Chapter 1235 1234. Obvious Gap in Strength (7/10 Asking for Double Monthly Votes)
Chapter 1235 1234. Obvious gap in strength (710 for double monthly votes)
"Ding... Talent skill: Absolute talent triggered, from Lamar Odom."
"Ding... Characteristics: Absolute omnipotence triggered, from Lamar Odom."
"Ding... Lamar Odom enters a state of concentration."
As soon as he came on the court, Liu Mang heard the reminder that Odom was playing seriously.
Odom, who made it to the finals for the first time, was very serious, just like in the original time and space in the 2008 finals, when Gasol was sanctioned and completely abused by Garnett and Kobe's overall hit rate in the series was only 40%, the Lakers could still hold on to the sixth game, relying on Odom who was very excited about playing in the finals for the first time.
Kobe did not receive the reminder of the triggering of the talent skill, because Kobe's peak period... The talent skill was transformed into a continuous skill, and the whole season was like he was going to eat the opponent alive.
Hard work will allow people to surpass their own talent shackles. Kobe's performance this season is the peak of his personal performance. From his personal performance, Liu Mang feels that the system's ability rating of 100 is fine.
However, no matter how hard you work, there is a limit. Kobe's limit is a 100 ability rating. After all, he is different from Duncan, a core player. Kobe's role is judged by the system as a "champion puzzle".
Although Jordan was also judged as a "champion puzzle", that was Jordan...
At eight o'clock, the game started!
Kwame Brown's biggest role against Yao Ming may be the jump ball. The referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air. Kwame Brown easily won the jump ball.
Kwame Brown knew that this was the easiest time for him to face Yao Ming, an opponent who restrained him. The next time was the painful time, but he had to bear it!
Having been abused by O'Neal for six games, Kwame Brown's psychological stress resistance has reached its peak. The worst thing is to be abused a few more games. If he can create some trouble for Yao Ming, he will create some trouble.
Liu Mang received the ball and passed it to McGrady who was invading quickly on the right. McGrady received the ball and Kobe went to defend McGrady.
McGrady came to the right side of the free throw line and took the initiative to turn sideways towards McGrady, with his back to the right high position!
After passing the ball, Liu Mang quickly cut into the basket. Odom played in the finals for the first time, and he was very serious and focused, actively sticking to Liu Mang.
But... seriousness is seriousness, absolute talent is absolute talent, and it is true that he can play five positions on the offensive end, but he has to defend Liu Mang's off-ball...
Liu Mang turned and accelerated, and Odom didn't have time to turn around, and Liu Mang directly inserted into the three-point line from the middle!
McGrady has been paying attention to Liu Mang's movements. When Liu Mang cut in, McGrady also quickly turned his back, and his long right leg suddenly crossed behind Kobe, turning and breaking through!
Kobe also found it difficult to defend McGrady!
McGrady rushed into the basket with the ball, attracted Yao Ming's attention, and threw the ball to the left. Liu Mang received the ball and rushed into the inside. When Yao Ming was in good physical condition, his defensive deterrence under the basket was really not covered. He turned around and stretched out his hand from the right side of the three-second zone, and he could interfere with the shot on the left side of the basket.
Liu Mang took off after entering the basket, turned 180 degrees, facing Yao Ming with his back, separated the space, and threw the ball to the basket with his back to the basket.
There was no way to do this ball. Odom chased to the free throw line. Yao Ming couldn't cover Liu Mang's move even if he jumped over, and it was easy to foul. McGrady assisted, and Liu Mang turned around and threw the ball with his back to the basket to score two points.
It was a similar style of play to the start of the sixth game against the Heat, but this time the tactical purpose was clearer, and the Lakers' perimeter defense was not a little worse than that of the Heat. It was not that the defensive vanguard was bad. Kobe was much better than the best perimeter defense of the Heat, but the Lakers only had Kobe on the perimeter!
Compared to the regular season, the Lakers could compete with the Hawks, but everything changed in the finals!
Mainly because the Hawks had just experienced Pat Riley's iron-blooded defense. Perhaps among the playoff teams this year, only the Spurs had the same defense as the Heat. The Hawks were slightly inferior, and the Lakers... were much inferior!
The Hawks faced average defense most of the time in the regular season, so when the Lakers played a defensive battle, the Hawks were not so adaptable, but the Hawks had just played six iron-blooded defensive battles with the Heat three days ago, and had long been accustomed to the strongest defense. The Lakers' defense seemed not good enough!
After the game started, the Hawks took the lead.
When it was the Lakers' offense, Kobe tried to shoot from mid-range at the beginning and missed.
When it was the Hawks' offense, McGrady continued to use high-post back-to-back breakthroughs to contain the defense on one side. After Liu Mang attracted Wang Zhizhi's double-teaming, McGrady turned around and broke through to pass the ball to Rasheed Wallace, who also made a three-pointer!
The Hawks scored 5-0 at the beginning!
The game just started, and the TV commentator criticized the Zen Master's lineup arrangement.
Let Odom defend Liu Mang or McGrady... What is he thinking!
Maybe the Zen Master has some unique ideas, and sent out this lineup that had a short-lived performance against the Mavericks before. Maybe he wanted to use Odom's comprehensiveness to deal with the three strong defensive players on the Hawks' perimeter. Indeed, when it was the Lakers' time to attack again, Odom broke through and shot to score two points, and the Hawks couldn't defend it.
However, when the Hawks attacked next, Liu Mang encountered Kobe's defense. After the pick-and-roll with McGrady, Odom switched to Liu Mang, and Liu Mang easily broke through to the close range and scored two points.
The Zen Master's lineup arrangement was criticized again.
The Zen Master sat on the sidelines and was helpless.
The Zen Master's lineup arrangement was weird. It was not that he was crazy, but... it was obvious that they were not the opponent of the Hawks!
With the current lineup, they were not opponents at all. The forward defense was a big problem!
This was probably the worst lineup of the team when the Zen Master led them to the finals.
It was mainly forward defense. The Lakers lost a small forward who could help Kobe defend another star of the Hawks.
Odom was generally the one who defended well, but of course, he couldn't defend.
But if Luke Walton or Fisher defended Liu Mang and McGrady, the scene was simply unbearable to watch!
However, fans and media saw the Lakers' regular season battle with the Hawks on defense, so they really thought that the Lakers' defense could defend against the Hawks, but they didn't see that even the Heat, who had a strong defense, couldn't defend against the Hawks' three-eagle combination!
Just after the Eastern Conference Finals, under the Heat's iron-blooded defense, Liu Mang and McGrady, who were in their best form, led the team to suppress the Lakers from the beginning of the finals!