NBA: Since James left the Cavaliers

After the timeout, both sides returned to the field.

At this point in the game, the Lakers, who are playing at home, have not been able to gain an advantage in the face of the Cavaliers with three consecutive visitors. Instead, they seem to have fallen into a passive position.

In particular, they put a lot of energy on the defensive end, so that Kobe, Gasol and others have a lot of consumption.

After all, the Cavaliers are younger than them. In terms of physical strength, the Lakers have lost their absolute advantage, and the game is gradually becoming fairer!
Kobe controlled the ball from the outside, and he deliberately controlled the rhythm of the offense to alleviate the team's physical problems.

Gasol came to the free throw line, and Odom stood on the left side, forming a triangle attack with Kobe at the top of the arc.

On the right, 'Old Fish' Fisher and 'Little Shark' Bynum are waiting for an opportunity.

Facing the Lakers' triangle offense, the Cavaliers used the zone defense arranged by Long Rui to deal with it.

The unnamed players on the field are each responsible for a defensive area, which can ensure that there are defenders at every point, and there will be almost no problem of missed releases.

Bryant transferred the ball to Gasol, and then ran towards Odom's position on the left.

Odom took advantage of the situation to make a pick-and-roll for Kobe, trying to trap Long Rui who was defending Kobe.

However, they never expected that Long Rui had already seen their intentions.

Long Rui also has a certain understanding of the triangle offensive tactic, and he will also use this tactic with Yi Jianlian and Curry in previous games.

Therefore, their next actions are under Long Rui's control.

Seeing Kobe bypassing Odom's body, Long Rui didn't chase him, but ran directly towards the left corner.

At this time, Kobe saw that Long Rui did not catch up, so he thought he was stuck by Odom, so he hurriedly called Gasol to pass the ball to him.

Obviously, Gasol is very familiar with this cooperation. He didn't even observe the situation before throwing the ball to the bottom corner.

But at the moment when he hit the ball, he felt a flash in front of his eyes, and Long Rui's figure rushed out from the slanting stab and grabbed the ball!
Seeing this, Curry rushed forward without any hesitation. Long Rui took advantage of the situation and made a long pass. His strength was well controlled, and the basketball landed just in front of Curry.

After Curry received the ball, he took two steps directly to complete the basket!
"It's a beautiful shot!"

"Looking at the running position of Long Rui, it is obvious that he has seen through the intention of the Lakers' offense this time and has made preparations in advance."

"Pau Gasol never thought that Long Rui would break their cooperation so skillfully."

"In fact, Gasol has every chance to avoid this mistake. It is because he is too familiar with the team's tactics, so when passing the ball, he seems very casual and does not observe the situation around him."

Said eloquently.

"Actually, Gasol can't be completely blamed. After all, the time for an attack is only 24 seconds."

"Kobe pressed for a little more time. By the time they implement this tactic, the offensive time is actually running out, so he must also play the ball as soon as possible."

"We have a saying that when an opportunity cannot be missed, it does not come again. In fact, this is what it means. When an opportunity arises, we must quickly seize it."

"I think Gasol should have the same idea, but he didn't expect that Long Rui's playing is so smart!"

Zhang Weiping made a detailed analysis of the Lakers' offensive mistakes this time, and also praised Long Rui's performance.

Whenever it was his turn to broadcast a Cavaliers game, he couldn't help but praise Long Rui.

86:85
With Curry's pick and hit, the Cavaliers once again completed the overtake in the score.

Gasol's mood was a little lost, but he is an experienced veteran after all, he quickly adjusted and put himself into the offense again.

The Lakers are still playing the triangle offense, and Gasol is responding at the free throw line, observing the running positions of his teammates.

Odom drives inside and Bryant runs to the weak side.

The running of these two immediately led to the defensive changes of the Cavaliers, and they still maintained the layout of the zone defense.

No matter where Kobe and Odom go, there are always defensive players.

The Lakers failed to run out of opportunities in several runs. Therefore, Gasol could only choose to attack by himself.

It was Yi Jianlian who was in charge of defending Gasol, and the technical characteristics of the two were not much different.

UAE's mid-range and long-range hit rate is higher than that of Gasol, but Gasol's inside offensive skills are more delicate than Yi Jianlian.

In terms of physical condition, the gap between the two is not too big. With the help of Long Rui, Ah Lian's physical strength has improved to a higher level than before. Against a technical insider like Gasol, he is not at all suffer.

Gasol lowered his center of gravity and tried to push Yi Jianlian.

But after pushing it twice, he found that the effect was not very great, and Yi Jianlian only took half a step back.

Gasol also immediately gave up the idea of ​​a strong hit. After pushing again, with the help of this thrust, he quickly made a half-turned hook and completed the shot.

The ball was played very cleverly, and the UAE did not judge his intention at all, so it did not cause any interference.

The soft touch made the basketball fall into the basket steadily. Scoring this goal can be regarded as making up for the mistakes made by Long Rui's low-level mistake just now.

In the next few rounds, the two sides came and went, and fell into a stalemate again.

Long Rui and Kobe relied on their personal abilities to score points one after another. The attacks of others could be restricted, but the attacks of these two were hard to stop.

In the third quarter, with the last 40 seconds left, the two teams each had an opportunity to attack.

Bryant controlled the ball on the perimeter, pressing the clock on the offense.

At this time he can have two choices.

One, play a quick offense so they can play another offense.

The second is to choose a more secure organization for a tactical coordination.

Kobe chose the second option, because the two teams led the Cavaliers by one point. He wanted to use this attack to overtake the score, and it would be best if he could enter the fourth quarter with the lead.

The offensive time was pushed down to ten seconds left, and the Lakers didn't have a good chance to run under the opponent's zone defense.

Seeing this, Kobe also directly signaled his teammates to pull away, once again forming a one-on-one duel with Long Rui.

At this point in the game, the two did not get a one-minute rest time except for the timeout in the third quarter, and their physical exertion was also extremely serious.

Kobe's movement was significantly slower, and the same was true for Long Rui.

After several trials, Kobe launched an impact!