stadium ambition

Chapter 310 The Eliminated Triangle Offense
[-] p.m. on the [-]th, Staples Center.

The Lakers' home game against the Clippers is still a few minutes away, and the Lakers fans on the scene have already begun to shout excitedly.The big screen in the center scanned the VIP seats on the sidelines, Nicholson, Escube, Megan Fox and other big names stood out.

In the TNT commentary seat, Marvin Abbott, Reggie Miller, and Steve Kerr sat side by side.

"This afternoon, a few hours before the roster was confirmed, the Lakers officially announced that Bynum is coming back to play, and that he will serve as the starting center. How do you two think this will affect the format of the game?" Marvin asked.

Miller shook his head slightly: "I think it is difficult to have much impact, especially for the Lakers, and it may even have a counterproductive effect. We all know that after a long absence, it is difficult to have a better state when you suddenly come back to play. "

"I hold the same view." Cole said, "The Clippers have maintained the league's first offensive efficiency this season. They often build a winning foundation through a wave of impact, and that impact is often through a quick defensive counterattack. Bynum is on the court. When it is time, the Lakers will have more difficulty defending and counterattacking quickly. Therefore, I boldly guess that Coach Phil will use Odom more."

Marvin nodded and said: "But for the Clippers, point guards Baron Davis and Randy Foye continue to miss out due to injuries, Su Yang needs to play more time, the Lakers can imitate the double-teaming of the Spurs and Jazz Strategy."

Miller shook his head sharply: "I don't think Phil will choose to double-team, because the average age of the Lakers is too old, and they fought hard against the Thunder last night, so they must be at a disadvantage in terms of physical strength. After double-teaming, it is very easy to have big loopholes in the rotation. .”

"OK, let's take a look at the starting lineups of the two teams..."

Inside the arena, the lights around the arena were turned off, only the big central screen was still shining, and the giant screen was covering it.

As the announcer shouted Bynum's name loudly, the giant screen began to flash and display Bynum's wonderful shots.

Immediately afterwards, the names of Artest, Gasol, and Fisher were also called out one after another, and there were waves of cheers in the arena. When the announcer called Kobe's name, Staple The cheers from the Sri Lanka Center soared into the sky.

Bryant ran out of the player tunnel following the spotlight, and headed straight to the courtside bench with a serious face.

Obviously, he attaches great importance to this game, and the cruel words before the game are not casual.

The introduction of the Lakers' starting players ended here, and the game entered the national anthem performance, and the lead singer broke his voice continuously.

In the embarrassment of the stadium, the lights around the arena were turned on, followed by the sound of the long whistle, and the game entered the final preparations.

Su Yang stood up from the bench, took two well-packaged championship rings, walked to the technical stage with a smile on his face, handed them to Steve Blake and Matt Barnes, and simply bumped shoulders and high-fived them, Say a few words of thanks.

The starting lineups of the two teams were quickly displayed on the big screen. Point guard Su Yang vs. Fisher, shooting guard Tucker vs. Kobe Bryant, small forward George vs. Artest, power forward Randolph vs. Gasol, center Jr. Jordan vs. Bynum.

After delivering the ring, Su Yang returned to the bench and saw George's legs shaking involuntarily, his chest heaving obviously.

This is George's first start, and Van Gundy's task is to help defend Kobe who breaks through with Artest's screen, or switch defenses to catch up with Kobe who uses Artest's screen to run. It sounds simple, but it is more difficult to think about it.

Defending Kobe is a bit cruel for a rookie, but Tucker is responsible for facing Kobe directly, so George is the best candidate to help defend or switch defense at the small forward position. McGrady is too slow to keep up, and Gordon is in charge of sixth. person role.

Su Yang patted George on the shoulder and said with a smile, "What? It's the first time you're confronting an idol head-on, and you're a little flustered?"

As a native of Los Angeles, George's love for Kobe can be imagined. Now that he finally has the opportunity to face up in person, the feeling of his dream coming true must make him emotional. He may be excited, nervous, or both.

"How did you feel facing him for the first time?" George said while turning his head to look at the Lakers.

Su Yang thought about it a little, and said with a smile: "To be honest, I want to blow him up, and I want to use his best skills. That's enough to show my admiration for him. I suggest you learn from his tenacious defensive spirit tonight." , no matter how impossible it seems, try to try, even if the opponent has crossed the halfway line and you are still in the backcourt."

George was silent when he heard the words, nodded after a while and said: "You are right, I will put [-]% effort into it."

"That's good, I'll wait for your perfect performance." Su Yang raised his hand to signal, and the two lightly bumped fists.

The short whistle sounded, and the two walked into the court together, directly found Kobe, and interacted before the game.

Su Yang wanted to make a joke to brighten the atmosphere, but Kobe just nodded to show that he understood, with a cold face.

Su Yang was not angry, but rather excited. After all, Kobe in such a state is very likely to explode.

It would definitely be a great blessing in the player's career if he could face off against Kobe again, and it might even become a classic matchup in NBA history. After all, this game was full of various off-court topics and the attention exploded.

