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Chapter 461 Who Is Not A Tactician?
There is no need to panic when the Lakers lead by 10 points. D'Antoni requested a 20-second timeout. He emphasized that the Mavericks are nothing more than making full use of the high mobility of Rondo, Ellis, and Parsons, plus Nowitzki's high position support. , So as to achieve the goal of taking advantage of the chaos, the Lakers want to deal with it very simply, just arrange a small lineup to appear on the stage.

Make up your mind, Iguodala and Covington debut at the same time, Landry changed to play center.

The Lakers speeded up in an all-round way, and the momentum of the Mavericks' chasing points was gradually suppressed. Rondo was still able to hit the shot, and even had a relatively long three-pointer. After halftime, the Lakers led 67 to 53.

Returning to the locker room during the intermission, Walton proposed to pay attention to Rondo’s shooting. D’Antoni didn’t care. Li Yue and Kobe also thought it was nothing. After all, Rondo is not good at shooting. It is not a stereotyped image, but a lot of data and Video recordings, once in a while, can only be regarded as special circumstances, such as Kidd scoring 30 points, which has not yet reached the point where he has changed his defensive thinking.

Returning to the court after the break, the third quarter kicked off quickly, and Rondo's shooting percentage returned to the familiar appearance. After 4 consecutive strikes, he voluntarily gave up his shot, and after there was no threat of shooting, it was difficult to send assists.

After the rest, the two teams recovered their physical strength and worked hard on the defensive end. The Mavericks' overall shooting dropped, and the Lakers were not much better. At the same time, they were also troubled by fouls. After three quarters, they led 97 to 80.

The fourth quarter kicked off, and many of the Mavericks' main players came on the field ahead of schedule, and the Lakers still followed the regular rotation.

With Gobert making a mistake and losing the ball, the game entered a dead ball state. D'Antoni replaced him and arranged for Li Yue and Kobe to appear at the same time. The other three players were Landry, Iguodala and Davis, ready to defend the Mavericks Jedi counterattack.

The referee whistled to remind everyone to take their positions. Li Yue scanned the audience and found that the Mavericks lineup was Rondo, Barea, Parsons, Nowitzki, and Chandler. They obviously focused on high pick-and-rolls and baseline cross-screens. The defense must still be 23 defenses .

The whistle sounded again, the Mavericks kicked off from the sideline of the backcourt, and Rondo received the ball and slowly moved forward.

After serving the ball, Barea ran into the field, accelerated to the left elbow, and set up a wall screen with Chandler at the same time.

Nowitzki took the opportunity to run to the left waist, stuck his back and pouted his hips, and raised his hand to ask for a pass.

Landry may feel that his height and wingspan are at a disadvantage, and he decisively chooses to go around the front to interfere with the passing space.

Nowitzki suffered a disadvantage in the confrontation, his movements were completely deformed, and it was a bit difficult to catch the ball, but he was a veteran in the NBA for more than ten years, so he immediately took advantage of the plan, moved his footsteps to the left, and set up a wall for positioning cover.

Rondo knew it in seconds, switched his right hand behind his left hand, and only allowed one person to break through the sideline.

Kobe couldn't catch up, Landry hurriedly switched defenses to intercept, but the speed was still half a beat slow, Rondo rushed to the edge of the paint in a blink of an eye, kicked off the ground to meet Iguodala, who was shrinking to make up the defense, and hit the board with his right hand.

The basketball rebounded and was caught, and the Mavericks chased 92 to 106.

The Lakers attacked, and Iguodala ran across the half with the ball, handed it to Kobe, and went straight to the left corner.Bryant observed the ball for a moment, raised his hand and then passed the top of the arc. At the same time, Li Yue started from the bottom corner on the right and raised up with the help of Landry's cover.

Davis caught the ball at the top of the arc and immediately threw it to the right wing. Li Yue just arrived, reached out to catch the ball, and broke through.

