to triangular offensive tactics, Fisher tends to be faulty. Off the court, this veteran is also the leader of the Lakers' locker room.

Of course, Fisher's defense is really not good, so if he prevents Zhou Xuan, something will definitely happen.

The elder Nelson used the game as an important training and changed the starting lineup again, with Margeti starting and Ellis coming off the bench.

He arranged tactics and said: "Today, the Lakers are not on Bynum, and their mobility is not weak, if they can't play a fast attack, they will fall into a positional battle to block and dismantle." Corey (Margetty) and Zach (Randolph) are responsible for covering on the offensive end, Corey runs and goes to the perimeter at any time, Sean (Marion) pulls out the perimeter and looks for opportunities to cut, Stephen (Jackson) looks for opportunities on the perimeter to shoot three-pointers, pulls out the opening, and controls the ball. Mixed defense, Sean pays attention to changing defenses after blocking and dismantling, and Zhou first follows Fisher. ”

This is the strongest lineup that the Warriors can put out at the moment, Randolph's defense is slightly worse, but the offensive ability is far from being comparable to Turiaf and others, and his defense against Gasol may be the only obvious single defensive weakness of the Warriors. 32 joint defense, Kobe Bryant has to face Zhou Xuan in the middle, it is not easy to break through, on the side are Margeti and Jackson, two swing people, and he will face Marion by covering, which is foolproof. The primary purpose of this Warriors is to guard against Kobe.

On the Lakers' side, Jackson arranged a triangle offense and a regional defense, and the last one emphasized: "Paul (Gasol), this should be Randolph's defense against you, you have to shoot more, the 76ers are regional defense, you have a lot of misalignment, but you always give the ball to others, you are too selfless." ”

Gasol's scoring ability is also very strong, he almost won the scoring title in the 2006 World Championships, and in the 2005-2007 season, he averaged 20+ per game with a high shooting percentage when he didn't shoot much, but he lacked the domineering ability to take responsibility at critical moments.

He shot 70 percent from the field but only had 10 shots. When the other players don't feel good, he should shoot more.

Bryant is averaging 28 points per game this season up from 28 last season. 3 points dropped to 27 this season. 3-pointers, and shooting percentage has been decreasing in recent weeks. Jackson believes that when Gasol is in good shape, it is a good choice to appropriately reduce Kobe's scoring pressure and let the Spaniards play mainly.

Jackson knows very well that if you want to beat the current Warriors, you can't go wrong if you can't just play and win like you did in the first half of the season.

The players from both sides played, and the Lakers made changes in the starters, with Ariza as a small forward. Jackson didn't think Wharton could stop the Warriors' offense and simply didn't make any unnecessary attempts. And Odom played, which means that the Lakers' bench lineup no longer has a strong hole card, but the Warriors still have Ellis on the side.

Gasol jumped to win, the Lakers attacked first, and the Warriors defended in position. Odom retreated to the top of the arc to get the ball, Fisher ran to the bottom corner, and Kobe Bryant formed a triangle with Gasol and Fisher on the strong side, and they all pulled away.

If you purely use zone defense, the weakness is actually obvious, that is, the height of the peripheral defenders, if Gasol and Odom have a strong desire to score, in the face of Zhou Xuan's non-stop pulling, he will be very painful, he will definitely not be able to cover, and he will be hit close to him, so he followed Fisher to the bottom line.

The Lakers are not the tough type, Odom arced to Jackson, and chose to pass the ball to the left side after a bad shot, and Kobe Bryant dropped the ball to Gasol.

The left low post creates a singles opportunity. Randolph knows that he has always been the Warriors' biggest defensive weakness. In training, Zhou Xuan's one-on-one defense is not bad, and the No. 1 position is not afraid of anyone, but he can only rely on his teammates to make up for the defense.

Nelson Sr. took the Rockets' Hayes as an example, the 198CM tall Hayes is not as tall as Randolph, but he makes up for the lack of height with his lower body strength, and can hold the opponent's interior line when defending so that they can't get into the three-second zone. Of course, this only works for the powerful players, and the technical players do not play a big role, but the defensive attitude is more important than the ability, and Randolph can do this well.

