It stands to reason that Westbrook's current level is slightly inferior to Wang Yi's.
After all, in terms of shooting, Westbrook's shooting percentage is far inferior to Wang Yi.
His overall shooting percentage this season is only 48%, and his three-point shooting percentage is as low as only 22.3%.
But in these five rounds just now, Westbrook was like a god, playing with super high efficiency.
Fortunately, Wang Yi was not weak at all and responded with a 4-for-5.
This maintained the 10-point lead until the last three minutes.
But Wang Yi knows that the Lakers will never let Westbrook play one-on-one with him again.
At least defensively, they will do their best to target themselves.
They may send out a triple team.
In that case, your shooting percentage will drop a lot, so you can only pass the ball out.
So the situation is still not optimistic.
He waved and gathered all the players together.
"After the brothers play next, they may triple-team me. They are not like the Pelicans, they have thick eyebrows with tall arms and long arms, and they have James. So I can't force the shot against their triple-team.
, I have to score the ball, so I need your help in the next three minutes!"
His eyes looked at each teammate, not just a cursory glance, but looking at each other for at least a second.
I sincerely expressed my feelings to them. I am not just saying it. I really need your help.
The teammates were also in agitated mood at this time.
Some people even secretly hate themselves.
Wang Yi has scored a triple-double with 56 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists in this game.
In addition, there were 5 blocks and 3 steals.
He has done everything he can.
Wang Yi carried the team almost alone and played for 45 minutes.
Only the last three minutes are left.
At this time, someone else must step forward to help Wang Yi share the burden.
Thinking of this, everyone clenched their fists and nodded solemnly.
Head coach Walton continued: "If the three of them double-team Wang Yi, then Wang, you will play without the ball. Mitchell and Hield will control the ball. Wang, you will keep running around the screen, and others will have
We also need to provide cover for Wang Yi when he gets an opportunity. As long as he runs out of space, pass the ball to him."
All the team members nodded solemnly.
At this moment, they all became one.
It was twisted into a thick wire rope to pull the giant ship of the Lakers to the shore and make them stranded on the shore.
In the Lakers dugout, Vogel still didn't talk about tactics.
With James as a coach on the court, he doesn't need to arrange any tactics at all.
What the Lakers need now is not tactics.
All he needs to do is adjust the mentality of his players.
He said to Westbrook: "Russell, you have proven your ability in those 5 rounds just now. You are still one of the top athletes in the league today. Then it is time for us to win.
So you can no longer play 1 on 1 with him. It will not be good for us to continue to fight each other."
Westbrook let out a bad breath at this time and seemed much calmer.
"Coach, I understand."
Seeing that Westbrook had calmed down, James secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Vogel said: "They are all pointing at Wang Yi now, so we have to double-team him. If two people are not enough, we will add three people. It is still the same, we have to force Wang Yi to pass the ball. Russell, you
The whole court is chasing Wang Yi, and others are ready to double-team him at any time. As long as he has a tendency to shoot, the three of them will immediately surround him."
"In short, Wang Yi is the backbone of the Kings. As long as Wang Yi is solved, the Kings will collapse."
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After the timeout, in the last three minutes, the decisive moment begins.
The Lakers used James and Big Eyebrow to play a pick-and-roll, and James hit a super long three-pointer.
Looking back, Westbrook immediately pursued Wang Yi and prevented him from catching the ball.
Other Kings players wanted to start a fast break, but the Lakers retreated very quickly.
When Wang Yi came to the frontcourt, the Lakers had already set up a defensive formation.
The Kings did what the head coach said and let Mitchell hold the ball.
Wang Yi kept running without the ball and looking for opportunities around screens.
Finally, he caught the ball in the right corner.
But I have to say that Vogel does have a good way of coaching defense.
He asked Westbrook to pursue Wang Yi throughout the court, and at the same time asked the other four Lakers players to stay within the three-point line, forming a four-man zone defense formation.
It's just that their zone defense formation has expanded quite a bit.
All four players are positioned between the penalty area and the three-point line.
In this way, advancing can prevent three-pointers, and retreating can prevent cuts in the penalty area.
The moment Wang Yi caught the ball, Westbrook pounced first to stop Wang Yi.
Just as Wang Yi shook, Gua Ge and James had already rushed over, and the three of them surrounded Wang Yi.
Facing this defensive strategy of the Lakers for the first time, Wang Yi obviously did not expect it...
These three people surrounded Wang Yi and tried to pin him to death in the bottom corner.
At this time, Wang Yi faced three sturdy men with no passing route.
There is no shooting angle.
There is no room for any dribbling breakthrough.
"No, the king is going to be pinched to death!"
"The Lakers are so shameless!"
"It's over, it's over!"
The fans screamed in shock.
But at this moment, Wang Yi was desperate.
I saw him jumping directly out of bounds. While he was in the air, he turned sideways and slammed the ball into Gua Ge's legs.
His choice was very purposeful.
Among the three, Westbrook is the shortest and has the quickest reaction. If you hit him, firstly, he may bend down to catch the ball, and secondly, he may avoid it.
James is also a seasoned player with a very high golf IQ. It would be very unsafe to defeat him.
Among the three of them, Brother Gua is relatively in the worst physical condition and the one with the slowest reaction time.
The chance of him avoiding it is much smaller.
Sure enough, Wang Yi hit Gua Ge directly on his calf.
Brother Gua didn't react at all.
The basketball popped directly out of bounds.
The Kings still have the ball.
Wang Yi's operation made the fans at the scene laugh.
In fact, such operations are not uncommon on the basketball court, but this is the first time that Wang Yi moves so quickly and hits with such force?
Didn't you realize that Wang Yi's hit actually caused Gua Ge to stumble?
After landing, he touched his calf with his hand. It was obviously hurt from being hit.
Next, the Kings have 5 seconds to attack.
Bagley served out of bounds, but Wang Yi continued to cover the ball.
After finally getting around the screen to catch the ball, three Lakers players still pounced on him.
This time Wang Yi hit the ball much faster.
Passed the ball directly to Bagley who had just entered the court.
Bagley was unguarded and shot directly with his open hand.
Bang——
Still a three-point shot.
As a big man over 2.1 meters tall, he kept biting like a small man in this game. His physical exertion was the highest among all the players.
Looking back, James of the Lakers tried another three-pointer, but failed to hit it.
Chapter completed!