Chapter 262: Abnormal Competition
No one can explain why this game turned out to be the way it was, in fact, before that, everyone thought that the two sides would be evenly matched, and of course there were one-sided slaughters, but they stubbornly believed that it was the more powerful Lakers who raised the butcher's knife, not the Trail Blazers who were chasing the Lakers with their butts. It's not a normal game www.biquge.info but it just seems to be happening naturally.
Lakers players are called a grievance, even Kobe Bryant can't help but start to wonder if he has fallen into evil, the Trail Blazers' basket is like a lid, no matter how you shoot, you can't shoot, and you have contributed a lot of defensive rebounds to the opponent, of course, the Lakers' interior players are not without trying to grab rebounds and then use secondary offense to score, but this is not the last game, Camby is standing under the basket and staring. Coupled with the fact that other Trail Blazers players have shown an extraordinary appetite for rebounding, the Lakers don't have a clear advantage in rebounding at all, despite their luxury interior group.
On the other hand, the pioneers, under Ye Feng's combing, each firepower point has made its own contribution. In fact, Ye Feng's routine is not difficult at all, and it can only be regarded as a conventional routine, that is, blocking and dismantling with interior players, and then breaking through the ball, and the specific position of the ball depends on the situation on the field. With Ye Feng's urine, he will never call Aldridge to pull it out when he summons the block, as long as he can, he is generally looking for Camby, the reason is very simple, Camby lacks the ability to attack and shoot with the ball, and the blocking and dismantling is a good means of scoring for him, and Aldridge is waiting on both sides of the three-second zone to catch the ball and jump shots, which can also free up more interior space for breakthroughs, which is a good thing for ball carriers.
Watching the Trail Blazers' players keep scoring, Kobe Bryant was a little anxious, he didn't expect the team to fall into such a predicament, including himself, the only thing he can do now is to try to get close to the basket, so that at least he can improve his shooting percentage. But looking at the Lakers' on-court lineup, there are not enough points to break through with the ball, who else can break through with the ball besides Kobe? Artest counts one, but the defender he is facing now is Ye Feng, even if he shoots a basket, if he breaks through with the ball directly, he may not be copied by Ye Feng in the middle; Gasol is half a game, and it's a good idea to attack from the top with the ball, but his height is a good fit for the Trail Blazers' backcourt players to attack him, and he's facing Camby, an old monster with a little more experience than him.
In fact, Odom is still a good choice, but Kobe's temper has come up, and he only believes in himself at this time. Admittedly, this stubbornness has allowed him to occupy a high position for himself in NBA history, but in the end, basketball is not a one-man sport, and it is really no problem for Kobe Bryant to score crazy points when facing a weak team, and it is difficult for the team to lose, but now their opponent is the Trail Blazers. Although the Trail Blazers' regular season record is only sixth in the West, a 1-1 win against the Lakers means that their strength is not as shown by their regular season record.
In this game, the interior of the Trail Blazers was almost made into an iron wall, Kobe Bryant struggled every time he approached the basket, and he was not necessarily able to score the ball in the face of Camby, but the Trail Blazers' players were on the offensive end, and the score was constantly pulling away. If it weren't for the last offensive round before the end of the first half, Kobe Bryant hit an unbelievable long-range three-pointer, the Lakers might have really trailed their opponents by more than 20 points, and 18 points was unacceptable to them, which was a maddening situation compared to the previous two games.
No one knows what happened in the visiting locker room at halftime, but judging from the gloomy expressions of the Lakers players as if they were about to drip water, Phil definitely didn't give them a good look in the locker room, and maybe even gave them a bad beating. But so what? What if the players wake up with a scolding? As long as the Trail Blazers continue to maintain their previous vigor, 18 points is a hurdle that the Lakers can't cross. However, in the second half, Phil still made changes to the lineup, replacing Shannon Brown with Fisher as the team's point guard, anyway, the ball is still in Kobe's hands, and his task is to entangle Miller.
In fact, Phil can go to Bynum to improve the height of the inside line, and Gasol against Aldridge and Bynum against Camby can be said to be needle-to-wheat, and the technical characteristics are similar. But Phil has been completely disappointed in Bynum, he would rather continue to maintain the inside configuration of Odom + Gasol than let Bynum play, if it really can't be good, it would be good to play a small lineup, and Mbenga can also play on the field for a while.
Brown's appearance did drag Miller's pace, but Ye Feng didn't care, he consciously increased his shots. If in the first half, he generally chose to divide the ball after hitting the inside line, then in the second half he preferred to be directly strong, anyway, with his physical fitness, he didn't suffer much in the face of the Lakers' two interior lines. Camby and Aldridge gave up their position under the basket very clearly, but only Odom followed, Gasol continued to sit under the basket, at this time Camby will do off-ball cover for Aldridge and create a new point for Ye Feng.
In the third quarter, the Lakers felt better, but they could only tie with the Trail Blazers, and both sides scored 28 points in a single quarter. For the Trail Blazers, there's nothing to complain about, but the Lakers are different, and the same score in the first quarter means they haven't narrowed the gap at all, and the full 18 points are still on them, waiting for them to fill the hole they dug in the first half. Phil frowned on the sidelines, he really doubted that he had hit a ghost, how could this kind of thing happen to the great Lakers? In terms of strength on paper, the Lakers are more than a step stronger than the Trail Blazers, but this time they just can't beat it.
Now it seems that there is no need to chase points in the fourth quarter, anyway, this is a whole series, even if the Trail Blazers win, it will only lead 2-1, and there are at least two or three games to play in the future, if it is a knockout game like the NCAA Championship, the Lakers will definitely grit their teeth and continue to fight back, but is it necessary to fight hard now?