lakers championship

Chapter 339 Tactical Wizard Jackson

After the words were finished, Brin and Mark Qiqi turned their heads to look at Xiao Fan, and then looked at each other. Afterwards, the two had a hellish expression on their faces, as if they were saying, "What else can you see?"

As a former NBA head coach who is good at defense, Xiao Fan naturally has something.

He kept his composure and said slowly: "As the two mentioned just now, it is a very risky defensive strategy to go up and double-team the ball holder. It is generally only used when there is only one core defender on the opposite side." Will use it, but the Blazers have Lillard and CJ two ball-holding points, but the Lakers still use it, do you know why?"

Brin and Mark stared, slightly impatient, what's the point?
Xiao Fan smiled and continued: "What's more serious is that the Blazers have an excellent big player like Nurkic to support, and Lopez has no ability to help defend near the three-point line, so the Lakers' move It seems like hitting a stone with a pebble is very unwise."

"But what you must pay attention to is that, as a 4 player, Randall can defend against big players on the inside and can also defend small players on the outside. The defensive area is very large and can shrink freely. It is the best proof that the Lakers have established the ultimate defense switching and supplementary defense system with him and Rondo as the axis..."

"What's the deal with Rondo?" Mark interrupted rudely.

Xiao Fan was not angry, shook his head and continued: "Rondo has a deep research on how Lillard handles, passes, and shoots. It is very difficult for Lillard to pass the ball in double-teaming. In this way, God Yang, Randall, Ingram and others have more room for error."

"Coupled with the Blazers' long-term singles-based style of play with two guns in the backcourt, the entire team's off-ball movement is not good enough. The Blazers ranked last in assists in the league, and finally became the result we are seeing now. It has to be said that the Lakers' defense is too strong, which is the biggest reason for their net rating of 12.6, the first in the league, and it is by no means an empty name."

After some arguments, the logic was smooth and well-founded. Mark Jackson thought hard, but couldn't find anything to complain about, so he could only 'hum' twice, neither agreeing nor opposing.

But Breen, a pure commentator who has never been a coach, took the topic and asked: "Then according to your statement, wouldn't the Blazers be able to break the Lakers' defense by running?"

Xiao Fan shrugged: "That's the truth, but the problem is...the Blazers can't outrun the Lakers..."

Indeed, as long as Randall plays center, the Lakers send 5 rookies. With the youngest lineup in the league, they can kill any other team in the league. The previous 7 games are the best examples.

This is a very simple truth, which can be understood after thinking about it casually, and Brin also became silent.

……

On the court, the game time came to 4 minutes and 40 seconds of the first quarter, and the Lakers led the Blazers 16 to 5.

With 20 seconds left before the first official timeout, Lillard dribbled the ball to the field.

Judging from the expression on his face, he was very anxious and kept ordering his teammates to move.

Thinking about it, I had a two-day battle on Twitter, but it ended in a fight.

It doesn't matter if you lose the game, if you score too few points, wouldn't this year's All-Stars be ruined again?

In the blink of an eye, Lillard was dribbling back and forth at the top of the arc looking for an opportunity.Korondo doesn't care about that much at all, he can post infinitely, follow wherever he goes, and never give any room to make a move.

If you break through, please feel free, after all, there is still a Lopez waiting eagerly in the three-second zone.

Ten seconds later, Lillard finally got impatient and chose to take a step back after pulling the ball and directly shot a three-pointer.

Rondo really can't defend this kind of ball. Fortunately, Lillard didn't have a "convulsion", and he shot hard.

Lopez relied on the card position to grab the rebound, turned around on the ground, threw a backhand, and the Lakers made a fast break.

Tianyang rushed to the front, Rondo received the ball first and passed it to him, and then shot from outside the three-point line.

besides!Tianyang scored his 8th point and the Lakers led 19-5.

The official timeout whistle sounded, and Stotts breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately picked up the tactical board and rushed into the field. He didn't pay attention to the leather shoes running away. He just wanted to seize every second to arrange tactics for the players.

"Although I couldn't hear what Coach Stotts was talking about on the live radio, judging from his excitement and excitement, I think he must come up with a way to attack the Lakers' defense. The counterattack horn." Mark's tone was very confident, as if he was stating a certain matter. .

The corners of Xiao Fan's lips turned slightly: "We have all been coaches. What offensive tactics do you think can help the Blazers break the current predicament? In my opinion, unless Lillard descends to earth and uses all kinds of unreasonable scoring, the Play until the fourth quarter and try your luck."

