Chapter 294: Show Your Skills

In terms of the execution of round tactics, the Kings can now be said to be the best team in the league in this regard, while the Lakers may be worse than the Kings in terms of tactical execution, but when it comes to the overall strength of the team and the individual strength of the players, they are not inferior to the Kings in any aspect, or even stronger.

However, the game is not a simple PK of strength, including the competition of state, luck, and performance on the court.

The Kings took the lead and hit the first goal.

Kobe Bryant glared at Bynum with a threatening gaze, and Bynum knew that he hadn't played this ball well, so he lifted his spirits and his concentration skyrocketed.

The Lakers' offense also started with a high post block.

But soon it was very different from the Kings' offense, Kobe Bryant, who fell to the elbow area, received the ball, and Al Horford came out and stood on the wall under the basket, ready to block for Kobe.

The triangle offense doesn't mean it's all singles, and after last year's Finals loss, Phil Jackson made some changes in his tactical style.

The most striking thing is the difference between Bryant's singles in the elbow area and singles in the low post.

In the frame attack, some blocking and pick-and-roll will be attempted in order to get a more prominent mismatch attack and complete a more efficient heads-up.

Horford blocked Kobe Bryant's right hand down the line, and as Kobe's defender, Artest shifted his center of gravity, exposing this part of the line and preventing Bryant from getting more offensive space.

Kobe flicked to the left, dribbled to the right, with the help of Horford's blocking, there was a position advantage, and Chris Bosh was decisively pasted up, and together with Artest, the two surrounded Kobe.

Kobe Bryant dribbled the ball, but his eyes were observing the situation on the court, and while dribbling, he pulled the ball down further outside.

Then, in the middle of the double encirclement, he quickly played the ball and went straight to Horford, Bosh was amazingly agile, saw Kobe's ball, and immediately turned and walked to the basket.

Chandler complemented Horford, who wanted to pass to Bynum, but Bosh slapped him and took a long arm to sabotage the offense.

From Bosh's containment of Kobe Bryant to Bosh's return to the inside, the time that has passed has been very short.

Bosh's wave of defense immediately surprised Phil Jackson off the court.

"How is it so much like Kevin Garnett of Bosh?" Lakers fans recalled last year's big battle with the Kaizi, which swarthy and thin No. 5 was just like Bosh, running all over the court?

"He actually transformed the team like this, no, he transformed Chris Bosh into this....... "Phil Jackson has a trace of jealousy in his eyes, Wang Mingming's ability, in an NBA-level coach, can be said to be the ability to turn stones into gold, and Popovich also had such an ability before, and any player can be turned into treasure in the hands of Popovich.

"There are no incompetent players, only coaches who haven't found instructions." A sentence that Wang Mingming faced in an interview back then has now become one of his wise sayings.

Up front, Jason Kidd is organising the attack.

Bosh came out, caught the ball on the line, and then blocked Kidd, this time completely blocking the defending Derrick Fisher, and Kidd wiped it inside.

He didn't move fast, but he could go and glance at Tyson Chandler, as if he was passing and attacking.

The Lakers restricted area was empty, and Bynum finally decided to defend Kidd, and Kidd immediately made a ground pass to Chandler, who was ambushed on the baseline.

Chandler grabbed the ball with both hands and jumped up for a dunk.

"Bang!"

Chandler scored 4 points in a row at the beginning, and suddenly became the focus of the hot spot on the field, everyone was puzzled, how to say a good star war, but the result made the blue collar the protagonist?

"The Lakers pay too much attention to the defense of the king's wing players, and the strength of the defense is not very strong, once the middle is beaten by the king into a block, the whole situation will be very passive in an instant." CCTV5 was commenting, and Xu Jicheng conducted a wave of analysis with considerable research.

The analysis is reasonable, and basically clarifies the situation on the field.

The Lakers' defensive strategy is indeed to keep an eye on the king's wing and not give the king the opportunity and space to shoot from the outside.

In the last round, the Rockets lost on the outside line, and they didn't vote as much as the king, and they didn't vote as well as the king, which was under the control of a low-level killer like Yao Ming.

On the field, the offense and defense are converted.

Fisher passed the ball to Al Horford, who was playing in the free-throw line area, and Horford, who was wide and covered very high, blocked Artest for Bryant.

Kobe Bryant faced the rotation of defense, shook it, jumped up from the middle distance and shot directly with a half-volley.

