Chapter 267: Fierce Battle against the Lakers
The Lakers and Kings are in the same Pacific Division, and in the past few years, they have not been fine.
If there is really a grudge, it is nearly ten years ago, in the 99-00 season, the then OK combination eliminated the Kings 3-2 in the first round of the West, and the following year's Western Conference semifinals, swept the Kings 4-0, and another year, in the Western Conference Finals, the Kings and the Lakers fought 7 games, and the Lakers narrowly won the qualification.
It could also be the closest the Kings have come to winning the championship, as the Lakers swept the New Jersey Nets in the Finals.
Thinking about it this way, the two teams seem to have a bitter grudge in it, especially when they are in California at this time, and they can't help but have red eyes again.
As soon as the game went deeper, "beat LA! The cry is higher and higher.
During the pause, Wang made some changes tomorrow.
"Defending and counterattacking, our advantage is running, the Lakers like to attack positionally, and we just don't let them get their way." Wang tomorrow reminds the players to increase the speed and frequency of switching attacks, and strive to play more run-and-shoot instead of landing positions.
Among them, Kidd will be an important controller in the run-and-gun offense.
Kidd can directly launch an offense with the ball in the backcourt, whether it is advancing or passing, it will have a huge impact on the Lakers.
Kobe Bryant had long heard that the Kings had completed a big transformation this season, but he had never played against him, and he didn't know how strong the Kings were.
Don't use Artest to defend, even Kidd only defends Fisher.
Kobe Bryant's eyes were full of murderous energy, and the timeout was over, and he suddenly exploded.
Wang's arrangement for tomorrow has not yet been implemented, Kobe Bryant hit a 3-point pull-up jumper, and a mid-range back-to-back jumper hit a big step-back jumper, a wave of 5-0, helping the Lakers open up the gap to 7 points.
DeRozan's face was ugly, and he glanced at Wang Mingming.
found that Wang Mingming clenched his fist and waved his hand down, cheering him on.
The coach trusted me so much!
DeRozan's heart shook, both moved and ashamed, and then his attention became more focused, staring at Kobe's movements, and he didn't dare to be careless in the slightest.
"You can't stop me, rookie, you're just a road, I'll cross you if I think about it."
Kobe Bryant usually doesn't talk much trash talk, and during the game, he is relatively silent in most cases, but today he was really excited, and in the face of the specious challenge of the Kings, he burst out with amazing fighting spirit, and DeRozan was speechless.
DeRozan spread his arms and pressed his chest against Bryant's back.
"Bang!"
Kobe Bryant's strong force crashed into the sea like a mountain.
The majestic power of the rebound made Kobe Bryant admire in his heart, this young man's thin body actually has such a strong confrontation ability, and his physical fitness is really good.
But at this time, there was no mercy on the court, Kobe Bryant's eyes were fixed, and he hit DeRozan's chest again with a "bang".
This impact made DeRozan almost out of breath, his legs were weak, and he obviously couldn't exert any more force.
At this time, Kobe Bryant's figure turned, and with a light stroke, the whole person was like a spinning top, bypassing DeRozan's defense.
Under the basket, Chris Bosh and Tyson Chandler looked at Kobe, stared at him, jumped high, and the two actually intercepted in the air, which can be described as covering the sky.
It's a Kobe Bryant, I saw him retract the basketball he raised to his crotch, jumped into the air, and twisted his body.
The terrifying waist and abdomen power exploded, and the whole person twisted into a twisted flower, dodged the cover of the two, and flew from one side of the basket to the other side of the basket.
Then with a backhand, he smashed the ball into the basket hard.
"Bang dang!"
didn't catch the basket, and the whole person flew out sideways because of inertia.
"Even-bought karma!"
The audience was dumbfounded, this series of performances on the 24th was simply the same explosive head wearing the No. 8 jersey, and the 31-year-old played as if he was 23 years old.
The years have not left a shadow on the supergiant's body, but the fans vaguely remember the brutality at the beginning.
DeRozan crossed his hands on his hips and shook his head helplessly.
Bryant had already scored 11 points and had just over four minutes left in the first quarter.
Lakers fans are very excited, Kobe's reflexive dunk is too shocking, playing DeRozan, passing the blockade of two interior players, and staying in the air can be called a rebellion.
Bryant fell to the floor, got up like no one else, pulled his jersey, and let out a roar.
Against the Kings' bench.
The camera switched from Kobe's roar to the silent Wang Mingming's face.
