After passing Redick in one step, Yi Feng scored two points with a throw near the free throw line to open the scoring for the team. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The fans on the sidelines cheered for a moment, and the noise made the Clippers players feel very unhappy, whose home court is this?

Jordan Jr. serves from the baseline, and Paul receives the ball and advances with the ball.

As one of the league's best No. 1 positions, Paul is an increasingly rare traditional point guard.

While his offensive ability is also among the best in the league, he's not the No. 1 player who puts offense first. The first thing he thinks about on the field is how to drive his teammates and how to pass the ball to his teammates. When his teammates can't open the situation, he will step up and score.

Statistically, Paul once achieved the all-time best point guard per.

Judging from his performance on the court, he is a classic point guard with almost perfect dribbling, no lack of aggression in passing, reasonable and imaginative playing style, strong defensive ability, reliable at critical moments, effective error control, and almost perfect dribbling, shooting, breaking, and passing skills.

It's fair to say that Paul has all the qualities necessary for a traditional point guard.

However, he is such a perfect point guard, one of the best point guards in the league every year, but he has never been involved in the regular season MVP, nor has he won a DPOY, and he has never even made it to the Western Conference Finals, let alone the championship and Finals MVP.

Although he is perfect, he is still a hundred feet away from greatness and legend. Because he hasn't won any hard honors, he's not great enough. Someone like Jordan who has so many championship rings that he can't wear a single hand, who doesn't say he's great?

Paul's juniors, Rose and Curry, have already won the regular season MVP, and Parker has already won the Finals MVP.

And they are all offensive point guards.

This seems to be the development trend of today's league, under the guidance of the new tactical idea of "passing the ball by the whole team, attacking by the individual", the integrated team offense has diverted a large number of passing and control tasks of organizing guards, and individual attack has become a new choice for contemporary point guards.

On the one hand, the traditional point guard represented by Paul is deeply trapped in the heavy task of organizing the offense, and on the other hand, the style of seeking stability limits the upper limit of the offensive power, which has become quite an embarrassing existence in this increasingly accelerated league.

In fact, Paul has come to the end of the road of traditional point guard. He's become the perfect traditional point guard, just like Stockton was back then.

However, his fate may be the same as that of Stockton, and he will not win the championship in the end.

"Smiling Assassin" Isaiah Thomas once said that a top point guard is synonymous with incompetence.

In fact, counting the NBA passers, it is not difficult to find that no matter what position they play, when it comes to the final battle, they must rely on their own ability to end the game.

This is the responsibility of the leader, and it is up to you to decide the score that will be won or lost.

But if the leader is a point guard who gives his most crucial shots to his teammates and expects them to finish the game, then maybe nine times out of ten he will be disappointed.

If a teammate is capable of scoring such a goal, then the leader should be replaced.

Paul's offense is really speechless, but in his 11-year career, the single-game scoring record is only 43 points, and there are only 8 single-game scoring 40+ points.

Such a personal scoring record is simply easy for a super scorer.

Paul's offensive ability was not strong enough to the point where his opponents were intimidated and had to send someone to trap him. What's more, considering his passing ability, it is even more impossible for the opponent to cover him.

In other words, Paul, who can't attract the bag, often needs his teammates to constantly run and cooperate with each other in order to have a chance. Instead of being like a super scorer, because of his terrifying ability to cut points, the opponent will not hesitate to unfold the bag against him, and at this time, as long as the ball is distributed, it is an open shot.

People always complain that the crazy scorers are too lonely and desecrate team sports. However, crazy passing doesn't necessarily mean selflessness and greatness.

If this is the case, then in addition to the extreme outlier of "Magic" Johnson, why has there never been a player in history who averaged 10+ assists per game in a season to win the championship for the team?

Those super scorers, extraordinary scoring ability and scoring** are indeed a double-edged sword, destroying the opponent's defensive system while tearing their own team's offensive system into a mess.

Basketball is a sport that is judged by the number of points, but those who are particularly good at scoring are often seen as cancers because they can't make their teammates just as good.

As a team leader, you don't have to do it alone, you have to do it all the time. A leader who can't make his teammates better is not a qualified leader.

