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Chapter 263

"Is Phil Jackson going to go all the way to the dark on the road to double-team Yan Hua?"

Only 4 minutes into the third quarter, Phil Jackson has already called timeouts twice to adjust the Lakers' tactics, but the only thing that has never changed is the double-teaming of Yan Hua. - How did Jackson adjust, how to arrange, the Lakers' defense against Yan Hua did not relax at all.

After Jrue Holiday replaced Tony Allen on the court, although the Kings were somewhat slack in defense against Kobe, the difficulty of the Lakers on the defensive end was directly higher than that. After all, Tony Allen was on the court When playing, no matter how they adjust, the Kings are facing a 4-on-5 offensive situation. As long as Tony Allen is on the court, the Lakers will have enough manpower to double-team Yan Hua.

And when Tony Allen is replaced by Jrue Holiday, who has stronger offensive ability and stronger organizational ability, it is unrealistic to maintain double-teaming of any player in a five-on-five situation. Yes, it is also very difficult.

So although the Lakers' double-teaming of Yan Hua still shows no signs of relaxing, the Kings have more options on the offensive end and are more relaxed, especially the pick-and-roll between Zhu Holiday and Ibaka. That is to ravage Fisher in a fancy way. Whether it is Zhu Holiday or Ibaka, Fisher in singles is a matter of hand. In addition, Yan Hua who goes deep into the basket, from time to time Right over Bynum and Gasol, grabbed an offensive rebound and finished the second down, so when Reggie Troyce replaced Tony Allen with Jrue Holiday, the Kings were on the floor The advantage becomes more and more obvious.

"It's not that Phil Jackson doesn't want to adjust, but he has no way to adjust. The consequences of releasing Yan Hua are much more serious than the consequences of releasing Serge Ibaka." Kenny Smith ridiculed Phil Jackson After being stubborn and inflexible, Barkley on the side immediately made excuses for Phil Jackson.

Let Zhu Holiday and Ibaka beat Fisher, at best it is a minor illness, and the worst consequence is slow death. However, once the defense against Yan Hua is relaxed, Yan Hua's offensive strength Dominance and deterrence, the Lakers are likely to face sudden death, how to choose between sudden death and chronic death?Of course, choose slow death, not to mention that slow death is possible to be rescued, and sudden death means complete death.

When Jrue Holiday once again used the pick-and-roll with Ibaka to hit a jumper, Phil Jackson, who was still sitting on the bench as rock-solid, looked at Yan Hua who was about to grab an offensive rebound under the basket. When Phil Jackson saw that Yan Hua was surprisingly calm, even after Zhu Holiday made a shot, there was a smile on his face, Phil Jackson frowned even tighter.

For two consecutive games, Phil Jackson double-teamed Yan Hua frantically, not to mention taking more than 20 crazy shots like in the first game. Under the double-teaming of Bynum and Gasol, It is difficult for Yan Hua to touch the ball. Phil Jackson's defensive arrangement is so sick. In addition to Yan Hua being the core of the king's tactics and the fear of Yan Hua on the offensive end, there is another very important factor, that is nausea Yan Hua wants to make Yan Hua lose his mentality under this rogue-like defense, and then do something beneficial to the Lakers on the court.

But obviously, Yan Hua disappointed Phil Jackson. As a head coach who has been in the business for more than 20 years, Phil Jackson has seen all kinds of talented players and coached all kinds of talented players. Players, but there are few players like Yan Hua who can endure loneliness at a young age. Whether it is Jordan, O'Neal, Kobe, or Yan Hua's template Olajuwon, they all liked him when they were young. The type of player who stands out and hopes that he can be the only focus on the court. What Yan Hua did in the series against the Mavericks also made Phil Jackson feel that Yan Hua and the young Jordan, Olaju Want them the same.

So after losing the first game, Phil Jackson formulated a crazy strategy of double-teaming Yan Hua. He wanted to use this to anger Yan Hua and turn him into a black hole in possession of the ball, thereby completely defeating the King. However, as the King Yan Hua, the core of tactics, after being double-teamed wildly by the Lakers, did not become angry and wanted to prove himself, but turned into a blue-collar, defending, grabbing rebounds, running, and enjoying it. Phil Jackson felt a little unbelievable.

"Phil, are you going to keep going?" The Kings were on the sidelines on this next play, again with Jrue Holiday and Ibaka on a pick-and-roll and Ibaka scoring a mid-range jumper. Assistant coach Brian Shaw, who replaced Phil Jackson in command, walked up to Phil Jackson and asked him for instructions on the next step.

After Ibaka's mid-range shot, the Kings have already led the Lakers by 14 points. Although there is still a lot of time before the end of the third quarter, the situation on the court seems to Brian Shaw. Out of control, and the only way to solve the current predicament is to relax the defense against Yan Hua without the ball, but this kind of decision is not something that an assistant coach can make.

After thinking for a while, Phil Jackson finally made a very difficult decision. He waved to Brian Shaw who was standing in front of him waiting for him to make up his mind, signaling to give up the off-ball double-team against Yan Hua. .

"Don't double-team me anymore?" After grabbing the rebound from the backcourt and passing it directly to Zhu Holiday, and trotting all the way to the frontcourt, Yan Hua found that Bynum was the only one with him. Man, in the previous game, Gasol, who has been defending himself around the front, is now defending Ibaka near the free throw line.

After discovering that the Lakers had loosened their double-teaming, Yan Hua didn't rashly reach out to Jrue Holiday for the ball, but was still stuck in the low post with Bynum, trying to get as far as possible. Occupy an excellent offensive position.

As usual, Jrue Holiday, who completed the pick-and-roll with Ibaka, found that it was difficult for him to displace Gasol in singles, so he passed the basketball to Ibaka, who was closest to him, and wanted Ibaka to displace Fisher in singles. Er, and Ibaka, who received a pass from Jrue Holiday, made a false throw and passed the basketball to Yan Hua, who was leaning on Bynum with his back.

Gasol, who saw through Ibaka's pass attempt in advance, pounced on Yan Hua almost the moment Yan Hua received the pass, and went to double-team him, but before Gasol's double-team was in place Yan Hua turned his back and hit a hook. Not only that, the referee standing on the baseline also called Bynum a defensive foul.

"No solution!" Phil Jackson and Brian Shaw, who were still expecting a little bit, shook their heads and sighed after Yan Hua beat Bynum 2+1. Before deciding to change tactics, Fei Phil Jackson knew that such a result was likely to happen, but Phil Jackson still had a little luck in his heart, but after this attack was over, Phil Jackson had a deep understanding of what is Whatever you are afraid of will come.

(End of this chapter)