Chapter 185 Lakers dumping the pot, OK pick-and-roll! (big chapter)(1/2)
“I don’t know where the problem lies.
All I know is that every time I go to Bradley Center to practice, there are several Bucks players who have already practiced.
He Li, Ray Allen, and a guy named Michael Reed, I tried to get to the stadium earlier than them.
It's a pity that I'm never the first one. But I know that there's a guy on our team who will always be the last one."
The Lakers were visiting Milwaukee and suffered two consecutive defeats in the Finals, and both games were one-sided and had no chance of turning the defeat into victory.
Faced with the possibility of being swept by the Bucks easily, the Lakers, who just won two consecutive championships, had to find the reason from the inside.
After all, no matter how good the Lakers are, they are still a team that is expected to establish a dynasty. If it weren't for serious problems in the Lakers, they wouldn't have been labeled as a bird by the Bucks, a team that didn't even make the finals last season.
Indeed, there are serious problems within the Lakers.
The Lakers actually have some understanding of the problem, but it is difficult for anyone to be smart people at this time to point out the core problem.
Therefore, the post-match summary became a buck-shifting conference.
Kobe, who was not yet mature enough, immediately pointed his finger at O'Neal who had been disliked.
Everyone is training so hard and working hard for the finals. O'Neal, a fat man, often looks for opportunities to shoot, and even is late for training before the finals.
Are such players qualified to be the boss of the team?
If you can't take on the responsibility of leading the team to win, then let me do it!
Kobe's idea is so simple and so naive.
O'Neal heard Kobe's verge of words. Although he didn't name him, he just needed to report his ID card.
O'Neal was not a fool, and he immediately understood that Kobe was Xiang Zhuang's sword-dance in Pei Gong, so he wanted to take the opportunity to attack!
"No, I have to take action first." O'Neal was very panicked and had no choice but to take this bad decision.
"Hey, I said Kobe, can you be realistic and not be unreasonable?
Everyone knows that I am injured.
And I have to face more than two double-teams in every game, and I am so big.
If I don’t get enough rest time, we will lose enough deterrent at the low level!”
"Also, Kobe, you have to understand that we are a group and you can't fight so selfishly anymore.
Sometimes you should pass the ball, do you know?
Many opportunities are wasted by you. Do you still don’t understand?”
O'Neal emphasized his injury and his contribution to the team, and on the other hand, he accused Kobe of often not passing the ball, and his choice of making a bad move, which ruined the team and led to the Lakers losing one after another.
Kobe was very angry when he heard O'Neal say this, but he could not think of any rebuttal words in a short time.
After all, O'Neal was right.
He wanted to help the team take on the responsibility of winning, but in today's game, Kobe was indeed unable to help the Lakers turn the defeat into victory, and in the end he lost more and more miserably.
Seeing Kobe having nothing to say, O'Neal chased after taking advantage of the victory: "You are no longer young, this is your sixth season!
You should be mature enough, rather than continue to act recklessly, letting the whole team pay for your willfulness.
We are not enemies, we are teammates, don’t spend your time spending your thoughts on me all day.”
After O'Neal said this, other Lakers players also focused their attention on Kobe.
A team has limited ball rights, O'Neal is the boss of the Lakers. It is normal for the Lakers to have a lot of ball rights.
But in the past two years, Kobe has gradually wanted to replace O'Neal's status and role. O'Neal has not given up and his status remains the same, but Kobe's status has gradually risen.
During this period, other Lakers players were injured.
Other players also understand that Kobe is indeed better than them, and they can hand the ball to Kobe like he gives O'Neal.
However, O'Neal's shooting percentage was 60%, Kobe's shooting percentage was 40%. Kobe seized their ball, played a game similar to their shooting percentage, and then lost, which was very unpleasant.
It’s also a loss, so why can’t they let them take more shots and brush up the data?
The data has not been cleared and the game has not been won. Now I look for the reason, so I naturally have to look for Kobe.
Of course, what they were most unhappy with Kobe was whether they were in or out.
Many times they ran out of opportunities and had good room for attack, but Kobe did not pass the ball.
They want to play by themselves, but Kobe wants the ball, but the team's management and coaching staff hope that they will hand the ball to Kobe, so what else can they do?
They don’t have any ideas about the management and coaching staff, but they have to eat and dare not speak out.
But for Kobe, everyone is a player, can't you vent your temper?
Especially after O'Neal spoke, he could still try to do something like hitting the dog in the water.
For a time, the Lakers' blaming conference became even more interesting.
