Chapter 805: Height Advantage
Previously, off-court, Chamberlain's study of the Lakers allowed him to make effective counterattacks once he was on the court.
The Lakers have a big hole in defense, that is, they are bent on killing Chamberlain, but the interior players on the court are helpless against Chamberlain, and Chamberlain can use their excessive attention to create counterattack opportunities.
Chamberlain now usually holds the ball on the outside, not on the inside, Bynum doesn't dare to follow, he is too slow, Chamberlain plays with him like a stake.
Gasol can follow, but Chamberlain will choose to attack with determination, he will push Gasol away, and then finish the game with a turn or mid-range hook.
The Zen master kept shaking his head off the field, and he finally realized the mood of the old Nelson when he coached O'Neal - at that time, the old Nelson was in the Mavericks, and there were countless elite soldiers under his command, but the Zen master relied on an O'Neal, all kinds of bullying, and the old Nelson was stunned that there was no way.
It was for this reason that the elder Nelson devoted himself to research and played the trick of shark cutting tactics.
Sadly for the Zen master, Chamberlain's comprehensiveness was far beyond his understanding, and tactics such as cutting sharks and birds were useless.
At this time, the two closest teams meet in strength, and there is no place for opportunism in the battle for the championship in the West, which is a tough collision, that is, gritting teeth and fighting bayonets, and seeing who can have the last laugh, then whoever laughs the best.
All of a sudden, the wind on the court was surging, and the tough battle began.
After Chamberlain hit a mid-range shot, the Lakers launched a counterattack, Kobe Bryant controlled the ball and threw the ball into Jackson's hands after half court, the Zen master nodded affirmatively when he saw this, and shouted: "Play our height advantage, height advantage, boys!" ”
Yes, Bynum, Gasol, Odom, Kobe and Famar, this lineup is too obvious for the Warriors of Chamberlain, Gibson, Jackson, West, and Iverson.
The height disadvantage is the biggest pain in the Warriors' playoffs, and if it weren't for Chamberlain's tough defense, they would have been blown into slag with their height.
Gasol got the ball, and Gibson had to turn to his back, and he had been going around to interfere in front of him, but it didn't work.
Although taller, Gasol is more flexible than Gibson, whose front circle gives him the opportunity to reflexively go directly to the basket and charge, but fortunately Chamberlain returned in time to plug the hole, otherwise Gasol would have scored with a reflex layup.
Chamberlain's return defense allowed Bynum to get an open opportunity, and Gasol also passed the ball to him, but unfortunately Bynum's shot was unreliable, the ball hit the iron and popped up, and Chamberlain picked up the rebound.
The Warriors attacked, Chamberlain asked for the ball inside, and he carried Bynum on his shoulder to test his strength, and the latter gritted his teeth and tried his best to defend with a hideous face.
Gasol and Odom were separated from the wings, and Chamberlain pulled his hand to make a passing gesture, and the two were so frightened that they almost peed their pants and hurriedly returned to the defense to chase their own people.
Seizing this opportunity, Oxlain slammed backwards, and carried Bynum straight into the penalty area.
At this moment, Gasol didn't dare to hesitate any longer, screamed and pounced, and opened his arms to get stuck to Chamberlain's side.
Chamberlain raised the corner of his mouth and flicked his arm, and the ball disappeared instantly.
Bynum and Gasol had a tingling scalp and bad thoughts in their hearts.
The idea quickly became a reality, and a figure flew past behind, and Gibson once again showed off his incredible bounce and explosiveness, smashing a dunk from a step from the free throw line.
"Defend! Win! "Warriors fans suddenly saw the hope of turning defeat into victory, and their feelings were high.
Kobe Bryant dribbled the ball past half court, and in the face of West, who was defending like kraft candy, he shook his arm a little unaccustomedly.
West's defense was personally directed by Bowen, and since Bowen first joined the Spurs at the beginning of this century, the responsibility of defending Kobe Bryant has been on him, and he naturally has a unique experience.
