Guoshu basketball

Chapter 63 Enlightenment from Losing

The Lakers fell behind, and everyone was in a bad mood. They sat on the bench and didn't speak much. Even Odom, who is usually very funny, fell silent.

Li Du has been thinking about it, what should he do when he encounters small defensive moves?He is not attacking with the ball now, and some other small moves can be ignored for the time being. The top priority is to solve Kirilenko and solve this game!
At this time, whether it is Xingyiquan or Baguazhang, they seem to be useless!So, in terms of basketball skills, what can be done?After much deliberation, Li Du suddenly realized that he didn't know much about basketball or the NBA!

All his previous game methods used methods in martial arts, but he didn't study hard about basketball.The same is true for the NBA. Up to now, Li Du has only regarded playing in the NBA as a job, a tool for him to make money!It's true that he likes basketball, but he doesn't love it!How can a person who doesn't love basketball become an excellent professional player!

Li Du sighed, he still has a lot to learn!Guoshu did allow him to obtain abilities that most players do not have. All his current reputation and strength are also obtained by practicing Guoshu. However, Guoshu and basketball are two completely different sports. Guoshu is not a panacea. of.

So far, Li Du still puts most of his energy on martial arts. For a martial artist, this is of course very good. If you want to practice martial arts to a high level, you need to indulge in it.But now Li Du is a professional basketball player, and he still puts martial arts in the most important position, so it shouldn't be!

With this vigilance, Li Du set his eyes on the court again, and watched his teammates play with a learning attitude. He suddenly discovered that every teammate is actually very good, and they have something worth learning from!
Li Du secretly sighed: "Threesomes must have my teacher, the ancient sages and former sages will not deceive me!"

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Lakers had trailed by 14 points.Trailing by 14 points in the fourth quarter on the road, the outcome of the game was almost doomed.

Zen Master simply refused to let Kobe and the others play, and in the last 7 minutes of the game, some of the more important players in the second team, such as Bynum, Walton Jr., Farmar and others were replaced. The game completely entered garbage time.

Seeing that Zen master took the initiative to admit defeat, Sloan did not rush to kill them all, and replaced other substitutes accordingly.

In the end, the Jazz defeated the Lakers by 114 to 102, 12 points at home. This was the first time the Lakers lost this season.

After the game, Li Du took the initiative to shake hands with Kirilenko, "Andrei, thank you!"

Kirilenko and Li Du shook hands, and said with a smile: "I thought you came to fight with me, Li! I have caused you a lot of trouble during the competition, how can you thank me?"

"How could I fight with you!" Li Du laughed and said, "I want to thank you, it was you who made me understand my weakness! AK47, well-deserved reputation!"

Kirilenko laughed and said: "You also made me have no chance to score today! Li, you are indeed an amazing rookie. I believe you will be stronger and more amazing in the future!"

The two flattered each other, and instead of the smell of gunpowder on the field, they became friends.

In this game, Kobe made 19 of 9 shots and scored 27 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.Odom scored 23 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.The two of them are the highest scoring players of the Lakers today. Li Du only scored 9 points. In this game, he was restricted by Kirilenko and almost had no chance to shoot.

For the Jazz, Boozer had a large double-double with 31 points and 16 rebounds, Deron had 23 points and 11 assists, and Okur's data was also good with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Except for Kirilenko who was also restricted by Li Du, the others All score.

Although the game was lost, the Lakers still behaved very accepting of this result. Even Kobe said when asked: "The Jazz played better than us tonight, so they won, which is normal."

However, the media does not seem to intend to let the Lakers go easily. Many news media have reported on the Lakers' first loss this season.

Among the many reports, everyone believes that the Lakers' season is actually similar to last season. The whole team still has a serious "Kobe dependency". When Kobe is in good form, with his strong offensive ability, he can attract most of the opponents. Defensive attention, other Lakers players can be played.Once Bryant is not in good shape, the Lakers' offense will stagnate.

On the defensive end, although the Lakers got the "magic rookie" Li Du unexpectedly this year, no matter how good Li Du's defense is, he can only defend one person at the same time. Faced with a balance of strength, everyone can score and everyone can organize offense. For the team, Li Du's role will be greatly weakened, and the defense of the rest of the Lakers, except for Kobe, is not good!
In the previous games, due to Li Du's desperate defense, everyone ignored the overall poor defense of the Lakers. Now that they lost to the Jazz, many problems have been exposed.

As a result, some commentators began to appear, some to discredit the Lakers, some to help the Lakers with ideas, and some to blame Zen Master for improper employment.It seems that overnight, the Lakers have changed from a championship team to a big team!
An ESPN commentator said in his article that Zen Master had a problem with his formation from the beginning of the game.In the previous games won by the Lakers, Li Du was always defending the opponent's perimeter core, and it turned out that the effect was very good!While Li Du greatly restricted the opponent's outside core, it also made the opponent's offense less smooth, and the offensive efficiency was greatly reduced.

But facing the Jazz this time, the Zen master did not let Li Du continue to defend the Jazz's outside core Deron, but asked Li Du to defend Kirilenko.Kirilenko's role in the Jazz is similar to Li Du's role in the Lakers. They are both defensive pioneers, but Kirilenko's role in the offensive end is very small, and he often only takes two or three shots in a game.

Let Li Du defend Kirilenko, but hand over the opponent's most important perimeter core to Fisher. This in itself is a waste of player talent, and it is a big failure!
The commentator's words were sharp, and the analysis was very in-depth and careful. This comment caused a huge sensation in the league and attracted the attention of many coaches and team managers.

But what they paid attention to was not Zen master's improper employment, but his analysis of Li Du!

Today, Li Du's great role on the defensive end has been recognized by everyone.At the same time, how to minimize the effect of Li Du on the defensive end is also a headache for the coaching staff of all teams.

(End of this chapter)