Chapter 842: The Victory of Terror
When the Los Angeles Lakers came off the bench, the Kings hoped to narrow the point difference, after all, in the face of the Lakers' crazy full-court pressing from the beginning, the team was able to withstand in extremely difficult circumstances, so if they still want to win the game, then the only thing they can do is to defeat the Lakers' rotation with the main players, that is, the bench players composed of a group of rookies, which is not a difficult thing for them to seem, After all, they have always thought that the strength of their team is very good, and in fact, the strength of the Kings is indeed very good, and the team's starters are said to be the top in the league, but they can also be regarded as relatively good starters.
And with the addition of Princeton, it is not a difficult thing for them to face a group of substitute players to play an offensive climax, but the imagination of things is beautiful, but the result of things is a little cruel, even extremely cruel, because instead of finding a place on the Lakers' bench, they were opened up by the Lakers' bench like the Lakers' main force, although the Lakers' bench players are not a grade worse than the Lakers' statement in terms of ability, especially on the offensive end. At the very least, this Lakers bench player is not playing in the air like their starters.
But the defense of this team's second team did not make the Kings feel much easier, because of Paul's physical disadvantage to Byron Davis, the King's playmaking guard is able to score in the face of Paul's defense, Paul's defensive intensity and experience are not as good as Hardaway's, but even so, the King's playmaking guard seems to be a little lacking in courage. Don't dare to use your body to carry the basketball and kill it inside. Obviously. In this case, the Kings still can't beat Princeton in the face of the Lakers' bench, not only can't beat Princeton, but even the individual offense is extremely hesitant, and this directly leads to the fact that this team is almost 30 points behind the Lakers when they fall behind in the first quarter, and they are indeed worse than the Lakers by more than 30 points after the end of the first quarter.
"Nice air relay. Paul and Jackson's cooperation is very tacit, Paul's breakthrough is so beautiful, no one in the King's restricted area can stop him, he reminds me of Isaiah Thomas that guy, the two of them are as good as the ball control" Kenny Smith looked at the young man wearing the No. 3 jersey on the court with some appreciation and said, If it is reasonable for Hardaway to suppress Byron Davis in this game, then a rookie point guard suppressed Byron Davis, the league's first-class point guard, so deadly, Kenny Smith really never thought about it, after all, in terms of personal ability, in the number one position. Byron Davies' individual quality is definitely in the top five, just for now. The Wake Forest player is likely to become the third superstar after Carter and Duncan, who showed great dominance in their rookie years, and Paul already has the potential to do so.
"At the end of the first quarter, the Los Angeles Lakers led the Kings by 30 points at home 44-14, which is a huge point difference, and this point difference almost directly made this team lose this game, maybe the Kings' offense is gorgeous, and they are also the best offensive team among all teams in the NBA, but obviously, in the face of the Lakers, whether it is offense or defense, they have lost very badly, this is this one completely opposite or no longer an order of magnitude of competition, now for this game, The only suspense is that after the start of the second quarter of the game, will the Los Angeles Lakers still press like this, and then play defensive counterattacks, in the first quarter of the game, almost all of the team's scoring was defensive counterattacks, which is an extremely terrible thing, and the Lakers showed everyone their athletic talent. ”
Finally, when the first quarter ended with Pauly's assist to Jackson's aerial relay, Kenny Smith on the commentary bench also said helplessly, for him, this game is very exciting, for the Lakers players, this game is also very exciting, and even for most viewers who have no position to sit in front of the TV, this extremely athletic game almost makes them feel like they are watching a dream team game, in this case, it is also a wonderful game, but this game is also a good game for the Kings, I'm afraid it's going to be a nightmare game.
And in fact, these Kings starters were all depressed when they left the court in the first quarter, losing to the opponent by 30 points in the first quarter, such a point difference is unimaginable, only scored 14 points in the first quarter of the game, such a score is also unbelievable for the Kings, but these almost impossible things are now really happening, and it happened in such a hurry, so that they are not prepared at all, and if they are really prepared, It's impossible for Adelman to think that he will lose so badly, but it's too late to say this at this time, looking at these depressed Kings players in front of him, Adelman is also very conflicted at this bad time, or he himself doesn't know how to cheer for his players, after all, maybe all the cheering is useless at this time.
