God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 471
At the press conference after the game, Zen Master did not escape the reporters' highly targeted questions, and most of these questions were related to Kobe's insistence on going his own way.However, Zen Master still gave Kobe a lot of face. He interpreted Kobe's behavior as personal heroism caused by excessive competitiveness, and did not criticize him too much.But at the same time, Zen Master also said that he will try his best to restrain Kobe in the next game. After all, basketball is a sport of five people, and it is difficult for one person to win the finals.

When the Zen master made an impassioned speech on the stage, Chang Wei showed an inexplicable smile below.If Kobe could be restrained, then he would not be Kobe. The Zen master might be able to suppress his character, but he couldn't let him play according to his own ideas.In fact, the current Lakers are not suitable for Kobe to play. In addition to O'Neal, the newly joined Payton and Malone are also intentionally or unintentionally competing for dominance. Such a team is just a burden for Kobe.

But what surprised Chang Wei was that at the beginning of the second game, Kobe really played completely differently from the last game.Although he still keeps taking the ball to kill first, when his teammates are in the gap, his pass can always arrive at the first time. Of course, Kobe's pass is not so aggressive, but the accuracy is still very good. guaranteed.

Payton, who was robbed of his job, did not break the can, but formed the engine of the Lakers with Kobe. They took turns to organize and organize the team's offense in an orderly manner, and directly played a 9-0 start.What greeted them was crazy boos from the fans, but for the Lakers players, this is all trivial. They only hope to win this game. There have been too many such encounters.

The Pistons have no intention of directly letting the Lakers take the initiative, and they are also doing their best to limit the performance of their opponents.However, Kobe's 180-degree turnaround did cause them a lot of trouble. Prince's defense is no longer as effective as before. If he sticks too tightly, Kobe can pass the ball to his teammates, and he is empty-handed. Running catch and shoot.

The sudden outburst of the Lakers caught the Pistons by surprise. Hamilton continued to score, but his running position also appeared to be very difficult. Kobe put more energy into the defensive end after reducing the forced attack. , Hamilton had a hard time finding a real open space, had to force shots often, and had to be careful of Kobe's blocks.

At this time, Brown could try to replace Hamilton with Wade, but the Flash had a bad stomach before the start of the game.Although the team doctor gave him some pills to treat diarrhea in time, Wade still needs some time to return to normal, which made Brown feel both annoyed and helpless, and he could only hope for other players on the field.

In this campaign, Thomas returned to the starting lineup. In fact, Brown is a relatively stubborn coach. It was just a last resort to let Dior play the starting lineup. Now that Thomas has returned to normal, the team's starting lineup has returned to the original configuration.When Hamilton was entangled by Kobe and couldn't get out, Thomas decisively pulled to the outside to shoot a three-pointer, and his touch was really good. Two consecutive three-pointers helped the Pistons slightly stabilize their position, and also created space for a breakthrough .

Even so, the Pistons only scored 22 points at the end of the first quarter. To make matters worse, they allowed the Lakers to score 35 points.The Lakers' top five starters all scored. The one with the most points was naturally O'Neal. He scored 11 points against Ben's defense. Everyone else also made contributions on the offensive end. The Pistons' defense seemed useless.

After the end of the first quarter, Brown sprayed his saliva wantonly on the sidelines. He waved the tactical board and said: "The opponent played very well in the previous 12 minutes, but this is not the reason for us to fall behind. I don't know why you see It looks listless, but this is only the second game, if you don't want to be booed by the home fans, then cheer me up! But in the second quarter, you should watch me on the bench now, see How other guys play."

Wade has recovered a lot under the timely treatment of the team doctor, and Brown dared to put him on the court, but he still told him: "If you still feel unwell, don't be brave. Your teammates will always be your strongest backing."

Although he was able to play, Wade still seemed a little vain. He could only give up his main attack and put all his energy on sorting out the offense.Fortunately, the scorers of the Pistons' bench lineup are still trustworthy. In addition to Wade, Crawford and Diaw can provide firepower. Haywood can occasionally attack the basket directly after the pick-and-roll, or grab offensive rebounds. Then complete the second attack.Although the absence of Wade will cause some troubles, the impact is far less than imagined.

It may be that O'Neal also consumed a lot of physical strength in the first quarter, so Zen Master rarely left Kobe as the main player on the court, and played with a substitute for a period of time at the beginning of the second quarter.This kind of arrangement is in Kobe's favor, and the other four people are trying their best to create opportunities for him to shoot. He only needs to keep holding the ball one-on-one, and send the ball into the basket.

However, this time he met a guy who didn't play according to the rules.After Wade joined the team this season, he quickly became the number one player on the bench, but everyone ignored another person-Crawford.We must know that he was the team's best sixth man last season, and the game is in chaos, which is his best stage.And Crawford's shooting is even more unreasonable than Wade's. As long as he finds the touch, he dares to shoot from any position inside or outside the three-point line, and he can really hit it.

Facing Crawford like this, the Lakers have nothing to do but watch him and Kobe compete.However, in terms of touch, Crawford may be hotter than Kobe in this game. There is a very obvious gap in the shooting percentage of the two sides. In addition, Heywood spared no effort in the interior and crazily grabbed offensive rebounds. Catch up the score.

By the time the coaches of both sides were ready to replace the main players, the Pistons had narrowed the point difference to 5 points, which was acceptable to them.Of course, in addition to Crawford, who hit consecutive difficult shots, Wade, who sent 1 assists without scoring 4 point, also contributed a lot. If he hadn't taken on the heavy responsibility of organizing the offense, it would be difficult for the Pistons to start directly.

(End of this chapter)