Coach, I don't want to retire yet

Chapter 614 This is Kobe Bryant!

Grant Hill's outbreak was definitely an unexpected event that no one expected.

Just when it seemed that the Bobcats were about to face a crisis because of O'Neal's departure, Grant Hill suddenly stepped forward.

After Grant Hill succeeded in two consecutive singles against Kobe, it brought great shock to everyone.

30 is better than 26!

Looking at such a score, all the famous experts who supported the Lakers felt tremendous pressure.

Yao Ming's strong attack on Duncan just now was actually putting pressure on the Bobcats, but the Bobcats' Grant Hill now completely withstood the pressure from Yao Ming, so the pressure will once again fall on Yao Ming.

At this moment, everyone was looking at the Lakers attacking on the court.

Kobe dribbled the ball across half court. This time, Kobe did not pass the ball to Yao Ming, nor did he call Yao Ming to come over for a pick-and-roll.

Kobe looked at the Bobcats players on the opposite side. The shortest one was Jordan. He couldn't help but frown.

Finally, Kobe quickly passed the ball to McGrady.

The Bobcats' defensive strategy is to double-team after the pick-and-roll. Obviously, McGrady is taller and has better ball handling skills when facing a double-team.

Now is not the time to attack against two or three people, otherwise there will be no point for Yao to persist on the court. Now, it all depends on the success rate, because as long as the shot misses, the opponent will have a fast break opportunity, and the points that were hard-earned will be easily given away because of the fast break. This is a crime against Yao who worked hard in the singles game!
After being hit twice in a row by Grant Hill, Kobe must have wanted to fight back deep down.

However, the more time passed, the more Kobe realized that it was not his chance yet.

McGrady had the ball, and the defender in front of him was Ding Yanyuhang. McGrady received the ball, and Grant Hill, who was originally preparing to double-team Kobe with Jordan, quickly came in front of McGrady and prepared to double-team him.

As long as it is not Yao Ming who holds the ball, but Kobe or McGrady, the Bobcats will quickly prepare for a double-team. It is not a real double-team, but a fake double-team to force Kobe and McGrady to pass the ball.

McGrady could either attack against the opponent or pass the ball. As long as he tried to break through or dribble and play one-on-one, the double team would come immediately.

With Antetokounmpo and Ebanks on the court, Antetokounmpo is the one who can be let go a little.

Encourage Yao Ming to attack, and never allow Kobe and McGrady to attack.

Facing the Bobcats' defensive style, to be honest, it was difficult for Kobe to handle the ball, and it was also difficult for McGrady to handle the ball.

Jordan was sticking to Kobe, Ding Yanyuhang was sticking to McGrady, and the two couldn't move. As soon as they moved, Grant Hill's double-team would come.

Grant Hill is much faster than O'Neal.

Without any adjustments, the attack was forced, and even Kobe and McGrady had a low chance of hitting the target in the face of such strong defensive players, as they did not have the static talent as strong as Yao Ming.

Faced with the fierce pressure from the Bobcats, Kobe and McGrady were trying to share some of the pressure for Yao Ming.

Although Popovich's tactical idea is to let the two not to attack forcefully first, but to endure it, and wait until Yao is completely unable to attack at the critical moment, and then the two will take action.

but……

How could they be willing to let Yao really face all the pressure?
At this moment, McGrady's mind was spinning wildly, thinking about how to solve this problem.

At this moment, he really missed the time with Parker and Ginobili on the court.

However, as long as he is on the court, Parker and Ginobili will basically not appear on the court in this finals.

But the coach is always on guard against this move of his.

It can be said that the most difficult thing about playing against a coach is not the strength of the opposing players, but the strength and familiarity of the coach.

McGrady glanced at Antetokounmpo, who was swimming and trying to attract Grant Hill back, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

In fact, in the Lakers, whether it is McGrady, Kobe or Yao Ming, they all have extremely strong basketball IQ and tactical understanding. In theory, their basketball IQ and tactical understanding are no worse than any famous coach in the NBA.

This is one of the reasons why these three veterans of the Lakers are so strong and outstanding.

"TMC is calling Antetokounmpo?!"

"Grant Hill let Antetokounmpo go, TMC didn't pass the ball to Antetokounmpo, and actively called Antetokounmpo over?!"

If the pick-and-roll with Yao Ming is useless, what’s the point of the pick-and-roll with Antetokounmpo?

