Guoshu basketball

Chapter 188 The Lakers' opening strategy
Garnett beat Bynum with a jump ball, and the Celtics took control of the ball for the first time.

Rondo dribbled the ball into the frontcourt and was a little dumbfounded.The Lakers' defensive lineup is full of weirdness, but the inside line is pretty normal. Bynum is against Perkins, and Gasol is against Garnett.The outside line is very strange, Odom defends Pierce, Li Du chases and defends Ray Allen, standing in front of Rondo is Kobe!

From Kobe, who is known as "the man closest to God", to Rondo, a young NBA player, immediately put tremendous pressure on Rondo.Facing Kobe, Rondo seems to be a little bit reluctant. Kobe was once his idol, and he can be said to have grown up watching Kobe play.Rondo has also played against the Lakers in the past few seasons, and has never faced Kobe head-on.

In fact, compared to Rondo, Ray Allen is more depressed. Last season, he was chased by Li Du and had almost no chance to make a phone call. When the Sonics played against the Lakers for two consecutive games, he was deeply impressed by Li Du. fear.After coming to the Celtics this season, the big three teamed up, and his pressure was much less. Li Du rarely chased and defended him twice in the regular season. This time, Li Du followed him when he came up. We have to follow him all over the court.

"It won't make it so that there is no chance to make a phone call..." Ray Allen complained silently for himself, but he still had a little joy in his heart. Li Du came to chase him, so the others can let go attack!

Rondo obviously thought the same as Ray Allen. Seeing that Li Du was chasing Ray Allen and Pierce squeezed Odom at a 45-degree angle, Rondo hit the ball without hesitation. passed to Pierce.

Pierce received the ball, and when he was about to hit Odom, he suddenly felt someone coming to help defend him out of the corner of his eye. !
"Kobe, you really think highly of me, you don't hesitate to double-team with others!" Pierce thought while protecting the ball.Even if he was double-teamed by Kobe and Odom, he didn't panic, but found the opportunity and passed the ball back to Rondo.

This tactic has been used by the Pistons for a long time, and everyone knows it well, so Rondo quickly rushed into the inside of the Lakers after receiving the ball. The ball is passed to Perkins who is waiting inside.

The moment Perkins received the ball, he suddenly felt light in his hands. When he looked again, the basketball had been broken by Li Du, and a long pass was passed to Odom who was running in the front.

"When did he come here?" Perkins looked at Li Du in horror, and then at Rondo. As an excellent point guard, it's impossible for Rondo not to notice Li Du when passing the ball!
Rondo and Perkins were equally shocked. He had already looked at the pass. There was no one else around Perkins. When did Li Du run over?And isn't Li Du chasing and defending against Ray Allen? How dare he let Ray Allen go?

Of the Celtics players present, only Ray Allen could see clearly.Li Du had already prepared for this interception. Just as Rondo broke through, Li Du had already quickly ran towards Perkins.In other words, Li Du already knew that Rondo would pass the ball to Perkins!Why is this?

Seeing the Lakers who steal the ball at the beginning and fight back, Rivers' face was so gloomy that water dripped out. He knew very well that Li Du's speed of stealing the ball just now was really fast, but with his explosive magical speed and The strength is still far behind.In other words, this steal is completely a trap for the Lakers' defense!

On the court, players from the Lakers and Celtics were fighting each other. Off the court, Rivers carefully considered the Lakers' defensive strategy.

Li Du almost stole the ball again. Rivers saw the overall movement of the Lakers, and his eyes suddenly lit up. He understood the Lakers' defensive strategy!
The Lakers' defense seems to be man-to-man, but it is actually making full use of Li Du's speed.The Lakers first let Odom, who is not good at defense, mark Pierce, so that the Celtics subconsciously feel that they have an advantage in this position, so the ball will first pass to Pierce, and then Kobe double-teams Pierce and releases Rondo , Let Pierce pass the ball to Rondo to make a breakthrough.

Rondo is an excellent point guard who takes passing as the first priority. When he breaks through and encounters supplementary defense, he will pass the ball out as soon as possible.However, when passing the ball inside, there are relatively few passing options, especially those that can directly form assists. The Lakers take advantage of this. When Rondo has few passing options, Li Du only needs to judge who he wants to pass to. The most direct way to form an assist is to just run over and steal the ball.

Even if Li Du can't break the ball, he can still disrupt the Celtics' offense, thus achieving the goal of defense!

Since the Lakers made full use of Li-Du as a defensive weapon, the Celtics' offensive efficiency was very low. Halfway through the first quarter, the Celtics were already behind the Lakers by 6 points.Rivers quickly called a timeout!

Li Du, Kobe Bryant and others high-fived each other. After half a quarter, their first defensive strategy goal had been achieved. The Lakers also led by 6 points and took advantage of the start. This is a very good form for the game.

Any basketball game has a trend. Compared with other games, the trend of the finals may be more tortuous, but the reason is the same.The Lakers took the lead first, then in the minds of the Celtics players and coaches, they became the party that needed to chase points.

One side is chasing points, while the other is trying to widen the score. The psychology of the two sides is completely different. Relatively speaking, the side chasing points is behind in the score after all, and the psychological pressure is always greater than that of the leading side.The Zen master wants to use this situation to relieve the psychological pressure and tension of the young Lakers playing in the finals for the first time.

Zen master knows that it is not difficult to disintegrate the steal defense of the Lakers just now. The Lakers just caught the Celtics by surprise.
So Zen master told Li Du and Kobe: "After the timeout is over, switch back to regular defense." Then he arranged for everyone: "Lamar, you come down to rest, and Derek will play. Next, we will play according to normal tactics. Kobe stepped up his offense, Ray Allen defended you closely, you can do high pick-and-roll with Paul, or you can let Lee and Paul do off-ball screens, the details are up to you.”

Kobe nodded, then looked back at Li Du with a smile and said, "Li, you don't seem to be trying your best! You shouldn't do this, be careful, boss, I'll be angry!"

Li Du giggled, moved his fingers, and said, "Boss, leave it to me!"

Kobe looked up at Gasol again, and Gasol understood what Kobe meant, nodded and said, "Kobe, go ahead and attack, I understand!"

(End of this chapter)