After changing careers, I became No.1 in basketball

Chapter 222 221: The defensive strategy is beginning to show its magic, it's dawn in Los Angeles!
On November 11, the seventh game of the new season for the Lakers.

against the Sacramento Kings.

This California Derby was not broadcast nationally at the beginning, but now the Lakers' gimmicks are too much.

Therefore, NBC TV temporarily changed it to a live broadcast of the whole ugly game.

All NBA fans want to know whether the Lakers can win or not.

Everyone wants to know how the 3000 million Mr. Shay will come back.

Of course, more people came to see Shay turn over than to turn over.

As the overlord of the past, the Lakers really hated too many fans from other places.

The wall was pushed by everyone, and they were tortured to death by Shay and the Lakers back then, and now they must also want the Lakers to experience the feeling of being beaten to pieces.

"This season, the Lakers have undoubtedly had a terrible start.

Their efficiency on both ends of the floor has dropped dramatically, and there have been fewer 'show moment' quick counterattacks.

As the oldest team in the league, it may be really difficult for the Lakers to regain their former glory.

I think Lakers fans must accept this fact-the peak of the Lakers is over! "

At the scene, Bill Walton was still not optimistic about the Lakers.

Walton is not Shay's black fan, but based on objective facts, the Lakers' winning percentage is not high.

The Kings started the season with 5 wins and 1 loss. When facing the strong Pacers in the East, the Kings restricted the opponent's overall shooting rate to only 35.6%!

It is indeed too much to say that the Kings are a championship team, but this Kings is undoubtedly a team with strong combat effectiveness.

It is really difficult for the Lakers who are still in the running-in period to defeat such an opponent!

On the field, Lakers fans were shouting Shai's name.

The magician who was commenting on the spot was also extremely nervous. He really didn't want to see the team lose again.

Fans from other places also came to the scene.

Sitting in the front row, they held up signs mocking Shay:

"The highest paid underachiever in history."

"Shay defrauded the Lakers of 3000 million!"

"After today, the Lakers start 2-5!"

Shea was relieved to see the fans who had traveled all the way to Los Angeles to see him lose.

So many people are willing to airdrop thousands of miles across the country for me, am I already so attractive?
The game is about to start, and the starters of both sides are in their positions.

After a few game adjustments on the Lakers side, today's starting lineup is Shay, Inferior, Finley, Robinson and Ewing.

On the king's side, there were Teus Edney, Richmond, Walter Williams, Brian Grant and Alden Polynice.

The king's lineup is not luxurious, but the victory is very balanced, everyone performs their duties, and everyone makes selfless dedication.

Except for Richmond, there is not much difference in the number of shots and scoring data of the other starters of the entire team.

This is a united team that can blossom more!

Finley took deep breaths before the game, and seemed nervous.

Today, Carlisle really arranged for him to defend Richmond.

Carlisle is also very clear that he must let Finley go through honing during the regular season.

It's better to be beaten now than to be beaten again in the playoffs!

The referee blows the whistle and the game begins!
Ewing won the right to attack the ball first, and the Lakers no longer pursue fast play this season, because most people can no longer keep up with that fast pace.

The Lakers set up an offensive posture, Finley, Curry and Robinson stretched out from the three-point line, and Shai and Ewing, one inside and one outside, waited for the singles.

Shay didn't give the ball to Ewing, because Ewing's current offensive state is very average, averaging only 14.6 points per game in the first six games, and his shooting percentage is also about 50%.

After all, the gorilla hasn't played an official game for more than a year, and even Jordan has to spend time finding his status.

And because of injuries, the gorilla has been unable to gain weight, which has affected his ability to attack in the low post.

And because the feeling of exerting force is different after the cruciate ligament is torn, so Ewing's technical end also needs to find the feeling again.

Therefore, the Lakers are now on the surface a dual-core inside and outside.

Actually 1.5 cores.

Ewing?It's just 0.5 old.

The king's defense against Shai is the team's No. 1.6 Walter Williams. This tough small forward averaged [-] steals per game last season.

The perimeter defense chain he and Richmond built is simply a nightmare for countless teams.

The outstanding performance of last season also made Walter Williams swell up.

I feel like I'm entitled to trash-talk Shay.

"Come on Shay, you are now a poisonous snake with its teeth pulled out, no more threats!

You were able to beat us in the playoffs last season, but now, you are the prey! "

Shay didn't hang out with Williams for long enough to even want to exchange trash-talk with him.

