God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 248
As the game continued, it was obvious that it would be difficult for the 76ers' twin towers to guard against O'Neal in the paint, but at least their presence made it impossible for O'Neal to score unscrupulously at the basket.Facing the strange pair of twin towers of the 76ers, O'Neal's mood also changed from anger at the beginning to a little confused. He never thought that he would be blocked here.

Chang Wei on the sidelines laughed secretly. In his previous life, Mutombo had no power to fight back in this round of finals, largely because he was old. Born in 1966, he is already 35 years old this year. Although Uncle Mu didn't announce his retirement until the 2008-09 season, the 35-year-old obviously couldn't compete with the 29-year-old O'Neal who was at his peak.

However, after Chang Wei used the rejuvenation potion on him, Mutombo's overall score this season has reached a quasi-first-class level, and his defensive score has reached a first-class level of 95.As the so-called technical industry has specialization, O'Neal's offensive ability is indeed very strong, but Mutombo's defense is not vegetarian, and now he is mainly a defensive player, and Mark Lodge will naturally come up to confront O'Neal head-on. That's more than enough given his 95 defensive rating.

Under Mutombo's interference, O'Neal was still able to score in the interior, but his efficiency was not flattering. Although the Lakers played a triangle offense under the guidance of Zen Master and liked positional warfare the most, such a slow pace was not what they wanted. need.So Zen master took advantage of Iverson's free throw and came to the sidelines and whispered a few words to Fisher, asking him to find an opportunity to pass the ball to Kobe.

Now there is no rift between Zen Master and Kobe. He may be more inclined to let O'Neal take the main attack, but Kobe is also his scoring point.After seeing that O'Neal was unexpectedly restricted by the twin towers, he decisively asked the players to hand over the ball to Kobe for singles, hoping that the latter could help O'Neal reduce the pressure by constantly hitting the basket.

The Zen master's idea is very good, and it is also the simplest and most effective solution for the Lakers at present, but unfortunately, Kobe met one of the so-called "Kobe terminators" in his previous life-Raja Bell.You must know that at that time, the players known as Kobe's terminators restricted him during the peak period when Kobe led the team alone. Now Kobe is still the second in command next to O'Neal. Although he has shown the talent to become a top star, but Obviously not done yet.

Different from the previous life, McGrady in this life is much better than Kobe under Chang Wei's training. Even he feels a headache when facing Bell's defense. How could Kobe handle Bell by himself?In the first round of his attack with the ball, he was disgraced by Bell. Although Kobe's good ball protection ability prevented Bell from directly completing the steal from him, it also forced him to pass the ball. For Kobe's offensive desire It's a disgrace for a strong player.

Kobe was naturally very unconvinced. In fact, he did not encounter any challenges in the first three rounds of the playoffs, which made him start to become arrogant, but now Bell woke him up.After waking up, there was burning anger. In order to get back the field, Kobe still persistently asked Fisher for the ball in the next offensive round, hoping to kill Bell directly.

From the personalities of O'Neal and Kobe, we can know that it will be a matter of time for these two guys with high self-esteem to break up. In the previous life, the Lakers' defeat by the Pistons in the finals of the 03-04 season was just a fuse. In Chang Wei's view, Even if the Lakers win four consecutive championships, the OK combination will still fall apart, it's just a matter of time.

Fisher took a look at Zen Master on the sidelines, who was still expressionless, and then looked at O'Neal who was stuck inside and Mark Rock, and after taking the ball halfway, he gave the wing a 45-degree angle. kobe.Seeing that Kobe got the ball, Bell posted it up immediately, but he still kept a half-step distance from Kobe. This is what Brown told him before the game. Kobe's long-range shots are not to be feared, be careful His breakthrough, so now Bell is not anti-burst, and you have the kind of shot to kill me...

Kobe obviously couldn't shoot his opponent, and he didn't plan to shoot directly at the beginning, but Bell's position made him feel uncomfortable. He knew that as long as he dared to rush in, Bell would definitely destroy his dribbling rhythm. Reduce the speed of your assault, if you have no rhythm and no speed, you may hit the iron directly when you get to the basket.

He snorted, shook his shoulders and took tentative steps, hoping to shake Bell's center of gravity.However, as the 76ers' first-class outside gate, Bell will not be deceived so easily. He still stands firmly in place, with his right hand straight, ready to directly steal and counterattack at any time.Seeing that he couldn't fool Bell, Kobe forced to rush inside against him. After struggling to reach the free throw line, he made a difficult fadeaway jumper, and his whole body was twisted into twists in midair.

Even so, Bell did his best to reach out and interfere with Bryant's shot, and the basketball hit the rim without incident.O'Neal, who was blocked by Mark Lodge, failed to get to the point where the ball landed in the first place, and Grant was no match for Mutombo, who easily pocketed the rebound.Kobe ran to his own half depressedly, and gave Bell a look. Bell just smiled. For him, this is his value on the court.

As the two most important points in the triangle offense, Kobe and O'Neal got stuck in the quagmire as soon as they came up, and the Lakers couldn't rely on others to score.In fact, only three players on this team scored in double figures during the regular season, O’Neal’s 28.7 points, Kobe’s 28.5 points, and Fisher’s 11.5 points. After entering the playoffs, Kobe’s and O’Neal’s average shots per game further increased , Even Fisher's scoring average has slipped to single digits.

Even if the triangle offense is a very advanced tactic, when the two strong points can't score crazy points, do you still expect others to add bricks and tiles to the score?Zen master sighed and called the first timeout of the game. Now he has to make adjustments.Otherwise, when the two sides send a substitute lineup, the Lakers will either put one of the OK combinations on the court, or they will be directly beaten by the opponent's indiscriminate bombardment. This is what the Zen Master does not want to see.

For him, it's time to figure out a way to free O'Neal and Kobe from their defenders. Although there is no way to completely get rid of them, as long as they can get some room to move, they will make the opponent pay the price.

(End of this chapter)