Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 356 A Good Beginning

It can be said that the Lakers lost without dignity in the last game. Many fans expressed doubts about whether the team can hold the next home game.

The whole team once again conducted closed training. No one was interviewed before the game, and rumors from the media began to spread everywhere.Every Lakers player has been found several homes by the media.News beginning with "Shock!", "Fear!", "Exposure!", "Or!" is endless.

The Suns are full of ambitions. Carlos Boozer was very proud in an interview before the game, saying that he has already begun to consider his opponents in the Western Conference Finals, and he will let Tim Duncan and Rasheed Wallace try some suffering.

Nash has become the most low-key member of the Suns. During his years in the Mavericks, he has played against several top teams in the Western Conference. On the edge of the playoffs, there is no chance to get in touch with a higher-level duel, but it does mean that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.

On May 5th, the fourth game of the first half of the Western Conference Semifinals arrived at the Staples Center as scheduled.

"Boy, I won't let you go if there is another shitty game like last time!" Before the game, Nicholson found Jim and threatened him viciously.

"You don't need to say, if you play like that again, I will resign and go home and never play basketball again." Jim also set the Flag.

Although the words were loud, no one had any confidence in the real fight, not to mention that this was the fourth set of tactics changed in four games. Jim took a deep breath and chose to trust his players.

Battier is still in the starting lineup, which makes many Lakers supporters nervous. Battier's performance in the series was poor, and he could not be attacked or defended. The coach still reuses him so much. I am afraid that this game will be bad luck. few.

Garnett made a successful jump ball and the Lakers got the ball.

The first attack was executed by Kobe without hesitation. Facing the zone defense of Joe Johnson and Carlos Boozer, Fei Xia used Garnett's pick-and-roll, took a step and then made an emergency stop jumper and made a steady hit.

The Suns attacked, and Nash and Boozer performed a pick-and-roll as usual. Garnett was still in front of Nash, but Billups immediately followed Boozer who was rolling down to the basket. Battier stared closely at the horse. Lyon did not give him the opportunity to run away from the defense.

There was a dislocation under the basket. Nash fed the ball to Boozer. Billups just raised his hands and did not make other defensive actions. Boozer turned around and hit a hook.

Billups was a little annoyed, Garnett pulled him over, and the two exchanged a few words.

The Lakers attack, Billups holds the ball in a high position, Artest and Garnett provide off-ball screens for Battier and Kobe on both sides respectively.

Of course, the side of Artest and Battier was just a feint, with the purpose of tearing apart the Suns' defensive formation. Kobe came out here, and Quentin Richardson was standing in front of him. Garnett took advantage of the situation and cut in. , taking Marion's attention away, Kobe crossed the ball and walked to the left after receiving the ball, rushing towards the empty baseline.

Marion, who was in charge of that area, was taken away. Kobe made an easy pull-up jumper, and Quentin Richardson was beyond his reach.

When Nash and Boozer continued to play pick-and-rolls, Billups changed his defensive strategy this time, and adopted a defensive approach to Boozer's cut-in, blocking the passing route. Nash couldn't easily lob the ball in.

Boozer didn't receive the ball at the first time, so he had to withdraw from the three-second zone, then received a pass from Nash, and directly shot an ugly mid-range shot.

The basket missed, and Garnett grabbed a backcourt rebound.

Billups dribbled the ball across half court, and after making a high pick-and-roll with Garnett, he forced a breakthrough along the middle.

The Suns deployed a 3-2 zone defense. Boozer in the low post rushed to help defend, while Kobe immediately ran to the bottom corner.

With 7 points in a row, Kobe obviously got rid of the downturn in the previous game, and the Lakers' tactics are also very clear. Everyone creates opportunities for Kobe to attack in the first few games. In the opening stage of the game, he will try his hand, but this game skipped this process directly, and Kobe just swung directly at the beginning.

When it was the Suns' turn to attack, the Lakers used Artest to mark Joe Johnson, and Kobe defended Quentin Richardson, who was less able to attack independently.

Nash tried to use the screen to break through, but Garnett, the best defensive player in the new division, should not be underestimated. Nash rushed in but found no chance for a layup, so he had to pass the ball to Marion who suddenly cut.

But this time Battier reacted very quickly, instead of following Marion in circles, he directly chose the shortest route and blocked his attacking route. Marion couldn't brake in time, and both of them fell to the ground.

The referee blew his whistle, and after some communication, Battier was sentenced to a blocking foul.

Battier sat on the ground with question marks on his face, his teammates came over to pull him up and gave him a few words of encouragement.

Marion walked to the free throw line and used his beautiful free throw to add two more points for the Suns.

D'Antoni took advantage of Marion's free throw and asked Nash to arrange a few words, and Jim also pulled Billups and Kobe over there to give them face-to-face instructions.

Sure enough, after being successfully attacked by Kobe, the Suns strengthened their defense against Kobe off the ball. Joe Johnson continued to stick in front of Kobe, forming a 1-to-4 formation.

But this adjustment was in the hands of the Lakers. Artest and Battier provided Kobe with double screens off the ball to attract the Suns' defensive attention. Billups and Garnett played a pick-and-roll duo, and Garnett easily cut in. He blasted the tomahawk with one hand and punched Boozer in the face.

The Suns tried to let Joe Johnson complete the offense, but under Artest's strong defense, Joe, who had not yet reached his peak, failed to succeed in singles. After Garnett grabbed the backcourt rebound, he passed Kobe directly, and the Panthers drove straight in. , under Marion's pursuit, forced to take off and hit a dunk with both hands.

In less than 3 minutes, the Lakers hit a wave of 100 to 11 with a 4% shooting rate. The efficiency was extremely high, and D'Antoni requested a timeout.

"It seems that Jim Buss finally got the hang of it and gave up his inexplicable high-position flanking tactics. From the start, the effect is good. If Kobe can maintain the current high efficiency on the offensive end, the Lakers still have a great chance of winning. , at least I didn’t expect the Suns to have any way to limit Kobe. Before the Suns won the game, they opened up the situation on the offensive end. We look forward to what D’Antoni will do when facing the Lakers’ defensive tactics. Joe Johnson Under Ron Artest's defense, there are certainly not many opportunities, and Carlos Boozer needs to stand up and fulfill his promise at this time."

(End of this chapter)