This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 316 The Recovery of the Zijin Legion

"The Lakers made a big mistake. First, they underestimated the enemy. They didn't know enough about the young Bobcats. Second, they shot poorly from the outside. They made less than 28% of their three-pointers. The ball hit rate, and the opponent scored 40 points with a 30% shooting rate from beyond the three-point line. Third: They didn’t think about how to defend Zhou Lin. Zhou Lin is a very special player. When I was in college, I said that he is a player who has better offensive talent than me and also has a passing eye. The Lakers must make a choice, give Zhou Lin the opportunity, and cut off him and his teammates. In the game last night, Zhou Lin scored nearly 40 points and also sent out 8 assists. I mean, if you can't stop Zhou Lin from scoring, then you have to cut off Zhou Lin and his teammates. connect."

The day after the game, the magician accepted an interview with TNT TV station. As a legend of the Lakers, he had to make some comments and suggestions on the defeat of the Zijin Army in the last game.

The magician's comments are in place, and he thinks this will be a round similar to the old San Antonio Spurs easily sweeping the young Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Lakers can't do what the Spurs did in terms of discipline and defensive ability. That level, and the Bobcats are better than the Cavaliers who broke into the finals in 07. This team is very complete, unlike in 07, as long as James is strangled, the Cavaliers basically have nothing to do. Play the players too.

And although judging from the lineup, the Bobcats are all young and inexperienced, but the starters and substitutes are very balanced. On the Lakers side, the substitutes are completely holding back the starters.

"The Lakers lost on their defense."

G2 started again on the evening of June 3, US time, after a lapse of 6 days, and Staples was once again star-studded.

And this is a game that Kobe and his Lakers must win.

The two teams still maintained the starting lineup of the previous game.

Los Angeles Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Trevor Ariza, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum.

Charlotte Bobcats: Raymond Felton, Brandon Roy, Zhou Lin, Emeka Okafor, Roy Hibbert.

"Director Zhang, in the last game, the Bobcats defeated the Lakers at the Staples Center. The Lakers should have been stronger, but in this game, what tactics do you think the Lakers need to do to win this game?"

"First, the Lakers must play a smooth offense. Although the Bobcats won the game, the Lakers are still recognized as superior to the Bobcats in terms of strength on paper. Why do you feel that the Lakers are playing so hard? The Lakers The team's offense is not smooth enough. Let's look at the data. In the last game, the Bobcats had a total of 26 assists, and more than 50% of the points were from passing cooperation, while the Lakers only had 14 assists. The Bobcats missed a full 12 times. Kobe must release the ball more to his teammates. Kobe can indeed get high points when he plays with the ball, but he is also tired when he plays like this, and the chemistry of the team The reaction will be a bit worse. Of course, Kobe is probably a little anxious, so he basically started to take over the offense from the second quarter. Second, the Lakers' bench lineup. I have to say that Larry Brown is a very smart player. He knows that in the starting lineup, his players are too raw, obviously inferior to the Lakers in terms of skills and experience, so he put more troops in the bench lineup, and the playing time of the bench players There are three players who played more than 20 minutes, including Mike Dunleavy, James Posey, and Yi Jianlian. They all have the strength to play in the starting lineup. They have balanced the playing time of the starters and substitutes and improved efficiency. Therefore, in the last game, The Bobcats' substitute players scored 39 points, 28 points more than their opponents. That is to say, the Bobcats were able to win the first game. You should give more trust to your substitute players, and the substitute players should also be more confident."

"Okay, the game started, the Bobcats got the first wave of the ball."

"The ball was given to Zhou Lin of the Bobcats. Ariza was chasing him. Okafor came up to cover. Ariza squeezed through. Okafor didn't completely hang him."

What can be seen with the naked eye is that the Lakers have targeted Zhou Lin's defense. In the last game, the Lakers didn't pay too much attention to Zhou Lin's shooting from beyond the three-point line, so Zhou Lin was 7 of 4. He made 4 three-pointers from the field and paid a huge price. In the last game, the Lakers arranged for Ariza to switch if there was a pick-and-roll. Zhou Lin prefers to play against the ball. The team's [-]th position is used to pick and roll, because Roy Hibbert's offensive area is limited and the speed is relatively slow, and the Lakers are a team with two big players, so the offense needs more space, and Yi Jianlian and Okafor's shot area is obviously wider than Hibbert's, especially Yi Jianlian, who can shoot beyond the three-point line. Let Gasol cover Zhou Lin, but Zhou Lin's height is there, if Gasol jumps up, Zhou Lin will pass, but if you just reach out, Zhou Lin will pull you out from a long distance, so This strategy of switching defenses, in front of Zhou Lin, was basically beaten to pieces, so Ariza's side robbed and pressed even more fiercely. Anyway, under the normal position, the Lakers are not afraid of Zhou Lin. Going inside, the Lakers have a strong enough inside frame protection method, and even want to drive Zhou Lin to kill inside, but are more afraid of Zhou Lin's mid-to-long-range shooting.

This defensive strategy is undoubtedly very effective, and Zhou Lin did not force it, but directly transferred the ball.

Because he also knew very well in his heart that Ariza was driving himself to the basket, similar to driving himself into a pocket.

On Felton's side, because of the space compression, he had more chances from the outside line. He passed the old fisher Fisher in one step, and made a jump shot near the free throw line. Unfortunately, he failed to put the ball into the basket basket.

The Lakers' defensive strategy worked, forcing Zhou Lin to give the ball more to other teammates to attack, and now it's up to the teammates to compete.

