basketball pope

Chapter 623 [Being beaten like a son]

The first game of the Western Conference Finals was broadcast live in many countries.

Lakers starting: Louis Williams, Iguodala, Posey, Lamar Odom, Yao Ming.

Millsap came off the bench. The Lakers and the Mavericks played 4 games in the regular season. Millsap’s match against Nowitzki was always blown up. There was only one game where Nowitzki scored less than 30 points. Defense, assist defense near Yaoming restricted area.

This year, Dirk Nowitzki has started to focus on "Golden Rooster Independence" jumpers. He turns and leans back a lot. Millsap, who has a disadvantage in height, can't block, and Lamar Odom can't. He can interfere with his height.

Mavericks starting: Kidd, Antoine White, Josh Howard, Dirk Nowitzki, Gasol Jr.

The two sides earned the ball, Yao Ming relied on the bounce of about 50CM to explode Gasol, and the Lakers took the lead.

Little Gasol just tilted his toes up, speaking of his bouncing power, maybe he shouldn't use the word "bounce", because even Jinmailang instant noodles can bounce more than him...

He is too fat, with a height of 216cm and a weight of close to 130kg. He is No.3 among active players in the NBA, second only to "Little Shark" Eddie Curry, who the Rockets couldn't play and couldn't sell, and "Big Shark" O'Neal, who almost killed coach Riley because of his fat problem.

Xiaojia is still white, and he doesn't have the explosive power of black people. In high school, he was given the nickname "Big Tortilla".

Posey passed to Lou Wei, and Yao Ming pulled him beyond the three-point line to pick and roll him, helping him get rid of the slower Kidd.

Lu Wei took a step to the left and made a three-pointer with an emergency stop. On to the basketball.

Mavericks offense, Lakers mixed defense.

Pau Gasol and Yao Ming played the same way, and pulled out the middle to give Kidd a pick-and-roll. Now almost all centers in the league who have the ability to shoot will play this way. After covering, they will cut, catch and shoot, or rely on their height advantage to support high positions.

Lou Wei specializes in dealing with Kidd. He chases after pick-and-rolls. He doesn't need to think about switching to the inside line.Yao Ming and Pau Gasol kept a two-step distance, which could block Kidd's breakthrough route and prevent empty cuts in time.

The 36-year-old Kidd is difficult to score in double figures per game. Unless the opportunity is particularly good, he will not choose a jumper, and his breakthrough ability has regressed significantly, and he is caught up by the guard after a little hesitation.

Kidd gave the ball to the middle, which made Gasol even more uncomfortable. Yao Ming can interfere with the shot. He cuts to the low position and has no advantage. In the high position, the opponent's height can also hinder the line of sight.

Little Gasol couldn't pass the ball to the bottom line, so he could only wait for his side teammates to respond and pass it to Josh Howard, who singled out Iguodala and failed to pass Dirk Nowitzki.

Nowitzki leaned against Lamar Odom twice, turned to the baseline and made a jumper, missed the basket under interference, Yao Ming retreated and grabbed the rebound.

Lamar Odom is the Lakers' best defense against Nowitzki, who can neither be passed nor interfered.This season, Odom has yet to know Khloe Kardashian, who is an excellent second-rate star.

Yao Mingyi passed it to Iguodala, the latter dashed forward with the ball, and under Howard's defense, he distributed it to Lu Wei in the middle of the run.

Lou Wei took the ball and dribbled the direction one step, without any fake action, and passed Kidd with one step to the left with speed. It was just the beginning of the game. 2 to 0.

Zhang Lili exclaimed, "It's so beautiful! Lou Wei is so fast! He really dares to go on his own! Kidd is afraid of this kind of speed guard."

Yu Jia said: "This year's playoffs, the two guards Lou Wei and Xiaobu exploded, completely pushing Gibson to the bench. Once Yao Ming was pulled out, they would always have a way to break through."

The Mavericks attacked, and Pau Gasol could only move quickly when he received the ball, and then waited for an opportunity in the middle.

Yao Ming restricted Xiaojia according to Yang Rui's arrangement, not to help deal with Nowitzki, in order to make the Mavericks more concentrated.Nowitzki's offense with the ball is not terrible. As long as he doesn't lead his teammates, he can score 40 points in a game and shoot two points.

