stadium ambition

Chapter 340 The Barrel Principle
"What are the facts?"

Marvin asked: "I read a report, former Lakers player Karim Rush said in an interview that he lost in the finals that year, Karl Malone's injury was an important factor, and Kobe's desire to grab O'Neal's FMVP was also an important factor. "

Miller said: "Kobe does rarely pass the ball to O'Neal, but he ranked first in assists in two games and ranked second in assists in two games. The reason for that is that the Pistons' defense The passing was great, and he was facing Prince and Hamilton, and a lot of the ball just couldn't get down low."

Cole nodded: "Yes, Larry Brown's coaching philosophy on the defensive end is not to allow opponents to pass the ball easily. At that time, in order to break through that restriction, Phil Jackson tried Rick Fox and Luke Walton to control respectively. To use the height advantage, imitate the form of Pippen back then, and try to give the ball to O'Neal in the low post."

"So, Paul was able to complete that kind of difficult pass, which made him feel that he would never encounter the same difficulties again!" Marvin thought, "Then how to explain his low shooting percentage back then? The average shooting percentage per game is lower than that of the Lakers. Average."

"That's normal..." Miller waved his hand, "He faced the strongest defense of the Pistons. After many balls couldn't be given to O'Neal, he had to take the shots. His real problem was that he should play more patiently, but there were many factor distracted him."

During the conversation, the Clippers basketball was handed over to the left midfielder Randolph, and the others ran away to stretch the space.

Artest leaned forward slightly, scrambling the ground with both feet, and raised his right hand to catch Randolph's back.

Perhaps because of the relatively strong strength needed to counter Artest in a back-up, Randolph paused for a moment, pulled the ball and turned to face the basket, using his left foot as the axis, and stepped forward with his right foot, directly stuck between the two teams of Artest. Then sink your shoulders and move forward to actively seek contact.

Artest decisively bent his knees and lowered his center of gravity, stood firm like a stone pier, gritted his teeth and prepared to fight.

That thought, Randolph closed his upper body, kicked his left foot against the ground and retreated forcefully, raised his right foot and leaned back to make a mid-range shot.

Such a standard golden rooster independence caused the Clippers substitutes to get up and prepare to celebrate, while the audience booed and interfered.

In a hurry, Artest could only reach out to try to interfere, and the basketball hit the circle with a bang and entered the net, 17 to 14.

Randolph returned to the defense with a smile, beating his chest at Su Yang from afar, as if to verify something.

Su Yang nodded in response. He had played V-shaped tactics too many times before, and the Lakers had already been familiar with various routines in a short period of time. They failed to move a few times just now, so they could only take the initiative to turn into a low single. Advantage.

In the transition from offense to defense, Paul dribbled the ball to the right at 45 degrees, and raised his hand to pass to the right waist as usual.

Gasol jumped up and received the ball with his back, Paul turned to the left and started running at the same time, but Su Yang did not follow and chased to the left, but chose to shrink and pinch, because Gasol had taken the ball too many times before, and wanted to test whether the opponent Relax.

Gasol immediately raised his hand and was ready to pass back. He thought that Paul didn't pay attention to his movements and was rushing forward.

Gasol can only protect the basketball sideways, and then pass to Kobe who is transferred to the right 45 degrees with the help of a screen.

Gordon followed and did not communicate with Su Yang in any form. The two teamed up tacitly.

Shouts broke out in the arena, Paul quickly retreated to the center line to respond, and Kobe hurriedly threw the ball over.

Su Yang moved laterally to intercept, took the first step to block the three-point line, and faced Paul's high-speed impact with the ball.

Seeing that the two were about to touch each other, Su Yang suddenly lowered his center of gravity and took a step back, walking in a straight line without any emphasis.

Paul slumped his shoulders to the left suddenly, as if he wanted to force a breakthrough, Su Yang then turned sideways to guide him in.

Unexpectedly, Paul suddenly stopped suddenly, took advantage of the situation with his left hand under his crotch to change his right hand, and instead rushed to the right with a heavy shoulder.

Su Yang calmly withdrew to open the distance, then slid his feet and moved sideways, blocking the breakthrough space again.

There was not much time left in the attack, Paul stopped suddenly to pull the ball and turned around again, but he didn't explode the dribble.

Su Yang saw it, and subconsciously thought it was a fake turn around, so he stood still and waited.

"Ah!" Paul half-turned and pulled back, yelling and jumping off the ground, forcing a backward mid-range shot.

But Paul's take-off height was a little low, Su Yang jumped slightly sideways, and put his hand near the basketball in an instant.

Paul had to use two-stage movements to increase the arc of his shot, and the basketball flew into the air and glided, banging like iron.

Jordan jumped up and caught the rebound, turned around to avoid Barnes' steal, and was firmly in his arms.

Su Yang stepped forward to take the ball and slowly pushed it forward, thinking about how to widen the score gap.In a few seconds, he sorted out his thoughts. Kobe and Paul were too defensive, and he needed to focus on the weak defense of the Lakers, that is, Artest and Barnes.

Artest's advantage lies in strength and experience, and his disadvantage lies in speed and height.

