Chapter 230: Absenteeism

The Bobcats entered the league in the 2004-2005 season and have been a relatively weak team ever since.

Except for a period when he was coached by Larry Brown, he was a sick cat at other times.

However, in recent years, the Bobcats have been very good at beating the Lakers.

From the 2007-2008 season when the Lakers got Gasol to re-emerge into the championship ranks, to the 2011 season, when the dream of three consecutive championships was shattered and entered the downward channel, and in eight games in four seasons, the Bobcats suppressed the peak Lakers with a 6-2 advantage.

Why, because the Bobcats have Kobe... No, because the Bobcats have more experience in dealing with Kobe.

It all started with Kobe Bryant's 58-point loss in three-overtime time in 2006......

Anyway, the Bobcats' restriction on Kobe Bryant is very reasonable, because Larry Brown was the head coach of the Bobcats for three years starting in the 2007-2008 season.

Larry Brown has a lot of ideas about how to defend Kobe.

He is well aware of Kobe's self-destructive attributes, which can not only limit Kobe Bryant every time, but also allow Kobe to hurt the team instead of helping the team in other ways.

In those games that the Lakers lost, Kobe Bryant's score was actually not low, but it was all high shots, high scores, and low efficiency.

The Bobcats cut the connection between Bryant and his teammates, especially against the so-called triangle offense, and Larry Brown has a knack for it.

Anyway, it's a coach's defensive art, and it's slowly giving the Bobcats some psychological advantages.

The so-called style of play, in addition to skills and tactics, the rest is psychological.

It's like playing in the playoffs, if you have been eliminated by someone's team and can't beat it, one day you may have the advantage of strength, but you still can't play, then your mentality will completely collapse.

The Bobcats are not afraid of the Lakers at all.

Although the team's coaches and main players have changed their blood, and their tactical styles have been completely different, as long as they look at the previous records and performances, the players' self-confidence on the field will be much stronger.

It doesn't matter what league he is, the first in history, he is the first to play!

The Lakers opened the game with a 4-0 win over the Bobcats, but the Bobcats immediately responded with a quick counter-attack.

Henderson took advantage of a double screen opportunity from the outside to get inside and made a left-handed layup.

The Lakers were a little slower to retreat this time, and the interior and exterior defense were not yet clearly positioned, giving Henderson a chance.

Then, in the Lakers' offense, Li Liang covered Nash on the outside, and Nash broke through the middle.

As a result, the Bobcats were still in the bag of multiple people, and Nash wanted to feed Howard the ball, but was intercepted.

Mistaken.

The ball was spotted and went straight into the hands of Kemba Walker, who rushed forward.

With no one in front of him, Walker made a layup on the basket.

4:4 draw, the Bobcats didn't play any tactics, just insisted on the defense of the bag, and counterattacked when there was an opportunity.

They don't have too strong tactical literacy in positional battles, but the individual abilities of Walker and Henderson in the backcourt are very good.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant held the ball to the low post, and the Bobcats' bag came up.

There was an open opportunity at 45 degrees on the right side, Kobe Bryant returned the ball to Nash, and Nash made a three-point shot!

The ball spun around the basket and came out.

The Lakers played patiently, had tactics, and the opportunity came out, but you couldn't help it if you couldn't shoot.

After falling into position, the Lynx didn't have anything too good to do.

Henderson hit Nash in the low post and rolled over for a jumper, resulting in a three-and-three.

Li Liang picked up a backcourt rebound under the basket, and said in his heart that this level is still a low-post back-to-back single, even I am not as good.

The Bobcat didn't score the ball, and the players didn't retreat.

The three of them were crammed into the three-second zone, and Nash was almost halfway through the court before they moved.

Nash will not be polite this time, and directly break through to the inside left-handed layup.

6:4, it can be seen that the Lynx's tactical literacy is really not good.

Li Liang thought, if Lao Tzu is Jordan, he will take off his suit directly and come by himself!

Whoever doesn't defend is going to kick him in the back in the ass.

Li Liang just finished thinking in his mind, the Bobcats served quickly in the backcourt, went directly to the frontcourt, and McGee rushed to the basket with the ball, causing Howard's foul.

It's over, don't talk about the lynx, McGee is Li Liang's opponent, and he doesn't defend himself.

Howard seized the opportunity now and said to Li Liang: "Why don't you go back?" What are you staring at? What about you? ”

Li Liang sneered, nodded to himself, and said mine.

In fact, not only did Li Liang not return to defense, but other Lakers players also did not return to defense.

