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Chapter 497 497. The Knicks' Triangle Offense
At eight o'clock in the evening, the Lakers' back-to-back home games against the New York Knicks are about to begin.

"Coach, can I play casually on the field?" Liu Ren asked anxiously.

D'Antoni looked at Liu Ren like this, a little strange, but he still replied: "If the situation requires it, of course."

Situation needs?Liu Ren was depressed, what is the need for the situation?

Still not quite understanding, Liu Ren moved to Kobe's side, and humbly asked for advice: "Zha Ke, you said, how do you deal with the opponent's defense when they are half-deadly defended?"

Scum?Kobe blushed instantly. It had been a long time since this brat called me such a "noble" address, so Kobe replied very attentively: "Death to them! Death to them! Death to them!"

Say the important thing three times.

Liu Ren made up his mind: "You all taught me this! Don't blame me if you lose!"

On the other side, after Kobe answered Liu Ren's question attentively, he went to the Knicks to say hello to his old partner Fisher.

Although, Fisher's reputation has plummeted this year because of some personal affairs with Barnes, but this does not affect his friendship with Kobe, because Kobe seems to have seen this big bald and evil person--wife control , never let Fisher go to his house, and avoided the tragic situation that the old king next door came to my house.

What happened to Fisher this year was that the legendary master of career pride and tragedy in life was beaten up by Barnes, but the Knicks he led was far better than the Knicks in Liu Ren's memory, so he lived a happy life. It is still very nourishing, and he has become another successful young marshal.

But everyone knows that Fisher's ability to lead the team to play so well has something to do with the Zen master behind him.

With Liu Ren somewhat distraught, the pre-match preparations were over, and the referee blew the whistle to start the game.

At the beginning of the game, Liu Ren regained his fighting spirit in an instant and went on the field with other starting teammates.

Lakers starting: Clarkson, Bryant, Liu Ren, Green, Gasol.

Kobe and Gasol didn't play much in the last game, and they got the chance to continue playing today.

Knicks starters: Calderon, Shumpert, Anthony, Stoudemire, Jason Smith.

On the Knicks' side, Jason Smith, the former Heat's first-round pick in 07, has finally made his starting position recently.

Jason Smith is a seven-footer selected by the Heat with the 07th pick in the first round of 20. He has a tough style of play, fast movement, soft touch, and excellent ball-handling ability.

But like most tough white centers, they are often injured when they play too hard. As a result, they are often injured as soon as they fight out their worth. Even the four-year contract of the first-round rookie has not been completed, and he was traded to the 76ers after three years of playing. Then get cut.

Later, Jason Smith went to the original New Orleans Hornets to join Paul. When he partnered with Paul, he once averaged 12 points and 8 rebounds per game. Who knew that after playing for a year, Paul left, and he continued to sink in the Hornets for three years. , Last summer, he came to the Knicks with a two-year contract of 750 million from Zen Master. He was in a state of support and playing for most of the first half of the season. He returned to the starting lineup in the last few games. A quasi-double-double with 11 rebounds.

Although the 29-year-old Jason Smith has no room for improvement, but this tall man, such mobility and tough style also allow him to occupy a very important position in the relatively weak inside of the Knicks when he is healthy , More or less made up for the gap in not keeping Chandler.

Pau Gasol and Jason Smith come to the middle circle for a jump ball.

Young is good, Jason Smith wins a jump ball over Gasol, and the Knicks go first.

Calderon pushed forward, came to the front court and handed the ball to Anthony for the first offense.

Since Anthony would send some tweets praising Liu Ren from time to time, in the eyes of the Lakers fans who always thought that Liu Ren was withdrawn and had no friends, Anthony was a little angel, and Anthony and Kobe also had a very good relationship. Anthony, even in the away game, gave him some cheers.

It was Liu Ren who defended Anthony. Compared with the Anthony who came to the Staples Center last year, the current Anthony has a completely different temperament from the entire Knicks. With the pressure of a strong team, Liu Ren is naturally ready to fight.

Anthony has regained his confidence, but the defensive pressure facing Liu Ren is also great. This year, Liu Ren is stronger on the defensive end than last year, with a bit heavier weight, but the speed has not decreased. On the contrary, the defensive impact and oppression are even stronger Stronger, the most important thing is that he has more experience than last season, which Anthony has felt since the last match between the two teams.

Anthony first used his most proud tentative step to make continuous fake moves. Known as the offensive kaleidoscope, he can shoot anywhere inside and outside the three-point line, and he has a very high success rate.

But for Liu Ren, if Anthony wants to shoot from the outside, he can shoot. Anthony's physique is much stronger to threaten the inside than the outside.

