Chapter 127 Unreasonable play
At 8 minutes and 35 in the third quarter, Wu Huang passed Fisher again outside the three-point line, and David Lee's cover was in place. The Knicks' cover tactics eliminated Lao Yu's first line of defense from the beginning.
Gasol's assisted defense was blocked by David Lee. Wu Huang broke through to the end this time and took a counter-basketball under the basket to avoid Kobe's block and scored the ball. Another lightning strike that passed three people in a row!
Wu Huang has staged a good show of three consecutive players in this game, but if Lao Yu's first line of defense is eliminated, it is more appropriate to be considered as two consecutive players.
Fisher's defense against Wu Huang today basically did not exist, and the latter basically passed the Lakers' old fish in the first step.
There is also a guy who is in love with Milicic on the Lakers. After the start of the second half, Bynum had a few good performances. Although the goal of the final shot was a little bit short, his offense successfully attracted the Knicks' defense.
However, the Knicks quickly replaced Milicic and used David Lee, who was one shorter than him, to defend again. As a result, Bynum could not even get a suitable offensive position this time.
It is difficult for Bynum to remain efficient throughout the game. He is best suited to deal with opponents who are also brainless, but facing many players who are short of themselves, but have enough strength and good defensive skills, he always seems to have no good idea.
For example, today, Bynum could not score in against David Lee. Such a bad state really makes it difficult for Lakers fans to understand.
Not long after, Bynum's close-range shot was even more easily shot from behind by Wu Huang, who was returning to defense. All the players at the court were stunned when they saw this scene.
Emperor Wu himself also found it a bit incredible, but he was the first to grab the basketball and led the Knicks to counterattack again. Gallinari kept up and easily made a layup and scored two points.
"Did you do it on purpose?" Wu Huang also complained ruthlessly when he passed by Bynum, but Bynum did not perform at all in the subsequent games. At the 7th minute and 08th of this quarter, the Zen master used Odom to replace him with rest, and this rest was a whole quarter of the game.
The most troublesome thing about the Lakers is their inside double towers. Now Odom is on the court. Although the combination of him and Gasol is stronger than Bynum on the offensive end, the Knicks eliminates the hidden danger of rebounding. What makes the Lakers double towers most disgusting is the rebounding advantage brought by height. If they only score two points, they wouldn't mind that way. Anyway, the Knicks' defense has always been bad, but they can't stand it if they lose too much rebound.
Wu Huang first made a breakthrough, followed by a quick three-pointer after pick-and-roll. With just assisting Garlinari to make a fast break layup, the Knicks made three consecutive attacks, and the pace quickly returned to their familiar high-speed mode. The players can't slow down now.
The Lakers may be the most likely team to be mobilized by the Knicks among the many strong teams in the league. Who makes them have the strongest leader?
Kobe knew that the Knicks wanted to fight quickly, but he just couldn't control his impulse, which was not something that could be changed by age. But in this way, the Lakers lost the best weapon to restrain the Knicks.
David Lee performed well in the third quarter, and he showed Bynum’s most lacking ability, which is to select positions and position in the offense.
He doesn't like Bynum likes to stand still, David Lee has a natural disadvantage in height, so he has to keep moving on the court, find the closest position to the basketball to compete with his opponent, and find the best shooting position to shoot, so that he can grab rebounds and reduce the number of blocks.
New York fans can always see David Lee get rebounds on the head of a player who is taller than himself. It's not how good his bounce and wingspan is, but that he always stands in the best rebounding position.
In the third quarter, David Lee brought Channing and Fry, who was not good at rebounding skills, withstood the combination of Gasol and Odom. The Knicks were not at a disadvantage in rebounding, and most of this was David Lee's credit.
Not only did he make achievements in rebounding, David Lee also cooperated with Wu Huang better and better on the offensive end. He can always move to a deep position in the offense to receive the pass, and then use his body as a cover to quickly shoot at close range.
Gasol has been defending next to David Lee several times today, but the latter can always use his body to hold on to him and receive a basketball passed by Wu Huang, and then use his body as a cover to shoot and score.
Such an offense made the Lakers' inside line feel disgusting. The Lakers can't afford to defend David Lee.
Wu Huang admires David Lee's move, inside players like Gasol and Bynum who have height and arm span will never know the sorrow of floor players like David Lee and Scola who are not tall and have no outstanding athletic ability. They have no height and arm span, nor have extraordinary bounces and speeds. They only rely on the strength and technology they have worked hard to practice, so they will use their bodies more than many All-Stars.
David Lee's offense and defense are easy to understand. To put it bluntly, it is to use his generous body and solid lower plate to squeeze out the tall and thin Gasol to seize the most favorable position. After receiving the basketball, he will use his strong upper limbs to block the opponent's blocking angle and shoot quickly from a position that cannot be blocked.
