Chapter 679 678. Reasonable Section

At the age of 40, Malone averaged 13 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 1.2 steals per game, and his defense was still strong, with only 2.5 turnovers and fouls. At this age, Malone proved that he is not just a Sloan system The star of the game, but the real superstar.

Not playing pick-and-rolls, not the first offensive option, or even the third and fourth ball-holding options, can still perform like this. Malone's strength proves that he is a real superstar, but he is just a little old.

In addition to the conflict with Kobe this year, Malone can be said to be the most praised player among the Big Four of the Lakers.

O'Neal is lazy, Payton has fallen so badly that even Fisher can steal his playing time, Kobe is the target of criticism this year, and Malone is the most surprising to the fans. At the age of 40, he can really have the demeanor of a giant. As far as the old and new generations are the number one power forward in history, Jordan may not be able to do it, although Jordan's data will definitely be better.

Malone has always been very happy about this, but right now, Malone really wants to return to the "system star" again, looking at his old buddy, and an offensive end that does not lose to the current self and even can be 35 with him. Boozer, who is on the same level as a six-year-old, and Liu Mang, who is better at running and shooting than Hornacek, Ma Long really hopes that he can replace Boozer of the Eagles and become a member of the double evil style of play.

The Lakers were fooled by the Eagles' Sloan system of play!

The Lakers couldn't defend against the pick-and-roll offensive style of Stockton plus Boozer's double-broken combination and Liu Mang's trio!

This Eagles team is not as easy to deal with as the new version of Shuangsha's pick-and-roll style a few years later. Liu Mang is one of the top three three-pointers in the league.

Raheem's defensive ability is definitely not as strong as the peak Kirilenko. The peak Kirilenko almost won the best defensive player, but Raheem's rebounds are better. After Boozer helped Liu Mang block someone, he also went down. At the basket, on the one hand, it is to attract the defense, and on the other hand, it is to help Kwame Brown deal with O'Neal and Malone. For the Eagles, Liu Mang can throw the ball as soon as he catches it.

Moreover, Liu Mang's fast shooting master level 3 brings a 30% chance of catching and shooting immune to the rhythm impact caused by running positions, and the speed of catching and shooting is increased by 15%, allowing Kobe who is chasing and defending Liu Mang The tempo is always a beat slower!

Kobe also studied the original Liu Mang's running and shooting. The little blacksmith is the kind of basketball idiot. From the age of 6 to the current 26 years old, he has been focusing on basketball for 20 years. He has studied Liu Mang deeply. He originally estimated that I try my best to chase and defend Liu Mang, and I can prevent Liu Mang from catching and shooting. However, the 15% increase in the speed of catching and shooting makes Kobe a beat every time!

Liu Mang can shoot unscrupulously. If Kareem Rush, who defends Raheem, comes to flank Liu Mang without the ball, Stockton will pass to Raheem for a mid-range shot. If O'Neal is under the basket when Liu Mang To block Liu Mang, Kwame Brown rushed in from the left baseline on the right to catch the ball and eat the cake. If Boozer helped Liu Mang pick and roll without the ball, Kobe and Fisher would both chase Liu Mang, Stockton Pass it to Boozer CIC...

Stockton deserves to be a super passer with a career assist-to-turnover ratio of 4 to 1, and is almost 42 years old, with 4.6 assists to 1.3 turnovers. He can always deliver the ball to his teammates accurately and timely.

Liu Mang was naturally the catcher who benefited the most. After halftime, Liu Mang had already scored 29 points. In the last 5 minutes of the second quarter, he made 3 of 5 shots and 2 of 4 three-pointers to score 8 points!

When the Lakers had to flank Liu Mang's off-the-ball pick-and-roll play, the Eagles' offense came alive.

The Lakers didn't do a good job on the defensive end, and Kobe began to get impatient on the offensive end. Every time he came back from the game to play, he always played by the opponent. Has he ever been played by the opponent like this? Kobe wanted to fight back on the offensive end, but when the defender became Liu Mang, Liu Mang was willing to fight again, and there were many small moves, which made Kobe very annoyed. Kobe was anxious to chase points, and his desire to shoot further made him Lost the efficient shooting performance in the previous quarter, and hit the iron again and again at the end of the second quarter.

