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Chapter 1565 Hannibal Mode

The main focus of the Lakers' "whale swallowing" tactic is to rely on "whale placement" for dislocation offense.

Through pick-and-roll and running positions, Paul and Webb will clear the offensive line. If they get a chance to eat directly, they will pass the ball and assist.

As the player with the strongest hard power in the team, Kobe is the only reason why the "whale swallowing" system can be driven.

In the opening game, Kobe first used tactics to cut out the catch and shoot.

Then, facing Yao Yueban in a misplaced position, he used his signature lateral step-back jumper through rhythm changes and succeeded.

When the Celtics flanked him, Kobe used the pass to help his teammates kill the Celtics under the basket.

The Lakers started with a 6-0 start.

Louis stood on the sidelines, not intending to call a timeout.

With the offensive ability of the Celtics, unless they start 10-0, there is no need to pause, because sometimes the players can find the corresponding way, if the coach coaches too much, the players will subconsciously Want to ask for help instead of trying to figure it out yourself.

Sure enough, the Celtics changed their style of play in the next round under the command of Lu Wuxia.

Prior to this, Lu Wuxia called the pick-and-roll several times but failed to attack the Lakers' defense, because even if they got rid of Artest with the pick-and-roll, the quality of the Lakers' defense was still too high.

Therefore, Lu Wuxia remembered his father's teachings.

If you can't handle your opponent with the ball, try switching to off the ball.

Just after halftime, Lu Wuxia passed the ball to Manu Ginobili on one side, and then ran to the right corner to exchange positions with the latter.

On single defense, Artest has obvious partiality.

If you face those aces with the ball, Artest's effectiveness will be magnified.

Once you change to playing without the ball, an overly strong body will also have a negative impact.

Seeing Lu Wuxia not moving in the corner, Artest lowered his vigilance.

But unexpectedly, Lu Wuxia suddenly made a forward movement towards the top of the arc, and then made a sudden stop and turn back to the basket, successfully throwing away Artest's defense.

Ginobili is like a magician playing poker, throwing the ball into the basket like a dart, and Lu Wuxia catches the ball for a layup, all in one go.

2 is better than 6
Louis saw Wuxia's development potential off the ball in this ball, and the team also needed Wuxia to play more off-ball offenses.

Therefore, Louis hopes that the Lakers' defense will be tougher.

Louie hopes to understand flawlessly that increasing off-the-ball running is not a compromise to the team's technical and tactical balance, but a higher ladder for him to climb.

After that, the Lakers continued to call the pick-and-roll dislocation to hit Szczerbiak, but Kobe couldn't find the touch and missed the shot.

Yao Yueban grabbed the defensive rebound. If it was Gasol, he would pass a long pass directly to Ginobili who was going down fast, but Dayao didn't have confidence in his pass, so he passed the ball to nearby Lu Wuxia.

Support requires talent, whether it is for inside or outside, some people are born to be organized, and some people are still young when they grow old.

Louis didn't expect Yao Yueban to become a support master, this was an unrealistic wish, God couldn't give it to him, and he couldn't practice it himself.

But if the long pass was not passed just now, it has nothing to do with support, it is purely due to poor passing skills.

It seems that Yao Yueban's skills are not mature enough to have no flaws. Louis has a good idea of ​​Yao Yueban's skills that need to be strengthened in the future.

Although there was no quick counterattack by the Lakers' missed shots, after coming to the frontcourt, Ginobili replaced Lu Wuxia to launch the SSOLTSOM system's pick-and-roll offense, and Gasol came to a high position to handle the ball.

Lu Wuxia used Szczerbiak's off-ball screen to get rid of Artest again, and after catching the ball, he went straight to the basket and faced Mourning's help defense to change hands and pick the basket to score.

Half a minute later, Lu Wuxia grabbed the defensive rebound that popped up after Paul made an emergency stop and missed a jumper, and took the ball alone to the frontcourt to shoot a three-pointer.

7 is better than 6
Lu Wuxia, who scored seven points in a row, forced a timeout for the Lakers.

