Chapter 592 [Today Has to Be Another Massacre]
The sun attacked, Guo Xu took the ball to the front court without hurry and beckoned to Valejo.
He waved at his teammates as a feint, often deliberately revealing flaws, as soon as the opponent grabbed him, he immediately relied on his speed to change direction to break through, he could control the basketball with one hand, and the dribble was very low, making it difficult to steal.
Parker suffered this kind of loss last season and didn't dare to grab it. He took a step back and used his peripheral vision to observe Vallejo's position, trying to quickly get around cover. As a result, before Vallejo could come up, Guo Xu stopped and retreated to the left to shoot three points.
Parker didn't have time to jump to block and reached out to interfere slightly, and the ball went in. 13 to 4.
The Lakers attacked, Kobe Bryant broke through with the ball on the right side, and Marion retreated to cover near the penalty area. Kobe Bryant ignored the bag and the empty Odom, leaned his back against Marion, turned around in the middle and threw a backward jumper, deflecting the basket under the interference of the two.
Odom's last game was in terrible form, and Bryant thought he would continue his bad form, so he shot himself.
Vallejo grabbed the rebound again, Marion rushed out like a wolf, and Odom didn't even have time to make a helpless expression, and hurriedly followed back to the defense.
Guo Xu received the ball and advanced to the front court at full speed, suddenly stopped in front of the three-point line on the right side, and dribbled the ball behind his right hand to the left hand.
Parker's emergency stop was half a beat slower than Guo Xu, when he stopped, Guo Xu had already adjusted his center of gravity, and the ball in his left hand quickly changed direction to the right side to break through, Parker wanted to force follow, and was shaken to sit on the ground.
Guo Xu took a quick stop in the three-point line and held the ball with both hands, attracting Kobe Bryant to pass the ball to the bottom right corner, and Bell took an easy shot in the big vacancy, and the ball went into the net hollow. 16 to 4.
At the beginning of the game, the sun played a wave of "Zen master" Jackson, who did not like to call a timeout, and took the lead in calling a timeout. If you don't adjust, the Lakers' home court will have to be another slaughter today.
Jackson felt helpless, Guo Xu could do everything he wanted the core of the team to do, and easily led the whole team with his personal ability, but he had already left the Lakers. Kobe Bryant is that no matter what he says, he still likes to play around and doesn't trust his teammates at all.
Kobe Bryant has less trust in his teammates than in his previous life, where the Lakers won 34 games in 2004-05 and did not finish bottom in the West. And Kobe Bryant didn't pass the ball in his previous life, and the main scoring points were only him and Odom, and everyone else was much worse.
In the previous life, the Lakers had a famous joke, and Kobe Bryant once broke the news in an interview about Kwame Brown.
Brown once said to Bryant, "If I don't have anyone to guard again, don't pass the ball to me." "Because he thinks that if he receives the ball and the opponent fouls, he won't score.
In a competitive league with such a high level of basketball, it is unbelievable that a professional player in it would say such a thing.
"Zen Master" Jackson once said, "I will not let Kwame Brown hold my child." "The butter hand of this cargo is very speechless, and it can only defend, not attack.
But you may not believe it, Kobe Bryant's two scoring titles in his career have a lot to do with Brown. Because he didn't pass the ball to Brown and shot in the bag, the coach allowed him to do so. If his interior teammates have offensive power and Kobe Bryant still can't finish shooting, Jackson can't stand it.
Now the Lakers' center Bogut will only say to Kobe, "Pass me the ball, and I can shoot whoever the opponent is." "After all, the Australian champion doesn't even care about Yao Ming.
The Lakers also have the all-around warriors Odom and Butler, who don't have a high scoring ceiling, but they can also play if they are given the right shots.
Of course, Lakers point guard Parker is really weak, Guo Xu is playing him alone, and the flaw in this position is fatal.
