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Chapter 358 The Lakers Are More Spurs Than Spurs

The commentary and evaluation of the TNT trio, along with the live TV broadcast, quickly spread to fans all over the United States.

CCTV commentator Zhang Lili also implicitly stated that Curry's defense is the Lakers' shortcoming, and platforms such as Weibo quickly sparked heated discussions.

Netizen 'Heat No.1 LeBron' wrote: "With Curry's garbage defense, if the Lakers advance to the finals, the emperor and Wade will take turns to beat him, Su Yang is also insane, insisting on using Byner I'm going to trade with you, are you an idiot?"

Netizen 'Zhiai AI' wrote: "Yesterday I saw someone say that Curry's defense is better than Iverson's. I almost died laughing. Iverson won the steals king, and there is a cold knowledge, AI Ferson was the best quarterback in Florida ever!"

Netizen 'Ke Boss is the best' wrote: "Hey, I haven't played with a good defensive point guard in these years. Let alone good defense, the defensive level is also good. If the league didn't stop Paul last year How good would it be to trade."

Netizen 'The Lakers' orthodoxy is the triangle offense' wrote: "You all don't understand Su Yang's logic. Before the game, he boasted that Curry is the absolute strength of the Lakers. The blame for the ball lies with Curry, and at that time he pretended to say that it was a pity that he could not help Curry play at a normal level, but if he beat the Thunder, it would be his sharp eyesight!"

While fans from all over the world were discussing, additional penalties were being prepared in the Staples Center, and players from the two teams took their positions.

Su Yang looked up at the scoreboard and found that the Lakers are currently trailing 0-7, with less than 2 minutes into the game. Turning his head, he saw Curry standing on the edge of the center line on the right, and Curry's face was obviously a little nervous expression, immediately walked over.

"Hey Stephen, take it easy!"

Su Yang chuckled and said with a slight shrug: "If Sefolosha can make a three-pointer with an emergency stop and catch the ball, it means that the Thunder team is very lucky at the moment, and it also means that our defense is fine. We just need to wait to enter. keep patient…"

As a shooting guard and small forward swingman, Sefolosha averaged 1.7 three-pointers per game in his career, hit 0.6 times, and his shooting rate was 34.9%. It is true that he can't shoot three-pointers very much, and he can pick-and-roll outside the ball and stop and catch the ball. Hit, pure luck.

What's even more frightening is that Sefolosha made a floater just now, which added up to 5 points, which is almost the score of the entire game in the past, and that was because the Lakers' defensive strategy tried to avoid Curry from facing Westbrook directly. So many opportunities for Frosa.

So, losing seven points in a row at the beginning, Su Yang really didn't panic at all, if he was defeated by Sefoloza, he would admit defeat.

"OK, Coach, I can do it..."

Curry took a deep breath to calm down, nodded in response, and Su Yang said after seeing this: "Go over and play a zipper tactic..."

During the conversation, there were boos everywhere, Durant raised his hand and threw an additional penalty, the basketball slammed into the net, and the Lakers trailed 0-8.

The two teams switched offense and defense, and the DJ on the spot took the lead in shouting, and the fans followed in shouting, "Come on, Lakers" soon resounded throughout the arena.

Curry dribbled the ball along the right sideline, the Lakers started in a delayed formation, Gasol ran to the top of the arc in the middle, Kobe ran straight to the left wing of the front field, and Mike Roberts ran to the short corner in the direction of 45 on the right , Artest ran to the right corner ahead of time.

In the blink of an eye, Curry dribbled the ball to the right wing, and Mike Roberts, who ran to the short corner at the same time, set up a wall to make a wide screen. Artest, who was in the bottom corner on the right, immediately used the screen to get rid of Durant and strode to 45 degrees. The three-point line, the zipper tactics start.

Seeing this, Curry passed the ball to Artest, then bowed and started to sprint, while Mike Roberts, who had stopped at the short corner before, turned around simultaneously and stepped up the wall to block Westbrook, forming an extremely awesome back screen. Ibaka Seeing this, he hurriedly shouted: "Back cover..."

In the blink of an eye, Westbrook lowered his center of gravity and moved forward quickly for half a step, and then continued to step and move sideways like a crab.

The tacit understanding, the speed, and the execution power are all full, and Westbrook forcibly blocked the space where Curry ran to the bottom corner.

Meanwhile, on the left side of the court, Bryant was about to cross the paint and go down the baseline, looking for Curry to do an off-ball cross-screen.

But Westbrook broke the law with force, and the Lakers' zipper tactics were blocked. The audience clearly felt that the cheers suddenly became smaller.

When Su Yang saw this, he didn't care whether the players could hear him or not, he yelled a reminder to the field: "Split back..."

