Chapter 240: Concerns
Although he really wanted to resist and try to block Wang Cannon, Bydam knew very well that this was impossible, because in previous competitions, he had confirmed it many times, but whenever he went up to block Wang Cannon like this, it basically ended with being blocked by Wang Cannon.
So even though he was very unwilling, Bydam still turned to one side and made way for Wang Cannon.
Seeing that Bydam was so knowledgeable and didn't come up to stop him, Wang Cannon was stunned for a moment, but he reacted quickly, immediately came back to his senses and dunked the basketball into the basket.
Wang Cannon's dunk once again caused a burst of cheers from the audience on the court.
"Bydam got out of the way!" O'Neill, who saw this scene, immediately frowned. "As a center, Bydam is the last defensive gate of the whole team, in this case, in order to avoid embarrassment, he actually surrendered in advance to make way for Wang Cannon to dunk easily, which should not be done by a center!"
"Before I can try, I'm afraid that I will fail, which is why the Lakers can cultivate such a cowardly center." Barkley shook his head and said with some schadenfreude.
"I can't pretend I didn't hear you." O'Neal said to Barkley unhappily: "The Lakers are not just Bydam a center, what do you mean by that?" ”
"Really? That's right! Barkley patted his head, "Yes! I forgot, the Lakers used to have a Kwame Brown! ”
O'Neill: ""
Barkley deserves to be the main figure in pulling hatred, and even when commentating, he did not forget to hack the black history of the Lakers.
The Lakers have always had a history of excellent centers, from the earliest Chamberlain, to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and then to O'Neal, every center of the Lakers can dominate the league for an era.
It's just these centers. None of them were selected and cultivated by the Lakers themselves, and when they joined the Lakers, they already had good strength and fame.
Bydam is the best center drafted and cultivated by the Lakers themselves, but there is still a big gap between him and those bullish centers in the history of the Lakers.
Bydam was young, he was only 24 years old so far, a little younger than Wang Cannon. This also makes Bydam not very mature in many ways, playing on the court with a bad attitude, and always doing something incomprehensible, such as shooting three points outside the three-point line.
All in all, Bydam has a lot of shortcomings that make people feel speechless, and if it weren't for the fact that the lack of center forward in the league has reached an outrageous point in this era, Bydam's value would not be as high as it is now.
To get back to the point, the game did not stop because of Wang Cannon's breakthrough attack, but still continued.
Bryant finally hit his first goal of the game from mid-range. It was also the first goal of the Lakers team, but the Clippers didn't care at all, because Wang Cannon scored much more points than Kobe.
Ci Shiping once again found himself powerless on the defensive end, and this sense of powerlessness was felt in James not long ago when he faced off against the Heat, but this time the feeling was stronger than last time, because the duel with James, at least he could compete with James, and he could also have some impact on James.
But the king cannon is different. Ci Shiping was very sad to find that he couldn't keep up with the speed of Wang Cannon's cannon.
"Here we go again! Wang Cannon breaks through with the ball! Ci Shiping is like a bulky gorilla. There's no way to pose a little threat to the king cannon! The commentator's words made the Clippers fans laugh, and the Lakers fans were scolding the atmosphere.
"Don't get complacent! I'll let you know right away! Wang Cannon is just a number of brushes! What's the big deal! ”
However, the words of Lakers fans are just a bluff.
The Lakers have nothing to do with Wang Cannon, no one can defend him, and if they use the tactics of wrapping and defending him. Paul, a top-tier playmaker, will decisively use all sorts of tricky tricks to get the basketball into the hands of other open players.
Throughout the regular season, the Clippers used this tactical method to play until the second place in the West, and there was no particularly good way for the shameless tactics in the entire league.
Griffin also has a relatively simple way of attacking, but Paul and Wang Cannon are not the kind of players who can be defended by a single player, especially Wang Cannon. In many cases, even a two-person bag can squeeze a gap to attack.
This situation is simply undisciplined, the Clippers are either Wang Cannon's singles with the ball, or Paul organizes the offense, or Paul and Griffin block and dismantle cooperation, although there are only three axes, but how many people in the world can block the three axes that bite gold in the next way?
