togophonebook Chapter 208 Your Defense Is Like My Grandpa
Chapter 208 Your Defense Is Like My Grandpa
The Western Lakers and the Warriors have completely turned into a stage for superstars to show themselves.
Whether the old throne of Kobe and O'Neal can be shaken by the new combination of Zhang You and Richardson remains to be seen.
Now no one is talking about the fact that Vince Carter, who is temporarily out, will make things difficult for the Warriors.
They can still fight inextricably with the F4 Lakers.
If the Western Conference Finals is a performance of the superstar's personal ability to the extreme, then the current round of the Eastern Conference Finals series is still dominated by defense.
The collision of muscles, the competition of will and endurance, the two sides have not scored more than 90 points in these few games, and the highest score is only 85 points!
The Pacers are No. [-] in the Eastern Conference in the regular season, and their players in the first two rounds of the playoffs are very efficient.
And they have a neat lineup, including O'Neal, Harrington, Miller, Artest, and Tinsley outside. This lineup has both inside and outside.
But the Pistons took the lead this season. In the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Pistons took seven games to win. In the tiebreaker, they defended the Nets with only 69 points in a single game. In G1, they even defended the Nets with 56 points. Average 82 points.
Pay attention, the reason why the Nets were able to average 82 points per game in the seven-game semifinals,
It was because in the battle of Tianwangshan, the two sides fought three overtimes and scored a score of 127 to 120.
Excluding this game, the Nets averaged only about 75 points per game.
It is worth mentioning that before this season, the Nets reached the NBA Finals for two consecutive years.
In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Pistons played against the Pacers in three games. The Pacers' highest score was only 83 points.
The efficiency of O'Neal, Reggie Miller, and Artest has dropped significantly!
Like the Warriors, the Pistons also took a 2:1 lead
Now, the Pistons and Pacers on the rest day are organizing G4 to watch the Lakers and Warriors.
The coaching staff of the two teams must also make full preparations for the opponents in the finals that may follow!
As for the Lakers and Warriors.
Whether to climb Tianwang Mountain or win the match point 3-1, the two teams now have no time to think about it except fighting hard.
Staples Center
Lakers fans were crazy tonight.
You can hear the Warriors screaming wildly as they walk out of the tunnel.
"If you want to win the championship, you have to wait another 10 years!!"
"I believe you will lose this game, because you want to delay Carter's comeback!"
"Zhang You, you are a softie, you are a center and you shoot a bird's-eye three-pointer!!"
"Zhang, you couldn't have survived in the 90s. You're not as good as Jordan, you're a big mess."
"Jason, you little bitch, you're nothing without Zhang You."
Richardson had a headache.
Looking at Zhang You, whose face remained unchanged, he suddenly realized.
Even Zhang, a rookie, is so calm, I have no reason to be disturbed by these rubbish away!
wrong!
Taking a closer look, Zhang You was wearing two small earphones.
What the hell is listening to nursery rhymes!
"Zhang, the fans welcome you tonight."
During the warm-up, Richardson came up to him and said coldly.
Zhang You also had a look of emotion.
"Probably they are shouting MVP. Coming to Staples is always kind."
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The game started quickly.
There are no changes to the lineups of either side.
It's just obvious that the Lakers have improved their defensive strength.
O'Neal and Malone teamed up to defend the inside line.
Zhang You broke through and hit O'Neal for the first time.
O'Neal's huge body fell to the ground in response, and Zhang You passed the ball to Richardson on the outside when he was about to fall.
Kobe has quick eyesight and quick hands. After receiving the ball, Richardson was cut off by Kobe at the first step!
Fast attack!
After Kobe came to the front court, he still didn't forget to take a look behind him.
Then he stuck out his tongue and made a windmill dunk in the paint to end this fast break!
"Kobe seems to be trying his best to win this game! This ball is really amazing."
Director Zhang of the sports channel had just finished praising Kobe when his partner teacher Yang replied.
"Tonight we saw the Lakers put pressure on themselves on the defensive end. I guess they will give enough defensive pressure to the Warriors' role players even if they can't guard Zhang You."
It seems to confirm Teacher Yang's statement that the Warriors played very passively at the beginning of the first quarter.
The Lakers have a clear division of labor inside and outside this game.
He will not rush to double-team Zhang You inside.
This allowed Zhang You to score 13 points in the first quarter relying on shooting and hooks, but his assists became very difficult.
Richardson only scored 1 point in the first quarter under the greetings of Kobe and Payton.
Even frantically on the outside, he began to double-team him.
It was another offense from the Warriors. Richardson took the ball from the outside and was dumped by Payton and Kobe.
"FK. Go double-team Zhang, what are you doing double-teaming me!!"
Richardson yelled and finally threw a cross pass to Lue who was open.
Director Lu almost caught the ball unsteadily, and also missed the three-pointer with no shooting rhythm and wide open space!
Fortunately, Zhang You took off the rebound strongly, pointed O'Neal up and then rushed up to score a dunk with both hands.
"It's okay, lads. Good job, keep going."
Jackson pushed his glasses, and the master's demeanor was unobstructed.
This is the rhythm.
This is based on an analysis already performed by the Lakers' statist.
No matter how fierce Zhang You's offensive ability is, as long as we defend Richardson, who can attack independently, within 15 points, we will have the initiative!
In the first quarter, the Warriors trailed by two points at 17:19.
The Warriors coaches frowned.
It was the first time that Zhang You had no assists in the first quarter.
Their sense of crisis rose sharply.
"It can be seen that the Lakers are using conventional defensive methods to deal with Zhang You. Maybe they would rather let Zhang You score 60.70 points. They just need to cut off the connection between Zhang and his teammates."
"You guys, don't pretend to be dead, Jason, don't you say you're going to score 30 points in this game? Cheer me up!"
Mourinho said loudly.
On the Lakers side, O'Neal took a break, and Mourinho decided to make a risky move to let Zhang You also return to the bench for a temporary rest.
Let the role players hurry up to get on the court to find the feeling, otherwise Zhang You will fall into the trap of the Lakers in the second half of the game when he becomes Zhang You's one-on-five! !
Now Richardson is 3 of 0 and only relies on free throws to get 1 point.
This is so rare.
Richardson also realized that it was time for him to stand up!
"My mother can do it! Give me the ball and I'll fix it!!"
Richardson was outraged.
Think of him as a soft persimmon!
The game restarts.
Payton used speed alone to beat Claxton for a layup.
Looking back, the Warriors played fast break!
Richardson, who took the ball from his teammate, rode away and charged the Lakers inside with all his strength!
Blitz!
The dunk king must fully demonstrate his second-in-command demeanor!
Peyton turned around and grabbed Richardson's clothes. Richardson was as slippery as he said he was like a loach!
"Whoosh!" Even if the clothes were torn and deformed, they still got rid of it!
Before the referee blew his whistle, Richardson had rushed inside!
Karl Malone moved sideways and slowed down.
Always getting old, old legs are naturally not as good as the spring legs of the dunk king!
"what!!"
Richardson growled.
A powerful tomahawk-style buckle! !
"Boom!"
The entire basket was crumbling by him!
He vented his dissatisfaction with this angry dunk!
Seeing Zhang You yelling for his dunk, Richardson also frantically sprayed trash talk at Malone.
"Your defense is as loose as our grandpa's teeth!!"
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