Basketball: starting from the nerve knife

In Barkley’s view, the New York Knicks are in big trouble.

And then……

The second quarter was 1 minute and 25 seconds.

The New York Knicks quickly rewrote the score to 39-33.

Barkley was stunned, and Kenny Smith next to him said in a faint tone: “Dude, what did you just say?” You said…… What’s the trouble? ”

Buckley……

Silently watching the field.

Very speechless!

The rotten bench of the Lakers is already the consensus of the league.

But he didn’t expect that these pieces of material stayed on the field, and he couldn’t even carry it for 1 and a half minutes!

As soon as the second quarter opened, it was scattered by the other side!

Even if it is scattered, the problem is, they will not be able to form any counterattack…

Also, wherever Barkley’s eyes went, he was distressed for the Lakers’ starting lineup sitting off the court.

You said that you guys, is it useful to fight so fiercely?

Doesn’t this difference mean that it will be widened?

As far as the Lakers bench came up these pieces of material, can you play the bench rotation time?

If you can’t fight, you don’t have the ability to know!

Phil Jackson: What can I do? I’m helpless! You can’t take the “5 guards”!

The score was pulled away so much at once, Kobe Bryant suddenly became a little more impatient, and after returning to the court, his desire to attack was much stronger than in the first quarter.

Standing up at the team’s critical moment has almost become Kobe’s instinct and habit, especially at this stage of his career, which has become a subconscious behavior that cannot be changed.

This paranoia can sometimes be a destabilizing factor for the team. It was and was indeed an instability factor within the team.

Fortunately, Kobe Bryant is very strong now…

There is also enough team status…

Artest continued to maintain his strong confrontation and tried to make Kobe fall into the trap of the “beast” again through small movements. But he soon found that he couldn’t keep up with Kobe’s speed.

“Ugh! ”

In the first round of the second quarter, Bryant successfully scored.

The difference narrowed to 4 points.

Under his leadership, the defensive momentum of the entire Lakers’ starting XI changed, and as soon as Li Wan arrived in the front court, Delon Williams actively confronted him, forcing him to attack early.

To be honest, as far as Delong Williams is the core strength, under his continuous pushing, it is really difficult for Li Wan to continue to hold the ball in place, but DeLong’s problem is his horizontal footsteps, he takes the initiative to defend up, which is to give Li Wan the space to operate him, commonly known as: give the show the opportunity!

Li Wan immediately took the initiative to take a step back.

Lu Xun is really right, take a step back and open the sky!

It’s all about breaking through.

By the time Delon Williams noticed this, Levan had already swept past him. It’s like… A sand gull.

Damn, when did this guy’s physical fitness become so good.

Kobe Bryant made up for it at the first time, Li Wan suspended the ball in his hand, made a passing feint, forced Kobe Bryant, and continued to accelerate towards the inside line.

This action scared the “Black Mamba” …

This is not…

Entrainment balls?

This does not blow?

He was very puzzled, and if he told Li Wan his doubts, Li Wan would not be surprised.

This action is indeed beyond the cognition of Kobe’s hands.

His hand, where can he do this action!

“Phew! ”

Under Bynum’s gaze, Li Wan rushed to the basket to complete the one-handed dunk.

The difference is back to 6 points.

Bryant continued to invest in the offense, and Artest had a more serious performance on his face, but the result was that Bryant locked Artest in place with a smoother confrontation.

He……

Really can’t keep up!

“Ugh! ”

Cast and go further!

Kobe Bryant returned to the defense and clenched his right hand that had just shot, with a look of “Very good, keep it up, old man, the war has just begun.”

Artest looked incomprehensible and shocked at the same time!

After the first quarter, Kobe Bryant shot only 2 of 6 from the field. He was pleased with the result. I thought I had found a way to lock up Kobe, but now…

Bryant was like, I’m sorry, I can’t play with you anymore!

This guy…

Is it just now beginning to get serious?

Seeing this, D’Antoni called a timeout.

Bryant scored consecutive points, which is an unsettling thing for any head coach, and he needs to make some changes to the New York Knicks’ defense.

When Artest noticed this, his whole mood fluctuated even more pronounced.

He……

Unacceptable!

After all, before the start of this series, Artest had already made up his mind to defend better than the playoffs in ’09.

Right now, don’t say that the defense is better, even the coach feels that there is a problem with his defense…

“Let me adjust again, coach, I believe I can do well, I just need to find a feeling! ”

He argued with D’Antonis.