Nowitzki stepped and moved laterally, Chandler retreated and contracted, and the two set up a checkpoint attack at the free throw line.Li Yue saw it in his eyes, subconsciously joined the ball and started, protected the ball with both hands on his waist and made a breakthrough, facing Rondo's defense and took off for a layup.

boom!Rondo fell to the ground, the referee blew his whistle, whistled to stop the foul, and gave Li Yue two free throws.

With two free throws, the Lakers led 108 to 96 with 6 minutes and 38 seconds left in the game.

The Mavericks attack, or the previous set of screens and running positions, Nowitzki went around to the left waist.

This time he chose to block sideways, and Landry's interference risk was too great, so he turned to push hard.

Nowitzki kept conceding, finally caught the ball on the sideline, and immediately put himself on his back for a singles.

Rondo ran to the top of the arc to open up space, but Kobe just didn't chase, and stayed in the elbow area, ready to pinch at any time.

Kobe's all-out single defense is enough to make people feel flustered, let alone a joint attack, the difficulty has been increased by at least twice.

Nowitzki hesitated for a while, tried to dribble once, and obediently threw the ball to the top of the arc.

Rondo took the ball and took a step forward, forcibly stepped into the three-point line, facing Kobe and made a two-pointer. Maybe he thought that if he shot inside the three-point line, it would be considered a mid-range shot, and the pressure would not be so great. In fact, it was more difficult. Big because of lack of muscle memory.

when!The basketball bounced off the hoop.

Landry jumped high and caught the defensive rebound, and threw it to Li Yue, and the Lakers launched a counterattack.

Cheers erupted in the arena. It took Li Yue only [-] seconds to rush to the top of the arc, non-stop using Davis to cover and break through, instantly tearing up the Mavericks' defense formation, facing the Mavericks' three-man attack in the paint area, and making an emergency stop Take off and pass the ball to the right.

Iguodala received the ball from the bottom corner, flew towards Barea for a replay, and shot a three-pointer without scruples.

Boom!After hitting the circle and hitting the net, the Lakers led 111 to 96, and the Mavericks requested a timeout.

The Lakers will return to the bench. D'Antoni briefly analyzed and summarized. At present, after three and a half quarters, the team mainly wins because the Mavericks' defensive system collapsed. The second and third defenses can only be used to deal with teams with deviations in outside scoring ability.

The same is true when you think about it. The Mavericks won the championship in 11 and killed the Trail Blazers in the first round. Let's not talk about outside shooting ability; in the finals, the Heat had a three-point shooting rate as low as 14 of 2, which can be seen.

Now that Chandler is older, his defensive ability is not as good as before, Nowitzki is slower than before, and there are players like Ellis and Barea who have obvious defensive shortcomings, even if they are as strong as the tactician Carlisle, there is no problem. .

Otherwise, the Mavericks will not take the risk of choosing to trade for Rondo, hoping to help improve their defense.

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The whistle sounded, Ellis came on to replace Nowitzki, and the Mavericks put on a signature three-guard lineup.

The game continued, the Lakers pressed hard, and Parsons ran from the center line to the free throw line in the backcourt to receive the ball.

Rondo stepped forward to respond, slowly dribbled the ball forward, and passed Parsons at the top of the center line to return the arc.

Chandler went up to the wall to screen, and Parsons took the opportunity to shift to the right and throw the ball to the right wing.

Barea received the ball and lowered his center of gravity, almost sticking to the ground, unable to get rid of Iguodala, so he had to pass the ball back.

Parsons caught the ball and raised it high, Davis jumped to block, but it was just a fake move.

Iguodala rushed to make up the defense, Parsons immediately scored the ball, and Barea received the ball at 45 degrees on the right.Iguodala turned around and made another shot. Barea passed the ball back again. Parsons took the ball and stepped forward.

The basketball hit the board and rebounded into the net, 111 to 98.

The Lakers attacked, Kobe dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and used the cover to break through on the right.

