0364 Ice and Fire Double Heaven
“MVP!MVP!”
Cheers sounded from Staples' center, Kobe made a hollow shot, and the Lakers overtook the Thunder 13-10.
The central screen gave a tip: in the past two minutes and forty-six seconds, the Lakers scored a 13-2 offensive climax, hitting four consecutive three-pointers, making the Thunder's strategy ridiculous, especially the time Perkins missed Curry.
As the referee gave the ball, the cheers on the whole field turned into defensive shouts. Su Yang raised his hand and reminded him to guard the whole game.
Being defended the entire game after a free throw is a basic operation. The main purpose is to avoid the opponent's fast attack. You need to be more careful when encountering the Thunder.
I thought that Westbrook rushed to the ball like a four-wheel drive car that was loose in the backcourt. With the help of Ibaka's backcourt cover, he forcibly threw away Kobe, who was leading the defense, and rushed to the paint area of the frontcourt in one stop. He ignored McRoberts who was about to intercept, and suddenly closed the ball and jumped.
Seeing that situation, McRoberts took the initiative to avoid it, and Westbrook was like a sledgehammer, slamming his buckle.
Bang! The basketball frys the basket into the net, and the timer above the ball rack was shocked and shaking, and the time display took only 3.9 seconds.
"It's so fierce..."
Su Yang sighed: Westbrook has brought his excellent physical fitness to the extreme. After Kobe was delayed, other Lakers players really couldn't defend themselves. They couldn't even get along with each other and double-teamed. They could only watch Westbrook dribble from the backcourt to the frontcourt and show off violent dunks.
The leader of the whole game did not defend himself, which would have a great blow to the Lakers' momentum. Fortunately, Westbrook rushed like that and the index of the top soared.
The Lakers attacked the Borders and delayed their positioning. Su Yang shouted and reminded him: Let Kobe go to the top of the arc and hold the ball.
I had decided to let Kobe go to the top of the arc to hold the ball, because such an offensive threat is much larger than Atai's arc to hold the ball. Moreover, Kobe just made two consecutive three-pointers, which felt very hot, which was more conducive to the Thunder to reduce the blockage of the paint area.
In the blink of an eye, the Lakers started with the zipper tactics, and Kobe successfully got the ball from the 45-degree three-point line on the right.
After Curry passed the ball, he cut into the bottom line with the help of a cover, and then moved towards the left with the oncoming Ate cover.
In that case of running position, the Thunder must pay close attention to Curry's catch and shoot, and also be careful to guard against Kobe's attack with the ball. The key is located on both sides of the left half. The whole team cannot form a linkage and complement each other in time. If there is no cover, they will change defenses, and they cannot see the opportunity to double-team.
There is no linkage and complementarity, and the Thunder's defense threatens to fall sharply. If we only talk about sports war single defense, Sefrosa is better.
Just when the Thunder generals were confused, McRoberts mentioned that the right side was 45 degrees and the wall was set up to block Sefrosa.
Kobe took the opportunity to start the right side and made a breakthrough. He stopped in one step within the three-point line and raised his hand, as if he wanted to take the signboard action.
Ibaka, who had only planned to help with the delay, saw Kobe raising his hand and immediately rushed forward. Sefrosa also jumped up from the same time and waved her hand to try to block the shot. Both of them were obviously afraid of Kobe's two three-pointers and had to interfere in time.
Who would have thought that Kobe did not shoot, but put down his hands and passed the ball towards the paint area. McRoberts, who simultaneously dismantled the empty cut, grabbed the basketball, took another step, and jumped into the air, stroking hard at the basket.
Basketball frying baskets into the net, 15 to 12.
Cheers were heard everywhere in the stadium, and assistant coach Mike Brown said in a little intoxicated manner: "Our offense is as beautiful as art painting..."
Snyder chuckled after hearing this, and Su Yang nodded slightly.
Compared to Westbrook's previous one-stop dunk, the Lakers also scored two points this time, but the five Lakers players, from serving to final score, either pulling through running positions or covering through walls, each of them participates in the offense.
The difficulty of scoring is very different. Westbrook dunks seem to be desperate, while the Lakers dunks seem to be holding an in-team training match.
The offense and defense were converted on the field, the Thunder fell two and three, Westbrook crossed the ball with the top of the arc with the right wing, and then stood there waiting.
Perkins immediately turned left with the ball at the top of the arc, obviously without any observation, just playing according to the scheduled routine.
At the same time, Durant raised his hand and pushed back, abandoned Atai who was closely interfering with the help of Ibaka's cover and rushed to the left.
McRoberts immediately moved his body according to Su Yang's arrangement, delaying Durant's running position, increasing Durant's physical energy consumption, and trying to disrupt Durant's offensive rhythm. His movements were quite concealed and his strength would not be called a foul.