If a super scorer's shots and points account for too much of the team, then if he doesn't play well or is in a tight situation, the team will definitely be doomed, which is obviously a fatal flaw for a team with ideals and pursuits.

In the NBA, there are too many people who have been described as cancerous -

Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, Rick Barry, Jerry West, Dave Bean, Connie Hawkins, Bob McAdoo, Bernard King, Adrian Dantley, Alex Inglish, Stephen Marbury, Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, and Michael Jordan before 1991......

Why are they being scolded for cancer?

The reason is actually quite simple, because they have swiped their beautiful personal data at the same time, but they can't help the team win.

It's not hard to win the scoring title, there will be one every season. The difficulty is to win the championship while winning the scoring title. Although there will be a championship every year, but if you win both, the difficulty will increase exponentially.

In the history of the league, only Abdul-Jabbar, Jordan and O'Neal have won the scoring title and championship in the same season.

Super scorers have to suffer infamy, and great passers are no better. On the contrary, although the passers were praised, they ended up not well.

John Stockton, who averaged 10.5 assists per game in his career, was the greatest orthodox point guard in history, the league's total assist leader and total steal leader, and since 1988, he has monopolized the assist king for 9 consecutive seasons, including 14.5 assists per game in the 1989-90 season, which is unique in ancient times.

Ironically, it was in 1997 that the Jazz reached the Finals for the first time in 10 years when Stockton relinquished the assist crown for the first time in 10 years – Stockton's previous best record was Game 6 in the Western Conference Finals.

Oscar Robertson, who averaged 10.49 assists per game in the first nine seasons of his career, won the league's assist king six times, and snatched the regular season MVP between the two monsters of Chamberlain and Russell.

But in those days, Robertson never won any team honors. When he teamed up with Lou Ashingdall (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) for the 1971 championship, the league's all-time triple-double leader had 8.2 assists — the second-lowest in 11 years.

Isiah Thomas, a two-time assist king, broke the dream of five consecutive Magic assist kings, creating an unprecedented record of 13.9 assists per game in a single season, but unfortunately the Pistons only played a total of 9 playoff games that season.

In fact, he averaged double-digit assists per game in four seasons in his career, including two in the first round of the Pistons playoffs.

In 1988, Thomas' average assists per game dropped to 8.4, and the Pistons reached the Finals for the first time since moving from Fort Wayne to Detroit, playing seven games against the defending champion Lakers, and in 1989, Thomas averaged 8.3 assists per game, lifting the championship trophy for the first time in Pistons' history.

These are living examples of how great pass-oriented defenders can't bring a championship to their team with passing.

On the contrary, in 2008, the Celtics won the championship, and point guard Rondo averaged 5.1 assists per game, and was the team's assist leader, in 2007, the Spurs Naxi championship, the team's assist king Parker averaged 5.5 assists per game, and in 2006, the Heat won the championship, and Wade, the team's assist king, averaged 6.7 assists per game......

If too many individual points are toxic, then too many individual passes are just as toxic.

A guy who is super good at passing the ball will kill his own team? Doesn't that sound crazy?

In fact, whether it's scoring or passing, they can't be a disaster in themselves, and it's only when you grab too much that it's horribly toxic.

There is a saying that "there are no weak brigades in the NBA", although it is stinky and exaggerated, but there are always two brushes to eat in this league.

In a relatively close level, no matter how strong a player is, it is impossible to win the game on his own for a long time, which means that concentrating the ball too much in the hands of one person is certainly not a wise decision.

Of course, you can't deny that there is a special kind of person in this world, his talent is far beyond ordinary people, and if you have a teammate like Jordan, then it must be right to hand over the ball to him.

Unfortunately, Paul doesn't fall into Jordan's category, and his height flaw is too great, making him easier to guard against at crucial moments that decide the game.

The Clippers with him as the core, although they are regarded as a strong contender for the championship every year, they cannot hit the Western Conference finals every year. Because the point guard can only determine the team's lower limit, not the team's ceiling.

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The Lakers are playing the No. 2 spot, and the Clippers are similar.