In Guo Xu's previous life, Parker only had a total of 5 years of NBA career, but he changed six teams, and the only two full seasons he played were with the Lakers, which shows how bad he is from this point, if it weren't for the Lakers no one available, he would not be able to be a starter.
Parker is a player with a problematic mentality, and he is always frustrated against a star or a key game, and he can't play to his full strength.
The Lakers faced the Suns twice in the first round of the playoffs, and Parker played against Nash, nicknamed "Nabu", which should have been an important scoring point for the team, but what was the result?
He averaged 36.9 minutes per game in his first year, shooting 33.3 percent from the field and 15.4 percent from three-point range, finishing with 8.9 points, 3 rebounds and 1.6 assists. The coach asked him to shoot, and he couldn't shoot.
The following year, he played even worse, playing 11.8 minutes, shooting just 15.4 percent from the field, finishing with 1.8 points, 1.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists.
Parker didn't have the slightest confidence in the face of Guo Xu, and the offensive end was useless. He works very the defensive end, can prevent ordinary point guards from breaking through, and he can't do anything against stars of Guo Xu's level.
After the timeout, Jackson changed his defensive strategy to a joint defense, with Bogut moving around the box and four players speeding up the rotation on the perimeter to interfere with shots nearby. On the offensive end, he let Kobe Bryant and Odom, who had range, block and pick-and-roll, and Bogut forced the basket.
Jackson's move is to play a combination of inside and outside, and he knows that Bogut's low-post offensive ability cannot be compared with O'Neal, but if the interior line is not opened, the Lakers will be miserable today.
Jackson had to develop Bogut because the Lakers lacked a three-point shooter, and Kobe Bryant was the one who shot the most three-pointers in the starters, averaging 2 shots per game last season and shooting only 33.9%, while Parker, Odom, and Butler could also shoot, all of which were inconsistent, shooting between 30% and 37%.
As a result, it was then Vallejo's show time, as he kept his hands on Bogut and always interfered with shots in front of him. Bogut couldn't squeeze under the basket, forced 1 of 3 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, and couldn't attract the bag.
Vallejo didn't feel much pressure, he felt that Bogut's attack and Nene were at the same level, not as good as Smalls. Attacking from the low post doesn't work against Vallejo and only allows him to play to his strengths.
In his previous life, Valejo was very good at defending players like Bogut and Duncan, and Bogut's career shooting rate against Valejo was only 45.9%. This is still the premise that Vallejo often goes to defend and dismantle, and it usually doesn't end well to beat him hard.
Vallejo also played on the offensive end, pulling back to cover, Guo Xu attracted Bogut to switch defenses and passed to the middle, assisting Vallejo to dunk with both hands and scored 2 points.
Bogut is slow to change defense in the joint defense system, and he is also pulled and beaten if he doesn't defend and dismantle, Guo Xu will pass to Marion and Howard, these two people receive the ball on the bottom line, and single-handedly Bogut is misplaced.
In the second half, Jackson made substitutions and adjustments, sending Brian Cook, an interior who eats by shooting, and the Suns followed the substitutions, with Haslem and James Jones coming on to replace Vallejo and Howard.
The Lakers are Odom playing center, and it is more suitable for him to defend Haslem, who is very mobile, does not suffer from strength, can interfere with shooting, and can quickly change defenses when encountering blocking and pick-and-roll.
The Lakers are single defenses at all positions, except for the Suns players who will retract and help defend when Kobe Bryant goes to the low post single. Bryant shot from mid-to-long range, and Bale was in charge of the kraft jamming.
The Suns are not even James Jones a defensive weakness, and their height and reach are not at all a loss to Butler. The Sun's offense is very simple, a quick counterattack at any time, the position is open during the war, the three of them stand still, Guo Xu and Marion are the main attackers.
Cook's defense is not very good, he has been a substitute in the Lakers, Guo Xu can always find a single opportunity, attract the ball in the bag, all four teammates have range, and Haslem can make stable shots.
At the end of the first quarter, the Suns led by 21 points at 41-20......