The main thing is that those physical exhaustion, after a long period of accumulation, are very likely to make Durant's shooting in the fourth quarter fail.
In a hurry, Durant directly pushed McRoberts away, stopped in the bottom corner of the left, raised his hand to take the basketball thrown by Sefrosa from the left wing, turned around and raised his shot, easily flew Ate, who was chasing with all his strength, and then took the ball to the right, bowed his shoulders and lowered the center of gravity, slammed his left foot and started, and rushed to the left elbow area with two big steps.
Arte could not catch up at all, McCross Roberts hurriedly came forward to make up for defense, while Gasol tacitly shrank the replacement frame.
But Durant stopped and pulled out quickly, ignoring McRoberts who were flying, and threw the mid-range shot with a super high arc.
Swish! The basketball is hollow into the net, 15 to 14.
The booed audience members suddenly stopped, and the generals on the Thunder bench stood up and cheered, and Su Yang silently complained in his heart.
"Abnormal..."
If Westbrook forced overtake from the backcourt to the frontcourt and completed a one-stop dunk, it was relied on super physical fitness, then Durant's goal this time can only be described as a pervert, with a height of more than 210 centimeters, fighting two strong men in a row, immediately exploded and started, and also played the emergency stop and lean back with the highest stability demand. That is not the physical fitness that a normal human basketball player has.
Although I have watched Durant's crazy show operations many times, every time I see it again, I will still be shocked.
While thinking, the Lakers launched a counterattack.
It was still the zipper tactic to start with Kobe. Kobe received the ball at the top of the arc, while Curry, who passed the ball, used the cover to move to the bottom line and transfer a large range.
The Thunder still adopted a man-to-man defense strategy, and Westbrook quickly squeezed past McRoberts and Arte to cover and chase.
Curry ran to the bottom corner on the left, slowed down and changed lanes to face the three-point line, and seemed to be ready to use Gasol to cover the screen again.
That kind of potential running is a common option for the zipper series tactics. After the defender receives the ball, he will cooperate with the inside.
Westbrook continued to chase without thinking. Curry suddenly stopped and turned around, turned the roll into a V cut, and headed straight for the basket.
The incident happened suddenly and Westbrook was difficult to catch up. If Curry successfully caught the ball, he would inevitably make a layup or shoot and score easily.
Ibaka hurriedly contracted toward the basket, thinking that even if McRoberts received the ball, he could return to defense in time to interfere.
Perkins also shrank to the basket, thinking that he would not only interfere with Curry's layup, but also prepare to get a position and compete for potential defensive rebounds.
But neither of them expected that Kobe neither passed it to McRoberts nor Curry, but to Gasol, who took the opportunity to sneak to the left elbow area. Westbrook hurriedly turned around and rushed, but Gasol made a steadily shot the mid-range shot, and the basketball went into the net in a hollow.
“Yeeeeee!”
Cheers broke out at the Staples Center, and O'Neal pretended to be emotional in the TNT commentator's seat: "If Kobe had passed the ball to me like he did just now, I would not have left the Lakers, we would have won the championship again. I'm curious how Su Yang convinced him."
Barkley laughed: "Stop bragging, we all know that you were sent away by the Lakers, and Los Angeles fans love Kobe even more!"
"Do you understand the game?" O'Neal slowly raised his hand with his right hand, "I have four championships, I definitely understand better than you."
Kenny spread his hands: "Kang Muang! Let's talk about the game. The Thunder currently mainly scores through strong physical talents, without any offenses that exceed two screens at one time. The Lakers currently mainly rely on powerful tactical running scores. Except for Curry's emergency stop three-pointer, there is only one cover, and each other has at least two covers... They are two extremes."
With 2 minutes and 19 seconds left in the first quarter, the Thunder took advantage of Kobe's free throw and replaced Westbrook with Fisher.
Su Yang saw Westbrook leave, and knew that the opportunity had come, so he immediately turned around and waved to Sessions and Jeremy Lin to show off.
Mainly according to Thunder head coach Brooks' rotation habits, such a close-kick game usually only allows Durant and Westbrook to have a brief rest at the end of the first quarter and the beginning of the second quarter, and then let the two play the full second half, and dare not give them rest time.
The Thunder will have a few minutes of time that only rely on Harden to support it, which is the best opportunity for the Lakers to establish a leading advantage.
Not to mention that you will definitely win after establishing an advantage, but at least in the second half, you will be much more relaxed when facing the talent impact of the Thunder Three Young Masters.
"I suggest that in the next few minutes, we will focus on Princeton offensive system..." Assistant coach Mike Brown suggested.
Su Yang nodded in agreement. The Lakers' outside line was too accurate before, and the Thunder had relaxed control of the paint area. It can indeed allow Gasol Dior Barnes Lin and Jeremy Sessions' combination to focus on the Princeston system and attack the Thunder's back door more.
Chapter completed!