"I really didn't expect us to meet Sam on a stage like this"

Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach Stephen Green said with some emotion, at this time Sam Mitchell and himself have become famous, thinking back to the time when he was in the Timberwolves, he was not the best assistant coach in the league, just a fledgling coach, and Sam Mitchell on the side is a player who has not retired as a part-time assistant Zhuang Fei, just five or six years have passed, and now the situation of the two of them has almost changed dramatically.

"Stephen, are you thinking about coaching an NBA team now? I don't think your performance will be worse than Sam's" Zhuang Fei also smiled and looked back at this Green after hearing his assistant's emotion, this time Green did not refuse directly, but was a little contemplative, it was obvious that he must have been influenced by Sam Mitchell, and seeing his disciple like this, Zhuang Fei also smiled and nodded.

Although he is reluctant to let Green leave, if Green is really willing to go to an NBA team to practice now, this is also a good thing, and Zhuang Fei will also be happy for his real disciple.

"The Los Angeles Lakers' starters in this game are Webb, Hill and Szczebiak in the frontcourt, Kobe Bryant and Hardaway on the guard line, these five people are the Lakers' regular strongest lineup, and on the Raptors' side, the team's starting center is Kwame Brown, the starting power forward is Marshall, the starting small forward is Carmel Anthony, the scoring guard is Catino Mobley, and the playmaking guard is Alston, which is also the strongest lineup of this team" Kenny Smith looked at the games that had already started and was quick to read the starting lineup.

And by this time, the first wave of the Lakers' offense was over. Kobe Bryant receives a pass from Webb under the basket. After playing a high-low match with Webb. Easily put the basketball into the hoop.

"Webb's movement is beautiful, and Kwame Brown needs to have a better defensive movement when defending"

This game is a great challenge to the Raptors, this is one thing that everyone knows, the success of the Raptors in the last two seasons is because of their offense, they are currently the top five offensive teams in the league, this team replicates the Timberwolves model of the offense that year is very good, although it is far less powerful than the Timberwolves of the year, but even if there is a gap. But they're also at the top of the league.

This is why this team has been fourth in the West for two consecutive years, and has entered the second round of the playoffs for two consecutive years, and even last year they had the opportunity to play more intensely with the Lakers who reached the Finals, and finally collapsed just because of experience, but it is clear that now, their opponent has been replaced by the strongest offensive team in the league, coupled with their own poor defense, they can only go to the Lakers, in this case. What kind of performance this team will be able to guess is actually possible.

Because of the Timberwolves' offensive situation with other teams, they have not lost a game this season. In this case, if the Raptors want to win, they have to work harder, but even if they work hard, just like Kwame Brown just now, he is not lazy and does not move, but Webb's pass is too fast and accurate, and Kobe Bryant's offense is also impossible to defend, therefore, as the only defensive point of the team, Kwame Brown is now a little embarrassed.

And more importantly, even if the Raptors know that the interior core of their team is struggling right now, they can't help him much, and the Raptors don't have any players who can help him.

So after seeing the team's loose outside defense and leaking inside defense on the sidelines, Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell also shook his head a little helplessly, such a loss of points is a loss he could have thought of a long time ago, and a player who attacks the Raptors like the Lakers can't find a way.

Of course, although some people feel that their team's defense is too bad, and they can only rely on Kwame Brown to put out fires everywhere, but as far as the team itself is concerned, the Raptors themselves don't care about losing points, just like they did before, since the defense has lost points, then it is okay to get it back on the offensive end.

"This kid is really confident" Hill looked at the Raptors player in front of him with some surprise who was leaning on his side, just after the Lakers scored, the Raptors didn't give the Lakers any time to hesitate, and the direct fast bottom line ball began to counterattack, the team's counterattack speed was definitely the same as that of the Timberwolves back then, although the Lakers' retreat was very fast, but it still failed to block the Raptors, so that Anthony had a chance to counterattack three points, and the Raptors' leading player did not hesitate, Instead, he pulled it up and shot, but in the end it didn't hit, of course, the rebound jumped a little far, and finally hit Anthony's hand.

After the last shot, the Raptors' leading player was not affected by his offensive confidence in the slightest, and after smashing the ball, facing Grant Hill, the successor of Jordan and Carter was directly sideways to Hill, ready to play alone.

If you really want to talk about confidence, this young player who is currently considered by many to be the best in the league is indeed confident, because many times, the Raptors' first offensive play in a game is handled by Anthony, that is, Anthony has always been the team's first scorer in a game.

This time was no exception, when Hill was nervously staring at the young forward, he suddenly felt a huge force in his chest almost make him take half a step back, and Grant Hill was also a little surprised at this time.

"Good power" after squeezing Hill half a step away, facing Hill who almost pounced again, the Raptors' unit price player almost at this moment, a half-turned step-back jumper shot, the decisiveness of the shot simply made Lakers fans gasp a little, the Raptors' leading player did not completely get rid of Hill. It's just that soon, when the basketball thrown out by Anthony brushed around the basket and finally rolled into the basket, the Lakers fans at the scene were also a little silent.

"This is Anthony" and Kenny Smith in the commentary booth at this time also said something deep after a short silence, after Kenny Smith finished speaking. Barkley on the side also nodded.

This is indeed Anthony's style. The player's confidence in his shooting is outrageous. In the sense of hitting, his dedication to his shooting is much higher than that of Kobe, who is just very persistent in his offense, and there is not much difference between shooting or layup or breaking through and dunking in this offense.

So sometimes when Kobe Bryant has several offensive options, he will choose a more secure breakthrough or other offensive methods instead of pulling up and shooting like Anthony, so although it seems that Kobe's offense is more reasonable, there is no doubt that this will delay the opportunity many times, especially against some teams like the Timberwolves. It's important to strike first. And this is also where Zhuang Fei has always been dissatisfied with Kobe, the Lakers' leading player needs to learn from Anthony in this regard.

