rpbooks Chapter 347 Familiar chapters
Chapter 347 Familiar chapters
Chapter 347 Familiar Rhythm
Whether the intermission is long or short, at least those who are in it will find that the second half is about to start.Such a short period of time could not allow Phil to think slowly, so he made a decisive decision. In the second half, he mainly played the lineup of one big and four small, to see who is the strongest running and bombing.
Since the confrontation between the two sides was fierce for most of the second quarter, both Phil and McMillan set up their substitute lineups at the beginning of the third quarter, hoping to create more rest time for the main players.To McMillan's surprise, Phil put Gasol on the court, which made him a little confused about the opponent's way. Shouldn't the starting players be rested at this time?What do you mean you put Gasol up with everyone else on the floor?
McMillan didn't want to understand, but when he was pondering, Gasol had already brought a wave of offensive climax on the court. His high play in the interior made it difficult for the Blazers' substitute players to parry, and they could only use fouls to stop.But it's useless for Gasol, he always hits the free throw line, and fouling him just gives him points. Perhaps the only advantage is that he doesn't make him a 2+1.
Under the leadership of Gasol, the Lakers quickly tied the score, and the Blazers came back to their senses. Batum, the leader of the bench lineup, also started his own scoring performance, which prevented the Lakers from overtaking the score directly.Seeing Gasol's brave performance on the court, McMillan fell into deep thought: Since Gasol is now playing with a substitute lineup, it is obvious that a different main lineup will be put on later, is it true that Phil is against Bainer? Does Tom still have illusions, hoping that he will save the Lakers?
Soon McMillan knew that his guess was completely different from the reality, because Phil took the lead in dispatching the main lineup in the middle of the third quarter, and it was not he who played with Kobe, Artest, Blake and Odom. I thought it was Bynum, but Wharton Jr. who hadn't played much before.
This lineup surprised McMillan. Although the Lakers did not play a purely small lineup, with Odom's moving speed, his height of 2 meters can be completely ignored. This guy can be regarded as the height of a power forward. wing player.So the Lakers' current lineup on the court can also speed up.In this way, the Blazers' previous offensive methods involving inside defense and then going through the back door will be greatly restricted, at least not so easily.
But soon this lineup exposed its biggest weakness, and that was Wharton Jr., who was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Phil.In fact, it makes sense to send Wharton on the court. He may be one of the players with the highest golf quotient in the team, and he also has a deep understanding of the triangle offense, which adds a lot to the team on the offensive end.But corresponding to this is his sluggishness on the defensive end, or should not be said sluggishness, for a less intense word, stealth.
Walton Jr. is indeed the most obvious hole in the entire lineup, because his defense is not satisfactory, because he serves as the team's power forward, and Odom must constantly walk between the inside and outside Now, he has to bear the responsibility of marking Ye Feng, our classmate Ye Feng obviously won't let him have a good time.
It seems that the two are about the same size, but Ye Feng's strength completely crushes little Wharton. He doesn't even plan to use feints to sway away. He just needs to find a small gap, and run over directly with his body like a steamroller, directly impacting basket.In this way, Odom had to defend. He chose the former between letting Ye Feng attack the basket and preventing other Blazers from running empty-handed, so he missed the outside shooter.
It's not good for Phil to be too harsh on Odom on the sidelines. Under such circumstances, he has almost no other options. Ye Feng is undoubtedly the most important point, and Odom's choice cannot be wrong.But in this case, the Lakers will have to give up defense and attack the Blazers with all their strength to see who can get more points.
The hurricane-forward offensive battle is undoubtedly the most familiar rhythm for the Blazers. They have a lot of experience in this area, but the Lakers are a little at a loss.Their rhythm is also very fast, but it seems a bit chaotic, not as organized as the Blazers. After all, they used to attack more in the half-court position, purely relying on interspersed running and passing to create scoring opportunities against them. It's still a little unaccustomed.
Under Ye Feng's strategizing, the Trail Blazers played a nearly perfect team offense. What's even more rare is that they were very sophisticated, without the drive or impatience that a young team should have at all.Everyone is very patient, even if the 24-second attack time of a round is about to end, they will not hesitate to pass the ball to a teammate in a better position, willing to be the one who hits the bottom.
Of course, this doesn't mean that they lost their good transition attack, it's just that Ye Feng changed from the role of terminator to initiator.He can often be seen picking off rebounds over the heads of Lakers players, twisting and throwing the ball forward before it even hits the ground, and Cunningham and Matthews form the vanguard of the Blazers' transition offense.The division of labor between the two is very clear. Cunningham, who is taller, is responsible for protecting the rebound, while Matthews is responsible for scoring the ball.
The Lakers fought back under the leadership of Kobe, but they were helpless in the face of the Blazers' crazy outside shooting.In addition, Ye Feng, Matthews, and even Mills took turns to break through with the ball after the Lakers players switched defenses. The Lakers' defense was completely like paper, and they could only watch their opponents keep scoring.
The Blazers' move did have a miraculous effect. They forcibly dragged the Lakers into their familiar rhythm, suppressing the opponent's firepower during the confrontation.In fact, McMillan did not intend to compete with the Lakers on defense at the beginning, because the Blazers must be at a disadvantage in this regard. If they want to win the game, they must hide their shortcomings and give full play to their strengths, so that they can compete with the Lakers. Down.
In the third quarter, the Blazers scored 42 points in a single quarter, including 8 of 5 three-pointers. This made the Lakers fans present curse loudly.The Lakers' 37 points are indeed their normal level, but it is obviously not enough. Coupled with the 9 points behind in the first half, they have fallen behind by as much as 14 points in three quarters. Confidence has been shaken to varying degrees.The on-site commentators had to admit that the Blazers' small lineup did play the league's top firepower, but they just don't know if the Lakers will catch them without a fight in the fourth quarter.
(End of this chapter)