At this time, his stubbornness became the key to restricting Kobe. The Eagles relied on the Sloan system at the end of the second quarter to hit a 16-7 scoring shock wave!

After halftime, the Eagles went 55 to 51, leading by 4 points and entering the intermission!

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Obviously, the Eagles' style of play exceeded the Lakers' tactical analysis before the game.

The atmosphere in the Lakers locker room was very awkward. It was clearly divided into two factions, Kobe and other Lakers players.

Zen master closed his eyes and was thinking. He didn't expect the coaching staff of the Eagles to be so powerful. He first confuses his side with conventional play, and then uses the most troublesome Sloan system play against his side to stimulate Kobe. competitive spirit...

From play tactics to psychological tactics, the Eagles have planned everything, which makes Master Zen more afraid of Coach Kruger...

Of course, this is all Zen Master's own wild guessing, because the situation on the field has changed, and it is indeed like this. The Eagles played sideways, and happened to accomplish all the things that Zen Master guessed wildly.

Zen Master didn't think of any good solution. The current situation is that the Eagles can make a goal, and it is easy to make a goal, and the Lakers can't make a goal.

And Kobe couldn't make a shot, but he insisted on shooting, and he didn't want to organize an offense, but he insisted on shooting. This is the main reason why the Lakers played poorly on the offensive end in the transition period.

The Eagles seized this opportunity, defended and defended, and made the offensive end more active and motivated. Then the offensive made shots, and the defensive end became more active and more motivated, forming a virtuous circle.

Instead, the Lakers fell into a vicious cycle of Kobe hitting the iron alone, unable to defend, Kobe was anxious and continued to fight, and continued to be unable to defend....

After figuring this out, Zen Master has an idea. There is nothing to do on the defensive end, so let's start from the offensive end.

Master Zen clapped his hands and called the players together, mainly to communicate with Kobe. He rarely communicated with Kobe this year. Firstly, the incidents caused by Kobe made him feel bad. Very reasonable, the number of shots and the number of touches has been the lowest in the past five years, and can be ranked fourth in the MVP rankings for a long time, second only to Liu Mang, Garnett, Duncan, Artest, O'Neal , Peja, becoming a double favorite for a while and one defense, not everyone can do it.

But every time Kobe met Liu Mang, he wanted to do his best to kill Liu Mang, but the Eagles seized the opportunity and used it instead.

It is rare that the Zen master did not favor O'Neill, but communicated well with Kobe...

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In the Eagles locker room, Stockton had 4 assists in half a quarter, and his face was full of smiles. If Liu Mang hadn't missed two shots, and there were a few balls that were passed by his teammates and then scored, he There will be more assists in the half quarter!

Today's Stockton seems to have returned to those years at the end of the last century, with the best teammates, the team played around him, and he also seized the opportunity, age is not the key to restricting his passing, the new century In the next few years, what limited his assists was the decline in the ability of his teammates.

The overall atmosphere of the Eagles is very good, and Liu Mang is also very excited. He scored 29 points in the half, surpassing Kobe's 27 points in the half, and his 5 assists in the half were more than Kobe's 4 assists in the half. It was beautiful. very.

Coach Kruger didn't expect that the tactical effect of just trying it out is not bad... It's not that it's not bad, but the effect is very good! He started to draw pictures on the tactical manual and write down today's tactics. He was very sad, why did he get a Stockton who was almost 42 years old, if he was four or five years younger, even if he was thirty-seven or eighty-eight For Stockton, in the next few years there will be Liu Mang and Stockton at the point guard positions, two players who have hardly suffered injuries that can affect their attendance. Their team's point guard line is the strongest in the league!

Compared with the Lakers who still need to communicate and plan well, the Eagles are quite quick. The players were excited for a while. Coach Kruger called the players together and arranged the tactics for the third quarter. The three quarters widened the gap in one fell swoop!

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The second half of the game is about to start. The Eagles continue to send Stockton, Liu Mang and Boozer's core lineup, and Prince and Rasheed Wallace are replaced.

Any team will be jealous when they see this year's Eagles lineup, one core lineup after another can be changed casually as if they don't need money.

