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Chapter 264 Deja Vu
After Reggie Troyce replaced Tony Allen with Jrue Holiday, the Lakers' defense completely collapsed. There are even some very low-level mistakes occasionally, but a player who has the ability to attack independently, connect with teammates, and even defend above the level, no matter where he is placed, is a very big threat.

Therefore, after Zhu Holiday came on the stage, the Lakers emptied Tony Allen and frantically double-teamed Yan Hua, and soon went bankrupt. After Yan Hua was released, the Lakers' inside defense directly exploded. Center Bynum was called for three consecutive defensive fouls in just 4 minutes, and he sat on the bench because the cumulative number of fouls reached 4 times.

After Bynum left the field, Gasol, who replaced Bynum as the center, also struggled very much when facing Yan Hua. Gasol was choked by Yan Hua, and Odom was killed by Ibaka. In the second half of the third quarter, the Lakers, who were entangled in death and had an unusually strong starting lineup, unexpectedly had a very rare situation where Kobe could not support himself.

And compared to choking Yan Hua but being beaten outside, the Lakers are now being beaten inside and outside. Therefore, before the end of the third quarter, the game will basically be decided.

"It's a very familiar scene." When Kobe, who was chasing points, wanted to get into the inside to make serious damage, but was blocked by the Kings and ended in consecutive failures. In Phil Jackson's mind, The scene when I was in charge of the Bulls and coached Jordan emerged.

At that time, the Bulls and Jordan were the well-deserved kings in the NBA, but there was only one team, as long as they met, it would be difficult to win, and that team was the Rockets led by Olajuwon. During his first dynasty, the Bulls and the Rockets had a record of 1 win and 5 losses. In Jordan's game against the Rockets, both statistics and shooting percentages were different from usual. Therefore, those media who are unhappy with the Bulls and Jordan use this to question the gold content of the Bulls championship. As for the "Bulls nemesis", "Jordan rules the NBA, and the dream rules Jordan", these remarks abound.

And now, when the Lakers' insiders are blown up on both ends of the offense and defense, and the team's second-in-command, Gasol, the actual core of the triangle offensive tactics, can't play his due contribution and role. The situation they are in is also very similar to that of the Bulls back then. Jordan and Kobe, who can't do anything alone, have a strong inside and are impeccable on both offense and defense. There is also a group of thugs Yan Hua and Olajuwon. According to El Jackson, Yan Hua cannot be compared with Olajuwon yet, but there is also a gap between Kobe and Jordan.

When the third quarter was all over, seeing that the difference between the two sides had reached 18 points, Phil Jackson, as the head coach, had to start thinking about how to limit the King's offense in the next game and break the gap. The king's defense is down, only shooting from the outside, and Kobe alone can turn the tide at a critical moment. It may win a game or two, but it cannot win the entire series.

Although Phil Jackson knew very well in his heart that the Lakers' hope of getting back the score in the fourth quarter was very slim, but Phil Jackson, who didn't want to just disarm and surrender, chose a dead-fucking main lineup, which made almost a full game. The main lineup that covered the entire third quarter will all appear on the stage after the start of the fourth quarter. They can recover as many points as they can. In case there will be magical things, such as 35 seconds and 13 minutes, or 8 seconds 8 points appeared, although Phil Jackson also felt that his expectations were very unrealistic, but Phil Jackson sent all the main players with the last fluke.

"The king is really outstanding in terms of lineup thickness."

When the fourth quarter started, looking at the main lineup of the Lakers under the leadership of Tony Allen, it was only slightly behind, and there was no Kings rotation lineup that was about to collapse. Kenny Smith on the sidelines said with a smile.

In the past few seasons, although the Kings, who couldn't be bothered to completely screw them up, didn't have any good draft picks, but through a series of seemingly dizzy transactions, the Kings still hoarded a large number of outstanding role players. After selecting Yan Hua from a large number of potential rookies, the Kings quickly completed the reconstruction, and relying on this large group of outstanding role players, the Kings, in just two seasons, It ranks among the powerful western powers.

If we look back now, the King's seemingly dizzy transactions have become wise and wise. Because of the hoarding of a large group of role players and young players, the King only needs one superstar player to be able to It took off directly, and now the king has waited for their long-awaited "true man" as he wished, and began to take off under his leadership.

After praising the king's rotation, Kenny Smith looked at Reggie Troyce, who had been standing on the sidelines with his arms folded, and Reggie Troyce was looking at the court calmly at the moment Above, the rotation lineups who are "desperately" with the Lakers' main lineup.

The fourth quarter of the game has been played for nearly 4 minutes, and the Lakers, who deployed all the main players, only regained the 4-point difference. Quite satisfied, as long as the rotation lineup can tightly bite the score and prevent the Lakers from narrowing the point difference to single digits in a short period of time, then the main lineup can have more rest time. Being able to stay on the court and fight, consumes the little physical energy left. Under the ebb and flow, as long as the king's main lineup reappears after the official suspension, then this game will be completely divided. It's over.

It was almost the same as Reggie Toyes's expectation. When the king's main lineup stepped on the court again after the official timeout in the fourth quarter, the difference was narrowed to 12 points just now, and it was widened again. It was 15 points, and looking at the score fluctuating up and down, hovering around 15 points, Phil Jackson, who was sitting on the bench, gradually lost the last hope in his heart.

In the end, when the whistle sounded for the end of the game, the Kings at home defeated the Lakers 112-99, tying the big score between the two sides to 2-1.

(End of this chapter)