NBA: I haven't played a game but I'm full of talent

After pretending to be aggressive with Kobe, Ling Yang quickly passed the ball.

After all, pretending to be aggressive is pretending to be aggressive, and a quick counterattack should be fought or fought.

However, after Kobe just interfered, it did slow down Ling Yang's speed of the ball. After Nash's dribble fell to the half court, the Lakers had already settled down to defend.

With the previous precedent, Kobe followed Ling Yang very closely with this ball, and did not give Ling Yang a chance to cut directly.

Seeing that there was no chance to cut to the basket, Ling Yang simply lay in ambush on the baseline, waiting for the opportunity.

But here Ling Yang had just stood still two steps outside the three-second zone, when Nash's ball was thrown over suddenly.

Seeing the ball flying towards him, Ling Yang was a little surprised, but at this time he really didn't think much about it.

Although Kobe was still one step ahead, and he was still sticking up now, Ling Yang who received the ball almost pulled up and shot without hesitation.

This is the principle that the entire Suns team has always adhered to. If you have room to shoot and Nash passes the ball again, then attack!

"This……"

Kobe was also a little surprised to see Ling Yang get the ball so decisively and shoot, but his reaction was also very fast, and he took a quick step up and almost jumped up against Ling Yang to defend against interference.

In the previous round, Ling Yang blocked him and completed a 2+1 counterattack. Kobe said that he could not let Ling Yang complete the score again.

Kobe's defensive interference was sufficient, but Ling Yang's shooting confidence was also overwhelming. After all, the close-up ability value has reached 90, and the rhythm of this ball is very good.

Facing Kobe's defense, Ling Yang threw the ball steadily!

At the moment when the ball was released, Ling Yang suddenly felt his feet being touched by something, and immediately realized what was going on.

Following this force, Ling Yang fell backwards directly.

"drop!"

Just when the talent was lying on the ground, Ling Yang heard the referee's whistle.

The next moment, the scene suddenly burst into cheers!

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Hearing such cheers, Ling Yang vaguely guessed the result, and after the rushing Bell and Marion pulled him up, Ling Yang saw Kobe's expression, which also confirmed his guess.

Kobe's expression at the moment was indeed a bit dazed, he glanced at Ling Yang, and said in his heart:

"Damn it!"

Originally, he just wanted to disturb Ling Yang, but in the end, he encountered Ling Yang and was called a foul.

More importantly, he remembered that in the past, Ling Yang usually shot when he had a relatively wide open space.

This ball has already made a defensive action early on, rushing up to stick to the defense, why does Ling Yang still shoot so decisively?

Ling Yang didn't know what Kobe was thinking, otherwise he would definitely answer the other party.

90 shots, so confident!

Amid the cheers of the fans, Ling Yang stood on the free throw line and made the extra free throw steadily.

"Beautiful!!! 2+1!"

"Ling scored 2+1 again. He made a shot against Kobe's defense and caused a foul!"

"Wow!! Ling played so beautifully in these rounds. He blocked Kobe for two consecutive rounds, and scored 2+1 in the counterattack!! The point difference opened up again!"

30:43, with Ling Yang's extra penalty hit, the point difference widened again!

The Lakers re-launched the offense, and Kobe, who came to the other half, also became ruthless.

Facing Ling Yang's entanglement, Kobe, who was catching the ball in the middle distance, made an emergency stop, then turned around again, flashed a space from Ling Yang's side, and then forced a backhand layup in the three-second zone. 2 minutes.

It's just that such a score has become one of the few offensive highlights of Kobe's second quarter.

After the first half of the game, Kobe made 10 of 2 shots and 4 of 3 free throws and only scored 7 points. This scoring performance is undoubtedly a huge difference from his status as the league's top scorer, especially considering the other players of the Lakers today. The player actually didn't perform well, and the team still needs him to score.

The offensive end cannot be opened, and the Lakers' restrictions on the Suns on the defensive end are not good.

The most important thing is that the low offensive efficiency of the Lakers gave the Suns a lot of counterattack opportunities.

As a master counter-attacker, Ling Yang undoubtedly benefited from it, so in the first half of the game, Ling Yang scored 14 points, which was even stronger than Kobe.

43:58, the end of the first half, the point difference between the two sides has widened to 15 points.

"Offensive. In fact, the biggest problem for the Lakers in the first half of the game was offense."

During the intermission, Mike Breen and Chris Mullin, who were commentating on the sidelines, were doing analysis.

"In the first half of the game, after Kobe encountered a strong defense, the Lakers didn't have too many people to stand up and score."

"No, no, Mike, that's not it." Chris Mullin interrupted Mike Breen.