Maybe there are in the league, but definitely not the current Lakers.
The first game between the two sides was won directly by the Clippers without suspense, from the first quarter, the Lakers have been in a state of backwardness, only at the beginning of the third quarter, Kobe Bryant suddenly burst, a person scored eight points in a row, and forced the score gap back to single digits, but it was to no avail after all. Paul and Wang Cannon followed up with a three-pointer each, and the momentum of Kobe Bryant's chasing points was extinguished.
After the game, Bryant criticized his teammates in a press conference, arguing that the team did not give him enough support on the court.
Indeed, the Lakers' greatest pride, the interior twin tower combination of Bydam and Gasol, although the table is good, can only be said to be good, and that's it. Bydam had 13 points and 10 rebounds, Gasol had 18 points and 9 rebounds, and the two centers together had a total of 31 points and 19 rebounds.
Among the Lakers' starting lineup, in addition to Bydam and Gasol, only Kobe Bryant scored double-doubles.
Kobe Bryant scored 31 points in this game, although he couldn't find his form at first under Matthews' defense, but Kobe Bryant is still Kobe after all, and the best score will not be put down.
Bryant's 31 points were also the highest in the game, and Wang's 27 points in this game were the highest on the Clippers team.
In addition to Wang, the Clippers had four players in double figures, including Paul's 23 points, Griffin's 15, Matthews' 10 and Bledsoe's 13 off the bench.
It's no wonder that Kobe Bryant complained that he was getting less help, the Lakers scored three double-doubles, and the Clippers scored five double-doubles, and the gap can be seen from this alone.
The Lakers, who lost the game, were unhappy, and the Clippers, who won the game, were not as happy as they imagined.
To be exact, the Clippers players are very happy, after all, it is quite a pleasure to see the unhappy expressions of the Lakers fans who have run to the Clippers' home court.
But Clippers head coach Negro has some vague uneasiness in his heart.
Negro himself knew exactly where this uneasiness came from.
As a head coach, Negro certainly can't just look at the winning side, he needs to consider more factors, such as the disadvantages of the Clippers and the Lakers when they play each other.
The current Clippers, if compared with the Lakers, may only be weaker than the Lakers in one aspect, and that is the inside.
Although Griffin is an All-Star starter-level player and is particularly famous, after all, his main offensive means are concentrated in the three-second zone of the inside, and the offensive means are relatively lacking, and Jordan Jr. Needless to say, there will be basically no other offensive means except for dunks.
Compared with the Lakers' luxurious interior twin towers, the Clippers' interior line is indeed a little weak.
This can be seen in the competition.
Although the Lakers' twin towers are average, the Clippers' two interior lines are even worse.
Griffin scored just 15 points in the game, and with Gasol's extremely experienced defense, he didn't even have a few decent dunks and only eight rebounds.
And Jordan Jr. is even more finished, she is basically completely inferior against Bydam, with 4 points and 6 rebounds to illustrate it.
Together, Bedham and Solga had 31 points and 19 rebounds, which didn't look like much, but Griffin and Jordan Jr. together had a measly 19 points and 14 rebounds. If it weren't for the pervert Wang Cannon who grabbed 18 rebounds alone, the Clippers would probably have fallen behind the Lakers in the number of rebounds.
The Clippers were able to win because of their strong outside firepower and the Lakers' interior twin towers.
Negro is not sure that the Lakers Twin Towers will not give strength every time they play, in case Gasol and Bydam burst out collectively in the next game, how should the Clippers play?
In the world of the so-called interior lineman, it is impossible for the outside shooter to keep the feel forever, but it is quite simple and easy to find the feel of the inside line very close to the basket.
Nigro didn't share this concern with the players, because even if he did, it didn't help, and it was a flaw in the Clippers' own roster.
It's just that Negro never expected that the things he was worried about would come so quickly.
The second game between the Clippers and the Lakers is also at the home of the Clippers, and this home court is still half Clippers fans and half Lakers fans.
I don't know if the persistence of these fans inspired the Lakers players, from the beginning of the game, the Lakers' players collectively burst pipes and played at a super level, especially Gasol and Bydam. (To be continued......)