The Mavericks chose to flank, Landry opened the screen and cut inside, received a lob pass from Kobe, faced Chandler's defense, hit the ground hard and passed again, but this kind of handwork is not for everyone, the rebound angle of basketball is too high High, Chandler made a full steal with a backhand.

The Mavericks launched a fast break, and Barea caught the ball and rushed all the way to the right side of the frontcourt at 45 degrees. Facing the pincer attack of Kobe and Landry, he rushed to the short corner on the right, jumped high, and threw the ball to the left. hanging pass.

And Chandler followed up and scored with an empty layup.

The Lakers attacked, the announcer shouted to guide, and the audience shouted LGL in unison.

Kobe dribbled the ball forward slowly, singled out Rondo at 45 degrees on the right side, fought for a long time, and finally broke through to the free throw line. Everything seemed to be going well, but unfortunately the soles of his feet slipped, and he sat on the ground with a bang. Fortunately, he threw the ball to the bottom right side in time horn.

With 3.8 seconds left, Li Yue bent down to pick up the ball, got up and ignored Ellis' defense, and made a strong shot with two-stage movements.

when!The basketball hit the basket and spun, and the buzzer hit the net.

113 to 100, the Lakers maintained a double-digit lead.

Mavericks attack, Ellis rushed the ball to the left wing, with the help of Chandler to cover to break to the right.

Davis did not switch defenses, but Kobe moved laterally and pinched, and Ellis hurriedly threw the ball to the top of the arc.

Kobe turned around and returned to defense, and retreated directly, completely ignoring the threat of Rondo's long-range shot, and took the initiative to go short.Rondo really didn't dare to shoot. After observing for a while, he turned to the right, raised his hand and passed the ball to Parsons, and at the same time ran up to set up a wall to cover.

I thought, Parsons got rid of Li Yue, met Kobe's defense again, shook his crotch twice, and passed the ball back.

Rondo looked embarrassed, as if he had caught a hot potato, and threw the ball to Parsons again.

The Mavericks' offense was completely at a standstill, and Carlisle slapped his forehead fiercely on the sidelines, almost dying of anger.

I saw Parsons catching the ball and holding it high, but unfortunately he failed to spot Kobe, and instead used Chandler to cover and break through.

Davis and Landry teamed up to attack, Parsons was full of jumps and throws, and the basketball rebounded from the basket.

Li Yue grabbed the rebound, turned around and ran forward, and made a long pass from the center circle to the left wing of the frontcourt. Kobe caught the ball and made an emergency stop to shoot a three-pointer.

The basketball hit the basket and rebounded. Li Yue ran and took off to catch the offensive rebound. He jumped again immediately when he landed, and was about to dunk with both hands.

The referee whistled for a foul and awarded two free throws. Li Yue turned around and walked to the free throw line, high-fiving his teammates.

MVP cheers resounded throughout the audience, two free throws were easily made, and the Lakers led by 15 points again.

Nowitzki came on to replace Barea, picked up the basketball and stood out of bounds, raised his hand and threw it to Rondo.

In a blink of an eye, Rondo took the ball across the center line, and Parsons started from the left elbow and rushed to the top of the arc to set up the wall.

Nowitzki took the opportunity to get rid of Landry, rushed to the left 45-degree three-point line, set up a wall to block Kobe.At the same time, Parsons bounced to the right after finishing the screen, while Chandler went up the wall to block Li Yue.

Rondo got rid of the defense, rushed two steps to the right, raised his hand and threw the ball to the left 45-degree three-point line.

Parsons received the ball and immediately twisted his hips to break through. With the help of a cover, he easily reached the free throw line. Facing the interference of Iguodala's lateral movement, he decisively started with the ball. plate.

This is a typical Spanish pick-and-roll offensive tactic. It is often used in the transition stage of offense and defense. It is launched when the defender without the ball is not so focused. Carlisle is especially good at this kind of routine.

