Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 355 Worth a try

Kobe was in a bad mood.

Not only because of the loss and his poor performance, but also because he regretted failing in the MVP selection for several years in a row.

Whether it's losing to Shaquille O'Neal, Tim Duncan or Steve Nash, Kobe's heart is unconvinced.

In terms of statistics, he has never lost to anyone. This season, he averaged 30.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game, and his shooting percentage reached a career-high 49.2%, second only to Allen Iverson in scoring. It is 8 percentage points higher than Iverson, and it is a complete victory in efficiency.

In terms of record, the Lakers ranked first in the regular season for the first two years and finally won the championship. Although the ranking is not good this season, the winning percentage is not a problem.

However, those "experts" who hold voting rights have always favored the so-called "single-core leadership", especially this season's Steve Nash, after coming to the Suns, he changed a team from last season The second-to-last has become the first-to-last season this season, which is a bit of a waste of money. In addition, his somewhat legendary return made the votes tilt towards him even more.

After the game, Kobe went to the training hall alone for additional training. In this kind of head-to-head confrontation, being suppressed by a direct competitor was of course unbearable given his personality.

When Jim came to the office, he saw Kobe sweating profusely on the court as expected.

Jim still understands Kobe's thoughts. Since the announcement of the season awards, he has been keeping this topic secret. If he insists on clearing the ground for experts, firstly, the Lakers' lineup looks very luxurious, and secondly, Kobe has continued to maintain a stable high. After 5 years of level output, people lack freshness. The current selection mechanism is still more inclined to the "lone hero" personality design. If it weren't for Garnett's 21.3 points, 14.7 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 2.1 blocks and 1.5 steals data, no matter the low-level or The high level is too eye-catching, and Ben Wallace has been elected as the best defensive player before, which leads to people's aesthetic fatigue. It is difficult for DPOY this season to fall into the hands of Garnett.

After thinking about it for a while, Jim decided not to bother him anymore, and the most urgent thing to do is to think about the countermeasures for the next game.

Trying my best to recall the previous series where the Spurs defeated the Suns, one was because the Suns lacked Joe Johnson, and the other was because of Robert Hawley's brutal foul-exchanging tactics. There are always some objective factors in each victory. Never lost in any series.

The sun's zone defense tactics made it impossible for Jim to attack Nash's roll call tactics, and D'Antoni's system was famous for amplifying the point guard's ability. The first-rate point guards can put up eye-catching stats. It's not that no one has tried the tactic of strangling Nash, and the effect is really unbelievable.

To say that the only shortcoming of the Lakers offensive end is that there is no reliable three-point shooter. Except for Billups, no one has a three-point shooting rate of more than 40%. As for Kyle Korver, his level is not enough In order to debut in this level of competition.

Against other teams, this is not a problem. Kobe's powerful offensive firepower is enough to settle everything, but when he encounters a team with fierce firepower like the Suns, the lack of three-pointers means the lack of scoring explosiveness.

Looking at the technical statistics, Jim shook his head again and again due to the dismal shooting percentage of the role players. The shooting of Artest and Battier was completely unwatchable, including Billups, which can only be said to be not satisfactory.

If you want to seize the opportunity in the battle, the only way is to hit the success rate.

Taking another look at Kobe who was still practicing shooting in the training ground downstairs, Jim had already made up his mind.

At 3 o'clock in the morning, Kobe finally finished his extra practice, packed up his things and went home, while Jim pulled out the camp bed in the office and lay down directly with his clothes on.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Jim was awakened by the smell of tacos.

There were two servings of his most frequently eaten flavors on the desk. In the distance, Stevens was wearing earphones, watching the video with Bzdelik, and the two of them spoke in a low voice as much as possible.

Glancing at the time, it was just past eight o'clock in the morning.

Jim got up, straightened his tangled hair, and walked behind the two of them.

"Good morning, gentlemen."

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Jim washed up and listened to Stevens' work report while eating tacos that were still warm.

"Sir, Mr. Bzdelik and I have done some analysis and found that our defensive strategy may need to make some adjustments. We focused too much on defending the connection between Steve Nash and Carlos Boozer, but let others The Suns players got a lot of opportunities, such as this ball."

Stevens finds the edited video, Nash and Boozer are on the high screen, Garnett puts a big delay on Nash, Billups also continues to mark Nash, at this time Boozer cuts to the basket, originally marking Marion Battier immediately recovered the basket guard.On the other side, Joe Johnson mentioned high-level support.

Nash gave the ball to Joe Johnson. At this time, Boozer was in the basket. On the other side, Marion was emptied.

"This is a typical example. The Suns get a lot of open opportunities like this. We think this defensive strategy, for the Suns with Joe Johnson's ability to handle the ball, is to give the opponent a 4-on-3 opportunity. ’” Stevens concluded, pausing.

Jim pondered for a while, thinking of the peak warrior in his previous life, when Draymond Green's shooting was not sloppy, if Curry was double-teamed and he passed the ball, it would be a similar 4-on-3 situation.

Although not as shocking as Curry's three-pointer, Nash in the playoffs is also a chilling killer.

"Tell me, what if we don't double-team Nash?"

"I think we've practiced unlimited switching for a season, and it's time to try it out on the field. If we switch, the best opportunity for the Suns will be on Carlos Boozer, Chauncey Billup All he needs to do is to guard the route he goes down and not let him easily go to the basket to complete the dunk. If he chooses more mid-range shots, the Suns' offensive efficiency will drop a lot, and we will have hope of winning. At least... " Bzdelik swallowed the last half of the sentence.

"At least it's better than giving them a wide open three-pointer and then praying that the shot doesn't go in, right? Jeff, don't worry about anything. If you have something to say, I have a lot of problems in this situation. I have to say card Ross Boozer's provocation is very useful. I was also ridiculed by him for a while. I only wanted to block the connection between him and Nash, but ignored the more essential things. Moreover, after switching defenses and shrinking the basket, the space on the court will not It's as big as it was before, and it's also a limitation for Sean Marion's air cut." Jim laughed.

"Worth a try!"

(End of this chapter)