Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 253 The dead horse becomes a living horse doctor

At the end of the first half, the Trail Blazers trailed by 13 points. Now there are only two ways in front of McMillan. Either let Camby start in the second half to further enhance the strength of the inside, or go to the dark and play faster. Quick little lineup.There are pros and cons to both situations. Playing Camby can certainly guarantee rebounds, but Odom will not make it easier for the Blazers inside. His mobility is likely to make Camby a headache; continue to play small lineups , The players may be exhausted. After all, the difference in height needs fighting spirit to make up for it. In other words, it is rushing and going around.

It's okay to rush to grab rebounds, and defending around the front is really a way to kill one thousand and self-injury eight hundred, and sometimes there may be even more self-injury.Once the Lakers hoist the ball in and let the inside players receive the ball, with a simple turn around, there is a flat surface under the basket. At this time, even if they step forward and foul, they may be beaten into a 2+1 by the opponent, which is definitely not worth the candle. .And Odom is very good at controlling his fouls. After all, he is an old fritter who has been in the league for many seasons. He still knows these basic skills. In this way, he will cause greater damage to the Blazers' basket threaten.

But after careful consideration, McMillan is still ready to adopt the second method, sending a crazier small lineup to play the remaining half of the game.There is nothing to hide at this time. He is going to play a three-guard lineup. Since the Lakers have a strong perimeter defense, try to develop more perimeter scoring points to make them take care of one and lose another. The best candidate is miller.However, he did not intend to use Miller to replace Bayless, but to use Miller and Bayless as the team's backcourt, Roy topped the third position, and Ye Feng replaced Batum as the team's power forward. Aldridge continued to play center.

There are two advantages to doing this. First, although the old Miller is almost the same as Fisher in terms of height and weight, and his speed is not as fast as at his peak, he is more than enough compared to Fisher. Easily beat Fisher, which added a new scoring point to the Blazers. If Kobe turned his defense focus on him, the other two guards could divide one person to continue bullying Fisher, which made the Blazers The Lakers' perimeter defense has become stretched.Second, when Ye Feng is a power forward, he can take advantage of his inhuman movement speed. He can delay the opponent from the outside and then shrink to the inside to protect the basket. You must know that he is only 5 cm shorter than Odom. But his jumping ability far exceeds that of Odom, so the advantage of the Lakers inside will be weakened by a large part.

McMillan went ahead and sent out the Miller-Bayless-Roy-Ye Feng-Aldridge starting lineup immediately in the second half, making Phil's eyeballs almost fall off.He didn't expect the Blazers to come up with such a funny lineup when they were so serious. Of course, he didn't know that it was just that he thought it was funny, so he still sent the same starting lineup, and then sat leisurely in his position to prepare Watch the show.

However, after the start of the third quarter, the Lakers ran into trouble, and everything developed as McMillan expected.Ye Feng has exploded with great strength on both ends of the offense and defense, facing the breakthrough of the Lakers players, he can even have a slight advantage.But the real killer is Miller, who is constantly cruising on the outside and calling other teammates to cover himself, while he himself is looking for gaps.As long as he appears in the neutral position, Ye Feng, who is supporting in the high position, will pass the ball to him immediately, and at this time Fisher is often not in place to defend.In this way, Miller hit consecutive three-pointers from the outside, instantly reducing the point difference to 5 points, and the game was just 4 minutes past, which shocked Phil.

After the next dead ball, he immediately called a timeout, and Farmar replaced Fisher. No matter what his offense is now, it is better to plug the loopholes in defense first.Although Farmar is not tall enough, he has a strong drive, is much younger than Miller, and is very fast, so he can naturally entangle Miller and prevent him from continuing to shoot outside the three-point line as easily as before. .I have to say that Phil is indeed the leading coach in the league. His substitution quickly disrupted the Blazers' offensive rhythm, but the Lakers' offense was not affected. After all, there is Kobe!

But after blocking Miller's attack, the Blazers' offensive focus shifted to Ye Feng, which left Phil at a loss.Ye Feng is not Miller, he is at his peak in terms of physical fitness and physical strength, and it cannot be solved by changing someone to match him.And strictly speaking, Walton Jr. is just a pure offensive player, or an organizational player, but the only thing that cannot be said is that he is a defensive player. He was better when he faced Batum before. There is no ability to score crazy points.But Ye Feng was different, as long as this guy gave him space and the right to shoot, he could really score [-] or [-] points in a game. How could little Wharton be able to defend against such a beast?
Phil could only pinch his nose and admit that McMillan's adjustment was quite effective, which made him hard to tell. He blocked one offensive point but had another offensive point. If he wanted to block it again, he had to switch to a regular lineup, forcing Ye Feng went back to position three.But returning to the regular lineup may return to the rhythm of the previous game. It will be completely beaten by the Blazers' running and bombing tactics, and it will also greatly waste the players' physical strength. This is not worth the candle.Phil didn't expect Ye Feng to make him so embarrassed by himself, the only thing he can do now is to pray that this guy doesn't feel good, so that he can collect a few more rebounds.

But God didn't hear his prayer at all. Facing Wharton Jr., Ye Feng's low-post singles were more frequent, and his power was much greater than that of Batum. Wharton Jr. looked like a gnat behind him. Like a tree, it basically didn't play any role. It could only let him push it to the basket step by step.Ye Feng will hold the ball near the free throw line when he is not in the low post. Wharton Jr. will dribble and break through when he defends, and he will jump directly if he is not up. Wharton's position is very awkward, and he doesn't know whether he should guard against going out or not go out.

The Blazers gradually approached the score. If it wasn't for Kobe's consecutive mid-range scoring, the Lakers would have been tied long ago. That's the case. Judging from the ease with which the two scored, Ye Feng still took advantage. McMillan's adjustment really worked. To the unexpected effect.

(End of this chapter)