Chapter 265: Must Be Tough
The game was over, and the Lakers left the court quickly, not wanting to stay here for even a second, although the next fourth game was still going to be played here. Pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info to tell the truth, their mentality is a bit explosive, after all, they are strong contenders for the championship, but this game has become their nightmare.
As the head coach of the team, Phil is also uncomfortable, but the most important thing for him now is not to complain, but to hurry up with a strategy for the fourth game. There is no doubt that the players of the Trail Blazers feel very good, even if they suddenly feel down, but it can't change the essence of their jumping team, except for Ye Feng, everyone else in the starting lineup either rarely breaks through, or the breakthrough effect is not good. Originally, Roy was also a good breakout, but McMillan severely limited his use of the skill, so most of the time he played the role of a pitcher. Miller Sr. was also a good offensive player with the ball when he was younger, and he is still good this season, but as soon as the Lakers put a young point guard on the court, his power immediately drops by half.
So how can you disrupt the rhythm of your opponent's shots? In general, the best thing to do is to strengthen the physical confrontation. In fact, in the last quarter of the third game, the Lakers consciously increased the intensity and frequency of physical confrontation, but they were unable to do it at this time, but even so, the effect was not bad. Therefore, Phil quickly figured out the strategy of Game 4, which is to let the players try to find physical confrontation, and put the rebounding ball aside first, so as to disrupt the rhythm of the Trail Blazers players when they shoot, if then they can still shoot such an unnatural shooting percentage, it can only mean that the Lakers are not in good shape.
That's what Phil thinks, and that's what he explains to the Lakers players. The schedule is very tight, and the fourth game will start the day after the third game is over, leaving the Lakers with not much time to adjust, but Phil doesn't care, he believes that he can emphasize physical confrontation, and there is no need to hold a training session for this. However, before the start of the fourth game on the evening of May 25, he still repeated his instructions in the locker room, and forced the players to do it during the game. The fighting spirit of the Lakers is undoubted, and Phil only vaccinated a few of them, such as Odom.
"Lamar, you're a big part of the starting line-up, but I have doubts about whether you can stick to the physical. I know you have quality and talent, but sometimes I can see very clearly that you play soy sauce on the pitch, in other words, you are not 100 per cent committed to the game. Normally I can take it seriously, but this is a very crucial game, I want you to be able to fully focus on the game, don't think about how hard you are going to work, and to tell you the truth, if you are resistant to physical confrontation or even too lazy to execute, I don't mind replacing you with someone else, understand? ”
Phil's words were very polite, but now is not the time to be gentle and frugal, and it is also for the good of the team to speak like this. Odom looked a little embarrassed, he has never been a very tough player, which is one of his shortcomings, but he has never cared. But this time, he was forced into a corner by Phil, and he couldn't be tough anymore. There was no way, he could only raise his hand and respond: "No problem, I will do a good job, and I promise not to drag the team back." Phil nodded with satisfaction, he didn't care if Odom could completely get rid of this problem in the future, as long as he could be a little more restrained in this game.
The Trail Blazers didn't expect the Lakers to put such an emphasis on physical confrontation in Game 4, which is completely different from their style! The Lakers have always regarded themselves as wealthy aristocrats, and gorgeousness and elegance are their labels, when have they ever played such an iron-blooded game? This style caught the unprepared Trail Blazers off guard, and the first four offenses were all iron-clad and couldn't even get offensive rebounds. The reason is very simple, the Lakers players also increased their physical confrontation when grabbing rebounds, as the former boss of the Grizzlies, Gasol is actually a fairly tough center, not as soft as other fans spray, so when Phil asked for further physical confrontation, he did not hesitate to block the position under the basket with various tough moves, how could Camby, who was older than him, grab an offensive rebound in this situation?
Ye Feng was the first to come to his senses, but he didn't have much to do, it was true that he could barely do it when he faced Artest, but he couldn't make his teammates tough. In the face of a tough team, hiding and playing is definitely not the best way to deal with it, and it can even be said to be a bad idea, yes, it is indeed easy for you to hide and play, but this has planted a seed in the hearts of the players, and they do not dare to go up and fight hard when the bayonet is red. Therefore, if the opponent wants to be strong, he must be more rigid than them, just to the end, don't be cowardly, or don't dare to hit it hard or go back to fishing.
However, the opponent's emphasis on physical confrontation is also beneficial, that is, it is easier to cause the opponent to foul, and Ye Feng is a veteran in this regard. So when he saw that his teammates were unable to move an inch, he decisively kept holding the ball and making fouls inside, allowing Gasol to eat two fouls in a single quarter, and the biggest advantage is that Gasol ate two personal fouls too early, which will make him constrained in the next game, unless Phil replaces Bynum to replace him as the No. 5 position.
Originally, Phil was unwilling, but Gasol's two fouls were really bad, you must know that the first quarter of the game has not been played yet! In desperation, he had no choice but to replace Bynum and repeatedly told this guy to be tough under the basket. But Bynum promised to play according to his preferences after he got on the court, his toughness was strictly just a child's willfulness, there was no discipline at all, and Phil's face was black when he saw it off the court. But he wasn't Popovich and couldn't do this kind of self-slapping action in a matter of minutes, so he could only watch Bynum fight on the inside in a huff.
Kobe Bryant is very unaccustomed to him, but he is still playing, and it is impossible to directly expose the contradictions within the team, so he can only turn to other teammates to give orders, hoping that they can put up a fence and reduce the offensive efficiency of the Trail Blazers. However, Bynum's misfit was discovered by Ye Feng at the first time, and a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, could he use Bynum to do something?