Chapter 252: All or Nothing
But Phil Jackson doesn't know that Adelman thinks so much of him in his heart, otherwise he will be unconvinced, what does it mean that I won't make chicken soup for the soul for the players, Kobe, Bynum and Odom can do it with a bowl of chicken soup? I'm afraid that a bucket of chicken soup will not be soft to pour into them.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers came with a five-up-five-down, Gasol led a second-team team of Shannon Brown, Vujacic, Wharton Jr., and Odom to compete with the Rockets, and the Rockets sent Lowry, Iguodala, Harris, David Lee and Gasol Jr. to compete with it, and the Staples Center staged a showdown between his brother and his brother.
However, Adelman obviously miscalculated, now Gasol Jr. is not the big white bear who eats and drinks and beats his brother in three years, Pau Gasol has long been a superstar in the league, and is still in his prime, and Mark Gasol is a rookie who has just entered the league and has not graduated from the first grade, how can the two be comparable?
35:25, the Lakers only had two minutes to pull the difference to 10 points, the sister-in-law did not have the slightest mercy in the face of her younger brother, two back hooks + 3 assists directly stopped the rockets, Lowry broke through ferociously, but in the face of Shannon Brown, who is better than his physical fitness, there seems to be no good way, Iguodala should have an all-round advantage against Vujacic, but the first brother is not a player who is good at scoring, and Harris has just rushed from the CBA to come to the aid, David Lee also seems to be fully suppressed in the face of Odom, and the Rockets can collapse by 10 points is already the result of the bench's desperate efforts.
Ah Shuai immediately brought Totoro on the field, he understood that now was not the time to care about the physical strength of the players, anyway, Totoro, this kid endured, so it should be enough for him to rest for 4 minutes in a game?
However, after the timeout, even if Totoro was brought on the court, the Rockets didn't recover much of the score, even if Kobe and Bynum were not on the court, Gasol took a few big white players on the court and also demonstrated to the NBA team, why their dream team can always be deflated frequently in the World Championships and the Olympics, and always can't beat some European giants, that's not because the Yankees' physical fitness and technology are not the world's top, but the science of basketball, sometimes the team can really be played to the extreme against strong individuals.
When Kobe Bryant was on the court, the Rockets played like team basketball, and the Lakers were like star tactics, but on the contrary, when Kobe Bryant was not replaced by a sister-in-law, the Rockets made people look like star tactics, and the Lakers became team basketball.
Gasol don't look at his usual soft appearance, if you want to deploy players to control the overall situation, it is estimated that Duncan is not as good as his sister-in-law in this regard, and his sister-in-law is actually not soft at all, people think that he is soft just because he is blocked a lot, but being blocked is also the result of his efforts to defend, otherwise like the little shark in the first quarter, he will hide when he sees someone coming, it will never be blocked, but why did the team buy you back? Working as a photographer under the basket?
My Neighbor Totoro still maintains the feel of the first quarter, he can shoot everything inside and outside, and he has a few points to pass a few balls, but he can't prevent the Lakers from leading the offense under the guidance of his sister-in-law, Gasol stands in the middle circle, and those players on the Lakers court can still run around him spontaneously, often there is an empty space under the three passes and two guides, and after the empty position is a three-point, which is a scene that cannot be seen at all when the boss is on the court.
"MMP, why do you think this Gasol is more difficult to deal with than Kobe, Kobe is really a supergiant and he is an All-Star? It can't be the reverse of identity, right? ”
Just to the end of the second quarter, My Neighbor Totoro didn't help the team close to the score, but fell behind by 11 points at 56:45, but his own data brushed up, 19 points tied with Peter Pan for the highest on the court, but it took one quarter of the game to do it, and it took him two quarters to complete.
"We played in the second half and we couldn't let the Spaniards continue to play a role, he was just a little-known European, let him see how good we are."
At halftime, Adelman, who has not liked to use joint defense, also changed his mind, in fact, joint defense is not a defensive formation that can reflect the player's individual defensive ability, everyone manages their own place, who defends who in front of them, this is a defensive formation that tests the enthusiasm of a collective defense, so it is very unpopular with the Yankees who advocate individual heroism.
