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Chapter 294 Let's Forget About the Triangle Offense

At six o'clock in the evening on the 25th, the Lakers' first game of the new season against the Bulls started at the Staples Center.

It was Christmas, and the entire arena was decorated with lights, and fans with Christmas-themed costumes could be seen everywhere.

The midfield screen camera swept around, and suddenly focused on two beauties who were COS Christmas elks. The two beauties blinked and smiled at the camera, shook their chests up and down, left and right, and stuck out their tongues and licked their red lips. The arena full of 18977 people cheered directly burst.

Amid the cheers, Su Yang curled his lips slightly, thinking that it was nothing special, he had seen anyone ten times stronger than this.

While thinking about it, the pre-match ceremony began, and the national anthems of the United States and Canada were played as usual, followed by the players on the field.

The announcer read Su Yang's name in a flash, and just after Kobe, the only highlight in the audience focused on him, and there were boos everywhere.

Hearing the booing, Su Yang suddenly raised his hand and blew a kiss to his mouth, before throwing it towards the audience.

"You're so cool!" Kanye West, a spiritual boy from Nanjing who was standing next to him, showed a surprised expression, "I used to think you were ugly and even a bit too cruel, but now you look very handsome, what's wrong with me ? It's so weird!"

Su Yang knew that Kanye West was good at hype, so he smiled casually and didn't bother to pay attention, and nodded to Adam Lane instead.

In the ESPN commentary, Mike Brin said with a smile: "Su Yang is the coach of two consecutive championships, and the Lakers fans are too strict!"

Jeff Van Gundy said: "It's normal. The Lakers have been focusing on the triangle offense for more than ten years. Su Yang's arrival will inevitably change. Human nature is conservative and naturally resists the changes that Su Yang may bring. Those changes."

In the arena, the long whistle sounded.

The starters of the two teams entered the game, the Lakers, Blake, Kobe, Artest, Gasol, Bynum.

Su Yang temporarily changed his mind and decided to let Blake start. First, Blake’s three-point shooting rate is higher, which is easy to help the Lakers find a rhythm in the opening. Lakers defensive formation.

Blake's defense is not much better, but at least he won't be passed by with one step, so he can have reaction time inside.

The starting five for the Bulls are Ross, 'Mask Man' Hamilton, Luol Deng, Gibson, and Noah.

The short whistle sounded, and the referee Kevin Coulter walked to the middle circle with the ball, made a simple gesture, and threw it upwards.

Snapped!Bynum touched the ball first and moved it back vigorously. The basketball flew straight to the Lakers half court, and Blake picked it up.

"Yeah!" The audience shouted loudly.

The Lakers launched the first attack, and the formation of one inside and four outside was settled. Blake took the ball and ran to the left wing, and raised his hand to pass across the center line.

Kobe took the ball at the top of the arc, went to the 45-degree three-point line on the right, raised his hand and passed it to Artest on the right wing, and then turned around and cut inside.

Gasol stepped up to cover simultaneously, UCLA formed an air cut, and Hamilton hurriedly bypassed the screen and continued to chase.

The catching up speed was very fast, but there was only such a little distance. Kobe completed the back-up position early and raised his left hand to ask for the ball.

Artest immediately lobbed the ball, then walked up the line, and with the help of Gasol's cover, he went straight to the top of the arc.

For a while, Kobe played singles with the ball on his right waist, while the other four Lakers players ran around the top of the arc without the ball.

Bynum was also involved, and Noah was forced to devote part of his mind to caring about potential empty cuts to attack the basket, which weakened Kobe's defense.

In that situation, Kobe not only got a large area of ​​singles space, but also had good space under the basket, which can be called a perfect environment.

Hamilton has always been good at off-ball interference. Rumors of getting up in the morning and throwing up the dog are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but he is very poor in defense.

Kobe didn't do fancy tricks either. After all, he weighed more than ten kilograms, and he squeezed out the space with a slight back hit, turning over and shooting a jump shot easily.

The basketball slammed into the net, the Lakers scored two points at the start, and the Staples Center burst into cheers, as if they had been aggrieved for a long time.

The two teams switched offense and defense, and Bulls coach Thibodeau yelled from the sidelines: "He can't let him get the position and get the ball so easily!"

Su Yang waved his hand to signal to retreat quickly, while assistant coach Snyder yelled a reminder: put in a long-range shot, block the paint area, and pinch the pass.

The Lakers will quickly complete their positions. Rose raises his hand and passes the ball to the wing, strides into the interior, and stands together with Luol Deng.

