lakers championship

Chapter 231 Theory of Truth and Pseudoscience

There are objective reasons why Morey's secret weapon has not been revealed for a long time.After all, in the NBA arena, as long as it is not a tactic that is so strong that there is no solution like the 'Dooku pick-and-roll', it can be broken with a little time.Therefore, the sooner Morey's secret weapon is activated, the overall effect may be lower, and it must be used at a critical moment to kill it with one blow.

The timeout ended in a blink of an eye, the game continued twice, and Harden really made his debut again.

The Rockets attacked, Harden dribbled the ball across the center line, and Tianyang stepped forward to delay.

From Tianyang's point of view, Harden didn't get enough rest, and he should ask Capela to play a pick-and-roll, so he reminded Cousins ​​to pay attention to changing defenses in advance.But Tianyang only guessed half of it. In addition to Capela, Anderson also mentioned the top of the arc, forming a high double block in an instant, and Harden took the opportunity to break through to the right.

While Randall switched defenses, Anderson ran to the left in the opposite direction and slipped to 45 degrees with Capela's cover.

Seeing this situation, Tianyang finally understood that Morey's secret weapon was the high position double block.

It is indeed a bit strong. The Warriors used it before. At that time, Tianyang led Randall and Ingram to double-team Curry. But now that Ingram is squatting on the left wing, Cousins ​​​​will definitely not be able to keep up. Curry is so easy to lock up, the Lakers can only switch defenses in the usual way.

It only takes a blink of an eye to think about this clearly, but Capela has made an air cut and Cousins ​​​​has to catch up.As a result, Anderson was completely unguarded, and it was too late for Tianyang to chase him.

Harden passed the ball decisively, and Anderson had waited for a long time, raised the knife and dropped it, and the three-pointer went into the net hollowly.

The fans at the scene applauded loudly. In the VIP room, the corners of Morey's mouth turned up slightly, revealing a satisfied smile.

The Lakers attacked, and Tianyang dribbled the ball across half court, and decided to do the same, and also used a high double block.

He stretched out his hand and gestured twice, and Cousins ​​and Randall immediately went up to the top of the arc.

Beverly looked a little dull, but he was clear in his heart, and he stood on the right route in advance to delay, trying to destroy Tianyang's dribble to achieve the goal of breaking the double block.But Tianyang acted accordingly, gave up breaking through from the right, and rushed to the left instead, using Randall's cover to stride into the three-point line.

At the same time, Cousins ​​​​stands at the top of the arc, doing a half-squat and preparing to catch the ball.

Cousins ​​has a three-pointer. Everyone knows that Capela went to chase Tianyang, but Anderson had to defend.

In this way, the Lakers got Randall a chance to play Beverly in a dislocation.

Randall didn't have a three-pointer, but he had a one-stop breakthrough.

Tianyang passed the ball decisively. Randall caught the ball and hit it high. He only dribbled the ball once and used his physical talent to rush to the free throw line.

Although the Lakers' offense was also a high-post double block, it only scored 2 points. The fans on the scene did not panic, and D'Antoni also looked calm. Even if it was like this every round, the Rockets always earned 1 point.

Easy side Rockets attack again, play the same tactics again, and Anderson still hits 3 points.

The point difference narrowed to 4 points, and the fans cheered. Morey's secret weapon is really good.

Looking back, the Lakers played high double blocks again, and it was Randall who broke through for a layup and scored 2 points.

In this way, the two teams played back and forth for 5 more rounds. The Rockets scored 3 points in a row from Harden and Anderson, and the Lakers scored 2 points in a row from Tianyang and Randall. The difference in points was only 1 point.

With 5 minutes and 20 seconds left in the game, Walton called a timeout, the Lakers 109 to the Rockets 108.

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When the Lakers players returned to the court, Walton didn't say anything, and looked directly at Tianyang, "Why don't you play mobile offense?"

Walton's doubts are also shared by other Lakers players. The mobile offense has three-pointers and air cuts, which is much easier than high-post double blocks.Everyone can participate, unlike these few minutes, Ingram and Nick Young are like spectators.But it was difficult for them to question Tianyang, the team leader, on the court, so Walton could only ask them.

Tianyang smiled, "Have you heard of the law of large numbers?"

"What the hell?" Cousins ​​looked confused.

"What laws and formulas are all mathematics, right?" Ingram guessed and asked with a GPA of 3.0 during college, his face was still full of expectations of being affirmed.

