As one of the few traditional interior centers in the league with good talent and high hopes for the future, Bynum was even put together with Howard for a while as one of the two major centers in the league in the future.

It was the 11-12 season, and Bynum averaged 18.7 points, 11.8 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game in the regular season, and was selected as an All-Star Western Conference starter, second only to Howard as a center that season.

But Bynum's rise was short-lived, and after that season, the Lakers traded him for Howard to send him to the Philadelphia 76ers.

What followed proved that Bynum's so-called talent was not worth mentioning at all, especially after leaving the Lakers without Kobe's supervision, his poor professional attitude and self-discipline were exposed.

Many people say that Kobe Bryant's personality is stubborn and paranoid, often presses teammates, and has no friends.

But it must be admitted that many players playing next to Kobe Bryant are forced to improve and become stronger, and once they leave Kobe's supervision, they will immediately reveal their original form.

Bynum and Howard are not the same, although Howard has an optimistic personality and likes happy basketball and refuses PUA, but his attitude during training is still relatively correct, he likes to stay in his comfort zone, and is unwilling to make more efforts to become stronger, but he has never been lazy in basic physical training, and Howard is still a tendon in order to lose weight and improve mobility in the future in order to adapt to the small ball era, proving that at least Howard is okay in terms of professional attitude, not to mention more outstanding, but at least as a professional player is qualified, Of course, if you can't gain a foothold in the NBA in the future, you can go to Wanwan and spend all day drinking with Taiwanese sisters, that's a matter of later.

Bynum is completely different, without Kobe Bryant's pressure on him, Bynum, who has become the biggest star in the 76ers, directly let himself go, does not train at all, and goes to Australia to play extreme sports during the injury, because the injury is aggravated by bowling.

Of course, even putting these aside, Bynum has been practicing interior skills for many years with the Lakers, and there is one thing that is true, and it cannot be used as a team's offensive weapon.

Just like now, in the face of Channing. Frye's defense, Bynum's failure to score the first goal, was a big surprise.

When the Lakers home fans were still frustrated by the missed opportunity, Wang Chao had already stuck Gasol's position one step ahead of time, pocketed the basketball, and then turned around and ran towards the Lakers' frontcourt in the next moment.

Aggro! So fast!

At this moment, the four positions on the Magic court are all outside players, and almost at the same time they all ran towards the Lakers' backcourt.

4 to 3 in the front court, looking at Wang Chao who was holding the ball all the way, Kobe Bryant didn't think twice, and immediately stepped forward to block Wang Chao, he knew very well that even if he missed others, he would never give Wang Chao a chance to shoot in an empty position.

Wang Chao, who quickly advanced to outside the three-point line, raised his hand and threw the basketball to a 45-degree angle outside the three-point line on one side.

Crawford arrived just at this time, and Wang Chao's pass was just right, not grabbing a second, nor slowing down half a beat.

Crawford, who received the pass, immediately raised his hand to shoot, and at this time, Odom, who was closely following Ariza on the other side, gave up and ran over to make up for the defense, and it was naturally too late.

"Brush!"

With the space completely open, Crawford hit the three-pointer with a solid shot.

This season on the Magic, Crawford's three-point shooting rate is a little higher than when he was supposed to be with the Hawks, and his three-point shooting rate can reach 39.4% during the regular season, infinitely close to 40%, and he has a 41% three-point shooting rate so far in the playoffs.

"Fast Break Raid from Team Magic! The Lakers couldn't react at all, and more importantly, the Lakers' interior twin towers were too slow to keep up with the mobility of the Magic's pure outside lineup! ”

This is also the main reason why Wang Chao will consider small-ball tactics.

Bynum, as a traditional heavy center, is outrageously slow, not much different from Da Yao.

Although Gasol has always been known for his agility as a power forward, and often plays a fast role in the Lakers' counterattack and fast break, but that is only limited to the situation when he is facing other teams' interior players, when he is now facing Wang Chao in the power forward position, the so-called agility and mobility are not much different from other big men in Wang Chao's eyes.

Of course, the Magic's current small-ball lineup is only a prototype formed temporarily, and it is not perfect, especially in terms of the interior line. Although Frye has a three-point shooting rate of over 40 percent, he lacks defensive ability.