In this case, Adelman, who was at break during the intermission, was also helplessly silent, he hoped that his players could wake up from such a blow to complete their redemption, so at the beginning of the second quarter, the head coach of the Kings did not change even one player, all of them were starters and then played, for this king, it is impossible to win the game now, but it is still possible to get back some face. Especially these Kings starters who were beaten badly by the Lakers players at the beginning, they can now take advantage of the Lakers starters to get back their lost court when all the Lakers starters come up, but in this game the Lakers' defense is still playing full-court pressing He doesn't know, after all, for that Chinese, any regular and reasonable things will always have other changes when they come to him.
"Coach, after the second quarter, this team should collapse directly now" watched the main players of his team walk onto the court one by one, as the assistant coach of this team. Stephen Green was also extremely excited. The first quarter of this game was a defensive counterattack with full body flow and movement flow. The Lakers actually didn't play anything with too much tactical connotation, it's like the coach said, the first quarter is just a dismissal, for most NBA teams, no one knows whether they can be intimidated by the Lakers' dismissal, but what really determines the content and depth of this team is what the team's performance is after getting off the horse, in the NBA, any team with only one board and axe can not go far, maybe it can run rampant in the regular season. But in the playoffs, it will also be beaten back to its original shape, so this Lakers' offense is more than that.
"Yes, after this quarter, if this unprepared king can still hold up, then they are too admirable" Zhuang Fei also said with a smile after hearing his disciple's words, in fact, the current king is only the last breath left, they may still want to be able to narrow some points in this session to get back a little face, after all, even if the Lakers starters who were so ferocious in the first quarter just now, even if they rested for half a quarter, it was difficult to play that kind of defense at the beginning, In this case, the king does have the possibility of narrowing the difference. It's just that. It's not as simple as the Lakers think
"Kobe, are you alright?"
"I'm fine. I'm just so excited, hehe, I can't wait to hear the hoops wreaking havoc."
Looking at the teammate who was constantly trembling beside him, Hardaway also asked with a smile, his teammate's energy is too strong, and the desire for the game is simply unimaginably high, it can be said that for them, the first quarter of the game is only half a quarter because the coach hopes that they can have a good rest, but for Kobe, who is amazingly resilient, only 6 minutes of a game is a kind of torture, and at this time Hardaway looked at this teammate who was constantly licking his dry lips and shook his head with a wry smileObviously, he was really fine, but excited, and then the king suffered.
Of course, it is also a very good thing for their veterans to have such a dynamic teammate, and as far as Hardaway is concerned, Kobe reminds him of his teammate Ricky Davis on the Cavaliers, the two have some similar personalities, and of course, Ricky Davis's ability can't catch up with Kobe.
At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, the Kings, whose confidence had already collapsed, finally came on the court with the hope of reducing the point difference, and when Miller sent the baseline ball, the King's center found that the Lakers were not pressing in the 10,000 half, and the defender Hardaway in front of the team was also standing at the top of the three-point arc two steps out, not even the middle circle, in this case, this is also to make Byron Davis, who received the ball and waited for Hardaway to come up, was also a little stunned, Although he knew that the Lakers were likely not to play full-court pressing at the beginning of the second quarter, but fell into a positional battle, but when such a thing really happened, he still had an unreal feeling, after all, the previous quarter of the game hit and affected him too much, which made him a little noisy, or the grass and trees were all soldiers, of course, now Hardaway did not come forward to press, which also made the king's organizational guard feel a lot more at ease, and he was also a lot calmer, However, at this time, he was still a little cautious to dribble the ball through the half, and Byron Davis's appearance also caused the Los Angeles Lakers fans to laugh, it was obvious that the king's leading player was scared, even Adelman on the side and Kenny Smith on the commentary bench shook his head.