These details are easy to say, but difficult to do. Players with figures like David Lee have a lot of things in the NBA. Ninety-nine percent can only live with a basic salary contract, but David Lee can get an annual salary of tens of millions, which is more than a little higher than them.
The most dramatic scene of this game happened at 4 minutes and 25 seconds in the third quarter. The game made continuous mistakes. Artest, who was already a little angry, performed a "bear hug" against David Lee, which caused the Staples Arena to burst into laughter!
Through the playback, we can see that David Li received a pass from Wu Huang and broke through Gasol to assault the basket.
Artest happened to guard here, and the "Beast" saw David. Lee was about to smash the ball into his own basket. The leopard eyes opened angrily, roared, went up and hugged the Knicks center in the air, and pulled it down.
A "thump" sound!
David Lee lost his balance in the air and could not support his body after landing. He fell to the floor.
Artest did not pull the opponent off the air and then hold it up. Therefore, this action can be regarded as a very malicious and moral foul. The referee immediately showed a "second-level malicious foul" to the beast.
The Knicks players stopped doing it. Gallinari, a naughty kid, was the most active in this kind of thing. He rushed forward and sarcastically said to Artest: "You bastard will only bully fans and honest people. 'Ben' will stuff basketball into your butt!" As soon as he said this, even David Li, who was covering his butt and pretending to behave, was stunned. Gallinari's mouth was really poisonous.
Artest could not bear such insults. He heard this and immediately ran away. He pushed his sister-in-law away and planned to go forward and have a real-life pk with Gallinari.
Emperor Wu quickly stood in front of Gallinari and prepared to pull a sideline for a while, such as hugging Artest so that the beast would get punched a few times...
Odom and Kobe hurried forward to block Artest. If this move is done, it might be another "Auben Mountain Incident". This Italian is devastated and obviously wants to anger Artest. If he really does, he will be the lightest and the result of a three or five-game suspension.
"Don't be impulsive, he wants to anger you!"
"Don't be fooled, calm down!"
"You can't make mistakes again!"
Lakers players surrounded Artest, they were really afraid that this guy would make a big mistake by impulse.
Several referees were ready to blow the whistle and intervene at any time. However, they also heard Gallinari's provocation, so as long as Artest did not take action, the referee was not ready to call another foul.
The Zen master hurriedly made substitution adjustments on the sidelines. It was impossible to imagine that this game would be so difficult before the game. There were quite a few talents in the Knicks.
Garlinari's vicious trash talk played a big role, and Artest had to go back to the court to calm down for a while this time.
Emperor Wu has now handed over this offensive task to Gallinari, and he has played the role of the spokesperson for civilized trash talk. It is really hard not to be angry if the players are greeted by them in turn!
At the end of the third quarter, neither Lakers were on the court, but Gasol and Odom's performance was still remarkable. What's important is that with Kobe Kobe on the court, the boss drew a bunch of outside attackers with the Knicks, including Wu Huang, who also performed well today.
Wu Huang's several breakthroughs in this game were very beautiful, but compared with Kobe's hot backward shooting, the lethality is still not great enough.
Kobe won't take too much attention to his offense, nor will he consider how good his teammates are. He is the purest offensive player. His first choice is always to score. Once the touch feels good, he can start the mode of defeating a team by one person.
However, Emperor Wu considered more. He wanted to do everything too much, and he also paid too much attention to the timing and hit rate of the attack. This actually limited his ability to score continuously. Sometimes it is not the most reasonable and must be the best. Occasionally, he had to play casually and willfully, but he could not make too erratic. The "degree" here is difficult to master, and he must go through a lot of failure and experience to find a balanced node.
Now Wu Huang is in the stage of pursuing rationality, which is related to his lack of experience in the game, playing too steadily, and lack of passion. However, from his gradually increasing the number of slam dunks and the number of breakthroughs that have exceeded several consecutive people, it can be seen that he has slowly learned to be high-profile and has begun to know how to use his wonderful personal performances to drive the team.
Kobe taught Emperor Wu a vivid lesson in the third quarter. Unlike Emperor Wu who only acted once occasionally, Kobe made 9 shots in the third quarter, and hit 7 goals. The feel could no longer be described as hot, and there were also many wonderful performances.
At the 3rd minute and 52th second, Kobe played Chandler with his back, and Gallinari rushed over to attack. Kobe turned his body towards the bottom line, then turned his body back again, magically passing between Chandler and Gallinari. Then, facing Harrington's blocking defense, he easily hit the ball. A series of actions made the Knicks dizzy.
Seeing this, the Knicks even double-teamed Kobe with two people. Even if Kobe hasn't got the ball yet, he still has to guard him. But this still cannot stop Kobe. As long as he doesn't need to double-team three people, he can't limit Kobe's hot touch.
Chapter completed!