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Chapter 344 Playoff Match

After playing the Spurs, the Lakers continued their trip to the Southwest Division. After a day off, they flew to New Orleans to challenge the Hornets.

Su Yang accepted the pre-match interview and talked about the heated battle between Kobe and LeBron. He shook his head and said, "I can hardly agree with ESPN. Kobe has excellent statistics this season. He has led the team to 18 consecutive victories. , as a player who is more inclined to attack from the outside, the overall shooting percentage itself is relatively disadvantaged, and it is unreasonable to pay too much attention to efficiency..."

Originally, according to the previous style, Su Yang would directly hate ESPN, but at the critical point of Kobe's competition for MVP, there is no need to establish hatred towards the media represented by ESPN, causing unnecessary resentment, and making previous efforts in vain.

In the evening game, Eric Gordon, the main force of the Hornets, was absent due to injury. Kobe played against Marco Belinelli, who was poorly defended. He made 18 of 11 shots and scored 25 points with free throws. He clocked off work in three quarters , Leading the team to 19 consecutive victories.

After a night of rest, the team flew to Phoenix to challenge the Suns.

Su Yang accepted the pre-match interview and talked about the sharp topic "As an outside player, Michael Jordan can achieve a PER efficiency value higher than that of Barkley and other insiders in the MVP season. Why can't Kobe be?" He said with a smile: "I remember the 93-94 season , David Robinson's PER efficiency value was 30.7, but the MVP was finally awarded to Olajuwon with a PRE efficiency value of 25.3..."

The media asked questions twice, and Su Yang answered them all reasonably.

However, when the interview was posted on social platforms such as Twitter, some people said that he was deliberately avoiding the fact that Kobe's efficiency was low.

Su Yang didn't bother to care about it, and instead designed tactics around Kobe, not only wanting to ensure a winning streak, but also wanting to help Kobe be more efficient.

The game started at 3:1, maybe because he always remembered the [-]-[-] lead back then, and took over the humiliation of the sun's comeback. Kobe played a little excitedly. Attack recklessly.

After the first quarter, Kobe made 7 of 2 shots, causing the Lakers to fall behind by 4 points. Social networks frantically complained about his nature.

Su Yang took advantage of the intermission to remind him that Kobe didn't attack recklessly after he appeared on the court, but he didn't make many shots. He only shot twice in the second quarter and assisted all the rest of the time. But after the halftime break, the third quarter The game went straight to 11 of 8 shots.

It is mainly designed tactics to help Kobe better break through the Suns defense, allowing Kobe to take many shots one-on-one, while Hill and Dudley defending Kobe, the former is slow to move laterally due to injuries, and the latter is easy to fake due to lack of experience action.

In addition to offense, Kobe was also full on the defensive end, leading the team to win by 13 points in the third quarter, leading the Suns by 14 points.

In the fourth quarter, the Suns launched a strong counterattack and did not hesitate to interfere at the cost of fouls. However, Jeremy Lin and Diaw steadily controlled the rhythm. When Blake hit a three-pointer for the second time, the Lakers established an advantage of up to 18 points and won. one horse.

Bryant then debuted, 5 of 3 shots completely killed the game, the Lakers finally easily beat the Suns 116 to 99.

The Lakers achieved 20 consecutive victories, and Twitter and other social networks sparked heated discussions. Kobe's efficient 38 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists became the focus of hot discussion, but also on the same night, LeBron led the team to defeat the Trail Blazers, scoring 33 points, 10 assists and 11 rebounds triple-double.

Many reporters and commentators believe that the MVP battle is still in suspense, but because the Lakers have won 20 consecutive victories, Kobe’s efficiency per game is not very low, and LeBron has no advantage. In the end, whoever wins the MVP depends on the final battle .

The Lakers team returned to Los Angeles, defeated the Nuggets and Mavericks in succession, successfully extended the winning streak to 22 games, and completely secured the No. [-] position in the league during the regular season. Two third for the Spurs and Thunder.

But after losing back to back to the Suns, the winning streak came to an end, but the whole team also breathed a sigh of relief, and the high-pressure nerves were relieved.

