I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 196 St. Paul's Tips

Paul, also known as Sao Paulo, said he couldn't beat him, but the Clippers, who had won 17 consecutive victories and were full-fledged, didn't take the "Los Angeles boss" seriously at all. They played very aggressively at the beginning. Paul assisted Jordan one after another. And Griffin staged an alley-oop slam dunk, which is very cool.

The Lakers' strategy in this game is to force the inside to cause fouls. As long as they drive the opponent out of the penalty area and dominate the inside, the Clippers, the "lob team", will lose their foothold, and winning will naturally come naturally.

So during the opening period, whether it was Chu Xiao or Kobe, the first choice after getting the ball was not to hold the ball by themselves, but to resolutely hit the ball inside to Pau Gasol or Warcraft.

Originally, there was no problem in tactics, but Zen Master and his teammates overestimated the so-called "League's No. [-] Center" Warcraft. He didn't overwhelm others in the first quarter, but was first overwhelmed by opponents in turn.

Jr. Jordan, Griffin "Griffin" Griffin, and the French hunk "The Butcher" Turiaf, facing the Clippers with a lot of people inside, Warcraft quickly became overwhelmed and made 4 shots on the offensive end. In the end, only 1 shots were taken in the game, not even as good as substitutes Jordan Hill and Meeks.

If the energy on the offensive end is poor, at least they can make contributions on defense, but Warcraft's performance today is still not satisfactory.Except for a block in the third quarter that fanned Griffin's shot out of the sideline (this ball is also suspected of interfering with the ball), the figure of Warcraft basically didn't take off when defending.Jordan Hill, who replaced him, was much more eye-catching. He took turns hitting the opponent's basket and scoring offensive rebounds. Hill grabbed 6 offensive rebounds in this game, and his 17 points Part of it also comes from secondary offense.

As a result, Howard's inaction in the penalty area, on the other hand, contributed to the opponent's more unscrupulous scoring.

When facing Griffin, Howard's body couldn't carry him. When playing against Jordan, his height advantage was weakened again. Out of the basket.

In the whole game, regardless of the offensive data, Warcraft still had 5 fouls and 4 turnovers in this game, which is completely blue-collar data. How can this compare with Howard, who has an annual salary of tens of millions and is the "League's No. [-] Center" What about the equal sign?

The opponent's substitute insider Turiaf only played less than 18 minutes, 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 1 block. The data, limelight and efficiency beat Howard.

There is one thing to say, since joining the Lakers this summer, Warcraft seems to have been infused with ecstasy soup. Except for occasional brilliant performances, most of the time the groggy Warcraft is simply unable to support the inside line of the Zijin Army.

I saw Jordan and Griffin bombing the inside of the Lakers in turn. Gasol, who performed normally, could not support himself alone, but he was the first to get two fouls in the first quarter and ended up. Odom had to replace him.

Attacking the opponent's interior was originally the Lakers' tactical arrangement, but with the disappearance of Warcraft on the offensive end and Gasol received two fouls and left the field early, this tactic immediately became tailor-made for the Lakers by the Clippers.

At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers took a 29-22 lead relying on the advantages of multi-point blooming.

In this quarter, Paul sent 5 assists, Chu Xiao only had 2 assists, and neither side scored.Instead, Kobe scored 3 points by making 3 of 7 shots from the "miss".

第二节头半段一般都是替补之间的较量，科比和楚晓依照惯例没有登场，快船队却由保罗带领一帮替补在3分钟内打出了8-0的小高潮，很快就以44-27领先了17分。

"This cunning guy doesn't play cards according to common sense." After Kobe took a sip of water, he spat it into the trash can next to him.

Chu Xiao continued, "There's no way. Whoever let their inside lanes have already gained an advantage, even if Paul didn't get a rest, they can continue to score points in the next time only relying on the inside lanes. That's why he took advantage of our rest. Stay on the court to create a distance, obviously don't want to give us a chance to chase points."

"That's why I said he is cunning. You will take advantage of his 15 cm shorter than you to perform more singles. Even if you can't win, you must win him." Kobe urged.

"Okay, I'll try my best." Chu Xiao said casually.

"I don't want to try my best, I want to do my best." Bryant emphasized.

"Okay, go all out, go all out." Chu Xiao smiled and pulled the boss back to the field together.

Although Chu Xiao said that he was 15 centimeters taller than Paul, hitting him was a misplacement, but when he actually met him, he realized that there was a reason why this short, fat man in front of him could become the ceiling of point guards today. You can't just fight if you want to.

First of all, Paul, who is not tall enough, has strong physical resistance and core strength, especially his lower body strength. When facing him, it is difficult for Chu Xiao to carry him through the back, and he cannot easily complete the turning and shooting action. So Chu Xiao had no choice but to spread the word.

