Chapter 683: Kobe's High Difficulty (Part I)
At 51-46, the Warriors still trailed their opponents by five points.
Why is it said that Green replaces David. Lee is an important part of the qualitative change of the Warriors, mainly defense! Defend! Defend!
Say the important thing three times!
This is the same reason that Kobe Bryant came out of the big four. What's going on with Lee? There was a famous ESPN article back then, which was a satire on David. Lee's. His role on the defensive end is only to protect rebounds. Of course, this is a bit excessive, but it can especially be seen what impression he makes on the defensive end.
The defensive lineup, although not as valuable as the best team, can be selected, but all of them are outstanding.
Jordan once said in his autobiography that the biggest thing that distinguishes him from "Magic" Johnson and "Big Bird" Larry Bird is defense. He can attack and defend in one, but the two above cannot. Besides, do you know how difficult it is to make the All-Defensive Team? Maybe it doesn't look like the best team, but it's not something you can get in if you want to. Even many stars can enter the best team many times, but they can't get to the best defensive team for life.
Carter 0 times, Iverson 0 times, Maddy 0 times, Curry Harden Westbrook Irving, as of 2017, all 0 times. This is a famous star on the outside, and the same is true for the inside, the stars who are currently shining, Griffin 0 times, Kevin. Love 0 times, Nowitzki 0 times, Cousins 0 times, Paul . Gasol 0 times, Bosh 0 times, blah blah So if you have strong ability and high ranking, it doesn't necessarily mean that you have a good defense, and the superstar defense is ordinary, mid-to-top, and everywhere.
And David. Although Li Data is good-looking, known as "New York 2 Double Machines", he has never entered the defensive formation.
The second defense has not entered.
But Green, starting in the third grade, has been holding the first defense every year, and even finally won the highest defensive honor from DPOY. The difference here is as hard as a colander, and of course Green is the latter, David. Lee is the former. This is very obvious for teams that aim to win the championship.
And being able to get into the defensive formation means that your defense is sustainable, not the kind that can only highlight a few games.
The Lakers offense, or positional warfare, Steve. Blake was careful to get through the half. There's no way, he only has this ability, and it's a dream to let him fight hard in front of the library. This season's Lakers, Steve. Blake passed the ball after half-time, and the No.24 was in good form anyway, and he was happy to be relaxed.
Bryant received the ball and hit Klay hard with the ball head-on. Thompson, who is in a very tight mood right now, because in the whole game, he has been shot by Kobe Bryant with 24 points, shooting more than 65%! And he himself can, both offensive and defensive ends are imbecile, and it is to save face when he says that he has been completely exploded. Therefore, he defended Kobe Bryant and had a very unbalanced mentality.
Kobe glanced at him, a sneer flashed at the corner of his mouth, and dealing with this kind of defense in his current physical state is basically as easy as eating and drinking, one-on-one, too easy. The 24th only made a slight tentative step, Clay. Thompson's defense showed a big flaw.
Tonight, he is estimated to be played in the shadow area by Kobe.
Breaking through the former, easily and effortlessly, made the commentators at the Warriors' home court cry out "NONONO~".
However, the ball has changed, and after Kobe Bryant burst in, he was intercepted by a figure, but so what?
The Lakers No. 24 didn't care at all and continued to pound.
Drummond. Green? What can a second-year substitute blue-collar do? What are the capabilities?
Kobe Bryant despises Green so much, this is due to considerable reasons, after all, Green is not famous at all now, and there is no masterpiece and representative battle, just an average of 6+5+1 data per game, not to mention Kobe's level, BA is such a place, you have the strength and fame to get face up to and respect, otherwise, who knows if you will be in the league next season?
Kobe Bryant has met countless players in the past ten years, but except for some familiar faces, he has few remembers it.
There's even a little joke about Kobe, who claims he doesn't have a very good memory, especially as a role player, and he can't remember a few at all. So Drummond. Green? Who is this person now? Where did the little people come from?
But Kobe underestimated Drummond. Green, because the latter has exploded at this time, and his defensive habits are different from most interior defensive giants now. He doesn't like to block for the sake of blocks, and his defense is based on keeping opponents from scoring. Sounds silly? Isn't the ultimate goal of basketball defense all about keeping opponents from scoring?