D’Antoni looked at his serious appearance, was silent for a while, and finally nodded: “Dude, then please!” ”

Mike Brown received his signal and covertly pulled Li Wan near the end of the pause, Li Wan patted Brown on the shoulder, said nothing, but said everything again:

Don’t worry, I know!

Feeling the slap coming from his shoulder, Mike Brown only had one feeling:

No wonder Stan Van Gundy can become a “champion coach”!

This is cooperation with Li Wan, who is not a “champion coach”!

Mike Brown must admit that he used to think that LeBron James was the core of the team that the manager could most worry about, but now, he finds that he is wrong, or rather, the pattern is small!

Really worry-free, it has to be Li Wan…

LeBron James doesn’t have to worry about offensive arrangements at most, anytime, just give him the ball, well… After several attempts, he found that he could only make this one:

The effect on others is really not as good as it is for LeBron James!

But Li Wan is different.

Li Wan is that when there is any problem in the game, he can be your dependency.

For example, now, Artest is very hard to defend Kobe, but the whole person is a little emotionally unstable, as the head coach and dare not continue to persuade him to “let go”, at this time, Li Wan’s existence can still make the head coach feel at ease… The most important thing is that you don’t even have to explain it. He will take the initiative to tell you:

Be a player, in your heart!

If he could, Mike Brown would like to be the next head coach himself, it would be for Li Wan!

D’Antonis: ???

How did the Italians not expect that there was a traitor in the coaching staff!

The game resumes.

The Lakers were not idle in this timeout, and adjusted Li Wan’s defensive arrangement, and when Li Wan broke through Delon with the ball, the entire formation obviously began to shift towards him.

However, this time the Lakers also learned well, and it was not until Li Wan entered the basket that they began to rapidly shrink the formation, obviously afraid of Li Wan’s breakthrough score.

It’s just that……

“Phew! ”

When Pau Gasol rushed back to the basket, Li Wan rushed into the basket ahead of him with an arrow, another one-handed dunk.

Two consecutive buckles, causing the audience to cheer.

Phil Jackson and Phil Handy looked at each other.

Phil Handy couldn’t help but say, “Our database on Lee seems to be completely outdated…”

In this round, Li Wan’s explosiveness with the ball completely exceeded the value left by Li Wan on the Lakers’ scouting data report.

Phil Jackson glanced at the scorer, and the difference was back to 6. Looking at Li Wan’s unstoppable appearance, the hand in his trouser pocket finally took it out, and he motioned to the field to let Delon Williams hold the ball and take over the offensive end.

When Delong saw the “Zen Master”‘s gesture, his first reaction was not joy, but swallowed his throat, glanced at Kobe again, and asked with cautious eyes:

Me, can I?

Kobe Bryant should have realized something, and the figure that was about to run out to catch the ball pulled away to the other side, opening up singles space for Delon Williams.

Delong watched Li Wan’s step by step, and the desire for singles in his heart was very strong.

Such a timing is too suitable to prove whether he is a substitute for Li Wan!

But the question is…

He just took over Kobe’s offensive end.

If you don’t score in the first leg…

He can be sure that Kobe’s eyes will be a murderous knife!

Therefore, he did not hesitate in the slightest and called Paulo Gasol’s blocking for the first time.

It’s just that this time Li Wan did a very good job of defensive dismantling, and the first time he went around the cover, Li Wan also squeezed out Paulo Gasol and pasted it in front of Delon for the first time.

“Little Fat” immediately sent the ball from next to him to Paulo Gasol.

The “sister-in-law” showed his physical coordination and flexibility, like a striker, holding the ball into the inside, and a large “European step” put the ball into the basket against Dayao.

“nice！ ”

Phil Jackson’s mouth spat out this inaudibly.

Now he believes that Kobe is absolutely willing to completely hand over the offensive end…

Kobe’s expression really softened.

He knew exactly what Phil Jackson meant by getting him to hand over the ball. ——The reason is also very simple, the Lakers can’t defend Li Wan alone, and the opposite side has been scoring, which leads to the fact that he must save his physical strength for more critical moments to fight. Now if he used his entire physical energy to fight against Li Wanbiao, then at the critical moment, he would not have so much physical strength!

That’s why Kobe obeyed and did so.

Everything, all for the team!

Of course, Phil Jackson has one more thing to think about that Kobe Bryant didn’t expect.

Phil Jackson was afraid he didn’t have that much physical fitness… The main thing is to know that Kobe Bryant will absolutely hold the ball himself to play at key moments on the team!

He only believes in himself!

Since the choice at key moments is only him, now Kobe must give up the ball and retain his physical fitness…

But……

At present, the rest of the Lakers continue the offensive firepower for him, and I don’t know if this guy will have more trust in his teammates… Will it be willing…

Huh, what do I think?