The Clippers like to let Redick shoot a few times at the beginning of the game to see how he feels.

Although Redick is at an all-round disadvantage in terms of physical fitness, he doesn't need to score by himself, so no matter who defends him, as long as he is blocked by the cover made by his teammates, he can basically ignore it.

Just like this time, Redick went to the basket and walked past Griffin, while Yi Feng was solidly blocked, and when Redick appeared on the three-point line, Paul's ball immediately flew into his hand.

Redick hit the three-pointer with his hand up.

2:3, although Yi Feng took the lead in hitting the first shot of the game, Redick immediately responded with a three-pointer.

The Clippers' tactics, Redick's running ability and shooting ability, and Paul's passing vision and timing are all vividly reflected through this ball.

The two sides went back and forth, and after the first two minutes, the ball was concentrated in the second position.

Yi Feng used individual singles to score points, while Redick was the opposite, all through open opportunities under the cooperation.

The latter scored in a more relaxed and efficient manner, and after two minutes, the score became 6-10, and the Lakers trailed by four points.

This time it was the Lakers' turn to attack, and Doug Rivers watched Yi Feng ask for the ball in the low post, and hurriedly shouted to his disciples: "Bao Clamp!" Wrap him! ”

For the Lakers, how could the Clippers not study before the game. Yi Feng is the Lakers' main scoring point, and the Clippers have already tried to break their heads in order to deal with him.

Sharp individual offense, comprehensive technical means, and now Yi Feng is just like Kobe Bryant ten years ago!

Looking at the current situation, it is not possible to continue to let Redick defend alone, even if it is a single defense, at least it must be replaced by Bamot.

Yi Feng sat in the low position, just like the third position was misplaced and hit the second position, and ate Redick hard.

His back-to-back technique, of course, will not be like an interior player, using weight and strength to sit, his technique is dexterous, after two back-to-back hits, followed by various feints, or turning over for a jumper, or turning for a layup. In short, with his weight, it is impossible to directly run over the defender and force a layup.

And just when he used a shooting feint to deceive Redick and was about to turn around, Bamot actually came to help defend him!

Yi Feng was startled and immediately stopped, otherwise he would lose money if someone made a dribble and hit someone.

At this time, Reddick also came over from the side, and Yi Feng became passive for a while.

He has to protect the ball, while guarding Redick and Bamot from the small action of the two to pull the ball, he also has to watch the position of his teammates, because in this case, if he has to force the shot, the hit rate is really not guaranteed.

Now Redick and Bamot are guarding against one of him, so the other three of the Clippers will have to defend against the Lakers four! As long as Yi Feng passes the ball out, the Lakers have a better chance of attacking this time.

Yi Feng finally saw Kobe Bryant, who was vacated by Bamot, who was shaking his arm outside the three-point line at this time, asking Yi Feng for the ball.

Seeing the timing, Yi Feng threw the ball out.

Of course, the Clippers wouldn't let Kobe Bryant shoot so easily, and Paul immediately turned in front of Kobe Bryant and reached out to block his shot.

Bryant immediately spun the ball, and Clarkson, who was at the top of the arc, received a pass from Bryant.

Clarkson's shooting has improved significantly, and as a sophomore, he's shooting a full 4 percentage points from three-point range this season compared to last season.

Griffin didn't dare to let him go, and forced a few steps outside.

Seeing this, Clarkson broke through with a short body, and where Griffin was as agile as a small man, he was immediately passed.

Clarkson burst in, and Yi Feng hurriedly walked out, giving him room to break through. Bamot ignored Yi Feng and pounced on Clarkson, and Jordan Jr., who was guarding the basket, was also eyeing him.

Redick made a mistake at this time, he didn't follow Yi Feng in time, allowing Yi Feng to temporarily get a vacant seat in the bottom right corner!

Clarkson was already a little stunned by Jordan, but when he saw this opportunity, he didn't say a word and threw the ball directly to Yi Feng.

Yi Feng hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner, which was also his first playoff three-pointer.

At 9:10, through this goal, the Lakers were only 1 point behind. (To be continued.) )