If Anthony wants to talk about the shortcomings on the offensive end, it is that his current breakthrough ability is much lower than when he was in the Nuggets. The main reason is that he needs to play a power forward and his weight is getting heavier. If he is defending him as a power forward, he can easily break through. If the small forward defending against him is thin, he can still crush with his body, but if the small forward defending against him is not worse than him in height, weight and speed, he will not be able to break through.

Now that Anthony is facing Liu Ren's defense, he is in a difficult situation. He can't make a breakthrough. How about making a strong shot against Liu Ren's defense?Anthony turned down the great option and beckoned Jason Smith to the pick-and-roll.

It's been a long time since I played a pick-and-roll, and Anthony is a little excited!After Chandler left the Knicks, the best big center for the Knicks was Bargnani, a big softie. Stoudemire with old arms and legs should feel at ease to shoot and grab rebounds. Anthony finds someone who can No pick-and-roll guy can be found.

But after Jason Smith started recently, Anthony finally felt like he had found his family.

Jason Smith is 118 meters tall and weighs [-] kilograms. He can also have the speed of an ordinary power forward. It is indeed a great talent. If he didn’t have so many injuries when he was young and trained well, he might become a fast version. Asik with shooting ability, but when he was young, like Asik now, he was injured twice in three days, which was completely delayed.

But Jason Smith's pick-and-roll is really solid, holding Liu Ren back with a ferocious face.

Just when Anthony used Jason Smith's pick-and-roll to block Liu Ren's breakthrough from the right side of the basket and entered the three-point line to go straight to the basket, Green quickly defended and blocked Anthony's way.

However, at this moment, Green was surprised to find that Anthony didn't have the ball in his hand!
On the other side, Jason Smith, who had just finished the pick-and-roll for Anthony, quickly came to the left 45-degree angle to help Calderon pick-and-roll!
Just when Anthony borrowed the pick-and-roll, Green and Liu Ren threw the ball to Calderon who was out of the three-point line in the blind spot!
However, the Lakers' rotation defense was very fast, and Kobe quickly made up the defense and kept Calderon from letting him have a three-pointer.

But the Knicks' tactical movement was not over yet. Shumpert went to help Anthony block Green, who was defending back. On the other side, Jason Smith completed two pick-and-rolls and then stepped forward to block Liu Ren who wanted to defend Anthony. Anthony managed to drop to the low post to face Gasol, and Calderon's pass was delivered in time when Anthony ran to the low post!
Triangle offense!

The Knicks ran so complicated, and finally played the triangle offense!
There are only three people who have the ball and have positive cooperation with the ball holder, Calderon, Jason Smith and Anthony, the end point of the triangle offense!

The moment Anthony caught the ball, he caught and shot Gasol, then slapped the ball to the ground, quickly stepped around Gasol in the air, slipped across the baseline and made a backhand layup.

This tactical move took a full 10 seconds!It's crazy, it's extremely complicated!But the Knicks players are obviously used to it, and they played very well!
Basketball is improving, and so is the triangle offense.

The Lakers fans who had watched the Lakers play the triangle offense for more than ten years were also stunned.

"Can the triangle offense still be played like this?"

I have to say that Zen Master is the most talented of those coaches. As long as there is a strong enough lineup, he can play for you.

Anthony scored the first goal for the Knicks.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Lakers have the ball.

Clarkson advanced to the frontcourt.

Liu Ren just ran to the Knicks half, and as he expected, Shumpert started to go forward to him, and then Anthony also faintly cut off the connection between him and his teammates.

"Hey." Liu Ren was a little impatient, "It seems that after discovering that the Cavaliers' defensive strategy against me was successful, every team decisively began to play like this."

Liu Ren's favorite activity area in the past was the 45-degree angle on both sides, between the low position and the high position on the left, and the top arc and the mid-to-long distance between the basket and the free throw line that Liu Ren is least good at, so as long as Liu Ren comes to both sides 45 degrees On the line at a 90-degree angle, Shumpert went up and circled forward to prevent him from receiving the ball, and guarded him at a [-]-degree angle. Afterwards, the opponents the Lakers encountered made a defensive strategy against Liu Ren after he successfully targeted the defense.

Clarkson held the ball on the outside, Liu Ren deliberately walked at a 45-degree angle on both sides, and soon discovered the Knicks' strategy.

Sure enough, if he still followed the strategy of playing according to tactics in the first half of the season, Liu Ren found that he would be targeted to death, and then he could only watch his teammates perform.

Playing steadily is the quality that a superstar should have.

However, if you just play steadily, you can't be called a superstar at all!

Liu Ren withdrew from the three-point line and took a step outside the top-arc three-point line. At this time, Shumpert did not dare to continue to go forward, because once he went around the front and directly knocked Liu Ren away, he could rush into the inside and face the basket. Calderon and Anthony on both sides can't defend at all.

Clarkson's pass came immediately, and Liu Ren received the ball one step beyond the three-point line at the top arc!
(End of this chapter)