basketball kingdom

Chapter 613 Change
Josh Smith is a little taller than James and has a disadvantage in movement speed, but the strength gap is small.He is responsible for defending James, not completely at a disadvantage.

Bryant's poor defense of Richard Jefferson in the last game led to the latter making a key three-pointer.Learn lessons from this game, keep an eye on JR Smith, and avoid being scored by James.

The Lakers adopted a one-on-one man-to-man defensive strategy, starting with Josh Smith defending James alone, and trying to let him launch a breakthrough.It's a trap that James has to step into if he wants to win.

Josh Smith chased on the side, Tyson Chandler helped defend after James took off, blocked the block with his right hand, and drove the ball out of the baseline.

Bryant clapped his hands, celebrating the successful defense of his teammates and mobilizing their emotions.Since the start of the finals, Xu Tian spoke less, but played more and more vigorously, so the matter of mobilizing the atmosphere naturally fell to Kobe.

James was at his peak age, and he had no scruples about his physical strength. He received the serve in the frontcourt and broke through on the right again.

Josh Smith knew that he should defend on the right, but for the sake of the overall tactics, he deliberately made a breakthrough, forcing James to attack with a more strenuous style of play.

Tristan Thompson's lack of offensive ability makes the inside threat not big enough. Tyson Chandler can maximize the defensive area by virtue of his height and flexibility.

James took the risk, confronted strongly, and attempted a layup with his right hand to make a foul.

This was a game at the Staples Center, the referee gave a higher standard of confrontation, and did not call Josh Smith for a defensive foul.

The basketball wiped the board, rebounded and hit!
2-2!

James landed smoothly, patted his right arm with his left hand, and signaled to the referee that the Lakers had fouled just now.Such pressure cannot change the penalty result, but only puts psychological pressure on the referee to strive for a better penalty scale.

Xu Tian passed the ball to Kobe and started running without the ball.

Kobe dribbled the ball at the top of the arc, observed his teammates' running positions, and at the same time analyzed the weak points of the Cavaliers' defense.

Xu Tian has top-level shooting ability and is a great invisible threat. His lateral movement can tear the Cavaliers' defense line in an instant.

The Lakers are not like the Warriors.Against the Warriors, it is enough to limit Curry and Klay Thompson with all their strength. If a super single-point limit is used against the Lakers, it will leave a huge offensive space for Kobe or George.This defensive style is dangerous.

George has a vacancy!

Bryant passes the ball with his left hand to the open George.

Owen is responsible for defending George.There is a big gap in height between the two, and it is very difficult to stick to the defense. Now that George is released, there is no way to restrict it.

George is a player who has been a star player. His hand shape is stable. He was not affected by Irving's bluff at all. He took off on the spot and shot!

Basketball hit the board, hit!
5-2!

Tyronn Lue wanted to use the tactic of double-teaming Xu Tian. Seeing the Lakers' offense, he immediately changed his mind and asked the players to defend one-on-one.

The Spurs and Warriors double-teamed Xu Tian because Kobe was absent due to injury. When the Lakers' three outside stars can all play, this defensive method will be very inappropriate.

James took the ball to the frontcourt, and also observed the defense first. Seeing that the Lakers were still insisting on one-on-one tight marking, he knew that it was unlikely to make a breakthrough, so he passed the ball to JR Smith and asked him to try to attack first.

Kobe is a player with strong defensive experience and skills. He immediately put on the best defensive posture and defended JR Smith closely.

JR Smith is a player who is good at offense, with excellent physical talent and rich offensive skills.It's just that he is extremely unstable most of the time, so he can't go further to become a star.

Kobe used his full defense to completely block JR Smith's offensive line, forcing him to take difficult shots.

JR Smith was eager to show his strength, and did not choose to pass to his teammates. Instead, he pulled up on the spot and found the offensive space with better bounce.

Kobe also took off, but after the Achilles tendon injury, his jumping ability was much worse than before, and his outstretched right hand could only cover JR Smith's face.

The basketball rolled and flew into the air, drew an unusually high arc, and fell into the bag hollowly!

5-5!

JR Smith finally showed some performance in the opening stage, celebrating with endless chatter, dispelling the haze in his heart.

Xu Tian left the work of receiving the serve to Kobe, and ran to the frontcourt without the ball.

Kobe walked to the frontcourt slowly, saw Xu Tian relying on his strength to get to the position, and passed the lob directly.

JR Smith lowered his center of gravity to the minimum and defended with all his strength, trying to give Xu Tian a blow.It's a pity that his wish didn't come true, and what was waiting was a turnaround jumper.

Swish!
No solution!

7-5!

James dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and passed the ball to JR Smith again, but this time the defender in front of him became Xu Tian.

JR Smith is well aware of Xu Tian's ability to interfere with the dribbling rhythm, but he still wants to make a successful breakthrough.Things backfired and mistakes occurred.

Kobe judged that Xu Tian would complete the steal, so he went forward two seconds early and received a pass from Xu Tian.

James strode behind him, trying to chase and block the shot.

Kobe saw James from the corner of his eye, stopped the ball in the frontcourt to attract the defense, and passed back to Xu Tian who was running from the middle.

Xu Tian took the ball with his right hand, took off with both legs, ignored James' defense, and dunked vigorously!

Bi~!
The referee blew the whistle and awarded James a thug foul!

Shocking cheers sounded from the Staples Center, and it was given to Xu Tian who completed 2+1.

Kobe was very calm, walked over to high-five Xu Tian, ​​and then walked beyond the three-point line to watch Xu Tian execute the penalty.

James walked up to the referee, explained that he didn't have a thug just now, and continued to put pressure on the referee.

Tyronn Lue understood that JR Smith could play calmly in the first offensive round, mostly because Xu Tian didn't single him on the offensive end, but he didn't dare to replace JR Smith too early, so he could only stand on the sidelines Watch the progress of the game.

Xu Tian made a free throw!

10-5!

Kobe retreated to the backcourt, went to mark Irving, and handed JR Smith to Xu Tian for defense.

Seeing that the defender is Xu Tian, ​​JR Smith's mentality immediately became turbulent, and he could no longer calm down.In order to get rid of this thought, he quickly started running.

Xu Tian possesses top-level off-ball ability and excellent running awareness. He predicts JR Smith's running route and chases and defends effortlessly.

JR Smith really felt the despair, so he could only pull to the bottom corner on the right to observe his teammates attacking.

James encountered the pincer defense of Tyson Chandler and Josh Smith, unable to continue to attack, he could only choose to pass the ball to the nearest JR Smith.

JR Smith didn't dare to dribble, so he pulled up on the spot and tried a three-point shot.

Xu Tian's defense had already affected his mentality, and he hadn't found his touch yet, causing the basketball to hit the side edge of the backboard and fly directly out of the baseline.

(End of this chapter)