Chapter Forty-Seven: Cracking the Warriors' New Offensive Ideas
The game continued fiercely, and the opening situation seemed to be the showdown between the Warriors and the Lakers was the showdown between Kobe Bryant and Lin Fei. Kobe Bryant scored 9 points on 4-of-4 shooting in the opening game, while Lin Fei scored 9 points on 3-of-4 shooting. On paper, it seems to be evenly matched.
But it seems to be very different, Kobe Bryant's 4 balls are trying different offensive methods, or breaking through or shooting, but when you ask Keynes to defend, your physical strength is also very expensive, on the other hand, Lin Fei, a few goals scored, Lin Fei felt like he was taking a leisurely walk, and he didn't throw the ball easily. In this way, Lin Fei seems to have a greater advantage, and there is continuous attack power, Kobe Bryant's physical strength may not be comparable to Lin Fei when he was young, but now although Kobe's physique is far stronger than Lin Fei, but the age is there, and the endurance of the two is estimated to be about the same, and even Lin Fei is a little worse, in the case of the same physical strength, it is natural that Lin Fei's playing style is more advantageous.
The Lakers took the lead in a timeout, and the coach reminded Kobe that he could try to give the ball to the player on the inside, and give the ball to the inside, and it might be much easier to score than Kobe Bryant himself.
Nelson is well aware of the Lakers' style of play, and although Lakers Jackson has left, the triangle style of play still exists in the Lakers. A very important point of the triangle strategy is to connect the players on the inside, and the containment of the players on the inside must also be fully displayed.
Sure enough, after the pause, the Lakers handed the ball to the inside, and at this time the inside line was Bynum and Gasol, and now the main point of attack is very clear to Byram, Byham's physical fitness is very good, and he is one of the few players in the league who can rely on his physical fitness to compete with Howard. Bynum catches the ball with his back to Clauderson. Bynum dribbled lightly against Clauderson, Clauderson's next game kung fu was also excellent, and he didn't even move, this time Bynum moved seriously, and slammed it again, Clauderson took two steps back directly, at this point, Bynum turned around and hit the basket directly, originally Nelson arranged for Jobs to make up for the defense, but Gasol mentioned the high position, naturally the inside line was relatively empty, Bynum hit the inside line is also quite easy, Bynum directly dunked and hit. Bynum's terrifying physicality is something that the Warriors lack in all of them, and a team with physical qualities is also something that the Warriors are quite afraid of.
Originally, it was a showdown between Lin Fei and Kobe, and Bynum's arrival was also violent.
Nielsen had anticipated such a scenario.
Lin Fei controlled the ball to a high position, because the previous three goals would definitely cause the Lakers to start wrapping Lin Fei on the outside. At this time, Lin Fei can give the ball to either Cairns and Aix, these two can impact the inside, and at the same time, they can also slow down a little, directly attract the opponent's forward players to come out, and then wait for the opportunity to move, the final implementation point of this way is still on the inside, but the two striker swing man Cairns also Aix to impact the inside, or Jobs and Clauderson to complete the final blow still need to be decided according to the situation.
The trick worked, and Nelson was ahead of the game. After Lin Fei quickly crossed the middle line, the Lakers used Kobe Bryant and Fisher to intercept Lin Fei directly, slowing down the speed of this guy, and at the same time Kobe Bryant approached Lin Fei, Lin Fei just crossed the middle line, and there was almost no room to retreat, otherwise he would return to the halfcourt, and he could only pass the ball to Keynes, who dribbled one step and gave the ball to Aix, who then easily scored an inside dunk from the other side.
It's the kind of ball that the Warriors' offense is so fluid that it feels like the Lakers' defense is a fictitious defense.
The Lakers attacked, this time made full use of the triangle tactics, Atai's bottom line, the response of the two interior teams, Kobe Bryant's outside attack, in fact, Cairns's previous defense of Kobe Bryant was enough to sรจ, but the ability of Kobe Bryant who was full of winning ** is obvious to all, Keynes could not block Kobe's score, and now if Kobe Bryant implements triangle tactics and mainly attacks the inside, his passing is estimated that Cairns will be even more undefensive. Kobe Bryant went directly to the inside, and Keynes also had a little experience in Kobe Bryant's defense, and directly blocked the angle of Kobe's shot, so that the possibility of defensive success was greater, but Kobe gave the ball to Gasol directly behind his back, and Gasol easily broke through the Warriors' defense and hit a layup.
The two teams are now tied again, and no one can defend against the other.
At this time, Lin Fei is still in control of the ball, Lin Fei knows that he will definitely encounter the Lakers midfielder this time dribbling, if he controls the speed and rhythm of the dribble properly, it may not be so difficult to break through the defense of the two, after all, Kobe and Fisher are both rookies in 96, both of them are a lot older, relying on their own speed, the success rate of completely getting rid of the two after breaking through the two is 50%, and if Lin Fei breaks through, the chance to shoot in the face of the two is at least 90%, But what Lin Fei is thinking about is to save some physical strength, if he doesn't come up with the final battle or the critical moment, he won't come up with the kind of fast dribble midcourt shooting that is misunderstood in the league, and now the Warriors' offense is also quite good, so that he won't carry the entire Warriors' offense on his shoulders.
Lin Fei attacked again, this time it was a little smarter, when Lin Fei dribbled the ball to the midfield, Fisher and Kobe Bryant already had a tendency to wrap up, Lin Fei decisively passed the ball out, at this time the Lakers defense was not yet in formation, at this time Keynes received the ball, staged a good show of walking a thousand miles alone, and directly dribbled to break through the Lakers' layers of defense, directly to the basket, and hit a basket. This ball originally did not belong to the Warriors' style of play, according to Nelson's deployment, Lin Fei originally passed the halfway line to divide the ball, but Lin Fei did not pass the halfway line, Keynes also understood, this ball is not according to tactics, the players have a lot of room to play, just at this time the opportunity appeared in front of Keynes, he did not hesitate to hold the ball to the basket to hit. This is undoubtedly the most terrifying thing about the Warriors, who can evolve a tactic at any time according to the situation on the court, and the Warriors team of players are exactly in line with the characteristics of the tactics, and the players' mobility is also quite strong, whether it is inside or outside, they can launch an organized attack at any time.
"The quality of the Lakers' defense has been very good recently, but when facing the Warriors, the Lakers' defense is almost like a layer of paper, and it can't withstand any impact from the Warriors," said Lakers veteran "Magic" Johnson, who watched the game. "I doubt the Warriors' offense is really incomprehensible, and if I can build a team that is faster than the Warriors, maybe it will be very useful for them defensively." This sentence is a wake-up call for the Lakers.
But how to find a lineup that is faster than the Warriors, imagine that most of the Warriors' offense is almost initiated by Lin Fei, and there is no faster speed than Lin Fei in the league, and the Warriors lineup is so flexible, everyone can dribble and hold the ball, and everyone can act as a passer, which will undoubtedly maximize the opponent's defensive difficulty.
The Lakers took another timeout, already the second one, and the Warriors didn't use it once.
Obviously, if the Lakers want to increase their speed, Fisher will have to be replaced, and trying to use the aging Fisher to defend Lin Fei, the fastest in the league, looks like a joke.