basketball kingdom

Chapter 328

Chapter 328

Tyronn Lue replaced Timofey Mozgov, who had no obvious defensive effect, and Tristan Thompson, who was more mobile.

After all, Irving is the No. [-] pick. Although he did not perform well on the defensive end, Tyronn Lue did not dare to take him down easily.

Scott held the tactical board and said emotionally: "Xu, Paul, we don't have an absolutely reliable backing inside, so the two of you must limit LeBron's starting speed and try to force him to go left. LeBron goes left When I'm more inclined to shoot the ball, the threat will drop a lot."

Xu Tian and George nodded silently.

Scott turned to look at Kobe and said, "Kobe, your task is equally arduous. Try to limit Irving as much as possible. He is the sharpest knife around James, and it is very dangerous to let him feel good."

The reason why Bryant initially opened up the gap with the remaining three of the four shooting guards was the defensive performance.At that time, Kobe often defended the opponent's arrow figure, and the effect was quite good.

For the task of the defensive end, Kobe will never refuse.

After Scott assigned the task on the defensive end, he turned to the offensive end: "The Cavaliers will continue to send Kevin Love. His lateral movement speed on the defensive end is very slow, and he can play this point. Don't give the Cavaliers a chance to breathe."

Xu Tian looked at the Cavaliers bench and saw Tristan Thompson taking off his warm-up suit. He wanted to say a few words, but finally chose to swallow his words.

Scott asked habitually: "Xu, do you have anything to say?"

Xu Tian was extremely focused tonight. He hadn't spoken since the opening, so he shook his head slightly, as an answer to Scott.

Kobe and George returned to the court side by side, briefly exchanged their experience in defending James, and asked him to try not to let James start up.

Tyronn Lue focused his offense on Irving, trying to let him break the Lakers' defensive rotation through singles and destroy the inherent system.

Irving is best at doing this kind of thing, and he is obliged to step on the court resolutely.

James is not good at attacking without the ball. He received Iman Shumpert's serve in the backcourt and slowly advanced to the frontcourt.

Irving stood outside the three-point line on the right, opened up space, and waited for James to pass the ball.

The defensive player James faced was George, and the two confronted each other physically.

George took a dark elbow and flashed a small space, allowing James to break through his defense.

Xu Tian's assisted defense was extremely fast, and he came half a step in front of James' right, forcing him to move to the left.

Tyson Chandler wasn't too worried about Tristan Thompson's offensive prowess, watching James, ready to help.If you want to prevent superstars, it is impossible to do it alone.

George didn't come to chase and defend, but quickly moved laterally to defend in front of Owen.

James has a wide field of vision and can observe the position of his teammates while traveling. He cannot find passing opportunities and can only stop the ball on the left wing.

Xu Tian immediately moved closer to James, not giving him a chance to pass into the penalty area.

James took the ball with both hands, turned his right foot for the pivot foot, and found Love, who had thrown Nance Jr. away.

Love still has a bit of post-up ability, singles Nance Jr. with the ball, crushing layups in the confrontation.

Nance Jr. hit Love's ball-handler's wrist with his right hand while defending, and lost a thug foul.

Love's finishing ability is not stable enough. Although there is room for adjustment, he still failed to hit a layup and failed to reach 2+1!

Tyronn Lue is also not very good at using Love, but with the lessons learned from David Blatt, he dare not use Love easily, so he can only try to find ways to use it.

Love stood at the free throw line and made one of two free throws!

5-3!

Xu Tian received the serve in the backcourt, turned around and dribbled forward, observing his teammates' running positions.Seeing that Irving was still defending against Kobe, he hit the ball and passed it.

George needs to defend James on the defensive end, and the offensive role is slightly reduced to ensure sufficient physical strength.

Kobe skillfully launched post-up singles, suppressed the offensive rhythm, and used his height and strength advantages to bully Irving who was defending behind him.

Irving hadn't gotten a chance to make a move on the offensive end, but he had been being targeted on the defensive end. He was a little angry, and hit Kobe on the arm and received a defensive foul.

Tyronn Lue walked near the center line and shouted at Irving: "Kyrie, control your emotions and pay attention to the number of fouls."

Irving answered yes, then stood on the sidelines and interfered with Kobe's sideline kick.

Xu Tian used George's cover to reach the top of the arc and received the serve from Kobe.

Kobe, who is more experienced than Irving, once again grabbed the offensive position and stretched out his right hand to catch the ball.

Xu Tian passed the ball again and ran to clear the strong side, allowing Kobe to single Irving.

Kobe often played singles with the ball under the hands of the Zen master. He was very adaptable to this kind of work, and then played Owen with his back.

Owen can reach the All-Star level offensively, but the defensive end is only average in the league. It is very difficult to defend Kobe.

Iman Shumpert was the closest to Irving, but he had to defend Xu Tian and dared not take half a step away.

George runs without the ball, trying to move James as much as possible to consume his energy.

Although Love is willing to help defend, but his defensive ability is insufficient, naturally he can't help Owen.

Kobe continued to shake again, shot fakes to point to Irving, moved beautifully to close the distance from the basket, and threw with his right hand.

Hit the board!

7-3!

Mike Breen, Stan Van Gundy, and Mark Jackson, who were explaining the game tonight, saw Kobe's shot and said almost at the same time: "Kobe's high throw is similar to Xu's stunt."

Stan Van Gundy was the first to react, and took up the conversation: "That's right, this kind of weird throw is indeed Xu's stunt. I didn't expect Kobe to be still polishing his skills during his retirement season."

Mark Jackson said: "Kobe once asked Wade about the skills of breaking through the zone defense. In the case of extremely rich offensive methods, he would also look for Dameng to practice his footsteps in the summer. His aggressiveness far beyond ordinary people is what he can do today. The reason for the success, it's just his Mamba mentality."

Xu Tian and Kobe clapped hands instead of words to express their support.

James has a very high golf quotient. After a few rounds, he roughly guessed the Lakers' offensive and defensive strategies, adjusted immediately, and directed his teammates to move.

Tristan Thompson has the top mobility in the fourth position. He was one of the contributors to the Cavaliers' two victories in the Finals last year.

Tyson Chandler is a veteran and cannot be guarded like Tristan Thompson.This was targeted by James.

Iman Shumpert had already sunk to the bottom corner under James' command, so Xu Tian, ​​who was in charge of defending him, could not immediately make up the defense.

George quickly skirted Tristan Thompson's screen, chased James who was driving with the ball, and, according to the strategy, forced him to go left.

James' template is the magician instead of Jordan, passing the ball to Tristan Thompson.

Tyson Chandler gave Tristan Thompson a step.

Tristan Thompson didn't move any further, jumping up from the spot and shooting confidently from the mid-range.

(End of this chapter)