Wang Mingming suddenly showed a strange smile.
Phil Jackson chuckled in his heart, looked at the time, Kobe Bryant played too hard, and he was ready to replace Kobe Bryant to retain a little physical strength.
But Kobe Bryant played well, which made Phil Jackson hesitate.
Landing and crossing, Kidd handed over to Artest, who cut in on the wing, at this time Bosh went to the bottom line to sneak attack, the defender stared at Artest, and Artest hit the ground with a second pass.
Chris Bosh scored two points from mid-range.
Compared with the Lakers' explosive offense, the Kings have been playing tactics in a decent manner, and few stars have individual singles or strong offenses, and those who can score goals are generally not too laborious.
"Moisturize things silently."
Ahem, Wang Tomorrow suddenly remembered a poem, and felt that his transformation of the king was still relatively successful, at least under the leadership of a group of experienced players, the team would not collapse because of the failure of a certain ball, and even Kobe Bryant completed such an offense, these people have not changed their faces, and the tactics they play are still impressive.
Bryant attacked a couple more times, with 32 seconds left in the first quarter, and went off the court.
By this time, Bryant had already scored 16 points and dominated the game in a single quarter, so the Lakers also led the Kings by 11 points at 34-23.
At this time, Lakers fans always have to blow a wave.
"The Lakers are still much stronger than the Kings, although the Kings have a high winning rate, but when they meet the Lakers, they are still in their original form."
"Not having a supergiant is the biggest problem for the Kings, and a player of Kobe's level must be at the same level to be able to beat him."
"There are some problems with Coach Wang's lineup, how can a player like Kobe Bryant keep using DeMar DeRozan, a rookie, to defend? DeRozan is indeed excellent among his peers, but it is still not enough to say that if he defends Kobe. ”
For some reason, Coach Wang insisted that he defend, and he paid the price for his stubbornness.
Kings fans have a lot of confidence in their coach.
"Coach Wang will definitely be able to make changes tomorrow, and the Lakers won't be proud for long."
This wishful thinking was scoffed at by Lakers fans, and then their eyes shifted to the second quarter.
In the second quarter, the Kings had the advantage over the bench.
Although the Lakers have Lamar Odom, an All-Star-caliber player, as the sixth man, the Kings are raining down three-pointers, and several outside players are getting more accurate than the other.
In the blink of an eye, Nocioni and Cosby scored three points.
Even Afflalo hit a three-pointer to narrow the gap to just four points, and the Lakers called a timeout.
Phil Jackson's face was pale, he had long heard that the Kings would rain three points, and the situation would change in an instant, fortunately, the Lakers were ahead, if the Lakers and the Kings were in a state of anxiety, such a wave of three-point rain, wouldn't the Lakers fall behind by a lot of points in an instant?
Phil Jackson wondered if he had neglected the three-point shot.
There are only a few teams in the league that specialize in three-point shooting tactics, and the best one is the Kings, so there are not many coaches who really pay attention to three-point shooting tactics.
Now throwing three points, most teams are still stuck in the stage of breaking points and scoring goals.
Phil Jackson can only arrange players to expand the defense while making timely changes.
Most of the King's three-point shots still rely on cover and running opportunities, so changing the defense in time can avoid the opponent's direct vacancy.
This arrangement is not wrong, but I didn't expect that Wang would be even better tomorrow.
Wang will arrange for players to attack in a disposition tomorrow.
There must be a dislocation in a change of defense, and the key is whether there is an initiative to find the misalignment and use the misalignment.
The Kings were very efficient offensively, and the difference between the two sides remained within five points.
"I'm on the field, Phil."
Kobe Bryant said murderously to the head coach.
Phil Jackson showed a helpless expression, in this kind of game, he actually doesn't really want to fight the Kings, the Lakers can win the best, it's okay if they don't win, and they are still the team with the best record in the league.
Bryant came on as a substitute in the 9th minute, and the full game counted for 3 minutes.
The king instructed Afraro to defend tomorrow.
Afflalo is also a ruthless man, he comes from the Pistons, he has the Pistons' iron-blooded defensive style, and in the face of Kobe's offense, the defense is even better than DeRozan.
Bryant came up and wanted to score and get a foothold for the Lakers.
Unexpectedly, Afflalo's defense was excellent, and his eyes were covered on both turnover jumpers.
Instead, the Kings seized the opportunity when Udri hit a 3-pointer to take the lead.
