Healing Basketball

Chapter 548. 548. Unsolvable Player Arrives

In the confrontation, Kobe relied on his height advantage to receive the ball from Luke Wharton, took the initiative to lean towards Liu Xiu, turned around, seized the gap of the breath and took off, and made a mid-range shot...hit!
28 to 28, Kobe tied the score as soon as the second quarter came up!

After the goal, Kobe pressed Liu Xiu on the defense.

Playing full-court tight hand-to-hand combat with a 99-kilogram small guard, which is what Kobe did, will not make people feel that it is a wrong choice.

McDyess sent the ball to Ray Allen, Ray Allen accelerated, and the Blazers continued to push forward.

But after Ray Allen passed the ball to Liu Xiu in the front court, the speed slowed down, and the sudden change of rhythm made the Lakers players feel a little uncomfortable.

Liu Xiu retreated two steps from the three-point line, and after the rest of the Trail Blazers moved to a suitable position, McDyess came to the top arc to block Kobe, and Liu Xiu launched a pick-and-roll attack.

Odom switched to Liu Xiu!

Odom's eyes are clear and he is very focused. Liu Xiu feels that no matter whether he is rushing or shooting, he will be disturbed, which is the same feeling as when facing the defense change of the outlaws in the training game!

Kobe took a step back, defending against Liu Xiu's breakthrough or defending against McDyess after dismantling and cutting in, all of them are confident that the task will be completed very well.

But McDyess didn't take it apart. After Kobe withdrew, he turned around and made another pick-and-roll action, blocking Odom's right side... McDyess continued to pick and roll!
Liu Xiu tacitly changed direction outside the top arc and took the left to break through!

Kobe, who was blocked by McDyess and Lamar Odom, did not see where Liu Xiu was breaking through until after Liu Xiu completed the acceleration around the pile, but he pounced on Liu Xiu as soon as he saw Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu took advantage of a body position, but still stuck to Liu Xiu, and the two entered the inside line during the confrontation.

The 98 defensive evaluation of the first defense boss is not given for nothing. If Liu Xiuruo directly hits the ball, Kobe is [-]% sure to interfere.

But then the 'undercover' came, and Chris Mim made it to the left of the three-second zone!

Liu Xiu grabbed the ball with his left hand and threw it towards the basket.

Mim struggled to take off... Huh?This ball is too high!This is because I was scared to shoot and didn't control my strength to shoot across the bridge?

Then, the imaginary meme heard a dunk behind him.

Liu Xiu made an alley-oop for Kwame Brown!
Kobe: What kind of broken center is this!Where's my big Zhi?Oh, he is resting, forget it, let him rest first.

When Deron received the serve, the Trail Blazers had quickly retreated.

Pushing and retreating to full speed, playing slow-paced pick-and-roll offense in offense, and defending against oppression on the defensive end... The game lasted for more than a quarter, and Deron had already understood the core idea of ​​the Trail Blazers' play.

But after seeing it clearly, there is no way to deal with it!
And I'm a little puzzled-it's said that the NBA has entered the offensive era?

For the first time in his career, he met the second strongest offensive team in the regular season last season, but this team actually focused on defense...

When he came outside the three-point line, Delong was stuck by Liu Xiu again.

In addition to patiently sorting out the offense and relying on his fairly good basic skills in long-range shooting to contain the defense, Deron felt that he could do nothing.

Deron glanced at the field. Except for the extrajudicial fanatics who kept pace against Kobe and were always between Kobe and the basket, other teammates were in hand-to-hand combat. Ray Allen pestered Luke Walton, Kua May Brown clung to Odom to fight, and McDyess blocked the elbows of Meme at close range.

Deron quickly made an offensive choice and made a gesture. Odom pulled to the top arc to catch the ball. Deron ran without the ball to open up space and find a point of contact. Luke Wharton went to the middle distance on the left side of the three-second zone. Meme goes to the bottom line on the right.

Odom held the ball in the top arc, facing Kwame Brown's defense, he did not break through, but passed it to Kobe in the middle distance on the right. The outlaw lunatic turned his back and rushed inside.

Liu Xiu was taken to the left corner by the very conscious Deron. There was no flank blocking condition, but McDyess on the bottom line and Kwame Brown in the middle had already shrunk in advance!
Kobe scored the ball to Mihm on the bottom line on the right side, and Mihm made a mid-range shot with a wide gap after catching the ball... Iron!
Kobe and Deron quickly retreated to the defense. Odom, who supported the top arc, retreated immediately. Liu Xiu, who received a defensive rebound from the left side of the three-second zone, advanced quickly, and continued to fall into a slow rhythm after reaching the frontcourt. Positional warfare attack.

After several rounds of testing, Liu Xiu has already understood the current advantages and disadvantages.

The Lakers' outside defense is really good, Kobe's defense is top-notch, Deron and Luke Walton's defense does not slow down and they work hard, plus Odom's supplementary defense... Liu Xiu chose to continue to pick and roll with McDyess to attack the inside, forcing The Lakers shrunk their defense, and the Trail Blazers used this to play a small offensive climax at the beginning of the second quarter.

