Chapter 564: Reflections after the game and the away battle
On the press conference after the game, Ye Xuan also felt all kinds of pressure from the outside world, although the Lakers have many fans in the United States, and some of these big-name stars are also frequent visitors to Stamps, but as a Chinese, after becoming the star of the Lakers, the pressure has not decreased much, due to today's loss, Ye Xuan was besieged by various reporters in the press conference, even if he has fought to cramps today, even if he has scored 61 points today, This is almost the highest score in playoff history, but the Lakers lost, and they didn't overtake the score in the whole game, so all kinds of doubts are still coming.
For these doubts, Ye Xuan could only drop a sentence: "We will snatch back the home advantage." He didn't want to stay at the press conference anymore, after all, what he needed most now was rest, and if he couldn't ensure that he was fully restored before the next game started in the fierce playoffs, then this game would really be too much to lose.
After the press conference, Ye Xuan also came directly to the team's physiotherapy room, where he needed to undergo half an hour of relieving treatment before going home, this treatment method can be very effective in relieving the fatigue of the players' muscles, and at the same time, the athletes' physical fitness can also be restored to a certain extent.
The next day, the Lakers chose to train more, although they only lost less than ten points in the last game, but let Ye Xuan play to cramps, which is also something that the Lakers feel very self-reproachful, if they can be a little more accurate in the game, then Ye Xuan will not have to play the whole game for so long, and their tactical ideas are actually not too much of a problem, the only problem is that the performance of the players in the game is much lower than the previous game, which is not a good thing for the Lakers, because if this bad performance continues, the Lakers may not even be able to enter the Finals, let alone the championship, and if they don't enter the Finals with 75 wins, they will definitely become the laughing stock of everyone.
At the end of the day, the Lakers also briefly gathered for a small meeting, after all, the most important point now is that they need to mobilize the players' desire to win, so that they will be more confident on the court, and at the same time, they will work harder to fight, and this heavy responsibility naturally falls on the head of Ye Xuan, the little prince of MLM, after all, Wharton is still too young, and many things from his mouth cannot be recognized by everyone, but although Ye Xuan is young, But his team status is there, plus the old Cove and others all support him, and he himself has a unique charm that can convince others, so the matter of shouting slogans naturally falls on Ye Xuan's head.
Ye Xuan was also on the Pacers before, when Lance Stephenson and Hibbert and others were not in good shape, or when they were in a mood, they talked to the two, and the effect was good, so this time Ye Xuan was not very rusty, standing in the middle of the locker room, clapping his hands, and signaling everyone to come around.
Then Ye Xuan began, "I know, everyone felt very depressed after the last game, and I felt the same way, the Warriors are indeed very strong, as long as they can play their strength normally, our chances of winning are very low, but don't forget, we are ahead of them in the regular season." And we were the team that broke their record of 73 wins, we were the best team in the league this season, so when we play them, we should not be unconfident, but we should make them scared. ”
After a pause, Ye Xuan continued, "Besides, we have a saying in China called 'those who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes', 'willing to cut their bodies, Dare to pull the emperor off the horse' know what it means, this is very similar to us now, anyway, we are a team that was only formed this season, even if we lose the game, the outside world can only say that we are not running in well, we are not mature enough or something, after all, we have a lot of young players in the team, and our opponents are different, the Warriors won 73 wins last year, and finally only won the overall runner-up, which has made them a little dissatisfied, after all, the year before, they won the championship, and this year they got Durant, the multi-time scoring champion plus the regular season MVP of the 13-14 season, their combat effectiveness is unprecedentedly strongSo if they lose this championship, they're going to have a lot more serious problems than we are, and what we're going to do now is let him face those serious problems, and think about it, we're going to beat the biggest teams in history and we're going to disband, so we're going to be able to make a mark on history, right? ”
At this time, Wade on the side also spoke, "Ye is right, when I led the Heat and Mavericks to fight in the Finals, it was also this feeling, anyway, the opponent was a team that the outside world was unanimously optimistic about, and we were sung down by many parties, plus I was still very young at that time, and I felt that I could fight, so you can also see that in the end, we won the championship that year, and this year, our situation in all aspects is much better than my Heat team at that time, So we have a better chance of winning the championship. ”
Gasol also answered: "Okay, let's go for tomorrow's game, when we win the championship this year, I invite you to go to the Spanish beach for a month." Under Gasol's gags, the atmosphere that was still somewhat serious just now was suddenly eased a lot, but the effect of this conversation was still very good on the faces of his teammates.
Time came in a blink of an eye when the third game was about to start, and the Lakers' starting lineup was made some adjustments, they got Hibbert into the starting lineup in a rare way, and Gasol appeared at the power forward position, giving the Warriors the illusion that the Lakers were going to start playing inside.
At the beginning of the game, Hibbert did not lose the jump ball this time, and slapped the ball into Ye Xuan's hands, Ye Xuan still maintained the hot hand of the first two games, and directly accelerated after receiving the ball. And looking back, Curry, as the favorite player of the home fans, can't let the opponent easily spread wild on his own turf, so he immediately came to a three-point shot after the ball came to the frontcourt, but Ye Xuan's defense was not so bad, and he almost gave Curry's shot to the cap, and in the end, although he was not able to get the block, he also successfully let Curry hit the ball iron, Hibbert grabbed the backcourt rebound and handed the ball to Wade.