Howard didn't go over to participate in the offense at all, so he guarded under the basket and was hit by McGee on a quick counterattack.

McGee stepped up to the free throw line, and his shooting posture was really ugly before and after, and he missed the first free throw.

Li Liang stepped forward and patted McGee, the two were teammates together at Kenda, and this guy's shooting hand can't be changed until now.

Not only did he have a problem with his hand, but the rhythm of his shot was not smooth, and there was a noticeable pause in the middle.

If you are not familiar with his rhythm, you will probably be shaken by him.

McGee hit a second free throw, 6-5.

In the first few rounds, the Lakers played tactically and methodically, and the offensive end was unhurried.

It's just that on the defensive end, because of fatigue, I can't concentrate, and I continue to give the opponent a counterattack.

As for the Bobcats, there are relatively few offensive routines, and there are not many positional warfare methods.

But there are many young players, and they play with speed, concentrate on defense, and don't have good defensive quality.

Then, Nash was another impact insider, attracting two defenders with a beautiful left-handed hand inside pass, and Howard caught the ball and glided and dunked!

Howard hasn't had such a hearty dunk in several games.

Because of the problem of back injury, as long as there is a confrontation under the basket, he will choose to go to the basket instead of dunking.

This time, I finally caught the opportunity of a big vacancy and caught the ball, which was really happy.

The Bobcats attacked, and after successive shifts from the outside, the ball came to the hands of Mullens on the left wing.

Mullens is 7 feet tall, but the defender of him is Tzu Se Ping......

Because Mullens has outside shooting ability, he can't let Howard be pulled out by him.

Mullens Sigma stepped to face Ci Shiping, a difficult frontal jumper, and the result was hit!

It was a difficult shot, and it had a Nowitzki feel, and the Bobcats players had a good offensive feel tonight.

Then, on the Lakers' side, Nash wanted to repeat his old trick and kill the inside to feed Howard the ball.

But this time there was a mistake again, and the lynx didn't care about it, and the four people wrapped it and leaked it out.

It worked out well, cutting Nash's ball off.

Then Kemba Walker took the ball again and rushed to the basket, shook off two defenders, and made a layup.

This was the seventh point scored by the Bobcats in the first quarter with a quick counterattack, 8:9, and the Bobcats took the lead.

Then both sides went on three consecutive rounds without scoring.

As long as it enters positional warfare, there is basically no good way for the Bobcats.

For three passes and two leads, give the outside ball carrier a chance to play singles, take the ball and throw or rush, choose one of the two.

And the Lakers have a way, the problem is that they can't shoot in the last shot.

Even Li Liang didn't grasp a vacant three-point position on the outside.

The overall state of the team is not good enough, there is no feeling, and it can't be opened at all.

With seven minutes left before the end of the first quarter, Nash gave the ball to Li Liang at the top of the arc, and Li Liang once again got an open three-point opportunity.

As a result, the three-point shot still missed.

8:9, this score has been maintained for a long time.

This first quarter made Li Liang very uncomfortable.

The Lakers can't shoot when they have a chance, and the Bobcats are sudden, anyway.

In this way, Li Liang's strategy on the offensive end can't play a role, and your teammates can't shoot, what should you do?

On the defensive side, Li Liang's role is not obvious, the opponent has no tactics, rushing with the ball and playing alone.

Not only can they charge at the back, but also at the center.

On an offense, Mullens received the ball and went straight to the basket, and in the defense of the Lakers players, a beautiful split ball went to Biyombo who was plugged in on the wing.

Biyombo took the ball and dunked it with both hands!

His bounce and speed are amazing.

The Lakers' three players wrapped the block, but still let him dunk the ball in.

In turn, the Lakers' hands got colder and colder, and they still couldn't score until the five-minute official timeout.

Kobe's jumper, Nash's pick-and-roll, and Li Liang's three-point shot all failed to hit the basket.

At 8:11, the game was very ugly.

The more you can't throw, the more you will give the lynx a counterattack.

Although the Bobcats didn't fight and catch, the offensive and defensive rhythm on the Lakers' side was all messed up.

After Li Liang chewed gum and cursed wildly in the last game, he didn't chew this time, and the whole person was a little listless.

Even with his teammates, he was listless, lacking vitality at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

During the timeout, Mike Brown tried to cheer up his players with a roar, but it didn't seem to have much effect.

Physical and mental exhaustion is not something that can be shouted back twice.

Mike Brown looked at Li Liang, even the team's haunted ghosts were a little sluggish, and it seemed that he was going to find a way.