Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Chapter 108: Defensive battle, first win in the finals!
The reason why the killer move is a killer move is because it is only suitable for use at critical moments.

Although Kobe played off the ball in the first three quarters, he consumed a lot of energy because he ran a marathon with Hamilton on the court.

In the fourth quarter, Jackson finally reused Kobe and let him play with the ball.

Of course, before Kobe took the ball, Zen Master asked Du En to take advantage of the fact that he had just rested and his physical strength was not bad, and he shot a few three-pointers to attract the Pistons' defense.

Dunn lived up to Zen Master's expectations. He scored two three-pointers in the fourth quarter, forcing the Pistons to expand their defensive space.

When Duan holds the ball and crosses screens with Kobe, the Pistons really pay more attention to restricting Duan's shooting. After all, a three-pointer is one point more than a two-pointer.

In addition, the Pistons focus on the protection of the inside, and Kobe will be flanked again when he shoots in the middle distance.

Therefore, as long as the defense outside the three-point line is supplemented, the Pistons' defense can continue to put pressure on the Lakers in all aspects.

However, Bryant's ability to handle the ball is clearly beyond the Pistons' defensive limitations.

After receiving the pass from Dunn, Kobe took an extra step out with the help of Daben. When his foothold was not stable, he first rushed to the left and accelerated past Daben, and then slid to the basket to attack the basket.

Roaring Tianzun and Prince hurried over to double-team, just when everyone thought Kobe was about to stop and shoot a jumper, Kobe suddenly hit the ground and passed the ball to O'Neal.

Ben retreated to the basket and Billups came to help defend, but after receiving the ball, O'Neal still took a dominant step and turned around for a dunk.

As long as Kobe is willing to pass inside the basket and O'Neal can be activated by Kobe, then the Lakers cannot be defeated.

Duane's three-pointers and organization, Kobe's ball-handling breakthrough, mid-range, low-post offense and inside passes, and O'Neal's finishing at the basket.

The three main players of the Lakers perfectly cover all offensive areas on the court. The organizational skills of Duane and Kobe can also ensure that O'Neal can receive the ball in a relatively comfortable position.

In the face of O'Neal's low-post singles and Duco's pick-and-roll at the same time, Larry Brown has no good way to do it in a short period of time. He can only urge the Pistons players on the field to show a tougher defensive attitude.

Whether the defense is good or not depends mainly on attitude.

The five tigers of the Pistons are basically physical monsters, and they have all reached the finals. Naturally, they are not reconciled to losing to the Lakers like this.

Under the guidance of Larry Brown, they practiced the mixed defense system until it became instinctive.

After investing more physical strength and concentration, the Pistons' defensive strength has actually increased by a few points.

Of course, the current Pistons are no longer the Pistons bad boys.

The defense of the Pistons today is different from the Spurs, who are also known for their defense.

The Pistons are iron-blooded and tough enough. Although there are small moves, they are not particularly dirty, and they will not strengthen the defense with the purpose of crippling people.

The Pistons' iron-blooded defense has strengthened physical contact and increased physical confrontation against the ball holder.

One thing to say, the Pistons made a lot of defensive moves. If it were the regular season, the whistle might have sounded.

However, in the playoffs, these actions are acquiesced by the league!
League executives also know that attacking basketball can increase ratings during the regular season, but in the playoffs fans still like to watch more intense confrontations.

This is why the NFL dominates in North America. In a country where shootouts are played every day, fans are mostly violent.

Of course, blindly strengthening confrontation and strengthening defense will lead to difficulties in scoring on the field, which will also affect the enjoyment of the game.

The essence of sports competition is still to watch "Superman", to watch taller, faster and stronger athletes, and to kill all sides on the field.

If the players on the field are all leaning back and turning the three irons, even if the backwards are picturesque, the fans will feel that they are pecking each other, and there is nothing to see.

Only under high-intensity defense, can you ignore the defense and score the ball toughly!

With the help of high-intensity defense, super giants, superstars, all-stars, ordinary starters, and rotation players are clearly distinguished, but simply with the help of data.

Fans will truly recognize and admire the stars who have emerged from the playoffs.

Even though the stars who were killing everyone on the TV were not their home team players, they even defeated their home team in the playoffs.

After all, fans have witnessed one great victory after another with their own eyes, and they know very well in their hearts what is a real ring and what is a well-deserved championship.

Having said that, the Pistons suddenly strengthened their defense, making Kobe realize that in order to win, it is best to pass the ball to O'Neal.

Kobe didn't struggle, just like Duane didn't struggle with passing the ball to Kobe.

Everyone wants to compete for FMVP, there is nothing wrong with that.But the prerequisite for winning the FMVP is to win the game first.

The Lakers are the No. [-] team in the West, and the super team loses to the civilian team, which will seriously lower the historical status and personal worth of the OK combination.

Besides, the two leading stars of Nike in the Lakers team, Nike has already stepped forward, and settled the conflict between Duane and Kobe in advance, as well as the interest dispute.

In short, the meat must be rotten in the pot!

