Before the start of the sixth game of the Eastern Conference finals, Spoelstra and Mike Brown did not look good.

Because these two brothers know better than anyone that unless Wang Shuo chooses to pay tribute to Riley during the Finals and engage in devil training, it will be either the Knicks or the Heat...... There is a high probability that it will become the background board of the Lakers dynasty.

In a basketball game, of course, you can't grow the morale of others and destroy your own prestige on the premise that you haven't played against each other.

But want to create a miracle in the game against the team led by Wang Shuo...... The difficulty is definitely no less than that of the future war eagle to win in the chess world.

On the evening of the 9th, at Madison Square Garden, the Heat and Knicks once again played to overtime before the winner was decided.

In this game, the Heat not only pointed out a clear way for the next Lakers to defend the Knicks in the finals, but also, when the Knicks could have killed the game in regular time, Wade and Ray Allen broke out one after another at the last moment of the final quarter, and successfully grinded out a large amount of Knicks for the Lakers.

In front of the TV, the members of the Lakers coaching staff who watched this year's Eastern Conference finals together felt that the Heat's joint defense in the Eastern Conference finals was very interesting.

Why is it interesting?

Because the joint defense offered by the Heat in the game is not a joint defense in the traditional sense.

Although on the surface, the Heat often use the switch between 2-3 and 1-3-1 defense to disrupt the Knicks' offensive rhythm in the game......

But in fact, what Spoelstra really showed in this year's Eastern Conference finals was the details of the Heat's use of various joint defenses.

For example, on the court, when Yao Ming is promoted to a high position, the Heat will often have their guards complete the first round delay against Yao Ming.

It's a very clever arrangement.

Because no matter how tall Yao Ming is, the moment he catches the ball, as long as Billups can plunge into his arms and limit the space for him to make moves at the first time, it will be difficult for Xiao Yao to use his "free throw-style dry pull" to score easily as usual.

And if Yao Ming and Duncan want to move below the free-throw line on the court, it will be Wade, who is more athletic, to delay the second round in this area.

Defensively, Wade would often withstand Yao Ming and Duncan's armpits, making it difficult for them to attack comfortably.

Through the assistance and filling of the front guard players, the Heat's frontal receiving restrictions on Yao Ming and Duncan in this round of the Eastern Conference can only be described as a textbook in Wang Shuo's eyes.

Especially whenever the Knicks finally sent the basketball to Yao Ming and Duncan at the last moment by passing the ball, even Anthony was able to pinch the time with his teammates to close them at the first time......

It was no accident that Spoelstra was able to lead the Heat to the Finals in the 20/21 and 22/23 seasons.

Because in the field of joint defense, even Wang Shuo has to be called a master.

It's a pity that this Knicks has two historical-level interior players.

Madison Square Garden, after a hard-fought three-overtime battle with the Heat, in the Eastern Conference Finals, which did not tie seven in this round, but was more bloody than playing a tie-break, Duncan ended the series for the Knicks with a turnover side hook after receiving a pass from Yao Ming in the third overtime of the two teams.

TNT TV, at the moment of the end of the Eastern Conference finals, Barkley was both happy for the Knicks, but also somewhat sadly said: "The Knicks have fully demonstrated their resilience in this year's Eastern Conference finals.

The only regret is that they are not destined to be 100% fit to face the next Lakers. ”

There is no doubt that Barkley has spoken the hearts of many fans at this moment.

Compared with the time when the Lakers and Knicks staged the Finals in that round, because after the summer of 2010, the gap between the strength of the East and West of the league suddenly widened, so the difficulty of the Lakers reaching the Finals in the next two seasons is obviously not the same as that of the Eastern teams.

According to the schedule, the G1 game of the finals between the Knicks and the Lakers will be played on the 13th.

In the finals, the Lakers, who have a better regular season record, will have home-court advantage and the format is 22111.

In this year's finals, there are a lot more Chinese fans who dare to blatantly support the Lakers.

The reason is that as long as he can lead the Lakers to win the championship this year, Wang Shuo will tie Auerbach's championship record in his coaching career.