Perhaps it is because there are a lot of exchanges in normal training, Curry has the same idea, decisively stops like lightning, turns around and runs back to the right wing.

And Mike Roberts, for the third time in a short period of time, set up a wall as a screen, still on the sideline, forcing Westbrook to go around the screen.

In just a little time, Curry raised his hand to receive Artest's return pass, but Westbrook also rushed in front of him, suppressing the shooting space.

Curry dribbled the ball with his left hand and rushed to the free throw line, while Westbrook pursued a high speed and center of gravity, and it was too late to block the breakthrough again.

At the same time, Durant shrank from the top of the arc to double-team the defense, and Artest seemed to move to the left honestly because of Su Yang's previous criticism, creating space for himself to catch the ball, which is not very advanced. Tactics are just basic skills.

Seeing that he was about to fall into a double-team, Curry stopped abruptly and raised his hand to pass the ball.

Artest received the ball from the 45-point line on the left. Durant hurried back to the defense, but was delayed by Gasol's interception from the waist.

No way, Artest is not like Curry, his three-pointers are slower, and he will become less stable when he is disturbed. If Gasol does not help to make a delay, Durant is tall, long-armed, big-footed and fast-paced, so he is easy to fight. This talent interferes with Artest.

On the Thunder's side, Perkins rushed to make up for the defense.

But Perkins was much slower than Durant. Artest threw a three-pointer steadily, and the basketball slammed into the net.

Cheers erupted suddenly at the Staples Center, the audience shouted excitedly, and everyone on the Lakers bench gave a standing ovation.

In the entire offense, except for running to stretch space, Kobe, who did nothing else, yelled to remind the whole team to return to defense.

Assistant coach Mike Brown said with a smile: "The zipper tactics commonly used by the Spurs are very useful against a talented team like the Thunder."

Su Yang nodded in agreement. The main purpose of the zipper tactic was to temporarily separate the ball handler from the finisher, thereby distracting the Thunder team's defensive attention, especially Westbrook's lack of concentration when defending without the ball. The screen movement adds loopholes to the Thunder's defense that changes every screen. Anyway, the more screens, the longer the run, and the easier it is for the Thunder to miss.

"Next time you play the zipper, try to let Kobe go up to the top of the arc to get the ball. Artest's threat to get the ball at the top of the arc is still a bit low..."

While Su Yang explained the tactical details, Durant found a cover to hit Curry, and while Artest changed positions, he gave the ball to Westbrook.

Perhaps because of the aggressive momentum before, facing Curry's defense, Westbrook calmly stopped and took off to make a mid-range shot, and the basketball went into the net hollowly.

Curry still has obvious defensive shortcomings, but this time he was not at all frustrated. He took the basketball from the backcourt and went straight to the frontcourt.

Su Yang gestured at the same time to remind him that he could continue to cover in the left wing area, because Perkins shrunk too deep in advance.

That's probably because the Thunder's defensive strategy of sticking to the paint area made Perkins think too much and left Westbrook alone and helpless.

Gasol hurried to the left at 45 degrees to set up a wall to block Westbrook, and Curry took the opportunity to dribble the ball along the left sideline to break through.

It took a long time for Westbrook to squeeze through the screen, and it was too late to catch up. Fortunately, Perkins finally reacted and rushed to defend.

But Curry is not Artest, and he shoots three-pointers very fast, and just in the rhythm of the breakthrough, he immediately stops and pushes.

bass!The basketball went into the net hollow, 6 to 10.

There were cheers everywhere in the arena, the Lakers swept away the start with two consecutive three-pointers, and the atmosphere was gradually brewing.

Assistant coach Mike Brown smiled: "Let's bet, guess when the Thunder will remove Perkins and let Ibaka play center..."

The reason is simple. The Thunder stick to the paint and rely on their physical talent to rotate to limit the Lakers' three-pointers. They have extremely high requirements for speed.

The voice fell, no one paid attention to it, and the scene was a little awkward. Seeing this, Su Yang answered: "It should be about 6 minutes left, because Coach Brooks likes to make substitutions on time. Regarding this point, Snyder and I have a deep understanding. I have experience..."

On the court, the Thunder continued to look for cover and play misplaced. Sefolosha attacked Curry with the ball, but failed to hit the basket with both hands.

There were cheers in the arena, Mike Roberts got the rebound, turned around to observe, and then a long pass had already run to Curry on the center line.

Curry rushed to the right wing with the ball, held the ball for a moment, and used Mike Roberts to cover, pretending to go up, but actually broke down.

Perhaps it was in the bottom corner area, Westbrook and Ibaka decisively double-teamed, Curry had to stop in a hurry and throw the ball out.

Gasol catches the ball at the top of the arc, pretends to turn to the left looking for an opportunity, then suddenly turns to the right and makes a hand-to-hand cover for the return pass.