Phil Jackson shook his head.

He knows very well that Kobe’s trust is trust, and letting him give up the ball at a crucial moment is another matter.

In his years in charge of Kobe Bryant for so many years, the only teammates he has ever seen Kobe Bryant willing to cede the ball in a crucial moment are only two, one is Shaq O’Neal… This, there is nothing to say, at that time, the great strength, Michael Jordan saw, and also had to give him enough key ball!

And one more is…

Li Wan!

This kid has nothing else, just pure foolishness!

All kinds of knives play with fire on the tip, fortunately they have been successful, but every mistake once, can play themselves out, the risk factor is too high, so that there is only such a guy, let the peak Kobe give up a few key moments of the right to shoot…

However, although it was not to the point of allowing Kobe to give up the key ball, the rest of the Lakers’ current main roster is indeed very good, Kobe’s containment, let Delon Williams and Paul Gasol’s blocking power, even more so that the Jazz at that time “Utah double”, Kenny Smith looked at it for a while and suddenly realized: “It turns out that the ‘double blocking’ in the ‘triangle offense’ is the most powerful?” ”

Barkley shook his head: “Not the most powerful, second only to the Knicks’ blocking system, but it is indeed much stronger than the Jazz’s blocking system…”

Kenny Smith showed a helpless expression: “The Knicks’ blocking system is not only the only one in the blocking system…”

Looking at the team tactical system of the entire league, it is definitely at the forefront of the …

It’s really not too much to say that the historical level is too much!

Of course, the configuration is also here…

Lewis, as a pitcher, although he can’t climb the “pitcher presidential mountain”, but no matter how he says, the No. 4 pitcher can definitely say a historical level.

Not to mention Li Wan, after winning his first regular-season MVP trophy, he has already planted the flag among NBA all-time players.

After all, the NBA has grown to a total of 30 regular-season MVPs.

Among them, the inside players also account for the majority…

There are only 10 outside players.

It is worth mentioning that among them, the small forward position and shooting guard are the least, and there are currently only 3 respectively.

The small forward positions are: Bird, Irving, LeBron; The shooting guards are Jordan, Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson.

Even Wade hasn’t won a regular-season MVP.

This is also why later, when the “Big Cheek Gang” engaged in a “all-league tour”, some opponents did not cooperate at all. The café is indeed a bit unqualified.

As for Dayao.

To be fair, the center “President Hill” certainly can’t plant the flag, but in this era, he is under the basket, that is the dominance of the “big four” level.

Such a configuration, even if it is just a simple blocking and dismantling cooperation, playing the top effect, is really not something to be surprised about!

The biggest difference between basketball and football is that the player’s individual ability is more likely to be above the tactics. In football, as long as the tactics are executed well enough, even players at the level of “king of the ball” can be strangled to death most of the time.

And on the basketball court, sometimes, in the face of superstars, you can only comfort yourself:

I’ve already defended it well, if I can’t stop it, I can’t stop it!

The Lakers continued to bite the score with the rest of the starting lineup, and the entire rhythm was similar to the first quarter of the game. The two sides score each other, and the difference has been floating between 4~6 points.

It’s just that after both sides changed into substitutes at the same time, the point difference gradually widened again.

At 1:14 into the fourth quarter, D’Antoni looked at the 88-78 score and slightly spread his hand to Mike Brown next to him: You say, do we still need to stand?

When Mike Brown heard this, he understood, and asked the staff to clean up the bench: “Come on, sit, Mike!” ”

D’Antoni nodded: “Okay, Mike! ”

The two sat down here, and in front of the Lakers’ bench over there, Phil Jackson shouted in a wrinkled voice: “Phil…”

Phil Handy, as an old fellow of the “Zen Master”, also knew what he meant, and sighed regretfully: “Hey, Phil, I know…”

In this situation, the Lakers are equivalent to “slow death”.

What might be done?

Phil Handy can’t help it!

The “Zen Master” listened to Phil Handy’s sigh, and knew very well that there was no paper ball in the “think tank” around him, and he had to find a way himself.

After calmly analyzing the situation on the field, Phil Jackson broke his big move.

Shouted Kobe Bryant in front of him.

After staring at Kobe Bryant with an “affectionate” look, Jackson’s hand that had been in his trouser pocket stretched out, put it on Kobe’s shoulder, pulled him closer to him, and said to him:

“Kobe, this is the final showdown, and I don’t want you to leave any regrets. What if… In my opinion, who can beat this New York Knicks team and let the Lakers win at this time, then… Maybe it’s just you! ”

At this moment, listening to the words of the “Zen Master”, looking at the firm eyes of the “Zen Master”, the eyes of the “Black Mamba” also gradually became hot and full of “knives”, and he wanted to say it to Phil Jackson

I believe you are a ghost, you old man is very bad!

