basketball scientist

In the locker room, Kobe looked serious.

Before entering the league, James signed a 7-year 9000 million endorsement contract with Nike. Correspondingly, Kobe, who has completed three consecutive championships, won a contract from Nike in the same period of only 5 years 4500 million.It's not that there are fewer contracts for Kobe, but that the contract for James is the second largest contract in Nike's history, second only to Michael Jordan!

This is enough to show that Nike is optimistic about James, "thechosenone", translated into Chinese as "the chosen son"!

And James also lived up to Nike's expectations. In the first year, he overwhelmed Anthony to win the best rookie. In the second year, he was directly promoted to the ranks of the league's first-tier stars. Now covering James' body.

All this makes Kobe uncomfortable!The reason is simple, if you are stronger than the other party and get less than the other party, no one will be happy about it!

"In this Cavaliers team, apart from James, another player with a certain ability to attack autonomously is Drew Gooden, but he has always been in an unstable state. Lamar, if Gooden is handed over to you, I don't want to see him in the third game. Get easy scoring opportunities in the second zone. At the same time, pay attention to responding more when attacking, the Cavaliers are very capable of making mistakes and counterattacks!"

"The Cavaliers usually use a double point guard tactic this season. If Snow is playing against you, he will be determined to eat him in the low post. No problem, Kobe." Ke Yan looked at Kobe, this should be Kobe's favorite job .

"Of course!"

"If LeBron comes to defend you, it means that the Cavaliers' defensive rotation system has made mistakes and omissions. At that time, you need to handle the ball more rationally." Ke Yan emphasized.Taking over the job of the head coach, Ke Yan has no discomfort at all, and he is very familiar with it!

Regardless of the fact that the Cavaliers' defensive efficiency is not bad, it is really based on James flying up and down and making defenses back and forth.

Kobe didn't respond, what the hell is rational, wouldn't it be over after killing James?

"Caron, the task of defending James is mainly entrusted to you. Unless Chris (Mim) will help you after he breaks into the three-second zone, you are the only one at other times. There is only one principle. Shooting, James' mid-range shooting percentage is only 42%, and only 37% outside the three-second zone. I want you to force him to shoot from mid-range and long-range. If you do this, we will win half of the game."

At this stage, James' shooting is definitely his biggest weakness. The super impact force supported by steel and iron bones is almost unstoppable. Sometimes they can't bear his impact. The Lakers' flank strength is not bad, but it's hard to say whether they can bear James.

But the overall strength of the Cavaliers is average, and investing more defensive resources on James will not cause other defensive imbalances.

For his coaching debut, Ke Yan made sufficient arrangements, but even so, he was still a little nervous deep down.

After all, it was his first game as a head coach!

The stadium at the Staples Center was full, and the atmosphere inside the stadium was very hot, especially when the players from both sides played, the atmosphere reached a climax.

When Ke Yan came to the coach's bench, he happened to see Mike Brown not far away looking at him, smiled politely, and walked over.

"Good luck, young man!" According to the age of coaches in the league, Mike Brown is also a young coach now, but compared with Ke Yan. . . . . .Ke Yan belongs to the "baby handsome".

"We will definitely win this game!" Ke Yan said with a smile.

"So do we!" Mike Brown was still smiling.

At the referee's whistle, the game started.Ilgauskas beats the meme, and McGinnis grabs the ball, dribbles it to James after half court.

Butler gave James a step of space. With the help of this step, James started to attack the inside. Butler got stuck, but James still broke through the defense.This collision, if it were someone else lying flat on the ground, at least they would lose their balance. However, James adjusted back in one step, broke through the defense while stabilizing his center of gravity, pushed Butler away, and scored from close range.

It is said that James' scoring is not as picturesque as Kobe's, but watching such explosive muscle collisions on the spot is still very touching.

The Lakers attacked, and Kobe fell to the low post to play Snow. The latter is a good defensive backcourt player in the league, but his height, size, and strength are all inferior to Kobe, who is a swingman. Easy mid-range hit.

The superstars of both sides hit each other in the way they are best at.The difference is that James dropped ten times with one force, and Kobe obviously grasped the pain point of the Cavaliers' defense. If Snow defended alone, Kobe would be sure to beat him.

In the Cavaliers' positional battle, James and Ilgauskas' high-post pick-and-rolls were not very effective, and the distance was not enough. James did not choose to go straight to the inside, but dribbled the ball to the bottom corner to find opportunities again.The Lakers' defensive line was organized in time, and there was not much time left in the attack. James forced a breakthrough, tried to compress the Lakers' defense and then divided the ball, but failed to find a suitable route for the ball, so he had to force his own shot.

Mihm protected the backboard, dribbled two steps and handed the ball to Odom who was protecting him. The Lakers, uncharacteristically, did not rush to attack, but chose to slow down and play positional warfare.

Kobe received the ball from the low post on the right side, faced Snow's defense, turned to the right and shot, smoothly opened the distance with Snow, but the shot missed the basket.

Ilgauskas grabbed the rebound from the backcourt and launched a fast break immediately. James broke into the inside and then scored Gooden.

The Lakers attacked, and Kobe took the initiative to play a pick-and-roll with Odom. Snow bypassed Odom and cooperated with Gooden to pinch Kobe.

The Cavaliers served the ball from the backcourt. McGinnis slowly advanced after receiving the ball. He always felt that something was wrong in the frontcourt. He suddenly saw James shouting something loudly in the frontcourt. Before he realized that the basketball in his hand had been intercepted .

Just after Odom made a three-pointer, Butler in the bottom corner did not return to the backcourt immediately, but hid in the crowd outside the court. When McGinnis' attention was on the Lakers halftime, he suddenly came from behind. Come out and complete the steal.

Accelerating past Ilgauskas, Butler dunked easily. (7:4)

The Lakers fans at the scene rejoiced. Such a creative way of scoring is really rare. Butler, the instigator, gave Kobe a high-five after returning to defense. This scene may not be selected as today's top ten goals, but it will definitely be reviewed This season was replayed.

The Cavaliers attacked, and couldn't find space for several passes from the outside. James missed a jumper from the outside and mid-range. He used his speed to get away from Butler by half. Get into the basket.Even if James runs off the ball to get rid of Butler, Odom, Kobe and even Mihm also use the same defensive strategy.

"Come here!"

Except for McGinnis, the Cavaliers' peripheral shooting was unstable and could not open up space for James' breakthrough. McBrown sensed the problem and called Pavlovich on the bench to prepare for the attack. Substitute him when the ball is dead.

Kobe continued to torture Snow on the offensive end, James stepped forward to defend, Butler cut to the basket, forced Ilgauskas to play hard, although the ball missed, but caused a foul by Ilgauskas.The Lakers expanded their lead, and the Cavaliers took advantage of the dead ball to replace Pavlovich.

Pavlovich is a typical white shooter. He shoots accurately from the outside and is good at static confrontation. However, he is good at the small forward position. Even if he moves at the small forward position, he is considered slow. Put it in the second position. The weakness of lateral movement is completely exposed, not to mention that this game is against Kobe.

Replacing him may be able to improve the team's offense to a certain extent, but what is more certain is that the weakness of the defense will be further magnified.