For the Trail Blazers, the basic strategy of continuing to fight small and big will not change, but how to implement it is something that McMillan needs to consider. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 It is clear that the team can't stop the Lakers' offense, and the only chance to win is to score more points than the opponent, so that there is hope that the weak will defeat the strong. It's true that the small lineup is a last resort against a top-tier interior lineman, but there seems to be something that can be flexible......

McMillan had an idea and said to the Trail Blazers players who were seizing the time to replenish their strength: "I believe everyone knows very well that if it weren't for the strong play of Ye in the second half of the second quarter, we may be on the backward side now, but we can't pin all our hopes on him, the whole team must have something that can compete with the Lakers." In the second half, we had to play small, but don't shoot too much outside the three-point line, but try to break through with the ball and cause damage, although Gasol and Odom are both good interior players, but they are not good at breaking through defensively. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Bayless, who was sitting in the corner: "Jerry, in the second half, you replaced Andre as the team's starting point guard, first, to give him plenty of rest, and second, the team needs your breakthrough ability." Brandon, Leaf and Nicholas, you will all continue to be in the starting lineup, as long as you get the ball, then choose to break through as soon as possible, try to score closer to the basket, and if you can't score, you will also cause the opponent to foul, so as to further liberate our interior players. The rebounds are still handed over to LaMarcus, you have to protect them on the inside, the Lakers can score, but you can't make it too easy for them, all understand? ”

"Understood!" Everyone in the seats roared with red faces and thick necks, as if they could squeeze more of their potential out of themselves. However, McMillan is still happy with their mental state, at least showing that they are not intimidated by the Lakers, and the shadow of last year has not continued to affect their hearts.

After halftime, Phil seemed determined to test Bynum's ability and continue to put him on the court, which is a good thing for the Trail Blazers, after all, Bynum is much easier to deal with than Odom, and he is younger, and although he is very physically gifted, it also means that he can easily be deliberately fouled. The Trail Blazers players have also discovered this, so basically as long as someone breaks through with the ball, they will definitely go directly to Bynum and strive for physical contact with him.

Probably because the master didn't point more to the defense, Bynum's defense under the basket is more based on his own instincts, rather than judging the situation on the court and the opponent's technical characteristics, and his impatient personality makes him easy to shake, and it is not uncommon for him to be picked up by the opponent. Opposite him, whether it is Roy or Ye Feng, or Baylors, who was entrusted with important tasks by McMillan, they are all first-class breakthrough players, and their skills in cheating fouls are simply perfect.

Bynum was very irritable, and he was whistled for three defensive fouls just halfway through the third quarter, two Ye Feng and one Bayless, and when Ye Feng fouled him again, he couldn't help but roar at the referee. He thinks that he has not committed a foul and that the referee is deliberately targeting him, but in the referee's opinion, although the Trail Blazers players are suspected of deliberately looking for fouls, what they did is completely within the scope of the basketball rules, and Bynum's actions are indeed enough to defend the foul, so there is nothing to complain about. So when Bynum was still chattering at him despite the game, the referee gave him a technical foul.

Phil shook his head helplessly, and had to replace him with Odom again. I have to say that Phil does have a deep love for Bynum, and he showed such a tendency last season, preferring to watch Bynum contribute a few points and a few rebounds per game to put him in the team's starting lineup, but in the end he couldn't beat the cruelty of the game. This time it's still the case, in order to ensure the victory of the game, he had to slap himself and replace Bynum, who was already a little emotional, with Odom, which is also something that can't be helped, you can't ignore the victory of the game just because of the training potential, right?

Unexpectedly, after replacing Odom, there was some improvement at the beginning, but soon there were problems again. Although this is the style of play of a big forward and a small forward, at the end of the day, he is not an outside player, and there is a limit to his flexibility, which means that it is difficult for him to limit a few raiders of the Trail Blazers, and at most he can only control fouls based on his own experience. Rao and Gasol both felt a little devastated, several players of the opponent were like moths to a fire, constantly attacking the inside, and often making fouls with all kinds of unbelievable actions, if they were not experienced enough, it is estimated that they have already left the court with six fouls.

With the breakthrough of these three men, Batum is comfortable waiting on the outside for a pass, and only when Roy is entangled by Kobe Bryant will he replace the captain and become the third player to break through with the ball. Normally, he would wait for his teammates in the bottom corner to tear the Lakers' defensive system apart, and then catch the ball and hit a three-pointer. Compared with the Trail Blazers, the Lakers completely rely on Kobe Bryant to score, and Kobe Bryant did not live up to the trust of his teammates, he shot in and out of the field to help the team bite the score, and now the Lakers have no one else to rely on, if he doesn't score, this game will basically go away.

In the third quarter, the Trail Blazers beat the Lakers 29-22, Kobe Bryant slashed 17 points in a single quarter to no avail, and Gasol and Odom, who were harassed by Ye Feng and them, only scored a total of 5 points, but Odom grabbed 8 rebounds in a single quarter, which was a little save face. Watching the sluggish performance of his teammates, Kobe Bryant couldn't help but roar at others on the court, trying to awaken everyone's desire to win, which is also his consistent style, without his supervision, the Lakers may just be a piece of loose sand, and it is completely impossible to reach the current height.

Phil looked at the numbers on the scoreboard and shook his head helplessly, he didn't want to use Kobe Bryant to death, but the current situation is that he can't do it without Kobe hard, looking at the performance of others, can he still count on it?