stadium ambition

Chapter 218 Phil Jackson's Confidence

Chapter 218 Phil Jackson's Confidence

Timeout, Clippers bench.

Van Gundy stood in front of the players with a slightly excited expression, as if he had just reached a certain plan.

"Now we are leading by 12 points, and the offensive and defensive tactics are in place. They can't stop our outside offense, and we make it difficult for us to hit consecutive shots. We are doing very well. We need to stick to it..."

Su Yang nodded in agreement. Under the strong defense of the Clippers, the Lakers scored very poorly since the beginning of the game.

This is the last thing the Lakers want to see, worse than a turnover, and they have to adjust.

However, the current bench lineup of the Lakers is really a bit weak compared to a strong team like the Clippers.

Originally it was necessary to implement a short rotation of 8 people, but now it is quite uncomfortable to make adjustments in advance.

Van Gundy continued: "According to our pre-match analysis, the Lakers will most likely arrange for Odom to replace Bynum in such a situation, forming their strongest lineup, greatly improving their offensive ability, and their defensive rotation is also very strong..."

Su Yang agrees, once Odom replaces Bynum, the flexibility of the Lakers lineup will be greatly improved.

Because compared to a big man like Bynum, Odom's defense in the center and top of the arc is obviously stronger.

Moreover, the most frightening thing is that with Odom, all five Lakers players can handle the ball.

It can be said that it is impossible to guard against.

Of course, Odom's replacement of Bynum also has obvious shortcomings, that is, the inside defense is not tough enough.

Originally, Gasol was sometimes criticized for being too soft, and adding Odom, he was really afraid of being strong.

"If they put Odom in, we'll go inside and try to attack from the short corners."

Van Gundy spoke excitedly, raised his hands and rolled up his sleeves, his hands on his hips, his eyes glistening, "Because most of them will defend the 32-zone defense, if they don't defend the 32-zone defense, then we will try our best to break through and hit the basket, score the ball and assist three-pointers!"

After the words fell, Van Gundy turned his head and looked at the Lakers bench, with a little more provocation in his eyes.

"Okay!" Su Yang clapped his hands and shouted, feeling the excitement in Van Gundy's heart at this moment.

This is an opportunity to suppress the legendary coach Phil Jackson tactically. Although it is the experience of the four teams of the Heat, Cavaliers, Nuggets, and Mavericks, everyone will only think after the game that Van Gundy has completely defeated Phil Jackson. .

As a result, just thinking about it makes people's blood surge.

"Okay!" Barnes also saw some eyebrows, clapped his hands and shouted, and the atmosphere suddenly became hot.

The whole team raised their right hands, surrounded and built together, counting down to 321 in unison, shouting for the Clippers to come on.

...

At the end of the timeout, the whistle sounded, the loud and roaring BGM stopped, and the players of the two teams returned to the field.

The Lakers did not make personnel adjustments. Fisher received the ball and pushed it forward, took it all the way to the top of the frontcourt arc, raised his hand and threw it to the left wing.

Gasol catches the ball and watches with his hands up, while Fisher cuts into the paint and goes straight to the right.

Three people gathered under the basket, and the Clippers' defensive center of gravity shrank, but Fisher stopped abruptly, turned and ran to the right.

At the same time, Gasol gave the ball to Kobe at the top of the arc, strode to the left waist, and Bynum, who was standing there, set up a wall together to form a double screen, forcibly blocking the opponent who was trying to catch up closely. Su Yang.

Fisher went around to the left elbow smoothly and caught Kobe's pass, while Gasol disassembled the outer shell and slipped to the left corner.

Two big gaps appeared, Su Yang rushed to Fisher, and Randolph hurried to Gasol.

But I saw Fisher raised his hand and put the ball straight to the basket, and there was Bynum who successfully got stuck.

Bynum stepped on the edge of the reasonable collision zone to catch the ball, bent his knees and squeezed Jordan away, kicked off the ground and hooked.