"We normally say that if Kobe is strongly defended on the Lakers side, other players need to stand up and score. It means that Kobe has attracted most of the opponent's defensive firepower, such as two or even three people's defense."

"But this game was not like this. For most of the first half, Ling Yang was alone defending Kobe, so the other Lakers players didn't benefit from Kobe, at least not much."

Mike Brin nodded slightly after hearing it, "Chris, what you said makes sense, so the key to the Lakers in the second half of the game is Kobe!"

"Yes, the key lies in whether Kobe can score well under Ling's defense, score crazy to lead the team to comeback, or attract other Suns players to attack by scoring, creating more opportunities for teammates."

The Lakers are also very aware of this, so throughout the intermission, Phil Jackson was studying how to make Kobe more free from Ling Yang's entanglement.

Phil Jackson has realized that in the second quarter, the tactic of allowing Kobe to run off the ball to catch the ball, and then single-play Ling Yang in the low position is ineffective, at least the efficiency is not high, and it is difficult for Kobe to play against Ling Yang's defense Good luck.

So at the beginning of the third quarter, Ling Yang quickly discovered the changes in Kobe's offensive end.

In the first round of offense on the Suns side, the Lakers encountered a strong defense. After the offense failed, the ball came to the Lakers' side.

After entering halftime, Kobe didn't wait for Ling Yang to come forward to pester him, and took the pass one step before the center line.

"This is to reduce the entanglement with me before catching the ball and save energy."

As soon as he saw Kobe receiving the ball in such an outside position, Ling Yang immediately made a judgment.

"But Kobe has tried it in the first half. Holding the ball on the three-point line against himself is not very effective in defense. Now if he holds the ball outside the three-point line, the probability is...

pick and roll! "

Thinking this way, Ling Yang soon saw that Kobe was dribbling towards the three-point line, and inside, Kwame Brown had indeed moved from the inside.

So, Ling Yang quickly made a gesture towards his teammates.

At this time, Kobe had already stepped outside the three-point line and entered Ling Yang's defensive range.

Yes, against Kobe, Ling Yang expanded the defense range is very large.

Kwame Brown stepped forward to pick and roll at this time and blocked it on the right side. Kobe also dribbled the ball and directly broke through from the right side.

Ling Yang didn't want to squeeze past Brown, but went around from behind. At the same time, Kurt Thomas directly stepped forward to defend.

Pinch!

Kobe had just taken a step forward, and before he had time to get inside the three-point line, he was attacked by Ling Yang and Thomas.

Thomas was on the side, Ling Yang was in front, and the two completely blocked Kobe's forward path.

Kobe obviously didn't expect that Ling Yang and his teammates would attack so decisively.

At this time, I had to rely on the backs of the two to protect the ball, and at the same time began to observe my teammates.

Brown, who originally wanted to go down after the pick-and-roll, quickly withdrew back to outside the three-point line to respond, and Kobe also pushed the ball to Brown after seeing it.

"not good!"

As soon as the basketball was shot, Kobe realized that something was wrong, because he found a force behind him disappearing.

However, he had already thrown the ball, and it was too late to do other actions.

But at this moment, Ling Yang, who was originally blocked by Kobe, suddenly jumped out, and his big hand directly reached for the basketball that Kobe had just thrown.

"squeak!"

As Ling Yang swept the basketball with his finger, the basketball that was originally flying horizontally began to fly towards the center line.

"coax!!"

Intense cheers instantly resounded throughout the arena!

Ling Yang took advantage of the trend and rushed forward, and Kobe who reacted immediately rushed out to the basketball's landing point.

However, Ling Yang, who started first, was in a better position. Kobe just started, and watched Ling Yang's big hands that he envied grabbed the ball.

Immediately afterwards, there was a burst of cheering and cheering.

"GO! GO!"

Ling Yang, who got the ball, took a leap, left Kobe behind, and quickly ran to the other half.

"boom!!!"

Accompanied by Ling Yang's heavy cracking, the cheers once again resounded throughout the arena!

"Bang!! Beautiful!!!"

"In the first round of the second half, Ling completed a steal and counter-dunk against Kobe!"

"The Lakers seemed to adjust Kobe's offensive tactics in the second half of the game, but judging from the first round, it didn't work."

The Lakers re-launched the attack, and Kobe became more cautious. He never expected that he would make a direct mistake in the first round after adjusting his play in the second half.

Kobe continued to pick and roll with Brown from outside the three-point line, while Ling Yang and Thomas' pincers were still decisive.

For this ball, Brown pulled the ball more from the outside, and the two successfully completed the pass, but Brown got the ball from outside the three-point line, which did not have any deterrent effect.