But the good times didn't last long. The Trail Blazers used hand-to-hand defense to consume the Lakers' outside shots. The Lakers players are not fools. They did an instinctive thing like tit for tat. They worked very hard. With Deron sorting out the offense, they played well tonight Odom, who is serious, devoted himself to the breakthrough work. In the middle of the second quarter, Odom scored two goals in a row, a close-range throw, and a 2+1 catch and dunk. A wave of 5-0, Help the Lakers narrow the point difference to 1 point, 38 to 39 behind, and the Trail Blazers called a timeout!
In the second half of the second quarter, Maurice Cheeks sent the twin towers of Randolph and McDyess, and the combination of Liu Xiu, Ray Allen and Delfino on the outside.

In fact, at this time, the normal rotation of the Trail Blazers is to use the little flying mouse, but the little flying mouse is not in good condition, so they continue to use the backcourt combination of Liu Xiu and Ray Allen.

Randolph came up, the Trail Blazers had an inside line that could overwhelm the Lakers inside line. With the adaptation in the first quarter, Randolph, who reappeared, did a very good job of playing Wang Zhizhi in the low post!
However, the Trail Blazers fell behind at this stage.

Or because of Randolph's weight!

On the offensive end, Randolph can rely on rhythm adjustment and shot selection to avoid the impact of weight. Although Wang Zhizhi's single defense is good, it is not bad. After Randolph adapts to the game, it is not difficult to deal with Wang Zhizhi's defense.

But there is no way to defend, the footsteps cannot keep up, and cannot move in time. This is something that cannot be avoided. This is the case with Randolph now.

Before Randolph was not overweight, his defense was not very good, but when he needs to work hard, his defense will definitely not slow down.

But now it's a disaster for him to guard the basket, and it's not good for him to supplement defense and assist defense when he expands.

And he is not the kind of player with a particularly good defensive talent. For him, the predictive defense really only has occasional flashes of inspiration, very occasionally.

The Lakers seized on Randolph's point and stormed the inside. Liu Xiu's flank block and McDyess' shrinking defense were good, but they still couldn't make up for Randolph's defensive delay. The Lakers played a wave. 7 to 5, overtaking the Trail Blazers by 45 point 44 to 1!
Fortunately, Maurice Cheeks is not a person who wants to save face, so he should be replaced, sending the twin towers of Raheem and Kwame Brown, Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, and the outlaw lunatics. The group was replaced again.

The Trail Blazers suddenly tightened their defense and regained their advantage. In the last 2 minutes of the first half, Liu Xiu scored a floater and sent an assist for Ray Allen to help Ray Allen score the second goal of the game. A three-pointer, Kwame Brown's tip-up caused a foul and made one of two free throws. On the Lakers side, only Kobe's turnaround jumper was switched and Ray Allen fouled and scored a 2+1. No one else scored.

After halftime, the Trail Blazers relied on a final wave of 6-3 to regain a two-point lead 50-48 and entered the intermission!

...

Entering the intermission, Liu Xiu summed up the real game in this half after washing his face.

Although I went all out to play against the Grizzlies, my mentality was different at that time. After all, I didn't regard it as a real game, and there was no pressure throughout the process.

But tonight is stressful!
The opening match of the defending champion, I can't afford to lose!
The second quarter scored 22 to 22 in a single quarter. Compared with the score of 28 to 26 in the first quarter, the offensive efficiency of the two teams plummeted!
Forced to defend, the Trail Blazers were actually forced.

They tried to play offense and defense in the first quarter, but Kobe scored 13 points in a single quarter...

For the other advantages of the Lakers, the Trail Blazers can think of strategies to deal with them, at least they can find ways to counter them.

But the Lakers have an advantage that is unsolvable.

Kobe Bryant!

Liu Xiu thinks this is the advantage the Lakers will have against any opponent in the future.

首节13分，第二节7分，科比半场20分4板4助攻2抢断。

刘秀首节5分2板3助攻、第二节6分3板2助攻，拿到11分5板5助攻2抢断，感觉自己表现得已经很好了，可看看科比那边……

Liu Xiu wiped off the water on her face and went back to the locker room. She was called by the coaching staff to discuss together. Payton, Ray Allen, and McDyess were also called over.

The coach put forward a bold idea: "We cut off Kobe's connection with other people, let Kobe shoot alone, and we kept changing players to ensure the greatest single-defense strength. What do you think?"

Liu Xiu responded: "Before the Celtics defended me like this, I scored 72 points."

"..." The coach was silent for three seconds, and said: "We will continue to play defense in the second half, Jeff, I will leave it to you..."

It was very easy and pleasant to decide to adjust the direction.

Ray Allen is very satisfied with the decisive decision-making of the coaching staff and the ability to keep calm when they have a whim.

In Ray Allen's view, the coaching staff must have whims, but now that the new season has just begun, and the run-in is not satisfactory, we should focus on stability and make good use of clear advantages.

Defense is their clearest advantage tonight!

In addition to this, there is one more thing that makes Ray Allen very satisfied-the rotation of the coaching staff.

After 10 minutes of intermission, all the players of the Trail Blazers returned to the locker room. The coach adjusted the lineup and tactics. Maybe Liu Xiu is not the core of the lineup and tactics, but the lineup and rotation are all around Liu Xiu .

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