Chapter 544: The Triangle Attack Fails
If the two sides fall into a fast-paced chaotic battle, Li Tuanjie is really afraid that the Lakers can score more than 90 points in the chaotic battle. ~with~dream~small~say~щ~suimеng~lā
"Kobe Bryant's point is handed over to me to defend alone, and the rest of the positions, Mark, you have to keep an eye on your brother Paul, you must not let him open it, Ron, you also keep an eye on Odom, these two are the main attack points in addition to Kobe, you must not slack off!" Li Tuanjie commanded solemnly.
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Soon, the two sides began to enter the arena, and the Bradley Center arena became a sensation, and after more than 30 years, the Bucks' home fans finally saw their Bucks' home stadium host the Finals.
In particular, Li Tuanjie's entry raised the atmosphere of the scene to a **, and countless fans screamed and cheered for Li Tuanjie.
"Doot toot!" The referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, and the 2017-2018 season finals officially began.
The lineup sent by the Bucks side: center Marc Gasol, power forward Lee Tuanjie, small forward Artest, point guard Mike Reed, and point guard Rajon Rondo.
Lakers' starting lineup: center Bynum, power forward Pau Gasol, small forward Lamar Odom, point guard Kobe Blanet, point guard Fisher Fisher.
The Lakers' lineup has a big advantage in height, and this is the strongest starting lineup that their Lakers can come up with.
Throughout the regular season, Odom spent most of his time as a substitute, and in the playoffs, he was given a starting position, and judging from the series in the first few rounds, the effect was quite good.
After the Bucks got the first offensive possession, the horn for the start of the game was officially sounded.
After Rondo got the ball, he kept in mind Li Tuanjie's command to lower the pace of the game, and slowly advanced towards the front court, and after arriving at the front court, he passed the ball directly to Li Tuanjie's hands!
In the previous rounds of the playoffs, Rondo could brush the data wantonly, but now that it is the finals, Li Tuanjie can't let Rondo brush the data, he has a difficult task to complete.
After Li Tuanjie got the ball, he was not in a hurry and stared at the timer on the rebound!
And the Bucks generals are scattered in all directions, opening up space for Li Tuanjie's attack!
When the timer on the rebound was actually the Bucks' offensive round with 7 seconds left to attack, Lee Tuanjie moved, and the player who defended Li Tuanjie was the Lakers' power forward Pau Gasol, and it was strange that he could keep up with Li Tuanjie with his speed.
Li Tuanjie directly changed direction sharply, easily shook off Pau Gasol, and rushed towards the basket!
Just stepped into the three-point line, Li Tuanjie grabbed the ball with one hand and began to make a three-step layup.
Bynum saw Li Tuanjie rushing towards him, and immediately flew over, wanting to block, but with his strength, it did not have the slightest impact on Li Tuanjie's attack, and Li Tuanjie easily scored the ball with a small lever.
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As soon as he opened, Li Tuanjie scored an attack with his super breakthrough ability!
Kobe Bryant looked at it and shook his head, there is really no way to do this, although the two had a verbal fight before the game, but Kobe Bryant didn't know that Li Tuanjie currently has the strength to beat the entire league!
Convert the ball, change the side and fight again!
After Fisher controlled the ball to the front court, he passed the ball to Kobe Bryant without thinking.
This situation is normal in the Lakers' game, although Kobe Bryant plays the point guard position, and has a lot more ball-controlled rounds than other point guards.
Lee immediately caught up with Kobe, and the rest of the Bucks players were also looking for their own defensive players.
Li Tuanjie came to defend himself, this was not expected by Kobe Bryant at all, Kobe had already thought of this possibility before the game, in the regular season, the Lakers and the Bucks had played each other twice, and the Bucks were also defended by Li Tuanjie alone.
What makes Kobe more embarrassed is that Li Tuanjie can come to defend Kobe Bryant, but Kobe Bryant can't defend Li Tuanjie alone, the height and strength of the two are not at the same level at all, and Li Tuanjie is still extremely easy to play Kobe Bryant.
Bryant stopped the ball outside the three-point line and observed the situation on the court, as a top star, it is impossible not to analyze the situation on the court, Kobe Bryant is looking for the best way to shoot at the moment.