Of course, Yang Rui will not let Nowitzki easily singled out. He goes to the right side, and Iguodala on the bottom line let go of Howard and double-teamed with Odom.

Nowitzki scored the ball to Howard in the bottom corner, and the Mavericks showed a weakness, that is, the swingman's three-point ability. Howard missed the basket with an open jumper, and the rebound was grabbed by Yao Ming.

Howard is one of the Mavericks' tridents, averaging 32 minutes per game in the regular season, scoring 18 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.1 steals, shooting 45.1% from the field, 34.5% from three-point range, and 78.2% from the free throw line.

He averaged 3.2 shots per game in the regular season and made 1.1 three-pointers, which is barely qualified.In the playoffs, his three-point percentage dropped to 25 percent, averaging only 3.2 on 0.8 attempts per game.The team needed him to shoot [-]s, but he couldn't do it well.

Another swingman, White, is not much better, with a 30.2% shooting rate in the regular season and 2.3 of 0.7 shots.Slightly better in the playoffs, making 2.1 of 0.8 attempts at a 38.1 percent rate, too few shots.

After four seasons of running-in, the Lakers' defensive end is not a simple station. They will rely on rotation and assist to help each other. In particular, Iguodala and Posey have done very well.

The Mavericks returned to the defense in place, the Lakers landed, Posey opened 70 degrees on the left, Iguodala was in the bottom corner on the right, Odom went 70 degrees on the right, and Lu Wei and Yao Ming played the pick-and-roll in the middle.

One tactic was effective, and the Lakers fought endlessly. Yao Ming helped Lu Wei to get rid of Kidd.

The Mavericks have been eliminated by the Lakers for several consecutive seasons, and will never use the zone defense to deal with them again. Nowitzki is going to guard Odom, and Pau Gasol must follow him when he encounters a pick-and-roll. Lu Wei has become his nightmare.

Lu Wei changed direction from the left, passed Gasol Jr. by his speed, and quickly got into the basketball. 4 to 0.

The Mavericks attacked, Pau Gasol made an empty cut after the pick-and-roll, and Yao Ming's top defense was in place.

Kidd passed the ball to Gasol Jr., who leaned against Yao Ming in the middle, turned and threw the shot and missed under the interference, Yao Ming immediately turned around and got into position and won the backcourt rebound by his height.

The Lakers attacked, Yao Ming stood outside the three-point line after the pick-and-roll, Lu Wei brought it to 45 degrees, attracted Gasol Jr. and Kidd to chase the defense, and passed the ball to the middle.

Yao Ming caught the ball open and made a light jumper. He was well prepared and the rhythm was perfect. The ball went into the net hollow. 7 to 0.

The boos from the Mavericks' home fans did not affect Yao Ming's feel. After four years of practice, his position became more and more certain.

The Mavericks attacked, and Gasol also received a pass from Kidd after the pick-and-roll. He made a high jumper and missed under the interference of Yao Ming. Lamar Odom protected the rebound and passed it to the guard nearby.

Lu Wei passed the ball to Iguodala, who brought it to the three-point line and hoisted it to Yao Ming who wanted the ball at 50 degrees on the right.Yao Ming singled out with the ball, leaned against Gasol with his back, turned to the baseline and hooked, avoided the block, and hit the board. 9 to 0.

Zhang Lili shouted: "Yao Ming is too strong, let's get another one, it's really easy for him to clean up the rookie Pau Gasol!"

Yang Rui also stood on the sidelines, applauding Yao Ming with the substitute players.

In Yang Rui's previous life, Yao Ming was too disadvantaged to compare with other centers, and the direct dialogue data exploded, and the honor was exploded into slag.

In his previous life, Pau Gasol had a lot of honors and hard goods. He won the Olympic runner-up and the European Championship internationally, entered the Western Conference finals with the Grizzlies, won the Best Defensive Player Award, and was selected for the best team.

But watching the game, Pau Gasol is clearly a weakened version of Yao Ming. Including defense, he is extremely slow and can't jump up. He can only use a meat shield near the penalty area. There are only 15 per year.One-on-one, he was beaten like a son by Yao Ming.

(End of this chapter)