"You Stanford student, don't embarrass us, tell us quickly!" Wharton knew that Tianyang didn't mean it, but talking about the laws in front of this group of guys who have only been in college for a year is tantamount to talking about heaven.

Tianyang nodded, "In the first three quarters, the Rockets were suppressed by our perimeter and didn't take too many three-pointers. Now they resort to high-post double-blocks to forcibly create opportunities for three-pointers. We still mainly defend Capela's cuts. Inside, let Anderson and Harden shoot threes."

"I understand the truth, but what does this have to do with the law of large numbers you mentioned?" Cousins ​​was still confused, and so were the others.

"The Rockets shoot so many three-pointers, which is influenced by Morey's magic ball theory, but the magic ball theory is a pseudoscience, seeing the phenomenon but not the essence. According to the law of large numbers, their shooting percentage will definitely drop! If we strengthen the physical confrontation, Their hit rate will drop even more!" Tianyang explained carefully.

"What if it doesn't drop?" Cousins ​​asked again.

"Boogie, you have to believe in science." Tianyang shook his finger.

"So, in the few minutes just now, you let them fall into the comfort zone, and then you took the medicine?" Wharton asked.

"Yes!" Tianyang showed a sly smile, "And I want to make them complacent, so I keep breaking through and scoring layups. Only in this way, they will continue to shoot 3-pointers, but they can't adjust in time when they encounter trouble."

"It makes sense, then let's strengthen our physical confrontation..." Wharton began to arrange tactics.

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The timeout ended, and the two teams had a final battle, with the Lakers going first.

Tianyang dribbled the ball to the right wing, faced Beverly's mad dog press, passed the ball to Randall in advance, and then ran to the short corner on the right, using Nick Young to cover the basket without the ball.

At the same time, Ingram started from the left wing, rushed to the top of the arc, used Randall to cover and pass the ball hand-to-hand, and broke through to the basket.Anderson, who switched defenses, naturally couldn't catch up, and Ingram and Tianyang joined forces in the paint.

The Rockets suffered a loss once, and Harden, who was chasing Tianyang, did not dare to turn around to make up the defense, so he could only watch Ingram for a layup.

Hit, 5 minutes left in the game, the Lakers 111 to the Rockets 108.

In the TNT commentary, Kenny lamented, "Absolute talent is suppressed, and no defensive tactics will work."

Easy side Rockets attack, Harden dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, Tianyang stepped forward to press.

Anderson wanted to step forward to do a pick-and-roll, but Randall entangled with him desperately, and finally got rid of it, and the timing has been delayed.Just finished the pick-and-roll for Harden, and encountered Tianyang's interference, so he could only take off and catch the ball.

After receiving the ball, he didn't dare to adjust his posture comfortably, so he could only dribble a bit to force his shot.

With a bang, the shot hit the iron.

Randall grabbed the rebound and led the frontcourt one-stop. The Lakers went down the third line for a fast break.

At a glance from before, Anderson couldn't keep up with Randall, and the Rockets had to send someone to defend.

The basketball was passed around, and finally fell into the hands of Nick Young. After watching the play for a long time, he made a decisive 3-pointer.

Hit, the Lakers lead reached 6 points again.

Turning around, the Rockets attacked again, and Harden dribbled the ball to the top of the arc. After the same operation, Capela no longer chose to go down, but helped Anderson stop Tianyang who was changing defense.

It was a bit of a change, but Cousins ​​didn't care about anything, and slapped Anderson's shooting hand.

The referee whistled and whistled Cousins ​​for a thug foul, but Anderson also hit the iron with a 3-pointer.

Then he made 3 free throws, and the pain in his right hand was so hot that Anderson only hit 1 goal.

The Lakers attacked and started moving offensive tactics again. The whole Rockets defended around the front and did not give Tianyang a chance to pass the ball.

Facing Beverly's defense, Tianyang dribbled the ball sideways to the right elbow, and then started playing with his back.

Naturally, Beverly couldn't defend himself, so he tactfully chose to foul early, and Tianyang made two free throws.

The Lakers led by 7 points with only 3 minutes and 50 seconds left in the game.

In the TNT commentary, O'Neal slapped the table, "I declare that the Lakers win this game!"

Buckley nodded slightly in agreement, but Kenny remained silent.Anyone can see that the situation is not good for the Rockets, but it is not known whether Morey still has a secret weapon.

(End of this chapter)