NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 162 The blackening of the cauliflower snake is not the black mamba

The Lakers coaching staff did not detect the Kings' intention to pursue more offensive possessions.

Isn’t this how the Kings always play?

Pursue offense, despise defense, this style has been shown throughout the season!
Therefore, the Kings' true intentions were well concealed.

The more attacking rounds there are, the more opportunities there are to take action.

The Kings can share the shooting rights with Webb, Divac, Lu Yuanzhi, Christie, Bibby, Turkoglu and Bobby Jackson. Everyone has offensive power, so there is no problem of not being able to consume the shooting rights.

But the Lakers currently have this problem. A large number of shots are concentrated in the hands of O'Neal and Kobe. Every shot and every attack will consume a lot of energy from the "OK combination".

And Horry, Fisher, Fox, Lynch Hunter, and Brian Shaw will also publish a lot in downwind games, and even the total number of shots taken by the five of them can be equal to the "OK combination".

But once you reach the headwind game or the crucial fourth quarter, you will find that the number of shots taken by these role players will plummet, not even half of the "OK combination".

After O'Neal took a break, Kobe led the substitutes to withstand the Kings' offensive. The Kings missed several open shots and did not take the opportunity to open the score.

O'Neal also launched a strong counterattack after coming on the court, but the Kings' shooting percentage came back at this time, and the score was still not close.

The scores of both sides increased alternately, and soon reached the 6-minute mark of the fourth quarter. The score of both sides was 96:90, and the score was getting closer and closer.

The Lakers called a long timeout, readjusted their personnel, and gave O'Neal and Kobe a good rest.

Lu Yuanzhi has been working hard to help defend on the court, so that the Lakers' role players cannot take shots easily. Most of the final shots are concentrated in the hands of O'Neal and Kobe.

In this game, the two have each taken more than 30 shots, which is more than they usually take in the entire game. Therefore, although the two are at the peak of their physical fitness, they still inevitably feel tired.

The Lakers' lineup for the final battle was still the same starting lineup, with center O'Neal, power forward Horry, small forward Fox, offensive guard Kobe Bryant, and point guard Fisher.

The Kings went tit-for-tat and also included center Divac, power forward Webber, small forward Lu Yuanzhi, offensive guard Christie, and point guard Bibby.

But the Kings still have a trump card.

If the offense is not going well, you can completely replace Christie, replace him with Turkoglu or Bobby Jackson, and then let Lu Yuanzhi guard Kobe.

Phil Jackson also saw that O'Neal and Kobe were tired.

It's easy to understand why O'Neal is tired. The Kings increased the pace very quickly in this game, and O'Neal kept sprinting back and forth. At this weight, it would be strange if he wasn't tired.

Kobe pretended not to be affected at all, but Phil Jackson had been with him for several years, knowing that Kobe's current appearance was all fake, and he would never allow himself to show fatigue.

But how could Kobe be tired?

Didn't it just rest for more than 2 minutes?

I have never seen Kobe so tired after playing the whole game!
Phil Jackson was puzzled. He probably had to go back after the game and look at the data provided by analysts to understand the key.

However, this does not prevent Phil Jackson from arranging a tactic to let the role players attack first and let O'Neal and Kobe take a rest first.

It’s no secret in the league that the Lakers hate running pick-and-rolls.

Who do you ask to cover?
O'Neal?Which one are you?Such a big face?

The one who can call O'Neal is Kobe.

But if it's O'Neal and Kobe's cooperation, why not just start singles and still have to work hard on pick-and-rolls?
Of course, Horry can also play pick-and-roll. After the screen is successful, what should be done next?
Driving to the basket?
O'Neal is right next to the box, attracting a lot of defenders, do you have room to cut inside?

But is there really a threat if the pick-and-roll only moves to the outside?
Therefore, it is better not to fight.

The Lakers have another effective method, and that is the triangle offense!

The core of the triangle offense is to create singles opportunities for the core players. If you don't want to give him singles, then you have to go up and double-team, and you will definitely miss one person.

The Lakers will now "reverse practice" the triangle offense, not to find singles opportunities for O'Neal and Kobe, but to use their singles threats to create shooting opportunities for Horry, Fox and Fisher.

O'Neal stood at the edge of the penalty area, and Divac immediately came up and started wrestling with O'Neal.

O'Neill frowned, this is different from the predetermined script!

It turns out that O'Neal wanted to use his own threat to attract double-teams from the Kings early. In this way, he could mobilize the Kings' defense and create opportunities for his teammates by passing the ball without having to fight for position.

The Kings' defense was easily mobilized in the first two games, but why is this trick useless now?

The Kings are so bold, how dare they let Divac defend themselves when the decisive moment comes?

Although Divac was the only one to defend him, O'Neal was really excited, but considering his physical fitness and the arrangements of the coaching staff, O'Neal reluctantly endured and passed the ball.

The ball spun around in the hands of Fisher, Fox and Horry, but facing the defense of the Kings, the three still passed the ball very honestly.

The three of them have been playing tricks the whole game, and you ask them to step up at critical moments?

Is it possible that everyone has the "microwave oven" system skill?
In this state, let alone beating the Kings' defense with the ball, even if they receive the pass in an open position, with the cold touch of these three people, it will not be surprising to throw any strange ball.

The three of them are also aware of their current status, and they just hope to touch the ball more to warm up their hands.

As for Phil Jackson's tactics?

Hehe, whoever loves to take the blame will take the blame, the three of us are not sticky!
The ball finally came to Kobe again.

O'Neal and Phil Jackson saw Kobe's eyes, and their hearts trembled at the same time, something bad happened!

This guy has gone dark!

When Cauliflower Snake goes dark, he doesn't turn into a Black Mamba, but into a paranoid man who ignores his teammates in unlimited singles.

Phil Jackson saw it and couldn't solve it. It was impossible to scold Kobe at this time. Do you still want to hang out with the Lakers?Even if Aunt Jenny is protecting her, she can’t get away with it.

O'Neal saw it, and then looked at the other three role players who couldn't live up to expectations. Huh, they are still champions, so useless!
Forget it, I'm tired too, it's impossible to take over the game now, let Kobe try it.

If it collapses, the great Shaq won't be able to save you.

If a miracle is created and the score is brought closer, in the last 2 minutes, the great Shaq will take over the game and save the Lakers!
Plan pass!
(End of this chapter)