Before Mark heard the words, Brin was stunned. When did Xiao Fan become so aggressive?
When I first came up, I mentioned that I was a coach. If you can't come up with a cracking strategy, isn't it a parallel import?Moreover, he chose a panacea-style method first, and Mark had no choice but to come up with dry goods.

Mark also seemed to realize that something was wrong. With so many people watching the live broadcast across the country, beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead.

For about five seconds, Mark's stiff expression stretched, and he seemed to think of something, and said hastily:

"The Blazers need to run, share the ball more, pass the ball fast..."

A series of correct but useless nonsense kept coming out of Mark’s mouth, causing the Chinese fans watching the live broadcast to frantically rant: “Is this man Ma Jian from the United States? 99 out of a hundred sentences are nonsense!”

On the side of the Lakers, Walton high-fived the five players off the court one by one, and then beckoned the Lakers to surround them.

"Rondo, Lopez, Ingram, Randall, you four take a break first, Rose, Tatum, Kuzma, McGee, you four, do you want Tianyang to continue playing?"

Tianyang nodded when he heard the words: "I will continue to play, first maintain the point difference, and create some playing time for Hart."

When he said this, all the Lakers generals recalled the previous events and laughed out loud.

Hart cupped his fists: "Brother, you always think about me, you will always be my big brother!"

The generals laughed again, and Tatum raised his hand and asked, "How to defend after going up?"

"Look at the situation and defend yourself." Wharton waved his hand to signal the dismissal, with a face full of indifference, in stark contrast to Stotts, who was commanding passionately in the center of the field.

The generals of the Lakers smiled heartily, first there was 'fight according to the situation', and now there is 'defense according to the situation'!
……

The timeout ended in a blink of an eye, the game continued between the two teams, and the Blazers attacked.

Faced with a 14-point deficit, Lillard even began to breathe heavily. He slowly brought the ball forward. McCollum and others ran wildly, as if they were executing an extremely complicated offensive tactic.

The Lakers were a little anxious at first, and Tatum and Kuzma were still a little panicked.

But Tianyang waved his hand to signal, and the two immediately calmed down, and then each held a position, and began to implement a 2-1-2 zone defense, letting the Blazers run around, pretending not to see it.

Zone defense, as the name suggests, focuses on the ball and not on people. The advantage is that each player has a fixed defensive position and a clear division of labor. The disadvantage is that if there is a position that is not weak, it is easy to become a breakthrough.

As a point guard, although Lillard is not good at defense, he can read general defense.

His eyes skipped over McGee, Kuzma, Tatum, and Tianyang one by one, and stopped on Rose.

'Yes, that's him, the best one to break through'

Determined to pay attention, he accelerated with a heavy shoulder, and rushed from the left side of Ross.

But he never expected that not only Rose chased and defended, but also McGee from the free throw line and Tatum from the short corner on the right all outflanked him, scaring him to pass the ball to Nurkic in a hurry.

As soon as the basketball was released, McGee immediately retracted it, and Tam turned around to the basket, ready to pinch at any time.

Nurkic can pass to Aminu, but with McGee and Tatum in the middle, it is more risky.

After thinking for a second, Nurkic turned and passed the ball to the left wing.

McCollum took the ball and dribbled decisively to break through from the left half, but his experience was the same as Lillard's. Not only Tianyang chased and defended, but even Kuzma in the short corner on the left and McGee at the free throw line were all staring at him. look at him.

As long as he dared to rush in, there would be absolutely no point. Compared with the two, McCollum stopped and shot.

"Dang", there was a crisp iron strike, McGee caught the rebound, turned around on the ground, and made another long pass.

Mark suddenly slapped the table and said excitedly: "I have thought of a way to break the Lakers' defense!"

Breen explained that the Lakers were in the middle of the fast break, stopped immediately, and hurriedly asked: "What can I do? Come and listen!"

"Let Lillard and McCollum play like Kobe, didn't the Spurs defend the Lakers like this at the beginning? In the end, Kobe used a mid-range shot to kill him alive!" Mark couldn't help applauding his own ideas.

After hearing this, Xiao Fan used his utmost professionalism to hold back his laughter.

Brin's face darkened, and he turned to look at the big screen in the live broadcast room: "Tianyang made a mid-range shot and made a 2-pointer."

Mark sensed something was wrong and hurriedly reviewed whether there was something wrong, and then he finally realized:

Making Lillard and McCollum as good as Kobe is as difficult as wishing God for world peace. It's better to expect the Blazers players to run, share the ball more, and pass the ball faster...

(End of this chapter)