Coach, I don't want to retire yet

Chapter 636 Extraordinarily powerful!
In the seventh game between the Bobcats and the Lakers, who would have thought that the game would start with Kobe vs. Rose?
Seeing the starting lineup of the Lakers in this game, everyone can guess that the Lakers are indeed preparing to attack Kobe and McGrady in this game, there is no problem with this.

However, who could have thought that when Coach D started Rose, he did not let Rose play an auxiliary and supporting role, nor did he use Rose's breakthroughs and movements, but actually wanted to use Rose to compete directly with Kobe!

What's even more amazing is that Rose, once the youngest MVP in NBA history, did not fall behind in the competition with Kobe who was in great form!
The first half of the first quarter lasted for six minutes when the official timeout occurred. Kobe made 8 of 5 shots, 4 of 2 three-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws, scoring an astonishing 15 points in half a quarter.

You know, after the start of this game, Kobe's offense was extremely simple and his offensive method was extremely toxic. It is extremely difficult to maintain such offensive efficiency with such an offensive method.

But Kobe used such a difficult offensive method and scored 15 points in half a quarter, which is quite amazing.

Facing such a ferocious Kobe, even Beasley and Thabeet might not be able to withstand it, but Rose actually did!
Rose also took 8 shots in the first half of the game, made 8 of them, and made 6 of 2 free throws, scoring 2 points, just one point less than Kobe.

Although he scored one point less than Kobe, no one would think that Rose's performance was worse than Kobe's.

Rose did not take a three-pointer, Rose's offense was more reasonable, and Rose's hit rate was a little higher.

It can be said that the two are equally matched.

Some people may even say that Rose is better.

Because at this time the score on the field was 21 to 19, with the Bobcats leading by two points.

Although Kobe scored one point more than Rose, the Bobcats were ahead by two points.

In the last half of the game, although Rose attacked fiercely, he still coordinated with his teammates.

As for Kobe, it was just a simple personal attack.

It cannot be said that Kobe and his teammates do not cooperate with each other, but the effect of the cooperation is very limited.

It was difficult for Jokic to play against Duncan, and for Antetokounmpo to play against Beasley. Beasley and Duncan did an excellent job in defending Antetokounmpo and Jokic.

Ebanks's ability to attack with the ball is insufficient, so Kobe can only cooperate with McGrady. Instead of being double-teamed immediately after the cooperation, it is better for him to play on his own.

Kobe and McGrady's athletic ability is not as good as it was in their prime, so when the two of them play together on the outside, the Bobcats' sudden double-teaming of the ball handler is very effective, because after the double-team, the ball handler can pass the ball and immediately chase back to continue defending.

Therefore, this is also the reason why Kobe's offense looked so toxic in the first half of the first quarter and he did not cooperate with his teammates at all.

Now after losing Yao Ming, the Lakers are facing the powerful Bobcats, and they don't have a system that can integrate everyone. In this case, the best way is to do their own job and not rush to cooperate.

There is no problem with Kobe's choice.

And there was nothing wrong with Kobe's performance. He scored 15 points efficiently in half a quarter. We really couldn't ask for more from him.

After the first quarter timeout, players from both sides returned to the court again.

When the players on both sides returned to the court, Ricky replaced Kobe and Roy replaced Antetokounmpo. After playing the first half of the quarter, Kobe stayed off the court to rest.

Considering Kobe's current age, it is not easy to beat him with such a crazy playing style as he did in this game.

Antetokounmpo stayed on the sidelines, and it was obvious that the Lakers' next attack would be against McGrady.

This gives McGrady an opportunity to beat Duncan under the basket!

Jokic, Rickie, Roy and Ebanks on the court can all be pulled out, the Bobcats' inside line will be empty again, and McGrady can calmly single out Duncan under the basket.

The Lakers are preparing to play after Kobe plays McGrady. Before the team finds a new tactical system, Kobe and McGrady can only work alone, which is the most efficient.

It can only be said that in the past season, Popovich has not been able to build the team's tactical system.

The reason why the Lakers were able to merge and look so invincible is entirely because of Yao Ming's role.

However, for an outside head coach who is not a team builder, Popovich has done very well with the Lakers this season. He has not caused chaos or internal strife within the team, which is already very good.

