With his taller height and longer reach, Bynum was the first to get the ball on the jump.

The Lakers started their first offense, and Paul got the ball.

Paul, who wears the No. 3 jersey, has been integrated into the Lakers' triangle offense after just one season — no, in fact, only 10 games.

In fact, the essence of the triangle attack is not in the routine, but in the case of controlling the position, being able to distribute the ball reasonably and autonomously, and make appropriate choices.

Therefore, the essence of the triangle attack actually lies in an "autonomy", he gives the player enough autonomy to choose, and each round will play a different match according to the actual situation.

This is the difficult side of the triangle offense to defend, and in NBA-level confrontations, the triangle offense does not pursue absolute openings and the best shot opportunities, but pursues as many one-on-one as possible and relatively good shot opportunities.

Once this is understood, it is only a matter of time before it is integrated into the triangle attack.

Paul, like Pau Gasol at the beginning, is seamlessly connected with the Lakers and the triangle offense.

After dribbling past half-court, Paul immediately handed the ball to Kenyon Martin on the flank, and ran to the bottom left corner to take away the defense in the middle.

Martin fed the ball to Bryant at the top of the arc, and starting Gerald Wallace stuck in the low position of the ribs.

At this point, Kobe, Wallace, and Paul in the bottom left corner formed a passing triangle.

The distance between the three people is moderate, and after Wallace receives the ball, he can attack by himself, he can return the ball to Kobe Bryant and let Kobe Bryant play in the middle, or he can give Paul in the bottom corner to let Paul play.

If a Clippers player wants to wrap up, this distance will be awkward, if you don't pounce, there will be a single opportunity, and it may be too late to pounce on this distance, and it will be easy to pass.

This is the basic idea of the triangle offensive, and if there is any difference from the triangular offensive in the early years, it is that the size of the triangle is larger and more outward than in the past.

Because now the three-point shot has become more and more important, Paul and Kobe Bryant are standing further out.

The problem with the bigger triangle is that the passing stability will decrease, which will test the player's ability to play the ball.

In a modern basketball arena where offensive space is increasingly demanding, this problem is plaguing Phil Jackson and his coaching staff.

However, at present, relying on experienced veterans like Kobe, Paul, and Wallace, this system can still work well.

Wallace chose to eat the ball alone, turned around and walked to the left side to burst into the basket, squeezed Paul George, shot a basket with his left hand, and scored two points by hit!

The Lakers scored their first point of the game with a single from Gerard Wallace's ribs, and George faced the experienced Wallace with some problems with defensive judgment.

The Clippers' first shot at the beginning of the game was completely different from that of the Lakers, Curry dribbled the ball over half the court and gave it to Harden on the wing, Harden held the ball on the left side, George used the middle double cover to receive the ball at the top of the arc, and at a position one step away from the three-point line, he received the ball and shot directly into three points!

It's a pity that George's hand felt average at the beginning, and the ball smashed into the neck of the basket and missed.

George's shot was bold, and the Clippers' tactics were very concise.

The inside duo used a simple cover to create an opportunity at the top of the arc.

This opportunity was not called a chance before, because it was a little far from the three-point line.

In this kind of ball, the player will not shoot when he gets it, but chooses to click and then burst and then play.

But the Clippers are different, this kind of three-point shot that is a little farther away is also a good opportunity, and it is a direct shot.

I can't shoot this ball, but I will continue to shoot it next time I have the opportunity.

"The two teams really play in completely different ways, why are the Lakers still the same old, it seems that their coaching staff has not studied my articles properly."

Min Congda has recently updated his NBA-Batman blog with fewer articles, and there are so many things that he doesn't have to pay attention to basketball-related matters.

But two important tactical articles he wrote before have become must-read for the coaching staff of NBA teams right now.

One is "The Triumph of Space and Ball Possession", and one is "The Use and Limitations of Blocking and Demolition in the Current Game Trend".

These two articles were first noticed by Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle, who once sent a message inviting Min Congda to the Mavericks coaching staff.

Of course he didn't get a response.

Later, with the Mavericks winning the championship, Carlisle's content became famous, and he began to mention the two articles to people, saying that they were very inspiring to him.

With the beginning of the new season and the deepening of the game, the coaching staff of each team has begun to pay attention to these two eloquent articles to experience the trend of NBA basketball development.

I have to admit that these two articles point to two important directions for the future development of basketball, one is that as the three-point shot becomes more accurate, the court space becomes larger, and the distribution of ball rights will be more extreme; One is that pick-and-roll will gradually replace back-to-back offense as the most important tactical initiation on the field.

