Chapter 254: Star Tactics
The anger of the Zen master can be described as a bloody pestle ambushing millions, once he really starts a fire with a pleasant face to the players, even Kobe, who has always ignored Jordan, does not dare to speak much, because he knows that this McDonald's grandfather never jokes with others, if you anger him at this juncture, he will really do the act of pressing you on the bench for the rest of your life.
It doesn't matter if you're a Hall of Fame superstar or a league leader, unless you have the ability to keep me out of the Lakers head coaching position, you'll never come out of the woods as long as I'm still a professional coach for a day.
"Look at the scoreboard, there was 1 minute and 23 seconds left in the third quarter, and we had a 21-point lead, but now we only have 12 points, and the single digits and the tens have been reversed, and who can tell me how many minutes and how many people the Rockets did?"
The Zen master saw that these disobedient little cubs lowered their heads at this time, and the evil fire in his heart also disappeared, and pointed to the display board above the stadium and asked knowingly.
"They took 1 minute 02 seconds, all of which were scored by Totoro."
Seeing that no one dared to answer, the sister-in-law who knew the most righteousness stood up and carried the pot for the other team members.
"Okay, tell me how he did it?"
The Zen master threw out another question, and now he didn't even know how to answer the sister-in-law who was ready to sacrifice himself.
How do people do it, isn't it just a three-point throw? Otherwise, how else can you do it, it's impossible to control the score with your mind, right?
"Hehe, no one answers that question, does it? I'll help you answer! ”
The Zen master laughed angrily.
"On the offensive end, they played their own games, there was no cooperation, there was no discipline, what about the tactical lessons I gave you before the game, and what about the style of play I handed over to you? What about the online blocking and demolition of the twin towers? What about triangular tactics? I can't even see your most basic runs, and each of you knows to force your shot in front of others when you get the ball, what? Is it right for each to think that he is God? ”
The Zen master's words made Kobe Bryant and Bynum even more afraid to raise their heads to look at each other's angry eyes, because what Phil Jackson said couldn't be someone else, but he was right.
Bynum wants to brush up on the data to get a big contract, and Kobe Bryant wants to beat Totoro by performance, but in any case, 80% of the ball in this game is in the hands of these two brothers, and the others don't even have a chance to drink soup.
"Defensively, it's weak, what did the team do with signing you? Is it the playoffs to watch people score? After the breakthrough, I don't know how to chase the defense, and the people who help the defense don't know how to fill the position, the time when Totoro hit Bynum to make it 2+1, he passed Fisher from the midfield, but he rushed to our penalty area and Bynum was the only one there, can you tell me what the rest of you were thinking at that time? Thinking about how to shirk responsibility after losing? Thinking about where to go fishing after losing a series? ”
The Lakers collective players looked dead under the criticism of the Zen master, but the Zen master was not scolding, and every point he pointed out was a mistake that the Lakers had just made on the court, and they did not do a good job after taking the lead.
"Okay, don't let My Neighbor Totoro and his rocket be so arrogant, he is from Los Angeles, but the city of Los Angeles is not represented by him, what he says is always empty talk, I want you to prove it with practical actions, and slap each other in the face with results!"
The timeout ends and the game resumes.
At the beginning, Phil Jackson thought that his pot of chicken soup was good, how could he say that he could play a role on the court for a few minutes, but what he didn't expect at all was that the superstars who had entered the state could not be defended just by improving the morale of the players, and besides, the Lakers were pausing chicken soup just now, and the Rockets were not sitting on the bench for a mobilization meeting? Everyone wants to win this game, and if everyone's perseverance is equal, then talent is even more important.
Kobe Bryant received the basketball obediently handed over to Gasol this time, and the Lakers started to run around his sister-in-law, but even if the Rockets used man-to-man defense, none of the Lakers players could run out of the vacant position, and the sister-in-law was stunned that she didn't see where she could pass the ball after holding the ball for 5 or 6 seconds on the line.
