Chapter 784: Great Victory
"Kobe, this game doesn't look like your game"
Maddie looked at the young man in front of him and said with a smile, and at this time Kobe was dribbling the ball in front of Maddie, as a representative figure of the Pan 96 generation at the beginning, whether it was Maddie, Kobe or Xiao Ao or Jackson, Garnett, Carter and others are actually no strangers to each other, because these people have more or less intersected in high school, and in fact, except for players like Pierce who are working hard in the late high school period, these young geniuses are basically famous very early, Even as an object of comparison all the time.
For example, when he compared with Carter, he was compared with the other two high school dunks, but the fate of these two dunks is not comparable to Carter, such as Ronnie Fields, he, like Jackson, graduated from high school with too poor grades and was not able to enter college, so it is naturally impossible to play NCAA, in this case, he can only mix in the CBA like Jackson before.
Of course, in addition to Carter and Ronnie Fields, there are Kobe and Jackson, these two are the two talented guards who were compared to each other in high school, of course, in addition, in addition to the comparison between the two, in fact, Maddie has always been compared with these two, but compared with Kobe Jackson's mutual hostility, Kobe and Maddie have an excellent relationship, and in fact, maybe in the entire NBA, maybe these two are the most ironclad, when they were in the Sydney Olympics, Maddie didn't want to live with Carter and had to mix with Kobe, in this case, Kobe Bryant's face was also hot when his friend said this.
He really played too much in this game, the number of times the basketball was in his hands was limited, even if the basketball was in his hands, it would not be long before O'Neal was forced to go, in such a critical finals, as long as he was blind, he could see it. Phil Jackson doesn't trust him at all, and it could even be argued that he has the same role on the offensive end as Szczerbiak, just let him be a fixed-point pitcher there, maybe not even as good as Szczerbiak.
Because whether it's Fat or Malone or Payton who are willing to give the ball to Szczebiak instead of him, it's clear that these Lakers players are not so comfortable with Kobe's shot, in this case. Maddy's game was very easy, he was directly opposite Kobe Bryant in this game, although Kobe was a scoring guard and he was a small forward, but because Jackson defended Szebiak better, Jackson and Maddy were misplaced with each other.
In fact, after the misalignment, Maddie didn't suffer much pressure on the defensive end at all in this game, because Kobe Bryant's ball-handling offense was too little, and if Kobe Bryant didn't attack with the ball, he wanted to rely on shooting to deal with so much higher than him. Maddie with so many long arms? It's almost an impossible thing to do.
"Hmph, Tracy, don't get complacent too early" Almost just after Kobe Bryant snorted coldly, the Lakers guard didn't pay attention to O'Neal who was asking for the ball on the inside, but was ready to go head-to-head with Kobe Bryant.
"Nice steering. In the NBA, being able to do so many feints in such a small space is only something you can do, but this time I won't be fooled by you" Almost as soon as Kobe Bryant started, Maddie was also prepared to start starting.
What is the best feature of Kobe? Flexibility. Flexibility and balance, as well as his ability to stay in the air, make the Lakers' leading guard the best in the league. He can make all kinds of bizarre steering maneuvers or feints in a small space, and then fool the opponent and can easily stay in the air to complete the shot, in this regard, he is the most like Jordan, more like Jordan than the so-called genuine Jordan successor Pierce.
In fact, many guards around the world are learning Jordan, and he is also the best learner, the most similar, this is because he has almost similar talent attributes to Jordan, but when it is a little worse, he does not have Jordan's big palms and explosive physical strength, so his ball control is slightly worse, and his defense is also slightly worse, of course, the stability of the offense is also because the confrontation ability is not as good as Jordan.
But even so, for now, in terms of personal ability, it is difficult for Maddy to suppress the Lakers' scoring guard, and for an attacker like Kobe, unless he can completely cover him, he can easily get a shooting opportunity, whether the shooting opportunity is good or bad, he is able to use his ability to control the balance of his body in the air and in the air to turn some bad shooting options into good shooting options.
For example, this time, the Lakers guard almost pulled up in Maddy's block after a little bit of a step, which was an absolutely bad shooting choice, but to everyone's surprise, the basketball thrown by the Lakers guard went directly into the net and hit a two-point shot. And after hitting this ball, the Lakers guard also glanced at Maddie with a little contempt.
