Legendary star

Chapter 476 A Gift for Los Angeles People (2)

"Gary is stealing the ball again." The full-court press defense has always been a weapon for the Pacers this season. In the third quarter, the full-court press defense was used, but the Pacers' full-court press defense today has directly improved by more than one level compared to the usual game. The defense line composed of four all-around swingmen is like a copper wall. Insurmountable, the connection between the inside and outside of the Lakers has been completely cut off, as long as they pass the ball, they will face the risk of mistakes.

Especially the 36-year-old Gary Payton, an all-star guard with rich experience, is already in a panic when Meng Xu's close press is done.Although Payton's physical fitness has declined seriously with age, but relying on his rich game experience and excellent awareness, Payton still has a lot of advantages when facing some young guards, but Now facing Meng Xu, who is taller than him, but also has agility and movement speed, and his predictive ability and consciousness seem to be stronger than himself, Payton is really very difficult to deal with. The bulldozer-style post-up singles that Paton is best at has also lost its former glory in front of Meng Xu. The back is not moving, there is no room for shooting, and there is no chance for a breakthrough. It is no exaggeration to say that today's game is the best of Peyton's entire career. The most embarrassing game of my career.

Due to the particularity of the full-court pressing tactics, the basketball was always in Payton's hands at the beginning of the third quarter, but at this time Payton was not able to play the role that a superstar should have. Under the pressure, Payton made 6 attacks, made two turnovers, and barely made 4 shots outside the three-point line, but only hit once, hit the iron twice, and made a three-point shot once. The Lakers, who led the Pacers by 6 points at the end of the game, were overtaken by the Pacers at the beginning of the third quarter.

So while looking at the players on the court, who kept doing useless back and forth runs, the Lakers coach Phil Jackson was also standing on the sidelines, anxiously gesticulating towards the court, and finally when Payton was in Under the cover of Devin George, he wanted to hand over the basketball to Kobe, but after being intercepted by Meng Xu again, Phil Jackson immediately turned to the technical table on the sidelines and gestured for a timeout.

"Phil Jackson called a timeout. I don't know if he can find a strategy to break the Pacers' full-court press. If the situation on the field still does not change after the timeout, then the Lakers may not be able to persist in the game. It's four quarters."

"Perhaps in this case, Phil Jackson should consider letting Kobe hold the ball."

"The Lakers are in trouble now. Phil Jackson never expected that the Pacers would deploy such a lineup in the game. Now the Lakers are not only facing the problem of how to break the Pacers' pressing problem, but also How to deal with a team whose athletic talent is far superior to your own. The Bulls have proved to the world that they cannot break the pressure from the perimeter, even with a dominant big man, they cannot Play as hard as you can, because when the perimeter guys can't find a way to break the tight defense, the post guys are going to be in a situation where they might not even get the ball." Michaels and Jeff Van Gundy While thinking about countermeasures for the Lakers, Magic Johnson said something very pessimistic.

"It does seem to be the case. Perhaps when the entire league was thinking about how to deal with the Bulls' full-court press, Phil Jackson certainly would not have thought that one day he would face the same problem." After Magic Johnson said After some analysis, Jeff Van Gundy, who was basically serious in this game, showed a happy smile instead. The Knicks under the leadership of Jeff Van Gundy and his teacher Pat Riley are a ghost of the Bulls dynasty. , Recalling the time when Pat Riley and Pat Riley stayed up all night, constantly looking for the past from the video to crack the Bulls' full-court pressing defense, and looking at Phil Jackson's dilemma when facing the Pacers' full-court pressing defense today, Jeff Van Gundy felt a sense of revenge.

"Larry, as you expected, Kobe started to attack with the ball." After the timeout, Phil Jackson arranged for Kobe to start with the ball, and saw that the Lakers' changes after the timeout were exactly as Larry Bird expected , the assistant coach Lester Conor on the side was already dancing with excitement.

"It looks like we should easily win this game." Seeing that Phil Jackson's adjustments were always within his expectations, Larry Bird nodded in satisfaction.Although Larry Bird has been repeatedly telling his players that the Lakers are not terrible, and the so-called Big Four are just paper tigers, but in fact Larry Bird has no intention of underestimating the Lakers at all, even before this game. , Larry Bird is under a lot of pressure. If they want to beat the Lakers in this year's finals, then the Pacers can't afford to lose the two home games. Under such circumstances, the Pacers will build up a confidence that they must win and establish an advantage over the Lakers psychologically, because in the history of the finals, there have only been two reversals when they were behind 2 to 0 The situation of the game, and the most recent one goes back to 0 years ago.

Although Hamilton's defense is also very good, it is still far from Meng Xu's level, and a major weakness of the full-court pressing tactics is that once the defensive players are broken through, the field will be full of loopholes. It's also one of the reasons why the press defense is considered a touchstone for superstars.And when Kobe is facing Hamilton's pressing now, it is obviously much better than Payton's performance when facing Meng Xu's pressing, but after breaking through Hamilton's defense, Kobe has no intention of connecting the teams at all. He chose to use his own offense to kill the Pacers.

"The athletic talent of this Pacers team is really strong!" Although the Pacers' pressing defense seemed to have been cracked by Kobe after Hamilton was continuously broken by Kobe, the Pacers' full-court pressing was still Continuing, and after Kobe broke through Hamilton's press, his first choice was either to break through or to shoot, which also led to the offensive end of the Lakers falling into a situation where Kobe was alone.On the defensive end, the Lakers were really crushed by the Pacers' super athletic talent, especially Malone, Payton and O'Neal, who have gradually been unable to keep up with the Pacers' faster and faster game rhythm. The pace of the game is up.

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