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Chapter 251 The Western Finals 3
252 Western Conference Finals 3
How do the Lakers respond?
Naturally, I look for O'Neal, and when I can't score, I naturally look for O'Neal.

Phil Jackson didn't really move like a mountain, but whistled and made a gesture.

Although I don't understand what this gesture means, it must be asking the Lakers to play tactics.

Sure enough, this time, Fisher was obviously very confident. After halftime, he did not give the ball to Kobe.

Instead, he came to the side where O'Neal wanted the ball and gave the ball directly to O'Neal.

Although David Robinson fought hard, he still couldn't squeeze O'Neal away and could only be blocked by O'Neal.

However, the moment O'Neal took the ball, Wang Hao was already moving towards the inside, looking like he was about to double-team at any time.

However, he didn't dare to let Fisher go completely.

As the most secure point of the Lakers' three-pointers, there is still a threat.

Wang Hao did not resolutely double-team the first time, which undoubtedly gave O'Neal a chance to adjust.

I saw O'Neill dribble the ball, and then suddenly exerted force, even the gorilla was squeezed back a step.

Just when Ewing was going all out to block O'Neal, Wang Hao also double-teamed immediately.

However, already Wang Hao.

I saw O'Neill suddenly turn around, not only getting rid of Ewing directly, but also making Wang Hao's help defense come to nothing.

After turning around, O'Neill was clearly still outside the three-second zone, but saw him take off directly.

"boom!"

Without any surprises, O'Neal directly ended the offense with a powerful dunk.

O'Neill is a big fat man, but he is also flexible and fat.

After the dunk, O'Neal looked very excited, dancing and making his funny appearance.

However, at this moment, Ewing had sent the ball from the baseline, and Wang Hao charged directly with the ball.

Fisher wanted to get Wang Hao to the basket immediately, but unfortunately, Wang Hao was not Gary Payton.

I saw him take a sudden step, and with a long leg, he directly bypassed Fisher.

On both sides of Wang Hao, Gary Payton and Lewis also charged at the same time, and a standard three-line fast break took shape in an instant.

3 on 2, this is not too familiar with fast break tactics.

According to today's NBA's defensive strategy, it is natural to defend the inside but not the outside. After all, the three-pointer may not be shot.

No, seeing Gary Payton and Lewis planning to cut inside, Kobe and Fox immediately followed.

Unfortunately, both of them seem to have forgotten that this is Wang Hao!

Others may not make a three-pointer, but with such a wide open, is it possible that Wang Hao will not make it?

"Shh!"

That's the fact, Wang Hao hit a three-pointer.

7:2
O'Neill was dumbfounded. He just crossed the half court, and the offense ended like this?
As for Kobe, he stared sharply at O'Neill and Horace.

In his opinion, the reason why the defense failed was because these two guys were too slow.

Fortunately, today's Kobe is still just Peter Pan, not a black mamba, so he only dares to mutter a few words to himself.

However, this does not prevent the Supersonics from opening up the score.

Because of O'Neal and Horace, the Lakers can't improve their tempo no matter what.

For them, a slow-paced game is the most comfortable.

Just play positional warfare, just play singles, which team can play better than the Lakers with O'Neal and Kobe?

So, can speeding up be able to deal with the Lakers?

Of course not, improving the pace of the game is just a foundation.

While speeding up, you must also be able to effectively control the rhythm, and then score the ball, that's all!
Otherwise, no matter how fast you play, but you can't score, what's the use?

If there is no major event of blindly controlling the rhythm, the so-called speed-up will be nothing more than a chaotic battle.

It's like the bombardment tactics popular in the NBA a few years later.

Without Nash to control the rhythm, your tactics are not called bombardment, but just a slap in the face.

And the existence of Gary Payton can allow the team to speed up the pace without being out of order.

Even if you can't fight fast, when it comes to positional warfare, with Wang Hao and Gary Payton present, there is no way out.

The Lakers continued to attack, still looking for O'Neal.

It's just that this time he gave the ball to O'Neal in a high position, probably near the free throw line.

In this position, O'Neal becomes the axis of the offense, which is the so-called triangle offense of the Lakers.

O'Neal was the pivot, and the others started to move, but unfortunately, there was no good position.

After thinking about it, O'Neill simply attacked directly.