Compared with the Lakers' defense, the Rockets are all nailed to the Lakers players like a nail, no matter how many blocks and dismantles they are inseparable, the kind of rogue momentum of "unless you kill me, I'll follow you" makes the Rockets' defense instantly have a taste of iron and blood.
Seeing that there was no chance, Gasol had to take the ball and do it alone, David Lee Ke, who defended him, was half a head shorter than him, although everyone played big forwards, but this height gap was equivalent to misalignment, and Gasol had no reason not to attack by himself.
Sister-in-law made a fake action of fake casting real pass, although he didn't shake the experienced David Lee to jump, but it also shook a little bit of his center of gravity, a distraction between the master's moves can be fatal, the sister-in-law immediately lowered the center of gravity and forcibly squeezed over from David Lee's side, and the very experienced card owner David Lee's half of the body, if the other party forcibly wants to chase the position, his own little acting can cause him a foul, and if you are lucky, you can still play 2+1, isn't it beautiful?
To the surprise of my sister-in-law, David Lee, who was out of position, did not chase after him, but turned around and ran towards another Lakers player.
What's going on?
Did he give up on treatment? Unscientific, huh?
Gasol didn't think about it so much, and directly took the ball to prepare for a split, when he suddenly found a short player standing in front of him as if out of thin air.
Although he didn't look like a couple of meat, he was indeed at least 260 pounds big, and the player who was nearly a head shorter than himself didn't dodge or dodge, just standing there, Gasol didn't retract his strength and bumped into it, and the ball was thrown into the basket without throwing it into the basket.
"Toot!"
The referee made a gesture of hitting people with the ball, serving the ball in the backcourt, and the brave and fearless man was none other than President Battier, the cleanest defense of the Rockets.
Gasol originally wanted to get up and complain to the referee, but when he saw who made his own offensive foul, he immediately stopped talking, Battier played clean and not just in action, he never burst into foul language, even in the face of other people's malicious fouls, he will not retaliate, he has never fought with others in his career, what is even more admirable is that the president has never faked a fall, generally he was hit by others but was really knocked to the ground, Battier had some players who were not convinced when he first debuted, thinking that he was contrived, But as time goes on, from superstars like LeBron James and Kobe, down to Buzz and Scolin on the bench, as long as players across the league talk about the president's defense, it's more than a thumbs up.
The Lakers have not scored for four consecutive rounds, and the Rockets will not be polite to him, or Totoro will not give up his good opportunity to brush up his data, crushing Fisher to the restricted area again, and after turning around, a smart fake pass tricked all the Lakers' defenders, and he jumped up and scored a pick-and-roll.
The scores of the two teams are still 10 points apart.
Adelman watched with a smile on the sidelines, Phil Jackson had a headache, and the team's mentality was correct, but in the face of Totoro, who was out of form, how should he solve it?
These people in your own team are either too short or too thin, either too thin or too slow, anyway, there is no one who can be limited by single defense, and Totoro has a variety of offensive means, you don't let him go inside, he can shoot, you stick to him and don't let him shoot, he can dribble and break through, if you go to the top three to defend him, he can still pass the ball, and now it seems that he is the only one who can prevent Totoro? Do you have to wait for his hand to fall back before he has a chance? It's a headache.
The Zen master of the series between the Spurs and the Rockets said that he also watched it over and over again, from which he could see that Popovich was really poor in that round of the series, and among the three games that the Rockets defeated, one was to catch Totoro young, provoke him and let him maliciously foul and be sent off, one was My Totoro felt bad, and the other was won by his own side of GDP and substitute feeling, but on the other hand, what if both sides felt on a normal baseline? The Spurs lost four games and four defeats, and in the last battle, Duncan exploded to the peak of his dream, but he still couldn't win against the Rockets, and now this problem has been thrown into his own hands, and the Zen master still doesn't have a good solution.
