Chapter 272: The Pride of the Lakers

Los Angeles has arguably the most well-known fans in the world and the most die-hard fans in the world, and no matter what, the Lakers' games are always the most watched and the most star-studded in the league.

This is the entertainment capital of the United States, and it can be said that many things happen and evolve here, which can almost determine the new direction of film entertainment in the world.

There is definitely no shortage of stars among the Lakers' fans, but the home court here can become entertaining at the same time, but it will also show the characteristics of diehards, as for when and what it will become, it depends on who the Lakers' opponent is, what their strength is, or who they are coming to challenge...... Gong Feng can be said to be one of the top few people in this regard.

As the only player in the main team to have played in the Finals with the Lakers, or even crowned his first championship at the Staples Center, breaking the record of Lakers legend Johnson in the Finals, and engraved his name here, how can Lakers fans forget the exceptionally memorable name of Gong Feng?

When Gong Feng played, he even attracted the boos and indecent whistles of the Lakers' home fans more than Hill in the finale.

Gong Feng listened to the boos he received, his face looked expressionless, but Drake, who was very familiar with him, still saw that the corners of Gong Feng's mouth were already upturned on the sidelines, and it was an unusually smug expression revealed in control.

Drake is here to deal with the matter of investing in films, and he is accompanying Scarlett and Zhang Linfei, who has just joined the entertainment company.

This is also an opportunity to show their identities and show their faces under the camera, and the position where the three of them are sitting now is not something that can be obtained with money, especially on occasions like the finals, or this kind of direct confrontation between two super cities.

In the cheers of the fans, just after the ball, the two sides directly entered the most direct competition with each other, both of them took out their strongest defensive ability at the beginning, and handed over the offensive ball to the most certain point in the team.

O'Neal and Hill showed their fangs at the very beginning, for the Lakers, winning this game means winning the absolute initiative, and the Knicks winning this game is also moving back to their home court priority.

Seeing that Devin George couldn't stop Hill, Jackson immediately replaced Payton and patted George on the shoulder.

The Knicks also sent Yao Ming and Malone to O'Neal at the beginning of the period, one used his own experience, strength and familiarity with each other, and the other used his height, small skills, positive defensive attitude and interference ability, and the two used different ways to defend O'Neal directly at the beginning, and used different ways on the court to defend O'Neal.

It seems that the methods and methods adopted by both sides in defending each other's most prominent points are basically the same.

After the first four minutes of the battle between the two sides, especially after seeing the active play of the core and seeing that the single defense was not very effective, the two sides involuntarily began to adopt the tactics of assisting defense, so that the offensive tactics of both sides also opened up at this moment.

Just when the fans on both sides and the on-site commentators wanted to see the offensive battle about to begin, the Knicks made early substitutions at this time, with Gong Feng and Ray Allen replacing them with Jay and Battier.

Everyone else hasn't changed, but this lineup is not very much more than the one that can highlight their offensive ability compared to the one just now.

It's just that Jackson frowned at this time, glanced at Battier, who is on the scene now, and began to think about what kind of impact the Knicks' next move will have on the Lakers' main force.

There is no doubt that Allen will be better at defending Kobe than Battier now, but Battier is not something that Kobe can easily get rid of when he appears in front of Kobe, and Battier's physical fitness brings stronger defensive ability than Allen.

And after this, although the Knicks' tactics have not changed much, the core of the attack will likely change, especially since Fisher is directly defending Jay.

Jay's ability is not strong enough to defeat Fisher in a single-handedness form, but Jay's explosiveness, speed, and strong defense brought by physical fitness are not something that Bow Peak can easily replace.

Especially at the moment when Jay and Malone blocked and dismantled, Jay's own breakthrough ability is indeed not something that Wang Zhizhi can prevent, Wang Zhizhi's role in defense is really limited, and the single defense and the assistance defense under the tactics are also considered to be qualified standards, but Wang Zhizhi does not occupy any advantage when defending players with strong explosive ability, especially when the league is considered a top speed player.

Jay's performance in the main force has shown a very good effect under the simple blocking and breaking tactics, and the Knicks have also changed from Hill's single attack to a two-man three-line attack that is not necessarily anyone's, and the Knicks are extremely rare to break through the ball.

Although the current breakthrough players are still subject to some rule restrictions, defensive players can use means to limit, restricting the three-point line of shooters and interior players is more popular, but in the case of teammates are very capable, breakthrough players will become a sharp blade, tearing the defense at the same time can also achieve the most direct purpose.

After Jackson looked at each other for three rounds, he was silent for a while, and then directly replaced Kobe Bryant with Fox, allowing him to directly face Battier in defense.

Mill frowned when he saw Jackson's substitution, glanced at his assistant coach, and shook his head after looking at Gentry after frowning, and could only let the form develop naturally, just called a timeout to let the players on the court put most of his energy on O'Neal alone, and the intensity of the help defense began to increase.

After Kobe Bryant left the court, although Payton and Fisher are also very capable, Fox and Wang Zhizhi can also open up space when attacking, but the distance between top players and ordinary players has also begun to appear.

When there is Kobe, as long as there is a gap in the Knicks' defensive rotation, Kobe can always find his own scoring space in this gap, no matter how willful this scoring is, how self-conscious, at least the Knicks dare not let Kobe shoot, let alone let Kobe shoot in the game.

But after Kobe Bryant is gone, the Lakers' rotation will have a little stagnation, especially now that the Knicks are very strong in defense, and now that Payton does not have much three-point ability, especially when Battier goes to defend Payton.

As a result, the Lakers have three offensive rounds that are very unfavorable, but the Knicks are not very different from before, especially after O'Neal received the ball and was no longer very smooth, after using joint defense tactics, the Lakers missed three three-point shots.

While Jackson was a little surprised by the Knicks' defense, he didn't make any changes, just let Kobe Bryant continue to rest, and let George come on the court to replace Fox, who had no breakthrough ability due to injuries and age.

The Lakers also began to play a combination of inside and outside tactics at this moment, and the breakthrough of outside players brought space for inside players to receive the ball and score.

Bryant didn't have any dissatisfaction with the fact that someone else had replaced him, but he sat on the sidelines and the staff began to massage his waist at this stage.

Seeing Kobe Bryant's approach, Mir stomped his feet a little uneasily, and even couldn't help but look at the current Gong Feng and Ray Allen, and then saw the two of them expressionless, and couldn't help but be quiet in his heart, and then as if thinking of something, Mir stretched out his hand behind his back, said a few words, and then pointed to Gong Feng and Allen.

While Gong Feng, Allen and Kobe Bryant enjoyed the resumption of private services, this approach was also in stark contrast to the fierce competition on the court.

Every player on the court is racing against the clock, every touch is counting, constantly trying to find each other's weaknesses, the players on the court are constantly pressing the opponent's court space, and even players like O'Neal will actively help defend to prevent the Knicks from getting free scoring space inside.

The coaches of both sides also kept saying something during the pause, so that the players on the court continued to increase their scoring means and reduce their room for mistakes, and began to fight wits at this time, but at the time of the pause, when the coach commanded something, Kobe, Gong Feng, and Allen did not participate, but only on the sidelines with the help of the physical trainer, and concentrated on recovering their physical fitness.

At the end of the first quarter, the Knicks temporarily led the Lakers by 5 points at 24-19, but many people did not think that the Knicks were the one who really took advantage of the first quarter, and even many people were ready to question Mir's coaching. (To be continued.) )