You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 283 Untrustworthy Man

In the first round of the NBA playoffs, between the Suns and the Lakers, the Suns, who are in the front position, will play the first game.

The game will be broadcast live on both platforms.

One is for SUNTV in Arizona, and the other is for OBC across the United States.

The game between the Suns and the Lakers brought together the two most exciting guards in active service, and OBC TV sent Hubie Brown and Mike Breen this pair.

One is a living fossil in the basketball world who won thousands of victories as a coach, but eventually entered the Hall of Fame as an announcer.One is the successor of the legendary commentator Marv Albert, a new generation of golden voice.

From the perspective of the commentary team, it is very luxurious.

"Tonight, the Lakers are a guest in Phoenix, Hubie, let's talk about it, do you think the Sun's defense can stop Kobe?" Brin asked sharply.

"The year Wilt Chamberlain averaged 50 points per game, I was not yet 30 years old. I mean, I have seen more amazing offensive performances than Kobe." Brown used Chamberlain as an example, which is convincing. "This is the difference in the playoffs. Wilt, who is so powerful, still can't maintain his dominance in the playoffs. The playoffs are not a one-on-one stage. Kobe needs to distinguish the difference. He is a veteran. I believe he will find the answer."

The game is about to start, and Wei Xia sits on the bench as usual.

He has made full preparations for his subsequent appearance, and it depends on when Jackson needs him.

For the opening jump ball, the Suns let Diaw jump, and the Lakers selected Brian Cook.A least secure jump ball option.

Sure enough, he lost to Dior.

Cook usually gives people the impression that he is just a three-point fortress. Now, the team has given him a more important task: three-pointers can be missed, and the defense must be tough.

The story of the Spurs shooting the sun can provide the Lakers with a lot of reference points.

They found that the Suns, like other running and bombing teams, as long as they can't control the defensive rebounds, are dragged into the abyss of muscle warfare, poor defense, and the defects of poor talent in core players will explode in an all-round way.

Jackson made some changes.

Odom went to the four, and Luke Walton replaced Sprewell and started at small forward.

This is tantamount to humiliation for a madman with an annual salary of more than [-] million to support his family, but the madman is not angry, he has already passed the age where he will strangle the coach to death if he loses his temper.

Before the game, the coaching staff kept asking the players to do a good job of defense.

As a result, in the first defensive round, Cook vigorously hit the ball out of bounds to show his determination and belief in fulfilling the instructions of the coaching staff.

His execution deserves applause from his teammates. Then, the Suns served and the familiar pick-and-roll attack was initiated by Nash.Smash Parker, who is facing Nash, has good speed and strong defensive pressure. His single defense is a great threat to the ball, which has to be admitted.

But Nash's pick-and-roll was used against him.

Parker looked at Nash who was going away, not knowing what he could do. Obviously, the Lakers put the hope of defending the underdog on the inside.

Cook, who just destroyed the Sun's pass and showed his determination to carry the defense to the end, appeared again.

As a substitute for Chris Mihm, he has always been very humble. He is obviously an old player who has played for the team for several years, but few fans look forward to him.In the future, he will be remembered by boring fans who compiled "Kobe and I scored 83 points together". Although he never said that sentence, who told him that he just scored 2 points in Kobe's dragon slaying battle?

Meme's help defense is known to be ignored by opponents.

Cook was no better than him.

Nash's breakthrough rushed in and made a layup with a low hand. Cook's defense seemed to be non-existent. Obviously he was standing in front of Nash, but the ball flew over his head.

"Wish, what do you think his defense is good for?" Bynum off the court counted Cook's defense.

Nash scored an underhanded layup. Kobe expressed his dissatisfaction with rolling his eyes, but he didn't say anything.

However, Wei Xia understood that there were many bad factors for the Lakers in this battle. Cook's help defense was ineffective, and Kobe didn't eat meat until the sun went down.

Why is this person so stubborn?Are the Sons, Mother, and Fathers going to punish him for eating meat in broad daylight when he shouldn't be eating meat in a hurry to play in the playoffs?
Kobe responded to Nash with a gliding jumper to the left.

2 is better than 2
Then comes the offensive round that shows the characteristics of the sun's running and bombing.

I saw the Sun's offense quickly passed halftime.

In the frontcourt, Diaw's pick-and-roll made Nash very free. He asked for the pick-and-roll, got an open shot, and shot simply.

When he hit the 19, the Suns had [-] seconds to play.

Then, swish!
5 is better than 2
Next, the "most paranoid Laker" passes to the "smartest Laker."

Walton got the ball and made a strong back hit. His shot has a bit of Kobe's charm. It turned out to be a fadeaway shot that soared into the air and scored.