The Eagles can only say that there is no other way. The core lineup of Stockton, Liu Mang and Boozer has a salary of just over $3 million. With Prince's rookie bonus, the Eagles, the five-man team that can be used as the core lineup of the championship team, except for Rasheed Wallace's salary this year is 17 million US dollars, the other four add up to less than 500 US dollars. Wanmei Knife...

The Lakers sent a lineup of Fisher, Kobe, Fox, Malone, and O'Neal. Obviously feeling the pressure, they had to replace the strongest lineup.

At the age of 40, Ma Long averaged more than 30 minutes per game. He took a break in the first half of the second quarter and halftime. Now there is no physical crisis and he is in good condition.

After the midfield activities are over, the second half of the game is about to start. The Eagles have the ball. In the third quarter, the point difference was widened in one fell swoop!

Taking advantage of the Lakers' inability to defend against their own offense, kill them!

After Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, he handed the ball to Stockton, still starting from the pick-and-roll attack!

Tactical adjustments are the task of the loser. The Eagles' offense in the second half of the second quarter was obviously unstoppable for the Lakers. Liu Mang didn't add anything to change anything.

After giving the ball to Stockton, Liu Mang immediately cut to the inside. Kobe followed closely behind Liu Mang. Liu Mang rushed to the inside and had no chance to catch the ball, even though Rasheed Wallace pulled O'Neal to the right The bottom corner went, but Kobe's mad dog defense seemed to be more active, cutting off Liu Mang's receiving route, and Stockton didn't dare to pass.

But it doesn't matter, after Liu Mang rushed into the basket from the right side, he stepped on the bottom line and ran back suddenly, and rushed out from the left side of the basket. Reck ran out, and when Liu Reck ran to the middle distance on the left, Boozer stepped over to help Liu Reck block Kobe, Liu Reck rushed to the left at a 45-degree angle, and the ball flew over from the top arc immediately, Liu Reck After receiving the ball, he saw Fisher jumping over him, but he didn't care. When Stockton passed the ball, Liu Mang happened to be at his waist when he received the ball. After receiving the ball, he threw it out immediately. Fisher had He ran very fast and rushed forward immediately, but still did not cause any interference.

"Ding... the sharpshooter level 5 trigger comes from the host."

"Ding... Quick shot master level 3 trigger, from the host."

"Ding... the level 5 trigger of the pick-and-roll master comes from the host."

After playing for a while, Liu Mang, who is already quite familiar with this style of play, has become more and more proficient in playing, with a perfect sense of rhythm, all the skills that should be triggered have been triggered, and the three-point sniper shot is hit hollow!

58 to 51, 7 points lead!

The Eagles' biggest lead in this game also tied the biggest 7-point lead set by the Lakers before!

Seeing that the point difference has widened to more than 5 points, Liu Mang's confidence is even stronger!

To win this game here today!

Offensive and defensive transitions, the Lakers attack, and Fisher advances past half court, the task is considered completed.

Liu Mang followed Fisher, and Fisher passed to Kobe after halftime.

Kobe seemed to only have the basket in his eyes, with a vicious look. Prince immediately defended after Kobe received the ball. His excellent defensive small steps and the height and wingspan that can almost suppress all outside players in the league gave Prince a Sufficient confidence can prevent Kobe.

After Kobe received the ball from the top arc, he kept making tentative steps. Liu Mang looked at Kobe and felt something was different!

Kobe's previous fights against Liu Mang, Prince, and Barnes were also tentative steps, but Liu Mang always felt something was different!

"Ding... The level 5 effect of stubbornness is suppressed, from Kobe Bryant, suppressed by Phil Jackson."

When Kobe suddenly started dribbling and pressing towards Prince, Liu Mang understood what was wrong when he heard the prompt from the system. Kobe was taking a tentative step outside the three-point line! Rather than the tentative steps within the three-point line when he kept making mid-range shots, Kobe wanted to break through!

Liu Mang immediately rushed towards Kobe's possible change of direction. After Kobe pressed up, Prince wanted to push back, but the push was empty, and Kobe made a big change in direction and took a big step to the right. When Liu Mang came over, squeezed Liu Mang and rushed into the basket!

