I'm not really a brutalist striker

Chapter 203 203. If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight!
The time for the NBA Finals has been determined. The first match between the two sides will be held on June 6, local time in the United States, at the Staples Arena, the home of the Lakers. The game system is 1-2-3.

This schedule is a bit unfavorable for the Eagles. The Lakers will play two home games first, and then the Eagles will play three consecutive home games. In the last two games, they have occupied the home field advantage in a row.

This arrangement has very obvious benefits for the Lakers, that is, the players do not need to fly back and forth, they only need to go to the away game once, and then return to the home court after playing three consecutive games.

On the other hand, the Eagles, if the battle is not over in 5 games, the players have to return to Los Angeles again, regardless of whether they win or lose, they will be at the Lakers' home court.

Even if the NBA championship is won in the end, the championship ceremony will be held away.

在这种2—3—2的赛程下，如果一支球队率先取得了2：0的领先，那总决赛就基本失去了悬念。

So far, there are only two teams in NBA history that have comeback after falling behind 0:2 in the Finals. They are the Celtics in 1969 and the Trail Blazers in 1976.

In addition, there is no third team that can come back and win the championship after falling behind 0:2 in the finals.

To put it simply, if the Eagles want to win this season, they must win one of the first two games. Otherwise, once they fall behind with a big score of 0:2, the team's morale will definitely suffer a devastating blow.

The historical data is in front of the players, and it is impossible for the players' mentality to be completely unaffected.

What makes the Hawks feel depressed is that the regular season record of the Hawks and the Lakers is only two games away. If Suter did not encounter a large-scale suspension in the regular season, the team with home court advantage in the finals is likely to become eagle.

Don't underestimate the home field advantage in the finals. It is such a tiny game detail that may determine the final championship.

Before the game, basketball experts generally analyzed the matchup of this round of the series. Most of them are optimistic about the Lakers. Only a few experts believe that the Hawks will perform miracles and become the dark horse of this season.

The reason given by the outside world is very simple, that is, the Lakers have better top stars than the Eagles, and their home record this season is very terrifying, and they are one of the teams with the highest home winning percentage in the league.

You must know that the record of the Lakers was achieved when there were frequent internal conflicts this season. If the Lakers can unite as one, then the Lakers this season will become completely invincible.

In other words, once the Eagles can win the championship this year, it must be the championship with the highest gold content in NBA history, and it can even be called the craziest counterattack in the NBA in the past 20 years.

Although the starting configuration of the two teams is very luxurious, the influence of the Lakers at the superstar level is undoubtedly greater than that of the Eagles. No matter which team defeats the Lakers with the Big Four, it will definitely leave a very strong mark in history. a sum.

Conversely, if the Lakers fail to win the championship this season, then the old battleship composed of "Gloves" Payton, Kobe, Karl Malone and "Big Shark" O'Neal will also become a joke, ridiculed and sarcasm among the fan groups .

At this stage of the game, the two teams are actively preparing for the finals. The Eagles players only took half a day off before they all devoted themselves to training.

Before the training started, the head coach Mike Woodson called everyone together for a meeting. In addition to giving some examples to boost morale, he also emphasized the defensive tactics against the Lakers, which is related to whether the Eagles can win the championship.

Mike Woodson said with a serious face: "Vulture, I need you to sacrifice your personal data to help the team in the finals. This is the best strategy I came up with after discussing with the coaching staff. If you perform enough Well, our chances of winning the championship will be greatly increased. It can be said that whether the team can win the championship this year depends on your personal performance."

Su Te didn't even ask how he would sacrifice, so he agreed. "No problem, as long as you can win the championship and sacrifice some data, it's nothing, but I'm curious, what kind of strategy makes you go to war so much?"

Pushing the glasses on the bridge of his nose, Mike Woodson said seriously: "The coaching staff wants to arrange for you to dislocate Kobe and put more energy on the defensive end. Nash, Jackson and Rasheed - Wallace three People are in charge of the main attack."

"Especially Jackson, the player he is facing will most likely be Devin George. This set of matchups will allow him to use more physical strength to score, and it is impossible for Devin George to guard against him, at least not Probably completely locked out his offensive firepower."

"But in this way, your defensive pressure will become greater, and you need to play on both ends of the offense and defense."

According to the normal matchup, the best candidate for the Eagles to defend Kobe should be Stephen Jackson, but Jackson's defensive ability is certainly good, but it is a little bit of a problem to defend Kobe.

As the best player of the Lakers in this year's playoffs, Kobe's offensive firepower is more abundant than that of "Shark" O'Neal. If it weren't for Kobe's outstanding personal performance in the Western Conference Finals series, the Lakers would not be able to win in five games with O'Neal alone. The Timberwolves were eliminated in the game.

