The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 212
Kobe looked at Li Xun with great interest, he admired Li Xun's unyielding energy.

He understands why Iverson valued Li Xun so much last season.

If I have such a young man by my side, I am afraid that I will also look at him with admiration.

"Dudududu!"

The referee blows the whistle, and the starters of both sides come on the field.

When Staples' home fans saw the Pistons' starting lineup, they couldn't help but gasp.

The height of this lineup is simply amazing.

The proud inside lineup of the Los Angeles Lakers doesn't seem to be enough in front of the Pistons.

Jordan and Bynum stepped up to the midfield line and started jumping the ball.

These two should be in today's league, and their physical fitness is second only to Howard's center.

And because Howard is too short, he may not be able to beat these two guys with a jump ball.

In the end, Jordan was slightly better and won the jump ball.

Li Xun started to attack with the ball.

Ariza and Kobe directly teamed up to double-team.

This is indeed a great respect for Li Xun. Double-teaming him at the beginning of the game shows that the Lakers are afraid of Li Xun.

And Artest's offense is too unreliable. In fact, this year's Artest's accuracy is really similar to that of Yi Jianlian before he was promoted.

Letting go of Artest is not a big problem.

Li Xun was also aware of this, but he didn't care about it. With such a high projection attribute, plus a step back, is he still afraid of being double-teamed?
In the first offensive round, Li Xun carried Ariza on his shoulders and stepped back directly to make a mid-range shot.

At the moment of the shot, Kobe's defense came one after another, and he even used a blindfold defense against Li Xun.

Instinctively, Li Xun was afraid that Kobe would poke him in the eye, and some movements were deformed when he shot, which resulted in the goal not being scored.

However, the rebound was still snatched by Jordan, and then passed to Yao Ming not far away.

Yao Ming hit the board and scored two points.

Li Xun looked at Kobe curiously, he didn't expect Kobe to use blindfold defense on himself.

This trick is not a new thing, since the sport of basketball has appeared, there has always been eye-closing defense.

It's just that in the NCAA and FIBA ​​rules, this kind of defense is illegal.

Only in the NBA, eye-blocking defense is allowed.

Last season, Battier used this trick to limit Kobe, and it played a pretty good effect.

Maybe Kobe also followed suit and directly stole a wave.

In theory, this trick is useless to those mature stars.

Because when mature stars make shots, they have almost formed a conditioned reflex, and they don't need to look at the basket at all.

Therefore, the real purpose of the eye-closing defense is not to prevent players from aiming, but to intimidate the opponent and cause the opponent to distort their shots.

Suddenly a big hand stretched out in front of him, it might poke his eyes at any time, as long as he is a normal person, he will definitely not remain indifferent.

At least there will be fluctuations in my heart.

This fluctuation will lead to a delay in the timing of the shot or a deformation of the shot posture.

When human beings face this situation, out of survival instinct, this situation will naturally appear.

When it was the Lakers' turn to attack, Li Xun simply stopped defending Ariza and went directly to match Kobe.

Just you will close your eyes?
No one can close eyes, and it doesn't require any physical fitness. Even Battier can do a job that Li Xun thinks he can do.

And will do better than Battier.

Seeing Li Xun come to mark him, and it was one-on-one, Kobe's desire to win couldn't help but be aroused.

It is also the beginning of high post play.

But how can he move Li Xun, he can only turn back and shoot.

Li Xun didn't even take off, relying on his height and wingspan, he directly stretched his big hand on Kobe's face.

With the way of the people, also treat the body of the people.

"boom!"

Kobe Bryant also missed.

The moment Kobe landed, Li Xun turned around and rushed towards the basket.

At this time, the four top center forwards under the basket were fighting frantically. Li Xun, who suddenly broke out, became a dark horse and easily took off the rebound.

The inside partners on both sides actually have the same rebounding ability, and even the offensive firepower is almost the same.

But in terms of defense, the Pistons are slightly better here.

But with this posture tonight, there should be fewer opportunities to make shots from the inside, so whether the defense is strong or not has little effect.

It's the offensive round of the Pistons again, and Li Xun still controls the ball.

Li Xun gestured at Artest, and Artest understood.

Next, Li Xun faced Ariza and Kobe's double-team and passed the ball directly to Curry.

At this moment, Artest hurried forward to make a pick-and-roll for Curry.

Curry used the pick-and-roll to hit the net with a three-pointer.

Fisher claims to be a cash machine for the league's point guards, and basically a high-end point guard can score good numbers on him.

Don't be deceived by Fisher's classic 0.4-second lore. His is really luck and has nothing to do with strength.

Kobe frowned, he felt something was wrong.

Their main defensive tactic tonight is to double-team Li Xun and release Artest.

After all, Artest is attacking, let him shoot, so what.

The Lakers average offensive and defensive rounds per game this season, roughly a hundred rounds.

In the case of all mid-range shots in one hundred rounds and no free throws, if you can hit 100% of the shots, you can only get [-] points.

The Lakers averaged 115 points per game this season.

Besides, Artest couldn't shoot [-]% of his mid-range shots.

Artest now feels a bit like Westbrook who played for the Lakers in later generations. He often fails to make open shots when he is let go by his opponent.

In other words, the more Artest shoots, the greater the chance of the Pistons losing.

This can also explain why some stars have a good shooting percentage after the game, with a shooting percentage close to [-]%, but they just can't win the ball.

But now the situation is completely beyond the expectations of the Lakers.

Artest doesn't shoot at all. He is now completely acting as a tool man on the court, responsible for defense and helping his teammates pick and roll.

Kobe also didn't know what Li Xun could do to make a prick like Artest make such a sacrifice for the team.

In the next few minutes, Kobe and Li Xun closed their eyes to defend each other.

In this low-level defensive style, the shooting percentage of both of them is a bit bleak.

However, after Li Xun took two shots, he simply stopped shooting. What he can help the team is not just simply scoring.

Defense, pick-and-roll, rebounding, and organizing offense are all Li Xun's forte.

So even if Li Xun didn't score much, he still had a strong presence on the field and led the team to a considerable advantage.

After playing for half a quarter, Zen Master Jackson directly called a timeout.

The Pistons have already gained a seven-point advantage, and the Lakers must find a way to target them.

Kobe's expression was a little unnatural, thinking of Li Xun's harsh words before the game.

If this situation continues, the Lakers may really be kicked out of garbage time.

It's not that the Lakers are not strong, but that the Pistons are too strong.

Especially the point of rookie Curry, which makes the Lakers quite tricky.

In half a quarter of the game, Curry made 5 of 4 three-pointers and almost killed the Lakers.

Fisher himself is not easy to defend against a player like Curry who is more flexible than the squirrels. Coupled with Artest who does not participate in the offense to pick and roll, he has nothing to do.

After all, Zen Master is a famous marshal with meritorious service, so he must have something in his stomach.

Simply replace Fisher and take Odom on the bench.

Let Kobe be the team's main point guard, plus Odom and Gasol with outstanding passing ability, the Lakers' tandem offense is not bad.

Then let Ariza go to defend Curry. He is much better at defending against shooting.

Such a change, the effect is indeed quite good.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers not only stabilized the situation, but also narrowed the point difference.

The Lakers temporarily trailed the Pistons by five points with a score of 26:31.

(End of this chapter)