Chapter 467 The Basketball Ceiling

Back from the timeout, the Bulls played more patiently.

Steady position, steady defense.

Gambling steals and blocks less, more power interference.

This kind of adjustment really caused Kobe a lot of trouble. When Jordan played patiently, he abandoned the style of steals and blocks. He can interfere with almost every shot made by Kobe. Although the degree of interference varies from high to low, at least he will not lose his position and let Kobe go to the basket and dunk.

The result of this adjustment is that Kobe has restrained his edge. Stand by and start trying to activate O'Neill.

At this point, O'Neal is definitely the winner of the match between the Lakers and the Bulls. Unlike the previous round, O'Neal is absolutely invincible one-on-one in front of the Bulls.

How to make good use of this point, the coaches of the Lakers, including Kobe, have been thinking together for a long time.

The reason why the Magic was able to beat the Bulls the year before was because O'Neal blasted the Bulls inside, and at the same time, Penny Hardaway played better than the Magician in front of the newly returned Jordan and Pippen.

On the one hand, Jordan was out of form, and on the other hand, Hardaway was in a very good state at that time. That round of the series directly pushed Penny to superstar status, knowing that he didn't even average more than 20 points per game in the regular season.

If you want to win the Bulls, replicating the Magic is one way.

Harris has considered this method. The premise of this method is that Kobe can average at least 35+7 per game in the series, and at the same time, the key shots are even harder. Faced with Jordan Pippen in this state, Harris was not sure if Kobe could do it after cutting such a performance.

The second method is to allow Kobe to act as the initiator of the offense as much as possible, and as at the beginning of the season, hand over the task of finishing to O'Neal as much as possible. Let O'Neal go crazy. A crazy inside superstar may turn the Bulls' table and directly destroy their inside offense and defense.

This requires Kobe to inspire O'Neal's state.

Kobe is trying to do this right now.

Drop the ball to the basket and give O'Neal a single back. This strategy is too simple.

The Bulls were already prepared for such a simple IN-OUT tactic. The Lakers' first ball was handed over to the basket, which was quickly destroyed by the help defense's pincer rotation.

It is impossible to continue to play like this in the future, unless the Bulls have physical problems and the rotation speed slows down.

The Bulls' defense against O'Neal is very different from Houston's.

Houston uses Olajuwon to defend alone, while the Bulls use infinite flank rotation.

These two tactics can only be effective based on the strength of their players. Except for the Bulls, there is no second team in the league that can rotate so quickly.

And the league also couldn't find a second Olajuwon.

So the way O'Neal breaks the game is different from the way he played Olajuwon before.

Before, it was through a lot of air cuts, outside pick-and-rolls and inside cuts, consuming Dameng's physical energy, running up and playing, and using the advantages of agility and physical strength to fight Dameng.

Now Langley can't get out of the basket at all, and O'Neal's weakness of not having a basket in the middle distance is vividly reflected.

Kobe forced the ball continuously, and O'Neal caught it.

But the subsequent grabs such as Rodman and Pippen made O'Neal have to play the ball.

After the ball was out, the Bulls filled the gap in an instant.

Kobe's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Shaq, let them fight!"

Just hit like this!

Just let them rotate!

Isn't it necessary to be physically fit for such a quick rotation defense?

Kobe didn't believe that the Bulls could stick to such a defense for more than two quarters!

When the physical energy is exhausted, it is the time for O'Neill to show off.

Now the Lakers' offense is to continuously transfer the ball, IN-OUT tactics, and finally let Kobe end.

Perfect!

Kobe's tactical thinking was very clear, but the situation of the game was pulled back by the Bulls under such tactics.

"Michael! Flip-up jumper! Basketball is like an extension of him! A defensive player in the league, Kobe, has nothing to do with him. Like Payton, Kobe's defense can directly crush Jordan!"

"Kobe doesn't give up too much! Although every attack of the Lakers makes O'Neal go through it once or twice! But if there is no excellent opportunity, the Lakers will still hand over the final shot to Kobe!"

"Extremely difficult shots! Kobe scored consecutive goals against Michael!"

"Jordan VS Kobe! Bulls VS Lakers! Triangle offense VSIN-OUT! This kind of confrontation is too exciting and exciting! This kind of finals is the ceiling of basketball!"

"Excellent confrontation once in ten years, except for the battle between yellow and green, I have never seen such a level of confrontation. This is the highest level of performance in world basketball, and this stage belongs to the greatest players."

"Basketball has never reached such an exciting level. This game is indeed the ceiling of basketball. Every minute, every second, and every frame of the first quarter must be savored carefully!"

"Battle of the Gods, Kobe scored 18 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal on 7 of 11 shots in the first quarter. Michael scored 21 points and 4 rebounds on 9 of 14 shots."

"The Bulls evened out the Lakers' point difference. The Lakers ended the first quarter 27:26 Bulls."

"It can be seen that the offensive efficiency of the Lakers has declined compared with the previous round. O'Neal only took 3 shots in the first quarter, scored 6 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. He didn't play like usual, but instead Became a playmaker like Sabonis."

"The effect of the organization is not good. The three assists were thrown to Kobe to score, and none of the balls were passed to other players. The Bulls' rotation speed is too fast. At least the Lakers did not make consecutive mistakes under this level of defense. It is commendable."

"The two sides started to use the rotation lineup!"

"The Lakers replaced Fisher, old Curry, Kersey, Horry, and Ben's small lineup. Although young, this lineup looks very comfortable."

"The Bulls replaced Cole, Randy Brown, Jason Caffey, Kukic, Parish! This lineup is also excellent!"

"This is a confrontation between the league's strongest bench lineups. The Lakers and Bulls' benches have always been the best in the league. This is the key to their 70 wins. After all, the starting lineups of many teams in history are not much weaker than the Bulls and Lakers. But those two teams are the only two teams that can win 70 games, and their bench is a big part of that."

The coaches of both sides replaced the full bench lineup at the same time.

This is a test to test which players are in better condition. In the next few games, there will definitely not be a 10-man rotation. In order to avoid mistakes, most of the subsequent games will still be dominated by 8 or even 7-man rotations.

And this game is just an attempt by Harris and Phil.