Curry took the ball again and took the opportunity to go left to the free throw line, while Durant went up to help defend, probably underestimated Artest's three-pointer, or felt that he could quickly return to defense, after all, Artest was in the left corner , but Bryant quietly set up a back screen.

In an instant, Curry threw the ball to the left corner with a tacit understanding. Durant subconsciously returned to the defense but was blocked by Kobe.

Sefoloza hurriedly changed defenses and rushed up, but Artest relied on the little ball left, first pretended to shoot Sefolosha, then dribbled and started to rush to the basket, successfully attracting Ibaka to shrink the defense , and passed the ball to Mike Roberts at the free throw line.

With four consecutive shots and a lot of running positions, the Thunder's defensive formation has become chaotic, and there are only four people standing under the basket.

The four were also paying attention to Mike Roberts at the same time, but the basketball flew to the completely unguarded right corner, where Kobe stood.

The fans at the scene raised their hands and cheered ahead of time, Sefolosha rushed forward unwilling to give up, and Kobe shot a three-pointer without fear.

bass!A three-pointer went into the net, 9 to 10.

Assistant coach Mike Brown clapped his hands and laughed: "If time goes back to a few years ago, Kobe would never believe that he could get three-pointers with wide open shots in a row, or let fans watch this game a few years ago, they probably wouldn't dare Believe it's Kobe!"

"I can't help it, poisoned wine or alcohol..."

Su Yang echoed and sighed, thinking that if he faced Kobe + Curry, he would definitely choose to induce Kobe to attack more.

While sighing, Durant rushed forward with the help of a screen dislocation, but Curry slapped the basketball off, and then kicked it out of bounds himself.

The referee whistled for a violation, and the Lakers kicked off in the backcourt.

Curry slowly dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and broke through to the left with the help of Mike Roberts. Ibaka chose to move laterally to delay.

As other power forwards, it is difficult to keep up with Curry's rhythm, but Ibaka, who has not been seriously injured, is so arrogant.

After Westbrook stuck to Curry again, Ibaka slowly backed away, and Curry raised his hand and hit the ground to score the ball without hesitation.

Mike Roberts, who disassembled the outside bomb, took the ball wide open and rushed to the basket with great strides. Ibaka had no time to return to the defense.

Durant hurriedly moved 45 degrees from the right to intercept. Seeing that Mike Roberts scored the ball, he hurried back to defend Artest from the three-point line.

Tired is a bit tired, unable to support Durant's height, long arms, big steps and fast pace, but Artest immediately hit the ground and gave it to the right waist.

Gasol took the ball with his back to support, Artest turned to rush to the right corner, and made a split with the oncoming Kobe.

Perhaps it was explained how to deal with the Lakers' split cooperation. Durant and Sefolosha decisively chose to switch defenses, and resolutely refused to give Artest or Kobe a chance to catch the ball. airtight.

Seeing that the Lakers' offense was blocked, it was thought that Mike Roberts had no ball in the left elbow to block Westbrook, who was a little distracted, and Curry took the opportunity to start and cut to the basket, and Gasol simultaneously lobbed the ball to the paint area , Ibaka is crazily chasing.

But with only 5 seconds left, Curry caught the ball without a layup, and without looking at the pass, he gave it to Kobe on the right.

Kobe caught the ball and raised his hand, facing Durant, who was "still paying attention to Curry before, but just reacted", and made a three-pointer.

Boom!The basketball bounces off the backboard and into the net.

Beep!The referee whistled at the same time and punished Durant for a thug foul. Kobe's three-point goal was valid, and an additional penalty was required!
The cheers in the center of the Staples Center exploded. If Kobe made an additional free throw, the Lakers would overtake the Thunder 13-10.

In the TNT commentary seat, Barkley laughed dumbly: "Okay! Su Yang has prepared a detailed plan. Curry's help to the Lakers' scoring is far greater than the drag on the Lakers' loss. It depends on whether the Thunder can even out the gap against Curry. ..."

O'Neal smiled: "It seems that the Lakers have learned from the experience of the Spurs against the Thunder, running more, passing more, patiently pulling the Thunder's defensive formation, trying to consume more energy from the Thunder, and preventing the Thunder from always relying on their talents to defend. ..."

Kenny said: "Judging from the current scoring area of ​​​​the Lakers, the Thunder's defensive strategy of sticking to the paint seems to have failed.

However, the most interesting part of this game is that the Thunder learned from the Clippers who had lost to the Lakers and emphasized targeting Curry, while the Lakers learned from the Spurs who had lost to the Thunder, emphasizing patience, and the importance of tactics has been fully reflected..."

　Have you ever cut off too much nail of the little finger of your left hand, but you want to write like crazy?It's so sour!

　　
　
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