At 4:00 p.m. on the 15th, the Lakers' team flew to San Antonio and prepared to play against the Spurs for the second time in three days.

After a crushing defeat on Valentine's Day night, Kobe was holding his breath and headed to the hotel bus and asked how to adjust.

Su Yang smiled and said, "Don't be anxious." The whole team then checked into the hotel and put down their luggage and held a huge meeting with more than 20 people.

"The first question is that Kobe has difficulty receiving the pass comfortably, and he is easily trapped in double-teams after receiving it..."

At the beginning of the meeting, Su Yang directly pointed out the main problem that caused the crushing defeat. Kobe is the core of the Lakers' tactical strategy. Once Kobe cannot score efficiently, the Lakers will be affected as a whole. As long as this problem is solved, other offensive problems will be solved.

Bynum has difficulty getting the ball in the inside, part of the reason is that it cannot open the outside, which has led to the Spurs' prediction of Bynum's receiving the ball more accurately. Even if they get the ball, the double-teaming becomes more decisive, which has led to great defensive pressure on Bynum.

In turn, Bynum's scoring efficiency is low in the inside, and the Spurs can add more energy to defend the Lakers' offense from the outside.

In short, they are involved, but first of all, we must solve the problem that Kobe has difficulty getting the ball, otherwise other ideas will be useless.

"The main reason for this problem is that we underestimate the Spurs' desire to win and do not imagine that they will boldly change the lineup..."

Su Yang continued to explain that he did not expect the Spurs to arrange Leonard as the starting small forward and restrict Kobe with Danny Green. The effect was much better than Richard Jefferson as the starting small forward, and the Lakers were unable to adapt for the moment.

The key Spurs arranged this way, and Richard Jefferson joined forces with Ginobili in the substitute lineup, playing a very suitable rhythm of Richard Jefferson, which made it difficult for the Lakers substitute lineup to deal with, and the Spurs dominated the rhythm throughout the game.

"What do you think about solving this problem? You can say anything, start with the coaching staff..."

Su Yang raised his hand to signal the assistant coach and the players to speak. Although he had already deduced strategies in his mind, the whole team still had to participate. Only those who were unanimously recognized were better implemented. Maybe there would be better strategies, but there would be only a few words to do so.

Snyder first spoke: "I suggest playing one more inside and four outside formations, using space distance, quickly conducting, and transferring the strength and weakness side to better allow Kobe to catch the ball, and then launch an attack, lure the Spurs to shrink, and create more easy shooting opportunities."

Su Yang nodded to show that he did not play a lot of one, one, four, and four, but the Spurs did a good job of limiting passing. The key is that after passing, Leonard, Green, and Parker will rotate quickly and have a lot of shooting pressure.

What Snyder said is a 55-5 decision, and the efficiency is not too high, making it difficult to exert an overwhelming advantage.

"I suggest more double screenings. We have double towers and have a huge advantage in screening," assistant coach Mike Brown continued. "We didn't play too many double screens last night, and Kobe was easily caught up with many tactical running runs."

Su Yang nodded again to show that the Spurs did see through the tactics in advance many times. In addition, Leonard switched defense, Duncan and Split and others helped delay, Danny Green was always able to catch up with Kobe in time and maintain interference with Kobe for a long time.

Double cover can do a good job of delaying, especially the thick body of Gasol and Bynum.

But Mike Brown also uses the word "more", because the Lakers played double screening tactics last night, but the number of times was relatively small.

At that time, Su Yang's consideration was that the double screen needed Bynum to provide a threat to attack the basket, and Gasol provided a threat to score mid- and long-distance shooting, but the two of them were unable to provide such a threat at that time, and the double screen series tactics were inefficient in execution.

If Gasol and Bynum can provide a stable threat in the next game, they can indeed play more.

In short, it’s still a matter of efficiency. Playing more double-cover tactics has no overwhelming advantage, and you always have to compete with the Spurs for details.

"I suggest simplifying the routine, allowing Kobe to quickly enter the receiving position and launch a quick attack, and not giving the Spurs so much reaction time..." Assistant coach Darwin Hamm said, "The Spurs did a good job of rotating and filling up positions. We need to avoid getting stuck in the quagmire."

