Chapter 173: The Zen Master's Winning Weapon

In the summer of 1999, the Lakers brought the promising Phil Jackson to Los Angeles with a high salary. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info

Although Phil Jackson has only won the best coach once, and the Bulls' two triple championships are also attributed to the "basketball god" Jordan, the legend is worthy of being a legend, leading the Lakers to win the championship as soon as he came, and also let O'Neal win the regular season MVP and Finals MVP at the same time.

O'Neal has been in the NBA for so many years, and this has become the undisputed No. 1 center in the league, and even the No. 1 man in the league.

Everyone knows that the Bulls dynasty relied on a triangle offense, and Phil Jackson's offense relied on a triangle offense.

Since that season, the Lakers have been branded as a triangle offense.

"Zen Master" Phil Jackson used triangular offensive tactics to bring six crowns to the Bulls and three crowns to the Lakers.

Lu Xiaofeng knows that in the future of his previous life, after the "Zen Master" re-entered the Lakers, he brought two more championships to the Lakers.

With the help of the triangle attack, "Zen Master" won a total of 11 championships.

It seems that the triangle offense seems to be the magic weapon to win the championship, and other teams and other coaches should follow suit.

Just like in the future, the Warriors played small-ball tactics successfully, and almost all teams started playing small-ball.

But in fact, except for the "Zen Master", except for the Bulls and Lakers, the triangle offense has never succeeded.

The followers and imitators of those "Zen masters" eventually ended up in failure and dismissal, whether it was Brian Shaw or "Old Fish" Fisher.

The triangle offense, in the future known to Lu Xiaofeng, is extinct in the NBA league.

Why is that?

Lu Xiaofeng didn't know either.

The triangle offensive tactics are quite complex to study, with hundreds of supporting tactical variations.

And what he said "can only be understood but not spoken" is quite a bit of Yue Fei's "The way of change is to be single-minded" in the Art of War.

But it's as simple as creating one-on-one singles opportunities for the team's superstars.

The former Jordan, O'Neal, and future Kobe Bryant are undoubtedly invincible one-on-one singles, and almost all teams, when facing them, will not give them the opportunity to play completely alone.

The starting point of the "Zen Master's" triangle attack is to create one-on-one opportunities for the team's top scorer.

Its tactical requirements are, first of all, to have an inside fulcrum, to be able to attack on its own, and to be able to organize the team, and secondly, to have a super outside finisher who can score the ball one-on-one.

This inherently determines that many teams cannot imitate it.

Moreover, it has a feature that Lu Xiaofeng hates the most, that is, weakening the role of point guard.

In the triangle offensive tactics, in addition to being a shooter, the role of the point guard can only be a defensive gate and organize the offense, which has little to do with him.

As the players get better athletic and projection, open shooting has become the main theme of the offensive end of basketball in the future.

In terms of scoring efficiency, the one-on-one singles of the stars are definitely not as good as the open shots.

Coupled with the changes in the rules of the NBA, which are more and more conducive to the offense of outside players, the frequency of inside singles will only become less and less.

Compared with the one-on-one of "one person playing, four people watching", the open offense with multiple participants is the choice of coaches.

I am afraid that it is the effect of these multiple factors that caused the withering of the triangular offensive.

Fortunately, the Lakers' main rotation players last season are now only Kobe Bryant and George.

Therefore, the new coach, the new atmosphere, according to the boss's requirements, Tang Shuai abandoned the triangle attack, which is acceptable to everyone.

Kobe, the new boss of the team who is used to playing triangle offense, also wants to reform the old and make the new, and he also takes the initiative to learn Tang Shuai's new tactics.

Therefore, in the training camp, there is no strife, there is a harmonious scene.

In Tang Shuai's tactics, Lu Xiaofeng is the first ball holder, and Odom is the second choice.

Kobe Bryant is the finisher on the offensive end.

This is undoubtedly a challenge for Kobe.

Because since he entered the NBA, he has never left O'Neal.

In the triangle strategy with O'Neill at the core, he is not only the outside end, but also the outside playmaker.

Even when O'Neal was absent due to injury, because of the Lakers' weakness in point guard, Kobe Bryant was still the ball carrier on the outside, taking care of both scoring and organization.

In the team's original tactics, he couldn't score at all his strength, nor could he play with all his strength, in fact, a lot of the time, he played a little hesitantly.

In other words, under the tactical suppression of the "Zen master", Kobe's scoring nature was suppressed.

When he gets the ball, he always hesitates and dribbles a few times before attacking.

And Tang Shuai's new positioning for him requires him to run without the ball, and once he finds an offensive opportunity, he will shoot immediately.

This is certainly also an opportunity for Kobe.

An opportunity to unleash his desire to score once and for all.

On the outside, there are Lu Xiaofeng, Barrett, and even Odom, who no longer has to hold the ball to face defenders, and struggles to get rid of the defense before he shoots.

It is both a waste of physical strength and inefficient.

But the habit of playing that has been cultivated for so many years is not so easy to change.

Habits are often painful.

“No! Kobe, don't hesitate! Don't pass the ball! Offensive! Shooting! ”

Kobe Bryant used Mime's cover to get rid of the defense and received a pass from Lu Xiaofeng, but habitually stopped to observe the position of his teammates.

George, who was defending him, was immediately in place, and he had to pass the ball back to Lu Xiaofeng.

Tang Shuai stood on the sidelines and shouted loudly.

Bryant shook his head and shrugged helplessly.

"Hey! Bryant! Shoot when you get the chance. Others have better chances and I'll pass the ball. ”

Lu Xiaofeng also walked next to him and communicated with him.