That kind of running position, that kind of formation, Su Yang can see at a glance that the Bulls still imitated the 4DOWN tactics of the Jazz last season. There is no change, but there is really no need to change. decision.

But the Bulls ran through the paint area and encountered the three meat shields of Bynum, Gasol and Artest, as if they were slowed down.

Hamilton ran very fast, but he needed to make a big circle to avoid delays. Kobe was a little slower and could still catch up in a short circuit.

The Bulls ran around for a while, wasting as much as 15 seconds of attack time, and did not run any better opportunities.

Seeing this, the fans at the scene booed, and Rose hurried back to the outside line, took the ball again to signal to open up space, and directly singled out Blake.

Blake hurriedly stood sideways to intercept the right hand, and deliberately took a step to let Rose go to the bottom line to break through.

The young Rose, seeing such an opportunity, didn't think much about it. He suddenly dropped his shoulders and lowered his center of gravity, and was about to break through the bottom line.

Blake caught up quickly with small steps, and the other Lakers players shrank to the paint area, blocking the attacking basket and passing route.

In an instant, Rose had no way to go, no one to pass, and he didn't make an emergency stop for the jumper, but forced a jump, pulling the bar with super difficulty.

Bynum and Gasol jumped back to block the shot, but Rose's basketball also hit the board and fell, and Artest got the rebound.

Cheers erupted, Blake received the ball and moved forward, the Lakers still started with an inside and four outside formation, repeating the previous tactics.

Kobe took the ball to the right wing as usual, and then continued to use Gasol to cover the inside cut, but this time, Gibson helped to delay in advance, and Hamilton took the opportunity to squeeze through the screen to chase Kobe. Defend.

Seeing this, Su Yang gestured to remind Kobe to give up his position at the same time, turned around and stepped forward, making a back screen to block Luol Deng.

Artest immediately started to put the ball forward, stumbled toward the basket, and looked like he was playing with muscle memory, but Hamilton, Luol Deng, and Kobe, the three of them huddled together, and the Bulls didn't even know what to do. Law caught up with Artest in time.

In a hurry, Gibson moved laterally to intercept Artest's breakthrough, but Gasol took the opportunity to rush to the basket synchronously, two-on-one inside.

The basketball passed to Gasol in a blink of an eye. Noah, who had been prepared, hurried forward to defend, but missed Bynum who was rushing to the basket.

Gasol tossed the ball lightly, and Bynum jumped up high to catch the ball with both hands, aimed at the basket and made a strong dunk!
The basketball slammed into the net, the Staples Center cheered everywhere, and the Lakers started their offense as smoothly as Dove chocolate.

The Bulls launched a counterattack, still starting in a 4DOWN formation, Hamilton suddenly stopped and ran back to throw Kobe away.

Kobe couldn't catch up for a while, Artest immediately followed Su Yang's pre-match arrangement to make up defenses, while Kobe ran to Luol Deng.

Perhaps because they felt that they had a matchup advantage, the Bulls handed the ball to Luol Deng to open up space and provide singles opportunities.

I once thought that Kobe was very excited. He first stood firm and slammed his back hard, and then swayed and swayed to block the breakthrough, turning into a defensive gate.

The offensive time passed quickly, and Luol Deng wanted to pass but was unwilling to do so. He squirmed and jumped up, forcing a long shot.

The basketball clanged like iron, and the Bulls quickly returned to defense amid Thibodeau's shouts, while the Lakers slowly launched an offense.

It still started with one inside and four outside formation, and it was still the UCLA FIST FLEX tactic, which kept pulling wool.

But in the end, they played twice in a row. The Bulls tried to delay the game with a few steps. Luol Deng stepped sideways to defend the screen. Hamilton obediently bypassed the screen and chased. The three teamed up to forcefully delay the Lakers by virtue of a clear division of labor and precise cooperation. attack.

The strong side has no chance, Artest passes the ball to Gasol, and Bynum also sets up a wall screen on the left elbow.

Blake took the opportunity to get rid of Rose, rushed to the top of the arc, raised his hand to catch the pass from Gasol, and made an emergency stop to shoot a three-pointer.

Bynum has such a large area, and it took a lot of effort for Rose to bypass it, failing to cause any interference with the shooting.

bass!The basketball went into the net hollow, 7 to 0.

The cheers in the Staples Center resumed, and Van Gundy laughed: "Starting tonight, let's forget about the triangle offense..."

　Thanks to Bai Yier for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)