Wang Chao must also admit that although the small-ball tactics selectively gave up the interior line, the reason why the most classic Death Five lineup in the Warriors period can be invincible across the league, Drummond. Green's role is crucial, as a 2.01m forward, Green can withstand a lot of interior centers, and his defense is the only guarantee that the Warriors will not be completely defeated after sending a death five-man lineup.

Although Wang Chao doesn't like Green, this guy also has a lot of countless black spots, such as kicking eggs, poking his eyes and mouth, and punching and kicking his teammates in the back, but the success of the Warriors does have a share of the credit of this guy.

The Magic team is not without players who can replace Green's position, in fact, Howard can perfectly replace Green's role on the defensive end, Howard at his peak is not slower than Green at all, and his frame protection and defense ability are dozens of streets stronger than Green.

But Howard doesn't have Green's ball-handling ability, nor does he have Green's long-range shooting ability.

Don't look at the later Green in the field of three-point long-range shooting, he has reached the dilemma of being completely empty by the opponent and dare not shoot, but the initial Green three-point shooting rate can still barely be maintained in the early 30%, especially in the peak 15-16 season, Green's three-point shooting rate can reach 38.8%, and he hits 1.2 shots in 3.2 shots per game.

And now that an incomplete version of the small-ball lineup will appear on the court, Wang Chao just wants to hit the Lakers by surprise, and take advantage of the fact that the opponent's inner twin towers did not react to play a few more Thunder fast attacks to catch up with the difference.

And it worked.

The Lakers are really a little confused at this time.

After the switch between offense and defense, the Lakers attacked, and after possession of the ball over half court, Fisher still found Bynum on the inside and hoisted the ball to the opponent as he did just now.

Although the offense in the last round was unsuccessful, Bynum's advantage under the basket is obvious!

Bynum, who received the pass, continued to play Channing with his back. Frye easily squeezed under the basket again, but just as he was ready to take a sinking step to knock away Channing. When Frye ended the attack with a violent two-handed dunk, Wang Chao suddenly came out of nowhere and talked to Channing. Frye struck Bynum one after the other, and his hands were messed up, so that Bynum, who was not very skilled in his own skills, was in a hurry and accidentally lost possession.

"Oops! Not again! ”

Seeing this scene, Kobe's heart sank, and he subconsciously turned his head and ran towards the backcourt.

Sure enough, Wang Chao, who completed the steal, immediately threw the ball to Nelson, who was not far away, and then threw off his arms and ran towards the Lakers backcourt.

It's a fast break again, and the Magic team is extremely fast, but this time Gasol's defense is a little more timely, and he has not completely lost his defensive position, but it is only limited to no defensive misposition.

After Wang Chao ran past half court, Nelson re-passed the ball to him, and Wang Chao was still blocking Kobe Bryant in front of him, in this extreme fast offense and defense, the Lakers could only keep an eye on Wang Chao Kobe and Artest.

In terms of pure one-on-one single defense ability, Kobe Bryant is even stronger than Artest, Kobe is the strongest No. 2 defensive player in the league after Jordan, which is recognized by the whole league.

But when the opponent is Wang Chao, who is 2.06 meters tall, even if he is as strong as Kobe, he is weak, and the height gap between the two is still a little too big.

Wang Chao, whose speed had completely rushed, walked with long legs, passed Kobe Bryant in disguise in front of his body, and then leaned on Kobe Bryant and rushed straight into the basket.

Kobe Bryant could barely keep up with Wang Chao's speed, and at the same time, he wanted to predict Wang Chao's dribbling route and cut Wang Chao's dribble.

But Bryant's choice was wrong.

Although Wang Chao's ball control ability value is only 91, which is not outstanding compared to top defenders, he has a talent called ball control, and with the blessing of this talent, Wang Chao's dribbling is not so easy to steal.

Kobe Bryant's stealing of chickens did not become a counter-erosion, gambling steals caused him to completely lose his defensive position, without Kobe's entanglement Wang Chao's speed became faster, he rushed to the free throw line in two steps, and then jumped with the ball, his body was completely stretched in the air, and a powerful tomahawk dunk poured the basketball into the basket.

"Boom ——!"