Soon, the commentators who had no idea what McGrady meant knew what he meant.

The pick-and-roll with Yao Ming is really useless, but the pick-and-roll with Antetokounmpo is really useful!

"Fak!!! Mobile pick-and-roll!!! TMC is going to use Giannis' mobile pick-and-roll ability!!!"

Draymond Green at the scene was stunned!

Mobile pick and roll!!!
Before this season, this would have been a definite foul.

But this season, mobile pick-and-roll is a gray area that can be judged or not.

Because confrontation is encouraged, and with the forced forward tactic created by the magical Monty, if you don't allow offensive players to use mobile pick-and-rolls, isn't this completely indulging the forced forward tactic?
Under the principle of equality, when the opponent uses the forward-pressing tactic, the player on the other side can use mobile pick-and-roll to help the player who is forced by the forward-pressing tactic escape.

But it is obvious that the Bobcats are not using the forward-pushing tactics to deal with McGrady.

At best, Ding Yanyuhang was just pressing McGrady closely.

Well, the strength of this close-fitting is indeed quite strong.

But is this really a forward-forcing tactic?
If you have to say, the intensity of this pressing can actually be considered as a forward pressing.

Therefore, when Antetokounmpo was using crazy moving screens to block Grant Hill and Ding Yanyuhang, the referee on the court was a little hesitant.

For a moment, it was not clear whether to whistle the ball or not, and in this gap, McGrady took advantage of another pick-and-roll by Antetokounmpo and a moving screen, and finally got a three-point shot opportunity one step outside the three-point line!
Holding the ball in front, dribbling suddenly!
A rare opportunity!
For most of the All-Star players present, even the superstar players, this is an extremely difficult shot!

But this is Maddie!

For McGrady and Kobe who were being watched closely during this game, such a shot was actually quite easy.

When the two of them and Yao Ming set the pick-and-roll, they were both double-teamed and couldn't even see the rim when shooting.

And now, you can see the frame!
There was a brushing sound!
McGrady's pull-up three-pointer made it!

"I bet the next time the referee will call the Lakers' offense as a moving screen, but that doesn't make any sense anymore. TMC is too smart!!!"

"This is the most advanced use of the rules I have ever seen! It is hard to imagine what TMC has been through in his career. In fact, he was not such a player before he went to the Lakers!" Taking advantage of a poor judgment by the referee, the Bobcats were hit with a three-pointer. This was indeed very shocking.

I am shocked by McGrady's powerful strength. If he is given a chance to pull up, he can really make it!
At the same time, I am also shocked by how cruel McGrady is now. He really knows how to seize opportunities!

However, at this moment, the Lakers already need McGrady to use such means to share the pressure for Yao Ming. This shows how tired and pressured Yao Ming is now. It also shows how much defensive pressure the Lakers are facing now and how good the Bobcats' defense is.

Yes, with Grant Hill replacing O'Neal, the Lakers and Yao Ming's pick-and-roll defense may decline slightly, but the Bobcats players' defense and double-teaming against the Lakers' perimeter have become stronger.

Therefore, McGrady and Kobe will have less and less space to relieve the pressure on Yao Ming!

This is just a drop in the bucket that McGrady can do to relieve the pressure on Yao Ming, but it still helps Yao Ming a little.

"I didn't expect that the Bobcats would force the Lakers and TMC to use such means..."

This is really hard for many people to imagine.

Before the start of this finals, the Lakers were praised by media experts and even bookmakers around the world as being very strong, and they were indeed invincible.

But now, it always feels like the Bobcats have forced the Lakers to lose their elegance, or even to the point of exhaustion and on the verge of collapse.

As the Bobcats have more and more strong players emerging, the pressure on the Lakers is visibly increasing.

Because at this moment, no one can guarantee that there are still players on the Bobcats who can suddenly stand up?

You know, their head coach is Coach D!

It is possible for Coach D's team to produce 15 All-Stars or even 15 superstars!

Therefore, McGrady and the Lakers are anxious to choose this method to reduce the burden on Yao Ming.

33 is better than 26!

The 7-point difference finally seemed to make Popovich on the sidelines feel more secure again.

He also knew that McGrady's steal this time was just a drop in the bucket, but it was always good to be able to steal once.

What the Lakers need now is to withstand the wave after wave of pressure from the Bobcats.