In a blink of an eye, the referee took the ball to the middle circle, gestured towards the left and right sides, and then lightly tossed the ball upwards.

Snapped!Bynum touched the basketball first and moved it back smoothly, Gasol raised his hand to catch it.

Cheers broke out in the arena. Fisher took the ball forward, ran slowly across the center line, raised his hand and threw it to the left wing.

Gasol received the ball and held it high, aiming his eyes at Bynum, who was already successfully stuck in the left waist, obviously wanting to pass the ball.

Randolph raised his hands, waving again and again to interfere, but Gasol suddenly bent over and chose to hit the ground pass.At the same time, Fisher went straight into the paint area, stood on the fixed wall in advance, and provided a positioning cover for Artest who was running up.

Bynum turned around with the ball, handed it to Artest with the help of a screen, and immediately rushed to the basket.

Artest didn't hesitate to catch the ball. He just made an emergency stop and turned over for a jumper. I didn't know that he thought Kobe shot it.

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

George jumped high and caught the ball, turned around and threw it to Su Yang, and the Clippers launched a counterattack.

Su Yang took the lead in advancing, raised his hand at the center line, and gestured for an attack from the left at 45 degrees.Seeing his actions like this, the four teammates put up a V formation, and when he ran to the top of the arc with the ball, Tucker used the cover to catch the ball from the short left corner.

Kobe squeezed through the screen to catch up, Tucker held the ball around his waist and did not act, and Su Yang took the opportunity to rush to the left short corner.

The Lakers' defensive attention had just been withdrawn from the short corner, and they were unable to rearrange for a while.Su Yang arrived easily, put his back against Fisher, raised his hand to receive the return pass, turned around to face the frame, stretched out his foot without hesitation, and got stuck between Fisher's legs.

Fisher retreated hastily, then went around to press forward, and started a fierce physical confrontation with Su Yang.But at the same time, George started from the short corner on the right, and with the help of Jordan Jr. and Randolph to cover, he moved to the left elbow in a wide range.

George was in place, Su Yang passed the ball immediately, and Artest was far away because of the delay of the two.

The Lakers didn't have time to switch defenses. George took the ball and turned around to take off, making a quick mid-range shot.

boom!The basketball hits the upper middle of the backboard, rebounds and falls.

Such accuracy is really outrageous.

There was a burst of laughter in the arena, Bynum got the rebound and threw it to Kobe, and the Lakers launched a counterattack.

As usual, Kobe ran across the center line to pass the ball to Fisher, then rushed to the three-point line, covered by Artest, and went straight to the left corner, and Artest finished the screen and took the ball to the left wing , and then turn around and pass back.

Kobe caught the ball in a three-threat pose, pulled low and swept in front of his body, and suddenly jumped up and shot.

Tucker didn't react, the basketball hit the basket with a bang, and bounced to the free throw line.

Su Yang saw the position, ran and jumped to catch the rebound, landed and turned around to move forward rapidly.Walking to the center line, I found that the Lakers' defense was concentrated in the left half, while Tucker in the right half was temporarily missed, and decisively pushed a long pass.

The basketball flew through the air, the Lakers turned their heads along the trajectory, and Kobe shouted loudly to block the bottom line.But Tucker rushed to catch the ball, rushed to the basket in two steps, ignored Bynum's threat, stopped and joined the ball, jumped up, and dunked with his right hand.

"YES!" The Clippers bench stood up and applauded, and the cheers swept across the arena.

Su Yang just rushed to Fisher's side, seeing that Bynum did not grab the free throw, he immediately pressed close to him.

Fisher ran away and the basketball passed to Kobe, but the Clippers pressed the ball.

The audience followed the DJ and yelled for cheers. Kobe continued to change directions and swayed past Tucker, reaching the logo position in the frontcourt.Gasol mentioned the left wing to catch the ball, then turned to the left corner, making it clear that he wanted to pass back to Kobe who ran to you.

Seeing this situation, Randolph pressed and interfered, and Tucker went around to block the passing route.

Gasol turned and threw the ball to the top of the arc, Fisher took the ball and passed it to the right elbow, and then started to rush inside.

Artest waited with his back to receive the ball, while Kobe also used Gasol to screen and circle around to get the ball at the top of the arc.

Such a transfer is quite beautiful, and it is considered a classic triangle offensive tactic, but Tucker did not lose his defensive position, and kept sticking to Kobe like glue.

Gasol held the ball high, tried for a long time but failed to find a chance, and used Bynum's cover to break through.

The two ran and split, and between the staggered, Gasol made an emergency stop and hooked sideways, and the basketball flew into the penalty area.

Bynum took the ball and took advantage of the situation to sink his shoulders and exert strength. He carried Jordan to stick to the defense, forced a jump, and put his hands on the basket.

when!The basketball smashed into the basket, and the audience sighed in disappointment and the referee's whistle sounded at the same time.

Jordan was blown off the cylinder, Bynum got two free throw opportunities, and the sighs of the audience suddenly turned into cheers.

In the commentary booth, Miller said: "Obviously, the knee injury has some influence on Bynum. If it were normal, he would have dunked the ball with both hands just now. Unfortunately, he lacked strength when he took off and could only put the basket."