Yes, that's the essence of it, but most players don't do it that way now.
Interior players are still more inclined to block and protect the basket, because these have technical statistics, which can improve their value and status in the future, and then earn bigger and fatter contracts. But Green, who has been polished through college basketball, is the epitome of some interior defensive blue-collar workers in the last century. Don't ask for stats, just ask for defense, and his college Michigan is also such a defensive system and defensive tradition, the head coach never lets his players block for the sake of blocking.
Green has long been honed in Michigan after 4 years of polishing and has long implemented this defensive philosophy, so at first glance, his defensive stats are really ordinary. But it can bring a qualitative leap to the team.
To put it simply, he's also a kind of defensive core.
However, he is not the defensive core of Tang Qian's basket protection type, and his defensive style will not bring him any outstanding statistics, but for the team, if there is no defensive core of Tang Qian's basket protection type, it is also very good to have this. Besides, Kerr's "five-small lineup", he doesn't need a sluggish big center, he needs a "small quick" like Green.
Similar to the Bulls back then. Rodman's feeling, of course, Rodman's rebounding is much stronger than Green's, but Green's supplemental defense and assistance defense are also better than Rodman's. Especially now that the super center is not there, this type of defensive core is even more advantageous.
He has been sticking to Kobe, not jumping at all, and his brain is not hot, it seems that if Kobe doesn't jump, he won't jump.
Kobe Bryant was a little surprised, because of this kind of defense, Kobe Bryant had a lot of encounters when he was young, but as time went by, the league has become extremely rare and extremely rare. However, it's not a matter either, as long as the ability is at the peak of the 24th, what defense has not been seen, and what defense can't be done?
It didn't bother him.
Kobe Bryant used the change of rhythm and center of gravity to forcibly tear apart Green's defensive half of his body, and then quickly broke through the bottom line, the speed and frequency are simply impossible for Kobe Bryant in the later stage. This is a breakthrough ability in the era of "Peter Pan"!
That Kobe, breakthrough ability, physical fitness, defeated the "Black Mamba" in the later stage.
And Kobe Bryant now weighs more than 230 pounds, which is only stronger than Green, not weaker, he is strong and strong, and even if the latter explodes, it is difficult to defend himself. Super scorer, with such power, single defense, no matter how strong it is, it is also a food delivery, and it is impossible to completely limit it.
But right away, Green showed the real thing he had honed in four years of college.
That's defensive IQ!
After Kobe Bryant jumped, another person suddenly appeared on the bottom line, and he was Bogut, the Warriors' big center.
No. 24 suddenly understood that this was a strong-side defensive trap set by Green on himself! And the overall control is exactly the same! The heat is very sophisticated!
Suddenly, Kobe Bryant fell into a crisis, and Bogut's sudden appearance made him a little unprepared.
Passing, you say? Green deliberately didn't jump off this ball, just to prevent Kobe from making an emergency pass, as long as a person is on the ground, then the agility is always higher than in the air. This is the defensive motto that his college mentor often talks about.
Kobe Bryant had no choice, so he could only rely on his "water snake waist" to force a twist, and then tried to use a folded and straight back layup to bypass Bogut to shoot, but in the end it fell short, because the Warriors' defensive trap was set too successfully, even if he returned to his peak state, there was no way to guarantee that this situation would be stable. Because the opponent's front and rear positions and the distance between the bags and clips are of very high quality, Kobe Bryant is a little careless in front, so it is a dark loss.
The basketball was still forcibly thrown by Kobe, but after a spin on the basket, it eventually slid out of the basket.
This made Green and Bogut extremely frightened, because this kind of ball, logically speaking, should be completely impossible, but it was almost forced into it by No. 24!
This guy is really not simple! No wonder they are so far ahead of the scoring charts this season!
Still, I succeeded, didn't I?
I used my overall defense to limit Kobe. Bryant!
The Warriors took the opportunity to push quickly, and a defensive counterattack was played, and the Lakers were reduced by another 2-pointer.
And at this time, Green didn't pay attention, the purple-gold black mamba got up from the ground, and his eyes flashed with restless light.