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Chapter 99 Kobe’s rushing rules and O’Neal’s transformation (second update, please subscribe)

May 5, Sacramento, Golden One Arena.

The game began as O'Neal beat Divac and helped the Lakers jump to the ball.

Dunn originally thought that tonight's game would be difficult, but who would have thought that the Kings would mess up their position and adjusted their defensive strategy again.

Perhaps it was because Duen made a lot of three-pointers in the last game with a sudden shot. Tonight, the Kings put up a 122-zone defensive formation to restrict Duen from outside shooting.

The difference between the 122 zone defense and the 32 zone defense is whether the defensive player leading the ball holder is standing on the three-point line or the free throw line.

The two seem to be similar, but in fact, the 122 zone defense requires a much larger area to be defended than the 32 zone defense, and the corresponding defense difficulty will naturally be greatly increased.

It is worth mentioning that both of them have the problem of relatively weak low-post defense.

You know, with only five players on the field, a team's defensive resources are limited.

The Kings strengthened their defense against Duane, an outside player, and correspondingly reduced the restrictions on inside players O'Neal and Malone.

We all know that offense needs space, shooting needs space, low backs need space, and cutting baskets also need space.

The larger the attacking space of the offensive side, the more chances of obtaining simple balls, and the correspondingly smaller attacking difficulty.

The king let Doug Christie run to the three-point line to lead the defense of Duane, the purpose of which is to limit Duane's shooting.

Du En understood and immediately signaled Malone to pull outside the three-point line to cover him, preparing to use the cover to break through.

Webber followed Malone out of the post, but missed the [-]-point line.

In order to prevent Dunn from suddenly passing the ball to O'Neal under the basket, the others had no time to return to the defense. Divac couldn't defend O'Neal alone, and Weber could only follow to the free throw line.

Only by standing at the free throw line can Weber have the opportunity to take into account both inside and outside. He can not only delay Duane's acceleration to the basket, but also retreat to the basket immediately after Duane passes the ball to O'Neal, double-teaming O'Neal.

However, as Malone ran beyond the three-point line, he helped Dunn block Doug Christie.Dunn used the screen to get rid of the chasing defense, and while Webb was not defending, he undoubtedly got a half-open shooting opportunity.

Seeing Duane jumping up suddenly, Bibby, who was defending Payton, could only step forward to interfere with Duane's shooting.

Unexpectedly, Du En guessed early that Bibby would come to cover up the defense, so this was a common pass-cut cooperation between Du En and Payton at the beginning of the regular season with fake shots and real passes.

I saw Payton cutting to the basket, using O'Neal to attract Divac's attention under the basket, and easily completed the layup.

It can only be said that cleverness can lead to mistakes.Rick Adelman wanted to limit the OK combination before, but now he wants to prevent Dunn from death.

Unexpectedly, due to Dunn's excellent game reading ability, he had an insight into the loopholes in the King's defensive lineup, and easily activated Payton, who was previously a role player.

Payton couldn't hit the ball in the triangle offense before. On the one hand, it was because of poor shooting and was not suitable for playing the triangle offense. On the other hand, it was also because he offended Zen Master.

In fact, Payton's own strength, excluding shooting, is still at the league's starting level.

The Lakers' starting lineup is originally a four-star configuration. Once Payton is activated by Duan's pass, there will be no way to defend.

Although, O'Neal still fell in the low position, affecting the Lakers' speed of returning to defense.

However, not long after finishing G2, the Kings players who returned home were also tired.

G3's transition attack speed and scoring efficiency are obviously not as good as G2.

Halfway through the first quarter, the Zen master replaced O'Neal, but did not replace Payton. Only then did Rick Adelman realize what the problem was...

To this end, Rick Adelman used a 131 zone defense to try to limit the Lakers' offense.

Under the leadership of Duane, the Lakers focused on double screens in the high post, leaving Kobe in the low post for post-up singles.

Kobe, who had just returned from Eagle County not long ago, was full of energy.

单节7投5中，三分2投1中，罚球2投2中，第一节就砍下了13分！
Dunn can only say that the game rule really lives up to its reputation.

30 to 24, the away Lakers, supported by Kobe's efficient scoring, took a 6-point lead in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Kings resumed the 32-zone defense of the previous game.

Duen was not polite when he saw this, pretending to call a pick-and-roll, but in fact, he suddenly shot a cold arrow.

As long as Webber can come out of the basket, even if Duane hits the iron, as long as the rebound falls under the basket, O'Neal still has a good chance of grabbing an offensive rebound and launching a second attack.

Of course, Duane's touch in the second quarter was not bad. He made 6 of 3 three-pointers to help the Lakers further expand their lead.

At the same time, Kobe was still in hot form. In the second quarter, he made 6 of 3 shots, 3 of 1 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 9 points.

Also because Dunn and Kobe scored efficiently enough, O'Neal, Malone, and Fisher also scored some goals in the second quarter.

Even though the scoring efficiency of the Kings in the second quarter became higher, the Lakers still further widened the point difference.