It is true that compared to Wang Shuo, Yao Ming has a higher status in the minds of Chinese fans.

But in the case that Wang Shuo is about to catch up with the "Cardinal", there are still many Chinese fans who hope that Wang Shuo can lead the Lakers to create a dynasty this year.

Of course, the increase in Chinese fans' support for Wang Shuo is also related to the "PY" trade that Wang Shuo made with the "Five Young Masters" last summer.

As the saying goes, taking people with short hands and eating people with soft mouths.

You must know that after almost prostituting the NBA's TV broadcast rights from Wang Shuo, the "Fifth Young Master" has praised Wang Shuo a lot in the past year.

In addition, as rabbits have become stronger and stronger in recent years, objectively speaking, 2012 is also an important node for many domestic sports enthusiasts to begin to change their thinking.

For example, at the 2012 London Olympics, the "gold medal theory" in China was criticized by a large number of sports fans.

In this life, Yao Ming's career is legendary enough.

Especially after it experienced season reimbursement last season, there are also many basketball fans in China who are conducting a large-scale reflection.

Although, before Wang Shuo crossed over, the word reflection had almost become a derogatory term.

But when Yao Ming was reimbursed last season, many Chinese fans were in a trance......

Being able to watch Xiao Yao gallop on the court is far more worthy of people's expectations than the so-called championship.

Of course, such a thing as brain wreckage will exist in any era and in any country.

But with the change of public opinion, you have to admit that the pressure on Xiao Yao's shoulders is no longer as heavy as when he carried the expectations of hundreds of millions of people to enter the NBA.

On the 12th, on the eve of the start of the NBA Finals, both ESPN and TNT TV organized pre-game prediction activities as usual.

As a result, the expert panels invited by ESPN and TNT are all more optimistic about the Lakers winning the championship without exception.

On TV, Pippen said bluntly when commenting on the upcoming Finals: "In my opinion, the only suspense in this year's Finals is which player in the Lakers team will win the Finals MVP." ”

Van Gundy Jr. said with a sad face: "These days, I've been thinking about how the Knicks can beat the Lakers......

But to my despair, no matter how much I thought about it in my head, the Knicks didn't have the slightest chance of winning.

Unless, you ask the Lakers to fire Wang Shuo immediately and hire me to be the head coach of this Lakers team. ”

I have to say that after bringing his talent to the commentary seat, Van Gundy Jr. not only discovered many problems when he was coaching from the perspective of a bystander, but also his whole brain was also a lot more active.

Because at this moment, how could little Van Gundy lament the difference between him and Wang Shuo?

At this moment, his calculation is so strong that even Wang Shuo in Los Angeles hears it!

On the evening of the 13th, the NBA Finals officially kicked off at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Before the start of the finals, Wang Shuo deliberately found Curry, hoping that he could increase his off-ball running and reduce his personal ball-handling offense in this round of the finals.

Curry himself has no complaints about this.

Because Curry is well aware that Rondo is one of his least favorite opponents to play since entering the league.

Previously, in the game between the Knicks and the Heat, Wang Shuo once lamented that Rondo was no longer suitable for this Knicks.

But when facing this Lakers team, the Knicks must rely on Rondo's defensive ability to limit Curry.

Wang Shuo knows that in front of Rondo, who has a defensive area far beyond the average guard, Curry's excessive individual offense with the ball will cause the Lakers to make a lot of mistakes on the court.

However, with what Curry himself thinks......

Wang Shuo doesn't want him to steal the limelight from Kobe Bryant in this year's Finals......

In fact, Wang Shuo hopes more than anyone that Curry can explode in this round of the Finals.

Because for Wang Shuo, who doesn't want any accidents in this year's Finals, only by letting Curry explode through tactics can the Lakers be invincible.

In the first game of the finals, Wang Shuo changed the Lakers' starting lineup and promoted Gallinari to the starting lineup.

The advantage of this is that the Lakers can have an extra offensive point with the ball on the court, so as to share the pressure of Kobe Bryant's offensive with the ball.

The Knicks, on the other hand, continued their regular starters in the Eastern Conference finals, with Artai and Smith partnering the front line.