Joint defense first appeared in the international arena, think that at the beginning of the 20th century, joint defense was still banned by the league, all teams with joint defense will be blown illegal defense, after 2001, the league kept up with the pace of the times to allow teams to use joint defense, but even if the rules allow, in the NBA team there are rarely seen coaches will arrange, joint defense no one to mark the excitement of the scene, everyone with each other with zone defense to play down the game will be ugly, So that's the main reason why Spurs-Pistons games are always unwatched.
It's just that now is no longer the time to care about whether basketball looks good or not, a victory in the Western Conference Finals is worth a thousand dollars, as long as you can win, Adelman will do shameless things, there are championships every year, but there is only one every year, 30 teams every year, more than 400 NBA players have to go through a lot of fighting, crossing the first and second rounds of the playoffs, and the baptism of the Western Conference Finals Finals is only one team, 15 people can win the championship, you can imagine what everyone will pay for it.
However, what even Adelman himself didn't expect was that when the Rockets played zone defense according to his instructions in the third quarter, Phil Jackson on the opposite side took Gasol down again, and instead took up the volute that was pressed on the bench for a whole section, and equipped him with a group of blue-collar players who grabbed rebounds, and the Rockets' joint defense was blown up.
Peter Pan told you so much cooperation, it doesn't matter if you are a joint defense or a man-to-man, labor and management have to work alone when they get the ball anyway, do your defensive tactics make a difference to me?
And the most important thing is that I don't know if the boss who watched others play on the bench was suffocated, and as soon as he got on the court, he was full of firepower, turning over and jumping, emergency stop jumpers, backward jumpers, and breakthrough layups, as if it was a reproduction of the first quarter of this game, and the volute used all the offensive skills to the side, and the rocket suddenly couldn't parry the firepower of such a ferocious boss, and was beaten a 16:6, and the score difference instantly came to 21 points.
Adelman also looked stupid on the bench, if he loses this game, he will have to carry at least half of the pot, use people to mark people when he should use joint defense, and use joint defense when he should use people to mark people, if Totoro stares at Kobe Bryant, maybe the boss will still break out, but it won't be so outrageous, how to say that Totoro is also the player with the highest defensive efficiency in the team, but once the area is defended, if the opponent blocks and dismantles Kobe Bryant against Calderon, the picture is simply too beautiful to look at, and it is the same for the little giant.
Adelman called a timeout, he didn't have time to admit his mistake, the game wasn't over in his eyes, and while trailing by 21 points was a bit of a game, they still had more than a quarter to save.
"I won't say much else, the situation is very unfavorable for us now, but it has not yet reached the point of exhaustion, we have to change our tactics, we have to use a desperate style of play."
In the 1982 playoffs, Adelman, who coached the Trail Blazers at the time, was more than 20 points behind in the playoffs, and the opponent at that time was also the Los Angeles Lakers, although they eventually lost the series with a big score of 2:4, but they finally turned the tables on the 20-point game.
Rick. Adelman even remembers how they turned the tables 27 years ago, the tactics are very simple, pile up blue-collar players in the inside line to fight, let a star score, whether you can win is completely gambling on the feel of that star, if the hand can move God, they still have a chance to turn the tables, if the hand feels bad, then GG, in other words, this is a game to be cool, is there a difference between 20 points and 40 points? Anyway, in the eyes of this old man who always has Santa Claus's beard, it makes no difference.
Although the league had a three-second zone at that time, there was no three-second violation, and the rules of the restricted area were introduced along with the joint defense, although as early as the 1966-67 season, the NBA had introduced the defensive three-second rule, that is, defensive players were not allowed to stay in the three-second zone for three seconds, but it was canceled after only two seasons, if it were not for the 2001 NBA shutdown crisis, it was urgent for the audience to improve the viewing of the three-second zone, and it is estimated that the NBA is still the retro-style muscular style of play that used to be.