61 to 52, the Lakers entered the second half with a 9-point lead.

Speaking of halftime, O'Neal, who was originally reluctant to play a pick-and-roll with Duen, had to take the initiative to propose to Duen to play a pick-and-roll in the second half because he only had 13 minutes of playing time in the first half and scored 9 points and 3 rebounds.

Dunn rejected O'Neal's suggestion on the grounds that the cooperation was not tacit enough to hurt the team by boosting the game.

Dunn is planning to use the pick-and-roll with O'Neal as his trump card. Tonight's game can be won in other ways, so it's best to hide it.

Of course, the main reason is that the pick-and-roll cooperation between Dunn and O'Neal is really not tacit enough.

In order to avoid doing bad things with good intentions and losing for no reason, Du En still chose not to change his original style of play, and continued to play steadily to win the game.

After being rejected by Du En, O'Neill could only bring a bottle of glucose, opened the lid, and drank it in a dull manner, showing a bitter taste in his throat and heartache.

Seeing this, Dunn had nothing to say, he could only mutter in his heart: "Kobe is in such a good state tonight, it's obviously his thigh, it's definitely right to pass the ball to him.

Besides, I only had 13 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists in the first half, so I can't play more with the ball in the second half?
If you, O'Neal, get more ball rights, what will I eat? "

In order to prevent O'Neal from hurting the team on the defensive end, Duane also felt that since O'Neal was targeted by the Kings, it would be better to rest off the court first.

Anyway, every time O'Neal comes up, Duane will pass him a few balls to increase the Lakers' low post threat and inside scoring.

However, in the third quarter, the Kings stepped up their defense against Bryant.

Although Kobe, who has the rules of rushing to the game, is fierce, he is also headstrong.

Facing the double-team of three people and still showing off his beautiful back, Duan decisively chose to double cover in the high position to beat Malone and Grant.

Malone only scored a dozen points diligently in the first two games, and he worked more on the defensive end and playing pick-and-rolls with Duen.

With O'Neal not on the court, the Kings focused on defending Duane, the ball-handler, and Kobe, the end point.

For Malone's defense, at most it is one-on-one with Peja and others switching defenses.

Occasionally, Malone can also get an open shot because of the delay in supplementary defense.

Malone really took control of the main force. Before O'Neal returned to the game, he scored 6 points on 4 of 8 shots.

After O'Neal came on the court, Divac and Brad Miller, who couldn't run or stand up, naturally had nothing to do with O'Neal.

The king can only use a stupid way to use the substitute to cut the shark in advance.

However, tonight's O'Neal played less time than in G2. Although there was a lot of physical confrontation, he still managed the free throw.

6 of 3 free throws in the third quarter, although not good enough, at least helped the Lakers bite the score and did not waste the ball.

85 to 77, the Kings recovered 1 point in the third quarter, but it had little impact on the game.

Early in the fourth quarter, taking advantage of Doug Christie's absence, Duane began shooting threes from the perimeter again.

After scoring two three-pointers in a row, Rick Adelman had to replace Doug Christie on the field again, and the Kings sent the entire starting lineup to fight the Lakers.

The Zen master was not to be outdone, and continued to play the main lineup except for O'Neill who was still on the bench.

Relying on the high double screen, Kobe played the low post, Dunn and Kobe attracted the defense one inside and one outside, and Payton, Malone, and Grant got some offensive opportunities.

The king restricted Dunn and Kobe, but there was no way to prevent the others from dying together.

Less than half of the game in the fourth quarter, the Lakers have already scored more than 100 points.

As the point difference widened, the King's defensive action was also a bit big. When Payton made an air cut layup, Brad Miller pushed his waist.

As a result, Payton insisted on finishing the penalty, and was immediately supported by someone to return to the visiting team's locker room first.

Injuries are part of the playoffs too!The Lakers are lucky that Payton doesn't have a big impact in the Lakers' system.

Fisher naturally took over Payton's position and even played better.

It was also because Payton was injured, and the Lakers players on the court were more or less the same.

As the saying goes, the underdog will win!With more than 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter, after Kobe hit two consecutive turnaround jumpers, the point difference was widened to 15 points, and the morale of the Kings completely collapsed.

It can only be said that the king's configuration is not bad. The team's style of play is very restrictive to O'Neal, but it is still not enough to compete with a super team like the Lakers!

Just like tonight's game, under Kobe's hustle and bustle rules, he was in a hot state.

The Kings tried to pin Kobe to death through double-teaming, but the Lakers are not the only star in Kobe.

With the help of Kobe's attractive defense, Dunn, Malone and others can stand up.

Even O'Neal, who doesn't have much playing time, actually has a high scoring efficiency in the limited playing time.

In other words, as long as one player from the Lakers breaks out, the Kings cannot win the game.

And the King wants to wait for all the Big Four of the Lakers to misfire, that is unlikely.

114 to 102, the Lakers won three consecutive victories in the Western Conference semifinals, directly forcing the Kings to the cliff 3-0.

And there are only two days left before the next G4.

(End of this chapter)