Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 285 Overtime!
Strictly speaking, this is just a small mistake by Ye Feng, but the Lakers obviously have the idea of ​​expanding this mistake.Gasol didn't know why Ye Feng made such a mistake, but his immediate reaction was to firmly block Ye Feng's line of sight and even the way forward, hoping to cause the opponent to make mistakes.

But was Ye Feng really making a mistake?I'm afraid so, but now he intends to turn this mistake into a scoring opportunity.Gasol and Artest's front and rear double-teaming is indeed very tight, but it is not impossible to crack, Ye Feng just needs to be careful not to walk.He hugged the ball and arched it, barely creating a gap for himself, and then narrowly passed the ball from behind Gasol to Camby's hands, and Camby's position was completely unguarded at this time.

Dunk directly!Camby will not waste such an opportunity, and the 24 seconds are almost running out. If he still hesitates or passes the ball to the outside, he will be called a 24-second violation by the referee, which they cannot bear now.Camby's dunk brought the two sides back to the same starting line again. There are 10 seconds left before the end of the game. This is a very dangerous situation. 10 seconds is enough to play a complete tactic. Now the Blazers have to consider how to If the Lakers' offense is defended this time, the team will have a chance to advance directly to the finals. If they cannot defend, the two sides will have a showdown in the next game.

The Lakers did not give the Blazers a chance to deploy defensive tactics. They kicked off directly from the backcourt, trying to catch the opponent by surprise.However, Ye Feng played the role of the team leader in time. Under his leadership, the Blazers adopted a full-court pressing tactic in time, which was to harass the Lakers players so that they could not receive the ball.Gasol, who was in charge of the baseline kick, was a little helpless. Except for Camby who was ready to interfere at any time in front of him, the other Trail Blazers were steadfastly guarding their teammates and threatening the passing line anytime and anywhere. His pass is cut off.

There is no way, the four Lakers players can only cover each other, the tallest Odom got the ball, and passed it to Fisher in time before the double team formed.Seeing that Fisher got the ball, the Blazers players returned to their own half like the ebb tide, and quickly stood up in their defensive positions. This was what McMillan loudly confessed from the sidelines, 3-2 zone defense.In fact, 2-3 zone defense is a better choice, but because the NBA has the existence of 3 seconds of defense, players cannot stand still under the basket, so the 3-2 zone defense with 3 people standing outside and 2 people standing on the bottom line is now There are a few zone defense tactics that work and work well.

Such a zone defense obviously caused a lot of trouble for the Lakers.As we all know, cracking the zone defense mainly requires two types of players, one is a powerful breakthrough shooter, and the other is an accurate three-point shooter. The Lakers have few three-point shooters, but there are still breakthrough players, such as Kobe.However, the 3-2 zone defense is still very threatening to players who break through with the ball. After all, the first round is not very easy, and they may be attacked by the opponent at any time.But this is not something Kobe has to consider. He only needs to focus on how to send the ball to the basket. Now he does not have a lot of time. They used 6 seconds after halftime and only 4 seconds left. Time suddenly became tense.

However, Kobe didn't care, he still slumped his shoulders step by step, feinted, took a tentative step, and then bypassed Miller, who was the main defender, and went straight to the inside to kill. 4 seconds is not a lot of time, he used nearly 2 seconds to dribble, and the remaining time is not enough for him to go to the basket to find a physical confrontation, so Kobe still chooses to believe in his mid-range shot.Right near the free-throw line, he stopped his progress just in time, took off, leaned back, and released the ball.

All the Lakers fans in the audience exclaimed, and Kobe heard it, but now his feet are off the ground, no matter what kind of remedial action he can make, and he is still very surprised, because Miller in front of him is not at all. Can't touch the ball, so why are the fans exclaiming?

He soon knew the answer. Before the ball completely left his palm, it was pressed down by a huge external force. The strength of the palm and fingers was very different. Kobe couldn't control the ball in his hand. , that force directly caused this CIC to die before it was completely shot.It was a block, an unorthodox block, a key block from Ye Feng, because the timer had reached zero while the basketball was falling.

The history of last season's playoffs did not repeat itself, at least in this round. The Blazers defended the opponent's lore goal and successfully brought the game into overtime.Kobe shook his hands fiercely, his angry expression couldn't be concealed at all. It's not that he didn't notice the Blazers' defense, but he didn't expect that the fatal blow came from behind him, and his favorite fadeaway jumper seemed to be used by the opponent. weakness!Indeed, if he hadn't given his jump shot some receding range, it would have been difficult for Ye Feng to block his shot from behind, and he was also prone to fouls.

But it's useless to say anything now. The game entered 5 minutes of overtime, and Kobe felt powerless for no reason, even though they hadn't lost yet.At this moment, experience instantly became the least important thing, because experience means age, and in overtime, the team with better physical strength is more likely to win the game.

For example, the Blazers, who are much younger than the Lakers, just need to let Miller and Camby rest.

McMillan did exactly that. For the Trail Blazers, it's a trembling thing now. As long as they survive the last 5 minutes, they can advance to the finals with their heads held high.Up to now, the young players headed by Ye Feng have forgotten what fatigue is, and their mental excitement makes them not need to rest on the bench at all, they just want to play the last 5 minutes with all their strength.In order to give Miller and Camby some rest time, McMillan replaced Fernandez and Ayres against each other. Obviously, he wanted the young players to take away the old Lakers.

The reason for going to Fernandez is very simple. Although he does not have the breakthrough ability of Miller, the outside three-pointers cannot be taken lightly. If Bayless is replaced, the team's outside firepower will drop a notch.As for why Ailes was sent, McMillan took a fancy to this young rookie's drive and fearless spirit. Now the team needs such a guy to go up and cause some impact to the Lakers, so as to better consume their energy. Physical strength, poor score?Isn't Camby the same?

(End of this chapter)