Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 46 Strategies to Destroy the Enemy
Duncan is undoubtedly the strongest part of the entire Spurs.

Today's Spurs, in the absence of talent and creativity, cannot play smooth pass and cut cooperation, and rarely get easy one-on-one chances. Popovich's solution is to play defensively. Chicken blood, the rhythm is desperately dragging, and the offense gives Duncan these three tricks.In addition to the inside-out tactics initiated by Duncan's low singles, that is, Parker's occasional breakthrough.

Zen Master's Lakers have played against the Spurs continuously for many years, and they are well aware of the power of this young man who is taciturn on the court and looks harmless to humans and animals.Under normal circumstances, if the Lakers want to beat the Spurs, Kobe's performance is crucial. His mid-range offense can bypass Duncan's rock-solid defense at the basket and hit the Spurs' weakness.

But today, Fei Xia's mid-range shooting seems to be frozen. Since the opening, he has made 4 of 0 shots. Could it be that Charles Smith's metaphysical defense has an effect?

Kobe's offense was unfavorable, but Duncan felt hot, so the Lakers could only change their approach.As one of the coaches with the highest winning percentage in history, Zen master has already had a countermeasure. Since he cannot limit Duncan's scoring, he can only kill him and limit his playing time.If Duncan can be brought back to the bench, there is a limit to the fact that an unavailable Duncan is better than an unavailable Langley.

The Lakers' triangle offense is different from dynamic offensive systems such as Princeton's offense. It does not pursue absolute zero defensive opportunities.With the Zen master's arrangement on the sidelines, Anthony Mason, who was the pivot, quickly made adjustments and lobbed the ball to O'Neal in the low post.

After receiving the ball easily, O'Neal used his huge body to clear the way, knocked past David Robinson's defense, and forced a shot.

Duncan's help defense was always timely. When O'Neal was about to leave the basketball and couldn't make the next move, Shi Buddha stretched out the Tathagata palm to block the ball directly out of the baseline.

Mason, who served the baseline ball, did not pass the ball to O'Neal, who had a gloomy face and was stuck in a crazy position, but threw it to Kobe on the other sideline.

Facing Charles Smith's defense, Fei Xia easily broke through the first line of defense with a simple step-by-step breakthrough and went straight to the basket.

Duncan moved between Kobe and the basket in a big stride, blocking Kobe's attack route. At the same time, he did not forget to pay attention to Ben Wallace at the basket. If Kobe chooses to pass the ball at this time, he will definitely be caught halfway. Steal.

On the other side, David Robinson didn't look at Kobe at all, he just focused on defending O'Neal around the front to avoid Kobe's sudden points.

Kobe looked at Duncan who was lying between himself and the basket, but without the slightest hesitation, he directly collected the ball and took off!

Duncan straightened his arms and kept his hands upright without any downward pressure while interfering with Kobe's layup to the greatest extent. How to control his fouls is a compulsory course for an excellent insider. It is not necessary to pursue blocking every time he defends. Let the opponent's shot miss, that is good defense.

However, to prevent Kobe from scoring, such defensive strength is still slightly insufficient.

Fei Xia collected the ball in the air, changed hands, raised his waist, and gliding past Duncan, took the ball to the other side of the basket, and picked the basket with a backhand when he was about to hit the ground.

Everything was perfect except the ending.

David Robinson predicted that Kobe would not pass the ball when he took off, so he emptied O'Neal, concentrated on catching Kobe's shot, and mercilessly fanned this difficult draw bar out of the bottom line.

The OK combination failed to hit the basket consecutively, and the Lakers' momentum was depressed.

There are only two seconds left in the attack time. With Kobe's hasty shot missing, the Lakers' killing tactics are a complete failure.

It is obviously possible to make a foul ball, but it is necessary to make it difficult, Zen Master is a little helpless.

"If we can't kill Duncan and Robinson, maybe we can try to get the opponent to take the initiative to replace them." Stevens walked over and whispered something in Zen Master's ear.

Here, Steve Smith made his second three-pointer of the field. The Spurs led the Lakers 17 to 12, and the Zen master called a timeout.

After returning from the timeout, the Lakers replaced Ben Wallace with rookie Mehmet Okur.

What kind of strange formation is this?Are the Lakers going to use the Twin Towers to deal with the Twin Towers?Ben Wallace's height and weight are indeed a disadvantage against Duncan, but can this big white man guard against Duncan?
Bowen squatted in the corner of the weak side for thousands of years, Okur stood directly outside the three-point line on the weak side, and O'Neal was also on the weak side, leaving the strong side to Kobe and Mason.

Steve Smith retreated under Mason's strong push and was quickly squeezed to the basket. At this time, Duncan was marking Okur from the outside, and the Spurs were in a vacuum.

As a last resort, David Robinson left O'Neal to defend. Seeing the success of the tactics, the Sharks unceremoniously followed up into the paint area, received a light inside pass from Mason, and dunked with both hands.

The resentful shark swam back to the half court with the overlord step, and Popovich was scratching his head here.

Replace one of the twin towers?That O'Neal will be unstoppable inside.not change?That is to bet on Okur not to score three points.

Popovich still decided not to change the twin towers, not only because he was more afraid of O'Neal, but also to protect Duncan as much as possible on the defensive end and prevent him from directly facing O'Neal's impact.

The Spurs attack, the ball finds Duncan, and he is ready to attack Okur, who is generally defensive.

Although Okur has a slow pace, he is tall and strong. Duncan can't bully Okur purely by his size like he did with Ben.

Duncan turned to the face frame, ready to attack with his feet, and Anthony Mason's double-team was already in place.

Although Mason is short, he is as strong as Malone. Faced with such a double-team, Duncan chose to pass the ball. This time Kobe stood in front of Steve Smith, and Bowen stared at Parker, making Charles Smith A large space with a radius of five meters was obtained on the outside line.

Smith, who only made more than [-]% of his three-pointers this season, after making a fake shot, saw that no one had the intention of defending, so he aimed at the basket and hesitantly made a shot, showing his three-pointers. Great lack of self-confidence.

The ball hit the iron without any suspense. O'Neal accepted the rebound, danced his elbow to push back Robinson who was trying to steal, and then threw the basketball directly to the frontcourt with one hand in the posture of a football goalkeeper throwing the ball over his shoulder.

This pass was like a cannonball, spanning three-quarters of the field, and accurately found Kobe, who was already about to play.

Glancing behind him, unguarded, Fei Xia took off with all his strength after catching the ball, and in front of 360 spectators at the Staples Center, he showed off a [-]-degree turn and dunk with both hands!
The Lakers regained their momentum, but the game entered an interesting time period. Duncan resolutely protected the basket, helped his teammates defend O'Neal and Mason's low-post offense, and took a short attitude towards Okur who was floating outside the three-point line.

The Lakers were even more extreme. Mason and Okur double-teamed Duncan frantically, not giving him any room to shoot, and almost ignored Charles Smith, at most they didn't let him layup.

The two sides are like Russian roulette, with Okur and Smith taking turns to take open shots. For a while, the game seems to have become a shooting practice for the two.

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