Legendary star

Chapter 485 Stubborn Phil Jackson

"Larry, Phil Jackson has such a big heart. It's like this on the court now. He hasn't adjusted his defensive strategy against Tayshawn, and still let Tayshawn shoot." Watching Prince make an open shot again , scored his 23rd point in this game, and Phil Jackson on the sidelines was still indifferent. Lester Conor now really admires Phil Jackson's determination. If it were him, A timeout has been called a long time ago, or the players on the field have been arranged to defend Prince in a targeted manner.Due to Prince's 2-of-5 3-point shooting in the second half of the second quarter, Lester Conner speculated that Phil Jackson would change his defensive strategy in the second half during the timeout. Tyshawn Prince made targeted arrangements, but judging from the performance in the first few minutes of the third quarter, Phil Jackson still has no plans to change, perhaps Phil Jackson is waiting for Prince After a burst of madness, the hand will cool down by itself. Although this often happens to young players, it is absolutely unimaginable in Lester Conor's view. As a disciple of Larry Bird, Lester Conor is also a person who firmly believes that he must always take the initiative, so Lester Conor really can't understand Phil Jackson's behavior.

"This is why everyone calls him a Zen master. His creed is to trust the players on the field at all times, so no matter how the situation on the field changes, his original intention will be to look forward to the players on the field. Make changes by yourself, and suspension and adjustment are only the second choice! Although Tyshawn has opened up this point, and the Lakers’ strategy of letting him go short seems to have failed, but the current situation, in Phil Jackson’s view, is still As long as O'Neal can keep scoring, the Lakers don't need to make any adjustments. If Hawley is allowed to give up double-teaming Meng and defend Tyshawn, then with the combination of Meng and Jermaine Pick-and-roll, there is no way for Payton and Malone to defend, and if Kobe is used to defend Tayshaun, then the defense against Richard will be relaxed. For Phil Jackson, Richard’s threat is comparable. Tyshawn is much bigger." After hearing his assistant's question, Larry Bird smiled and told him all the thoughts in his heart. This true disciple, Larry Bird will still teach him wholeheartedly, hoping that one day he can stand alone: ​​"However, I think, in less than 2 minutes, he will call a timeout."

"Huh? Why?" Hearing Larry Bird categorically say that Phil Jackson will definitely call a timeout within 2 minutes, Lester Conor is also a little bit unconvinced, if counting from the second half of the second quarter Since then, Prince has taken a total of 9 shots and hit 5 goals, including 3 of 7 three-pointers. This is definitely a very high shooting percentage. Under this situation, Phil Jackson insisted on not Change the defensive strategy, so even after 4 minutes, Phil Jackson has no reason to make changes.

"Then watch!" Lester Conor had an unbelievable expression on his face, so Larry Bird didn't say much, but let Lester Conor observe by himself Changes in the next few minutes.However, Larry Bird still said silently in his heart, "This is the power of the self-contained system!" Larry Bird didn't know the reason for saying it, but he still hoped that Lester Conner could realize this kind of thing by himself , since the third quarter, Larry Bird has already discovered the changes in Meng Xu. Although Meng Xu has no way to break into the inside line guarded by O'Neal and Malone, Meng Xu will still choose to try after the pick-and-roll is over. Or after making two breakthroughs to attract O'Neal to leave the basket, and then pass the basketball out of his hand, Meng Xu's move is actually using another way to execute the breakthrough tactics. After Meng Xu enters the breakthrough mode, as long as It is the players around Meng Xu, their game state and feel will have a jump, in Prince's current state, as long as Meng Xu keeps feeding him the ball, it may take less than 2 minutes, Phil Jackson will I can't take it anymore.