The advantage of Barnes is that he is excellent in defense, and his disadvantage is that he suffers from physical confrontation.

After making up his mind, Su Yang brought the ball to the top of the arc, and his eyes signaled for a weak-side off-ball screen to cut inside.

George understood in seconds, and immediately started from the bottom corner and ran up and out, while Randolph tacitly moved across the wall from the right elbow.At the same time, Jordan moved Gasol to the left, leaving all the space in the paint and setting a screen for Gordon.

In the blink of an eye, George used Randolph's cover to get rid of Barnes, diverted to the inside and rushed to the paint.

But Kobe saw through the tactical intentions and shouted to shrink the defense, and Gasol rushed to the basket almost at the same time.

Su Yang immediately raised his hand to pass the ball. Paul never thought that Paul would retreat early and double-team George at any time.

In the blink of an eye, Su Yang gave up passing the ball, took off directly on the spot, and flew towards Paul to make a strong three-pointer.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, 20 to 14.

The Clippers' lead suddenly reached 6 points. Gasol seemed to be stimulated, picked up the basketball and retreated out of bounds to grab the serve.

Kobe rushed to catch the ball, and other players from both teams turned around to follow up, and the situation became a little chaotic.

Paul received the ball on the center line and moved forward around the ball in a continuous figure-of-eight. He insisted on defending every opportunity of Su Yang.

The two reached the top of Hu Ding with their front and rear feet. Paul circled halfway, hit the ground with his crotch and passed the ball to the right.

Such an action was so sudden that Su Yang failed to react in time, and the audience cheered after a while.

The basketball flew to the right elbow, and Kobe, who was cutting inside, caught the ball and took off. He ignored Gordon's threat from the side and made a strong two-pointer.

bass!The basketball was hollow into the net, cheers exploded in the arena, and the announcer drew a long voice to celebrate.

"Amazing passing!" Cole was full of excitement, "Not to mention Su Yang, who was standing in front with a limited perspective, even I couldn't respond to Paul's movements from a bird's-eye view. CP3 is full of creativity. , saving a lot of running positions."

"So, it doesn't matter whether the triangle offense is..." Miller chuckled, "It's just one of many tactical systems. As long as the players are strong enough, they can play any tactics, not to mention Kobe's finishing ability is so strong."

Cole shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands to show he was speechless. Marvin changed the topic with a smile, and the offense and defense on the court switched.

Su Yang dribbled the ball across the center line, signaled again to play the weak side to cover and cut inside, George saw this and started to run.

Barnes chose to bypass the screen to intercept, George stopped and turned spiritually, gave up the inside cut, and really ran to the right wing.

Su Yang passed the ball immediately, George caught the ball and flew towards Barnes, rushing to shoot a three-pointer in a hurry.

when!The basketball hit the rim and rebounded, Gasol and Jordan took off to fight, and collided in the air.

Beep!The referee blew his whistle, whistled Jordan for pulling someone with his hands, and fouled LOOSE BALL.

Little Jordan was full of doubts about this, but he couldn't resist, so he could only hand over the ball to the Lakers.

The offense and defense of the two teams switched at this point, and the audience followed the announcer and shouted LETS GO LA in unison.

Paul took the ball to the right 45 degrees, raised his hand again to prepare a lob pass, but Jordan went around and interfered with Gasol.

After some confrontation, Gasol was not as strong as he was at the beginning of the game, and was locked up by Jordan around the front.

But Paul did not give up, but raised his head and waved his hands, as if communicating some special tactics.

Seeing this, Gasol gave up the confrontation, turned around and rushed to the basket, while Paul threw the ball high at the same time.

The speed was so fast that Jordan had no time to react, but as soon as Gasol took the ball and stood firm, Randolph was already blocking the front.

However, Artest got a wide open because of this, and Gasol immediately passed the ball, and blocked people with his back.

Randolph hurriedly turned around and returned to the defense. Artest gave up shooting and broke through instead, rushing to the basket in two steps.

Seeing that he was about to jump and release the basket, Jordan bypassed Gasol and rushed over, raising his hands to interfere.

For a while, Artest froze in place, and Kobe and Paul hurriedly clapped their hands and shouted, reminding them to pass the ball out.

Hearing the sound of being stuck, Su Yang completely blocked Paul's receiving route, and the rest of the Clippers followed suit.

Artest suddenly had no one to pass, and the three-second offensive violation was about to be triggered. In a hurry, he forced the basket.

Snapped!Little Jordan pegboard cap.

The basketball rebounded and flew to the top of the arc. Su Yang grabbed it and turned around to avoid Paul's sideways attack.

The Lakers hurried back to defense, while the Clippers slowly ran to the frontcourt to calm down, and then played the weak side to cover and cut inside.

The screen and running position were formed quickly, but Artest stepped up and blocked the inside route in advance. Barnes took the opportunity to squeeze through the screen and chase George, and the Clippers' tactical running position failed.However, Jordan saw the opportunity and rushed to the basket.

At this time, because Artest left the paint, the center was in a wide open state, and the players on both sides of the Lakers could not help defend.

