NBA: Since James left the Cavaliers

After two full days of rest, Long Rui's body finally recovered.

He was not in a hurry to return to Kecheng, but was invited by Kobe to visit his home.

"Long Rui! Welcome!"

With thick protective gear wrapped around his ankles, Kobe stood at the door to welcome Long Rui's arrival.

Moreover, he still speaks the Chinese language, which surprised Long Rui, which shows that Kobe was very attentive to this appointment.

"Dude, are you okay?"

Long Rui asked with concern.

"The team doctor has dealt with it, and now it is necessary to rest well. This time the sprain is more serious, and it is expected to rest for more than ten days."

Speaking of this, Kobe looked a little frustrated.

Now is the most competitive time for the team rankings, his injury will greatly affect the strength of the Lakers, and this is still a shrinking season, so it is likely that the Lakers will eventually fall out of the top three in the Western Conference .

Long Rui nodded, and immediately said, "Can you let me have a look?"

Kobe has long heard that Long Rui's medical skills are amazing, he can make injured players recover in a shorter time.

"If it's possible, of course I'd like to ask for it!"

Kobe said excitedly.

Afterwards, Long Rui motioned Kobe to sit on the sofa and lift his feet up. He carefully disassembled the protective gear, and then began his treatment.

It can be seen that Kobe's ankle is very swollen, and Long Rui carefully presses the surrounding area.

At the beginning, Kobe felt very painful and even sweated on his forehead, but he just gritted his teeth without saying a word and stood up, showing his true qualities of a tough guy again.

After about ten minutes, he felt that the severe pain seemed to have dissipated a little, and he didn't know if it was really getting better, or if he had gotten used to the pain.

Under Long Rui's continuous massage, Kobe's tense nerves gradually relaxed, and he even began to feel an indescribable sense of comfort.

"Is this Huaxia's medical skills? It's incredible!"

Kobe immediately gasped in admiration.

He had only heard of Long Rui's superb medical skills before, but had never seen it before, so he had always been skeptical, until today he really believed it.

The entire treatment process lasted for more than an hour, but this seemingly easy action was not easy at all.

Long Rui hadn't done anything himself for a long time, and now that he had treated Kobe, his fingers felt a little sore.

"Now you should feel more comfortable, but if you want to recover as soon as possible, you need to do it every day, but I don't have that much time..."

Long Rui hadn't finished speaking when he was directly interrupted by Kobe.

"I'll go back to Cleveland with you."

Kobe said decisively that as long as he can recover as soon as possible, he is willing to cooperate with all treatments.

Those team doctors have been left behind by him. Compared with Long Rui, those guys are really not good
Kobe has always acted swiftly and resolutely. He said he wanted to go to Kecheng with Long Rui, but he acted immediately.

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"Actually, I didn't ask you this time because of my ankle injury, but I wanted to ask you about tactics."

On the plane, Kobe finally revealed his purpose.

He has watched many Longrui games. Sometimes the Cavaliers' personnel replacement and tactical arrangements seem very nonsensical, but almost all of them have received miraculous effects.

As for the game against the Lakers, they broke the rules and replaced the four small lineups, abruptly breaking up the twin towers inside with a breakthrough.

Such an unconventional method is something Kobe has always been elusive, and it is also something he wants to understand, because it is definitely helpful to the team, especially in tactical choices at critical moments.

"I don't dare to ask for advice, what do you want to know, brother?"

Long Rui asked immediately.

There are not many people who can make Kobe say such a thing.

"Regarding your extremely unreasonable small lineup, I really don't understand why you can play such a strong strength."

It has to be said that Kobe is very enterprising.

Perhaps many people know that the Cavaliers have a strong small lineup, but they have never considered developing in this area, because their concept of basketball is very conservative, but Kobe is now questioning it.

"I know this is your trump card, it doesn't matter if it's inconvenient to say."

Bryant added.

However, Long Rui shook his head and said with a smile: "This is not really a secret."

"What you call a small lineup, I call it a small ball philosophy."

This was the first time Kobe heard of such a concept, and he suddenly felt that it was very novel.

He said enthusiastically, "Can you tell me more about it?"

"Of course!"

"Actually, the concept of this small ball is not complicated. It is similar to the Suns' running and bombing tactics before."

"It's just that compared to bombardment, the lineup of the small ball concept will be smaller, and the offensive rhythm will be faster."

"The advantage of this lineup lies in its high mobility in the game. It is difficult for a conventional lineup to keep up with the offensive rhythm."

"In other words, it takes less time to complete the attack, so as to get more attacks."

"In this way, even if the scoring efficiency drops, it can be made up for by the number of shots."

"These teams in the league are not very clear about this concept, so when the Cavaliers put up such a lineup, they can often have a surprise effect and beat the opponent by rubbing their hands."

Long Rui's words made Kobe suddenly enlightened and solved his long-standing doubts.

According to Long Rui, this small ball concept has a strong offensive ability and can score a large number of points in a short period of time. It is a great weapon for the team to chase points from behind.

If it can be used freely, it will cause a lot of trouble to the opponent.

However, the requirements for the deployment of this lineup are also very demanding, requiring a number of players with excellent athletic ability and a certain degree of independent attack and support.

Obviously the current Lakers don't have such conditions, even if Kobe knows something, he can't implement it on the Lakers.

"Then doesn't this lineup have any weaknesses?"

Kobe asked again.

"Of course there is."

"No matter any lineup, there is a way to crack him."

"To crack the small ball lineup, you still have to make a fuss about the interior, because the interior of this lineup is very weak."

"As long as the opponent's inside line is handled properly, it can be defeated."

"Actually, you guys had a chance to beat us, but that guy Andrew lost his mind, otherwise we would probably lose the game."

Speaking of this, Long Rui felt that it was a bit of a fluke that they won that game.

"You told me all this, so you are not afraid of losing to us in the next duel?"

Kobe laughed.

Long Rui shook his head: "The game changes rapidly, and our tactics are not limited to this one, so the next time we fight, the outcome is still unknown!"