He had never been teammates with a good playmaker before, and Kobe Bryant still couldn't adapt for a while.

"I know! I know! Give me some time! Bryant kept nodding.

This is when playing positional warfare, Kobe, the strongest point on the offensive end, is undoubtedly the first choice of tactics.

Tang Shuai designed several sets of offensive tactics around Kobe, but Kobe's personal ball-holding single was the last.

“Go! Go! Run! ”

Defensive counterattacks are relatively simple, Lu Xiaofeng, Kobe Bryant and Odom, and even Butler can advance with the ball.

The Lakers' first instinct to successfully defend is to run.

Substitute lineup Cook's three-point shot hit the iron, and Lu Xiaofeng grabbed the rebound.

Except for Mime, the main lineup, everyone ran up.

Atkins tries to stop Lu Xiaofeng.

Lu Xiaofeng didn't dribble the ball at all, and threw the ball towards Odom.

George chased Kobe Bryant and ran towards the opposite basket.

Odom dribbled up and got to the three-point line from the right side to make a number of options at once.

Butler has rushed to the bottom left corner, Lu Xiaofeng has already caught up, just at the top of the arc, Kobe Bryant is under the basket.

Odom was about to pass it to Kobe, but suddenly found that George took a step back and posted it.

Odom's movements changed, and he hurriedly passed to the bottom corner, and there was someone there.

"Hahahaha!"

"Lamar, stay focused!"

The laughter of his teammates and Tang Shuai's loud roar rang out.

Odom smiled awkwardly and ran back to the backfield.

He played the ball into the bottom right corner and straight to Vujasic, who was sitting on the bench.

Even if you run and shoot directly, you can grab the board and make up for the basket!

He was good enough to pass the ball away.

Lu Xiaofeng shook his head, also speechless.

Fortunately, Odom only deserted occasionally, and most of the time, it was still reliable.

If you want to talk about this tactic, it is Odom who fights the most.

His height, not three, not four, and his long-range shooting skills are not too hard, so it is really difficult to play a big forward.

You must know that the big forwards in this era are basically big men over two meters tall.

Odom's height of two meters and eight meters makes it difficult to attack and defend under the basket.

That's why he can't be the fulcrum of the triangle offense.

This summer, he gained a little weight, but he just gained some weight, and he was able to withstand it as a power forward.

This kind of run-and-play tactics just makes use of his small forward's offensive skills, and he is of course very happy.

However, the so-called "mistakes in the busy", as soon as the pace is fast, mistakes will inevitably increase.

Lu Xiaofeng is no exception.

In the past, he was always steady, and his teammates were not strong, so he was very cautious in passing.

Now that he has a group of teammates who can run and jump, and the coach has asked him to speed up the tempo, his passes are getting bolder and bolder.

Therefore, there are more mistakes, sometimes because I don't pass well, and sometimes because my teammates don't have tacit understanding.

At this time, Tang Shuai, who was standing on the sidelines, not only did not blame, but clapped his hands and encouraged loudly.

Lu Xiaofeng was glad in his heart, if he met a coach like Larry Brown in his rookie season, he didn't know what it would be like to be scolded.

What's worse, like Milicic, let alone making mistakes, I'm afraid I don't even have playing time, where is the opportunity to make mistakes?

In less than two weeks of training camp, the rebuilt Lakers team began to get to know each other slowly.

What characteristics each teammate has, and which area is more certain, Lu Xiaofeng is also carefully observing.

In addition to the observations and experiences on the field, you also have to watch statistical analysis off the field and watch videos of their previous games.

As an organizational defender, getting to know his teammates has become Lu Xiaofeng's biggest lesson at present.

really regarded playing as a job, and Lu Xiaofeng discovered that basketball is not just training, and success is not so easy.

The tacit understanding on the court is constantly getting better in the run-in day by day.

But the team's new tactics, in such a short period of time, are only beginning to take shape.

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On National Day, Lu Guoqing and his wife flew to Los Angeles with Ye Yufei.

They also brought the chef at home, Chef Cao, and Lu Xiaofeng's diet improved a lot.

But because the team's training was the most tense time, Lu Xiaofeng couldn't play with Ye Yufei.

Hearing that Ye Yufei was coming, Chen Yuhan insisted on moving out, which means "retreating".

Lu Xiaofeng couldn't resist her, so he simply let her live in a hotel next to the training hall, which was also convenient for work.

Zhao Yuwei was much more generous, so she recommended herself, returned to the villa, and played the role of a companion.

With her accompanying Ye Yufei every day to play tennis, swim, and then go shopping, without Lu Xiaofeng, Ye Yufei is not alone.

Training during the day, and at night, Lu Xiaofeng gave it all to Ye Yufei.

Watching movies, going to concerts, and of course, having a sex life without shame.

Sure enough, as Zhao Yuwei expected, Ye Yufei decisively refused to live with him, but lived in the second bedroom next door, and locked the door at night.

However, when Lu Xiaofeng took the key, he easily opened the door and received her signal at once.

She doesn't have a counter-lock.

In fact, everyone knows it, but she can't wipe her face, and she prefers to cover her ears and steal the bell.

Ye Yufei also set an alarm clock, every morning, before dawn, she would drive Lu Xiaofeng out of the room and let him go back to his room to sleep.

Lu Xiaofeng also understood, and didn't feel troublesome, but played this little game with her with great interest, enjoying the sneaky excitement.

But happy times are always short-lived, and a few days later, despite her reluctance, Lu Xiaofeng could only send her on the plane.

Starting from October 12th, Lu Xiaofeng also ushered in his first official game in the NBA. (To be continued.) )