Soon, Kobe Bryant moved, burying his head in the penalty area, and breaking through is also Kobe's very good offensive method.
Li Tuanjie smiled, he has played against Kobe Bryant a lot of times, and he has figured out a set of defensive methods that are very suitable for defending Kobe!
I saw that Li Tuanjie didn't care about Kobe's breakthrough, but retreated sharply, without any physical contact with Kobe, with Li Tuanjie's physical fitness, no matter where Kobe shot, he was confident that he would interfere with Kobe's shot without physical contact.
And once there is physical contact, the situation is not easy to say, and Kobe's ability to make fouls is also first-class in the league.
Kobe Bryant has a headache, he sees that he has broken through to the free throw line, and if he continues to rush forward, he will go to the basket, as long as he gets to the basket, not only his shooting space will be blocked by Li Tuanjie, but even the passing route may be cut off.
After thinking about it, Kobe Bryant gritted his teeth and jumped directly into the air, looking like he was ready to use the mid-range shot to complete this offensive round.
Li Tuanjie is still one meter away from Kobe, and he also jumps directly, he has full confidence, as long as Kobe dares to shoot in front of him, he will definitely reward Kobe with a hot pot hat.
But the next scene made Li Tuanjie a little crazy, because Kobe Bryant didn't shoot by himself, but directly split the ball in the air and passed the ball to Bynum's hands under the basket!
Li Tuanjie has already jumped, and there must be no way to turn his head to defend Bynum, so he can only watch Bynum score the ball!
It was not until this moment that Li Tuanjie found that he seemed to think of Kobe Bryant too simply, it is true that he could greatly limit Kobe's offense, and even he had absolute confidence that Kobe Bryant's score in this game could be limited to less than 20 points, but Kobe's organizational ability made Li Tuanjie powerless.
Kobe Bryant has always given the impression of being a lone wolf on the court, but in fact, his playmaking skills are absolutely first-class among quarterbacks, and he has averaged more than six assists per game in three seasons.
Obviously, Kobe Bryant has also made all preparations for today's game, knowing that Li Tuanjie's defense is a great threat to him, and he is determined to use his organizational skills to contribute to the team.
"Haha, is this still Kobe?! In the first offensive round, he actually chose to pass! Charles Barkley grinned.
"It's really a bit rare, it stands to reason that Kobe and Li Tuanjie quarreled so fiercely before the finals, I thought Kobe Bryant would be hard in this game! I didn't expect such a scene to happen! Kenny Smith laughed too.
In the case of being defended by the opponent alone, Kobe Bryant also chose to pass the ball, which is very uncommon in Kobe's entire career, and it is no wonder that TNT's two gold medal commentators were surprised.
"Hey, there's no way, Li Tuanjie's defense is too strong, although Kobe Bryant likes to work alone, but he is not stupid, he will obviously be blocked by the opponent, he will definitely not risk it......"
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"Reasonable, really reasonable! Li Tuanjie's defense is extremely reasonable, and Kobe's passing choice is also very reasonable, this is the duel between the league's top stars, the first offensive and defensive round, Kobe and Li Tuanjie are on equal footing, and neither of them has any advantage! Teacher Zhang Li said with a look of surprise in the domestic commentary room.
Zhang Weiping is a recognized Komi in China, and he is still quite distressed when his favorite star is facing off against Li Tuanjie, the pride of Chinese players......
In the first offensive and defensive round of the opening game, the two teams were tied!
Li Tuanjie was thinking in his mind, before the opening, he seemed to ignore Bynum's point, in fact, this season's Bynum has shown a lot of offensive threat under the basket, and is not even weaker than Pau Gasol.
Just now, Marc Gasol went to defend Pau Gasol, which caused Bynum to be unattended, which directly made it easy for him to get it!
Without the slightest hesitation, Li Tuanjie made a gesture directly to Stotts on the sidelines and asked for a timeout, the Bucks' starting lineup must make a little change, otherwise Bynum's threat is a bit big!