Randolph doesn't want to be a burden, and now their overall defense is not bad, at least he wants to keep Gasol out of the box. He defended hard, but Gasol really couldn't squeeze in, and after shaking his right shoulder, he turned to the middle, and then split the ball out.

Bryant cut away from Margeti on the side, broke through on the left side of the ball, and Marion immediately made up for it. The regional joint defense position does not follow people, Margeti still does not chase on the periphery, this defensive method can indeed play a very good role when defending against breakthroughs, and has always maintained a person in front of the defense, which is not easy to lose position.

Bryant didn't break through the baseline after receiving the ball, and directly made a stop jump shot on the left side before Marion defended it. 0 to 2.

Fisher just stood in the bottom corner, and it didn't seem to play a role in this offense, but it actually attracted a person's defense, so that Zhou Xuan couldn't block Kobe Bryant's air cut, and Fisher's three-point ability was very strong and couldn't be empty.

The Warriors attack, the Lakers still commonly use 122 joint defense, which is a magic weapon to deal with teams without pitchers and low-post strong offensive teams, Zhou Xuan took half the court, and obviously felt the contraction of the Lakers' lineup.

There is no other way to break this defense, it is two three-pointers from the bottom corner. At this time, the old Nelson always felt a little contradictory, thinking that his tactical arrangement was not proper enough, if Morrow was present, the bottom corner was more threatening, and now it was Margeti and Marion who were in the bottom corner.

Zhou Xuan observed the position while protecting the ball, Odom and Kobe Bryant defended out, and Gasol himself was on the inside, he immediately thought of two possibilities, and waved Randolph to pull out to block and dismantle.

Through the players' movements, the formation has been stretched. Randolph blocked Fisher, and Gasol could only come out to block Zhou Xuan, otherwise he could shoot directly. At this time, Margeti cut inside to the left low post, and Zhou Xuan pulled to the left side and hoisted the ball to Margeti, giving him a chance to single out Kobe.

In the Dream Eight team, Kobe Bryant defended Barbossa to cry in the America's Cup, and only scored 2 points in the game, and interviewed Barbossa after the game to lament that Kobe's defense was too suffocating.

The mainstream view defines the defensive end of the basketball court as defensive awareness, defensive rebounding, low post defense, high post defense, steals, and blocks.

Bryant is really good at defending breakouts and solo ball-holding attacks, but no one is perfect, once the opponent reaches the low post, fans are more likely to see Bryant being knocked out of the ball near the collision zone, and he gets up and asks the referee much more often than high-fives with his teammates to celebrate.

Margeti took two steps to catch the ball and pushed Kobe Bryant, turned to the baseline and forced a layup, Kobe lost his gravity and couldn't jump at all. 2 to 2.

The Lakers attacked, Zhou Xuan still followed Fisher, and the three swingmen were on the periphery.

Van Gundy said: "The Warriors are warming up for the playoffs, I believe they will focus on this tactic in the future, Zhou Xuan's position is very free, mainly with the guard, once Kobe Bryant cuts inside, one of the three swing people will go to defense, Zhou Xuan rotates to change positions, which requires excellent defensive awareness." With such a defensive system, the outside super scorer will be very depressed. ”

Johnson sighed: "If Bynum is here, Marion is out of position if he is in the low post, and now it is relatively easy to defend Bynum, and it will be interesting to see how the Lakers break their defense." ”

Gasol received the ball and pulled out and passed Kobe, this time Marion followed faster, Kobe took the ball and shook it, Marion didn't take a feint, Kobe had to pass the ball again, and after a few passes, 24 seconds were almost exhausted, Ariza stopped the jump shot and missed under Margeti's interference. Randolph grabbed the rebound.

The Warriors did not attack quickly, Zhou Xuan stabilized the situation and slowly led the half-court positional battle. Johnson's eyes lit up as he watched. "This is the control of the rhythm, Zhou Xuan is not only fast attacking, now the warriors are reducing the number of rounds and playing patiently with the success rate."

Van Gundy laughed: "He's really solid, he's already a super defender. ”

After half the game, it was still the same tactic as just now, Zhou Xuan looked for Randolph to block and dismantle, and Gasol followed. Margeti immediately cut inside to the deep position. Zhou Xuan passed the ball in again. Bryant just raised his arm, and Margeti turned to score in basketball. 4 to 2.