Moreover, the Lakers are now facing a critical point. From the third quarter, perhaps from the second half of the second quarter, the Lakers began to resolutely beat O'Neal and Malone. With Malone's current body Whether facing Mutombo or Jermaine O'Neal, the situation is a little weak, so the Lakers are actually still fucking O'Neal. After Larry Bird has observed these games, with O'Neal's current physical fitness , as long as after more than 5 consecutive offensive rounds, O'Neal's offensive success rate will drop significantly as his physical strength declines. It’s been five rounds. Once O’Neal’s shooting percentage drops and Prince’s side still feels the same, then at most three rounds, the difference between the two sides will exceed 10 points. At this time, Phil Jackson can’t do without calling a timeout .

"Meng Xu and Jermaine O'Neal's pick-and-roll, Payton who was defending Meng Xu was blocked by Jermaine O'Neal, Meng Xu's breakthrough, a very large change of direction, Meng Xu swayed past Robert Hawley's defense, O'Neal left Tayshaun Prince, who was unguarded, made a 3-pointer and scored. Beautiful, this is already Tayshaw En-Prince's 26th point in this game, after Prince's 3-pointer, the point difference between the two sides was once again widened to 7 points."

"This rookie of the Pacers is completely crazy now!" Seeing Prince's good game state on the field, Michaels couldn't help but admire. In today's game, Prince not only played well on the offensive end. He performed very well. At the same time, on the defensive end, Prince also defended Kobe very well. Kobe, who couldn't even help Meng Xu in the last game, was very embarrassed by this rookie today. It is very normal for a player to have ups and downs after a frenzy, but Kobe Bryant only made 14 of 5 shots today.

"Actually, in the second quarter, Phil should have made targeted arrangements for this little guy." Unlike the excited Michaels, Magic Johnson frowned and kept shaking his head. Even Magic Johnson can't understand Jackson's defensive strategy.In today's game, Phil Jackson's on-the-spot command, in the eyes of Magic Johnson, completely failed, and his reaction was also very slow. The Pacers played pick-and-rolls in the first quarter. Targeted arrangements were made in the second quarter, and Prince, who was basically emptied by the Lakers, broke out in the second quarter. However, Phil Jackson seemed to be belatedly, and he hit 3 in the third quarter. It's been [-] minutes, and there is no targeted defensive arrangement for Prince.

"Unexpectedly, Phil Jackson is quite stubborn." Jeff Van Gundy feels the same as Magic Johnson now. It was originally expected to be an earth-shattering, fierce battle like sparks hitting the earth, but now the progress of the game is real. It was to disappoint Jeff Van Gundy. In this game, the Lakers seemed to have no pressure on the Pacers at all, especially Meng Xu, although he has now scored 12 assists, 7 rebounds, 4 steals, and 1 block. However, in terms of scoring today, Meng Xu only made 5 of 3 shots and scored 7 points. Moreover, in the third quarter of today's game, the Pacers did not use the trump card of full-court press defense against the Lakers.

"Meng Xu started to press Payton all over the court!" When Ma Long sent the baseline ball and Payton was advancing towards the frontcourt after receiving the ball, he found Meng Xu who had just retreated to the top of the arc and stopped. He rushed towards him directly. Although Meng Xu hadn't arrived yet, Payton had already felt the dangerous breath in the air. Even the moment Meng Xu posted Payton, Payton found His hand that was slapping the basketball trembled, and under Meng Xu's oppressive defense, he actually became nervous. Paton felt horrified in his heart, and immediately sat on the spot and got rid of Meng Xu's movements, but every time Once, Meng Xu's defense was just right, and every time he was able to occupy Payton's marching route ahead of time.

Seeing that Payton and Meng Xu have been entangled in the backcourt for nearly 5 seconds, Ma Long, who is not far from Payton, quickly rushed over to cover Payton. Looking at the posture in front of him, if no one covers for Payton, Payton It is really possible to have 8 seconds in the backcourt.

Under the cover of Malone, Payton successfully advanced to the frontcourt. At this time, the players on both sides have basically all settled down. Although on the other side of the court, Kobe has already got rid of half of Prince. But Payton didn't have the slightest intention to pass the ball to Kobe. Maybe it was the head coach's request, or maybe it was Payton's own intention. In today's game, as long as Payton is in possession of the ball, his first choice for passing the ball is O'Neal, followed by Malone, the game so far, the number of times Payton handed over the basketball to Kobe can be counted on the fingers.