I originally thought that I could just follow the rules.

Unexpectedly, Xiao He ran to the other side. What could Cao Shen do?
Of course it’s served cold!

After the timeout, the Lakers' lineup changed, while the Bobcats still had their original starting lineup.

"Coach Durant seemed to be prepared to stay the same in the face of change in this game, but the Lakers' change of formation was a completely different style of situation, and Coach Durant's unchanged approach might not be able to withstand it!"

"If I were Popovich, if I were McGrady, I wouldn't necessarily play Duncan under the basket in this game!"

Although Yang Huahua was slapped in the face, as a commentator, she had to speak up no matter how badly she was slapped in the face.

This time, Yang Huahua's words were naturally met with violent laughter and ridicule again.

Yang Huahua meant that it seemed that Coach Xiao Du had lost again?
Could it be that McGrady ignored the two-point shot that could easily beat Duncan at the basket and had to go outside and shoot a three-pointer?

Is Maddie such an idiot?

Do you really think a three-point shot can be made that easily?

But despite the ridicule, netizens in the Penguin Live room were still a little worried.

After the timeout, Duncan received a pass from Rose at the basket, turned around and made a layup against Jokic, adding two more points for the Bobcats.

At this time, the score on the field had become 23 to 19, and the Bobcats' lead had reached 4 points.

The Lakers' offensive pressure instantly increased.

If this attack fails, the Lakers are at risk of being left behind.

Therefore, almost all the spectators at the scene were staring at Roy who was dribbling across half court.

Roy faced off against Rose.

Roy can beat Rose.

As the Yellow Mamba, although Roy is not as strong as Kobe now, he can still play against a point guard who is much shorter than him and not as good as him in confrontation.

However, Roy did not hit Rose.

After dribbling the ball to the top of the arc and the three-point line under the harassment of Rose, Roy directed the traffic of other Lakers on the court.

In addition to Roy himself at the top of the arc, Roy directed Ebanks to stand in the left corner and directed Li Kaier to stand at the 30-degree line on the left.

Direct Jokic to the free throw line.

When Jokic comes to the free throw line, his strategic position is very important. He can provide screens for Roy, or serve as a transit station for Roy to pass the ball.

Roy was good at directing traffic.

With the Lakers players positioning themselves like this, they have many ways to attack.

However, when everyone thought Roy might launch a surprise attack, Roy actually directed McGrady under the basket to go to the three-point line in the right corner!
"Is Roy really going to fight on his own this time?!"

"The inside line has been completely opened up, Jokic has come out to cover, and it looks like Roy is going to execute the Lakers' crucial attack!"

Roy broke through to the left, and Rose stuck to him tightly, but Roy was too strong. Although his speed and burst were not as good as Rose's, he pushed Rose away. Rose was not afraid of being pushed away and continued to stick to him tightly.

Then, Rose crashed into Jokic hard!
“Beautiful attack!!!”

"Roy can attack now!!!"

Although Thabeet's switch was very timely, Roy could indeed turn around and make a fadeaway jump shot for two points.

It was a bit difficult, but at that moment, the opportunity did come.

Because Duncan was left open, Thabeet needed to pay attention to his back and didn't dare to block the front too tightly. Therefore, even Thabeet thought Roy was going to attack.

Roy has such ability, more importantly, Roy is also a famous clutch player in the NBA!

Then, Roy turned around, but he did not turn outward, but turned inward and broke through the rushing Tabit!!!
Thabeet was destined not to be a real inside player. He saw that Jokic had blocked Rose and Roy was open. Thabeet was not very good at inside defense, so he subconsciously rushed out.

In fact, this cannot be blamed on Tabit. In fact, most of the inside players in the league will make such a choice when faced with such a situation. Do you really think it is so easy to grasp the timing of assisting defense?

That is to say, inside players of the level of Yao Ming and Duncan can easily grasp the timing of assisting defense, which allows them to interfere without losing their position.

can only say……

"Roy's basketball IQ is simply amazing!!!"

Roy's gorgeous turn really amazed all the spectators watching the game.

Too cool and too calm.

That kind of free and easy attitude really makes people intoxicated.

After Roy completes the breakthrough, he will either be allowed to shoot over the basket or be brought back.

