The strongest basket king

Chapter 58 Kobe's Revenge

Defending three-pointers and controlling rebounds, the Lakers executed their defensive tactics very well in the first half, leading to 10+.

The Heat also realized at halftime that without Bosh, their small-ball tactics would not work.

Even Xiang Chu can play in the Lakers without leaving the inside line, but he is bullied inside if he can't pull out the inside line.

If they want to break the game now, they can only rely on defense and star tactics.

To defend Kobe, the Lakers are not afraid of others on the perimeter. The Lakers' offense this season has been mediocre.

Offensively, they must play more resolutely. No one in the Lakers can face James. If Kobe wants to defend, he will definitely not be able to last physically.

In the second half, the Heat adopted a very hardcore pursuit method, fighting for stars and fighting against each other.

The Lakers' ability to confront the two insiders is actually not particularly strong, coupled with the lack of support from the outside, the Heat's strategy has really played a lot.

In this quarter, James' scoring ability is stronger. Kobe was excited too early in the first half, and he went through a halftime break, feeling a little cold.

However, the Heat are no longer obsessed with a purely small lineup, and the Lakers can also sit on the three insiders all the time.

When Xiang Chu came on the court, the situation was a bit difficult, and the Heat chased the score to only 4 points.

With the tough defense and the advantages of the players' matchups, the Heat can chip back the score one ball at a time.

Bynum was out of breath when he left the field. He was the tallest and the heaviest on the field, but he had no obvious advantage in confrontation.

After Xiang Chu went up, he immediately felt the hand-to-hand basketball.

Now this way of playing is relatively rare. There are only a few teams in the league that are good at it. The Heat are one of them, and the Lakers are not so adaptable.

Xiang Chu's strength is mediocre, but his endurance is not bad. This year's hard training is not fake.

He didn't even play 10 minutes in the first half, and he wanted to be dissatisfied. If you fight, you will fight.

Xiang Chu is not as simple and honest as his face. He not only fights with the opponent, but also has an advantage in height and wingspan, which can be used flexibly in many cases.

In fact, entering the league with Pau Gasol is very helpful to Xiang Chu. His characteristics are different from Pau Gasol, but there are many things we can learn from.

Together with Gasol, he firmly suppressed the opponent's rebounds.

Gasol has to pay attention to physical strength, Xiang Chu is not afraid of exhaustion at all, anyway, he only plays during the rotation.

At the moment of stalemate, he and Gasol grabbed consecutive offensive rebounds, and the Lakers' lead began to increase again.

The Heat's current insider Joel Anthony has no rebounds, he can only block people and then James goes to grab them, so Xiang Chu directly faced James several times.

James' body is definitely at the level of a beast. Although he is only in the third position, he is stronger than Xiang Chu. Xiang Chu seems to think that he is facing Howard.

But when no one is blocking, Xiang Chu still has an advantage in grabbing rebounds.

"Brother, you'd better go back to the perimeter, this is not your territory," Xiang Chu couldn't help spouting trash talk after grabbing a rebound in front of James.

There are not many opportunities to directly face the top three stars in the league, and Xiang Chu cherishes it very much.

"Oh, I forgot, you missed one from outside the three-point line, so you are inside."

"Rookie, it seems that you have learned something useless for a while." James, who was behind, had a bad temper.

He hit one in front of Xiang Chu during the attack, Xiang Chu didn't mind at all, it's normal for a star of this level to hit in front of him, what he has to do is to try his best to consume the opponent.

As soon as James came in, Xiang Chu would take the initiative to go up to make physical contact.

Seeing that the gap in the game widened, James became a little anxious, Xiang Chu came to make trouble again, and he pushed Xiang Chu angrily.

How could Xiang Chu be cowardly at home, and rushed over immediately.

If the referee sent them both off, maybe Mike - Brown will also credit him.

The extreme incident still did not happen, and the referee quickly stopped the expansion of the situation.

And Xiang Chu just looked reckless, but in fact, like James, he is a more rational person.

But in this game, he was much more relaxed than James. The opponent wanted to score and grab rebounds. Finally, during a forced attack by James, Xiang Chu went to block him from the side.

It's really cool, it's not the first time Xiang Chu blocks a shot, but it's fun to block a player of James' level no matter what.

James was aggrieved. If he hadn't been fighting hard, Xiang Chu wouldn't have had the chance to help defend easily.

The fans on the sidelines also cooperated, and the trash talk was much bolder than the Lakers players.

At the end of the third quarter, Blake hit a three-pointer, and the Lakers had another 9-point lead.

James' last shot was interfered by Gasol, and the two clashed again, resulting in a technical offense each.

In the final quarter, James continued to work without rest. Even if he had good physical strength, he would consume a lot of physical strength in offense and defense, and it would be unrealistic to fight like before.

At this time, Kobe, who took a break for a while, played again and hit Wade in consecutive singles.

Wade was booed all the time and didn't guard against it. He was a little anxious, and he couldn't help but act a little louder. As a result, he was sent off for four fouls within a few minutes.

To be honest, today's whistle is slightly biased towards the Lakers, but it's just the home field advantage, not too much, and it's not blowing indiscriminately, it's just that it's not good for the Heat's defense.

When Wade went down, the Heat had no choice but to switch to a smaller shooter lineup. Without Bosh, the Heat had no help defense, and now they couldn't restrain Kobe, and James couldn't turn the tide.

The two big centers of the Lakers are under the basket, and he is uncomfortable when he goes in. His basket is not so accurate on the outside, so he can only GG.

After the game, Xiang Chu found out that he didn't even hit double figures in scoring and rebounding. He played happily in the first half, but in the second half he only remembered the confrontation and didn't care about the statistics.

But I still played really well. After the game, I felt that my muscles were a little sore and swollen. I had to go to the team's masseur for treatment.

This game not only won James, but also beat Wade. After Kobe's wild words became reality, he must be embarrassed.

Facing the reporter, he denied the claim of revenge, "I don't think it's anything at all, we just came out to play... The point is, people always hope that I will be knocked down by something and can't play the game. The more people have such thoughts, I'm more motivated."

It was obvious that he was holding back his strength to find a place, and it was clear between the lines, what else to pretend.

And Wade was more sensible in the interview after the game, "Yes, I don't often get sent off the court. I guess, I was unlucky in this game, but don't tempt me to comment on the referee. I cherish the money in my pocket very much. money."

The Lakers have won consecutive victories after the All-Stars, and the team's situation has improved, but if they want to go further in the playoffs, they definitely need to change.

But for Xiang Chu, all he has to do is play well.

(End of this chapter)