Chapter 93: Element X
X, this is a mysterious and changeable letter, and many people use it to distinguish themselves. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The infoX element, also known as the mutant element, is the famous comic book X-Men, which tells the story of a group of mutants who came from the mutation of the X element.
And in reality, many times there are also such X elements. There are some X's that will go in a good direction, and some X's that will go bad.
Gasol is the X-element of the Lakers. Since he arrived with the Lakers, the Lakers' overall strength has become extraordinarily strong, and they have gone from an ordinary playoff team to a championship contender.
And Wu Di is the X element of the rocket, and since he joined the rocket, the rocket's tactics have been enriched a lot. It's just that Adelman is dissatisfied with this X-element, and many times he doesn't use him at all. But the X-Element is still stubborn in his mission, protecting the Rockets' main players and reducing injuries.
If Wu Di had not joined the Rockets, the Rockets would not have finished first in the regular season. They will meet the Jazz in the first round. In the game, Da Yao will get injured in his foot, and then the Rockets will lose the game and be swept away in the first round.
However, no one knows the credit for Wu Di, and Adelman continues to look down on him and even limit his possession. The management, too, has been influenced by Adelman and is looking for a home for him, and is preparing to open his mouth and bite those next.
However, when one X-element limits the play of another X-element, the strength of the two teams will show a huge difference.
Wu Di inadvertently cut off the running line of the Lakers' triangle offense, which made the Lakers play very uncomfortable. The Zen master had no choice but to change the style of play and let Kobe be the third point.
There is a very big hidden danger to this kind of decision, that is, will Kobe Bryant agree? When the third point is to run, Kobe Bryant is very good at running, but Wu Di's speed is not slower than him, and it is difficult for him to get too good opportunities under Wu Di's defense.
One ball and two balls were okay, but after the second quarter, Kobe Bryant only threw four balls and scored only one, which annoyed Kobe.
Then at the beginning of the third quarter, Kobe Bryant came on his own. As soon as the Zen master saw Kobe Bryant coming, his face immediately sank, but fortunately, he didn't look vicious, and his face was gloomy, and he couldn't even see it. But he was a little broken inside, how many times has this been? He lost count.
Kobe's stubborn personality broke out, and no one could say anything to him. However, Wu Di Coke was broken, Kobe Bryant singled himself, and the Lakers basically lost. Although he can't guarantee to defend every ball, he can guarantee that he will do his best to interfere.
Step-back jumpers, step-back jumpers, or step-back jumpers! Kobe Bryant struggled to attack without a single shot, but he achieved very little.
The Zen master called a timeout, called Bryant to his side, reprimanded him, and then pressed him to the bench and replaced him with another Vujacic.
Vujacic has some shooting ability, but it is far worse than Kobe. Wu Di began to have spare energy to help defend Gasol, and after Gasol was trapped, he played extremely hard, and finally caused two mistakes in a row.
Once again, the Lakers called a timeout, and the Zen master also had some headaches, and he was now able to play with too few cards. If Bynum is still around, he may be able to block Odom at the No. 3 position so that the Lakers' offensive ability will not be weakened.
But alas, Bynum can't play.
In the end, the Zen master had to replace Kobe Bryant again. Kobe Bryant also calmed down a lot and began to catch up, but the Lakers were already more than ten points behind, and they still didn't catch up in the end.
On the 24th, the second game was also played.
The Lakers still wanted to win another game on the Rockets' home court, but Alston beat the Lakers with three consecutive three-pointers in the opening game. I don't know what's going on today, Alstom's hand is hot, Fisher can't let him go at all, Alston shot five three-pointers in the first quarter, 7 of 10 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 21 points.
With Alston's outburst, the Rockets led the Lakers 36-26 by ten points.
In the second quarter, Wu Di came on the court, and the next time he contained the counterattack prepared by the Lakers.
To be honest, Wu Di's super defensive ability when he entered the playoffs surprised everyone. In the regular season, although Wu Di defended well, he was not very experienced and aware, and all relied on physical fitness.
But now Wu Di has not only improved his defensive experience, but also improved his consciousness a lot, which makes many people who have studied him for a long time very uncomfortable, which has caused him to have a subconscious of super defensive ability.
But if you want to analyze the game, you can see that Wu Di still has room to rise, and he still needs a few years of learning if he wants to become a defensive master like Battier.
But in terms of effect, Wu Di can be much more conspicuous than Battier. Even many fans think that Wu Di has the strength to enter the best defensive lineup, and it will definitely not work for one time, but there should be no problem with the second team.
Gasol felt uncomfortable again, and Kobe Bryant stopped passing the ball to him. Could it be that Kobe Bryant has an opinion about himself? Gasol thought innocently, but after observing a few rounds, he found that Kobe Bryant wanted to pass the ball to him several times, but was blocked by Wu Di.
What's going on? How did Wu Di know that Kobe Bryant was going to pass the ball to him? But that's not right! Kobe Bryant passed the ball to others, but Wu Di didn't stop him at all, why is this?
Gasol couldn't figure out if he would do it only because he was afraid of his own strength, or if Rockets coach Adelman asked him to do it.
Once again, the game was one-sided, with the Lakers not attacking well, but Alston still going on a rampage. How is it possible to win such a game?
In the end, there was no way, and the Zen master actually replaced Fisher with Ariza. Ariza is a good defensive player, and the Lakers traded Ariza from the Magic last November.
But Ariza played only 24 games in the regular season before he was injured and didn't return until this game. As soon as he came back, the opportunity came, and the Zen master asked him to defend Alstom.
Ariza is quite taller than Alstom, but not as fast as Alstom. However, his speed is faster than Fisher, Fisher is old, the former "small fish" has become an "old fish", if he is not able to cooperate with Kobe, the Lakers will not trade him back, even if he has a good three-point hand.
With Ariza, Alston was restricted a lot, and his hand began to fall, and the two sides once again became evenly matched.
But the Lakers are still not the opponent of the Rockets, because Ariza's nickname is "Tieza", although he has a certain amount of shooting, but it is not very good, it is not bad when it is on time, and it is really iron when it is not already!