Positional offense, Horford made a strong basket, causing the Kings to foul Gortat inside.
Gortat held up his hands, feeling wronged.
"I didn't push him, he just made ugly movements." Gortat tried to explain something to the referee, but walked away under the referee's unkind gaze.
The fans at the scene booed.
Wang beckoned to the bench, and one player pointed to his nose in disbelief.
"Me?"
DeJuan Blair snorted, then immediately stood up and trotted to the manager's side.
Blair is a second-round pick, and after entering the Kings, his playing status is not as good as Cosby, and even less than DeRozan, who is firmly in the starting scoring guard of the Kings at the moment.
Previously, the Kings were weak on the inside, but he only played in garbage time, and when the interior line was missing, most of them still let Atay play the No. 4 position.
The invitation at this moment, isn't it?
"DeJuan, do you know Bynum, the Lakers' interior player?"
Hu Dean nodded, of course he knows, this Bynum is known as the "little shark", and it is an All-Star level interior line that the Lakers have spent several seasons working on.
"I need you to go inside, hold up to this Bynum, fight for rebounds in the frontcourt, and get a second chance for the team."
Hu De'an is full of tendons, and his strength is no one stronger than him in this rookie, and he fell to the second round, one is due to injury factors, and the other is because he is too short, as a center, he only has an official height of 2.01 meters, and his actual height may be even shorter.
Wang didn't care about these superficial stats tomorrow, he told Hu De'an that he could use him, but he had to work the field.
In fact, the reason why Wang used Hu Dean so early today is that today's stadium commander skills just affected Hu Dean Blair, who was in good shape at this time, and giving him more opportunities was only good for the team.
The commentator was taken aback, "Coach Wang Mingming made the 11th rotation, replacing the "Polish Hammer" Gortat, and replacing this year's second-round rookie - Hudan Blair. ”
"What kind of operation is this, I don't understand it at all!"
Hood Blair came on the pitch and took a deep breath.
Kobe sneered, he felt that Coach Wang was simply playing with fire, using a rookie to defend him in the first quarter, and even more hilarious in the second quarter, getting a fringe player to do interior defense.
Horford was also very angry, and some people didn't like this guy with a round face and a little chubby.
"Toot ~"
A whistle blows, and the Kings serve from the sideline.
At this time, the Lakers' interior line is Horford and Odom, Horford and Blair are entangled, and as soon as they play, he was taken aback.
The strength of this black fat man is amazing, and he actually carries him inward and keeps asking for positions.
Kidd missed a jumper from the free-throw line, and Hood Blair leaped high to get ahead of Horford and grab the rebound.
Then a point went out, and the Kings attacked twice.
"I just came up and made a meritorious service!"
The fans let out exclamations.
Cosby cut away the defender, Kidd passed to Bosh in seconds, Bosh faced Odom's defense, made a quick stop, and dribbled under the crotch to break through.
"Huh!"
Odom was taken aback, Bosh was so quick to change direction that he was confused for the first time, and he fell behind in his position all of a sudden.
No matter how much defense he defended, he couldn't stop it, and he was killed by Bosh on the inside line and picked up the basket.
"Good shot!"
Bosh himself gave himself encouragement, and when he retreated, he took the initiative to reach out and high-five Blair.
Although this ball was won by Bosh's personal ability, in the final analysis, it had to be thanks to Blair's offensive rebound, otherwise there would be no chance to attack twice.
Horford's face is a little ugly, this Blair seems to have underestimated him, his strength and rebounding sense are first-class.
The Lakers missed offense and switched offense and defense.
It was Kidd who launched an attack in the middle again, passing back to the top of the arc for a three-point jumper that missed out.
This time, Horford stuck in the position under the basket.
But the rebounding ball is bounced out, and this stuck position becomes a disadvantage.
"Oops."
Horford only felt that it was not good, and immediately squeezed back desperately.
"Bang!"
It crashed into Blair, who collapsed, and both rolled to the floor.
The referee blew the whistle.
"Horford grabs rebound foul!"
Horford was taken aback, this black fat man looked at the rough mine, but his heart was a little delicate, with the strength he had just shown, this kind of confrontation, he should not have fallen.
Blair smiled, and the two bigwigs, Kidd and Bosh, came over, grabbed his palm, and pulled him up.
Wang Ming showed a satisfied smile, Blair has good strength, is an instant player, and has some experience in the game, and he is more alert than the average rookie.