You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 524 Winning Password
Wecha, who went to the Staples Center to warm up three hours in advance, became the most threatening Lakers player on the offensive end.

He caused the Celtics a lot of headaches.

Because the Celtics have no idea who to play against him.

Rajon Rondo?In addition to height, all aspects are the most suitable.

But it is this height that forms a natural barrier among them. No matter what Rondo does, he can't change his thin body to the point where Wei Xia can blow him up at any time if he wants to.

Ray Allen?It is the most suitable in all aspects, even the height is right.

But he needs to deal with Kobe.

Pierce?Physically, he has the advantage.Apart from his stature, there are not many advantages in him.

His speed can't support Wei Xia's off-ball running position, and he dares to fight on the defensive end, but he often can't keep up with the latter's pace.

The Celtics decisively implemented the way to win the first two games.

A lot of confrontation, countless physical contact, but what I met was a Lakers determined to change themselves.

The biggest change for the Lakers is the positioning of Pau Gasol.

Before, his position was the axis of the system.

Before the finals, facing the teams in the Western Conference, he changed his style of flexible swimming to create countless interspersed spaces, and became a pure blue-collar player.

This arrangement is puzzling, because Gasol's greatest value to the Lakers has never been defense or rebounding, but his plug-and-play flexibility for the triangle offense.

But if you think about it carefully, it's not incomprehensible.

Phil Jackson doesn't want to die under the opponent's offensive rebounds. At least he can make Garnett follow him.

The defensive end went all out, and the offensive end gave up the pivot position. Gasol scored 1 point and 5 rebounds in a single quarter.

If it weren't for the Celtics sending two free throws, he would have scored zero.

In the hand-to-hand battle initiated by the Celtics, the Lakers responded by parrying head-on.Because they know that hiding is impossible, and if there is a better way, no one wants to play in what the Celtics are best at.

Since you can't hide anyway, you should go up to him like a man.

Kobe's offensive state was not good after entering the field, and he made 3 of 1 shots and did not continue. Weixia's state was like a light on the field, pointing out the right way for the Lakers' offense.

Wei Xia played the first quarter as usual.

His offensive distribution is interesting.

7 of 3, 42% shooting rate, if you look carefully, all the shots he missed were outside the three-point line.

4 for 0 from the outside, but 3 of 3 inside the three-point line, and got 8 free throws with very few shots.

A fly in the ointment, 8 of 5 free throws.

Shooting 42.9 percent from the field and 62 percent from the free-throw line were below-average performances for him.

If zoomed in between the two teams, his shooting percentage is not only not ugly, but also very dazzling.

The Lakers and Celtics once again played the same rhythm, the same efficiency, the same score, the familiar and annoying 20-20 draw in the first quarter.

Wei Xia was the player with the most points in the game, he scored a total of 11 points.

In terms of hit rate, the two sides can only compare who is worse, not who is better.

The Celtics shot 33 percent from the field.

The Lakers shot 27 percent from the field.

The most obvious contrast is free throws.

In the first quarter, the Lakers made 14 free throws and the Celtics only made 2.

The Celtics scored more goals in positional battles because of their inside advantage. The Lakers, except for Wecha, have no touch. Fisher, Kobe, Gasol, and Radmanovich are worse than each other. If they don’t cause enough damage, they are likely to fall into a disadvantage at the beginning. Even with 14 free throws in a single quarter, the Celtics still lead the game in terms of momentum.

In the first quarter, 20 to 20, the two sides are still on the same starting line.

Phil Jackson looked at Wei Xia, who was sweating profusely, and made an abnormal rotation: "Wish, come down and rest."

In the past, Wei Xia was in such a good state, the Zen master wished that he could play the whole game.

But today, he made an early substitution.

He replaced the man of the game when the situation on the field was unclear and no one knew where the next game would go.

Then, uncharacteristically let Kobe play after a 3-minute break.

Before Bryant went on the court, he approached and said: "If we are going to win, we must not rely on one person's performance."

Kobe nodded earnestly, indicating that he understood.

Then, Kobe took Radmanovich, Magloire, "the smartest Laker", Kyle Lowry, a lineup with only two main players, and played.

It is rare for Wei Xia to get a chance to rest after a quarter.

He didn't dare to relax for a moment, the towel was hanging on his body, his eyes were long, and his eyes seemed to be fixed on Kobe.

The Celtics' lineup for the second quarter is the same as before.

Alien, Bowie, Posey, PJ Brown and Ray Allen.

Cassell made a shot and Powe rushed out to grab the offensive rebound.