In the last few rounds of the third quarter, Kobe Bryant looked like other teammates were unreliable, giving them the ball either not to score or to make a mistake, the essence of the boss killer is back, facing Iguodala's three consecutive unreasonable stepback jumpers, Totoro also faced Fisher's three unreasonable jumpers at the last moment, and the Rockets finally failed to chase the difference to single digits, and the difference between the two teams was 10 points into the final quarter.
"Is this the only way now?"
The Zen master saw Kobe's outburst at the last moment, and suddenly had something inspired in his heart, he called the assistant coach to take a look at the technical statistics table, and the feeling of the volute today was really explosive to no friends, and he had scored 44 points at the end of the third quarter, 16 of 22 shots, including 5 of 9 three-pointers and 7 of 8 free throws, but not every night Peter Pan has such high efficiency.
The Zen master made a plan in his heart, it seems that he wants to restrain Totoro, and he can only rely on the super giant on his side, since he can't think of a way to prevent Totoro now, then why not let Kobe Bryant go against Totoro? Anyway, this is the tactic that the rocket is using now, so how about he imitate it.
Zen Master has always been a coach who hates personal heroism, he likes to coach those superstars, but he doesn't like superstars to perform too well, because then the media will put the halo on the players instead of him as a coach after the game, just like when he was still coaching the Bulls. When the finals and the Utah Double 0.1 version were still behind in the fourth quarter, Phil Jackson arranged a tactic for the team, but Old Man Joe didn't appreciate it at all, but said to the other players Give me the ball, and it turned out that Jordan did rely on his own ability to make the Bulls have the last laugh, but after the game, the Zen master was undoubtedly very angry about this.
And Kobe Bryant is the opposite, he is the kind of person who wants to perform, he wants to make the Lakers his own team, the credit for winning the game is all his, and the responsibility for losing the ball is all his, this is the model that Kobe Bryant wants.
But these two completely opposite ideas must not work together, Kobe and Phil Jackson can agree together until now, it is completely for the championship to make mutual concessions, Kobe can become a team at some point, Zen master can let him play alone at some point, everything is to make changes to win, and now, Phil Jackson knows that it is time for himself to sacrifice again.
On the contrary, the boss has a rare day tonight without striking iron, no need to use it in vain, and if you miss today, you may not have this opportunity in the future.
"Totoro can play inside and out, he can play from the back of the ball to the power forward, he can block both the offensive end and the score on the defensive end, it seems that this Chinese kid has taken charge of the entire league."
During the break, the Zen master said to Kobe Bryant intentionally or unintentionally, he knows Peter Pan's strong character very well, and he also knows that this product just can't withstand the agitation = agitation, as soon as he is angry, he is immediately in a brave state, and he can be swept away in a sluggish appearance, the so-called battle maniac in the basketball world may be used to describe Kobe Bryant.
"I'm not going to lose, and I'm going to beat the Rockets at home today."
Kobe Bryant sometimes didn't know that others were deliberately provoking him, but he was willing to fall for this and be a gunman for others, because the boss was not eager to fight the invincible opponents all over the world and continue to stand at the top of this alliance? When he was young, he gave himself the goal of surpassing Jordan, and when he was old, he gave himself the goal of suppressing new rising stars, Kobe Bryant will always be a burning fighter, some people may think that he is very unreasonable and does not know the spirit of courtesy, but it is undeniable that it is with this goal after goal that can spur Kobe to continue to move forward and work hard, even if the league has passed year after year, he is still the best scoring guard.
"Well, when you get on the court in the fourth quarter, you just go and go off, don't you always want to prove yourself? I know you've always wanted to beat Totoro, and now they're kicking us in the ass, so it's up to you to teach him a lesson. ”
The Zen master smiled incomprehensibly, and the corners of Volute's mouth slowly raised, they still occasionally had a lot of calls.
"Don't worry, if that kid wants to beat me, he will have to hone at least another few decades, I said as early as the series with the Spurs, he is still too young, and this era is not his!"
The break was short, equivalent to a long timeout, and Batawi soon blew his whistle, and the fourth-quarter game between the Lakers and the Rockets officially began.