Bosh gave Kobe a lot of space this time, and then the two of them interfered with Artest, which was actually not much use, and Kobe Bryant scored this mid-range jumper steadily.

The fans at the scene cheered, and basically most of them were Kobe Bryant fans.

The King's serve was fast, and the fans were only halfway through the celebration when they realized that the King had completed the push.

Kidd gave Chandler to the top of the arc, Chandler handed his hand to cover, and after the cover was completed, at this time, the flank DeRozan shook a little and ran out.

Artest didn't score, the ball came on its own, struggling to break through the impact.

Ariza clinged to the defense, Artest had no chance, and redistributed the ball to Kidd on the outside.

Fisher was far away from Kidd, and after Kidd received the ball, he made a three-point shot!

Kidd's career shooting rate is not high, usually less than 4 percent, the finishing ability under the basket is average, but Kidd's three-point shot is actually quite accurate, when the Nets ask him to take responsibility for the offense with the ball, the three-point shot is average, often about 3 into 5 shooting rate, but in the Mavericks and Kings, the two head coaches do not require Kidd to shoot in the dribble, but to shoot at a fixed point, so the three-point shooting rate has skyrocketed, the shooting rate is more than 4 percent, and he has become the league's three-point shooter, and this season in the Kings, Kidd shot a career-high 42.6 percent from three-point range (35.6 percent from three-point range with the Nets in the first half of the '07-08 season and 46.1 percent from three-point range with the Mavericks in the second half).

So the high-arc basketball flew out, and Kidd had a strong self-confidence.

"Huh!"

Impressive hit!

7 to 2, the Kings came up in such a good state, and the consecutive hits made the fans in Los Angeles suddenly have a feeling that the opposite side is so strong!

Phil Jackson is still hesitant to call a timeout.

At this time, the Lakers attacked, Kobe Bryant passed to Horford, Horford made a strong attack on Bosh under the basket, and the rebound was grabbed by Tyson Chandler.

The king quickly launched a quick attack.

In the regular season, there was a game in which the Lakers lost on the King's fast break, so in the pre-game preparation, Phil Jackson deliberately emphasized the discipline of retreat and defense, and it was necessary to prevent the King's offensive and defensive conversion.

In the fast break, Artest made a mistake on the dribble, and the rebound was rebounded by the Lakers.

It was still Kobe Bryant's ball, Horford turned to Ariza again, and Ariza missed a three-point jumper.

The ball bounced far, and Kidd was quick with his eyes and nose, grabbed the rebound with a keen sense of rebounding, and then made a long pass.

DeRozan, who was on the go, did not attack Kobe Bryant, but shared the ball again.

At this time, Artest caught up in the middle and completed the dunk with the ball in both hands, and the Lakers opened the empty door and let him complete the dunk.

"It's the middle again, it's the defense again!" Xu Jicheng shouted, "The Lakers' defense seems to have a big problem, and the players are not very focused on the court because of their state or what? ”

Artest and DeRozan were on the fast break, and when Artest made a three-point shot by Ariza, he felt that Ariza would definitely not score, so after the interference, he didn't grab the rebound, and went directly to the fast break.

"Toot ~"

9-2, there was no doubt that Phil Jackson asked for a timeout.

"What are you doing? Are you playing the Western Conference Finals? I'm ashamed of you! Please show a little professionalism and a little fighting spirit, OK? "Every time Phil Jackson meets Wang Mingming, his temper is not good, and this time it is also rare to be angry, and everyone is scolded bloody.

The two young men, Bynum and Ariza, who had made a mistake, shrank their necks and did not dare to speak.

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On the other hand, Wang Mingming praised the performance of the players.

"Well done, guys, see that this arena is not, now the momentum of the entire arena is under our control, look here, if we can conquer here, what a pleasure it would be!"

This trick is called "painting cakes", and when Wang Ming said so, the players looked at the Staples Arena, looked at the stars on the sidelines, and there were a few female stars dressed up in fancy clothes, talking and laughing, pointing at them! Suddenly, I couldn't help but feel hot.

The timeout ended, and both sides returned to the field.

The Lakers experienced such a scolding from Phil Jackson, and the defensive end was a little more focused.

Bynum picked up the ball and turned around with a small hook, but Horford squeezed Chris Bosh away and put the ball back into the basket with a flick of his right hand.

