NBA: Opening breaks record

Chapter 332 Paul made 7 of 7 shots

Since the Suns use Ayton as the main offense, then increase his defensive pressure, and if his legs are weak, the offense will naturally be inaccurate.

Vogel continued to dispatch troops, dispatched all the starters, and shouted to Westbrook who came over: "Pass to the inside and let the thick eyebrows hit Ayton."

When Nongmei heard the head coach's shout, he glanced at him and was delighted: "You know how good I am, it's time for me to clean up Ayton."

Westbrook dribbled the ball halfway, Meng Hua and James crossed without the ball.

Westbrook fed the ball carefully, and then ran mindlessly.

There is no trick to win, this kind of brainless running, directly knocked Paul out, he didn't know where he was going, how could Paul predict?

Thick eyebrows catch the ball.

There seemed to be encouragement from the head coach in my ears: "It's time to show off your inside killer."

With thick eyebrows and a cold face, he pulled out the basketball and hit Ayton with a back kick, left and right.

Ayton was already stretching his hips a little, and kept stepping back.

Thick eyebrows took advantage of the victory to pursue, a three-step, the last step was violent, Mount Tai was overwhelmed, and almost smashed the sun's basket.

The point difference once again caught up to two points left.

Time is running out, it's time to fight the bayonet.

The upper line, the middle line, and the lower line are all put together.

The Suns did the same, and Ayton still caught the ball at the free throw line. This time, he had thick eyebrows in the middle. Ayton was afraid of his block and gave the ball to Booker who cut in.

Because of the zone defense, Booker seemed to be in no one's land. When he was running, he ran to a place where no one was chasing, and James, who was shrinking from the bottom line, slowed down a little by half a step. Booker had already hit the board and scored.

James punched angrily, not knowing whether he was dissatisfied with himself or his teammates.

There is absolutely no way to do this kind of ball. Ayton has range in the high position, and his thick eyebrows must jump up, and he will shrink quickly when he pounces on the inside.

James doesn't have to be discouraged, it's only two points anyway, if he moves fast enough to force Booker to pass the ball to the three-point line, Bridges, who is facing him, will not miss this kind of big open.

To put it bluntly, this is the defect of the defense.

All teams in the league don't use it very much, so how can it be a popular defensive tactic?
The Lakers attacked, Westbrook broke through, was almost intercepted by Paul, and made a hasty layup.

Booker grabbed the rebound and advanced directly in the middle.

The Lakers did not make adjustments, and still resorted to zone defense.

Booker was unreasonable and fired one meter from the three-point line.

Bang!
The ball bounced out of the frame.

Lan Ying shot into the sky, and Bridges rushed to grab an offensive rebound.

The Lakers are busy looking for positions, and getting stuck and grabbing rebounds is another big problem.

Bridges passed to Booker who was open, and Booker fired three shots again.

People can't walk into a river at the same time, Booker said he understood, he wouldn't hit iron twice in a row.

Swish!
Booker made a steady three-pointer.

Bridges slapped the board angrily, looked at James jokingly, and kept shaking his head, as if James was not good enough.

Sensing James' anger, Vogel blocked the referee who was immersed in the game and didn't see his gesture, and shouted: "Pause, timeout."

"The next round we switch back to man-marking.

As for the offense, be patient, don't panic, and pass more to the three-point shooter. "

"We have to play inside for a while, and we have to shoot three-pointers for a while. Coach, you are like this, it is difficult for us to adapt."

Thick eyebrows cursed.

"Pass, pass, pass, you know what to pass, it's so easy, I've tried my best to pass it on to Meng Hua."

James' face was blue, the score was behind, and the ball was not playing very well. One can imagine the depression.

Who told you not to ejaculate yourself?Meng Hua shot very high, and it didn't stop you from shooting.

In the TNT studio, O'Neal and Barkley lashed out at Vogel, arguing that he shouldn't use zone defense. The Lakers haven't played in a season, and they expect it to suddenly take effect now?
Bow down and see up, they are all in the same circle, the two of them attack back to attack, they still have some reservations.

Some people did not hold back, gnashing their teeth and criticizing Vogel, as if he had committed a heinous crime.

This person is in the Tencent studio.

who is it?

It's all over the house.

Yang Yi spoke eloquently, counting Vogel's failed works.

"Every time the Lakers go to the away game, I feel very uneasy. Vogel almost never called a timeout. The opponent played hard, and he yelled happily. On the contrary, when the Lakers were sick, he turned a blind eye.

"There is also a problem at home, let's just talk about this game, you stupid... What kind of zone defense do you have to use, does the league play zone defense?

"The use and excavation of substitutes is also a lot of problems.

"The response was slow on the spot. He is still very young, not dementia. I really don't know why this happened."

Vogel may not even know that he has so many problems.

Some people also defended him, Wang Meng said: "Some teams still use zone defense."

Yang Yi said loudly: "Who, who do you think won the championship?"

Wang Meng nodded: "Won the championship, such as the Mavericks in 2011, the Raptors in 2019, and the Heat in 2020, although they didn't win the championship, they made it to the finals."

Yang Yi shook his head like a chicken pecking rice:
"No, no, no, you don't want to change the concept, they have played zone defense, but most of the time they don't use zone defense.

"It is known that the teams that use zone defense the most are the Heat, Nets, Raptors, Mavericks, Wizards, Hornets, and Clippers. The number of rounds that use zone defense in each game is only 4% to 10%."

He laughed a few times, and said contemptuously, "It's only 10% at most, and then you're going to tell me that they won the championship with zone defense?"

Wang Meng argued: "Not talking about the results, but talking about teams that use zone defense, and if the zone defense is not good, why is it used more and more frequently?"

Yang Yi said with a smile: "Because they don't play man-marking well. If man-marking could be done, no one would choose zone defense. It's not that zone defense is bad, it's that the various rules of the NBA don't give it much room to survive."

Returning to the game, after the thick eyebrows made a sideline ball, he ran to the bottom line to take away the defender, and at the same time prepared to insert the inside line from there.

Meng Hua raised the top of the arc, screened for James, and then cut to the basket.

Under normal circumstances, he cuts outside the three-point line. This change is still immediate, at least Paul can only chase behind his ass.

Meng Hua received the ball, made a fake move, and passed it to Rivers outside the three-point line.

Rivers came up from the left corner and had a cross screen with Westbrook. Booker, who was marking him, was stuck by Westbrook.

Rivers raised his hand and shot, very bold.

Meng Hua has already scored 5 three-pointers. He will not miss all of them. How can there be such a big gap.

He is right.

If you dare to sing, you will be popular, if you dare to shoot, you will enter, if you dare to take off, you will...

Sun attack.

Paul quickly dribbled across the half court, taking advantage of the Lakers' unsteady foothold and when his brain was still switching from offense to defense, he once again resorted to his signature pick-and-roll and hit two points steadily.

He has made 7 of 7 shots in a single quarter, which is why fans call him St. Paul.

At critical moments, he never relents.

(End of this chapter)