And judging from the Lakers' opening offense, Jackson and his coaching staff obviously don't want to learn basketball experience from two online articles.

It's a kind of confidence, he's the king of NBA coaches with 11 rings, and it's also a kind of conceit, isn't the Lakers the first in the West again this year? He still needs to learn tactical analysis written by someone on the Internet who doesn't know what?

Then, the Lakers sent the ball to Bynum in the low post through a burst of matching.

Bynum was in a deep position to get to the ball and could go straight to attack.

turned around and ate Gasol Jr., but the layup was interfered with by Gasol Jr. and missed!

Gasol Jr.'s defense was good, but the rebound was picked up by Martin and passed back to Kobe Bryant on the outside.

Bryant shook outside the three-point line, shook Harden, and then took a step inside, made a quick stop mid-range jumper, and hit!

Kobe Bryant hits mid-range shots, and he still prefers mid-range shots to three-point shots.

And the Clippers' first goal came quickly, Curry covered the ball without the ball to the top of the arc to receive a pass from Harden.

Paul didn't choose to cling close, but put Curry in a position.

How could Curry let go of such an opportunity and shoot directly with three points!

A fast and swift three-point, hollow into the net!

"Che, what are the Lakers going to do before the game? Such a ball, even if you don't chase it closely? Isn't this throwing it in the library? Jackson, an old thief, wouldn't want to play the trick of shooting from the outside and shrinking the defense near the three-second zone, right? This old routine is useless now, and you will be killed by the Clippers. ”

As soon as Jackson arrived in the playoffs, he liked to play the psychological tactic of putting three-point shrinkage defense.

Let you vote, either you will collapse me, or you will collapse your mentality.

Don't you learn the lesson of the semi-finals in 11 years, and you still have to play this trick.

The Clippers' shooting is even better than that of the Mavericks.

The Lakers had a tough first round against the Mavericks this year.

In the end, it was the hard power talent, as well as the aging of the Mavericks and the decline of the core players that won the game.

However, Kobe Bryant's three-pointer was also colored.

A fairly classic tactic of moving the ball on the strong and weak sides.

The side with the ball on the right side forms a strong side, and Paul, Wallace, and Bynum cooperate with the trio.

The ball goes to Bynum and then returns the ball to Paul, who holds the ball and goes down the middle to attract the defense.

On the weak side, Kobe Bryant stabbed a step to 45 degrees, and Pao Roma passed the ball to find Kobe, and Kobe Bryant received the ball and made a three-point shot.

Hit!

Bryant's hand was excellent at the beginning.

"The strong and weak sides are transferred, the old routine, the old routine."

Min Congda shook his head while eating the taco, thinking that this routine was getting old.

Shifting the strength and weakness of the ball has always been a fundamental strategy in basketball tactics.

By moving the ball and pulling the opponent's defense, you can get enough space to attack.

The three on the strong side hold the ball, the attacking side has two players with strong single-eating ability, and the defender is bound to wrap up.

Once the top steal, the center of gravity of the defense shifts to the strong side, and the strong side will pass the ball to the weak side in time, and the weak side player has more space to attack.

This is a very basic offensive strategy that all teams use.

But in Min Congda's view, it is only a matter of time before this strategy is eliminated.

And the key to eliminating this strategy is - joint defense.

Combined defense or partial joint defense can make the defensive formation more flexible.

A former super defensive powerhouse like the Celtics, as well as the current Bulls, can do it while putting strong pressure on the side with the ball on the strong side, and the weak side can make your transfer ball useless through strategies such as joint defense and less defense, Spider Man timely recovery, and early prediction.

And the best way to deal with this kind of defense is to stretch the space wider, and then use the small cooperation of blocking and dismantling to resolve the opponent's formation flexibility.

The Clippers also scored immediately, with a block from Randolph and Harden in the high post, and after the pick-and-roll, Harden made a hidden ground-hitting pass to Randolph, who hit a mid-range shot.

The Clippers are five people present, and there are too many coordination routines that can be done, and they can't be guarded against.

But Bryant got off to a good start tonight.

He asked for the ball in the low post, turned around and ate Harden alone, threw a backward jumper, and hit again!

Bryant has scored seven points, and seven points in a row.

The Clippers immediately cooperated with Curry and Gasol Jr. in blocking and dismantling, Curry made a high throw, Gasol Jr. cut the basket, received the ball and threw the shot.