Suter has the league's top explosive power and lateral speed. Although he plays power forward, he can defend five positions.

After much deliberation, Mike Woodson decided to let Suter change to the second position in the finals to be responsible for defending Kobe.

In this way, the Eagles not only solved the most powerful offensive player in the Lakers team, but also put Derek Anderson on the bench to improve the depth of the lineup, and let the meat shield center Selke Rebrasha enter the starting lineup to defend the inside Overlord "Shark" O'Neill.

Rebrascia is 2 meters tall and weighs 13 kilograms. Even looking at the entire league, he is the strongest group of insiders.Although a strong body does not necessarily mean that he can guard against the "big shark" O'Neal, but at least Rebrascia can use his excellent upper body strength to withstand the back of the big shark, and limit O'Neal from crushing the penalty area to the greatest extent.

Otherwise, no matter whether it is the 110-kg Suter or the 107-kg Rasheed Wallace, even if the two of them suffocate, it is impossible to withstand the strength of the "big shark" O'Neill.

The reason why Woodson included Rebrascia, who hadn't been used much in the regular season, into the 12-man roster for the playoffs was to deal with a powerful center like Shaquille O'Neal.

The matter of the meat shield has to be solved with the meat shield. Even the "big bamboo pole" Bradley cannot withstand the destruction of O'Neill.

Suter's current offensive methods have become more and more comprehensive. He can break through to the inside and shoot from the outside. There is no technical problem in playing the second position.

Defending Kobe is also not difficult for him. Whether he can defend it or not, let’s not talk about it for now. At least Suter is the most suitable person in the Eagles to defend Kobe. It is a waste for him to defend anyone.

Karl Malone's average data in this year's playoffs was mediocre, barely reaching a double-double, and Suter's defense against him was a bit wasteful.

"Glove" Payton's scoring data is only in the single digits. It is just right for Nash to match him. Anyway, Payton's main role now is defense, and Kobe has given full power to the offensive end.

Suter sat in the chair and pondered for a moment, feeling that this strategy was reasonable, but he did have to sacrifice some data and devote more energy to defending Kobe.

Kobe is so easy to defend?
In this year's playoffs, he averaged 25.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game, second only to Suter in the playoffs scoring list, ranking second in the league.

It is no exaggeration to say that Kobe is definitely the best outside scorer in the active league, and there is no need to add one after that.

If this were not the case, Mike Woodson would not have made the decision to let Suter change to the second position in the finals to be responsible for defending Kobe.

"Well, I will try to reduce Kobe's shooting percentage, so as to prevent the team from using double-team tactics to miss other people." Suter turned his head and glanced at Jackson beside him. "Guys, it's up to you guys to attack. Don't I limit Kobe at that time. Instead, you're going to hit the iron on the offensive end. In the end, you have to stand up and grab the offense and defense. Then after this round of finals, I will really be To be exhausted to death."

Although Suter has the badge of beast blood boiling and can constantly recover his physical strength on the court, but in the super-intensive confrontation with an average playing time of more than 40 minutes per game in the finals, no one will not feel tired, especially in the finals. Suter also had to defend against Kobe.

Jackson reached out and patted Suter. "Don't worry, we will definitely ensure offensive firepower, and you just put more energy into defense, but you are still our backbone on the offensive end, and the team cannot play without you."

"You are right. I hope we can win the championship this year. It will be a very interesting experience." Suter agreed with a smile.

If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. If you want to become an outstanding basketball superstar like Michael Jordan, you must bear the pressure that other players cannot bear.

Suter has already made preparations, ready to grasp both offensive and defensive ends. He wants the outside world to see his strength, his ambition, and how he can afford to be a leader.

Suter sees it more thoroughly than anyone else. The team has to win the championship first, and then the players can consider who will win the FMVP. If the Eagles can't win the Lakers, then everyone is a loser. This will be far more than his sacrifice. Personal data is much worse.

What's more, devoting more energy to the defensive end does not mean that he has no contribution on the offensive end. Suter is very confident in his physical strength. In the first 35 minutes, Suter can completely grasp both offense and defense. In the last few minutes, Su Te had to get through even if he gritted his teeth.

Since Mike Woodson arranged for him to switch to the second position, he is destined to be more than one player in this round of the series, as well as Kobe Bryant of the Lakers.

The role of force is mutual. If the meat shield center Rebraxia is really arranged by Mike Woodson to start the game, then the player Kobe needs to defend on the defensive end will also become Suter.This will be a very difficult task for the two, and Suter has no reason to perform worse than Kobe, and there is no reason to show cowardice in front of Kobe.

