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Chapter 188 I really envy those players who can be teammates with He Li! (big chapter)
"What happened?" George Karl asked puzzledly as he watched He Li lead the starters to the bench.

Obviously, He Li called for a timeout, and George Karl was not ready to do the support work at all. He didn't know how to adjust the defense and how to arrange new tactics.

"Coach George, I think everyone is tired, call a timeout and take a rest."

George Karl knew that He Li was joking to resolve the embarrassment at the moment, and also knew that He Li must have an idea when he called a timeout, so he gave up his dominant position and signaled He Li to continue.

"Tell me what's on your mind."

"Okay, there's not much time, let's get down to business." He Li opened his hands and hugged the starting players, and waved to the players on the bench beside him.

"We've all seen it, the OK pick-and-roll is unstoppable.

In fact, we all feel good, and the Lakers can't prevent us.

But if we continue to maintain this status quo, I think that even if we occasionally overtake the Lakers in scoring in the first half, we must be the ones who fall behind in the end.

Therefore, I think it is necessary to call this timeout. We must prevent problems before they happen, and take advantage of our current situation when we are not far behind. "

As He Li said, the OK pick-and-roll is infinitely powerful, and George Karl did not have a targeted arrangement in advance. The Bucks can't prevent O'Neal and Kobe at all simply by relying on the Bucks' first spontaneous lightning switch defense.

In the first quarter, the Bucks players felt pretty good, especially He Li, who often stood up to bite the score at critical moments, and the OK combination scored 2 points and 2 points. The Bucks had a three-pointer, so they were not pulled down too much.

But if this continues, the self-confidence of the Bucks players may be crushed by the OK combination.

Offensive players keep scoring on top of defensive players and can knock players down head-on.

"Give me the ball, I want to go home!" This sentence is also applicable to James.

This is how Duncan and Nowitzki, two of the top power forwards, taught James, the top small forward.

Now the Lakers have Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, who are the top players in the center and shooting guard respectively. It is not surprising that the Bucks defeated a group of players who could not even rank among the top [-] superstars.

What He Li has to do right now is to avoid such a tragedy from happening.

It is impossible for He Li to really hit the OK combination by himself, let alone play five by himself, and lead the team to victory and win the championship when all his teammates are pulling their hips.

He Li needs his teammates, so he also needs to help his teammates to solve the upcoming difficulties in advance.

"We all know that superstars can be restricted.

The OK combination is no exception. We won the previous two games easily, and the facts speak for themselves.

Now under the leadership of the Lakers' OK combination, they can easily score using pick-and-roll tactics.

I think it's not that we didn't defend well enough, but that we haven't adapted to the OK pick-and-roll for the time being and don't know how to defend them.

I think we can try to do that, two-team Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, and I'll be on the weak side guarding three Lakers. "

He Li first cheered his teammates on, and then talked about his defensive arrangement.

Upon hearing this, George Karl's eyes lit up.

This is not to say how well He Li's defensive tactics are arranged. What George Karl appreciates is that He Li, as the head of the team, can stand up at critical moments and use the courage to bear it!

He is in full bloom, and his courage is commendable.

George Karl felt more and more that he saw the right person, and He Li was the tough guy he had been looking forward to all along!It's so fucking hard!

George Karl expressed his appreciation for He Li more and more.

"He Li, I support your point of view, double-teaming Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant will definitely limit their current offensive state.

But is it too risky for you to defend three players alone?
I'm not questioning your ability, I'm worried that they will play tricks on you, which is very important.

In addition, your physical strength and your offense are also very important to us. "

He Li said one defense and three defenses. In the eyes of the Bucks, this is a bit outrageous.

How many dishes do you drink like this?Even advertising for Milwaukee beer wouldn't do it that way.

However, if you want to defend against the attacks of Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, you can only send two people to double-team each, so the remaining one will inevitably face the attack of three people.

Think about it carefully, if anyone in the Bucks has the opportunity to do this, it seems that only He Li can try it.

When these words came out of He Li's mouth, everyone could only barely be surprised, but had no way to question He Li.

Neither could George Karl at this time.

In addition, George Karl also knows that He Li's ability to assist in defense is very good.

But He Li's physical ability is still lacking.

He Li can't do everything on the court. He Li can't maintain a fiery offensive state while supporting the team's comprehensive defense like Garnett.

If He Li wants to integrate offense and defense under the intensity of the finals, and also support the Bucks' defense, then He Li is likely to be injured by the dirty methods of the Lakers.

This is a point that George Karl paid great attention to.

George Karl saw that the OK pick-and-roll is very powerful, why didn't he call a timeout?
On the one hand, the Bucks played well on the offensive end, and they can persist without calling a timeout.

On the other hand, it is impossible for the OK combination to play a full 48 minutes of the game. George Karl firmly believes that as long as He Li still has physical strength, even if the score is behind, the Bucks still have the possibility of turning defeat into victory.

However, if He Li puts too much physical energy into the defensive end, then at the critical moment of the fourth quarter, he must carefully consider whether the three musketeers can take on the heavy responsibility?

