against the front

Chapter 155 Victory
"How did this happen? How did this happen?" When the Lakers failed to score for four consecutive rounds, and when the game was just over halfway through the third quarter, the Kings in the away game led the Lakers by 76 points 61-15. From the Lakers players on the field, to Phil Jackson on the sidelines, to all the audience supporting the Lakers at the Staples Center, they are all asking themselves the same question, that is, why is there such a situation?Why, as the defending champion, the Lakers are so suppressed by the king at home that they have no power to fight back!

underestimate the enemy?Naturally, as the defending champion and playing at home, the Lakers will naturally not take the King too seriously, and head coach Phil Jackson did not put too much emphasis on the King when he arranged tactics before the game , because in Phil Jackson’s view, as long as the Lakers play normally, they will definitely be able to beat the Kings at home. In addition, before today’s game, the Lakers held a grand championship ring awarding ceremony at the Staples Center. This further fueled the arrogance of the Lakers players.

Therefore, after the start of the game, although the Lakers all appeared on the stage with the confidence to win, their mentality was very relaxed. , and have not been able to find a way to crack it, making the situation on the field worse and worse.

However, after the timeout ended, the Lakers who re-entered the game still couldn't break the King's defensive system. Even the experienced and well-informed Phil Jackson didn't know how to deal with the situation in front of him to break the King's defensive system. Well, in Phil Jackson's impression, the team that is very similar to the Kings in front of him dates back more than ten years ago. At that time, Phil Jackson was still the head coach of the Bulls, and he was coaching the Michael Jordan, but even the omnipotent Jordan couldn't break through that team's defensive system.

"This is my team, this is the team I want!" Compared with Phil Jackson, who is obviously out of shape, Reggie Troyce on the King's bench is more and more Excited, the offense of the system, the defense of the system, this is exactly the team Reggie Toyes is after, and now, the Kings already have all of this, everything that makes him dream of.

"The Lakers still can't find a way to crack the King's defense. If this continues, the point difference between the two sides will continue to widen, and the Lakers will collapse sooner or later."

Although after the timeout ended, the Lakers still couldn't break the King's defensive system, but Kobe also used two consecutive unreasonable three-pointers to help the Lakers stop the immediate decline, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that Kobe's two A goal is something other than the Lakers' tactics, and it is impossible for Kobe to maintain such a touch all the time. Once Kobe's touch is gone, and the Lakers can't break the King's defense, there is only one result to meet them, and that is a collapse. .

Therefore, when Kobe hit the second three-pointer and narrowed the point difference between the two sides to 11 points, Kenny Smith in the commentary kept shaking his head, with a worried expression for the Lakers, despite relying on Kobe His personal ability is already the last trump card of the Lakers, but this kind of trump card obviously cannot pierce the king's armor.

"If the King's performance today is not accidental, then they already have all the elements to become a top team, and we can even be a little bolder. Perhaps the King's performance this season is enough to shake the entire league."

Compared to Kenny Smith, who is worried about the Lakers, Charles Barkley now has a smug expression, praising the performance of the Kings in today's game, the championship ring award ceremony?Defending champion?The opening game was bloodbathed at home, interesting, really interesting!

The king's defense is still going on, Yan Hua, Serge Ibaka, Tony Allen, the three players in the king's defensive chain, each of them is like a Xiaoqiang who can't run to death, running all over the field, always maintaining With a high-intensity defense, the rest of the kings are also working hard under the call of victory and the glory of the defending champion in the away game in the opening game.

Compared with the Kings, the Lakers' offense has undergone some changes. The Lakers, who cannot break the Kings' defensive system relying on the team and tactics, have only one last way to go, and that is the most important thing in Phil Jackson's coaching philosophy. It is also the most classic sentence, give the ball to XX, as for who XX is, in this Lakers team, that XX can only be Kobe Bryant.

And Kobe Bryant, under the defense of Tony Allen, scored three consecutive offenses, which not only gave the Lakers hope, but also brought the atmosphere of the Staples Center to its peak.

However, after Kobe made all three shots, what Kenny Smith expected happened. In the next attack, Kobe missed two shots in a row, and the Kings scored consecutively from Yan Hua under the basket. Under the ebb and flow, the point difference between the two sides was once again widened to 15 points, and it was maintained until the end of the third quarter.

Three quarters, 15 points difference, the hope of the Lakers victory is very slim, but most of the fans who support the Lakers still have the last hope, hoping that the Lakers can find a way to deal with the Kings in the fourth quarter, Reversed the game on the field in one fell swoop.

However, after the start of the fourth quarter, the Lakers still did not show any improvement. They couldn't score inside and couldn't shoot outside. Phil Jackson, who had nothing to do, even sent center Andrew Bynum and power forward Paul Gaso. Er, small forward Lamar Odom, such a wonderful three-inside lineup, hopes to open up the situation inside, but the Lakers' three-inside lineup and the end of Ron Artest have basically made the team silent. A full game of Kevin Martin and John Salmons were reactivated.

Although the Lakers successfully launched a wave of violent counterattacks in the middle of the fourth quarter, the point difference between the two sides was too large, and there was too little time left for them to chase points, so when the game ended , 103 to 91, the defending champion at home, lost to the king at home by 12 points, not only lost the first game of the new season, but also lost the championship ring awarded to them with a victory Opportunity to add brilliance to the ceremony.

(End of this chapter)