"The Lakers had three offenses in the first game, and two of them wanted to play for him." Cole said, "They hope that Bynum can find his form as soon as possible. After all, Bynum's role on both ends of the offense and defense has a greater impact on the Lakers."

Court, Bynum made two free throws.

The Clippers made a fast break, and Tucker took the ball across the center line, stopped at the top of the arc, bowed and waited.

Su Yang pretended to slip the bottom line, tricked Fisher's center of gravity, stopped and ran back suddenly, and lifted 45 degrees to the left with the help of cover.He raised his hand to receive the pass from Tucker, bowed in a triple-threat position, and Randolph ran up to set up a wall as a screen.

Gasol rushed to grab the delay, Su Yang pulled the ball back, used the screen again, and went straight to the top of the arc.

With two consecutive screens, Gasol was tricked into shrinking ahead of time, without a delay, and Fisher was unable to catch up.

Su Yang rushed to the free throw line in a blink of an eye. Seeing Kobe contracting 45 degrees from the right, he immediately stopped and passed the ball.

Tucker received the ball from the three-point line, as if he didn't see Kobe returning to the defense, he jumped head-on and made a long shot.

bass!The three-pointer went into the net.

Offensive and defensive conversion, Fisher ran the ball across the center line, then handed it to Kobe, and began to intersperse.Artest also ran without the ball at the same time. Both of them used the big man to cover, but they couldn't completely get rid of the Clippers' defense and ran for a long time in vain.

The Lakers' offense stalled, and Gasol hurried up to 45 degrees to receive a pass from Kobe.After Kobe passed the ball, he quickly started to rush to the left waist, put his back against Tucker, and took a return pass in a three-threat posture.

This is also a typical triangle offensive running position. The core of the tactics is to create one-on-one space for the strongest players.

The audience cheered and saw Kobe stepping forward for a while, suddenly sinking his shoulders and pulling the ball to the bottom line, one step past Tucker and rushing to the basket, facing the defending Jordan, he jumped with his back, roared in the air, and pulled the bar with his backhand Hit the board.

This operation is quite extreme, the basketball rebounded and hit the basket, and Tucker jumped high and caught it in his hand.

Su Yang took the ball while running, quickly brought it to the top of the arc, slowed down to observe for a while, and passed the ball to the left elbow.

Randolph caught the ball sideways, without any temptation, and leaned back directly against Gasol.

bass!The basketball went into the net hollow, 7 to 2.

Bynum picked up the ball and the basketball retreated out of bounds, Kobe caught the ball and ran forward, and the Lakers launched a rush attack.

Amidst the cheers, Gasol set up a 45-degree wall on the left side of the frontcourt to cover, and Kobe took the opportunity to break through from the sideline.

Randolph moved laterally to prevent interception, and Tucker bypassed the screen to catch up.But who would have thought that Kobe started directly with the ball, passed between the two, and then took a big stride to the edge of the paint area, facing Jordan's defense, and shooting backwards to the limit.

when!The basketball hit the rim and bounced into the net.

Cheers broke out in the arena instantly, the Clippers also launched a rush attack, and Su Yang caught the ball from the three-point line and ran wildly.He rushed all the way to the left wing of the frontcourt, and with the help of Randolph's cover, he went to the inside line for a layup, and the Lakers' defense was not completed, and three players were watching.

boom!The basketball hit the board and rebounded into the net, 9 to 4.

Easy side Lakers attack, after some running, Fisher made the ball for Bynum again.

Little Jordan stood firm on his heels, but was knocked down abruptly, and the referee whistled for a foul.

Bynum put his head in his hands to express his confusion. Many spectators on the sidelines yelled garbage referees, but the referees were unmoved.

Amidst boos, Su Yang dribbled the ball to the left wing and used Randolph's cover to break through the sideline.

As usual, Gasol scrambled up and flanked, and Su Yang pulled the ball back again, followed by a breakthrough at the top of the arc with the help of a second screen.

Exactly the same routine, Gasol was not deceived again, but Fisher still couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

When Su Yang rushed to the free throw line, Kobe also retracted his defense from the right and continued to empty Tucker.

Su Yang stopped and passed the ball as if repeating a single, and Tucker hit a three-pointer steadily.

Turning around, Fisher and Gasol played consecutive pick-and-rolls in the left half. Finally, Fisher rushed to the basket, attracted double-teams, and then passed the ball to Gasol who ran to the short corner. , It's a pity that Gasol hit the iron in the shot.

Randolph grabbed the rebound and the Clippers launched a fast break.

Su Yang rushed to the free throw line in the frontcourt and scored without any pressure.

The score between the two teams became 14 to 4. Phil Jackson got up and signaled that the Lakers requested a timeout.

In the commentary seat, Brin was a little puzzled: "Why is this happening? The Lakers started in a bad state."

"It's not that they are in poor form..." Miller paused for a moment, "It's that the triangle offensive tactics have fallen behind the times. Every time the Lakers attack, they are blocked by the Clippers to the point where they can barely make shots. Naturally, the shooting percentage is very low."

(End of this chapter)