Wang Chao's current strength is not small at all, the power of 86 coupled with good explosive power makes Wang Chao's tomahawk dunk visual impact not inferior to James and others, perfectly interpreting the beauty of violent aesthetics!

"Squeak——!

The referee's whistle blew and the Lakers called a timeout.

The Magic team scored five points in a row in only two rounds after a small-ball strategy, and the Lakers' six-point advantage in the first quarter of the game was only one point in the blink of an eye.

Both offensive problems were with Bynum, making Phil . Jackson was quite angry, taking advantage of this timeout he wanted to beat Bynum well, the other party obviously gave him such a chance but couldn't seize it, how can the team win like this?

It's a pity that Bynum, who came back from the timeout and tried his best to teach the Magic a good lesson, found that he had no chance.

Take advantage of the advantage and run, there are serious flaws in this small-ball lineup, and there is no reason to give the opponent a pause and adjust and put it on the field to be abused.

The Magic also took advantage of this timeout to make tactical adjustments.

QIAN Ning. After Frye went off the pitch, Howard returned to the game, and the Magic lineup became a combination of Nelson, Crawford, Ariza, Wang Chao and Howard.

Although less Channing. Frye has a stable three-point shooting point, but Howard's appearance also means that the Lakers' advantage of the interior twin towers is gone, and the Magic team still has the mobility to which it was before.

……

After experiencing the passive situation after being targeted by the referee in the first quarter of the game, the Magic team successfully changed the formation and Wang Chao's force, and tied the point difference and overtook before the end of the second quarter.

At halftime, the score of the two teams was 57:54, and the Magic led by 3 points on the road.

Playing at home, and with the help of the referee's whistle, the Lakers still failed to establish a score advantage, and the gap in the overall strength of the two teams has been quite obvious.

After the start of the second half, Kobe Bryant broke out into the small universe again, shooting 5 of 7 in the third quarter, 4 of 4 free throws and scoring 14 points, and his personal score at the end of the third quarter had reached 36 points, but even so, the Lakers were further widened in the third quarter, to 8 points.

In the fourth quarter of the game, Kobe Bryant's hand began to cool, only 1 of 6 shots, and he could only rely on free throws to score, and the Lakers began to be unable to withstand the Magic's indiscriminate bombardment, especially the frequent turnaround runs of the Magic team with high mobility under the conversion to a small-ball lineup, which made the Lakers' twin towers tired and powerless to resist.

It's not that the Lakers haven't played against small-ball teams, and the run-and-gun tactics played by their opponents in the Western Conference finals, the Phoenix Suns, are one of the small-ball tactics, and even more extreme.

But the Suns and Magic are different after all, they don't have a super blue-collar Howard who is as fast as a guard, and the dominance of the defensive end under the basket is ranked No. 1 in the history of the league, and there is no one outside the three-point line who is not inferior to the peak Curry, and has a height of 2.06 meters, can play a ball-handling forward like James and Green, and has rich offensive means, but inside and outside, and now the defensive end is not particularly weak Wang Chao.

And even when the Western Conference finals were against the Suns, the Lakers were tossed up by the Suns' fast-paced run-and-shoot tactics, Bynum only played an average of 18 minutes per game in six games, and his heavy and slow pace couldn't keep up with the Suns' run-and-shoot at all, and in most cases Gasol was in the center position.

In a sense, the Magic team's lineup is indeed more restrained Lakers, and the lineup has a clear division of labor, Wang Chao is responsible for offensive scoring and organizational tandem, Howard is responsible for defense and rebounding, Crawford is responsible for stealing points on the bench, and Afralo and Ariza are responsible for limiting Kobe Bryant's scoring as much as possible.

Bryant finished the final quarter with five points on 1-of-6 shooting and 3-of-4 from the free-throw line.

The Lakers' scoring efficiency plummeted in the fourth quarter, scoring only 18 points in a single quarter, and the corresponding Magic team was not very efficient in the fourth quarter, scoring 20 points, but the score advantage established in the second and third quarters allowed them to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 108-98.

The moment the full-time whistle blew, the Staples Arena fell silent, and the home fans watched in disappointment at the score displayed on the big screen.

With the loss of this game, the finals score was 4:2, and the Magic team defeated the Lakers for the second consecutive year and successfully won the championship!

(End of chapter)