It's a pity that this position is a bit far away, and there is no way to get up directly, and dribbling is not O'Neal's strong point.

While O'Neal was attacking, Gary Payton's double-teaming had also increased.

This time, it was a bit far from the basket, O'Neal didn't shoot directly, he could only pass the ball.

The basketball was returned to Kobe's hands, and the Supersonics had already started a rotation defense.

Wang Hao appeared directly in front of Kobe.

To be honest, at this time, Fisher was already empty. After all, Ewing's defense was obviously slower.

At this time, if Kobe is willing to pass the ball, there will be an open space, and it will be a big open space.

It's a pity that the game has just started, and it was a little uncomfortable just now, so Kobe decided to come by himself.

Facing Wang Hao, he still chose to break through. Halfway through the breakthrough, he forced a physical confrontation with Wang Hao, and then jumped up and shot.

In the confrontation, Wang Hao didn't lose his position at all, and he naturally jumped up immediately, trying to complete the block.

It's just that Kobe jumped also very high, and he also took a little back, which couldn't be covered at all.

"Shh!"

Well, the ball went in.

7:4
He also said just now that Kobe would pass the ball to Fisher, who was open, so he didn't say that.

This is how Kobe played, this is how O'Neal played, and this is how the Lakers played.

As long as you have the ability to score goals, even if you attack unreasonably, you can still score and you can still win.

In this way, Zhang Weiping, who was commentating on the sidelines just now, was still shouting loudly just now.

"Oh, Fisher is open, Kobe didn't give it, this way of playing is unreasonable."

As soon as the voice changed, he said again: "Of course, if Kobe is handling the ball, then it is reasonable for him to do so."

Wang Hao was not discouraged when he failed to guard against Kobe, he could only say that this was a normal situation.

However, in the next offense, because the Lakers retreated in time, the Sonics failed to play a fast break.

Falling into a positional battle, Wang Hao took the initiative to ask for the ball and faced Kobe directly.

He didn't break through directly, but chose to pick and roll, and asked PJ Brown to pick and roll for him.

A sudden change of direction, Kobe was about to use the pick-and-roll to break through, and Kobe squeezed onto PJ Brown.

But at this time, Wang Hao changed direction again. It turned out that it was just a fake move just now.

Unexpectedly breaking through in the direction of no pick-and-roll, even Grant Horace didn't react.

O'Neill moved quickly, trying to defend Wang Hao.

But Wang Hao flicked his wrist lightly, but it was Rashad Lewis who directly cut in.

In the face of an empty basket, Lewis also showed off a rare dunk, which is really rare.

"9:4"

The game went on like this, and the game also rose alternately.

The Sonics are speeding up as much as possible, but the Lakers are the defending champions after all.

When they were prepared, their retreat was also very timely.

Later, the Sonics simply replaced Ewing, directly pushed PJ Brown to the 5th position, and Lewis changed to the 4th position.

The speed has increased, but in the defense, O'Neal is unable to defend.

With PJ Brown's small body, as long as he gets the ball for O'Neal, he can't guard it at all.

It's just that Kobe's restrictions have some effect.

In the first quarter of the game, Kobe made 4 of 1 shots and only scored 4 points. The efficiency is already very low.

Popovich, who probably had already gone home to fish, saw Kobe's performance and cried out in his heart.

If I had this outside combination, the Spurs would not have been swept out.

The end of the first quarter, 27:23.

The Supersonics are only leading by 4 points. Such an advantage, with more than half an hour left in the game, is actually the same.

Until the second half of the second quarter.

Don't look at the fact that the Supersonics increase their tempo just to play fast breaks. In fact, it is also to consume physical energy.

Especially O'Neal, with such a large weight, constantly running back and forth on the court, you can imagine the consumption.

Even Kobe, under the greetings of Gary Payton and Wang Hao in turn, also gasped a little.

From the beginning of the game, the Sonics wanted to consume the opponent in the rhythm of the game and physical confrontation.

This is the case in basketball games. It is always more active to attack than to defend.

Especially on the field, whenever it is necessary to defend, there will always be someone with arms crossed and unable to run.

But when it was time for the team to attack, he was full of energy in an instant and ran faster than anyone else!
Taking advantage of the offense during this period, the Sonics successfully opened the score to 9 points.