The Mavericks chased 102 to 115, and the Lakers kicked off from the bottom line. Kobe had just received the ball and walked forward when the referee blew his whistle.

Chandler raised his hands and attacked Davis's chest. Li Yue, like his teammates, was stunned for a moment, and then reacted. The Mavericks resorted to the "shark-cutting tactic" and turned to look at the Mavericks bench. It was Carlisle waving.

"Interesting, after all, a master tactician." Li Yue felt emotional. At this time, there were 4 minutes and 09 seconds left before the end of the game, and the Mavericks were 13 points behind. Not only did they show no sign of giving up, but they were also pursuing the initiative.

ESPN, which is in charge of the broadcast, naturally understands that. The central big screen immediately gave David's free throw percentage in recent seasons. It is very reasonable to choose Davis for "shark hacking", but it is hard to say that Davis averages too few free throws per game.

Of course, Carlisle's ultimate goal is to force the Lakers to adjust the lineup to gain more room to play.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Davis stood on the free throw line and hit the iron for the first free throw. The Mavericks bench booed excitedly.

"Relax, you can shoot whatever you want, and I am responsible for losing." Li Yue encouraged him, and his eyes indicated that there is no need to worry.

Kobe raised his hands to guide, the audience applauded and cheered, and Davis took a deep breath and raised his hands to shoot.

bass!The basketball went into the net hollow, 116 to 102.

Nowitzki picked up the basketball and retreated off the court, raised his hand and threw it to Rondo, and the Mavericks started a fast break.

On the sidelines, D'Antoni got up and waved his hands and shouted: "Foul, foul, we also play shark hacking tactics!"

Kobe was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and immediately reached out to hug Rondo when he realized the reaction, and the referee blew his whistle.

Deafening cheers erupted in the arena, and the large central screen focused on the Lakers bench. D'Antoni shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, showing a haughty smile, as if to say, "Who is not a master tactician?" '

Nick Yang and others burst into laughter, and Li Yue couldn't help laughing. Turning his head to look at the Mavericks, Carlisle was slightly shocked.

The central screen also shows Rondo’s free throw statistics in recent years. The highest is 12% in the 13-64.5 season, and the lowest is 39.7% this season. So far in his career, he has averaged 33.3% per game. Although the average shot per game is only 60.6, it at least shows that it is far lower than point guards of the same level.

Amidst the boos of the audience, Rondo stood on the free throw line and hit the basket with the first free throw.

The boos became more violent. Li Yue saw the timing of Rondo raising his hand, bowed forward and lowered his center of gravity, pretending to enter the line ahead of time.

Rondo immediately stopped and stared at the referee with wide eyes, as if he wanted to remind Li Yue of the violation, but Li Yue did not enter the line in the end.

Li Yue jumped up and caught it, Ellis rushed directly to Davis and fouled, and the Mavericks continued to hack the shark.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Davis made two free throws and the Lakers led 118 to 102.

Turning to the Mavericks to attack, the Lakers also continued to implement the shark-slashing tactic. Rondo made the first free throw and made the second free throw.

The Lakers attacked again, and Carlisle waved his hand to signal to play at a normal rhythm. Li Yueqiang succeeded in rushing to the inside.

When the Mavericks attacked again, D'Antoni signaled to continue. Iguodala hugged Rondo at the waist, and the audience applauded wildly. D'Antoni smiled and stood with his hands on his hips, as if saying, "Shark chopping is not what you want to play. Play as you want'.

Carlisle gave up, asked for a timeout after the free throw, and arranged for Barea to replace Rondo.

It's a pity that Li Yue easily resisted the Mavericks' counterattack by scoring and assisting, and the Lakers firmly held the lead.

The final whistle sounded, Li Yue scored 36 points and 14 assists, Kobe Bryant scored 32 points, and 7 players in the team scored in double figures. Compared with the Mavericks, they fouled more and made fewer turnovers. The Lakers won 129 to 111, and the playoffs Leading 1-0 in the first round.

(End of this chapter)