Kobe Bryant changed direction several times without success, he simply slowly advanced to the frontcourt, and after reaching the right wing of the free throw area, he turned abruptly and rushed forward, seeing this, West had to retreat, as soon as he opened the distance, Kobe Bryant jumped up and made a backward jumper with a bend of the waist.
The ball arced through the air, spun around the hoop, and landed
The Warriors fans who were full of anticipation suddenly sighed in unison: "Damn! ”
The Warriors attacked, and Bryant concentrated on defending Iverson, who was blocked and had difficulty connecting the ball, so he passed the ball to West.
Seeing this, Kobe Bryant was very dissatisfied, and he shouted to Iverson: "AI, AI, AI!" Are you still the answer? Uh-huh, King of Philadelphia? Ha, have you become an Oakland lackey? Come, fight me alone, teach me a lesson! ”
Iverson's handsome face showed a soft smile and said, "I have MVP, AMVP and FMVP, do you have any of these?" ”
Kobe Bryant was angry, FMVP is a pain in his heart now, Iverson is very bad to use this to hit him, not only that, Iverson also said: "I still have the best sixth man, do you have it?" ”
Kobe sneered, "I'm the main force that can't be beaten......"
"Then you don't, without you laughing at me a**?" Iverson said softly, turning and running backwards.
The Zen master roared from the audience and said, "Kobe, steady your feelings, concentrate your attention!" ”
Kobe Bryant turned his head in amazement and saw that West had singled out Famar and rushed to the last moment, and he realized at this time that Iverson suddenly quarreled with him just to attract his attention and make him unable to change his defense.
In the face of Famar, West simply chose to break through, he stepped quickly, the width of the cloth was large and the pace was fast, purely relying on speed to pass Farmar, and after breaking through, he rushed straight to the restricted area, disrupting the Lakers' defense in an instant.
Gasol has a nimble footwork and outstanding awareness, and because of his strength and confrontation awareness, he has never been dominant in one-on-one defense, but his ability to assist and complement the defense is not below Chamberlain.
West passed Famar, but couldn't avoid Gasol, who blocked his breakthrough early.
Seeing this, West smiled calmly, flicked his arm and made a ground-hitting pass, and the ball was sent directly into Chamberlain's hands.
Gasol was not surprised by West's pass, he was mentally prepared to be out of position if he dared to come out, and Chamberlain was not far away from him, as long as he turned back, he could return to his original position again. In addition, Bynum is still dying with Chamberlain, and he only needs to defend for a second for Gasol to complete the return support.
However, instead of attacking the hoop directly, Chamberlain took a step across and jammed Bynum, grabbing the ball with his big hand and handing it to him.
Gibson slipped the bottom line and rushed in quickly, the muscles on his body were like explosives bags, full of explosive power, and he got the ball and shouted, he jumped high, grabbed the ball with one hand and smashed it into the hoop, and came to a force splitting Huashan-style violent dunk.
After that, the Warriors' offense suddenly became more fierce, Famar made a pass error and was stealed by Iverson, and after getting the ball, Iverson launched a fast attack, he led away Kobe, West killed from behind, Iverson passed the ball back, and West received the ball and scored a layup.
Then, Kobe Bryant hit a jumper, Chamberlain grabbed the rebound, West and Iverson started the fast break again, and the two introduced all the Lakers players who were returning to the defense into the restricted area, and Chamberlain came with a full-court pass, but passed to Jackson outside the three-point line.
There was no one around Jackson, and he looked down at the three-point line at his feet to make sure he wouldn't step on the line before jumping up.
If this kind of three-point shot is all iron, then Nelson Sr. will let Jackson know why the flowers are so red.
The Zen master knew that Chamberlain's strength had messed up the situation, and he had arranged countless tactics to deal with Chamberlain beforehand, but the ideal was very plump and the reality was very skinny, just like the Warriors couldn't guard against Kobe, and the Lakers couldn't guard against Chamberlain at all.
