One Thousand Two Hundred and Eighty-Nine. Failed Formation Change

Top pitchers are so important for a team!

Many people say that the most important reason why the Heat can achieve such a good record this year is not the introduction of Nene, but Ray Allen. It is not that Nene is not important, but that Ray Allen is too important.

In the past, the Heat's pitchers would stand still and shoot after receiving the ball, but Ray Allen would take the initiative to pull to the farthest end and judge when to approach James or Wade who holds the ball, and bring his defender to the space where he can double-team the ball holder to create more favorable opportunities for himself.

Kobe is like this. He doesn't consider anything else but how to create better scoring opportunities for himself.

The Grizzlies use Klay Thompson to defend Kobe, which is not easy to lose position, but it will also cause another problem, that is, 4 defending 4, which is more difficult than 5 defending 5.

But this is the best defense that the Grizzlies can think of. It is better to let other Lakers players shoot than to let Kobe, who has the best shooting efficiency in his career, shoot.

After Jordan Hill dunked, the Lakers quickly retreated. Gasol pulled his teammates to quickly communicate about defense before serving the ball.

The Grizzlies need to slow down. If they play fast-paced offense and defense, the Grizzlies may not be as good as the Lakers in defense. It's not that the Grizzlies' defense is not as good as the Lakers', but the Lakers are better at playing good defense in the offense, similar to the Nuggets.

After Paul George advanced to the frontcourt, he passed the ball to Randolph, who was switched to defense by Metta World Peace. Metta World Peace is now difficult to defend Randolph. Weight loss has reduced his low-post defense a lot. Jordan Hill immediately double-teamed him. Randolph passed the ball to Gasol, Kobe quickly switched defense, and Metta World Peace also judged Paul George's running route and blocked it in place at the first time.

As the playoffs approached, the Lakers also had obvious changes. The defense was better than before the All-Star Weekend, the defense was switched faster, and the pressure was stronger!

Obviously, the Lakers have also entered the playoff mode. Sun Ce went up to receive the pass from Gasol, and there were only 8 seconds left in the attack time. Sun Ce could only do it himself.

Josh Smith, who weighs more than 110 kilograms, actually has A+ level speed and S-level burst acceleration. Sun Ce is not good at dealing with such a defender with excellent height, wingspan and strong mobility, so he can only force his way to the baseline.

When he broke through to the mid-range, Sun Ce still had no idea. Just as he was about to force a shot, he suddenly had an idea. He switched the ball to his left hand and pulled the ball from behind. He took a step to the position close to the baseline and barely received the ball, then stopped and turned!

Josh Smith thought Sun Ce was going to change direction, so he immediately stepped back half a step. Sun Ce's quick stop jump shot was not a conventional offensive means. In this area, Sun Ce did not have the space to move sideways to the right. Josh Smith's second-level defensive awareness was fully demonstrated.

However, Sun Ce stopped and turned and jumped directly!

"Behind-the-back dribble turnaround jump shot level 1 (Irving) triggered..."

Although it looked hasty, the jump was sufficient. With Josh Smith retreating, Sun Ce focused his attention and turned around to shoot a mid-range shot!

That is to say, Josh Smith did not stick to him, otherwise, even if he triggered Irving's behind-the-back dribble and turnaround jump shot, it would be difficult for Sun Ce to shoot this ball.

But it went in, so it was a good shot!

Seeing Sun Ce retreat, Kobe, who had been paying attention to Sun Ce, widened his eyes. This move... seems to be one of his fans' signature singles moves!

He remembered that when they practiced dancing together during the All-Star Weekend, his fans came to visit and taught Sun Ce this. At that time, Sun Ce practiced like a piece of shit, and couldn't find a place to get started.

Kobe had studied Sun Ce's several games before tonight many times, but he had never seen Sun Ce use this move.

He actually used it tonight!

Based on Kobe's understanding of Sun Ce, this guy can learn it as long as he finds the feeling of getting started!

When the Lakers attacked, Paul quickly advanced to the frontcourt. This time, Paul faked a pick-and-roll and judged the defensive change that the Grizzlies were going to switch defense to cut off the pass, creating a three-point opportunity for Metta World Peace in the bottom corner.

The opportunity was good, but it didn't go in, and Sun Ce took the defensive rebound.

Sun Ce pushed forward to the front court and looked at the opponent's defensive formation. Randolph's low-post containment was very strong, giving the outside line a better mid-range and long-range shooting opportunity, but Randolph himself was not easy to play at this point. The Lakers' ability to shrink and expand was too good, not inferior to the Nuggets.

It was not so easy for Sun Ce to play against Josh Smith alone, so Sun Ce asked Klay Thompson for a pick-and-roll, and then broke through Paul's defense!

Paul's lower body was very stable, and Sun Ce failed to accelerate successfully, but he relied on his height advantage to move sideways and step forward to jump shot on the right side of the three-second zone... Unfortunately, it didn't go in.

Kobe guarded the defensive rebound and passed the ball to Paul, and the Lakers attacked.

After reaching the front court, Kobe directly asked for the ball at a 45-degree angle on the right. Without wasting any extra energy, Kobe faced Paul George's defense and shot a three-pointer directly backward... It went in!

5 to 2!

The Lakers took the initiative!

As it turns out, the Grizzlies' starting lineup adjustment tonight was not very good. In the next few minutes, the Grizzlies played very hard on offense and defense, but the defense was not good, and the Lakers played two fast breaks.

Tonight, Sun Ce and Klay Thompson connected and scored 6 points in a row, but the Lakers firmly maintained their lead.

At 6 minutes and 44 seconds in the first quarter, the Grizzlies were 15 to 19 behind by 4 points and called a timeout, entering the official timeout stage.

Paul George was replaced by Tony Allen in the 3rd minute, but the Lakers' offense had already started. Facing the league's top-scoring team, it was really hard to let them start after they started.

Entering the official timeout, Coach Hollins already knew that there was a problem with the change in his formation. If he steadily grinded the defense like the previous two encounters, although he could not score 15 points in half a quarter, the Lakers would definitely not score as many as 19 points.

Coach Hollins just wanted to try, to see if he could find a more relaxed way to deal with the Lakers by changing the starting style after entering the playoffs rhythm.

Obviously, the change failed.

The games at the end of the regular season, when there is no pressure on the record, are used to do this.

But tonight's game is difficult, the Lakers' offense has already played out!

Although there is no pressure on the record, if they can sweep the Lakers in the regular season, then they will obviously have a greater psychological advantage when they meet the Lakers in the second round or the Western Conference Finals.

How to solve the current problem now? Coach Hollins patted Sun Ce on the shoulder.

Sun Ce also felt annoyed by this unreliable change of formation. After his shoulder was tapped, he saw the questioning look of Coach Hollins and nodded.

"Hey... Why is it that the stronger the strength, the greater the pressure? I'm still a child!"

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