It is precisely because of this that Kobe didn't step forward to take over the game until O'Neal encountered the shark-cutting tactics in advance.

Kobe took four consecutive shots. Although he was double-teamed by the Pistons each time, he still relied on his personal strength to hit two mid-range shots and helped the Lakers stabilize the situation.With more than 4 minutes left in the game, the score on the court was 74 to 81, a full 7 points difference, which forced the Pistons to call a timeout first to adjust the Pistons' offensive tactics.

After all, the pace of tonight's game was too slow, and the Pistons' offensive efficiency was indeed not high.

The 7-point gap doesn't seem like much, but in fact, even if the Lakers lose a point next, the Pistons may not be able to win tonight's victory.

"Shaq, hold on a little longer and you can go home and sleep right away!"

On the Lakers side, although Zen Master knew that if he continued to send O'Neal to the game, there was a risk of hacking the shark tactics.

However, Jackson decided to keep O'Neal on the court.

On the one hand, the Lakers need O'Neal's frame protection and rebound protection.

On the other hand, in Zen Master's view, as long as O'Neal can shoot 4% of his free throws, the Pistons will lose tonight's game due to their lack of stronger offensive power.

With the Lakers' all-out defense, the overall offensive efficiency of the Pistons is only in the early 4s.

"Phil, I can play off the ball, I can guard Billups."

In order to ensure winning tonight, Dunn decided to sacrifice himself a little bit.

本场杜恩已经17投8中，三分13投6中，罚球2投1中，砍下了23分4篮板7助攻1抢断的数据。

Whether it is scoring or organization, Duane has shown enough perfection.

It is also because the pace of the game is relatively slow and the defensive intensity is relatively high. The Lakers' Duane made 17 shots, which is second only to Kobe's 20 shots.

In the next 4 minutes or so, Dunn didn't need to compete with Kobe and O'Neal for the shot.

As long as Dunn can limit Billups' scoring and Kobe can guard Hamilton again, the Lakers will have a great chance of winning as long as they get two or three points.

Zen master understood Du En's meaning, so he immediately made another adjustment: "Then let Du En play the first position!
Slow down the pace of the game as much as possible and focus on protecting the ball. Everyone must protect rebounds!
By the way, Devin, you play the third position!
If another teammate passes the ball to you, shoot immediately. Don't hesitate. We believe you can do it. "

Zen Master likes to reuse small people at critical moments, but due to the deadly manipulation of the main force, Duane and Kobe's stamina bar has almost been consumed.

For shooting at critical moments, stability is naturally not guaranteed.

As a substitute small forward, Devin George only got 7 minutes of playing time tonight.

Although the hands are not very hot, but the physical strength is still very secure.

Usually Devin George has a good three-pointer, and when Dunn and Kobe attract the defense and pass the ball to Devin George, it can basically create an open three-pointer for him.

To put it bluntly, as long as Devin George can score a three-pointer, the Lakers will be stable.

However, the Lakers don't need a little guy like Devin George to save the world tonight.

After re-entering the game, the Pistons did not kill the shark immediately, so Kobe carried the explosive bag without saying a word, held the ball to cause damage, and made two free throws to help the Lakers expand their lead.

After Dunn defended Billups, the Pistons' Princeton system did not play so smoothly.

In the end, we could only rely on the singles of Hamilton and Roaring God to complete the finish.

Roaring Tianzun relied on his proud unique skill-straight-arm jumper, made two shots, returned to the top, and played the demeanor of one of the four major power forwards of the first generation.

However, Kobe's iron lock also held Hamilton tightly.

The Pistons tried to cut off Shark to chase the ball. O'Neal made 6 of 2 free throws, although his hips were stretched.
However, relying on Hamilton's two consecutive missed shots, the Lakers still defended their home victory in G1 of the finals.

With the last 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the score on the court came to 78 to 85, still a gap of 7 points.

The Pistons were trying to recover the ball by hacking the sharks, so the Lakers withdrew O'Neal first.

Stanislav Medvedenko did not become a defensive loophole after he came on the court, because Daben couldn't make free throws. Instead, the Lakers used the abundant fouls of the backup center to cut Daben in turn.

With Daben making 2 of 1 free throws and helping the Pistons recover 1 point, the Lakers forcefully consumed time when they got the ball, leaving only 2 seconds left for Kobe to take over and make a strong shot.

Kobe indeed failed to make the shot, but the long rebound that popped up returned to its original owner and fell into Kobe's hands.

It can be said that it was this rebound that completely killed the game.

Next, the Lakers continued to delay time, cut big money, and consumed the game time to the last second.

Larry Brown was also rather frustrated. After the game was officially over, he withdrew all the main players, unlike O'Neill who got off work 2 minutes earlier.

But so what? 80 to 85, the Lakers firmly won G5 of the finals by 1 points!

Kobe, who only scored 23 points in 21 shots in the game, also relied on years of experience in blacksmithing to successfully defeat Hamilton and kill the game with a self-shot rebound!

(End of this chapter)