Kobe's first step is not as fast as Wade's, the first three steps are not as fast as McGrady's, and his big change of direction is not as powerful as Iverson's. However, these skills, he is almost in the top five in the league! Taken together, he is the strongest outside player!

Liu Mang was squeezed away! The main reason is that although he reacted immediately to attack, but reacting and anticipating are two different things. When he reacted, he had actually lost the opportunity!

Liu Mang hurriedly chased after Kobe. Prince's defensive awareness was really good, so he immediately switched to defend Fisher. Kobe instantly judged that there was no chance outside, and continued to rush inside, facing Rashid who had bypassed O'Neal and came out. -Wallace's supplementary defense forced a jump!

Both Liu Mang and Rasheed Wallace jumped towards Kobe. Rasheed Wallace took off vertically to block Kobe's forward space, and Liu Mang chased after Kobe's lever.

Defensive tacit understanding is very good, but Kobe's ability to pass the center is stronger! The tacit understanding of the OK combination is even better! Kobe's line of sight was completely blocked by Rasheed Wallace, but the tacit understanding was there. He took the ball back and forth in the air and smashed it on the ground, and got under Rasheed Wallace's crotch. O'Neal caught the ball and struggled Smashed into the basket and knocked Rasheed Wallace away, Rasheed Wallace, Liu Mang, and Kobe, all three of them were hit and almost fell to the ground!

O'Neal made an exaggerated expression after scoring a goal, his mouth was wide and round, and his eyes were wide open. While retreating towards the backcourt, he pointed at Kobe and yelled strangely!

The fans at the scene hadn't seen this scene for two or three years, and the Staples Center was rarely excited.

At this moment, both Kobe and O'Neal had an indescribable feeling, as if dreaming back to four years ago!

It's a pity, and only at this time, the two of them will still have the same feeling as before...

But just for a moment!

The OK combination fit together again, bursting out with amazing power!

O'Neal's physical fitness is not enough, so he can only be used as a defensive containment point, and he is unwilling to get stuck. The main reason is that the 32-year-old O'Neal's physical fitness is worse than in previous years.

In this case, Kobe will help O'Neal create an easy dunk opportunity!

Chicken soup for the soul master Phil Jackson mobilized the OK combination again!

2 against 4, the Lakers still scored easily!

Offensive and defensive transition, the Eagles attack.

The Eagles continued to play the pick-and-roll. After Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, he continued to cut in from both sides and then ran out from the other side of the cut-in direction. After picking and rolling with Boozer without the ball, he ran to a 45-degree angle on both sides.

However, after Liu Mang cut from the inside this time, he found that Kobe and Fisher rushed to his side and let Boozer go!

Boozer's first reaction was to cut into the basket, but this time O'Neal did not defend, but returned to the basket after Liu Mang ran out. Fox shrank in faster and blocked Boozer. With Boozer's catch-and-shoot, O'Neal defended the basket to prevent Fox from hitting the basket after being squeezed by Boozer. Stockton's best passers became Rasheed Wallace and Prince!

The defensive strategy of the Lakers has become very targeted. Liu Mang and Boozer are two of the most accurate shots. The Lakers strangled decisively. They would rather let Prince and Rasheed Wallace catch the ball than the Eagles The team has the opportunity to hit the basket and prevent Liu Mang from catching the ball and making a quick shot!

Stockton did not hesitate, and immediately distributed the ball to the Hawks' third three-pointer, Rasheed Wallace, who averaged 1.3 three-pointers per game, and Rasheed Wallace took over. The ball made a three-pointer and did not waste this opportunity.

61 to 53, 8 points difference, the biggest difference in this game!

When it came time for the Lakers to attack again, Liu Mang already knew that Kobe would no longer shoot shots in his crazy conceit, but began to break through and score the ball, so he began to prepare to pinch Kobe's breakthrough.

Not contrary to Liu Mang's expectations, Kobe used his sharp breakthrough to pass Prince again. It's not that Prince's defense is not good, but that he really can't defend! Compared with the relatively single breakthrough of many other stars, Kobe has too many breakthrough choices! This time Prince was guarding against Kobe's change of direction, but Kobe chose to start in three steps directly. Liu Mang rushed over immediately. Fisher, Fisher also hit a three-point shot from the right corner!