"Tracy, you've never won me heads-up" After saying this to his good friend coolly, Maddie didn't look at the four teammates who were standing aside to watch him and Maddie's one-on-one performance turn around and left, he enjoyed this feeling called the focus of the whole court, after scoring this goal, Kobe's heart was also relieved, and it seemed that the whole game was also swept away, but when he saw the old guy in front of the Lakers bench looking at him with eyes that were almost killing, Kobe Bryant was also gloomy in his heart, the current Lakers are not his stage, and he is not the focus of the Lakers.
"It's really as good as ever" Maddie also looked at the somewhat arrogant back in front of him and said with a slight smile in his heart, as if he didn't care about his failure just now, but in fact, Kobe's goal was really insignificant to this game and his team
"Coach, that kid's heads-up look reminds me of Jordan, that kind of one-on-one attachment he is more than Jordan" Stephen Green looked at Kobe Bryant, who had just completed a stunning blow on the court, with some surprise and said, this game is not much suspense for the Lakers and Celtics, although the Lakers' adjustment in the second half stopped the defeat, but the pit dug in the first half and the first quarter was too big, for this Laker, there is no way to fill all these holes, in this case, Green is also focusing more on watching the Lakers and Celtics players.
"Yes, this is also the reason why it is difficult for Maddie to play a triangle offense in the face of Kobe" Zhuang Fei also nodded with a smile, what is the most needed ability of the offensive core of the triangle offense? There is no doubt that it is the heads-up ability, and in the heads-up ability, Maddie is indeed a little worse than Kobe, and Maddie has a lot less of the kind of persistence that must be scored in the ball.
In this regard, Kobe Bryant is indeed more like Jordan, even Carter, who is equally good at playing triangle offense, is deficient in this regard, whether it is Carter or Maddy, they all want to drive their teammates, this is the first priority of organizing forwards, and Kobe Bryant does not have these at all, when he turns on the heads-up mode, there are only two people in the world, he and the opponent, and Jordan is in the middle, Jordan is stronger than Kobe Bryant is that he has such an obsession, but he can also control such an obsession, So he's able to score on his own and bring it to the team at the same time, so he's the offensive core of the perfect triangle offense.
Of course, for Zhuang Fei, it is precisely because of Maddie's attributes that Zhuang Fei has to set up three tactical cores in his team, because a set of tactics can't be played in the NBA, and a Maddie can't be played in the NBA, and the same is true for Phil Jackson, who used to want to turn Kobe into Pippen or Jordan, but in the end he also failed, because Kobe's ball nature is impossible for him to make Phil Jackson transform successfully, in this case, The Lakers head coach may have completely given up on the Lakers guard in his heart now, as long as he doesn't mess up the team's system on the offensive end and plays his best on the defensive end, this positioning is basically similar to Szzerbiak, and naturally there is no tactical position as the team's second-in-command
"There are 1 last two minutes and thirty seconds left in the game, the Boston Celtics have replaced all the starters, and now the score is 106-90, the Celtics lead by 16 points, it seems that Phil Jackson has not given up, he is still the main player of the Lakers to stay on the court, no, it should be Kobe Bryant off the court, Nick. Fan. Exel is now the Lakers' No. 2 position" Magic Johnson looked at the Lakers players on the court and quickly explained, and at this time, the TV broadcast camera also captured the figure of the Lakers No. 8 on the Lakers bench, such a lens language is self-evident, now the Lakers need to score, so they don't need to defend, and he was also replaced off the court, which is a complete role player status.
"The Celtics played a beautiful game, completely suppressed the Lakers, it was a wonderful game, only for Celtics fans, the Lakers did not play their full energy, they were suppressed at most only sixty percent" Larry Bird also said with a smile after the Magic's summary, the Celtics beat the Lakers, and they beat the Lakers in front of him and the Magic, he was very happy.
"Yes, the Lakers need to adjust now, they underestimate the Celtics too much, but like Larry said, this team still has forty percent of its energy to play, so this series is far from over"
The series was not over, but the game was over quickly, 116-100, and the Boston Celtics won a complete victory by 16 points at home against the Lakers in the finals. (To be continued.) )