Wade slowly controlled the ball to the front court, and then passed the ball to Ye Xuan. In fact, the Lakers' starting lineup today is easy to remind everyone of the Pacers of the year, the starting Ye Xuan, Hibbert and Solomon Hill are all three people in the Pacers' starting list after Pickle Pepper was injured that year, and Gasol is not bad at all compared to David West, and even Gasol's passing organization ability is better than David West, plus Wade, an experienced Hall of Fame level scoring guard whose combat effectiveness is still not bad, This Lakers team looks very good from the first time.
And the tactical ideas, it seems to have also referred to the Pacers' style of play, after Ye Xuan received the ball, he called Hibbert to come forward to block and dismantle, and then the two quickly went down, the first target of the Warriors team was naturally Ye Xuan, so in addition to Klay Thompson to chase Ye Xuan, the scum on the inside line also ran over to wrap Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan didn't want to, he threw the ball directly in the direction of the basket, Hibbert over there jumped high and pressed the ball into the basket, although Green, who was in charge of changing defenses, tried his best to interfere, But he could only watch the opponent complete this empty connection.
This offense made everyone firm up their views, this is simply a replica of the Pacers' style of play back then, whether it is the starting point or the finishing method, or the running pull, it is almost the same as the Pacers team at that time, if Ye Xuan knew their idea, he would definitely go up and give him a thumbs up, because this tactic was drawn by Ye Xuan himself with reference to the tactical ideas of Coach Frank Vogel of the Pacers team back then, and then discussed it with Wharton Jr., Wharton Jr. also decisively agreed to this tactic, after all, although Wharton Jr. knows the Warriors' tactics well, but in the same way, his tactical ideas are basically from Steve Kerr, and obviously Kerr has to grasp his own tactics more in place, so Wharton Jr.'s tactics, at least in the face of the Warriors, should not play a big role.
Fortunately, Ye Xuan and Solomon Hill both have good brains, and they copied the more than 20 sets of tactics of the Pacers at that time, although it is impossible for everyone to switch their tactics in an instant, but it is not impossible for Hibbert, Solomon Hill and Ye Xuan to play a small range of cooperation by themselves, and then play a little simple cooperation between teammates.
Hibbert's dunk made him feel like he was back in his peak with the Pacers, instantly full of vitality, and when he came back to defend, he felt like he was energized, jumping and jumping, and he also successfully interfered with the opponent's passing route when Curry hit the basket with the help of the block, although he did not break the ball, but also interrupted the opponent's offensive plan, touching the ball out of bounds, not only making the opponent's offense need to be reorganized, but also leaving them with less than 7 seconds of offensive time.
Fortunately, because the Warriors are playing at home, both the familiarity of the court and the adjustment of their own state are not bad, so after the baseline serve is issued, the Warriors still receive the ball by Klay Thompson in the bottom corner, and then slip to the bottom line to come to a backhand layup that looks back at the moon.
However, this is not fatal for today's Lakers team, looking back, it is still Wade who controls the ball over half the court, and then hands the ball to Ye Xuan to deal with, Ye Xuan still calls Hibbert to cover with the ball, Hibbert's Gundam figure is indeed a good hand at setting up blocking and dismantling, after the blocking and dismantling is completed, Hibbert still walks inward, but this time he did not kill all the way to the basket, but stopped near the free throw line after two steps, Ye Xuan entered the penalty area in two steps and was surrounded by the opponent again, and looked back at the moon and returned the ball to Hibbert again, After Hibbert received the ball, the defender in front of him was already Klay Thompson, and Hibbert was naturally not polite to him, and the big and small were naturally back plays, and Ye Xuan also quietly slipped out of the inside line at this time, Hibbert's back hit successfully attracted Durant to go to the bag, and Hibbert also passed the ball out in time and gave it to Solomon Hill, Hill received the ball and was about to throw, and Curry next to him had to give up Wade to come over to make up for the defense, After receiving the ball, Wade continued to break through a few steps to the inside line and successfully attracted the scum that was made up after the change of defense to fill the position, after this round of tactics, Ye Xuan suddenly had no defenders around, Wade easily divided the ball to the bottom corner Ye Xuan, without the interference of defensive players, Ye Xuan easily threw the ball into the ball.
And this time the offense took 22 seconds, just to make the best use of the offensive time, this tactic is a tactic that the Pacers occasionally played before, at that time, in addition to Ye Xuan's pull out point, there is also a David West as another option to divide the ball, if the opponent chooses to make up for Ye Xuan, then David West will leak, which also works for the Lakers, if the opponent chooses to pounce on Ye Xuan, then Gasol will be able to get the opportunity to shoot in the open space.
However, this tactic is indeed more troublesome, coupled with the high demand for the endpoint, so even the previous Pacers were relatively rare, and this time the Lakers perfectly replicated this tactic, in addition to taking a 6-point lead in the score, it also gave the Warriors a lot of pressure psychologically, at least it made the Warriors' defensive pressure greater.
And the Warriors' response was also very fast, and they immediately called a timeout and replaced the scum again, after all, if the scum stayed on the court, it would give the opponent a reason to continue to keep Hibbert, in the same way, if the opponent replaced Hibbert, then the other interior players of the Lakers would not have the physical advantage of Hibbert, the Warriors substitution ended, Iguodala was also unrelenting, and as soon as he came up, he broke through and threw the ball directly at the top of the arc to score two points, It seems that the Lakers also need to replace Hibbert, otherwise he can only guard the interior on the defensive end, but this weakness that can't be saved will be grabbed by the opponent.