This role player who fell from the sky in the fourth quarter of Game 2 left a deep impression on everyone. At this time, he is still an inconspicuous figure.

After grabbing the offensive rebound, the ball was given to Junzi Lei.

Ray Allen stood outside the three-point line at the top of the arc and shot the ball, as if "Jesus" came to the world, and the three-pointer was pocketed.

23 is better than 20
Similarly, Kobe, who rested for 3 minutes, was enough to adjust his state back.

Ray Allen hit a three and he responded with two.

Since the start of the game, the Lakers have rarely launched too many offenses on the strong side that forms the triangle according to their habits.Their off-the-ball running and passing are certainly conducive to maintaining the offensive space, but Boston's inside double brakes move too fast, and mispassing the ball can easily crash into the siege.Therefore, at the beginning of the second quarter, Fisher did not throw the ball to the strong side of the three, and directly chose the two-person team to attack.But the problem is, apart from Kobe, others lack the ability to score goals.

This led to the Lakers' biggest mistake in this game-if they lose, it will be the bane: In the first 7 minutes of the second quarter, the Lakers only had Kobe's two jumpers and Radmanovich's 2 points.

Kobe's two jump shots were one-on-one space obtained when the top of the arc was transferred after crossing the bottom line to attract the Celtics' defense to concentrate on the line.In addition, the two unilateral attacks failed.

Bryant's aggression made him stiff when he got to the free throw line, and Magloire's layup was unbalanced in motion.Radmanovic's tenacity ruined Pierce's rhythm and allowed him to foul prematurely.

The main problems for the Lakers are on the bright side, lack of defensive continuity, no one to protect the rebound, but the Celtics also encountered problems at the Staples Center.

Offensively weak.

The Celtics scored 20 points in the first quarter and shot 33% overall. In the second quarter, they fell like a landslide and continued to decline from an already poor base-27%.

Seeing that their defense turned out to be such a virtue, Wei Xia decisively adopted a strategy of focusing on defense and light offense after playing, and contributed to Lukai's 17 points in the second quarter.

At halftime, the Lakers led the Celtics by 6 points.

"While the Lakers are ahead, it's still not their best in every sense of the word."

Needless to say, Wei Xia focused on defense and light offense. Kobe shot 100% in a single quarter, but Lukai mainly defended him from receiving the ball. He had very few offenses and only scored 8 points.

Gasol is basically a point of sacrifice because of hand-to-hand combat in the penalty area.

Rademanovich and Magloire stand out as a reckless feature.

In contrast, Kendrick Perkins and PJ Brown, they are much more mature and stable.

Fisher had his worst game since the playoffs.

The most damning thing is that the Lakers did not take advantage of their home court advantage at all.

22 free throws in the half, compared to the Celtics, who only had 5 free throws in the half.

So many free throws, but missed 12 free throws.

Poor hit rate, almost rolled to the amateur level.Some people think that the Lakers lack practice, but it is understandable that their free throw feel has declined.

The Celtics are going to fight hand to hand, and too much physical contact will make the feel confusing.

In that case, few people could control their own feeling.

In the second half, the Celtics improved "slightly".

They improved their shooting percentage to 37.5 percent and scored 44 points in the half, tying the Lakers.

However, the Lakers had a higher field goal percentage than them, more assists than them, and even a higher free throw percentage than Green Kai in the unstable first half.

The score was 44 to 44 in the second half, and the Lakers finally won by virtue of the advantages accumulated in the first half.

The Celtics maintained their dominant offensive rebounding and great defense, and didn't let the long hand-to-hand fights and the Big Three stifle the enthusiasm of others.

Perkins and Rondo, even if the offensive end is sluggish, their efforts outside tactics can still drag the advantage to the end.

Many Lakers fans at the scene needed quick-acting heart-relief pills.Because, they all know that if they lose this game, the Lakers will be finished.

As a result, the Lakers held on.

How did you hold on?Naturally, the statistics can explain everything.

Although stats are the most deceiving thing on the basketball court, the Lakers' stats today are not deceiving.

科比暴砍36分，韦夏砍下30分，除了得分，这两人的其他数据加起来是14篮板9助攻4抢断3封盖。

They shone at the Staples Center, allowing one to accept Pau Gasol's unsightly 3 points and 7 rebounds, Fisher's disastrous 4 points and 3 assists, and a string of single-digit points and a shooting percentage hovering around 40%.

As Phil Jackson said: "Our winning code is W/Mish!"

(End of this chapter)