That’s how Shaq O’Neill was deceived back then, don’t think I don’t know!

Then……

Kobe was listening right there!

At that time, the first time he heard Phil Jackson say this to Shaq O’Neill, he was really jealous of this “fathead fish”, in his opinion, if Phil Jackson was willing to trust himself so much one day, he would definitely go to the knife mountain and the sea of fire for him, at all costs!

It wasn’t until his second time with Phil Jackson, at a critical moment in the game, listening to him repeat what he had said to Shaq O’Neal, that Kobe understood…

This is a “god stick”!

There are only a few sets of “demon words to confuse the public” in the stomach, back and forth!

However, Bryant was well aware of the confusing effect of these words, and Shaq O’Neill’s “dead for confidant” appearance at that time is still vividly remembered.

Although these words could not fool him.

It’s still good to fool the rest of the Lakers and help him stabilize the military.

In addition, after going through some things, he knows very well that the biggest role of the coach is his “Zhang Ji Lai” mouth, you can not talk about tactics, but you absolutely know how to motivate.

That’s why he later named Phil Jackson back!

If you want to win the championship, you can’t do without this mouth of his!

And he can also determine whether the current situation is the most critical moment through Phil Jackson’s “flickering”, which is one of the reasons why he now opens the “solo mamba” mode.

Right now……

Apparently that’s the time!

Artest further doubted life, and the fire-powered Kobe Bryant shook him to the point where he almost saw his “grandmother”. If before he just couldn’t keep up with Kobe’s rhythm, now Artest can’t judge Kobe’s next move.

Li Wan silently substituted for the defense, which was something he promised Mike Brown early on.

He was not surprised by this situation.

In fact, after the 2010 finals, the original Artest was only left with the tail of his peak. The 11-year playoffs were swept by the Mavericks, and the second and third games of the series made the opponent shoot alive, and there was a situation where Artest could not keep up with his movement speed.

After all, this is the most skilled No. 2 position after Michael Jordan, especially the bonus of “Dream Foot”, which minimizes his dependence on physical fitness.

Artest’s state is not comparable to two years ago, not to mention, he still took turns defending with Battier at that time…

Now in the face of Kobe Bryant, who is full of firepower, this problem is exposed, no matter how you look at it, it is a very normal result …

Li Wan’s assistant defense gave Kobe a lot of interference.

Excellent arm span, always able to seal in front of the “Black Mamba” at the first time he jumps.

But Kobe, who was in good shape, kept scoring goals to tell everyone why “Black Mamba” is “the god of backward jumpers”!

Phil Jackson had to admit that at some point, it was as if he was back in ’96 with the Chicago Bulls…

Of course, in those moments, Phil Jackson will quickly return to reality and see where Kobe is inferior to Michael Jordan.

Facing Artest and Li Wan’s pinching to complete the score, of course, is a very good thing, but…

The consumption of physical energy cannot be ignored.

It also prevents him from devoting more energy to the defensive end…

While he kept scoring, the New York Knicks were also led by Li Wan and constantly sent the ball to the basket.

In the final quarter, Kobe Bryant scored 15 points alone, but when the final whistle sounded, the New York Knicks still laughed at the rebound red light with a 116-98-18 point difference.

The Knicks win the “opener” at home!

In the whole game, Li Wan shot 12 of 22, including 3 of 6 three-pointers and 6 of 7 free throws, with an overall shooting rate of more than 50%, efficiently scored 33 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 steals and 1 block…

Dayao scored 17 points and 8 rebounds;

Ray Allen and Lewis made a total of 7 3-pointers for a total of 30 points;

The data of the starting lineup on the Lakers’ side is not weak, Kobe Bryant cut 35 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals; Pau Gasol had 18 points and 11 rebounds; DeLong Williams had 20 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists…

If you compare the starting lineups of the two sides, you will find that the Lakers lost by less than 5 points.

However, in terms of the bench, the Lakers lost more, a full 14 points!

Of course, this was also well demonstrated during the course of the game…

Every time the Lakers were pulled apart, it was when the bench rotated to play.

Phil Jackson raised this point in an interview after the game, emphasizing: “I don’t blame the players on the bench, our bench is already very different from the opposite, this is a fact in front of us, of course, we will not use this as an excuse… I want to say only one thing, the first game of the Finals is played, I am already satisfied, everyone on the Lakers, is a fighter! ”

These words are naturally not casual!

