roccoschili Chapter 141 Angel City Shines
Chapter 141 Angel City Shines
Chapter 141 Angel City Shines
The Lakers, who suffered two disastrous defeats in Dallas, have been questioned by the outside world.
In these two games, the Lakers completely lost the defensive intensity they had relied on to win the first two games, allowing the Mavericks to bloom more, averaging a staggering 116 points per game, even more than they scored in the regular season.
What's more, the Lakers averaged less than 90 points per game in the regular season, making them an out-and-out defensive team.
"I want to know, is the All-Defensive Team voted with your feet? Look at the Lakers, 3 All-Defensive Teams for 1st Team, 2 All-Defensive Team for [-] Teams, and even the best defensive player? Let Let me unclog Jim Buss' taco-stuffed head, defense is always passive, you only win if you put the ball in the hoop and score more points than your opponent." The morale of the two cities is booming, and Mark Cuban is now proud of his horseshoe. I hope the team's winning streak will not stop.
The battle of Tianwang Mountain is about to start, and both sides are preparing for the battle intensively.
Compared with the high-morale Mavericks, the atmosphere of the Lakers is a bit depressed. The two games did not play a familiar rhythm. The momentum of the series has reversed. If the Mavericks can win the battle of Tianwangshan, then the sixth game The game in Dallas will be bad luck for the Lakers.
Jim first had a secret meeting with the coaching staff to discuss some countermeasures.
"Mr. Vice President, I don't have 100% confidence in your plan. However, under the current circumstances, it seems that there is no better way." Phil Jackson was worried after hearing Jim's plan.
"To be honest, I don't have much confidence myself, but if I can't win this way, it can only show that Mark Cuban's team is more suitable for the finals than us. Phil, to be honest, my plan is actually the same as You have the same idea, I just made up your mind for you, are you right?" Jim laughed.
"It's risky, but worth it."
"I'm looking forward to our victory."
"as you wish."
For the Mavericks, their tactic is to trust their cards, relying on violent offensive firepower to score points with their opponents.Therefore, what changes the Lakers can make in this game will determine the direction of the game.
The Lakers jumped to the ball as usual, but it changed from Billups to Kobe with the ball halfway.
Standing opposite Kobe was still Raja Bell. He opened his arms, fixed his eyes on Kobe, and lowered his center of gravity to defend.
Garnett came up and set a screen for Bryant.
Nowitzki's switch was a step slower, Kobe made a breakthrough, threw off everyone and went straight to the basket, ignoring Lavlenz's help defense, and directly smashed a one-handed violent dunk!
The Lakers used such a powerful goal to show their determination to win.
The Mavericks kicked off, and after Nash caught the ball, he found that it was not Billups standing in front of him, but Kobe.
Kobe opened his arms and covered Nash, preventing him from getting the ball in the first place. Facing the tall and long-armed Kobe, Nash, who was mediocre in physical fitness, couldn't force a breakthrough, so he had to carefully protect the ball and cross the half court.
Billups didn't mean to switch defenses, he stood in front of Raja Bell.
On the other side, Nowitzki also has a new opponent. This time his defender has become the best defensive player of the year, Ben Wallace.
Different from Garnett's defensive method, Daben directly moves forward to prevent Nowitzki from receiving the ball, while constantly exerting physical confrontation, while Garnett, who is taller and longer, has a larger and faster moving range, is on the sidelines Waiting for an opportunity, ready to pinch at any time.
Under Kobe's personal harassment, Nash couldn't attack and couldn't pass Nowitzki, so he could only hand the ball to Finley, and the speed of the ball was a little slower.
Artest took a quick step, started early, intercepted the ball, and made a layup with Finley on his shoulders.
"The Lakers used a full-court press in the first defensive round. It seems that Phil Jackson's team is very dissatisfied with Mark Cuban's evaluation. They want to show their opponents their defensive level." TNT The TV station sent a combination of Marv Albert, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith to explain this battle of focus, and Marv Albert first expressed his views.
"Yes, judging from the previous two games, once the Mavericks find their shooting touch, they are unstoppable. The Lakers must start here if they want to win." Kenny Smith said.
"But with such a defensive intensity, I don't think they can maintain it for a whole game. This is something that only Michael Jordan and I can do." Barkley raised his own doubts.
The Mavericks continued to attack, and the Lakers were still defending just now.
Nowitzki no longer continued to stand in the low post and fight with Big Ben, and ran out to make a pick and roll for Nash, and the Lakers immediately switched defenses.
Seeing that it was Kobe defending, Nowitzki immediately cut in and reached out for the ball.
Nash swung the ball through the gap between Ben and Garnett and found Nowitzki.
Nowitzki took advantage of the layup, but Kobe had already risen into the air and slapped the layup on the backboard.
Garnett grabbed the rebound, pushed forward with the ball, strode Lavlenz far behind, and dunked with one hand.
The old Nelson found that the situation was wrong, and immediately replaced Raja Bell with Van Exel to help Nash share the task of advancing with the ball.
After Crazy Fan came on the field, he made a cold shot from outside the three-point line, rewriting the score to 3-6.
Cuban, who was sitting behind the Mavericks bench, immediately got up to celebrate. Obviously, Van Exel's touch was maintained well, which is a good sign for the Mavericks.
The Lakers attacked, and the team pulled away to clear space for Kobe to single out Van Exel.
Van Exel couldn't stop Bryant's easy layup.
The Mavericks attacked, and the Lakers seemed to have made up their minds to prevent Nowitzki from receiving the ball comfortably. Billups also stepped up his defense against Van Exel. hit.
Garnett continued to protect the backcourt rebounds, directly sent a quarter-point long pass, and found Kobe who was about to play.
After Kobe received the ball, he dribbled the ball behind his back, passed Nash in front of him, took off under the basket, scored with both hands, and detonated the audience.
"This reminds me of the Lakers showtime in the 80s, defending, speeding up, and counterattacking. Both sides are fast-paced teams. It seems that this game will be very exciting." Marv Albert made his own evaluation .
Van Exel and Finley are both solo players, and Nash is the engine for the Mavericks to speed up. Kobe stared at Nash to prevent him from easily connecting the team.
In the first quarter, Van Exel took 7 shots, hit 3 goals and scored 8 points.One-third of the Mavericks' total points.
In the first quarter of the Mavericks, there was only one assist.
Bryant shined on both ends of the court, locking Nash at the same time, he contributed 12 points.
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