"I must win this match, I must win, I will definitely not lose to you for the third time!"

When Pau Gasol and Daco Milicic, who jumped on behalf of both sides, walked into the center circle, Kobe Bryant, who was standing not far behind Pau Gasol, looked at Meng Xu not far away with a hideous face, the Lakers in the OK era met the Pacers in the Finals twice, but they lost in the end, so when the Lakers and the Pacers met in the Finals for the third time, Kobe Bryant didn't want to lose again no matter what.

But Meng Xu doesn't have time to look at Kobe's expression now, before the referee threw the basketball in his hand into the air, Meng Xu stared at the basketball in the referee's hand, since the second round of the playoffs, it has always been Darko Milicic jumping on behalf of the Pacers, although Darko Milicic's jump ball is far less powerful than Jermaine O'Neal, but there is no problem in beating Pau Gasol, but just when Meng Xu took a step forward and was ready to advance to the court, It was found that Darko Milicic lost to Pau Gasol when he jumped the ball, which was too embarrassing.

Seeing that the basketball that was dialed to the backcourt by Pau Gasol was caught in the hands of Derrick Fisher, Meng Xu also began to retreat with an embarrassed face, but fortunately, the Lakers did not have the habit and tactical arrangement of playing fast break at the beginning, otherwise the Pacers would likely be caught off guard.

And when Derrick Fisher slowly dribbled the ball through the halfcourt, the Lakers players who had arrived in the front court began to run according to their own tactics.

As a two-time scoring champion, Kobe Bryant's scoring ability and singles ability are beyond doubt, but after Phil Jackson returned to the palace to take charge of the Lakers, under the restrictions of the triangle strategy, the number of Kobe Bryant's brainless singles has been greatly reduced, but as the terminator in the triangle strategy, Kobe's number of shots has not decreased at all, because the original intention of the triangle strategy is to create the best scoring opportunities for the players with the strongest scoring ability, so the current Lakers, On the offensive end, the basketball is generally handed over to Pau Gasol first, and as for Kobe, he needs to create the best scoring opportunities through running without the ball, of course, as the boss of the Lakers, Kobe Bryant can't pull it if he plays brainless singles.

In fact, in terms of Kobe's personal ability, even if there is no triangle offense, his average points per game will not decline, because no matter who the defensive player he is facing, Kobe Bryant has the confidence to throw the ball in, even in the face of multiple people, it is not a matter for Kobe, so Kobe's heart is a little resistant to this tactic of restricting his ball possession, if it weren't for the championship, Kobe would not believe in this Rausch triangle tactic.

However, in the first offense after the opening, Kobe Bryant still strictly followed Phil Jackson's pre-game requirements to play a no-ball run, and after Kobe Bryant left with James Posey, Derrick Fisher, who happened to arrive at the top of the arc, immediately handed the basketball to Ron Artest on the right side, and he cut directly to the basket while passing the basketball out.

Fisher cut from the top of the arc to the basket, Pau Gasol, who was originally under the basket, ran towards the top of the arc, and after Pau Gasol reached the free throw line and near the top of the arc, Ron Artest, who was holding the ball on the right side of the three-point line, passed the basketball to Pau Gasol.

After that series of runs and pulls, the Pacers' defensive position was completely messed up, and Pau Gasol, who was holding the ball near the top of the arc, could now choose between Darko Milicic and Dalko Milicic alone, or he could wait for his teammates to run and then pass the basketball.

In terms of ball-holding offense, single defense, and co-defense ability, Pau Gasol may still be a little far from the big four forwards, but in terms of passing ability, vision and response ability, there is almost no gap between Pau Gasol and them, so Paul Gasol, who is now holding the ball near the top of the arc, immediately took a step towards the left side of his body and made a breakthrough posture after observing Kobe Bryant getting rid of James Posey's defense through the cover between him and Derrick Fisher, who cut inside. Then the moment Kobe Bryant arrived in the bottom left corner, he passed the basketball in his hand to Kobe Bryant.

Kobe Bryant, who received a pass from Pau Gasol, hit a very easy jump shot to open the scoring for the Lakers, and after the jump shot, Kobe Bryant stretched out a finger to Meng Xu while returning to the defense, celebrating his goal while demonstrating to Meng Xu.

'Very good tactical movement, it's a typical triangle attack. Although he doesn't look down on Phil Jackson as much as the Lakers godfather Jerry West, Magic Johnson also has to admit that the triangle offensive strategy is indeed a tactic that can not only play beautiful basketball, but also win championships.

Switching offense and defense, after Tony Allen dribbled through the half court, he directly handed over the basketball to Meng Xu, who organized it.

After Meng Xu received the ball, Jermaine O'Neal, who had been waiting near the free throw line, immediately pulled up to the top of the arc and prepared to block and cooperate with Meng Xu.

A very simple feint, Meng Xu shook off Ramar Odom, after breaking through Odom's defense, Meng Xu did not stop to shoot, but rushed directly to the basket, when Meng Xu and Jermaine O'Neal were blocking, Paul Gasol, who was taken away from the basket by Darko Milicic, immediately gave up the defense of Darko Milicic after seeing Meng Xu under the basket, and retreated directly to the basket, ready to make up for Meng Xu.

However, just after Pau Gasol retreated to the basket in time, Meng Xu passed the ball, and the target of the pass happened to be Dako Milicic, who was abandoned by Pau Gasol, and the unguarded Dako Milicic hit easily after receiving the ball, and the score was tied.

'A beautiful pass, a jumper from Darko Milicic and it was 2-2. After Darko Milicic hit the jumper, Reggie Miller on the sideline commentary bench was also very excited, the Pacers' tactical cooperation just now is the Pacers' typical blocking and breaking tactics, whether it is Meng Xu and Jermaine O'Neal's blocking, or Meng Xu's final shot, or Darko Milicic's jump shot, they are all completed quite perfectly, especially the blocking and dismantling cooperation between Jermaine O'Neal and Meng Xu, after 7 seasons of cooperation, Meng Xu and Jermaine O'Neal's two blocking and dismantling, The ultimate state has been reached.

Phil Jackson, who has been sitting on the bench, shook his head helplessly after seeing the offensive cooperation of the Pacers, Paul Gasol's defensive choice does not have any problems, in the case just now, if Paul Gasol does not retreat, then Meng Xu must be a direct layup, and the result of retreat is very obvious, so for this dilemma of defensive choice, Phil Jackson has no way.