Secondly, Paul's hands are very steady and ruthless, his judgment on the ball is accurate, and he rarely makes gambling steals.And once he thinks it is a good opportunity to steal, he will be very decisive. Therefore, when facing taller players, Paul's actions will make them dare not dribble easily, because there is a risk of being intercepted at any time. As far as this game is concerned, Chu Xiao made a total of 5 turnovers, 4 of which were reserved for successful steals.

Finally, Paul has a lot of frequent small moves, which is also the main point of his defense. When Chu Xiao hits him in a low post, he hits his thigh.Reservation and even adding a little trick when getting stuck and grabbing rebounds, these make the opponent extremely uncomfortable.Although some people criticize Paul for playing dirty, he is only using unspoken rules, and he is good at judging the referee's penalty scale, which is a manifestation of ability in itself, and it is difficult for others to say anything about him.

On the whole, Paul can not only strangle the opposing defender one-on-one, but also attack the opponent's striker when necessary, and the effect is quite good. He is a very versatile defender.

In the end, under his defense, Chu Xiao's long-distance three-pointers, which were very accurate in the past, fell short of the standard, and his breakthroughs in singles were also ineffective. mistake.

It can be said that this game is the most difficult game Chu Xiao has played since joining the NBA.

Offensively, he can't break through opponents very well.

On the defensive end, he doesn't seem to be able to limit opponents very well.Because Paul has a few tricks when attacking, which makes it very difficult for people to defend.

The trick is that, with his super awareness, Paul has discovered a unique skill to control the game in a slow pace: in the transition attack, chase after the opponent's back defense big player, let the opponent create the best for himself. Quick attack opportunity.

Paul's tips may sound weird, even counterintuitive, but it's really Paul's basketball philosophy.

At the end of the second quarter with 3 minutes left, Paul received the serve from the bottom line, but he used the monster's huge body as a cover, and kept getting close to the monster that was returning to defense during the advancement process, and then used the moment when the opponent's body surpassed him to create Unguarded open [-]-point opportunities.

In the next attack, Paul used teammate Jordan's pick-and-roll again, but basically used the Lakers big man Gasol's return route to create an offensive opportunity and made another shot.

When Paul takes advantage of such opportunities to attack, whether the final offensive result is a hit, miss or turnover, chasing after the opponent's big man has always been his specialty.This kind of advancement may not be a conventional method, but the effect is not inferior to Westbrook's strong advancement.

Moreover, this way of advancement is extremely confusing, and it is easy for the opponent to fall into a difficult decision: whether to let the big player directly face Paul, or let the big man retreat to the basket, and change the small player to mark Paul. At this moment of indecision, Paul's sense of smell has created an offensive opportunity for himself or his teammates.

The beauty of Paul's push strategy is that he can get the same offensive effect whether he uses his teammates' screens or not.He can use the screens of teammates Adams or Noel to gain space for shots, or he can follow the opponent's retreating bigs and get offensive opportunities.

Even, Paul can let the opponent's big players become his own screen.For example, the retreating monster once found Paul behind him in time. In order to prevent the opponent from succeeding, the monster turned around immediately, but he did not expect that Paul would use him to create a cover for himself again, and the monster blocked Chu Xiao tightly. behind.If World of Warcraft is wearing the Clippers jersey at this time, then this is definitely a textbook pick-and-roll.

The key to Paul's unique skill is distance control. He must dribble close to the retreating big player to make the opponent feel threatened.But the distance can't be too close, because then the opponent can make up his mind to face up directly.Just like a top long-distance runner, he kept the distance between himself and his opponent within a controllable range in the early stage, waiting for the opportunity to complete the ultimate surpass.

Even if the opponent knows Paul's skill, if they want to guard against it, they will pay the price.As mentioned before, Paul can make an emergency stop and shoot outside the three-point line, or he can use the changing direction of advancement to disrupt the opponent's defense, thereby creating open opportunities for his teammates.

If it doesn't translate directly to scoring, it can quickly turn into a traditional pick-and-roll or isolation.If the opponent completes the matchup well, Paul will rest assured to wait for his teammates to do a real drag screen tactic; if the opponent has a misplaced defense, Paul will never let go of the opportunity to play big.

Chasing and following the big players in the opponent's defense is a method that Paul found after self-analysis in order to adapt to the modern age, and he has controlled it quite well.

According to statistics, in the first 9 seconds of offensive time this season, Paul's shooting rate is nearly 40%, which is a new high since he played for the Clippers in the 2011-12 season.

For comparison, Paul shot just 24 percent on this stat last year.

(End of this chapter)