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Chapter 1457 Chapter 1456. The Three-Second Zone That Couldn't Stand (Seeking Monthly Pass)

Rondo, Liu Mang, McGrady, Marion, Kwame Brown's starting lineup continued.

This is the result of discussion between Liu Mang and the coaching staff. One more player with the ball is on the field and can defend.

On the Lakers side, the starting lineup of Fisher, Kobe, Barnes, Gasol, and Yao Ming debuted.

Watching Kwame Brown go to the center circle to prepare for a jump ball, Liu Mang was very confident, but unexpectedly... Yao Ming retreated to the side of the three-second zone, and it was Gasol who came to the center circle to make a jump ball with Kwame Brown.

"Are you so unconfident?"

It's not just Liu Mang who thinks this way, TV commentators from more than 100 countries and regions that broadcast the match all have the same question.

Then, the Lakers proved... yes, they didn't expect to win the jump ball...

The number of jump balls won in the regular season ranked third in the bottom of the league. Only 82 jump balls were won in 12 games, only higher than the Nets and Celtics' Lakers. Gasol ran back immediately after jumping up.

Liu Mang saw something called firmness from the Lakers players, and knew that this opponent was determined to stick to their positions.

Rondo advanced with the ball, and Liu Mang rushed to the front court without the ball. According to the established tactics, another No. 24 with a blank face cut in from the middle.

"Ding... the moat is triggered..."

"Can this three-second zone stand up to other people?" When Liu Mang came out, he had the same feeling as meeting O'Neill who was still at the tail end of his peak in 2004.

The entire three-second zone is completely covered by Yao Ming's defense!
That height, that wingspan...

It is true that Yao Ming's wingspan has been ridiculed, but it is only relative to his own height. His height of [-] meters plus a wingspan of [-] meters and his agility should not be there, such as Big Z. The defensive range looks similar, but the actual defensive effect is not at the same level as Yao Ming...

It is not without reason that the Lakers lost points in the regular season, second only to the Bulls and Spurs.

Rondo took advantage of Liu Mang's cut to break through Fisher, but it was useless. He didn't dare to go to the basket at all. He was more than 40 centimeters taller than him...

Rondo stopped the ball at the free throw line. Fortunately, he passed the ball accurately and passed it to Liu Mang who ran out.

Fisher didn't care about Rondo's mid-range shot. When Liu Mang came out, he went to prevent Liu Mang from shooting after receiving the ball.

Liu Mang received the ball between the top arc and the 45-degree angle on the left. Kobe successfully caught up with Liu Mang through Fisher's interference.

After chasing Liu Mang, Kobe waved Fisher to the weak side to defend McGrady and Rondo's possible off-ball pick-and-roll.

Gasol's excellent mobility prevented Liu Mang from rushing into the inside line at the first time, giving Kobe time to catch up!And Marion was also blocked by the outside line of the Lakers who switched defenses.

Liu Mang slowed down, took a light step towards the right, and suddenly grabbed the ball and bounced it towards the left again, jumping to the position where the left sideline of the three-second zone is connected to the bottom line!
However, avoiding Kobe who was chasing him, Yao Ming had already turned around to face the left side of the three-second zone. Liu Mang didn't stop. When his left foot hit the ground, he continued to exert all his strength and bounced towards the other side of the three-second zone!
At this time, McGrady went up to block Kobe who wanted to go around the right side to chase Liu Mang.

But... Liu Mang bounced half a step to the right of the three-second zone. He was going to look back at the moon and make a shot that caught the Lakers off guard, but Yao Ming didn't move his position at all and just turned around on the spot.

Liu Mang got up directly and had no chance to make a layup. Barnes was still on guard against Liu Mang's turn-around jump shot, but Liu Mang could only turn around the entire team's basket the moment he landed, and bounced back as hard as he could, making a close-range fadeaway jumper...

This location...is too bad!

Liu Mang's fadeaway jumper missed!
The active Barnes used Yao Ming to block Tracy McGrady and Kwame Brown and grabbed a defensive rebound!

"Depend on!"

Liu Mang immediately retreated with his teammates, and if he missed the first attack, the opponent would most likely take the lead in the next attack!

After retreating to the backcourt, Liu Mang saw the combination of Gasol and Yao Ming. Both of them were very tall, and it was also where the expert media had doubts about them at first, but although Zen Master was suspected of hugging his thigh, but...for a lineup with two seemingly incompatible superstars at the same position, he will use it very well every time.

Pippen and Jordan were not optimistic at the beginning. Jordan was also an all-around swingman who averaged 8 rebounds and 8 assists per game. Pippen was like a weakened version of Jordan. The two seemed to have positional conflicts, but Zen Master relied on the fascinating triangle offense to turn Jordan into a pure scorer and defensive leader, directly turning Jordan into a role player...

Just like the current Yao Ming, his role is very simple, scoring low post singles, mid-range shooting, defending the basket, and helping his teammates grab rebounds...

This is exactly the role of Bynum in Kobe's last two consecutive games in the original time and space. However, in these aspects, Yao Ming is not as good as Bynum in terms of athletic ability, and other aspects are the ultimate enhanced version.

Compared with Bynum, who has brain twitches from time to time, and is more brittle, Yao Ming, who left the Rockets early and was not reimbursed by Adelman, cooperated better with Gasol, Odom, and Kobe.

After Fisher pushed the ball to the front court and handed it to Kobe, Kobe habitually let the inside play first.

but!unexpected!It was Gasol who fell to the low post to play singles, and Yao Ming went to open up the space!

"Is it to make Dayao less exhausted, so that he can play more time and play a more role on the defensive end?" Liu Mang immediately saw that this was very similar to the 2004 finals, where Zen Master relied on O'Neal's rare defensive end to play a few beautiful defenses.

