Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Chapter 97 Sudden cold arrow, firefighting captain (third update, please subscribe)
Zen Master standing on the sidelines naturally saw the difficulties the Lakers faced on the court.

Zen Master is about to call a timeout, change Fisher to the field, and then arrange for Kobe to go low to help O'Neal share the offensive pressure.

Who would have thought that at this time, Du En, who usually puts the team first, suddenly did not follow the routine and switched to singles.

I saw Du En on the court, pretending to signal Malone to come to the high post to set him a pick-and-roll.

Webber followed from the low post, and Doug Christie, who was defending Duane, retreated to the corner.

Once Dunn passed the ball to Kobe, he double-teamed Kobe with Peja.

If Dunn passes the ball to O'Neal, he will switch to Kobe, and Peja shrinks to the basket to double-team O'Neal.

If Malone takes the ball, he can also switch to Malone and delay Webber a little.

This time, however, Doug Christie didn't wait for Duane to pass the ball.

What Doug Christie saw was that as soon as Malone reached the three-point line, Duan took advantage of the screen and shot a three-pointer.

Weber's original intention was to come up and delay for a while, to prevent Duane from going directly to the basket, share the pressure with O'Neal, and force Duane to play the ball early.

It can only be said that Duane's 15 assists in a single game in the last game really impressed the Kings players, who mistakenly thought that Duane could only pass the ball.

It was obviously too late for Weber to pounce on him when he realized that the situation was wrong.

Du En suddenly shot a cold arrow, raised his knife and dropped it, and scored a three-pointer.

Malone saw Du En pull up suddenly and thought about going back to the basket to grab the rebound, but unexpectedly he made a steady hit.

After seeing the three-pointer hit, Malone came to his senses and immediately returned to defense.

The Kings were not slow to switch offenses, but Duane and others had returned to the defense in advance. Even though O'Neal was a little slower, Divac did not reach the basket in the first time.

It was also because the transition attack did not start, so the Kings could only fight again in position.

Bryant noticed that the King seemed to want Peja, who had a good touch, to continue to shoot three-pointers, so he predicted Bibby's passing route in advance to complete the steal.

Immediately after, a fast break followed to help the Lakers get another 2 points.

More than two minutes before, the Kings had just established a 5-point advantage, and Duane and Kobe evened the difference in a blink of an eye.

The Zen master's already restless heart returned to the state of calmness in the ancient well.

After these days, however, the Kings have adjusted more than just defense.

On the offensive end, the Kings also played bolder than G1.

The same tactics of passing, cutting, covering, catching and shooting, which were previously assigned to Peja, were suddenly applied to Bibby.

Payton's defense against Bibby is not serious. Compared with the regular season, Payton's attitude has been corrected a lot.

However, in the face of the King's large number of off-ball running and pick-and-roll cooperation, Payton still failed to keep up with Bibby's footsteps.

In a blink of an eye, Bibby helped the Kings make a three-pointer and opened the gap.

"Take your time and don't rush."

Watching Payton signal Malone to serve immediately, Duane deliberately slowed down the pace of the game.

Although the Lakers are lagging behind now, with so many stars in the Lakers, no matter how tight the opponent's defense is, the offensive problem can still be solved.

Right now, the Lakers are still focusing on defensive issues.

Payton needs to slow down, and O'Neal needs to play more slowly.

Returning to the frontcourt, Dunn observed the king's zone defense position and signaled his teammates to pull away.

When Kobe saw Duan's gesture, his face was full of questions: "Isn't this my tactic?"

Just when Kobe was astonished, Dunn once again shot a cold arrow, directly pulling up from outside the three-point line.

Because the Kings have a [-]-[-] defense, not a [-]-[-]-[-] defense or a [-]-to-[-] defense, obviously Duane just made a three-pointer, but Doug Christie is still waiting for Duane within the three-point line.

Because of this, Duane made an early shot from outside the three-point line, and Doug Christie couldn't interfere with Duane's shooting at all.

Maybe it's because of the further improvement of the three-point attribute, or because tonight's hand feeling is relatively good. Du En's wide-open three-point shots are just like daily training, and they are stable.

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Going in again, Dunn responded to Bibby's three-pointer, helping the Lakers to even out the difference again.

The Kings were not worried about whether the Lakers could score. After Duane scored, the Kings pushed up the speed.

In the end, it was Kobe who took the initiative to foul Webber under the basket, so that Weber didn't let Webber directly score a layup.

Taking advantage of Weber's free throw, Jackson chose to replace O'Neal and Payton first.

When Fisher and Grant played, they also brought corresponding tactical arrangements to the court.