It's a pity that during the last attack, Kobe and O'Neal completed the connection and scored an alley-oop.

Otherwise, the point difference is 11 points.

Although the difference is only two points, there is still a difference between a single-digit point difference and a double-digit point difference.

Let's look at O'Neill again. When he was about to return to defense just now, he couldn't take a step, as if there was lead hanging on his leg.

As a result, now, when playing the alley-oop, I jump quite high, so I don't feel tired anymore.

With a 9-point difference, he returned to the locker room.

Paul Westphal was very satisfied and kept cheering on the players, wanting to win the score in one fell swoop.

Whoever imagined it, the situation changed suddenly in the second half.

"Kobe gave the ball to O'Neal, O'Neal wanted to attack, and the Sonics' double-team followed.

O'Neal, O'Neal didn't hit hard, he gave the ball to Fisher in the left corner.

Fisher's [-]-pointer...has it! "

In the live broadcast of CCTV, Sun Zhengping's passionate commentary sounded.

Zhang Weiping also quickly said: "As soon as the goal is scored, it's overtaken. The Supersonics must cheer up.

In fact, the Sonics can't be blamed entirely. They played well, and the Lakers are in great shape.

Especially O'Neal and Kobe, no matter how they play, they can't be guarded by themselves.

It must be double-teamed by two people, or even double-teamed by three people, in order to be able to prevent it. "

……

"Di!"

The referee's whistle sounded, and the Sonics requested a timeout.

There are 6 minutes and 35 seconds left in the third quarter, and the score of the two sides is 68:70.

In less than 6 minutes, the Lakers scored a climax of 10:21.

Especially in the opening 8:0, the Supersonics were almost not fooled, thanks to Wang Hao's timely response with a three-pointer.

"Okay, okay, everything is alright, listen, the game is not over and we haven't lost yet.

behind?Yes, we did fall behind by 2 points, but it's no big deal, we can fight back.

Our offense is fine, remember, play defense well, those guys can't make shots all the time. "

……

At this point in the game, there is no need to make any tactical adjustments.

In fact, there is no problem with Supersonic's style of play, it's just that he was a little confused by the opponent's abnormal ability.

"Wang, Gary, you are the core of the team, you must show your momentum.

It's pretty good, the offense in the next game, the two of you pick and roll, remember, score the ball! "

In fact, the Sonics have a trick hidden in their hands, and this trick was useless even in the game against the Kings.

That's right, it's the pick-and-roll cooperation between Wang Hao and Gary Payton.

Taking out the trump card at this time, it can be seen that the situation is actually not that easy.

The scene is okay, just two points behind, the key is momentum, the momentum of the Sonics is a bit low now.

There is no way, no matter who sees how the opponent shoots and how well they are, when their own hard defense is useless, they will be discouraged.

Returning to the game, Gary Payton received the ball in the backcourt, and when he came outside the three-point line at the top of the arc, he immediately moved.

He quickly came to Fisher's side and made a gesture of picking and rolling, which made Kobe a little wary.

During the regular season, they faced this trick, and to be honest, they couldn't stand it.

Sure enough, Wang Hao took advantage of the situation to block, and when Fisher was about to go around the pick-and-roll, he immediately dismantled it.

Kobe had no choice but to switch defenses.

However, just after Wang Hao took it apart, he first made a gesture to go out of the three-point line, and then rushed to the inside again.

That's right, it was actually a fake move just now, but it was this fake move that directly threw Fisher away.

As for the moment of getting rid of, Wang Hao lightly pushed Fisher's palm, which was actually a very routine action.

Because Wang Hao and Gary Payton were both in appearance, everyone's attention was attracted.

O'Neill's position is also slightly outside.

It's all right now, Wang Hao has been directly killed inside, and Gary Payton's pass has also kept up.

Reagan Fox tried his best to jump up, trying to stop the ball, but Wang Hao, who leaped high, snatched the ball from his head.

Then hit the basket hard.

"Alley-oop!"

The supersonic home host cheered loudly, constantly motivating the morale of the fans.

The fans at the scene were also very powerful, cheering and shouting constantly, all of them were passionate.

Sure enough, the dunk is the most morale-boosting thing.

(End of this chapter)