Looking back, the Lakers fell into position, Gasol held the ball in the high post to make a three-threat, and Kobe stuck Roy in the low post on the weak side. This is a standard triangle offensive position.

In the last game, although Gasol also scored 17 points, there is no doubt that he also needs to take some responsibility for the team's loss. In this game, facing Okafor, he put up a small half-step defense, adding Thor is a mid-range hit directly after the three threats.

The core of the triangle offense is that the ball-handler needs to have excellent offensive and passing abilities, and Gasol shot off the line most of the time in the last game, and he only had 2 assists. , as the central axis in the Lakers system, is completely unqualified.

Pau Gasol is also aware of this. He looked for his offensive touch at the beginning of the game. Once his offensive touch is opened, after passing the ball, whether it is Kobe who wants the ball from the weak side, or Kobe Cutting through the back door will be easier.

Zhou Lin's self-adjustment ability is also good. After knowing that he was targeted and restricted, he took the initiative to release the ball to the main controller Raymond Felton. It has to be said that in this lineup, except for In addition to having an offensive advantage against Trevor Ariza, Felton also has a certain advantage in footwork against Fisher, who is old and inflexible in footsteps.

However, in the positional battle, the Lakers were not particularly afraid of Felton's breakthrough. Zhou Lin came up to cover Felton, but the Lakers still chose to squeeze through. Why did the old fish Fisher squeeze through? Because he didn't want to go. Facing Zhou Lin, because the Lakers knew very well that they couldn't give Zhou Lin a chance to misplace. The Lakers didn't have the capital to switch defenses infinitely.

This point of Fisher is definitely a weakness on the defensive end. On the offensive end, because Kobe and Gasol have two ball-holding points, in fact, Fisher's scoring ability seems somewhat dispensable, except for a proper transition ball , He only needs to be able to receive Kobe's pass and hit the perimeter in key rounds.

But on the defensive end, Fisher, who is almost 35 years old, can't limit the defenders who are ten years younger than him anyway.

Therefore, he has to squeeze through. However, in positional battles, he can choose. He does not give Felton three-pointers, tries his best to make breakthroughs, and does not give mid-range shots. After all, Felton is short like him. A tall point guard, on the stage of the finals, he is not lethal enough to get inside.

The Lakers are not afraid of the Bobcats playing positions with themselves at all. What they are more afraid of is that the Bobcats will play a terrifying offensive and defensive transition.

Therefore, in this game, the Lakers are bound to reduce their outside three-point shots, because once they pop out and the long rebounds are grabbed, it is likely to form a fast break counterattack. Once they are hit, it is tactical and psychological. Double burden on the level, they are also very clear that standing in front of them is a very young team, super good at playing downwind, for example, in the first half of the last game, they used high-frequency offensive and defensive transitions to bring the Waves of offensive climaxes made the Lakers tired of coping.

However, this round, Felton still scored the goal through a half-block lob.

Of course, this is also a scene that the Los Angeles Lakers are willing to see. If the Bobcats give Felton a lot of scoring opportunities, it's like the Bobcats just entered the league. A qualified team for the finals is not even a strong team for the playoffs.

Looking back, after Kobe received the ball from the weak side, he cut into the ground and gave it to Bynum on one side. With a flick of his finger, Bynum smoothly put the ball into the basket.

Kobe took the initiative to go up and pat Bynum's butt, saying that the young man did a good job.

The current Kobe is no longer the Kobe who just entered the league. For the championship, he must make sacrifices, because he has been fighting alone for a few years after the Sharks left, and he also understands that he can do it alone. It is difficult to touch the O'Brien Cup, and he has already passed his 13s after playing in the league for [-] years. He is also a veritable veteran, so he is mature and gradually understands the importance of letting go.

"A very smooth triangle offense. If the Lakers play like this every round, to be honest, in the past two years, there really is no team that can beat the Lakers."

"Kobe has started to pass the ball like this, which also means that he has really entered another realm."

"This is also something that must be changed in his career. Although Kobe, because he entered the league at a young age, he will not turn 31 until the second half of this year. Logically speaking, he is still in the golden period of his career, but he has played for so many years. There are also many injuries, and changing some styles of play is also the only way for Kobe to prolong his career."

The two Chinese commentators in the studio said with emotion.

Especially Zhang Weiping, who interviewed Kobe when he first entered the league. At that time, Kobe was a fearless teenager, but now Kobe is a veteran who has been in the league for more than ten years.

And a Kobe who can pass the ball and knows how to control his desire to attack is even more terrifying to the opponent.

Even Zhou Lin has clearly felt that after the first loss, the Lakers made very clear adjustments, and the difficulty of this game soared to five stars!

Zhou Lin's offense is limited here, Zhou Lin must also dilute his offensive possessions, and the other core of the team, Brandon Roy, wants to take over the banner of offense, even if Kobe is standing in front of him Fortunately, in this game, Roy's touch was pretty good. Facing Kobe's oppressive defense, even though Roy was forced into the corner, Kobe's defense almost prevented him from seeing the basket. , but the ball was still sent to the basket by him!
"Roy, it's hard to hit a three-pointer. Kobe almost blocked the shot to his face!"

5-4, the Bobcats made two difficult shots. At the beginning of the game, they were able to attack each other with the powerful Lakers, but the team cannot play like this every round. With the next 2 minutes , Zhou Lin, Roy, and Felton collectively misfired three shots from the outside, while the Los Angeles Lakers took care of both inside and outside. On the old fish Fisher's half-stop, he played a wave of 7-0 attacks.

11-5!

At 8 minutes and 45 seconds into the first quarter, Larry Brown frowned and called the first timeout of the game.

(End of this chapter)