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Chapter 474 [Sit on the rocket, fight the wizards]

Chapter 474 [Sit on the rocket, fight the wizards]

It was agreed that when Nina graduated from junior high school and went to Los Angeles to develop, Yang Rui left Toronto with the team.

There was no news about Nina being thrown down by Yang Rui's bodyguard. Fortunately, there were no paparazzi following at that time. Otherwise, I don't know what the news would say, and there would be a lot of jokes on the Internet.

The next day the media mainly talked about Lakers players.

Kobe Bryant's popularity completely overwhelmed Carter, and he is far ahead in the All-Star voting that has already begun, second only to Yao Ming.

After Kobe and Yao Ming became partners, they won the support of Chinese fans. He is expected to continue to be the scoring champion. His style of play is most like Jordan. With the high exposure rate in Los Angeles, Kobe has become the league's top player on the outside.

Nike signed Kobe Bryant at a low price, and the new sneakers were sold, and they made a lot of money.The CEO of Adidas was furious at the meeting and wanted to drive away the person in charge who had previously proposed to terminate the contract with Kobe.

Yao Ming's popularity and evaluation have risen like a rocket. Last season, he couldn't even receive a good advertising endorsement, and now advertisers are crowded out.He almost locked the All-Star vote king, and Chinese fans voted for him.

Even the North American media, who used to have a bad name for Yao, are now starting to say good things about him, thinking that he is the number one center in the Western Conference, and he can also rank among the top three centers in the league.The other two are O'Neal and O'Neal Jr.

After that, the Lakers easily won several games in a row. Only on the 8th they were strongly challenged by the Suns at home. The Lakers reversed the 15-point gap in the final quarter and won again 120-113.

The Suns played their own advantages in this game, making 34 of 16 three-pointers, with a shooting rate of 47.1%. Even so, they still lost because they couldn't defend the Lakers' offense.

The Lakers outscored the post in scoring and rebounding, going 53-41 in total and 21-11 in offensive rebounds.

After analyzing the last game, Yang Rui increased the number of air cuts and breakthroughs, and tried to shoot near the basket. All the three major interior rebounds were in double figures.

姚名砍下16分14篮板，奥多姆19分12篮板，拉希德17分10篮板。

Kobe Bryant double-double, 20 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists.

The substitute Mo Williams also had 16 points and 2 rebounds, and made 4 three-pointers. As a point guard, there were no assists.

The assists of the Lakers' two point guards are very small, which has become an outlier in the league.People know why Yang Rui doesn't want Nash anymore. His team has never been a guard organization, but swingers and insiders to support the pass. The offense is very smooth, but no player has a particularly beautiful assist data.

A player's ability to assist is often proportional to the possession rate of the ball. Mo Williams has changed from "Mo Bu pass" to "Mo Bi pass". He just moves the ball and can't get assists.However, Mo Williams is very efficient, shooting 41.3% from [-]-point range, and playing similar to his previous life with the Cavaliers.

The Lakers played the SuperSonics, the Kings and other teams with easy wins. On December 12, the Lakers VS Wizards at home, full of gimmicks.

The Wizards have a 14-6 record in the Eastern Conference after the start of the game. Arenas, Jamison, and Stoudamire have a strong trident offense and are expected to be selected for the All-Star Game. The team's bench is led by Stackhouse. , Gerald - Wallace defense, they averaged 104.8 points per game, but also lost 103.3 points per game.

After training that day, the reporter interviewed Yang Rui and asked him to predict the outcome of the game.

Yang Rui smiled and said: "This will be a wonderful game. Both teams have strong attack power. The Lakers will win because our attack is stronger."

Eddie Jordan is still a bit emboldened in an interview. "The Wizards have a chance to win, and we have some advantages. Amare was the Rookie of the Year in 2002, he was stronger than Yao Ming, and Arenas was better than the Lakers point guard."

Arenas has a strong fighting spirit. Last season, Yang Rui's evaluation of him was not good, which made him very unhappy.There are many people on the Internet who say that Yang Rui disdains coaching Arenas, and that the Wizards dig him up in the summer to fall out.