George Karl said that he was more willing to trust He Li. Even though He Li was already sweating profusely at that time, George Karl still believed that the leader he chose would give him the answer he wanted.

However, He Li's next answer was: "Listen to me first.

Have you noticed that Shaquille O'Neal's pick-and-rolls for Kobe Bryant are all near the free throw line, not from the three-point line.

This is not because Kobe Bryant can't shoot three-pointers. Although his three-pointers are not stable in mid-range shots, he does master this skill.

But the OK pick-and-roll is completed in the middle distance, which is very telling, and the problem lies with Shaquille O'Neal.

I thought about it, it was nothing more than to save Shaquille O'Neal's physical strength and reduce our reaction time to block Shaquille O'Neal from going down.

In this area, Shaquille O'Neal unpacks and runs down, and can directly enter the penalty area.

If Shaquille O'Neal screens from beyond the three-point line, even if he opens up, we can stop him near the paint and make it harder for him to get the ball.

In the case of two double-teams, even if he receives the ball, he can't get the ball and directly score a layup with a European step.

But it is okay to do pick-and-rolls at mid-range. Our defensive players have no way to occupy a good position in the three-second zone in advance. Doing so will result in a three-second violation. "

He Li hadn't seen OK's pick-and-roll before, but he had seen O'Neal give Wade a pick-and-roll.

O'Neal is a big man with a high quality of pick-and-roll.

However, O'Neal was given a pick-and-roll, which would inevitably lead to a decline in his own scoring data.

It's not because of the shooting percentage, but because of the possession of the ball.

O'Neal screened Wade from outside the three-point line. Due to injuries, weight and other factors, O'Neal couldn't run to the basket immediately after the screen, especially when someone blocked O'Neal at the corner.

And O'Neal couldn't shoot a half-block like Karl Malone. If O'Neal wanted to ensure his shooting percentage, he could only run deeper to the basket.

In this way, O'Neal ensures that he can be successfully dismantled, and the suitable range of the pick-and-roll can only be extended to the area near the free throw line.

And when He Li thinks about this point clearly, it is not difficult to think of how to defend the OK pick-and-roll.

Of course, after hearing He Li pointing this out, it was not difficult for George Karl to think of how to deploy tactics to defend the OK pick-and-roll in the future.

George Karl glanced at He Li, He Li nodded knowingly, and then George Karl took out the tactical board and started his work.

"Ray, I need you to one-up Kobe from the three, and I know you can do that.

Next up is Sam, and you're tasked with defending the Lakers point guard and double-teaming Kobe after he catches the ball from beyond the three-point line.

Anthony, you and Joel are in charge of double-teaming Shaquille!

If once Shaquille passes you, don't hesitate, hug Shaquille directly to me, and must destroy his offense, you know? "

How to defend Kobe and double-team Kobe may still need to be considered, but how to defend O'Neal is not too simple.

After He Li threw a brick to attract jade, George Karl decisively resorted to the shark-killing tactic.

O'Neal and Kobe's pick-and-roll originally increased the coverage area and the running distance of running down the line. Perhaps this consumption is less than that of the previous low-post singles.

But what if the Bucks' inside players resolutely attack the shark and use the intensity of foul confrontation to destroy O'Neal's offense at the basket, and make O'Neal spend more energy to shoot?
In this way, does O'Neal still have the strength to pick and roll with Kobe?
Does O'Neal still have the strength to play the full 4 quarters?

If it can be done, George Karl doesn't mind giving the Lakers the victory of this game.

At the end of the timeout, the Bucks made defensive adjustments for the OK pick-and-roll, and He Li will also take on the heavy responsibility of the Bucks' defense, trying 1 defense and 3 defenses for the first time.

In fact, when the Bucks double-team the OK combination, He Li is not really 1 defense 3, at most it is 1 defense 2.

After all, the Lakers only have two players on the weak side, and the Lakers still have a player in the corner on the strong side to help the OK combination open up space.

Judging from the overall position of the Lakers, there is a big difference between the OK pick-and-roll and the triangle offense centered on the OK combination, but in fact, the basic play style of the two is the same, and both need the No.3 player to help open up space.

A team's offense, play tactics, and offensive space are very important.

The reason why the triangle offense is awesome is that when two superstars attract defense, the third person can accomplish more things that are not easy to do in a comfortable space.

Of course, there is another point. Zen master is used to the triangle offense, and he is suddenly asked to play a pick-and-roll. Although the pick-and-roll tactics are decently arranged, there is still a shadow of the triangle offense.

In addition, other Lakers players played the triangle offense for several seasons and adjusted their style of play all at once. They could maintain a decent appearance at the beginning of the game, but they moved closer to the previous triangle offense after the game.

"Kobe Bryant faced the blocks from Ray Allen and the aliens, and made a shot from outside the three-point line and hit it! The difficulty of the shot and the accuracy of the shot are really amazing!"

"After the timeout, the Bucks' defensive adjustment is still very timely. Kobe Bryant has not passed the ball to Shaquille O'Neal for several rounds!"