Dunn soon learned that Zen Master asked him to pick and roll with Malone and Grant in high positions, and let Fisher and Kobe ambush in the two bottom corners, so he understood Zen Master's intentions.

The King's defensive inside line is stronger than the outside line. If the King's inside line is pulled to the outside line by the Lakers' high pick-and-roll tactics.

Then, Duan only needs to pass the ball to Kobe, and Kobe can combine sudden shots with ease in the low post, whether he is posting up Bibby or Doug Christie.

Taking a step back, even if Kobe was double-teamed by two people in the low post, he would be closer to the basket, and his shooting percentage would be higher accordingly.

In terms of defending the king's transition to offense, Malone and Grant are both in high positions, and the retreat distance is shorter. Naturally, they are not afraid that the king will use defensive counterattacks to increase their speed.

After Webber made two free throws, the Lakers played according to Zen Master's arrangement.

Since there were no substitutions on the King's side, and Rick Adelman was not a roundworm in the Zen master's belly, I didn't know what new tactical adjustments the Zen master would make on the spot, so he didn't see any tricks and immediately made targeted measures. Defensive placement.

When Duan passed the ball to Kobe, Kobe singled out Peja and slid down the baseline for a dunk, the Lakers tied the score again.

The Kings, as always, rushed to serve the baseline ball, trying to catch the Lakers off guard.

But the Lakers have already prepared a special defensive response, and the Kings didn't start a fast break, so they had to fight again.

It was Bibby running off the ball and shooting a three-pointer through a screen!

However, in this day and age, even if the three-pointer is very fierce during training and almost hits every shot, once it comes to the game, even if it is a wide open, the shooting rate usually does not exceed 40%.

Although Bibby just scored a three-pointer not long ago, this time he failed to grasp the open opportunity.

Hearing Duang's sound, Malone took a step forward and grabbed the rebound.

Immediately afterwards, Malone passed the ball to Dunn and started a fast break himself.

Dunn originally wanted to play steadily, but the rebound was protected by Malone, so he immediately followed up with the ball, and after attracting the defense from the side, he lobbed the ball to the basket.

Malone is still very good at eating cakes. Even though Webber fouled, Malone still scored the two plus one.

After half a quarter, the Lakers finally came back to win and took the lead.

However, Malone's free throws were not good tonight, and he failed to hit the extra penalty.

The Kings took this opportunity and launched another wave of transition attacks, which caused the score difference between the two teams to be tied again.

Next, Duan used Kobe to attract some defensive attention in the low post, faked a sudden pass, and went to the middle to get to the basket.

Peja and Bibby saw Duane rushing into the basket too fast, so they didn't have the idea of ​​going forward to pay for the foul.

Dunn's dunk helped the Lakers take a 2-point advantage.

However, the good times did not last long. Although the Kings' fast break was defended by the Lakers, Divac also noticed that O'Neal was not around and he had a mismatch advantage in beating Grant.

Ever since, relying on his personal strength, Divac bullied Grant and helped the Kings recover two points, evening the difference.

In this way, both teams concentrated on playing at the basket. The Lakers relied on Dunn and Kobe to play duo, and the Kings stopped playing team basketball. They first handed over the ball to Divac, focusing on Divac.

In the following period of time, the scores of the two teams rose alternately, and they played extremely anxiously.

However, this situation did not last long.

More than 10 minutes into the first quarter, the Zen master took the initiative to change, and replaced O'Neal.

The king's defensive strategy against O'Neal has not changed, double-teaming as soon as he gets the ball.

However, this time, O'Neal played very bravely, facing the double-team of three people, and dunking the ball fiercely into the basket.

The main reason is that in order to increase offensive efficiency, the Kings have been speeding up transitions.

Running back and forth all the time is quite exhausting, let alone helping each other in defense.

The loss of physical strength made their footsteps and confrontation drop a notch.

O'Neal, however, spent half a quarter recharging his energy off the court and showed his best form as soon as he came up.

The Lakers also relied on O'Neal to score 2 points in less than 6 minutes at the end of the first quarter, and finally helped the Lakers widen the point difference.

29 to 33, the Lakers entered the second quarter with a 4-point lead.

To the king's surprise, O'Neal did not continue to appear at the beginning of the second quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers played two guards, Fisher and Kobe, in the low post, and Dunn led Grant and Stanislav Medvedenko to play in the high post.

Because each has defensive loopholes, the two teams can only continue to seize each other's defensive loopholes and widen the point difference through offense.

However, similar to the first quarter, the points are basically alternated, and it is difficult to widen the point difference.

Until the second and a half quarters, the Zen master asked O'Neill to come up and travel at the wrong peak.

Although the Kings replaced Divac to top up O'Neal, Webber went down to rest.