Both teams started the game in a pretty good offensive state, and they played according to their own characteristics, and their ideas in offensive tactics were completely different.

Defensively, the strategies of both teams are similar, both shrink their defenses and let their opponents shoot more.

This is also the basic strategy that most playoff teams follow when setting up their defenses today - one or two is to go to the basket and a two-point shot, preferably controlling the basket.

Although the three-point shot is powerful, it is not stable enough, and it is unlikely that it will explode in seven games in a series.

And once the basket is penetrated, it is really penetrated, and every game will be penetrated.

In the case of controlling the basic set under the basket, different teams will have different options for the control of three-point and mid-range.

The Lakers chose to control the Clippers' mid-range, although the Clippers were very good at three-pointers, first in the league.

But Phil Jackson is still afraid of the Clippers' mid-range, as their starting five players have mid-range ability.

Curry, Harden, and Randolph, although not historic mid-range shooters like Kobe, are all mid-range masters.

The Clippers, on the other hand, pay more attention to the Lakers' three-point shooting, and don't seem to be afraid of the power of Kobe Bryant and Paul, two super elite mid-range shooters.

You must know that in the semifinals, the Grizzlies' next game was shot to death by Kobe Bryant + Paul at a critical moment in the middle distance, which was too accurate.

It can only be said that the coaching staff on both sides, in the first game, are formulating strategies based on their own experience, not the opponent's situation.

After all, it was the first game, and both sides were still in the tentative stage.

Bynum forced Gasol Jr. one-on-one in the low post.

Take the ball with your back, squeeze it hard, turn your back, and force the basket......

This guy played so hard, and in the end he didn't score and missed the basket.

Complaining to the referee that Gasol Jr. had fouled him, the referee ignored it, which was a good defense.

Obviously, Bynum doesn't have an advantage here with Gasol Jr.

Before the game, Gasol Jr. also made a special call to his brother Gasol Jr. to ask him how he targeted Bynum.

Although Gasol is Bynum's former opponent, Gasol is his own brother, so he naturally taught him everything and told Gasol Jr. about Bynum's weaknesses.

Bynum does have some power in the low post, but speed and explosiveness are his weaknesses, and there are relatively few changes in the low post, just a few back and forth.

Gasol Jr. was clearly successful in defending Bynum at the start, and the Clippers got a chance to fight back.

But Curry's advance was a little rushed, and there was a mistake in the middle of the pass plug, which was stealed by Wallace.

The Lakers counterattacked, Paul received the ball, suddenly accelerated into the basket, and easily made a left-handed layup.

Paul spotted the Clippers' shortcomings of two interior crouches but slow moves, and countered layups to catch the Clippers off guard.

The Lakers started the game quite well, and it was clear that they had a psychological advantage.

After all, playing the Clippers in the regular season is still quite stable, and Kobe Bryant and Paul are experienced and extremely capable.

All they have to do is hold on to the score and maintain a slight advantage.

When it comes to critical moments, Paul + Kobe's mid-range shooting will teach opponents to be many.

In terms of scoring and success rate in key moments, the Lakers are currently the strongest in the playoffs.

The ability of these two guys in the backcourt to eat alone and dominate the ball is indeed too strong.

The Clippers called a timeout, and the Clippers played so-so at the beginning, but the pressure on the defensive end of the Lakers was obviously not enough.

After the timeout, the Clippers shifted the focus of the offense, and Gasol Jr. began to receive the ball at the top of the arc and direct the team's pass-and-cut offense.

The Clippers started running.

And the Lakers have a response.

Kenyon Martin went to defend Gasol Jr. and let Bynum keep an eye on Randolph.

Paul George, who likes to cut and run in the air, Gerald Wallace will naturally serve him well, and there is Tzu Shiping off the field.

In terms of configuration, the Lakers do have a certain restraint on the Clippers in the lineup, just as the Clippers restrain the Thunder.

The key problem for the Thunder is that Perkins can't defend and can't play offensively.

Bynum can't defend either, but Kenyon Martin's mobility and experience can make up for it to a certain extent.

At the same time, Bynum's offense is not comparable to Perkins, and even if it doesn't start well, he is an important offensive fulcrum after all.

The most important thing is that the Clippers backcourt duo have to face Paul + Kobe, the top backcourt in history, which is the key to the victory or defeat of this series.

The targeted battle between the two sides has just begun.

(End of chapter)