"If the Suns want to go further than last year, the defensive end is an important part that cannot be ignored." Because the Lakers' two offenses at the beginning were unreasonable, Brown and Brin had the illusion that "it's because the opponent is the Suns".They would understand the Suns if they watched the Lakers more often than they only learned about the Lakers through postgame reports.

It's not that my defense is weak, it's because the Lakers like to pretend to beep.

Under the influence of Kobe, if you feel good, it is a feasible choice to play in the Lakers against the defense.

Since Bryant's performance in January, the Lakers have evolved into the most disciplined team Jackson has ever led, bar none.

Parker presses Nash as usual.

He ran into trouble before he could exert his strength.

Nash gave him a feeling of breaking through him every minute several times, and even he himself had no confidence in the success rate of the defense.As a result, Kobe suddenly misplaced and defended against Tim Thomas.

Seeing that there is a dislocation to play, he still beats Kobe Bryant. Nash knows that wasting a second is a crime against his teammates. He will not waste such a good second anyway.

Thomas received the ball, and the subsequent offense did not see any gold content.

Everyone only saw him arch and arch, but he reached the basket with four strokes.There is a gap in tonnage, and it is too easy for Kobe to face him at the end.

This is the problem for the Lakers. They think that Kobe is one of the monopolies of the first defense of the year. Is there any difficulty for the small defense?Thomas is not the kind of person who likes to beat his back to death.The weight advantage is visible to the naked eye. Kobe couldn't defend, and his teammates couldn't help defend, making Thomas play like O'Neal.

"Isn't this helpful? Are you pig-brained? Even if it's a bunch of fucking pigs, if they see their companions about to be eaten, they will rush to them!"

Tex Winter's rage hit the team's brains.

Next, the Lakers also encountered a dislocation opportunity.

Cook misplaced on Raja Bell.

Parker took the ball in his palm and thought carefully, maybe he felt that Cook couldn't touch Bell. He changed hands and passed the ball to Kobe.

For the current Lakers, Kobe is allowed to do it when the offense encounters difficulties, that's right.

Kobe secretly called Parker an idiot, and then lobbed it to Cook.

Cook's big and small performance is justifying the name of the god of death. He used his elbow when he beat a guard who was far inferior to him?

Bell lay down and made an offensive foul.

"It wouldn't be like this if it were me!" Bynum's self-confidence is always strong.

"Yeah." Wei Xia agreed on the surface.

Just look at the smile on the corner of his mouth to see what he thinks in his heart.

Cook's performance just now is the reason he will never be able to steal the starter from Mihm.

The extremely unstable state and feel make it difficult for him to get a fixed playing time. When his feel is not good, he who is neither strong nor flexible will become the target of the opponent's key attack on the defensive end.

At the end of the regular season, when Mihm was reimbursed for the season, Cook's performance was impressive: in 14 consecutive games, he scored in double figures 10 times, averaging 11.2 points per game, and his shooting percentage was as high as 60%.In the away game against the Mavericks, he scored 10 points on 6 of 12 shots, and even became the Lakers' inside scoring leader; in the away game against the Rockets, in front of the aging Juwan Howard, Cook took whatever he wanted, and scored 14 of 8 inside and outside, scoring 19 points and 10 rebounds.

But entering the playoffs, his mentality, skills, confrontation, and even talent are not enough to start a strong team.

Cook made an offensive foul, but fortunately, the Suns' offense did not score, and it was the Lakers' turn to attack again.Cook still raised his hand boldly to ask for a seat.

This time, the man guarding him was Sean Marion.

In terms of stature, he is a bit bigger than Marion, but it can be seen that he is obviously not as strong as his opponent.

What if the ball is given to him when the center of gravity is not stable?

As a Lakers fan, you can never trust Brian Cook.

Likewise, as a Lakers fan, you'll never know what Smash Parker is thinking.

Just now Cook made big and small misplacements, but he didn't give it.

This time, Cook faced Marion, who had the inside-level confrontation ability, and he was insecure in his position, but he gave the ball.

Was he trying to say "Dear Brian, even if the whole world betrays you, I will be the man standing behind you and supporting you"?
Cook handed over the answer sheet is?

Hitting back and holding it hard, it seemed that he wanted the hacker to retreat in the face of difficulties.

For Marion, the hardest part of his life is accepting others pointing at his looks, and being asked who he learned that set of women's shooting moves from.

Single defense against Brian Cook?It couldn't be easier.

His defense allowed Cook to shoot three shots.

Then, Bell's counterattack was as fast as a dog chasing food, and Nash was the master who fed him.

He accurately threw a flatbread into Bell's mouth, and his skills were definitely more skilled than any Indian pancake master.

Bell completed the counterattack.

7 is better than 4
(End of this chapter)