The Kings couldn't rely on Webber to fight hard, and Doug Christie and Peja on the outside were locked up by Kobe and Duane.

It is obviously not an easy task for the king to turn defeat into victory just by making Bibby lose three points.

With Rick Adelman playing the main force, Bibby, who was exhausted, made more and more three-pointers.

The Lakers relied on O'Neal and made several strong plays under the basket.

Of course, O'Neal slowed down the Lakers. After Weber came back after a 3-minute rest, O'Neal quickly went to rest.

Malone returned to the court and continued to spend time with Webber. Duane also used Malone's screen to score two more three-pointers.

However, the number of strikes also increased. Due to the decline in physical strength, the state was obviously not as good as in the first quarter. Duane took the initiative to reduce the three-point shot and then passed the ball to Kobe.

But this time, Kobe changed his previous reliable image and suddenly connected two irons, missing the opportunity for the Lakers to widen the point difference.

O'Neal is not here, Kobe is strong, and although Malone can stand up, he has become a role player. Duane must stand up and boost morale.

Ever since, Dunn called two pick-and-rolls in a row, and took the initiative to switch to Brad Miller.

With two cross-steps in a row, Dunn successfully passed Brad Miller, followed by a false pass from the European step, and went to the basket to step and dunk.

Bibby, who let go of Fisher and came to make up defense, also became one of Dunn's background boards.

When everyone is very tired, someone in the team dunks, which can definitely boost morale.

Not long after, relying on a defensive counterattack, Malone grabbed the rebound and handed the ball to Duen, who fed Malone another piece of cake.

Playing difficult balls by himself and eating easy for teammates, Duane is becoming more and more qualified to be the head star of the playoff team.

Driven by Duane, the Lakers stabilized the situation and even reopened the point difference.

At the end of the second quarter, the Zen master repeated his old tricks, and O'Neal once again played hard.

This also forced Rick Adelman to send two substitutes to use the hacking shark tactics in advance.

也是靠着杜恩上半场21分3篮板5助攻的出色表现，55比60，湖人继续保持领先，带着5分优势进入到了第三节。

Fortunately, at the beginning of the third quarter, the Kings did not dare to use the shark-slashing tactic immediately, and O'Neal also seized the opportunity. Before leaving the field, he made 5 of 3 shots and 4 of 2 free throws. He scored 8 points and helped the Lakers consolidate their advantage.

After O'Neal left the field, Kobe finally found his hand, ushered in a wave of small explosions, scored 6 points in a row in the low post, and stopped the Kings.

After the timeout ended, the Kings had to increase the number of three-point shots in order to chase points.

Preferring to do bad things, Peja and Bibby hit the iron one after another, allowing the Lakers to continue to expand their advantage, and the point difference once expanded to 13 points.

However, as the game went on, Kobe's touch became very bad again under the restriction of double-teaming.

The Kings, who switched to playing in the low post again, quickly narrowed the point difference to less than 10 points.

Dunn had no choice but to stand up as the captain of the firefighting team. By standing on the free throw line, he raised the advantage to 10 points point by point.

When O'Neal came out again, Dunn knew that G2's victory was secure.

At the end of the third quarter, O'Neal lived up to the expectations of the Lakers fans. He scored 4 points in the final quarter and gave Webber a hat.

77 to 89, the Lakers entered the fourth quarter with a 12-point lead.

Because they hold a 12-point advantage, the Lakers are definitely not willing to make mistakes, but actively choose to lower the pace of the game and strengthen their defensive intensity.

In order to increase the speed of retreat, the Lakers even took the initiative to give up some rebounds.

But it's all worth it!
Although the Lakers only scored 17 points in the fourth quarter, the Kings were not much better.

Even with the conversion of offense and shark-slashing tactics to chase points and the number of rounds, he only scored 22 points in the end.

99 to 106, no one expected that the exciting offensive battle in the first three quarters would turn into a boring defensive battle in the fourth quarter!

Thanks to the Lakers, the head star can not only score but also defend!

本场比赛，杜恩不止砍下了29分5篮板9助攻，还有2抢断1盖帽进账。

Although Kobe only scored 23 points in 27 shots, 3 steals are also very important.

O'Neal only scored 21 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks because he didn't play much time, but who can say that O'Neal's blocks are not critical?

It was also thanks to the three players of Du En who scored and defended, and each stepped up for a period of time to help the team stabilize the situation. The Lakers were not deprived of a home victory by the resilient Kings.

However, the next game is going away!

G2 is the home court of the Lakers, and it’s so difficult for the Lakers to win!

Who knows what kind of troubles they will encounter when they go to the King's Golden No. [-] arena?

(End of this chapter)