"It's hard for this guy to play in this game" Kenny Smith looked at the cowering Kings guard on the court and shook his head helplessly and said, and in fact, for anyone, in the first quarter of the game by their own opposing player will be like this, in a sense, Kenny Smith can also understand, but understanding does not mean agree, The Kings playmaker is worthy of his title as a first-class playmaker in the league as a Kings playmaker for his family and so far.
Of course, it doesn't matter whether Kenny Smith agrees with Byron Davis or not, after advancing to the frontcourt, facing Hardaway's defense, only Hardaway moved slightly, and the guard threw the ball like a hot potato to Miller, who was standing at the right free throw line. And after the pass, Byron Davis also began to run without the ball. The King's Princeton tactics were also officially launched. This time the initiation of the tactic is actually the first time that the Kings have played a Princeton offense in this game, and when Miller poured the ball to Turkoglou who moved the free throw line, the forward almost did not stop the ball and smashed directly to the basket, Byron Davis, who has been running without the ball, received the pass smoothly, and at this time Hardaway has been squeezed by the guard with a strong body behind the side, although Tekoglou's pass is not as fancy as Webb, but it is absolutely accurate, and it is very comfortable to catch. At the very least, Byron Davis can fly to the blue without any adjustment after receiving this ball, and he can also lean on Hardaway.
Hitting two points, this is the first time in this game that the Kings have scored through their own tactical cooperation, and after seeing his team score like this on the court, Adelman on the sidelines is also relieved, and the team can finally get back on track. If the Lakers want to play positional warfare, then he is not afraid of this Laker, this Laker's interior deterrence is the biggest hole in defense, especially against Princeton, there is no interior line that can cover the sky like Garnett and Duncan, and there is no way to stop the Kings from going through the back door. Even if Hill doesn't actually have a lot of defensive area, it's not just about defensive area. There is also the defensive height and blocking the passing route, etc., at this point Hill and Duncan or Garnett have a huge gap, if it is Garnett standing in front of Tekoglu, the Kings forward will definitely not smash the ball to the basket like just now, and Byron Davis does not dare to be so unscrupulous under the basket.
"Beautiful offense, I hope this offense can bring some help to this team, the lack of defensive height and deterrence on the inside is the biggest problem for this Lakers at present, in the face of such a problem, Coach Z's approach is to accumulate enough advantages in the previous games, but if it goes on like this, this obvious shortcoming of this team will be thoroughly studied sooner or later, and their advantage in front will not be like this game, and then this team will be dangerous, but as far as this game is concerned, The Lakers' win is already irreversible, just to see how many points the Kings can recover, this team was caught off guard by the Lakers on the road, it's too embarrassing" Kenny Smith on the commentary bench was also a little excited after seeing Byron Davis's successful layup, he belongs to the current center faction in the league, and he is also one of the experts who don't see Zhuang Fei's configuration of the Lakers this season, in his opinion, the Lakers have too many problems, and for the NBA's past championships, it is not allowed to have fatal shortcomings, which is why he looks down on this Laker in this case. It's just that although he looks down on the Lakers, his partner doesn't look down on the Lakers.
"If the Lakers can get back two points or even three points in the positional offense, this will not be enough, although this team's positional defense may have problems, but the positional offense may not be a problem" In the face of Barkley's choking, Kenny Smith was also a little stunned, and at this time, when it was the turn of the Boston Celtics to attack, he and Barkley did see the Lakers' counterattack, and the offensive pattern was almost the same as the offense of Byron Davis just now, but this time it was Kobe Bryant who cut to the basket, And it was Webber who passed the ball to Kobe, and the Lakers did not play this tactic Princeton.
