Chapter 675 [As God Said]
This game was broadcast live on many TV stations, and the CCTV5 commentator was also discussing it.
Zhang Lili said: "The Lakers' weakness is not offense, but defense. They can't guard both inside and outside. Love and Nash are defensive holes. Kobe and Odom's defensive abilities have declined. The only one the team can guard seems to be Luo Luo. Erdeng, this will not help."
Yu Jia said: "Evans can defend and is not afraid of mismatches. The Lakers replaced Nash, and there was no need to defend the No. 1 position. Paul's one-on-one opportunity is an opportunity, but he seems to be more willing to assist his teammates."
Zhang Lili said: "If the Lakers don't use a zone defense and Griffin makes a misplaced cut, it's impossible for Nash to guard him."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Lakers finally scored. Kobe singled out Gay in the low post and turned around and hit a fadeaway jumper. 11 to 2.
The score was behind, but the fans still gave Kobe a warm applause. He plays with a "picturesque posture" and possesses the attributes of an offensive kaleidoscope. His posture is stretched and his movements are soft and strong, which is very ornamental. This has won him the hearts of countless fans.
Kobe often performs super pulls, breakthrough dunks, and can hit difficult fairy balls when being fouled. These are enough, it doesn't matter whether he wins or not.
The Clippers attacked, Paul and Griffin played a pick-and-roll, and the left corner suddenly hit the ground and passed to the baseline.
Tony Allen cut from the baseline, Kobe guarded Gay, and Odom guarded Allen.
Odom's speed was originally at an absolute disadvantage, but at this moment he was distracted, allowing his opponent to easily cut inside without pursuing him.
Odom stood there, his eyes widened, and turned into blood-red three magatama, "Xia Lingan"!
Unfortunately, the ordinary Sharingan wasn't enough, and he didn't develop Kamui to move the opponent or the basketball, so Tony Allen scored an easy layup.
13 to 2, Paul’s fourth assist.
Kobe yelled twice at Odom, which was really depressing. His defense was too lax and he was no longer the Odom he was before 2009.
In Yang Rui's previous life, Odom was a rare player who could make outstanding contributions in all five data columns on the basketball court (scores, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks). He is the only three players in NBA history to contribute 12,000 points, 8,000 rebounds, 3,500 assists and 600 three-pointers. The other two are Bird and Kidd.
In his rookie season, Odom averaged 16.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.3 blocks per game. On December 30, 1999, he scored his first career triple-double against the Rockets with 10 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, making him the league's best player before James. A young triple-double contributor, "Dunk" magazine called him the next Magician.
Cooperating with Yang Rui has allowed Odom to reach his peak. Although he played most of the time as a substitute, by 2009, Odom had won four championships, a world championship, and a best sixth man.
Unfortunately, he married Khloe Kardashian in 2009, which became a turning point in his life.
In Yang Rui's previous life, Odom deteriorated after 2011. He was the first victim of the NBA's best defensive player Khloe Kardashian. The Lakers lost patience and traded him to the Mavericks. His data plummeted to 6.6. Points, 4.2 rebounds. In 2013, Odom returned to the Clippers, averaging only 4 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. Later, he signed with the Knicks and was waived after just 3 months. Phil Jackson said: "Odom no longer has the attitude and spirit that a professional player should have."
In 2013, Khloe also chose to leave him and he was arrested for drunk driving. In the summer of 2015, after Khloe and Harden were revealed to be in a relationship, Odom nearly died due to excessive indulgence in a brothel, but miraculously survived.
Today's Odom is even more lax than in his previous life, because he lacks nothing and continues to stay in the Lakers in order to earn a high salary and then wait for retirement. He has no ambition to prove that he is a superstar, and he no longer has the passion to win.
After Yao Ming, Iguodala, Lou Williams and others left, Odom began to work hard.
Anyway, Kobe takes the credit for winning, and he takes the blame for losing.
Currently in the Lakers, it is useless to have a strong desire to win. For example, Luol Deng has no place to express his passion. His average data dropped to 14 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. He averaged only 10.9 shots per game and could only be a useless player. Pseudo Pippen with the ball.
The game continued, and Nash passed the ball to Kobe, and it was difficult to get it back because the Clippers did not double-team. It is Yang Rui's strategy to resolutely defend Kobe Bryant alone and strictly guard against others.
As long as the Lakers' role players are guarded, Kobe's scoring will be a dead end, because Kobe mainly plays two-pointers, and his shooting rate is only about 45%. Tony Allen and Gay can't prevent him from scoring, but can limit his efficiency.
With the Lakers' poor overall defense, it is certain that the Clippers have a higher shooting percentage. They will definitely win. The suspense of this game is how many points they win.
If Kobe can't drive the team through sudden shooting and shooting, he will be no different from Gay. Yang Rui's tactics are to cut off the connection between Kobe and his teammates and turn him into Gay with unlimited shots.
Gay has been criticized because he averaged 2.4 assists per game less than Kobe Bryant in his career. For a man with an annual salary of only 10 million, he averaged 18.4 points per game with a 45% shooting rate.
Kobe once again singled out Tony Allen, went to the left to make a pull-up jumper, and hit the ball under interference. 13 to 4.
At this time, the cameraman gave Yang Rui a close-up, and he applauded from the sidelines. I don't know if it was for Kobe's beautiful jump shot or Tony Allen's candy-like defense.
The Clippers attacked, Paul and Griffin played a pick-and-roll, which attracted Love to switch defense, and Nash pursued the defense. This time, Griffin didn't cut, and Paul passed the ball to the center.
Griffin made an easy jump shot from the high post and scored! 15 to 4, Paul’s fifth assist.
Nash slowly dribbled the ball forward without any intention of launching a counterattack. Even if he wanted to launch a counterattack, he could not succeed. Of the four teammates, except Luol Deng, the other three were unwilling to run.
Nash took him to the frontcourt and looked at Kobe who was reaching for the ball. He passed the ball without thinking much and ran slowly to the right corner.
In Yang Rui's previous life, Nash was a tragic star. He won the regular season MVP trophy in 2005 and 2006, but he only led the Suns to the Western Conference Finals at most, and never tasted the Finals throughout his life.
Only 5 players who have won MVP have not won a championship, namely Nash, Karl Malone (2), Charles Barkley (1), Allen Iverson (1), Derry Chris Ross (1).
In this life, Nash is even worse. He doesn't even have an MVP, and his life is not going well. He cheated on him some time ago and was caught by his pregnant wife.
He began to feel lost and became a zombie in Los Angeles.
Nash had long expected that it would be difficult for the Lakers to win, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult. The players were not cooperating at all, but holding each other back.
As Yang Rui said, a point guard is not compatible with Kobe, and an outside player who needs the ball is not compatible with Kobe. The only thing Kobe needs is an inside star who can shoot, defend, and rebound. Only by partnering with this kind of super insider can Kobe win.
So the question is, do these star insiders need Kobe? Or does Kobe only want to hold the big man's thigh?
Nash had the idea at this time that he was going to leave the Lakers when his contract expired in 2012 and take a salary cut to join the Clippers.
He is a person with a very high IQ and has already guessed that it is impossible to succeed with the Lakers. The best way to succeed is to join the Clippers. Yang Rui is the truly dominant person at the moment, the god of basketball.
As long as he joins the Clippers, his characteristics will definitely be able to be used. Even if he can only play as a substitute, it will be better than the current situation where there is no hope.