"Pick-and-roll? Shaq should be in the low post! ”

After playing G2, the Lakers and the Kings arrived in Sacramento with their front and back steps.

After arriving at the away hotel, Doon took the initiative to find O'Neill and knocked on O'Neal's door.

Doon tried to convince O'Neal to work with him to practice his pick-and-roll in the next few days, so that the next G3 and G4, and even the following games, could come in handy.

"Shaq, don't resist, it's a good thing for you and for me.

You're fat now, but your width and strength are a moving fortress that can help me stop everyone.

And when I get to the basket or pull away to the three-point line to shoot, it's easier for me to go down to the basket from the other side.

Even if there are two big guys in the middle of you, as soon as you want to get the ball, I'll immediately pass it into the air for you to attack the basket.

Once you catch the ball in the air, no one will be able to stop you!

You're like a big truck, you can use your impact to smash everything that gets in your way.

Believe me, we're invincible! ”

Although G2 won, Doon and Kobe Bryant's playing time reached a new high, a whopping 43 minutes!

On the contrary, O'Neal, the Lakers boss, only played 28 minutes because of the drag on the team's defense.

In the previous G2 games, O'Neal's offensive efficiency was very good, though.

But the quality of the Lakers' interior rotation players is too poor, and once O'Neal goes down, the weakness of the interior defense is exposed.

Although O'Neal slows down the Lakers' defensive speed and is easy to be converted by the Kings, as long as O'Neal is on the court, the quality of the Lakers' defensive positional battle is still remarkable.

Therefore, increasing O'Neal's playing time is the key to the Lakers' next win over G3 and G4.

Moreover, G3 and G4 are the home of the Kings again, but Kobe Bryant went to Eagle County to participate in the hearing again because of the off-court incident.

Although Kobe Bryant can come back in time to participate in the next games, the constant rush and off-court factors will also make Kobe physically and mentally exhausted and affect the competitive state of away games.

Doon wants to make sure he wins on the road, at least one of those victories.

Then it is necessary to solve the existing O'Neal defense problem and further increase O'Neal's offensive efficiency.

As the series progresses, O'Neal's fitness will definitely get worse and worse, and he can't hit extremely high shooting percentages all the time under two or three packs.

So, Doon thought about it all night and felt that instead of continuing to let O'Neal crouch under the basket, it would be better to let O'Neal come out of the low post and run more.

Running for more than 30 minutes without the physical strength to go down to rest is better than only playing 28 points because the defense dragged down the team.

As Doon said, O'Neal is good for pick-and-roll!

Once O'Neal is willing to cooperate with Doane's pick-and-roll, it will be easier for O'Neal to impact the basket and score to the basket.

Doon can also get more outside shots or take advantage of the screen to get to the basket.

Doon knows very well that O'Neal doesn't know how to block and dismantle, it's just because he's lazy, because of the team's status, because of his pride.

How did O'Neal play after he was traded to the Heat? In order to win the fourth championship earlier than Kobe, doesn't O'Neal have to obediently play with Wade?

O'Neal's cover quality, Wade's unstable projection have all evolved into Jordan who is 5 centimeters shorter!

Although this is also based on Wade's personal ability, Wade averaged 34.7 points per game in the finals, and O'Neal averaged 13.7 points per game.

In fact, O'Neal's pick-and-roll ability is still okay.

As early as the NCAA, when O'Neal was still a junior brother to Chris Jackson, O'Neal often played blocking and dismantling with Chris Jackson.

The name Chris Jackson may not be familiar to everyone, so Curry's draft template - moonshine pistol, Muhammad Abdul Rauf, this should be heard by many people.

Why does O'Neal like Curry so much? There are some reasons for this.

After retiring, O'Neal often said that he and Curry were invincible!

If it's all in his prime, Curry's three-point shot, as well as his ability to shoot small and big under the basket, O'Neal's quality of blocking and pick-and-roll, and the impact of going down will make people have no to say, they can only give me the ball, and I want to go home.

As for the defensive problems that the two have in their respective fields, isn't basketball a team sport? Even if 3D is hard to find, there are always a lot of fronts who can do dirty work, right?

Today's Lakers have Kobe Bryant on the outside and Malone on the inside.

Although Doon's offense is not as good as Curry's, he still has a considerable advantage defensively.

Such a strong four-star lineup is one of the best in the entire history of the NBA!

As long as O'Neal is willing to play blocking and pick-and-roll, Doane can attack the round with the ball, and O'Neal, who is in a high position, can return to defense faster, so as to avoid being converted by the Kings.

O'Neal catches the ball and attacks the basket, as long as it is not destroyed when receiving the ball, it is more comfortable and effortless than playing low-post back-to-back singles.

Once Doon and O'Neal blocked and played an effective role, the Kings also had to adjust their defensive focus and send someone to contain Doon and O'Neal.

In this way, Kobe, who fell into the low position, can act as a killer weapon and catch the king off guard.

To put it bluntly, interior players create an offensive threat in the low post and put pressure on the opponent, and there is not only such a thing as a low back play.

Usually it is easy first and then difficult, first learn to block and dismantle, and then learn to carry the basket singles.

O'Neal had previous experience in pick-and-rolls, and it's not hard to get back up now.

The only thing that is difficult is to let go of the inner reserve, after all, singles is the embodiment of the status of the team.

In these days, who is not only the boss of the team, who has the privilege of being able to hold the ball alone?

Although O'Neal has also considered that Kobe Bryant has the ability to snatch the championship MVP from him, let Kobe grab it.

However, when it really came time to play blocking and dismantling with Doon, and then hand over the low post to Kobe Bryant to play alone, O'Neal was still a little unwilling.

Doon pestered O'Neal for two days in a row, and O'Neal relented and was willing to cooperate with Doane in training.

However, the time interval between G2 and G3 is only two days.

Doon and O'Neal's blocking and dismantling cooperation has only been practiced for an afternoon, and the cooperation between the two is still relatively rusty, and the G3 game is about to start in the evening.

Fortunately, at ten o'clock in the morning, Kobe Bryant had already returned to the hotel where the Lakers were staying.

In the next G3, Doon and O'Neal's blocking and dismantling cooperation may not be able to be immediately brought on the court, and the game will be used to train and sharpen the gun.

But Kobe's timely return also allowed the Lakers' lineup to maintain its integrity, which made Doon a little relieved while nervous.

Before G1 and G2, the Lakers won with this lineup!

When you reach G3, even if you don't arrange a new killer move, you may not lose!

In the playoffs, there is actually nothing to be afraid of, after all, the climate in Sacramento is no different from that in Los Angeles.

(End of chapter)