Su Yang raised his hand and hit the ground, and the basketball was accurately delivered to Jordan from the top of the arc. The latter jumped up and dunked with a backhand.

There was a bang, and the basketball exploded into the net.

The Clippers led the Lakers 22 to 16, and only missed one goal after the opening, and the bench cheered.

"Su Yang is too good at finding opportunities." Cole sighed, "What surprised me even more is that other Clippers players are also so good at finding opportunities. I can't help it."

"They trust each other. DeAndre Jordan knows that as long as he runs to a reasonable position, Su Yang will definitely pass the ball to him..." Miller said, "That's the chemical reaction formed by their long-term training and games, and it doesn't take much. communicate."

On the court, offense and defense transition.

Paul ran to the right 45 degrees with the ball, and directly hit the ground and passed it to Gasol, who was in the waist, at an extremely fast speed.

Little Jordan was not ready to go around, so he had to bend his knees and prepare to carry hard.

Su Yang started to catch up with Paul. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Jordan's position, and quickly suggested to block the bottom line.

Jordan did as he heard, and stood beside Gasol with a twisted hip, leaving space for the upper line.

Gasol was also welcome, and immediately started with the ball, and rushed to the paint area with two kicks.But just as he was about to take off and make a shot, Randolph stood in front of him like a flash, and teamed up with Jordan to form an arc double-team, leaving no room for manipulation.

Between the flashes, Gasol stopped and turned to face the top of the arc, eagerly looking for a passing position.

It's a pity that except for Artest who was emptied, all other Lakers players were interfered by going forward, and no one can pass for the time being.

Paul quickly retreated to the center line to respond, and Gasol quickly passed the ball as if he was relieved.

Cheering applause sounded in the arena, Paul immediately turned around after receiving the ball, and made a strong move to the left wing position.

Kobe bowed to catch the ball, and before he could fully turn around, he hit the ground hard, and the basketball bounced to the baseline.

Artest, who was wide open, received the ball and started a three-step layup, but was blocked by Randolph who returned to defense.

Artest didn't dare to play forcefully, so he stopped the ball and turned around to recruit people, while the Clippers stared at him in unison.

In that battle, as long as he passed the ball, unless it was a lob pass, he would definitely be intercepted.

In a panic, Kobe moved back, took a few steps back and stopped on the left sideline, and raised his hand to signal for the ball.

Artest seemed to see the savior and threw the ball over, but there were only five seconds left in the attack time.

The audience cheered and applauded, Kobe took off to catch the ball, and the moment he landed, he crossed and started.

Gordon stepped on his feet and chased close to him, without trying to intercept at all, and he did not make sudden shots.

Seeing that the 24-second violation whistle was about to sound, Kobe stood up from the ground and made a two-stage action to make a strong three-pointer.

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

Jordan leaped high and caught the rebound, the Lakers quickly turned around and returned to defense, and the Clippers launched a counterattack.

Su Yang caught the ball and brought it across the center line. His eyes indicated that he would continue to play the weak side screen and cut in. He wanted to make full use of the defensive weaknesses of Artest and Barnes, avoid head-to-head confrontation with Paul, Kobe, and Gasol, and try to preserve his physical strength for the long-term. Prepare.

Seeing this, George started running from the right corner and strode towards the 45-degree three-point line, while Randolph moved laterally as a screen.

As usual, Artest delayed switching defenses to help Barnes gain time to catch up, but this time, the other three Lakers players turned their toes and shrunk toward the basket, making it clear that they wanted to block the paint space at any time and deny passing and breakthrough opportunities.

Su Yang saw it, and an idea flashed in his mind. He immediately gave up passing the ball, turned around and moved to the left.

Paul hurriedly returned to the defense to catch up, but Su Yang rushed to Kobe's position and stopped, passing the ball hand to hand.

Gordon took the ball to the top of the arc, and Su Yang dismantled the outer bullet at the same time, forcing Kobe to be unable to start to catch up.Paul had to switch defenses to intercept Gordon, and a dislocation matchup formed. Jordan and Randolph hurriedly withdrew from the paint to leave room for singles.

There were boos in the arena, and Gordon lowered his center of gravity by sinking his shoulders, and took the initiative to get close to Paul, using brute force without skill.

Paul is considered a heavy-duty point guard, but he is also dwarfed by Gordon's big butt. He has no chance to fight hard, and it is impossible to try to go around and steal.

Even so, Gordon was very careful to lean on Paul to take off, not giving a chance to block the shot at all.

boom!The basketball rebounded into the net, and the Clippers led 24 to 16.

The boos stopped abruptly, the referee whistled to stop the game, and the Lakers requested a 90-second timeout.

In the TNT commentary seat, Miller said: "The current strategy of the Clippers is very clear, that is, to use the two weak positions of the Lakers to make breakthroughs. If the Lakers cannot solve this problem, then they still cannot make up for their shortcomings."

"Yes, the wooden barrel principle..." Cole said, "Just like the Heat's center and three-pointers are bad, the Lakers' lineup is relatively lacking in offensive and defensive capabilities, and that may determine how far they go in the playoffs. "

(End of this chapter)