"Started grabbing frontcourt rebounds?"

Another manifestation of concentration is that the frontcourt rebounds are more aggressive.

This sounds more contradictory, retreat defense and frontcourt rebounding, but the psychology of professional athletes has a measure, and the Lakers' two interior lines, rebounding ability is very strong, Phil Jackson of course will not easily waste this weapon, really to do mercury general offense, touch the defense is the entire Lakers team, not just refer to outside players or interior players.

This is not the same as Wang Mingming's tactical style, Wang Mingming's role positioning of players is very clear, grabbing rebounds, grabbing rebounds, attacking offense, everyone has their own role, like a piece of precision parts, and finally combined into a strong team, from this point of view, the Kings are more like the Spurs.

So the Lakers players feel very difficult, and the Kings have no special weaknesses at every position, including rookie DeMar DeRozan, who are all players who can defend very well.

Chasing points became difficult, and the Lakers trailed the Kings by six points at 13-19 until they entered the rotation.

At this point, Phil Jackson took the initiative and replaced Lamar Odom, the Lakers' No. 1 man on the bench and a strong contender for the league's best sixth man this season.

The Kings, on the other hand, replaced Artest and replaced Cosby, the two rookies formed a wing, and DeRozan began to carry the banner of defending Kobe.

"How dare you let DeMar defend, it's the Western Conference Finals." Michael Curry expressed his shock at Wang Mingming's bold use, no matter how good DeRozan is, he is still just a rookie, a rookie who has never played in the Western Conference finals in his career before, and has never even played in the playoffs, actually defends the "first person in the league" today!

"In the regular season, DeMar did well, and I believe in him." The sentence "I believe" represents DeRozan's important position in Wang Mingming's mind, as well as Wang Mingming's absolute trust in him.

Kobe didn't attack much in the first quarter, and after Artest went off the court, he found that the Kings had switched defenses and young rookies came to defend him.

"Show No. 9?"

Kobe Bryant's eyes were over, and he took the initiative to ask for the outside.

With his back to him, he was in the main position, and with the ball, the Lakers pulled away, giving Kobe Bryant room to go head-to-head in the elbow area.

In fact, since the start of the game, Kobe Bryant has rarely been heads-up, with his heads-up scoring efficiency, which is not scientific, under normal circumstances, at this time, Kobe Bryant has made at least 4 to 5 shots, but now he has only shot 2 times, hitting the opening 1 shot.

So there was no score in 7 minutes, and the audience was also anxious, at this time, Kobe Bryant singled DeRozan with his back, and everyone felt that it was coming!

After everyone pulled away, Kobe Bryant bowed over to test DeRozan's defensive pressure.

The back turned to look, and the toes were raised, tentatively pushing back. Then he shook his shoulders suddenly, and seemed to turn to the left, but in fact he took the bottom line on the right.

Kobe Bryant's turn was fast, and DeRozan had prepared Kobe to hit him with his back, but he didn't expect to have no back.

This reaction was a little untimely, Kobe Bryant dribbled with his right hand, his left foot was the axis, and his right foot took a big step, quickly dribbled twice, and ran to the bottom line.

At this time, DeRozan's rhythm was out of order, keeping up with Kobe, but he lost his judgment, Kobe Bryant raised his hands, and one held the ball and shook it.

The movements were so coherent that DeRozan jumped without hesitation.

But at this time, it was found that Kobe Bryant did not move at all, standing in place, waiting for him to jump up and land.

Rising again, DeRozan has no way to defend.

And Kobe's unique skills, turning over and jumping, leaning back sharply, with extremely strong waist and abdominal core strength, controlling the basketball, and his eyes are full of murderous energy.

Ordinary people can also lean back, but there are almost no who can do this in situ, and in the game, the amplitude is so large, only Jordan and Kobe Bryant are left, the key is the amplitude of the back, DeRozan can't cover it, this is equivalent to letting Kobe throw a training ball.

Zero degree angle medium distance, steady hit.

"Huh!"

There were cheers at the scene, this is the MVP!

"You can't stop me, rookie." Kobe couldn't help but provoke DeRozan, when Artest defended him before, the two of them were still very quiet, but when they saw the young DeRozan, they couldn't help but want to try to disturb his state of mind, after all, he was just a rookie, maybe he would make a mistake.

DeRozan didn't say a word, turned his head and walked back, his face indifferent.