Suter is very clear that he and Kobe have excellent defensive abilities, but he has a height advantage when facing Kobe. With the speed almost the same as Kobe, the difference in height between the two will make Su Get an easier shot.

So in this round of the series, no matter whether Suter can defend Kobe or not, his offensive performance will definitely not be too bad. Although there will be some data sacrifices, it is far from being greatly discounted.

Stephen - Jackson is very excited now, he has always put the victory in the first place, had already done a good job with Kobe Bryant prepared.If he is allowed to defend Kobe, he will be as tired as a dog. In addition to the decline in offensive efficiency, he is also likely to be blown up by Kobe.

But now all of his defensive pressure has been transferred to Suter, and the coaching staff has allowed him to participate in the offense more, which undoubtedly reduces the pressure on Jackson a lot.

Role player Devin George's defensive ability is also very good, otherwise Phil Jackson would not let him start in the playoffs, but Devin George's defensive ability is not as strong as Kobe's. For Jackson It was definitely a surprise.

Mike Woodson came over and asked, "What's on your mind right now, Vulture?"

"I don't have any ideas, because I don't know who the Lakers will send to me. If Malone and George are the main defense, I guarantee that I can score more than 30 points in every game, but if the Lakers send Kobe and me to be tough. , that may be a kind of trouble for me, and my physical exertion will definitely become very huge."

Mike Woodson had a smile on his face. "It doesn't matter, if that's the case, Kobe's stamina must be exhausted faster than you. I believe you can defend him well, but he must not be able to defend you."

What Mike Woodson admires most about Suter is his golf intelligence. He has always played smartly. As long as the coach makes arrangements, he can immediately understand the tactical intentions, and there is no need to use too much words to convince him.

Some players are not good enough, so they like to compete with their coaches, especially those stars with outstanding statistics. Few people will follow the coaching staff's arrangements without complaint.

Just like Jason Kidd, as long as he doesn't have a direct conflict with the head coach, the Nets management will be very popular.

If Suter is unwilling to switch to the second position to defend Kobe and insists on playing inside, it is not impossible, but the situation will definitely become very unfavorable for the Eagles.

Because he can't stand up to a tank with the physique of "Shark" O'Neal, it's okay to stand up to a few rounds occasionally, but if you want to match up for the whole game, the effect will be very bad.

So in this round of the series, the most suitable role for Suter is to avoid confrontation with O'Neal and to defend other offensive firepower points.

The Hawks played against the Lakers twice in the regular season, and they played exactly the same tactics, that is, let the twin towers flank O'Neal, one in charge of the top and the other in charge of cutting. The opponent will definitely prepare before the game.

Now the Eagles suddenly changed their defensive tactics before the finals, gave up double-teaming O'Neal, and went to the center of the tank to fight one-on-one with O'Neal. Maybe they could catch the Lakers by surprise.

Suter never minded what the media said. Some people might say that he didn't dare to defend O'Neal. Suter didn't care at all.

The two are not players of the same tonnage. If Suter, who weighs 110 kilograms, is to defend O'Neal, who weighs more than 140 kilograms, that is not a difficult task at all.

There are too many people he can't defend against. It's not easy to pick out a center Suter who weighs more than 125 kilograms. Although Suter can really defend from the 1st position to the 5th position, everything is possible. Exceptions, such as O'Neill's animal is an accidental product at the 5th position.

Each team will temporarily make some adjustments according to the game situation. No one will play a complete round of the series step by step. The so-called battle of wits is reflected in the lineup changes. Of course, except for D’Antoni, because he really has no adjustments. Either ahead or behind.

Not only was Suter selected to the best team this year, but he was also selected to the best defensive team. His main defense against Kobe can play his own strengths, and his defensive effect is definitely better than other Eagles players.

At the same time, the Lakers coaching staff is also racking their brains to think about tactics.

Phil Jackson would love to have Karl Malone defend Souter, but he can't.He knew that Suter was too fast, and the 40-year-old Malone simply couldn't catch up with him.

They lost to the Eagles in the regular season because Karl Malone couldn’t defend against Souter. The only people on the team who are suitable to defend Souter are Devin George and Kobe. Even Medvedenko’s lateral movement speed is slow. point.

So Phil Jackson can only choose between Devin George and Kobe. After choosing between them, there is a high probability that Kobe will work hard on both ends of the offense and defense, even if he is only 1 meters tall.

Fans will think that Kobe is very brave. While scoring the highest score of the team on the offensive end, he even defended the Eagles' team scoring leader, but this is a forced and helpless choice for the Lakers.

Because the Lakers have no Artest, no Kirilenko, and no striker Kevin Garnett, who is most suitable for defending Souter in the entire league.

(End of this chapter)