I have to say that when the Lakers were unable to effectively mobilize the Pacers and let them run, the Pacers kept their defensive positions really well. Even Hamilton, who was obviously a little taller, defended Robert Holly. Defensive awareness and position selection are both excellent. Robert Hawley, who couldn't find any opportunities after receiving the ball, finally passed the basketball back to Payton's hands.

After receiving the ball, Payton was once again covered by Meng Xu. Seeing that the attack time had passed 15 seconds, Payton had to call Malone's pick-and-roll. Although Malone was old, Malone's pick-and-roll awareness was better than Jermaine's. - O'Neal is still much stronger. After the pick-and-roll is over, facing his own Jermaine O'Neal, Payton also wants to use his footsteps to get rid of Jermaine O'Neal's defense.Although Jermaine O'Neal's mobility and footwork are also very good, but facing Payton, who is only 1 meters tall, Jermaine O'Neal's personal defense is far less effective than Meng Xu.

"Gary, here!" O'Neal, who was scrambling for position with Mutombo at the basket, saw that Payton had got rid of Meng Xu and broke into the 3-point line at the same time. He immediately turned around halfway, entered the paint area, and stretched out his hand at the same time. Ask Payton for the ball.

Phil Jackson, who was sitting on the bench as immobile as a mountain, had quietly got up and walked to the sidelines at this moment, concentrating on watching the scene on the court, and at the same time calculating possible situations and countermeasures in his mind.The importance of this offense to the Lakers is self-evident. As long as O'Neal scores in this offense, the point difference between the two sides will return to 5 points. The 5-point point difference is really insignificant for the current situation. Nothing, and the Lakers don't need to make adjustments.But if O'Neal fails to score, then it's the Pacers' turn to attack, and the point difference between the two sides may be further widened, even reaching 10 points. If this happens, a timeout must be called.

After hearing the voice of O'Neal asking for the ball, Payton, who originally planned to turn to the right to surpass others, immediately stopped his footsteps and began to turn to the left. After this series of actions, Jermaine O'Neal lost his defense Payton's best position, after successfully getting rid of Jermaine O'Neal's defense, Payton immediately threw the basketball in O'Neal's direction. As long as O'Neal received the basketball, it would be an easy turn and dunk.

But what made Payton a little frightened was that the moment the basketball left his hand, Payton saw a figure standing between him and O'Neal, and the basketball passed by him was directly caught in the hands of that shadow.

"Richard, fast break." Meng Xu, who successfully completed the steal, immediately stopped and threw the basketball towards the Lakers' frontcourt. While calling for Hamilton to make a fast break, he also moved towards the Lakers just to be on the safe side. The front court rushed over.

Hamilton, who was the first to grab the basketball, immediately handed the basketball to Meng Xu after seeing Meng Xu following up, while he continued to accelerate towards the basket. When he was two steps below the free throw line, Hamilton jumped up uncontrollably, and Meng Xu behind Hamilton threw the basketball in his hand towards the top of the basket.

Just when Hamilton was approaching the basket, the basketball thrown by Meng Xu happened to reach the top of Hamilton's head. He reached out to grab the basketball in the air and slammed it into the basket. After landing, Hamilton, who was always calm, unexpectedly Rarely slapped his chest while roaring towards the Staples Center auditorium.

"Gary, be careful when passing the ball in the future!" After Meng Xu and Hamilton completed the alley-oop, Payton also retreated back, looking at the panting Payton, Meng Xu smiled.

"Little bitch!" After hearing Meng Xu's ridicule, Peyton immediately cursed not to be outdone.

"9 points, it looks like Phil Jackson has to call a timeout." After Payton's pass was intercepted by Meng Xu, Phil Jackson's expression on the sidelines was uglier than crying, Michaels I knew that Phil Jackson must be suspended.

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