In the center of the field, after the jump ball, the game officially began.

In the first round, the Lakers attacked first.

Curry dribbled past half court and handed the ball to Bryant according to the tactical arrangement.

At the same time, Xiao Jia also immediately pulled to the flank to make a wall for Curry.

Because he was afraid of Curry's shooting ability, Rondo didn't dare to follow Curry through the wall, so he could only let Yao Ming help him complete the delay, and then continue to chase Curry.

But as Yao Ming was pulled out of the inside, a vacuum suddenly appeared in the Knicks' restricted area.

On the other side, Gallinari cut in time and received a wonderful pass from Kobe Bryant for a layup.

This year, Parsons and Thomas Jr., who both missed the Lakers' playoff squad, as members of the Lakers' atmosphere group, wore suits and waved towels for their teammates excitedly at this moment.

Yes.

Although Parsons and Thomas Jr. already had a certain level of technical completion in their rookie seasons......

But the Lakers don't even need them to contribute to the team in the playoffs.

In the Knicks' coach's bench, looking at Ellis, DeRozan, Green, Odom, Jordan Jr., and McRoberts who were sitting on the side of the Lakers talking and laughing on the court, Mike Brown only felt that Wang Shuo was simply a hanger in cultivating young players at this moment.

Because three years ago, these unknown young players have now become formidable bench bandits under him.

This season's Lakers have far surpassed other teams in terms of roster depth.

Because with the growth of young players in the Lakers, even if it is only with the bench...... This Lakers team is also a playoff-caliber powerhouse.

On the court, back on, the Knicks attacked.

As soon as Yao Ming was promoted to a high position, Curry hit his "knee" headfirst.

Previously, Spoelstra's combined defense in the Eastern Conference Finals gave Wang Shuo a lot of inspiration.

That is, in the case that Rondo can be properly put down, as long as Curry can do a good job of delaying on the court, then in this round of the finals, he is no longer a defensive hole for the Lakers when his single defense ability is still slightly weak at the moment.

On the basketball court, no matter how tall the player is, as long as he is entangled by the opposing defender in this area when he is far away from the basket, it is impossible to attack at the first time.

Of course, Xiao Yao in this life is more flexible.

But after Curry completes the delay with him, you can't always let him choose to use the front change of direction in front of Curry to shake Curry and then kill the Lakers to the basket, right?

And, there's another benefit to using a defender to complete the delay for the opposing big center.

That is, this kind of defense will make the Knicks' interior blocking and interior tactics meaningless in a sense.

Because at this moment, Duncan pulled over to block Yao Ming, and the result was just to bring someone to trap Xiao Yao.

Wang Shuo in his previous life and in the future, the Heat also used the same way to deal with the Nuggets.

It's just that the Nuggets still have an offensive guard on the roster who is far underrated, Murray, so they can successfully break the game.

If Wang remembers correctly, in the Finals round before his crossover, Murray averaged 21.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and 10 assists per game for the Nuggets.

As a more offensive guard on the court, Murray's 10 assists per game in the Finals is a good proof that the Nuggets are more than capable of dealing with that Heat defense on the court.

In the Eastern Conference finals before, the Knicks were already very familiar with this kind of defensive strategy.

Coupled with the fact that they theoretically have the ability to deal with this defensive strategy, so high post, after getting the ball from Yao Ming, Rondo quickly made a judgment.

After taking the initiative to ask Duncan to come over and block himself, I saw Rondo suddenly speed up and prepare to go straight to the Lakers basket.

However, on the basketball court, even the same defensive strategy can achieve completely different results depending on the defensive player.

It's like if you let the future Nuggets play the current Lakers, they're going to have to be deflated.

In the center of Staples, as soon as Rondo's front foot stepped past Curry's defense zone, Garnett switched to him at the first time.

At the same time, Xiao Jia also blocked Duncan's downward route in time.

Moreover, Kobe Bryant on the other side also hugged Yao Ming tightly by blocking the position in advance after abandoning Atai.

It is true that Yao Ming and Duncan are both historical-level insiders.

But is there a possibility......