However, the league updated the MVP ranking list at the same time. Kobe continued to rank first, and his efficiency value was getting closer to LeBron.

Those journalists and commentators who have voting rights revealed their votes in advance. Kobe won the first percentage of votes, surpassing LeBron for the first time. The major gaming companies in Las Vegas also lowered the odds of Kobe getting the MVP, which is obviously more look good.

NO.18 early in the morning, the team's regular game day meeting focused on discussing whether to adjust the rotation when there are only four games left.

It is said to adjust the rotation, in fact, it is to reduce the playing time of the main force, especially Kobe. Su Yang reached a consensus with Kobe at the beginning of the season, and he will carry out load management and better prepare for the playoffs, but he happened to encounter the critical period of the MVP competition. .

Fortunately, according to the latest news, LeBron will only play in one of the remaining four games for the Heat, but it is difficult to distinguish between true and false.

Su Yang decided to ignore the news. Although it could be used as a basis for reducing Kobe's playing time, he couldn't adjust it by focusing on LeBron's playing time.

"I'm going to have Kobe deal more at the top of the arc..."

Between Su Yang's words, seeing Snyder and other assistant coaches showing a blank face, he turned to smile and said, "That's the point forward..."

Anyway, entering the playoffs, Kobe will definitely encounter a lot of double-teams. It is better to let Kobe practice playing cards at the top of the arc. If the actual combat effect is good, then defending Kobe will be more painful. The clip is 4 against 5.

And that kind of 4 defense and 5 is different from Kobe's 4 defense and 5 double-teaming when he holds the ball. Kobe has a bigger vision and more choices.

But Kobe has never played a similar role. It’s hard to say whether he can play the effect in actual combat. The main reason is that it doesn’t fit Kobe’s character. Asking him to hold the ball and wait at the top of the arc, and lack of operation before the completion of the tactical movement is really better than letting him The end is still irritable.

After confirming the plan, Su Yang found Kobe on the court and explained briefly, Kobe accepted the challenge excitedly.

The whole team started training immediately, and decided in advance that until the playoffs start, the main content of each training is Kobe’s arc top deal, and the previous tactics will continue to be trained. As for how to play in the playoffs, when the time comes It depends on the situation.

In the evening, the Lakers played against the Warriors.

From the first offense, Kobe dealt the card at the top of the arc, and the Warriors thought it was just an ordinary single at the top of the arc, and consciously prepared to limit it by double-teaming. Kobe then passed the ball to Session, who easily completed the tactical run Si, assists hit a three-pointer.

After several consecutive rounds, the Warriors finally realized that the situation was wrong, and instead gave up the early contraction strategy and no longer double-teamed.

Kobe took advantage of the trend in singles, frequently resorting to the signature move "one step inside the three-point line, making an emergency stop, pulling up and then leaning back to make a mid-range shot", scoring efficiently.

The Warriors were dizzy, but Mark Jackson was very smart and found that the double-teaming efficiency was still high, so he double-teamed Kobe again.

Sessions and Artest are not the kind of players that Redick can run in a wide range, and then catch the ball efficiently and hit a three-pointer. The Lakers' offense quickly became a little sluggish, but Su Yang did not adjust. The tactics here mainly practice Kobe.

At the end of the game, the Lakers defeated the Warriors 97-90 by virtue of their lineup advantage. Kobe got 15 assists.

After playing the Warriors, the Lakers continued to practice Kobe's top-of-the-arc card dealing tactics, first regretting losing to the Suns and narrowly beating the Thunder.

In the last game of the regular season, the Lakers challenged the Kings away. Su Yang made all the main players truce and still won.

By defeating the Kings, the Lakers achieved a record of 11 wins and 12 losses throughout the 56-10 season, ranking first in the league.

The playoffs also followed. The Lakers played the Jazz in the first round. If they advance to the second round, they will face the Clippers or the Grizzlies.

Many fans predicted the first round match. Some people think that the Jazz beat the Lakers twice before, and the biggest inside disadvantage has been greatly reduced because of Bynum's trade. pull across.

　Originally, I wanted the Clippers and the Suns to post the results, but the last minute dragged on for too long, and this is not good for a basketball game.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)