Beep!The referee blew his whistle and called the thug for a foul. The basketball rebounded from the basket and bounced off the net.

Shouts of AND ONE fell in the arena, and it seemed extremely regrettable that they could not 2+1.

Su Yang strolled towards the center line, looked up at the large central screen, and thought about what the problem was.

"I still underestimated the determination of the Lakers to play inside. That's what they relied on most. Two consecutive screens made us mistakenly think that we were going to play FLOOPY. Gasol's outside shots also attracted attention. The defense must continue to block the inside."

After thinking about the reason, Su Yang waved his hands to signal his teammates to surround him, and quickly communicated his thoughts.

What is more embarrassing is that Jordan has already committed two fouls, and it is difficult to do his best in the follow-up defense.

Su Yang proposed to try to prevent the ball from being passed into the interior, and everyone helped too much, and all the teammates readily agreed.

After the discussion, the free throws started.

Bynum's first penalty was a thud, and he was so angry that he clenched his fists and punched hard, wishing he could kill himself.

Fortunately, the second penalty hit the circle and entered the net, helping the Lakers catch up to 10 to 21 and winning applause.

Offensive and defensive transition, Su Yang advances with the ball.

Looking up, the Lakers did not use the zone defense formation, but still adopted a man-to-man strategy.

"Sure enough, it's Phil Jackson. He's so confident. He doesn't have a joint defense. Awesome!"

Su Yang knows that coaches like Phil Jackson and Popovich basically don't use zone defense. They feel that zone defense is very low-end and cannot reflect the coaching ability of the coaches, nor can they quantify the defensive ability of the players, and cannot make targeted adjustments.

Thinking of this, Su Yang didn't intend to be polite, and immediately waved to the frontcourt.

Gordon came out of the short corner with a cover, caught the ball at the top of the arc and broke through to the right, and was chased by Fisher.Seeing that it was difficult to break through in time, he immediately threw the ball to the left wing Barnes, and then strode straight to the left sideline, ready to play a pass and cut cooperation.

He once thought that as soon as he ran to Artest's side, his whole body was pushed up by the waist and fell to the ground with a thud.

Everyone on the Clippers bench stood up and shouted for a foul, and the referee blew his whistle with a little hesitation.

There were bursts of boos in the arena, but the video back defense showed that Artest hit his hip backwards, probably trying to help his teammate Fisher while the referee's attention was on the ball holder. Minor delay.

Who would have thought that Gordon was too straight-minded, and instead of trying to avoid it, he collided head-on.

The referee raised his hand to gesture, the Clippers got the ball on the left sideline, and the whole team quickly settled down.

The whistle sounded, and Barnes raised his hand and passed the ball to the top of the arc.Randolph received the ball from the left elbow and held it out.

At the same time, Gordon started from the left corner, and with the help of Su Yang's cover, he ran to the 45-degree three-point line.

A hand-to-hand screen was formed, Gordon took the ball, lowered his shoulders, and rushed to the basket with his head down.

Fisher went around the screen and intercepted in the paint early, and the two collided head-on.

Beep!The referee whistled, whistled Fisher to block the foul, and gave Gordon two free throw opportunities.

The audience booed loudly, Snoop Dogg yelled black whistle at the audience, and caught the referee cursing.

In the TNT commentary seat, Marvin asked: "The Lakers did not use the zone defense as predicted by the two. Kobe did not come up and attacked with the ball, and did not even arrange for Odom to replace Bynum. What is the reason?"

Miller said with a little embarrassment: "Perhaps, this is what makes Phil different. It may also be that he feels that the current problem of the Lakers is not defense, but continuous shooting. I believe the players can make adjustments."

Thomas laughed: "Then he will have to pay the price, the Clippers will not play as reasonably as the Jazz..."

After the words fell, Gordon also hit the second free throw, and the Clippers led 23 to 10.

The Lakers came back from a timeout, not only did not chase points, but lost another point and paid 2 fouls.

(End of this chapter)