“Zen master” praises people, there must be a reason for things, how can he praise people casually?

If every day is like a “praise little angel”, then at the critical moment, how can those words make people feel straight to the heavens?

Phil Jackson…

Still “boiling soup”!

After the first game was played, the situation was already clear, the Lakers’ starting lineup was not weaker than the Knicks’ starting lineup, and if you wanted to win, you could only reduce the Lakers’ bench rotation time.

If you can keep three or four starters on the court all the time, then the Lakers can even do it, with no bench rotation time!

How do I get a player to play at least 44 minutes or more?

Answer:

Beat chicken blood!

How do you get a player to play an entire series and play more than 44 minutes?

Answer:

Keep beating chicken blood!

If it weren’t for this reason, Phil Jackson would have called the gang “warriors”?

Do you really think that the warrior is so good?

Bryant sat next to him, listening with a serious expression as Phil Jackson said “chicken soup.”

Of course, he knew that Phil Jackson was continuing his “flickering method”, which gave him a deeper understanding of how serious the current situation was.

This is the first time he has seen Phil Jackson boiling “chicken soup” in a row!

This 72-10 “historic” team is really difficult to deal with…

On the other side, Li Wan is being interviewed.

You can see that the New York reporters are very excited, one by one, they are incoherent, and the questions are repetitive, and he has not been fighting with these guys for too long, although he can understand why they are so excited.

On the stage of the NBA Finals, the team that wins the first game and plays at home has a win rate of up to 75%!

It is equivalent to saying that 3/4 of the O’Brien Cup body has been held by the New York Knicks.

Although in ’99, they once rushed to the finals, and in ’94, they also had the opportunity to win the championship trophy, but the current situation has exceeded those two years and has become the closest they have come to the championship trophy…

How can New York journalists, eager to witness New York’s first crown in nearly 40 years, not be excited?

What’s more, compared to New York fans, they are all reserved.

Outside Madison Arena, there were already a large number of fans celebrating in the naked book…

It’s just that Li Wan noticed Artest’s frustrated expression at the end of the game.

If there is any hidden danger in the current New York Knicks winning the championship, then Artest’s attitude is in this range, and he must have a good chat with this guy.

Li Wan was still quite lucky, he ended the interview, and when he returned to the dressing room, Artest was about to leave, and Li Wan patted him: “Dude, let’s talk!” ”

Artest frowned slightly, wanting to refuse, but his relationship with Li Wan made him unbearable to refuse Li Wan so stunned, and this hesitation, he was also pulled to the seat by Li Wan.

“Dude, can you do me a favor…”

Artest didn’t speak, just watched.

“In the next game, you go to defend Delong…”

Before Li Wan finished speaking, Artest was about to get up, and Li Wan quickly pulled him back and cast a puzzled gaze.

“Ron? ”

“Did Mike find you?” Artest didn’t dare to shake off Li Wan’s hand hard, so he grabbed it and asked sullenly.

“What does it have to do with him, I really want you to defend Delong, this guy is too strong and too tired to fight him!” Li Wan said, and deliberately rubbed his chest.

“So…” Artest paused, “who does Kobe guard against?” ”

“Just let the lightning defense do…”

“Uh…”

This answer was something Artest did not expect.

He thought…

“How? You think I’m going to switch defenses with you? Li Wan waved his hand, “Pull down, you can’t prevent Kobe, I’ll prevent him, why bother with that effort?” ”

“My idea is to let Ray defend Kobe Bryant, and the two of us will assist in the defense… That way, if you can help me deal with Delon Williams, I will have more energy to put into the offensive end, as long as we can bite the attack, as you can see, the opposite bench is not as good as us! ”

Li Wanyi analyzed, Artest’s expression gradually softened.

Seeing that his face was finally no longer so smelly, Li Wan spoke: “In fact, man, the key to our win over the Lakers is not whether you can prevent Kobe, so, don’t put so much pressure on yourself, he’s old, even if he can score, it’s impossible to overturn the Knicks on his own, you should learn to maximize your role… You shouldn’t have heard the story of horse racing, right? ”

Artest shook his head stunned, he really hadn’t heard of it.

When he finished listening, he gave Li Wan a thumbs up: “High, really high, this Tian Ji can really play!” So you mean…”

“Superior horses do not guard against superior horses! ”

After Li Wan said this, he didn’t say anything more, he felt that what he said was enough to enlighten Artest.

Sure enough, Li Wan left, and Artest secretly said:

Yes, the superior horse does not guard against the superior horse!

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