Jr. and Garnett are also a pair of top-tier defensive combinations with full defensive ability?

In this round of the finals with the Knicks, Wang Shuo didn't care how many points Yao Ming, Duncan and others could score under the Lakers' basket through individual one-on-one attacks.

Because Yao Ming and Duncan's physical strength after being consumed by the Heat was decided, their one-on-one attack was not enough to kill this Lakers.

As long as the Lakers can effectively limit the Knicks' tactical initiation on the court, in Wang Shuo's eyes, this is a round of finals that the Lakers can't lose no matter how they play.

"That's fate!" On the Lakers' bench, looking at Rondo, who missed the layup under Garnett's interference, Wang Shuo couldn't help but sigh at this moment.

If the Lakers and Knicks switch the promotion situation this year, the situation will definitely be completely different at this moment.

But what can I do......

In the past two years, the western region has been so indisputable.

Even the only Thunder that can cause trouble for the Lakers at the moment is still run by Brooks, a big smart.

On the court, after Curry stepped back to the basket to protect the rebound for the Lakers, he immediately launched a transition offense.

Rondo, who had just flown out of the court when he broke through and threw himself straight into the arms of the Lakers cheerleaders, didn't have time to experience how soft the body of the Lakers cheerleaders was, so he immediately got up and started the chase mode.

However, just when Rondo was about to catch up with Curry, Curry suddenly made a sharp stop, and after shaking Rondo, he hit a long-range three-pointer for the Lakers from outside the three-point line.

This kind of fast-break three-point chase is a shot that Wang Shuo allowed Curry to make on the court before the game.

Of course......

Wang Shuo never told Curry that when his teammates were about to go to the basket, he could throw this kind of unreasonable three-point point with a distance of about a meter from the three-point line.

But......

On the sidelines, when noticing Curry's three-point hollow shabu-shabu, Wang Shuo still turned to Vogel and the others beside him with a real face: "I said a long time ago, a player like Stephen, you shouldn't limit his imagination on the court." ”

Hearing this, although Vogel and Schneider both nodded on the surface, in fact, both of them secretly said in their hearts at the moment:

Are you sure? I don't believe it!

Only the relatively honest Director Lu silently recorded what Wang Shuo said at the moment in his small notebook.

On the court, back to the Knicks, the ball was in possession.

The Knicks, who had a bad start, sat in the low post by Yao Ming this time, and honestly singled Xiaojia with his back.

This is the situation that Wang Shuo wants to see.

Because he wanted to nibble on Xiaojia's Iberian pork chop through a frontal attack, Yao Ming also had to spend a lot of effort.

This ball, Xiao Jia carried it very well, fully consuming Yao Ming's physical energy.

Therefore, even if Xiao Yao's final turnaround jumper still hit, Wang Shuo still gave him a thumbs up on the sidelines.

Then, the Lakers attacked.

Atay, who was elbowing Bryant, was met by Garnett's "gank" who didn't talk about martial arts.

Atai didn't expect that the singles monster who dared to yell at Malone on the court and asked him to put away the block and Jordan one-on-one would also betray the "revolution" one day.

Moreover, Artai didn't expect that after he forcibly squeezed Garnett, Kobe Bryant didn't seem to want to continue to fight with him, but accurately sent the basketball to Curry in front of him.

Bryant! When did you become so cowardly?

Where's your shooting button?

Do you dare to put your shooting buttons on and have a good time?

On the court, after assisting Curry to score two more points, Kobe Bryant said to Curry with a smile when he retreated: "Basketball is obviously a five-person sport.

But why don't anyone know? ”

Hearing this, knowing that Kobe Bryant was deliberately complaining about himself, Atai immediately broke the defense.

On the sidelines, Wang Shuo, who saw this scene, felt that the probability of the Lakers winning tonight had reached 99.99%.

Because in addition to being in significantly better shape than the Knicks, the mentality of the Lakers players tonight was also better than that of the Knicks.

Such a mentality is related to the fact that the Knicks are too jealous of the Lakers' bench.

After all......

If you can't build a certain lead with the starting lineup......

Which team in the league today would dare to compete with the Lakers off the bench?

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