"Haha, did you see Kobe Bryant's expression when Shaquille O'Neal made a free throw?

Kobe Bryant's attitude towards Shaquille O'Neal has changed since the Bucks implemented a shark-slashing tactic against Shaquille O'Neal.

When they scored 2 points in the previous round, they were close comrades in arms.

Now you can only get 1 point in a round, just gnashing your teeth and meeting your enemies.

But really, why doesn't Shaquille O'Neal practice free throws?

If his shooting percentage is 7%, I think Kobe Bryant is still willing to pass the ball to him! "

The Bucks implemented a shark-slashing tactic against O'Neal, and it was not a brainless shark-slashing tactic. This was the defense that OK's pick-and-roll specially responded to, which made O'Neal and the entire Lakers feel very difficult.

As we all know, once a player is double-teamed, it is easy to lose the ball.

Even if O'Neal is tall and big, it would be very uncomfortable to be added by two inside players.

While O'Neal was hacked, the ball passed to O'Neal might be cut off, so Kobe would naturally become less and less willing to pass the ball to O'Neal.

Kobe was not interested in passing the ball to O'Neal at first, and now O'Neal's role in the Lakers' offensive end is getting smaller and smaller, so Kobe has returned to his own state.

"Only two people double-team me, I have a lot of space, give me the ball!"

In other words, today's Kobe is really not messing around.

Perhaps with the help of the OK pick-and-roll at the beginning, Kobe's touch has been heated up, and breaking double-teams has always been Kobe's area of ​​expertise.

In the previous two games, Kobe was a little uncomfortable being single-handedly defended by Ray Allen, but this time he scored frequently under the double-teaming of Ray Allen and Cassel.

Although there are blacksmiths, the overall hit rate exceeds 60%!

Because no matter whether O'Neal follows him in the pick-and-roll or not, he will be double-teamed by two people, so Kobe simply left O'Neal behind, and sometimes he directly pulled up and shot a three-pointer after receiving the ball from outside the three-point line.

And Kobe can maintain a shooting rate of more than 60% when his three-point shooting rate is far lower than that of the mid-range. This can really be said to be supernatural!
However, the current situation is not optimistic for the Lakers and Kobe.

In Kobe's view, except for O'Neill, a fat man, who supported him for a while before, he was the only one fighting the five opponents in the recent period.

At the end of the first half, the Bucks have achieved their goal of overtaking the Lakers. The score on the field was 51 to 48, and the Bucks also led by 3 points.

Among them, for the Bucks, He Li made 12 of 6 shots and scored 16 points.

雷阿伦7投3中，三分球5投2中拿下8分。

大狗带领替补主打第二节8投3中，罚球4投3中砍下9分。

Cassel also scored 6 points on 3 of 6 shots.

It was not Kobe who scored the highest score for the Lakers, but O'Neal made 11 of 7 shots and 14 of 6 free throws, totaling 20 points.

Kobe, who followed O'Neal, made 15 of 9 shots and 3 of 1 three-pointers, scoring 19 points efficiently.

Just looking at the data, O'Neal seems to be more efficient than Kobe.

But in fact, if O'Neal's foul was converted into possession of the ball, it actually caused some damage to the Lakers.

Of course, the most important thing is that O'Neal was exhausted by the shark-killing tactics. After 5 minutes in the second quarter, O'Neal was a little immobile.

The Zen master saw that O'Neal was not in good condition, so he removed O'Neal.

But after that, the Bucks' double-teaming of Kobe became more determined and tougher.

Anyway, the referee at the beginning of the game has already set the tone for today's defensive intensity. As long as there is no bleeding or real fire, the players of the two teams can play whatever they want.

Kobe can still shoot in the face of a two-team, but what about a three-team?
For a time, the number of Kobe's mistakes also increased greatly.

But at this time, the ball was suddenly passed to other Lakers role players who kept running back and forth, and watched OK's two-person turn for more than 20 points on the court. They can throw the ball into the basket.
If it weren't for He Li to spend more energy on the defensive end rather than on the offensive end, maybe the Bucks would have taken a lead of more than 10 points in the first half.

Of course, the current situation is already very advantageous for the Bucks.

Because of this, Kobe lost his temper with all the Lakers players after halftime and said, "Can you, even if there is one fucking person, stand up and fight with me?"

Kobe couldn't figure it out. Even though he was an NBA player, why the most basic thing was that he couldn't put a basketball into the basket when there was a wide open?
I faced two or three double-teams, and I made a strong shot!

You have no defense, is it difficult to put the ball in the basket?

And this fat man, can you make the goddamn free throws?If you have to make [-]% of your free throws, then we are still ahead in scoring now!
O'Neal, who had been sitting off the court for four or five minutes, noticed that Kobe was staring at him, and he also glanced at the furious Kobe, then turned his head away again, not looking at Kobe.

"Damn, exhausted!

Basketball is a sport for five people. Before, I led you to win. Can't I lie down and win a game today?
Brother, if you want to lead the team, are you sure you have the strength?

Alas, I really envy those players who can be teammates with He Li!My grandma..."

(End of this chapter)