Su Yang continued to nod and expressed his understanding that Ham's method is feasible, but it is still a matter of efficiency. It would consume too much physical strength for Kobe. If he was replaced by Kobe a few years younger, it would be fine. The key is that attacking will easily make Kobe over, and the corresponding risk is a bit high.

After the assistant coach finished speaking, Su Yang turned to look at Kobe and other players, raised his hand to signal that he would say anything he wanted to say.

"I don't mean to disrespect..."

Kobe looked at Su Yang and spoke seriously: "I am very convinced of you and the coaching ability of the coaching staff, but I think we can try some triangular offensive starting styles, which will be of great help to help me and Bynum get the ball."

The needle suddenly became audible in the conference room, and the atmosphere was a little nervous. Rookies such as Goodlock were holding their breath directly.

The team boss publicly said that the previous coach's tactics would be of great help. Although he clearly believed in the current one, it was still quite strange.

Just like between couples, one person says to the other: I think you are good, but my ex is also good in that regard.

This is the first time since the new season, Kobe and Su Yang have had a difference in tactics, and they have not been like this before when it comes to sharing ball rights.

"Of course you can try the triangular offensive starting style..."

Seeing everyone's nervous look, Su Yang smiled and said, "But that strategy, like the strategies mentioned by the three assistant coaches, has not formed a qualitative change. He always has to compete with the Spurs for details and execution, as well as real-time performance in the field, and the Spurs are particularly good at competing with details.

If time goes back to 2008, I will instruct you to fight the Spurs one-on-one shot. I believe you have that ability now, but we need higher efficiency and treat these games as playoffs for previews, and you can't always over-consuming them."

The tension in the conference room finally eased with such remarks, and Kobe did not show any dissatisfaction.

If the Lakers want to go further in the playoffs, they must play all players. This time, they are a good opportunity to practice against the Spurs.

So Su Yang decided to make a bold attempt and use a strange move to solve the fundamental problem that the overall lineup is not as strong as the Spurs.

Just imagine that Artai has the level of 2009 in 2012, so how dare the Spurs dare to give priority to defending Kobe without scrupulously.

Imagine Blake is not injured or Fisher returns to the 2009 form. The Lakers have stable three-point support from the outside. How dare the Spurs shrink the inside unscrupulously? The lineup is at a loss. If the Lakers compete in details, they will probably be suppressed by the whole game.

"My idea is that you play the point guard and start with Goodlock, give full pressure in the backcourt..."

Su Yang stared at Kobe and explained in detail that he had Kobe guest-played a point guard against the Thunder for a few minutes, and the effect was very good. This time he took it out again, with the purpose of directly skipping the stage where Kobe received the ball, turning passive to active, and leading the rhythm.

The extra physical energy consumption of dribbling over halftime may be less than the screen and a lot of running positions.

Goodlock's starting lineup provides a relatively stable three-point threat, which can play a role in the offensive end to a certain extent. As for the defensive end, at least the speed will not be as disadvantaged as Fisher, and it may cause Parker to consume more physical strength.

"This operation can meet the needs of playing one more inside and four outside formations, and can also launch double covers better, and the offensive rhythm will be faster than before. The biggest problem is that when facing double-teams, you need to hit the ball as quickly as possible, otherwise it will be useless.

In addition, Kobe, you can't always attack with double-teams. You need to share the ball more and avoid a vicious cycle."

After Su Yang said that, the Lakers nodded one after another, understanding that Kobe will encounter a large number of double-teams as a point guard and must provide support.

"I can. I was the player guard during the three consecutive championships, and we can try this idea." Kobe said excitedly: "In that way, I can give up space near the paint area so that Andrew and Paul can better position..."

After deducing, all the Lakers players understood Kobe's idea of ​​playing point guard, and Gasol also came up with his ideas.

The focus of the discussion quickly shifted to the substitute duel stage. Su Yang really had no strange tricks, so he could only look at the situation on the spot.

The main Spurs substitutes include Ginobili and Richard Jefferson, who have almost overwhelming advantages. If you don't lose points in the substitute, Jeremy Lin and McRoberts must both play in super form, and Barnes and others must also contribute their firepower.

The meeting ended in a blink of an eye. Kobe was not idle and took the initiative to pull the whole team to the temporary training ground to practice shooting.

Su Yang returned to the room and called Pukuchek to discuss the possibility of obtaining a stable 3D small forward.
Chapter completed!