"This little guy is so interesting," Zhuang Fei looked at Anthony, who glanced at Hill on the court with a confident face, and then turned back to his own half, and said with some appreciation, but Hill's face was not very good-looking at this time.

Anthony's approach to offense is indeed quite humiliating.

"Grant, don't care that this is his way of playing" Looking at Grant Hill, who looked a little ugly, Hardaway also patted Hill on the shoulder and said, in the first game of the regular season between the Lakers and the Raptors this season, it was because of Anthony's offensive style, when Hardaway and Anthony also played against each other, after the game, because of the special relationship between the two teams. Hardaway and Anthony also resolved such court problems, and even the Lakers' Kobe Bryant became good friends with him.

"I know. Thank you, Perry, you don't have to worry" Finally Hill also said the smiling Poison Hardaway.

Now there is no team in the league that can block the Lakers' No. 5 tactics, or positional offense, which is almost everyone's consensus, the Lakers' No. 5 tactics are actually very single, this is different from the previous Celtics, when the Celtics were at the beginning, Zhuang Fei's No. 5 tactics are often used as two points of the terminator, Arenas and Maddy are able to shoot outside and also be able to cut into the basket, many times the opponent does not know how to defend, But when the Lakers are the end point, whether it is Kobe Bryant or Hardaway or Hill, they all like to cut to the basket, and most of the Lakers' No. 5 strategy, the final offense is either a layup or a dunk.

In the face of the Lakers' single No. 5 tactic offensive approach, most teams in the league will never shrink the team, this is because the Lakers always stand outside the three-point line with a player like Szczerbiak, in this case, although the Lakers' No. 5 tactics are single, but the shooting rate is much stronger than that of the Celtics at that time, which is why Szczebiak has always stayed in the Lakers' starting lineup, this is not a tactical core point, but this is indeed a tactical deterrent point, A lot of times he only needs to stand on the three-point line to make the opponent's defense unwieldy, and at least not many teams will use joint defense or shrinkage for the Lakers.

In this case, when playing against the Lakers, they have always been very passive as a defensive side, and the Lakers' offense is very strong, in this case, it is almost impossible for them to block the Lakers' offense, even if the Timberwolves have beaten the Lakers, at most they have only slightly limited the Lakers.

As for the Raptors, their defense can't match that of the Timberwolves.

Therefore, almost under the witness of all Lakers fans, after the Los Angeles Lakers started the game, on the offensive end, although the Raptors paid attention to the speed of retreat like the Timberwolves back then, and the Lakers' fast break did not play, but when they were in the position, these players of the Lakers almost played the team's defensive core Kwame Brown like a horse, and all the holes in the three-point line were made by the Lakers' offensive cooperation, and the Lakers almost played how they wanted, except for dunks and layups. In the end, it depends on whether the Lakers can shoot the ball themselves.

"It's so miserable, the Lakers' offensive passing speed is too fast, Kwame Brown estimates that his eyes can't keep up" Watching Kwame Brown miss Kobe Bryant again, and let the Lakers' leading player complete the dunk under the basket, the Raptors' interior core stood there directly with his hands on his hips and watched Webb who successfully delivered the ball to the basket again, he really couldn't figure out how a big man could have such fancy and practical passing ability, even Alston, the best playmaker of his own team, couldn't compare to himAnd more importantly, Kwame Brown can feel that Webb's passing has not been used with all his strength, and this guy can still be faster. In this case, this is really frustrating.

"Sure enough, he is the second-best player in the assist list this season, and he can accurately send the ball to the basket with his right hand behind the back, and there are no more than five players in the league who can do this, which is amazing" At this time, even Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell was a little amazed when he saw Webb's pass.

It's not that he hasn't seen a big man with good passing, such as his former teammate Garnett, but Garnett is still a little less spiritual than Webb, and being able to see such passing spirituality in a big player has never been seen in NBA history.

"Commanding such a No. 5 tactic is tailor-made for a player like him, his basketball has played to the extreme in this system, too freehand" In the end, Sam Mitchell looked at Webber on the court and nodded secretly in admiration and continued: "However, this is just an offense, we haven't lost yet"

Almost after Sam Mitchell said it secretly, the Raptors' offense also started again, from the beginning of the game the Lakers' fancy offense made the Raptors look crumbling, but in fact the team is not crumbling now.

"The Raptors' counterattack is very fast, but the Lakers' retreat is also very fast, the Raptors have no fast break opportunity, Alston advanced to the front court and handed the ball to Anthony, Anthony is ready to shoot, beautiful, dodged Hill's block, but unfortunately, the ball didn't hit" When Anthony made a series of beautiful moves at the top of the arc to shake up a little space again and throw the basketball in his hand out and finally hit the iron, Kenny Smith was also a pity, and just when Kenny Smith felt that it was a pity, The rebound that popped up was slapped directly to the three-point line by a big black hand, and finally the basketball appeared in Anthony's hand again, this time when Hill pounced again, it was too late.

Anthony made another three-point shot, and this time he hit it.

And this kind of attack, this game is not the first time.

"Beautiful" At this time, Zhuang Fei also looked at the parallel champion of Zhuang Fei's previous life who had just beaten Weber and slapped the rebound outside, and secretly praised it, with a strong sense of offensive rebounding, and the league rebounding king and offensive rebounding king deserved his name.

"Although we didn't gain momentum, we didn't fall behind either" Looking at the score of 15 draws on the scoreboard after Anthony's goal, Sam Mitchell also had a hint of confidence in his heart at this time.

"Maybe we can beat the Lakers" (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )