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Chapter 305 You Need Me Too Damn

Amidst the cheers of the audience, the fourth quarter started.

Because Kobe was sent ahead of time, Su Yang simultaneously sent Gasol as the center forward, and at the same time let Mike Roberts serve as the power forward, while Barnes, who had a higher three-point shooting percentage, was sent to the small forward position, and the point guard continued to use three-pointers. Rate higher Blake.

If you want to grab points, you can't play Bynum. The main reason is that Bynum's rhythm is too slow, and the fast break will easily become a four-on-five situation.

On the Thunder's side, the five players are Durant + Harden + Collison + Green + rookie Reggie Jackson, strong offensively and weak defensively.

Seeing the Thunder's lineup, Su Yang was a little surprised. He wondered whether Coach Brooks wanted Westbrook to exert his strength later, or was he worried that Westbrook's hot head would affect his pursuit of points?But without Westbrook on the court, the defensive pressure on the Lakers' backcourt was greatly reduced.

It's a bit like a coincidence in the movie, negligence!

Beep!The referee blows his whistle to count down.

The Lakers kicked off from the bottom line in the backcourt, Blake took it all the way to the top of the arc, and Kobe tried to catch the ball with the help of a screen from the bottom corner.

However, Harden chased and defended quite hard, Kobe didn't get a chance for a while, and instead circled around Mike Roberts.

Harden chased a little too hard and had no time to turn around in a hurry. Kobe received the pass smoothly and took the opportunity to start a breakthrough.

Green hurriedly changed the screen in a tacit understanding, and formed a left and right pinch with Harden in the blink of an eye, but Kobe jumped up and passed the ball directly, and Mike Roberts, who made an air cut, received the basketball and took two strides in a row, ignoring Collison's roar. Leap up and split the buckle with one hand.

The basketball clanged into the net, and the Lakers scored two points first.

"This is Kobe's experience..."

Su Yang praised in his heart, "If other players encountered that kind of chase, most of them would choose to mention the three-point line to catch the ball, but Kobe can take the initiative to hit the board to get rid of the double-team, and then grab the board to re-attack and get rid of it in circles." It is normal operation…”

While thinking about it, Harden threw off Kobe with the help of a screen, faced Gasol's lateral interception, and made an emergency stop and retreated two points.

The basketball slammed, the Lakers got the rebound and launched a counterattack, and Blake quickly dribbled the ball across the center line and went straight to the right wing.

Kobe took the ball to the right, but in fact he lowered his center of gravity to the left, passed Harden in one step, and bumped into Durant, who was a little flustered.

Beep!The referee immediately blew his whistle to block the attack, giving the Lakers a chance to re-attack from the sideline. Seeing this, Su Yang called for tactics.

The Lakers skillfully set up a BOX formation. The moment the referee blew his whistle, Blake lifted the ball to the top of the arc with the help of a cover.

The others ran at the same time, and the whole team turned into a bullhorn formation in an instant. Blake took the opportunity at 45 degrees to the left and cooperated with Mike Roberts in the pick-and-roll, while Reggie Jackson and Green did not hesitate to double-team, which put Blake in a very difficult situation. difficult.

Fortunately, Kobe arrived at the top of the arc in time, took the basketball and took advantage of the trend to cross and start a breakthrough, passing Harden in just one step.

Collison hurriedly shrunk and intercepted from the short corner on the right, and Durant also put himself in a posture ready to move, showing that he wanted to block the shot.

But Kobe made an emergency stop at the free throw line and passed the ball to the short corner on the left, which was temporarily unattended. Mike Roberts took the ball and took three steps.

The pace of change was so fast that Collison and Durant failed to react in time, but Green did respond, but the distance was too far.

bang!The basketball exploded into the net, and the Lakers scored 4 points in a row.

"Teaming Blake is obviously an uneconomical strategy..." Mike Brown smiled innocently, as if he had taken advantage of it.

Su Yang nodded in agreement. The main reason is that Blake's offensive ability with the ball is biased, as long as the defender keeps up.

The Thunder's operation allowed Kobe to easily get a single-handed opportunity, not to mention Harden, even Sefolosha was not easy to guard against.

In the transition between offense and defense on the court, Harden controlled the ball at 45 degrees and used Green's cover to get rid of it. Instead of shooting, he broke through.

It's a pity that Mike Roberts could keep up with the rhythm and stood up first, allowing Harden who collided head-on to get an offensive foul.

"He flopped..." Harden was a little annoyed. As a master foul maker, he was actually reversed for an offensive foul.

But the replay on the large central screen clearly showed that Harden started at the back and Mike Roberts stood at the front.

Harden had nothing to say, and the referee gave the Lakers the ball.

Su Yang smiled and applauded, while Snyder sighed: "When I designed those tactics, I only saw a few."

"Yeah..." Su Yang also sighed, the Thunder used a lot of simple coordination + singles, and Harden was a typical case just now.

I used to have good stamina, and I could use talent bonuses casually, but now that my stamina has been greatly lost, I am a bit forced to find trouble for myself at all levels.

The offensive and defensive transition on the court, Blake ran the ball across the center line, passed it to Kobe mentioned above, and quickly ran to the baseline.

The Lakers started with the usual zipper tactics, and Blake moved to the left wing with the help of a screen, received a pass back from Kobe, and made a three-point shot.

Collison helped Reggie Jackson delay as planned, but Blake hit the ground and passed the ball, turned around and cut Gasol to pick up the basketball, and took off against Jeff Green who was defending, trying to block the dunk strongly. Green fouled.

"We're sure to win!" Su Yang punched confidently. The main reason is that even Gasol wanted to block the dunk, and the whole team was full of enthusiasm.

The three teaching assistants nodded in agreement, but they didn't know what Su Yang was thinking, but each had their own basis for speculation.

Amid the boos, Gasol hit the first free throw, the Thunder sent Westbrook to replace Jackson, and then also hit the second free throw.

The two teams switched offense and defense. It was still Harden who took the ball to the left wing of the frontcourt, and then passed it to Durant in the waist for singles.

The Thunder did not run tactics, and did not save much energy, but instead helped the Lakers save energy and avoid making mistakes.

There were cheers in the arena, but Durant seemed to be a little weak, and he obviously pushed the ball towards the paint area.

The empty-cut Green caught the ball and jumped up to put it to the basket. McRoberts failed to stop it in time. However, Green's footsteps were confused, which made his force very awkward. The basketball hit the front basket and hit the iron. McRoberts took the opportunity to jump up and catch it.

The Lakers counterattacked, and Kobe took the ball and rushed all the way to the left wing of the frontcourt, went directly to Gasol for a pick-and-roll, and strode to the top of the arc.

Durant didn't think much about it, and continued to move laterally to intercept and execute local three defenses and two defenses, while Barnes immediately made an empty cut and rushed to the basket.

Seeing this, Kobe hit the ground hard and passed the ball. The basketball passed through the gap like lightning, hit the floor and rebounded, and flew to the basket with precision.

McRoberts picked up the basketball, kicked off the ground and took off, as if smashing Huashan, aiming at the basket was a dunk.

Boom!The basketball exploded into the net.

Beep!The referee immediately blew his whistle to signal the Thunder to request a timeout, and coach Brooks picked up the tactical board a little impatiently.

In the ESPN commentary, Breen said: "After the fourth quarter, the Lakers scored 8 points in a row, while the Thunder scored 0 points. That allowed the Lakers to establish an absolute lead. The Thunder must find a way to solve their scoring problems."

Van Gundy hesitated to speak, stopped and hesitated to speak, tangled for a while and said: "It is easy for the Thunder to solve the problem of low scoring efficiency. Just re-implement the tactics of last season, but they distinguish for the sake of difference. They must be different from Su Yang's period. different…"

Between words, the on-court pause ended.

The Thunder did not make personnel adjustments. Westbrook took the ball and ran to the left wing of the frontcourt, standing upright and waiting for the rest of the Thunder to move.

Harden simultaneously lifted up from the bottom corner with the help of Perkins cover, and made a ghost cover for Westbrook, but the details were too poor, he was far away from Blake, and ran away quickly, as if fulfilling the tactical requirements perfunctorily, which did not play a role at all. The role of diverting defensive attention.

But that's not over yet, Harden took advantage of the opportunity to cross the paint area, ran to the right waist, and continued to make a wide screen for Durant.

Su Yang watched and laughed on the spot. Harden's purpose was exposed to the Lakers generals two seconds in advance, and Barnes didn't give him a chance at all.

Durant still struggled to run to the top of the arc, blocking Blake from the side very rigidly, and covering for Westbrook.

That kind of operation turned the flexible dynamic attack into an inflexible routine attack with almost no cover effect.

Westbrook dribbled the ball to the right at the same time, stepped into the three-point line to face Blake around the screen to intercept, made an emergency stop and took off for two points.

The ending method is almost the same as Westbrook's direct attack on Blake, and then an emergency stop to take off for two points.

The key is also a waste of offensive time and player energy. The Thunder's move is tantamount to adding a burden to the players in the opposite direction.

when!The basketball rebounded by smashing the basket and hitting the iron.

Blake picked up the rebound from the free throw line, turned around and rushed forward, and the rest of the Lakers quickly went down simultaneously and started a fast break again.

In a trance, the two teams seem to have switched roles, and the Lakers frequently execute the defensive counterattack that the Thunder is best at.

Amidst the boos, Kobe took the ball with his right back and turned his back to attack the basket facing the double-team, causing Collison to make a supplementary foul.

Su Yang got up and applauded, and the Thunder arranged for Perkins to replace Collison and Ibaka to replace Durant.

Kobe made two free throws in a blink of an eye, and the Thunder rushed to attack, repeating the tactic of Harden's ghost screen.

But this time Green went up to catch the ball in advance, but the effect was better than Durant before, and Barnes chose to foul in a hurry.

The Thunder turned to kick off from the sideline of the front court and simply set a screen at the top of the arc. Westbrook directly broke through and forced the basket.

The Lakers grabbed a rebound and launched a defensive counterattack for the Nth time. Unfortunately, Blake made a three-pointer and failed to maintain a 100% hit.

But Harden grabbed a rebound and counterattacked, and then was fouled by Mike Roberts, and his mentality exploded and he got a technical foul.

The rest of the Thunder team members also lost their mentality. Coach Brooks tried his best to encourage them, but it was of no use.

On the contrary, Perkins was very stubborn. Several fierce defenses abruptly reduced the scoring efficiency of the Lakers, but they also got technical fouls.

In a little over eight minutes, the Lakers played a wave of 22 to 7 attacks, leading by an astonishing 26 points.

The last 4 minutes turned into garbage time, the two teams fought off the bench, and the Lakers continued to expand their lead relentlessly.

At the end of the game, the Lakers beat the Thunder 121 to 90, winning by 31 points, like a cross-level blow.

After chatting and saying goodbye to Durant and others, Su Yang passed by Kobe who was being interviewed, and suddenly got up to the microphone and shouted to the live broadcast camera: "Mr. Tom Ward, my former boss, you need me so much... "

(End of this chapter)