In this game, in addition to vigorously reducing the offensive tempo of both sides, Li Tuanjie must also ensure that the Lakers can't play a smooth offensive coordination, otherwise it is not difficult for them to score more than 90 points in a single game!
Of course, the possibility of the Lakers winning, Li Tuanjie never thought about it at all!
What are you kidding, even if Li Tuanjie doesn't have so many strong teammates, with Li Tuanjie alone, the chance of the Lakers winning this round of the series will not exceed one percent!
But now the key to Li Tuanjie is that he has a task, that is, he must limit the overall scoring of the Lakers, and Li Tuanjie's ability alone will definitely not be able to do it.
After Stotts got the gesture of Li Unity, he immediately called a timeout!
The timing of this pause was a bit inexplicable, which made the fans and the major commentators a little confused, and they didn't understand what Stotts was doing......
At present, this game has just begun, and the Bucks are not at a disadvantage, so this timeout shouting is completely unreasonable!
After the timeout, the fans at the scene only saw the Bucks' lineup made some arrangements, Rondo, who performed against the sky in the Eastern Conference finals, was put off the court, and the Lakers put the inside tough guy Gortat on the court!
In this way, the original height advantage of the Lakers is gone, and the lineup put out by the Bucks is extremely slow, which is also the scene that Li Tuanjie wants to see!
The current Gortat, after such a long time of training, is very tough under the basket, and as soon as he appeared on the stage, he was entangled with Bynum under the basket, two seven-foot men, and the card card under the basket was extremely fierce!
Gortat also knows that he is likely to be traded by the Bucks next season, and this round of the Finals may be the last time he will play in the Finals in his entire career, so he is extremely desperate as soon as he appears, and he may have a disadvantage over Bynum in terms of physical strength, but with a ferocity in his body, he will not fall behind in the card position with Bynum!
Seeing that Bynum was effectively controlled by Gortat, Li Tuanjie finally breathed a sigh of relief!
Although Marc Gasol has some disadvantages against Pau Gasol, the disadvantage is not particularly big, Mark's current defense is still very good, and Pau Gasol cannot easily beat Little Mark.
Odom's side was defended by Artest, and Li Tuanjie was also extremely relieved.
The last old fish Fisher, he himself is not the main offensive point in the Lakers' lineup, and he does not shoot many shots per game, even if Reed's defensive ability is not good, there is still no pressure to defend the old fish.
Next, whether Li Tuanjie's task can be successfully completed depends on whether Li Tuanjie can limit Kobe's play!
The first few offensive rounds of the Bucks were all carried out by Li Tuanjie, and each time Li Tuanjie stared at the timer on the rebound, and waited until there were about seven seconds left before launching the offense, striving to greatly reduce the offensive tempo of both sides.
Of course, the Lakers can also see that Li Tuanjie deliberately lowered the tempo, but they did not make any response plan, the Lakers' lineup is their strong point, if they play fast attack, they have no hope of winning.
Therefore, Li Tuanjie's practice of lowering the offensive rhythm is playing into the hands of the Lakers, which is a scene they are happy to see!
But what makes them a little headache is that Li Tuanjie's shooting rate, the opening game has been played for five minutes now, Li Tuanjie has made seven basket breakaway singles alone, almost every offensive round has taken more than 20 seconds, and every goal has been scored!
It doesn't matter if the ball is scored, Li Tuanjie made two more fouls by Bynum, and in just five minutes, Li Tuanjie has already scored 16 points!
And on the Lakers' side, when Li Tuanjie hit a crazy shot, the Zen master also called a timeout, allowing Pau Gasol and Kobe Bryant to fight the block!
The Zen master gave up the triangle offense and switched to blocking and pick-and-roll tactics, which doesn't sound ironic, but that's the only tactic the Lakers have no way to come up with.
The triangle offense has contributed to the Lakers' record this season, and in fact, this tactic is very suitable for a player with strong individual ability like Kobe.
The essence of the triangle offense is to open up space and create space for singles for the absolute core of the team, and this tactic is indeed invincible when playing against other teams, relying on Kobe's strong singles ability!
But it really didn't play a big role on the Bucks, and Kobe's strong singles ability was completely suppressed by Li Tuanjie, which also led to the complete failure of the triangle offense.