Basketball Myth: Super Guard

Chapter 1261 One is Defense and the other is Offense!
Even the fans understand the truth, the Lakers head coach naturally understands, just looking at these players, he can only shake his head and smile wryly.

There is really no one available.

In a blink of an eye, more than half of the first quarter has passed, and the two sides began to replace players on the bench, entering the rotation time.

However, when the rotation time came, although the 76ers were only on the bench, the gap between the two sides became even wider.

The Lakers' bench is really lackluster, and there are no players who can play. Simply put, "there is not even one who can play."

Oh, right.

At this time, Gasol was still on the court.

But he can't rely on him at all. After all, Gasol is now in his 30s and has already passed his peak period. In addition to being affected by injuries, his state has declined a lot compared to the past few seasons. It is necessary to introduce Howard.

I saw that the difference between the two sides was only 6 points just now, but now it has quietly become 9 points.

"Shh!"

With a soft sound, Lu Wei hit an unreasonable jumper on the court, and the difference between the two sides became 11 points.

The home fans were immediately upset.

How did the point difference be stretched to more than 10 points? This is still the team we are familiar with. Is this still the Staples Arena?

"Coach." Kobe stood up, "Let me go."

The head coach looked at the time, and there was only 1 minute left in the first quarter.

In the end, he still failed to persuade Kobe, and replaced Kobe, thinking to himself: "It would be a good thing to reduce the point difference to less than ten points before the end of this quarter." But he soon came back to his senses Come on, your face has become ugly. When did the Lakers fall to this point?

You know, now they still have a configuration like Kobe + Howard + Gasol, why is this so?
But the reality is so cruel, even with the configuration of Kobe + Howard + Gasol, aren't the Lakers still seventh in the West?

on the field.

Kobe played singles, changed directions continuously, feinted after reaching the inside line, then turned over and hit a jumper with a fadeaway, and the point difference became 9 points.

Turn around and the 76ers attack here.

Sessions made a breakthrough. He was still a Lakers player last season, but now he is a different person. He broke through and hit the inside, and then passed the ball to Thaddeus Young. Young took the ball and dribbled a step. , made a gesture to shoot, tricked the defender into jumping up, and made a foul.

Watching Thaddeus Young hit two free throws at the free throw line, Kobe's face became a little gloomy, and his teammates' defense made him want to scold his mother.

With more than ten seconds left in the first quarter, the Lakers made the final attack.

It was still Kobe, Gasol took the ball in the low post to attract the defense, and then returned it to Kobe, and Kobe directly shot a three-pointer.

Swish!
The goal is scored, the point difference is 8 points, and the first quarter is over.

Although the point difference has been chased to only 8 points, the entire Lakers team, including the Lakers fans in the auditorium, are in a bad mood at the moment.

There is no doubt that the Lakers did not play well in this quarter. Even though Kobe scored a lot of points, Howard and Gasol also played in the paint a few minutes ago and took advantage, but on the defensive end it was like Be transparent, let the Sixers get what they want.

Break between festivals.

The head coach of the Lakers gathered the players and said with a straight face: "You must do a good job of defense. Everyone must be active. On the offensive end, you may not score, but you must defend well, understand?"

"Yes."

"clear."

A group of players responded one after another.

Contrary to the Lakers, for the 76ers, Coach Luke is emphasizing offense.

"We did a good job in this quarter, and we will continue to maintain it later." Coach Luke said: "The offense must be aggressive, we must play our own offense, and bring the opponent into the rhythm of our game."

"Yes." Everyone agreed, and their morale was like a rainbow.

Moments later, the second quarter begins.

One side is hard defense, the other side is fierce offense.

This is the difference between the two teams. The Lakers are forced by their lineup configuration. First, the age structure of the players is too old. Kobe, Gasol, and Artest are all over [-] years old. For two centers like Saul, they can only play positional warfare, and only in positional warfare can they have an advantage.

And to fight positional warfare, defense is crucial.

On the other hand, on the 76ers side, Qin Hao, Xiaoka, and Butler are all in their early twenties, and Iguodala is 28 years old, and they are all under 30 years old. "Offense is defense", as long as the offense is good enough, it can make up for the disadvantages of defense.

This is why the coaches of both sides, one emphasizes defense and the other emphasizes offense.

"Hey, the point difference has widened to double digits again."

"This won't work. Without Kobe, I would be at a disadvantage immediately."

"There will be a replacement soon."

The home fans are discussing that the Lakers will replace Howard.

As soon as he saw Qin Hao's replacement, he knew that it was intended to make Howard stand up and give Kobe a little more time to rest.

Since there is no "chemical reaction" between Kobe and Howard, it would be a good idea to separate the two.

just
Qin Hao stood up, came to coach Luke and whispered a few words.

"Your boy" Coach Luke raised the corners of his mouth, nodded, and shouted, "Briggins, get ready, wait for you." After speaking, he waved to Briggins, then pointed at Howard, and whispered He exhorted a few words.

Briggins was excited at first that he would finally be able to play in regular season time instead of waiting for garbage time to make up the numbers.

But after listening to Coach Luke's instructions, his face collapsed. He turned his head to look at Qin Hao, his face twitched, and he said in a muffled voice, "I understand."

Moments later, the 76ers also made a substitution, replacing Brackins.

At this time, the field is almost full of substitute players. The inside line of the 76ers is Briggins and Thaddeus Young. No matter their height or personal strength, they are obviously not as good as Howard.

In this situation on the court, Howard has an absolute advantage inside. He knows his opportunity is coming, his eyes are shining, and he is very active. When he reaches the frontcourt, he is stuck in the low post, raises one hand, and shouts at his teammates. :"ball."

A teammate passes the ball over.

Howard couldn't help laughing when he saw that the person defending him was Briggins. Isn't this giving him points?
If you don't fight this, you will be sorry for your conscience.

"Pull away." Howard gestured to his teammates to pull away, and immediately played back singles. While pushing back against Blakeins, he watched carefully and saw that Thaddeus Young seemed to be coming to help Blakes. Jin Si, he didn't care, he just sneered, "Come here, I'll buckle it the same way."

Pushing back two steps, Howard felt that his position was almost the same. He was just about to make a two-handed dunk, but he had just turned halfway, from the back basket to the front frame, and he hadn't jumped up yet. He just held the ball in his hands, and cloth Lykins slapped him on the wrist.
(End of this chapter)