Should Beasley take it back on the left, or should Duncan take it back on the right?

Should we release Ebanks or McGrady?
You can't let Roy shoot over the basket, right?
Although Thabeet is behind Roy, Jokic is also behind Thabeet, this is too dangerous!!!

In that split second, the Bobcats players chose to release McGrady.

McGrady's dribbling three-pointer and pull-up three-pointer are very powerful.

But the techniques for pull-up three-pointers, dribbling three-pointers and receiving three-pointers are different.

There are a lot of players in the league who can attack with the ball and have a high hit rate, but they cannot catch the ball and shoot.

This time the test is catching and shooting.

Ebanks is one of the best catch-and-shoot players in NBA history.

McGrady is stronger than Ebanks, and his offensive threat is indeed greater than Ebanks.

But the specific situation needs to be analyzed specifically.

If it comes to catching and shooting, McGrady has not proven himself yet, but Ebanks has definitely proven himself!
Of course, when Duncan came back, Tabeet stopped chasing Roy and ran towards McGrady instead.

Then, Roy passed the ball.

In fact, in the eyes of most NBA players, the timing of this pass is problematic.

Because for most NBA players, when faced with this situation, what is the best time to pass the ball?

Duncan is fully back, Duncan and Roy are about to collide with each other, and then pass the ball to McGrady, this is the best time.

Maybe in this way, Tabeet will be in front of McGrady, but at least McGrady will not be in the possibility of being attacked by two people.

Such a mid-court pass is very likely to cause big trouble for McGrady.

Duncan is likely to turn back, and then Thabeet will be able to get into position. By then, McGrady at the baseline will be sandwiched by two big guys. At that time, let alone attacking, he probably won't even be able to see the sky and will be directly trapped to death.

However, Roy still passed it!

Duncan returns!

Tabit speeds up!
Almost at the moment when McGrady received the ball, Duncan and Tabeet pressed over.

McGrady didn't have time to shoot at all!

Then, McGrady pushed the basketball back the way it came!
The basketball rushed back to Roy at an extremely fast speed!

Seeing this scene, many Bobcats fans at the scene breathed a sigh of relief, because Rose had come up again!
"ROY DON'T CHANCE!!!"

As soon as the Bobcats DJ finished speaking, Roy, who was originally thought to catch the ball, reached out, then turned sideways, and the basketball slipped past the outside route of Card Player Rose!

Ross looked out suddenly!

Ross' eyes widened!
Duncan's eyes widened!
Tabit's eyes widened!

Beasley and Jordan on the other side also widened their eyes!

"Jokic!!!"

“Completely empty seat!!!”

"OMG!!!"

This combination is so strong!!!

The cooperation directed by Roy, the cooperation between Roy, McGrady and Jokic, was so strong!!!

It was so powerful that even Popovich on the sidelines widened his eyes.

Popovich didn't expect that the Lakers' offense this time could be played so well by three players with extremely high basketball IQs!!!

Jokic, who was outside the three-point line at the top of the arc, just got the basketball that Roy let slip.

After a slight adjustment, Jokic took a decisive shot.

A swipe!
The crisp sound of a basketball hitting the net was heard.

hit!

23 is better than 22!

The Bobcats' 4-point lead instantly became 1 point!
powerful!
The Lakers' offense was so powerful that people felt there was nothing they could do. Even the Bobcats players felt that the three-pointer should belong to the Lakers.

"I thought Kobe would attack after McGrady, but I didn't expect McGrady to not attack on his own but to organize the team!!!"

"McGrady, Jokic and Roy saw the situation of the game clearly, and they tried hard to get their teammates involved!"

"In this game, McGrady, Jokic, and Roy still want to win!"

"If Kobe is invincible in bravery, then the Lakers led by McGrady, Roy and Jokic are the most intelligent!!!"

"What an incredible team this is!!!"

McGrady looked at Yao Ming on the sidelines with a smile, Yao, I said, we can do it.

"This is a Lakers team without Yao, but they are still so strong, so strong that even Popovich is unfamiliar with them!"

"The Lakers are stronger than anyone could imagine!!!"

"And Coach D actually pushed such a team into a desperate situation!!!"

"We underestimated the Lakers, and we underestimated Coach D even more!!!"

(End of this chapter)