So Adelman can't copy his 82 method, but it's only changed slightly, except for Totoro, all players focus on defense, in order to ensure the quality of defense, Adelman put a set of Totoro, Battier, Iguodala, David Lee and Yao Ming's ultimate defensive lineup on the field, to be tall and tall, to fight against vitality, to have brains, The average height of the players on the court is about 2.09 meters per game, which is estimated to be a big record in the NBA, and he doesn't believe that the Lakers can still beat this without the peak O'Neal.
On the offensive end, Totoro is responsible for doing it alone, Adelman gives Totoro the position on the court as a power forward, but his big forward is not simple, he has to dribble all the way from the backcourt to the frontcourt to score, which may be a bit similar to the Clippers with Griffin as the core after Paul left in the next few years, but the Totoro heart who crossed over said that he is not comparable to the little short hand.
With 3:25 left in the third quarter, the Rockets took the lead.
The Zen master frowned a little when he saw the ordinary monster formation of Team Rocket off the field, but he still couldn't understand the opponent's intentions after the opponent didn't play a few rounds, so he didn't give any instructions on the sidelines.
My Neighbor Totoro knotted the ball and began to dribble across the half court, and the old fish Fisher was forced all of a sudden, HATFUCK? Is My Neighbor Totoro playing point guard now? So who should I defend against? It's impossible to defend yourself against Totoro, right? The difference between the two sides is at least 25 centimeters.
Looking at the players at other positions of the Rockets, it seemed that no one was a point guard except him, Fisher gritted his teeth and stepped forward to try to break the ball.
However, Totoro just gently lowered the center of gravity and changed direction, not only did Fisher not break the ball, but his whole person could not be retracted because of the center of gravity leaning forward, and was easily broken through by Totoro.
The rest of the Rockets players had already pulled away, Totoro got to near the free throw line with a flat start, and Bynum had just rushed back, but his return didn't make a difference.
My neighbor totoro who has accelerated and James who has accelerated are one nature, have you ever seen the little emperor run a distance and anyone can stop this tank? Not to mention that it is the little shark that appears in front of Totoro now, even if it is the big shark O'Neal, there is no way to do this ball except for fouling, of course, there is Shaq O'Neill in Totoro will not be so presumptuous, even if he is sure to score 2+1, but O'Neal will be killed if he fouls.
My Neighbor Totoro jumped high from the free throw line, and Bynum rose this time and jumped high for a block, but Totoro played him a trick with his physicality.
Obviously holding the basketball with his right hand, the hand that the little shark blocked was also facing the right, but during the subsequent aerial confrontation, Totoro was stunned to complete a back-of-head exchange in a few tenths of a second, changing the basketball from the right hand to the left hand, and dunking the ball into the basket from the left side through Bynum's body.
"Toot!"
The referee's whistle sounded at the right time, Bynum still became the background board, and what was even more unfortunate was that the little shark may not have a good brain, and subconsciously made a coherent action after the block was not completed, and the witty Totoro immediately screamed and covered his face and fell to the floor, and he was stunned to turn a wonderful buckle into a wonderful 2+1 buckle, although this is a difference of a few words, but the nature is completely different.
In the future, Totoro fans can blow this ball when they talk about it, "See, Totoro is hanging, and in the Western Conference Finals, he successfully blocked the ball against Bynum's foul, who else in this league can do it?" And those fans who don't know what to do will feel so powerful when they hear this, no matter how stupid the little shark is, he has a height of 2.13 meters and a weight of 285 pounds, and he can actually complete the dunk under the foul of this strong man, and he can get it, and passers-by turn into fans in an instant.
After winning 2+1, Totoro immediately got up from the floor and raised his head and roared, like Kobe, he completely forgot that he should lie on the ground and pretend for a while, and he didn't do a full set of acts, I don't know how many fans who watched his game for the first time silently gave him a bad review.
"Roar! This place is my territory, even if you don't play in the Staples Center, this is also my city, it doesn't matter if you don't accept it, from now on, I will beat you one by one until you are served! ”