When Brown took the ball forward to the free throw line, Thomas had already returned to the defense.

The ball was finally handed over to Odom, and Odom singled Marion's mid-range jumper successfully, which finally relieved the urgent need for the Lakers.

Phil Jackson also realized something was wrong at this time, and immediately gestured towards the court.

So, in the next round, Ling Yang discovered that it was not Brown who stepped forward to pick and roll, but Odom.

This undoubtedly makes it difficult for the Suns to flank, because if Ling Yang and Marion flank Kobe at the same time, Odom can catch the ball outside the three-point line, but he can shoot directly.

Seeing this scene, Ling Yang and Marion chose to switch defenses with a tacit understanding.

Kobe finally got rid of Ling Yang's defense, but faced with Marion's defense, he didn't feel so comfortable.

With continuous shaking, Kobe dribbled the ball from Marion's side to the free throw line.

Seeing that the inside Suns players were ready to pinch at any time, Kobe made an emergency stop on the left side of the free throw line, ready to shoot.

"careful!"

At this moment, Kobe suddenly heard Odom's reminder.

The next moment, he felt someone approaching from the side and rear, and before he could react, Kobe suddenly heard a slight sound.

"Snapped!"

"Lingyang!! Lingyang defends and blocks Kobe!!!"

The real commentator who was watching from the sidelines shouted immediately.

But at this time on the field, Ling Yang, who came to supplement the defense, covered Kobe's basketball with his big hand, and the next moment, he suddenly exerted force, and directly grabbed the ball from Kobe's hand.

"coax!!"

Cheers resounded throughout the arena again!

Accompanied by such cheers, Ling Yang, who picked up the ball, directly avoided Kobe's defense, and quickly rushed towards the other half.

Smush Parker was the most outside player of the Lakers at this time, staying on the right side of the three-point line, he immediately retreated to the rear.

But what he needs to face is the two-line fast break of Ling Yang and Nash.

After Ling Yang ran across the center line, he handed the ball to Nash, who then went straight to the basket.

Although Smush Parker judged that Nash had a high probability of passing back to Ling Yang, he still had to defend Nash at this time.

And then, the scene most familiar to Sun fans appeared.

"Ling counters fast break, Steve passes the ball, it's an alley-oop...

Bang! ! !Beautiful connection, the city of empty picks! ! ! "

"17 points! The Suns widened the point difference to 17 points!"

The Lakers also never expected that after Kobe changed his tactics in the second half, except for Odom's victory in the second round, the other two rounds ended in failure, which directly widened the point difference to 17 points .

It can only be said that the individual defensive capabilities of several Suns players are too strong.

Coupled with the fact that Ling Yang is such an incomparably strong defensive monster, the Lakers' change strategy is completely useless.

The Lakers had to change their style of play again later, allowing Odom to hold the ball more, while Kobe kept entangled with Ling Yang, occasionally finding an opportunity to try.

Under such circumstances, Kobe's scoring is naturally not much higher, and the Lakers' offense is not much better.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers once played a 6:0 spurt, narrowing the difference between the two sides to 9 points and nothing more.

90:104, the game ended, and the Suns won the first game of the playoffs at home with a huge advantage of 14 points.

"It was an unexpected game."

Mike Breen watched the players of the two teams leave from the player channel and spoke directly.

"The result of the game is not surprising. The Suns, who have home court advantage, took the lead to win a game, but the progress of the game is surprising.

It can be said that the Suns used defense to win this game. Ling Yang's defense against Kobe is the key to the Suns' victory in this game.

Although Steve Nash scored a game-high 25 points and 14 assists in this game, I still think that Ling is the number one hero of the Suns in this game. "

When Mike Breen said this, Chris Mullin immediately responded:

"Mike, I agree with your point of view, let's take a look at the data of Kobe and Ling Yang.

科比全场比赛20投5中，其中三分球3投0中，罚球8罚7中，拿到19分，6个篮板4次助攻，同时还有4次失误。

As the league's top scorer, he shot only 25% and scored only 19 points in the first game of the playoffs, which is enough to show how good Ling's defense is.

And Ling didn't just contribute on the defensive end, with 24 points, 12 rebounds, 5 steals and 4 blocked shots. This is the data Ling handed over in the whole game.

If you just look at the statistics, Ling almost crushed Kobe!

Of course, many of Ling's points benefited from Nash's assists, and this is exactly what makes the Suns great. The offense is organized by Nash, and the defense is led by a group of defensive pioneers led by Ling! "

"Tsk tsk, this is really hard to imagine. A player who is playing in the playoffs for the first time can play such an outstanding performance. He looks like a battle-tested fighter."