What stinky fish and rotten shrimp, why should I bother?

With two clicks, Shay passed Williams with a quick frontal change of direction.

Halfway through the burst, Shay paused abruptly.

Walter Williams immediately raised his center of gravity, thinking that Shay was about to stop for a jumper.

In the past two games, Shay has proved that he is stable in the middle distance.

Shay's mid-range shots this season, but no one dared to let them go casually!

But just as Walter Williams raised his center of gravity to interfere with the shot, Shay accelerated again, which made him directly throw off the matchup!
Therefore, after adding up the attributes of CIC, it is not just as simple as CIC being accurate.

CIC is accurate, which in turn can make breakthroughs easier!

With a ball like the one just now, last season, if Shay paused in the middle distance, the defensive players would never increase their focus and shoot.

If Shay wants to continue to surpass others, he must either rely on his body to hit hard, or make another change of direction.

But now there is no need to be so troublesome, Shay just needs to move and suddenly pause, and then plunge deeply like this!It can make the opposite party call it unbearable!

Walter Williams thought his defense was flawless, but Shay still gave him a chill.

Shay drives inside, and the Kings' skinny high center Polynice, who moves extremely fast, comes up to help, and Williams immediately chases to Shay's side.

In order to catch up with Shay, Williams has been chasing at full speed.

Shai is fully capable of hitting the ball with a beautiful pull-bar action in a two-man siege at this time.

Or turn it into a pass and stuff the ball to Ewing for a mid-range shot.

However, in Shay's opinion, neither of those two solutions was humiliating enough!

Shay wants to let Williams know that he is not on the same level as himself!

So, Xie Yi, who broke through at a high speed, suddenly pulled back under his crotch, and retreated with an emergency stop!

Walter Williams slammed on the brakes, but because he was just running at full speed, the inertia was too great.

So after a brake, he staggered forward instead, was swayed to the bottom line, and almost fell down!
Seeing Walter Williams being sent flying by Shay, huge cheers broke out in the Great Western Forum.

Williams supported the ground with his hands, so he didn't fall directly.

Frustrated, he immediately straightened his back and tried to stick to Shay again, but when he stood up again and faced the court, he saw that Shay had jumped into the air and hit him.

"boom!"

The hoop slammed, and Shay straddled Walter Williams with his legs wide open.

After Shay sent Williams flying, he immediately gave him another dunk, humiliating his opponent twice in one round, directly filling up the humiliation level!
After the dunk landed, Shay looked at the embarrassed Walter Williams and shook his finger at him: "Even if my teeth are really pulled out, you are still vulnerable! Because you are as soft as a paper cup cake!"

This first offense gave the Lakers fans an intracranial climax.

Shaking down + buckling one-stop, Shay is worthy of being the alliance's dairy giant!

But at this time, Bill Wharton poured cold water on him:

"Shay's offense this season has reached the point where he can do whatever he wants, and ordinary players can't defend him at all.

But after the first six games, the biggest problem for the Lakers is not offense, but defense!

Offensively, Shay can hold up temporarily by himself.

But defense, Shay can't handle it alone.

Let's see if the Lakers' defense can succeed next time!

This is the key to determining whether the Lakers can win the game! "

Indeed, the culprit behind the Lakers' 2-4 start is actually defense.

Unable to play the familiar pressing defense, Carlisle and Thibodeau established a new system that focused on man-to-man and position defense.

Only in the first five games, the Lakers generals adapted very poorly to this system.

It wasn't until the last game against the Nuggets that the defense improved slightly.

As we all know, defense actually tests teamwork and tacit understanding more than offense.

In the offense of a basketball game, sometimes one person can really play against four people.

But the defense is not good. No top defensive team is supported by the ability of one person.

There are some things that feel astringent at the beginning, but the more they get smoother, the smoother they become~ The defensive system is like this, and it must be slowly polished over time.

Carlisle watched the court nervously, hoping that the defense will continue to improve today!

After the Kings scored halftime, they naturally handed the ball to Richmond, the All-Star MVP winner last season.

As soon as Richmond received the ball, he saw the 52-year-old youth who looked like 22 years old defend him.

It wasn't Shay who was guarding him, it was Finley!

Finley was serious, but Richmond felt no pressure.

Oh, let a rookie defend me?

court death!

He used a Hardaway-like fast Crossover to break through, trying to get to the basket from the middle.

Just when Richmond thought he could easily enter the penalty area, Finley, who has always been docile, rushed up and secretly pushed Richmond with his hand, shutting Richmond out!
Finley's mind was filled with Shay's line from yesterday, "Know why you're out of the lottery? Because you're a good guy."

