God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 249
Although Zen Master is not the founder of the triangle offense, he is a master of the triangle offense. It is this tactic that helped the Bulls win two three-peat championships. The Lakers won the championship last season thanks to him. It can be said that the triangle offense is The capital of Zen Master to settle down, and in his previous life, after Gasol joined the Lakers, he once again used the triangle offense to help the team win two championships.

In fact, the triangle offense is not a tactic with a fixed routine. To be precise, it is a concept. Simply put, it is to use the huge containment ability of superstars to create opportunities for teammates so as to strengthen the team as a whole.Kobe and O'Neal are actually the pinning points in the entire tactical system. Even Jordan was the same way back then. These people cannot be restricted by any tactics used by opponents. A chance to score a field goal.

But the current situation is that the 76ers defended O'Neal and Kobe with three players. This is a situation that Zen Master has not encountered for many years.In this way, the 76ers are two-on-three in other areas. As long as the players work a little harder and run a few more steps, the entire defensive system will be established, which can completely eat the Lakers to death.

Forget about Kobe, and I don’t know where the 76ers dug out Bell, who can defend Kobe one-on-one. With the speed of these outside players, it is difficult for the 76ers to create an unguarded defense for Kobe. space.But O'Neal is different, as long as he can turn the offense and defense of the inside into one-on-one, he has a great possibility to destroy the opponent.Grant's offensive range is still too narrow, should you consider putting a guy with an offensive range as wide as the sea?
The Zen master's eyes were on Horry, a big-hearted shooter.Horry's scoring average this season is only 5.2 points, but his shooting range is far beyond the three-point line. In Zen Master's view, Horry will definitely liberate O'Neal after he plays.But what I didn't expect was that Brown was very stubborn in the interior, just to limit O'Neal's offense in the interior. Horry, you can shoot as you like from the outside. Anyway, Mutombo and Mark Lodge will compete with O'Neal in this game. I'm on the bar, what can you do to me?
Besides, the 76ers' offense is also very sharp. No, to be precise, Iverson's offense is very sharp. Every time he gets the ball, he rushes directly to the inside, even if there is a behemoth O'Neal in front of him.No matter how many times he gets knocked to the ground, he will still be the same on the next offensive possession, pulling out all the stops to get the ball to the basket.

Under Iverson's fearless charge, with 3 minutes and 23 seconds left in the first quarter, when the two sides replaced the substitutes, O'Neal had already committed two personal fouls, which was a challenge for a player who often had to suffer under the basket. Bad omen for opponents rushing players.When Iverson was off the court, he had already scored 10 points and 2 assists. In this game, he had defined himself as an assaulter. All 10 points were scored inside, including two free throws.

Chang Wei couldn't help thinking of this battle in his previous life. At that time, the Lakers were in full swing, and no one thought that the 76ers could win the first game, and the key to that game was Iverson.Although his arrival has changed many things, Iverson's attitude has not changed. After all, he is still the only player in the starting lineup with explosive scoring ability. It will be paralyzed in an instant, and it is meaningless to prevent the OK combination.

When the 76ers replaced the bench, Zen Master replaced O'Neal, but still left Kobe on the court.Firstly, Kobe is much younger than O'Neal, and secondly, he only needs to face Bell alone most of the time, while O'Neal faces Mutombo and Mark Lodge under the basket. points are appropriate.

But Zen Master forgot one thing. Only Iverson has a real scoring point in the starting lineup of the 76ers, which means that other offensive players are still sitting on the bench. How can they hold back for most of the quarter? Maybe not pampering yourself after playing?Especially the two guys Reid and Lewis, who started the scoring mode as soon as they came on the court, the Lakers' rotation lineup couldn't stop them at all, and Kobe's crazy scoring couldn't stop the offensive firepower of the two of them.

At the end of the first quarter, the 76ers took a slight lead of 37 to 32, thanks to Lewis' three consecutive three-pointers in the final moments.Kobe's scoring ability is indeed very strong, but he is not good at three-pointers, and the Lakers' rotation lineup does not have a three-point heavy artillery. The piecemeal three-pointers can't compete with the 76ers. It is not bad to be behind by 5 points .

Zen Master had no choice but to ask O'Neal to open up space inside as much as possible before the start of the second quarter, otherwise the team really could only consider scoring from the outside.With the athletic ability shown by Mutombo, he can go to the middle distance to defend against the attack of a small player, and then shrink back to protect the basket without delay on both sides, which makes the Lakers very uncomfortable.

O'Neal is also suffering. There are still a few inside players in the league who can barely wrestle with him, but they have to take care of the defense against the Lakers Raiders at the same time. It is impossible to put all their energy on fighting him. .However, the 76ers did it this time. Mark Rock can go all out to fight him, Mutombo is responsible for checking for omissions, and O'Neal himself cannot be immersed in singles. He must consider the operation of the team's tactical system. , so that the two sides are not far apart.

Although the 76ers used two people to defend O'Neal, their offense did not fall behind. Iverson showed a good competitive state at the beginning of this game, and his shooting percentage was quite high. 4 points, with Iverson's firepower guarantee, it's no problem for the 76ers to use two people to defend full-time. Anyway, their inside line is famous for defense, Lewis?Basically, everyone doesn't regard him as an inside player...

But now that the head coach has issued an order, O'Neal will do it even if he can't. In fact, for a player like him who is full of confidence in himself, it is completely irrelevant that he will be restricted by his opponent for a while. In the next game, I will teach my opponent a good lesson, lest the tiger will treat me as a sick cat if he doesn't show his strength.

But O'Neal still felt a little uneasy in his heart. He had full confidence in himself at the beginning of the game, but he didn't expect that the opponent really restricted him in the first quarter. Then the next three quarters will be 12 minutes in the first quarter. Repeat?

(End of this chapter)