Rick Carlisle regarded Lu Wuxia's performance as a major threat, but he did not choose to hand the problem to the players like Louie did.

Louis simply replaced Szczerbiak.

Szczerbiak's performance just now can be said to be bad in all aspects.

Especially when Lu Wuxia didn't hold the ball, he and Ginobili didn't have any chemical reaction. Apart from providing space as a shooter, he couldn't make other valuable contributions at both ends of the court.

Perhaps the matchup intensity given by the Lakers was too high, and Louis would not use his performance for a few minutes to kill someone, but a substitution was necessary.

Louis replaced Szczerbiak with Andrei Kirilenko and gave the Russian the following instructions:
"When you choose help defense and flanking, if Ron Artest gets the open, ignore him; if Chris Paul gets the three-point open, just interfere with it for a token; if Kobe has the ball , be sure to stick to him tightly."

After Kirilenko played, the Celtics' defensive alignment also changed.

Lu Wuxia finally didn't have to defend Kobe anymore. What he had to deal with now was Paul, Ginobili was against Kobe, and Kirilenko was against Artest.

The Lakers did not make a substitution condition, because the game started less than 5 minutes ago, and there was no physical problem in the starting lineup.

But it is the Celtics who are clearly reaping the benefits by taking time out to adjust.

Kirilenko's defense has injected vitality into the Celtics' defensive end.

Because when Lu Wuxia and Ginobili are defending, they are both role player defenders who can control their opponents even if they are successful. had a greater impact.

In the first round of Kirilenko's return, the Lakers were forced to force a three-pointer in the final seconds.

This kind of ball will naturally not go in.

In the frontcourt, the Celtics' defensive counterattack played a textbook SSOL (7 seconds or less).

Lu Wuxia, who grabbed the rebound, slammed Ginobili with one hand at the moment it hit the ground.

Ginobili made a back pass from outside the three-point line in the frontcourt and cleverly assisted Kirilenko to follow up with a dunk.

The Lakers' outside shooting performance was poor. Except for Kobe, Artest and Paul did not give the Celtics a response when needed.

This gave the Celtics the confidence to encircle Kobe, and through the analysis of Kobe's data, they fully covered the offensive radius of his sweet spot.

To get Kobe out of the current situation, the Lakers need someone to stand up and help out.

Weber followed suit.

But when he got the ball from Kobe, he had to face Yao Yueban's wall of sighs when he came to the inside.

Webber's layup was severely blocked out of bounds.

Tom Heinsohn, who was traveling with the team, exclaimed: "Chris Webber has the same expression as Willie Naulls PF/C when he makes a big mistake, and the kiln completely shattered his confidence!"

Hearing this explanation, Louis could only shake his head.

That's why NBA teams should avoid letting anyone over 50 hold their own on the air, because they'll always throw up confusing examples.

It has been almost 41 years since Niles retired.Not one, not two, but three generations of viewers may not have understood the metaphor.

But what does it matter?Sometimes that "I don't understand, but I'm shocked" metaphor is all that's needed to make people realize what's happening right in front of them.

After finding that they couldn't solve the Celtics' defense with normal tactics, the Lakers gave up their usual routines.

Just like what Kobe did, he no longer relies on tactics, nor is he obsessed with sweet spots and whale positions. Since scoring is the goal, the process is not important.

At the moment when the team lost its offensive rhythm, Kobe held the ball to break the Celtics' double-team, facing Kirilenko's help defense, he made a super-large fadeaway shot and hit the board.

"Oh look at this, Kobe is in 'Hannibal' mode!"

The so-called Hannibal mode is a state conceived by the Los Angeles media through Kobe's use of meditation to calm himself-when the Lakers need Kobe to break his inner peace and do something wild, he enters the Hannibal model.Just like the line in "The Silence of the Lambs": "I ate his liver with broad beans and wine."

Bryant went into this mode and calmed down his teammates.

Paul also played a role, and several pull-up jumpers facing the defense effectively punished Kirilenko, who was too focused on Kobe.

In the end of the quarter, the two sides did not give in, 28 to 26, and the Celtics only led by 2 points.

(End of this chapter)