Isn't this just a different way to call me soft!

He wants to prove to Xie that I am not a softie!

Shay smiled in relief as he watched Finley, who was getting more and more defensive.

This new defensive system places extremely high demands on perimeter defenders.

Shay's defensive ability is strong, but Shay has to be responsible for the offense. It's impossible to defend the opponent's outside arrows every game, right?
There is no need to count on the defense of inferior horses. He can only keep his position, but he can never become a defensive gate.

So, Shay needs Finley to step up!

Richmond was a little surprised, he didn't expect Finley to be so manic.

However, Richmond is one of the "three most difficult guards" in Jordan's mouth, and he will not be completely crushed to death by this level of defense.

He keenly discovered that Finley's defensive position was not directly in front of him, but was standing too far to his right.

Richmond then changed direction again and broke through to the left!

Seeing that Richmond successfully broke through, Carlisle's mouth curled up slightly.

This. Defense really became?

Richmond thought he had found a scoring opportunity keenly, but he didn't know that he was walking towards a death trap step by step!

After Richmond broke through, the Lakers still had no one to pinch him.

This will take place in the previous few seasons. Whoever dares to break into such a deep position has long been oppressed and double-teamed and forced to pass the ball.

But today's Lakers did not. After Richmond broke through to a deep mid-range position, Finley was still defending him alone.

Every Lakers player keeps an eye on his matchup.

Finley's defense today was rough, hands and feet.

Thinking of Shay's disdainful eyes, and Shay's harsh trash talk that insulted him, Finlay was full of motivation.

Keep your eyes open, I'm not rubbish!

Richmond was blocked by Finley's fierce defense. He wanted to pass the ball unselfishly, but the Lakers' resolute man-to-man defense prevented him from finding a pass target.

No way, Richmond continued to carry Finley in and directly attacked the basket!
But as soon as Richmond jumped up to lift the basketball, he was suddenly covered by a black shadow under the basket.

He broke into the gorilla's territory.

"Oh!"

With a crisp sound, Ewing slammed the basketball on the backboard with one hand!

Still the same sentence, although Ewing's mobility has deteriorated, he is still the best in the world in standing defense!

If you dare to break into the restricted area, just wait for special hot pot!

Richmond was in a daze. It felt as if the Lakers' defense was not tight, not even double-teaming, and it was easy for him to break into the penalty area.

But...how did he end up with himself?

Carlisle laughed happily. It seems that everyone has begun to get used to the new system!

Since the current Lakers' rotation and pinching ability is not so strong, Carlisle has formulated a defensive system based on one defense and one defense.

In the previous defense, the Lakers focused on defending the ball. Everyone followed the ball and put pressure on the ball.

Now it is mainly to guard against people, everyone keeps an eye on their own people and does not attack easily.

Then the perimeter defender adopts the strategy of "blocking the middle and forcing to go to both sides" against the opponent's ball holder, and always maintains a close defense.

In this way, the opponent cannot get the shooting space and has no passing target, so they can only go inside.

Step by step to lure the opponent into the gorilla's dead jungle.

In the end, it was Ewing who ended up offending the attacker!

The opponent can either make a close-fitting top shot from mid-range, or go straight to the basket to face Ewing, and choose one each from red and blue agate!
This defensive strategy may not be able to create as many mistakes as before, and it is impossible to counterattack with mistakes.

But defense, in the end, as long as you can prevent the opponent from scoring, it is enough!

Forcing errors is just a means to prevent the opponent from scoring.

This more strategic defensive system was the favorite of Vicki's old thief in the original history.

The combination of Kawhi + Duncan and Bowen + Duncan relied on this trick to make the Spurs a strong defensive team and let the Spurs win the championship.

And Carlisle and Thibodeau used this set on the Lakers in advance in this history!

In order to achieve the goal of closely defending the outside ball holder at any time without losing position, this strategy has extremely high requirements for outside defense, which is why Shay is so harsh on Finley!
Because Finley can't get up, the system won't work!

But as far as the current situation is concerned, there is drama!

Seeing that today's first defense was so successful, Carlisle was also full of confidence.

The Lakers didn't rush to fight back, and Shai also received the ball in the backfield and approached the Kings' defensive position without rushing.

As long as the defensive problem can be solved, then the offense is the current Shai
It's as easy as eating and sleeping!
Los Angeles, it's dawn!

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