In this case, Kwame Brown and Marion chose to switch defenses tacitly.

Seeing that Marion went to guard Yao Ming's mid-range shot, Liu Mang felt relieved. Although Marion was pinned down, Marion had no problem going around Yao Ming's mid-range shot.

After Kobe passed the ball to Gasol, Liu Mang began to shrink towards the inside.

Gasol's low-post singles... Really powerful, Rao Kwame Brown can hardly defend against Gasol's good skills. Liu Mang took advantage of Gasol's concentration and used his footsteps to sway the space. The moment Gasol raised the ball to throw, Liu Mang immediately rushed in to block the shot!
But Liu Mang, who jumped up, found that the hot pot feast and giant killer were not triggered!
not a single one!

Sure enough, Gasol flicked the ball to the top arc, and Fisher was there!

Fisher's top-arc [-]-pointer...

Fortunately, there was no hit!

However, after the ball bounced, Gasol relied on his wingspan to poke the ball first, and the ball was pointed towards the basket by Gasol...

No entry!

But Gasol hits the ball again, and this time he hits it.

And Gasol's tip-up, as if he didn't take off, just jumped lightly, and made consecutive tip-ups from the heads of Liu Mang and Kwame Brown...

"This Nima has been playing with Anthony for a long time, and has learned to brush offensive rebounds, right?"

Liu Mang seems to have seen Anthony in the Western Conference finals. With Yao Ming and Pau Gasol stuck, he averaged 9 rebounds per game, half of which were offensive rebounds...

The first attack of the two teams took exactly 20 seconds...

Watching Yao Ming become a player on the offensive end and run desperately when returning to defense, Liu Mang further confirmed the Lakers' strategy for this game.

In this way, you have to score, and you have to score quickly, otherwise you will be led by the nose by the opponent!
Rondo received Liu Mang's serve and advanced to the frontcourt.

After Liu Mang ran to the frontcourt, he blew a whistle, and Rondo immediately passed the ball to Liu Mang.

As soon as Liu Mang received the ball, Kobe posted it up, defending the three-pointer!

At this time, Rondo went around to the left to help Liu Mang block Kobe, and Liu Mang took advantage of the opportunity to break through from the left side of the top arc!

But as soon as Liu Mang went in, Barnes came to defend him, and Fisher directly gambled on McGrady's running route.

After Liu Mang entered the three-point line, he saw Barnes who was still moving in. He knew that the Lakers were still defending just now.

Liu Mang knew that as long as he got around the bottom line, whether it was by footsteps or strong shots, he would fall into the opponent's defensive trap again.

In this tense moment, whatever comes to mind, I do it directly.

A shooting action popped up in Liu Mang's mind, and his body immediately reacted naturally!

Liu Mang rushed within one step of the free throw line, Barnes moved right in place, Liu Mang immediately moved to the right, and the Lakers defense also made corresponding adjustments...

But...Liu Mang didn't change his rhythm, and he didn't go around. Instead, he strode across from the left side of the three-second zone to the right!

Liu Mang jumped directly from the left sideline of the three-second zone to the right side of the three-second zone. During the jump, he threw the ball out when Yao Ming moved his feet to defend and had no chance to step out...

The ball was spinning and wanted to make up for the defense, but it was also because of Liu Mang's lateral movement and flew over the moving Barnes's head. Kobe behind him didn't expect Liu Mang to shoot like this.

This throwing action is very familiar to Lakers fans who have played against the Spurs in the playoffs many times since 2001. The little point guard has been very good at this move since his rookie season.
The Tony Parker throw... no, the extreme version of the Tony Parker throw!
A toss like Tony Parker's can only move one meter laterally, and Liu Mang jumped directly from the left side of the three-second zone to the right side of the three-second zone!
A long time ago, Liu Mang used Parker's pinnacle star card, and was very interested in Parker's most powerful technique, the change of direction after the breakthrough.

Everyone else is changing direction and breaking through, but Parker, who has a peak speed from the start and guarantees continuity, changes direction inside after breaking through, so it is so difficult to guard against.

At the beginning, Liu Mang also had special training on this throwing action, and he thought it was very useful.

But with the passage of time, Liu Mang has many, many offensive methods, some of which are used less, and some skills are gradually getting rusty, and he may not see him use it once a year, because he doesn't need it.

But just now, when McGrady and Marion had no chance to catch the ball when they needed to score, Liu Mang had a flash of inspiration and gave the "husband and wife combination" and the fans a surprise.

In the exclamation of the fans at the scene, Liu Mang turned around and ran back after scoring the goal.

No pretense!
When Kobe saw Liu Mang throwing such a ball, he didn't pretend to be aggressive, and turned around and ran back. His fear was even deeper!

It is true that their overall strength is a level higher than that of the opponent... Or, unless it was the Eagles team in last year or the 03-04 season, since the OK Dynasty, there has been no team that can compare with them now, but Kobe would never dare to underestimate this guy in front of him.

Years ago, after meeting this guy for the first time, Kobe knew why Iverson, Tracy McGrady, and Francis had all kinds of different emotions after only playing one game with a rookie in this round.

This is a player who only needs to play against him once to know how special he is.

"Ding... Black Mamba's bite is triggered at level 5, and Kobe Bryant has entered a crazy but cold-blooded state. According to the current situation evaluation, Kobe Bryant's comprehensive ability evaluation is +3."

When Liu Mang returned to his home half, he was a little surprised when he heard the system prompt, but he analyzed it immediately.

"The improvement should not be in all-round ability. Our defense is not bad. With Mai Mama and Gibbon, short-handed high school students should become defensive mad dogs! Old-school players are really troublesome!"

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It hurts my head to write, it seems... thinking about the picture is a bit too brain-intensive, and the update is a bit late.

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