The Zen master and the logo man were both there, watching everyone excitedly, and they did not speak up to stop Kobe in order to protect him.
Zen master and logo men are experienced people. They know that the team is not feeling good about losing, especially when playing in the finals, and their emotions are more likely to become extreme after losing.
At this time, there is an emotional outlet to help everyone excrete negative energy emotions all at once. This is also a good tool that is appropriate.
The bullet flew for a while, and on the surface, Kobe had been criticized by his teammates for doubting his life.
Fortunately, Kobe himself is paranoid and arrogant. His teammates said that although he would be angry, he would be able to adapt quickly and treat his chattering teammates as flying flies.
The Zen master and the logo man also knew that Kobe was not a person with a weak heart, so he indulged everyone to do this.
After everyone said almost everything, the Zen master patted the table and signaled everyone to calm down.
"Okay, I've said enough. I don't want any voice to be heard from outside the world and learned from people outside the audience.
I don’t want to do it either. Everyone will repeatedly worry about the past. Since it has passed, let it go!
Next are two home courts, and we must use all the conditions to turn defeat into victory.”
As the Zen master finished the game, the logo man also said: "Now everyone's emotions have stabilized. Continue with the previous topic. Where is our problem? What kind of adjustments do we need to make?"
"Okay, we are a team that has won two consecutive championships. We are united enough and there is no difficulty to defeat us! Do you think so?"
After the logo man finished speaking, he went out and after a while, he walked in with the magicians Johnson and Jabbar.
"Is there any result? I brought back two rescuers and gave everyone a staff officer." The logo man said.
It is normal for Jabbar to come to Bradley Center to watch the game. However, as one of the Lakers' legends, it is reasonable to give advice to the Lakers who have suffered consecutive defeats.
As for the Magician, he has been working for the Lakers since he retired, and it is just right now.
"With some suggestions for reference, Turks thinks we can play pick-and-roll, and play OK pick-and-roll. What do you think?"
The Zen master answered the logo man in this way, and turned to the magician and Jabbar for advice.
The pick-and-roll is the most basic, simple and effective tactic in the NBA, no doubt.
Speaking of pick-and-roll, it is easy to think of the Utah double evil spirits. The superstar and superstar cooperate with the pick-and-roll are so unsolvable.
But in fact, before the Utah Double Devils played pick-and-roll, the Magician and Jabbar played the pick-and-roll for a lot.
The magician and Jabbar achieve each other, but not just personal strength.
The pick-and-roll was a long pass from the fast attack, and even the Lakers show time were created by the Magician and Jabbar constantly relying on the pick-and-roll cooperation.
To a certain extent, Utah Double Evil is just a civilian version of Magician and Jabbar.
As for why it is easier to mention the pick-and-roll to Utah double evil?
That's because Magicians and Jabbar do not rely on pick-and-roll tactics, and are super giants in themselves.
With the help of Sloan's old coach, the Utah double evil spirits gradually became superstars.
This is the difference between not having a championship for life and winning five championships together.
Therefore, the Magician and Jabbar are very authoritative and have great experience in the field of pick-and-roll.
The two can also convince O'Neal and Kobe to reconcile with their high prestige and status, and use the superstar pick-and-roll to achieve each other to help the Lakers reverse the game.
In fact, after the Lakers lost the first game, the founder of the triangular offensive, Turks Winter, took the initiative to propose to Zen master that O'Neal and Kobe played a pick-and-roll.
Through video research, the Bucks will hit a high hit rate when performing pick-and-roll tactics.
Although the Lakers' shooting percentage is good, they are still not as good as the Bucks by relying on triangular offense alone.
Not to mention that the Bucks also have a first-rate three-pointer in the league, plus He Li, who has the unique defensive ability to attract He Li from the outside of the league.
When no one in the Bucks can defend themselves, the rest of the Bucks can also use pick-and-roll tactics, which is that there is no solution.
Common sense, starting to double-team outside the three-point line will lead to a lot of space for the team, and the other four players will have a lot of offensive opportunities.
At this time, there are still two players who can perform pick-and-roll tactics, and He Li has very good passing ability!
There is really nothing to do, there is really no need to guard against it.
Because He Li can instantly pass the ball to his teammates who perform pick-and-roll tactics in the next second while holding the ball.
But O'Neal couldn't pull out from the basket to defend the pick-and-roll, which means that at this time, the Lakers only had two players who could defend the Bucks to perform the pick-and-roll.
In this case, even if the defense is changed in time, it is impossible to stop all the actions.
To be continued...