The problem now is that the two sides can blow each other up, but the Lakers have a disadvantage: Kobe Bryant's advantage is on the outside, he can shake off West's shots, he can break through Jackson's emergency stop, but they all need to shoot from mid-range to score.
What about Chamberlain? Within the forbidden area, that's his world!
The hit rate of medium and long-range shooting can't exceed 50%, and the shooting rate of the penalty area can't be less than 50%, so the Zen master doesn't allow Kobe and Chamberlain to blow up each other, that's death!
There was no way, he had to call a timeout, and then the old fish returned, and after the game, Famar, who was not a top, sat back on the bench with his ears hanging like a wilted Bugs Bunny.
After returning, the Lakers paid more attention to teamwork, and they began to pass the ball frequently, using the height advantage against the Warriors. After a few passes, the Warriors' defensive line was inevitably disorganized, with the Lakers taking a misplaced advantage and Odom hitting a jumper over Billups' head.
The Warriors' counterattack came immediately, and Billups also planned repeated passes, which he was much better at than the old fish.
The Warriors' passing was designed to get players pulled away and give Chamberlain a chance to face the opponent alone instead of being trapped.
The opportunity quickly presented itself, and Chamberlain used consecutive turns on the baseline to stun Bynum, cut sideways to the basket, and raised his hand to dunk.
Gasol slapped his horse and jumped sideways to block Chamberlain, only to find that the other party just shook a shot, and Chamberlain not only shook Bynum, but also shook him away!
How could Chamberlain not know that although his continuous turn was exquisite, it was too much of a waste of time and gave Gasol the opportunity to assist in defense, in this case, he naturally would not shoot directly.
Shaking off two people in a row, Chamberlain made a steady shot at this time and hit accurately.
Seeing this, Barkley sighed: "The Lakers have nothing to do with Chamberlain, they are helpless, just like a group of cats against meat and bones, meat and bones are delicious, but that's not their dish!" ”
Smith also laughed: "The Lakers have traditionally been super centers, but now, their team is ravaged by the opposing super center. Oh, of course, they also have their own super center, what's that kid called? It's the kid who was wantonly toyed with by Z. ”
When the Lakers selected Bynum, they took a fancy to his age and talent, but unfortunately, as time went by, Bynum's age continued to grow, his strength continued to grow, and his skills continued to grow, but his IQ stayed at 18 years old forever.
The Lakers don't care about the multiple teams, as long as Kobe Bryant is there, there is a risk, that is, maybe when Kobe suddenly becomes murderous, no longer trusts his teammates, and instead holds the ball and kills the Quartet.
Kobe Bryant is helpless to do this, because only when his teammates' cousins make him fall into despair, he will go to singles by himself, do fans think singles are cool? No, super tired, just look at Chamberlain's soaked jersey!
Lao Yu controlled the ball after half the court, Kobe Bryant asked for the ball, seeing that the Zen master was a little anxious, he knew that this was the prelude to Kobe Bryant's singles, so he shouted: "Three inside lines!" Three inside lines! ”
The current Lakers are indeed three inside tactics, Bynum, Gasol and Odom, the average height of the three has reached more than two meters, and their flexibility is not bad, and they have an absolute advantage in the NBA.
Bynum and Gasol asked for the ball in the low post, and Odom ran high and the trio stood like an equilateral triangle to form a threat in the high and low posts.
Oxlade-Chamberlain naturally had to stay in the box to deal with Bynum and Gasol because there were more people here.
As a result, Chamberlain stood up and Bynum went to block him, and Gasol also moved to the high post, while he took the ball away, and Bryant rushed into the box and blocked Chamberlain's way with Billups.
Gasol was finally able to take the shot, and they did have a height advantage, and he almost pressed Gibson's overhead mid-range shot.