Chapter 100: The Pride of the Purple Gold Army
"Due to Kwame Brown's injury, will Wang Zhizhi of my country get more opportunities to play...... Let's take a look at the starters of the two sides in this lineup sent in front of us, the Lakers still maintain the five-tiger lineup in the last game, and the Wizards sent Bow Peak, Oakley, Gerrard, Hamilton, and Hubert after Kwame and Leitner were injured? It's a random bullet......"
"The Wizards really sent a lineup of one big and four small, and this is an effort to make a last-ditch effort!"
"The Wizards players haven't given up yet, so will the Lakers respond to that? Maybe the Lakers can end this round of life-and-death battle at half time, and I've already seen Kobe Bryant and O'Neal who have fully warmed up! ”
"Wizards fans cheer for the Wizards, maybe the Wizards can't hear your cheers, but they will definitely miss your voice immensely, the Wizards' live players will experience strong psychological pressure at the beginning, and the Lakers' home Stamps Center bombardment, they need support from you and me now, let us continue to support this team that continues to create miracles, let them know that they are backed by us!"
"O'Neal jumped the ball and won, oh, Kobe Bryant caught the ball and made a quick layup, and Oakley didn't stop it...... The ball went in, it seems that the Wizards still haven't come out of the shadow of Kwame's injury, if it is usual, it must be Kwame who won the jump ball, and the reaction of all the players on the Wizards team seems to be a whole beat slower at this time! ”
"The Wizards sent out the baseline ball, and after Gong Feng received the ball...... Did the Lakers actually press all over the court at the beginning? This is the cruelty of competitive play, as long as the Wizards show the slightest weakness, the Lakers will keep pressing...... Bow Feng passed, Hubert received Gong Feng's pass and slowly moved to the front court. ”
"After Gong Feng arrived in the front court, he didn't take the initiative to receive the ball, because Fisher was constantly sticking to Gong Feng and didn't give Gong Feng the slightest gap to receive the ball."
"The players of the Wizards seem to have expected this to happen, and there was no confusion in the slightest, or Hamilton followed Oakley's block, received Hubert's pass, and in front of O'Neal, who was a step slower, threw the basketball in his hand, and Hamilton, who inherited the excellent hand of the last game, threw in."
"The Lakers' offense, O'Neal took the initiative to ask for the ball, is to single Oakley, this is the last psychological obstacle for the Wizards, as long as O'Neal forces Oakley a few times to ensure a certain efficiency, the Wizards will definitely feel chaotic."
"Gerrard is making up for it at this time, is this an initiative change from the Wizards? But don't forget that the Lakers' triangle offense is the best at playing this kind of shift defense, and sure enough, Fisher, who received the basketball, completed the shot! ”
"Is this a test of the Lakers' marksmanship? Is this to replicate the victory of the third race? ”
"It's a pity that after Game 6, the Lakers' shooters seem to have recovered their true colors and have not been disturbed by the Wizards anymore!"
Yes, the Wizards' defense did encounter the biggest difficulties at the beginning, and the Lakers no longer struggled with the tactics of finding an open spot to score three points, but finding an open spot to shoot, and in just three minutes, the Lakers shot as high as 80 percent, which is the firm belief that O'Neal brought to all the Lakers players.
Seeing this, Collins was forced to call a timeout, but after the timeout, no one was replaced, but the defensive strategy against O'Neal was changed, and Oakley began to defend O'Neal alone, and no player went to flank O'Neal again.
After Jackson saw O'Neal single Oakley successfully play Oakley several times, the Wizards still did not change their defensive strategy, especially after seeing Gerrard rushing towards O'Neal or struggling to score the ball, he took the initiative to call a timeout.
The players of the Wizards team did not panic in the slightest when attacking, and Gong Feng seemed to have forgotten his organizational responsibilities, and kept wandering around with Kobe or Fisher who defended him, looking for opportunities, Hamilton's running and blocking still made Kobe feel ecstatic, especially when the whole team served these two people, the Lakers did not have a particularly good way.
Of course, this is mainly due to O'Neill's lack of enthusiasm in helping to defend.
For all the Lakers players, in their hearts, this is a must-win game for the Lakers, and they don't have to do their best, and the pressing in the opening court, O'Neal's singles, etc., are all from Jackson's pre-game arrangement...... In the hearts of the Lakers' players, as long as Hamilton or Gong Feng quickly loses points because of the feeling, it is the moment when the Lakers lock up the victory.
Phil? Jackson's timeout didn't work well either, as the Wizards made a substitution, with Puoboye replacing Bow.
The on-site commentary gave an explanation that in the key game of the sixth game, Gong Feng played for too long, resulting in the assistants of the Wizards team sending Gong Feng back to the hotel after the game, and the finals of the seventh game were too stressful for a rookie.
The Wizards began to increase the movement in their hands, although they still maintained the last quality, but the body was always tightly attached to all the players of the Lakers, and it can be said that they tried everything to defend.
After Oakley came to the Wizards, he took the initiative to guide all the players of the Wizards team on what the Knicks' iron-blooded defense was, and also explained how the Knicks rotated positions back then.
Or to put it another way, if it weren't for Jordan's Bulls, the Knicks under Pakleli's guidance could have won at least one championship that year...... Of course, this sentence can also be described as nonsense.
However, the Wizards' fake Knicks defense has loopholes, and it is a huge loophole, it can be said that there is only a short-term effect of the defense, but the so-called authorities are fans, bystanders are clear, and the Lakers can't find this kind of defensive loophole for a while, which is mainly because the main players of the Lakers rely more on personal talent than personal organizational ability.
Perhaps it was Kwame's performance in the last game that led to such a defensive lineup being kept by Collins for the last game.
Maybe, anyway! Who knows?
"The Lakers were going to show that kind of arrogance that seemed to be natural in their bones from the start...... The Lakers will never admit that they have this kind of arrogance in their bones, especially in Parker? The Lakers after the Riley era seem to have forgotten the arrogance in their bones......"
"So Riley is actually not in line with the overall temperament of the Lakers, and it is very likely that Packleli chose to leave in the end because Riley's team always puts discipline first, not talent, so there is no very good friendship between Johnson and Riley, and there are also many contradictions between Abdul-Jabbar and Johnson!"
"These topics are a bit far, and they are not necessarily right, so you should listen to it as gossip and have fun...... Okay, what I'm going to say is that the arrogance of the Lakers will show up at the beginning, but this kind of arrogant Lakers team has an incomparable confidence, and we can't beat this point, otherwise it will backfire, and we must conform to the Lakers' temperament and let it slowly be used for us......"
"You only have to think about one thing after you get on the field, which is to defend well after the opening, do everything you can to defend, and put down all the offense in your hands...... Except for Hamilton and Bow Peak, the two of you still have to keep your hands! ”
"Don't treat Game 7 like the last six games and throw away all the defensive memories from our six Finals, we're going to play a real playoff, a hand-to-hand playoff...... Don't worry about the reaction of the league, in this final match, whether it's wrestling or confrontation...... What kind of game will attract everyone to watch, and the audience has a habit of watching the game! ”
"We're going to get entangled with the Lakers to the end, and in the first half of the game, I want you to do that, which is to let the Lakers lead, but you can't let the Lakers lead by a big score, you have to ensure a lead of less than 10 points!"
"The other thing you have to do is to take a lot of physical use of the Lakers, and you have to be able to wrap up the defense from the beginning...... The referees of the league should take proper care of us, and some small actions can have a very good effect when used at this time......"