God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 250 Who Takes Advantage?

At the beginning of the second quarter, Brown's eyes widened. When did the Lakers start playing pick and roll?And it was Kobe and O'Neal's pick and roll!In the game, it is rare to see O'Neal going to the free throw line as a screen. He prefers to catch the ball directly inside and crush the opponent, but now he is playing a pick-and-roll with Kobe, obviously being entangled by the 76ers. .

I have to say that O'Neal is indeed a very good cover. With his huge body, he easily blocked Bell, who was closely guarding Kobe, on the other side, and Kobe got rid of the defense smoothly.Since the Lakers play pick-and-rolls, one of the 76ers' insiders must mention the high position to defend. Mark Lodge obviously does not have this ability, and it is Mutombo who comes up to change defense.

Seeing Dikembe Mutombo appear behind him, a gleam flashed in O'Neal's eyes. He quickly turned around and rushed straight to the basket at a speed that was completely disproportionate to his huge body. The underarm sent the ball over.Mark Lodge, who was not defended by Mutombo, obviously couldn't stop O'Neal who rushed to the basket like an armored car. He was directly knocked aside by O'Neal. The latter easily dunked and did a provocative pull-up action.

It's not O'Neal's regular way of scoring, but it's the best he's had since the start of the game.Mutombo's help defense made him have to be vigilant at all times. Only by rushing directly to face Mark Lodge will he feel like he is crushing the score as usual, instead of facing the defense of two people in the interior like before. Beat hands tied.

Brown frowned. It was the first time he encountered Kobe and O'Neal's pick-and-roll, and it seemed difficult to defend.When O'Neal pulls to the high post to cover, the 76ers must have someone pull out to defend, either Mutombo or Mark Lodge. If no one pulls to the high post, Kobe will shoot from the middle distance after breaking in. It's his area of ​​expertise.And if it is pulled out, O'Neal's speed is enough for him to return to the basket to catch the ball and score in the first time. Facing a big shark that has already raised his speed to the highest level, neither Mutombo nor Mark Lodge are vulnerable. .

Obviously, the Lakers will continue to use this method to score in the future. Both Kobe and O'Neal are enough for the 76ers to drink a pot. Bad news for Brown.Of course, Chang Wei has also seen the current predicament of the team. It is not realistic to use defense to limit the Lakers. The only thing to do is to use offense to attack. Didn't the 76ers in the previous life also rely on Ivor in this game? Did Sen's firepower win the Lakers?
However, Brown and Chang Wei have different ideas. He still hopes that Mutombo and Mark Lodge will shrink to the basket, and if Kobe is going to shoot in the middle distance, he will go forward to defend.However, he was soon disappointed, because Kobe's shot speed was too fast, and before Mutombo went up to defend him, he had already shot, and the shooting percentage was quite high.

Chang Wei frowned and said to Brown: "Coach, we can't go on like this. We can't afford to let either of them score wildly. Since we can't stop it, then we can attack against attack!"

Brown's face was sinking, he pondered for a while, and said seriously: "But we can't guarantee whether Dikembe can block Shaq in the interior alone. If he can't block it, then all our previous arrangements will be in vain. ?"

Chang Wei shook his head and said, "It's useless now, let's adapt accordingly. I believe in everyone's offensive firepower. Facing the Lakers, we still have a chance to win even if we play against each other. Why don't we let Shaq score in the paint?" , There is no other way, if we strengthen our firepower, we must make certain sacrifices on the defensive end.”

"But... we can't give up defense completely! If both points are opened, we will surely die!"

"It doesn't matter. I think Raja is still very effective against Kobe. He can stay on the court. His three-pointer from the bottom corner can also bring some help to the team. Others... we Let's use offense to decide the outcome!"

Brown thought about it, and now there seems to be no better way. Although it looks a bit simple and rude, it may still be able to win in chaos.He nodded, replaced Mark Lodge with Lewis, and replaced Snow with Reed. Given that the 76ers' fifth position does not have much offensive ability with the ball, this is already the strongest that the team can put on. Offensive lineup.

His idea is very simple. Since he has decided to fight against his opponent, it is best to overwhelm the opponent in a short time. Therefore, at this time, he must use the most powerful lineup in the team. Even if O'Neal can The inside is overwhelmed, and with the team's scoring ability, at least it will not fall behind in terms of offense, and it may be able to further widen the point difference.

With the very targeted substitution of the 76ers, Kobe and O'Neal found that their environment had changed significantly, but Kobe felt more and more difficult, but O'Neal felt more and more relaxed.

Now Bell is not the only one responsible for defending Kobe, Reid also intervened. Although his defensive ability is not comparable to Bell, it is still possible to cause some troubles for Kobe. Moreover, the Lakers' outside scoring is basically under Kobe's one. In person, other people have nothing to defend, so naturally Kobe felt a lot of pressure.

As for O'Neill, without Mark Lodge getting in the way, he feels that the inside line is almost flat, which puts a lot of pressure on Mutombo.But he also remembered that Brown took the time to remind him when he changed players before, no matter what, he must do his best to limit O'Neal, and if it doesn't work, he must ensure that he can grab rebounds.

As a veteran who has been in the league for many years, Mutombo naturally knows what he should do, and now that the team has put up the strongest offensive lineup, defending O'Neal himself is only secondary, the most important thing Still grabbing a rebound on O'Neal's head, whether it is an offensive rebound or a defensive rebound, is crucial to the team.

Under the ebb and flow, O'Neal naturally wants what he wants in the interior, and Fisher also gives the ball more to the interior, hoping that O'Neal can help the team score.Although O'Neal succeeded at the basket in a row, Brown still sat firmly on the Diaoyutai sidelines. Now it seems that the Lakers have the advantage in the interior, but if you look at it as a whole, I don't know who is taking advantage!

(End of this chapter)