Now, he wants to use a victory to prove that he is a qualified boss, better than Stoudamire.

Many radio stations broadcast live, fans are waiting to see the Wizards come to the stadium, and the stars soar.Staples Arena may be another basketball mecca after Madison, giving the game a special meaning.

Kobe also wanted to perform very much, and he practiced shooting in the morning to find his touch.Yang Rui informed him in advance and gave him unlimited shot rights. The Wizards’ defensive ability at No. 2 is average. The starter is Deshaun Stevenson. The backup Stackhouse is even less effective against Kobe. The game went too far.

The Wizards' fringe shooting guard is Anthony Peeler, who played in the preseason for the Lakers.

This game, Kobe Bryant is confident to break out.

When he played, Arenas was not afraid of the boos from the away team. His walking posture and expression were very dragging. During the warm-up, he made consecutive three-pointers and felt hot.

On the Lakers side, Yao Ming, Rasheed, and Lamar Odom are three big men coaching three-pointers.

Yao Ming also felt good today, scoring two goals in a row in the middle, which made everyone feel bright.

Yao Ming also wanted to perform, because the opponent was Stoudamire, and the two entered the NBA at the same time. Stoudemire was only the eighth place in the first round. He finally won the Best Rookie Award under the condition of not being optimistic. For this honor, Yao Mingben It is a will to win.

In the first two seasons, while the media praised Stoudemire, they often used Yao Ming as a negative teaching material, which made him even more annoyed.

Five Lakers: Damon Jones, Kobe, Iguodala, Rashid, Yao Ming.

Wizards five: Arenas, Deshaun - Stevenson, Jamison, Stoudamire, Jared - Jeffries.

Jeffries is an insider traded by the Wizards in the summer. He is 211cm tall and weighs 104kg. He has a good wingspan and is active in defense.However, Jeffries' offensive performance is not good. He is tall in the post, plays small forward, has shooting ability, and has poor skills at the basket.Simply put, everything is perfect, nothing is perfect.

In 2002, the 11th place in the first round was selected by the Bucks. The performance in the first two years was very bad. Last season, he averaged 15 minutes, 4 points, 3 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game. The Bucks felt that there was no training value and sent him away.

The management of the Wizards did not appreciate Jeffreys much, in exchange for betting on his talent and making up for the vacancy left by Boozer's departure, his strength is definitely not comparable to Boozer.

Yao Ming beat Stoudemire with a jump ball, and the game started.

Jones passed it to Kobe, and the three of them opened up. Kobe and Yao Ming played a pick-and-roll in the middle and burst to the right.Stoudemire didn't switch defenses in time and asked Stevenson to chase, and there was a defensive loophole at the beginning.

Since entering the league, Stoudemire has always been offensive, relying solely on his body on defense, single-handedly defending the inside line, and badly defending against pick-and-rolls. In the 2003 playoffs, McGrady's performance in the series against the Wizards was superb, and it was related to Stoudemire's poor pick-and-roll defense.

Kobe Bryant made a one-step emergency stop jumper inside the three-point line, no interference, and easily hit. 2 to 0.

The Wizards attacked, and the Lakers adopted a man-to-man strategy.Yao Ming was in charge of guarding Jeffries and Jones guarding Stevenson, and Yang Rui arranged simple tasks for them.

Kobe Bryant and Arenas match, the defensive end of the task is heavier.This is a must. If there is no defensive expert to take care of the "general", he may score high points and lead the team to win.

Kobe was experienced and kept his distance from Arenas.Arenas knew that Kobe was not easy to deal with, so he played a pick-and-roll with Stoudemire, Rashid switched defenses, and Kobe took a detour to Stoudemire, making it difficult for Arenas to pass back.

Arenas forcibly broke through to the basket, and attracted Yao Ming to double-team. The two big men completely blocked the low post, leaving him with no room to shoot, so he could only pass the ball to find his teammates.

When the Lakers use man-to-man tactics, the defense is not weak!

(End of this chapter)