56 to 61, the point difference returned to 5 points again!

Then Kobe began to perform the real rushing moment, without thinking about any contradictions, without thinking that he was just an alternate offensive core for O'Neal when he was resting on the court. He was like the 99-00 season, as a second master, Conscientiously play the most reasonable basketball.

Rational, one of the NBA's giant beasts, is back again!

And there is O'Neal inside, which is the key to being able to play so well in the reasonable department. The inside dare not come to block the defense. Following Malone to defend against Malone's catch and mid-range shot is already the limit. It is better to follow the old Malone honestly than to let him switch defenses. Only Liu Mang or Raheem can make up the defense, which will inevitably cause loopholes in the defensive transition. Although Lins switched defenses quickly, there was always a time gap. Kobe took advantage of this time gap and sent the ball to Fisher and Fox repeatedly. Dare to switch defenses.

Ever since, Kobe made a mid-range emergency stop jump shot or started hitting the basket, and started a lot of connections with O'Neal!

This is the biggest problem for the Eagles now. Although Liu Mangtu is also very strong at the basket and has a good mid-range shot, there is obviously a big gap between him and Kobe. Kobe is very efficient in shooting or passing!

The main reason is that he showed a passing threat, which made the Eagles dare not double-team easily.

Conversely, for the Eagles, Liu Mang played without the ball, so there was no threat of emergency stop jump shots and hitting the basket. The Eagles could only rely on the open shots of Prince and Rasheed Wallace.

While Rasheed Wallace's 35% three-point shooting and Prince's 37% three-point shooting are good, this is not the regular style of the Hawks! Neither of them are normal first-shot options. Although they have already shot very well, they are still far behind the connection between Riko and O'Neal.

Playing and playing, the Eagles seem to be playing smoothly on the offensive end, and they often have open shots, but the point difference is constantly approaching!

At the official timeout of the third quarter, the Eagles only led by two points 71 to 69!

And the ball still belongs to the Lakers!

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Zen master is worthy of being a Zen master. He just gave the concept of triangle offense and left the problems on the court to the players to solve. The combination can play relatively reasonably, especially Kobe, who is old and stubborn, can be controlled by him.

Among them, the scariest thing about the Lakers now is without a doubt the rationale who came back from the game. His changes have made the Lakers active. The Lakers scored 18 points in 7 minutes. The disadvantage was scored by two points.

This time it was the Eagles' turn to be stunned.

After Liu Mang returned to the bench, he couldn't think of too many solutions. If he could think of a way to deal with Kobe who played reasonably, the Spurs would not be beaten so badly.

The best and only way is to use the tactical strategy that Liu Mang has discussed with coach Kruger and Mike Woodson many times before!

But that strategy, coach Kruger and Mike Woodson both want to save it for the final finals.

But now, it seems that the time has come to have to use that!

Liu Mang came to Coach Kruger: "Coach, let's use that trick!"

The coach’s on-the-spot command is very brain-intensive. Some coaches don’t even have the on-the-spot command ability. Also a headache, this is a guy that Popovich can't think of a way to limit.

"Do you really want to use that?" Hearing Liu Mang's suggestion, Coach Kruger was a little hesitant. He really thought that strategy was great, but he really wanted to save it until the end.

Seeing coach Kruger's expression full of hesitation, Liu Mang looked at Reed's useless special card in the system space, and suggested again: "Coach, use it, even if they think of a way to deal with it. It doesn't matter, I have a better way in the finals!"

"..." Coach Kruger really doesn't know how Liu Mang's brain grows. Seeing Liu Mang's determined look, Coach Kruger has no doubt that Liu Mang must have another bad idea. To be honest, Coach Kruger really admires him.

After pondering for a while, Coach Kruger is also ready to go all out. In the regular season with the Lakers, he has to establish a winning advantage and let his players have confidence. The Big Four of the Lakers look really scary. These superstars have arrived The playoffs will obviously be even more terrifying. If they lose the regular season and meet them again in the finals, the psychological pressure will be too great!

That being the case, continue to trust this unreliable disciple! Anyway, it's all the tactics he came up with!