"This is the No. 5 tactic, Webber's No. 5 tactic looks better than Yao Ming's, he has Yao Ming's advantage is good vision, but also has no Yao Ming's shortcomings, this will be the main offensive method of the Lakers' positional battle, but in the face of the King's defensive intensity, this team has no problem, and Webb has no problem, but if it is just such an offensive method, it is likely to be slowly adapted to it like Yao Ming of the Boston Celtics, any tactic is actually like this, Maybe this team can play individual singles tactics, this team's top swing people will be the strongest singles team in the league, but if they encounter a team with strong interior deterrence like the Spurs, more of their shots will become outside shots Although it is not impossible to shoot outside, it is difficult to play a more efficient offense than the opponent, which is why everyone thinks that this team will not go far in the playoffs, for now, a Webber can not support their offensive and defensive sky, And these gorgeous beauties that Coach Z has built on this pillar of Webb can collapse at any time as the pillar breaks. ”
As far as the Lakers and Zhuang Fei are concerned, Kenny Smith does not feel that he has any contradiction with the two, and even he personally admires Zhuang Fei, the ability of this Chinese shocked him, but at this time Zhuang Fei is obviously too crazy after the success of the Celtics and Timberwolves, such a non-mainstream team can win the final championship that can definitely subvert the current basketball rules, especially the NBA's basketball rules and cognition.
Of course, it doesn't matter what Kenny Smith thinks of Zhuang Fei, the important thing is that the king has no way to block the Lakers' No. 5 tactic in this game, in Kenny Smith's view, as long as it is a top defensive team, it will be able to adapt to the same tactic for a long time, and for now, it is obvious that this king is not a top defensive team at all, not even first-class, at most third-rate in the league, in this case, the score on both sides is getting higher and higher, Of course, because the king has not been able to choke the Lakers' No. 5 tactic, Zhuang Fei has no intention of changing tactics.
In this case, the Lakers' offensive efficiency was higher than that of the Kings, until the two teams played eight minutes in the second quarter, the Lakers' lead widened again, and when Zhuang Fei replaced Paul and Josh Smith and Simmons replaced Szebiak and Webb and Hill used the full-court pressing tactics again, it didn't take long, at the end of the second quarter, the score of the two teams was 82-38, and the Kings lost 44 points in the half, after being abused by the Lakers for 30 points in the first quarter, In the second quarter, he was again abused by the Lakers by 14 points. What's even more terrifying is that the 82 points that the Lakers scored in the halftime are almost in recent years, especially after Zhuang Fei left the Timberwolves, it should be the league's highest halftime score, in fact, Zhuang Fei rarely played games with more than 80 points in the half when he was in the Timberwolves.
"It seems that this game is over, the Lakers are completely the king's nemesis" When the half was over, Kenny Smith, the king player who looked down one by one, also said helplessly.
"Maybe it should be said that Coach Z is Adelman's nemesis, he can always find a way to deal with Adelman, I'm afraid the impact of this game on this team is not just the outcome of a game" Barkley also said with a deep smile at this time, and Kenny Smith also nodded after Barkley finished speaking, this game will inevitably have a huge impact on the king's next games, and even let the confident king and the ambitious Adelman at the beginning of the season sink directly.
Of course, the king's downfall is a matter of the future, and for the present, the king basically has no fighting spirit in this game, at least at the beginning of the second half of the game, that is, in the third quarter, the king is still embarrassed in the face of the Lakers' full-court pressing again, although it is much better than the first half, but it is also limited, and when there are 4 minutes left in the third quarter of the game, Zhuang Fei also replaced all his main forces again, at the end of the third quarter of the game, The Lakers, who were playing at home, had a 62-point lead of 120-58, and after the fourth quarter, Paul and Kobe Bryant took Josh Smith and Jackson and Ariza to push the difference between the two sides to 75 points at the end of the game, and the final score was 156-81 points, and the Lakers almost broke the league regular season single-game record in the first game.
"I said it was going to be a wonderful game, and now we haven't done our best" Looking at the back of his old opponent leaving, Zhuang Fei also smiled and said, and at this time Adelman probably forgot what he said before this game, even if he remembers, I'm afraid it will be even more humiliating, and at this time, how can the crazy Lakers fans care about the end of a visiting coach. (To be continued.) )