The Bobcats were on offense, and Du Kang on the sidelines was applauding the Bobcats players on the court in encouragement, urging them not to let McGrady's shot just now hurt their morale.

It's a mobile pick-and-roll, and it's a mobile pick-and-roll by Antetokounmpo, who has the strongest ability to force forwards. There's really no way to deal with this.

The Warriors' Draymond Green's moving pick-and-roll has left many people helpless, let alone Antetokounmpo.

Just cheer yourself up and continue to be yourself, then there will be no problem.

In fact, Du Kang doesn't need to worry too much about the Bobcats players on the court.

Grant Hill dribbled the ball across half court. This time it was not Kobe who came to defend him. Antetokounmpo took the initiative to come over to defend Grant Hill.

Kobe really couldn't keep up with Grant Hill's first step of changing direction to break through from the front because his legs were short and his burst was not as fast as at his peak. At the same time, Kobe couldn't defend Grant Hill's back-to-back breakthrough because Grant Hill was tall, fast, and strong in physical confrontation. It was like asking Nash to defend Billups alone. It cannot be said that Nash didn't try hard, it was indeed likely to be difficult to defend.

Antetokounmpo is actually the best defender.

He is tall, fast, and strong in confrontation. He is the No. 1 in the popular forward-pressing tactics. In addition, Antetokounmpo's mobile pick-and-roll just now blocked Grant Hill's attack. Grant Hill won't be scared, right?

Then, Antetokounmpo frowned when he came in front of Hill under Popovich's command.

Because Grant Hill passed the ball to Tabit!

After Tabeet, who was closely followed by Ebanks, made an off-ball crossover run with Jordan, Jordan directly hugged Ebanks this time, thus moving Kobe in front of Tabeet.

"This is Boss Qiao's way of giving someone a taste of their own medicine!!!"

Kefan in the Penguin Live Room shouted excitedly.

Antetokounmpo's mobile pick-and-roll just now was a gray area. This kind of cross-running with one side holding an accident is actually also a gray area, just like Curry would be pulled and sandwiched when running. As long as Jordan does not have the ball, as long as Antetokounmpo who is held by Jordan does not have the ball, then it is all off-ball confrontation. The referee basically will not whistle for off-ball confrontation. Even if Curry is beaten black and blue while running without the ball on the court, the referee will pretend not to see it. Off-ball confrontation is generally considered by the referee to be irrelevant to the ongoing game. There is no need to interrupt the rhythm of the game because of an off-ball foul, which will affect the viewing of the game.

Just now, McGrady directed Antetokounmpo to take advantage of the rules and the referee's cognitive gap.

This time, Jordan used his own tactics to retaliate and took advantage of the referee's lack of understanding to mess up the Lakers' defense!
Kobe, who had just been freed from Grant Hill, was stunned when he saw Thabeet in front of him.

Especially when Kobe saw the mysterious smile on Thabeet's face, he became even more nervous!

Although he found it unbelievable, this kid seemed particularly confident when he hit him!
Especially singles!
Some experts and data agencies have done statistics on this year's finals.

When Tabit plays one-on-one against him, his offensive efficiency is as high as 75!

Even Thabeet's shooting percentage when attacking against his defense is higher than Thabeet's shooting percentage when he's in an open position!

This is outrageous!
However, it is understandable if you think about it. In a one-on-one match, considering Thabeet's height of 2 meters, is there any difference between Kobe's defense and that of an open player?

There is actually no difference.

If Kobe's appearance makes Thabeet more excited, Thabeet's hit rate and efficiency will be better, which is actually in line with science.

In other words, my appearance made this kid even more excited!

This is also the point that Kobe finds most difficult to accept.

Myself, Kobe Bryant, one of the best perimeter defenders in NBA history!

When did he become a defensive loophole in the eyes of the opponent, someone who needed to be targeted and attacked? !
Kobe couldn't understand this incredible change!
In fact, many experts, fans, media and spectators on the sidelines were also extremely surprised!

When Tabit saw Kobe appear in front of him, he was visibly excited, and his originally tired steps became swift again.

A swipe!
The three-pointer shot against Kobe was decisive and crisp!

33 is better than 29!

The original 7-point difference between the two teams once again turned into a 4-point score that made people feel insecure!
"Kobe was used as a defensive loophole by the Bobcats!!!"

"Oh my god!!! This is unbelievable, this is Kobe Bryant!!!"

(End of this chapter)