bestfiction Chapter 614 tit for tat
Chapter 614 tit for tat
Chapter 614 tit for tat
Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts put Lillard on the court early toward the end of the half.
Stotts deliberately let Lillard lead the bench to take a few points 2 minutes before the end of the halftime.
Kobe stared blankly at Stotts at this moment, then pursed his lips, and waved Ge Feng back to the court.
Many fans laughed when they saw this scene.
Kobe's competitiveness is really strong and scary.
Stotts just wanted to steal 1 minute and 49 seconds of attack time, but Kobe didn't give him a chance.
Stotts twitched the corner of his mouth when he saw Ge Feng enter the field, then shook his head helplessly, ready to think about how the Blazers should play in the second half.
In the end, Ge Feng, who played at the end of the second quarter, still didn't let Lillard get much advantage.
At the end of the half game, with Ge Feng making two free throws, the Lakers 62 to 60, leading the Blazers by 2 points.
According to halftime statistics, the best players on both sides are Davis of the Lakers and Lillard of the Trail Blazers.
Davis scored 21 points at halftime, and Lillard was not bad, scoring 19 points at halftime.
During the intermission, the players on both sides began to walk off the stage one after another.
Kobe's eyes locked on Lillard at this time.
Ge Feng looked up at Kobe, following Kobe's gaze, he saw Lillard who was wiping his sweat and drinking a drink.
Ge Feng guessed that Kobe might be eyeing Lillard.
Kobe is a person who likes to study the attributes of players when he has nothing to do. Now that Lillard is stared at by Kobe like this, he is probably going to be unlucky.
Sure enough, during the intermission, Kobe found a way to limit the Blazers based on Stotts' tactics.
The Blazers are a team with monotonous tactical routines, extreme defensive strategies and lack of flexibility. In this regard, the Blazers are a bit like the Lakers last season.
However, even Vogel's coaching last season was much better than the Trail Blazers.
The Thunder is the second-to-last team in the league in assist rate, and the last-to-last team is the Portland Trail Blazers.
Even on the basis of the Blazers' few assists, their main assists are still concentrated on Lillard.
Lillard's assist rate ranks 29th in the league, and the Blazers' next playmaker, CJ McCollum, can only rank 161st.
This is naturally deeply imprinted in Kobe's mind.
Kobe is the coach of the Lakers. His data specialization of NBA teams is just like Xia Shilan's research on human muscle toughness and bone density. It can be called a god-level specialization.
Through observations in the first half, Kobe found that Stotts' improvement on the Blazers still couldn't fundamentally solve the problem.
McGee and Davis frequently cut into the Blazers inside and dunked frequently at the beginning, because Stotts did not take enough remedial measures for the low assist efficiency.
Generally, when the team's offense is in trouble, the mainstream solution of the league is to increase running, conduct the ball, and play a dynamic offense.
But the Blazers don't have this thing. Even if there is a bit of hand-off and off-ball cover, it is a finishing technique tailored for the two guns in the backcourt, and there is no way to activate the whole game.
Stotts' reliance on Lillard is comparable to Tyronn Lue's reliance on James.
Stotts asked Lillard to throw a three-pointer to solve this problem, and even when Lillard was frantically double-teamed by his opponent, he had to resolutely shoot a three-pointer.
Although Lillard does have this ability, he can hit a three-pointer in the pinch of one or two players, but with this "castle in the air, illusory" unstable ending method, it is difficult for the Blazers to go further in the playoffs.
Stotts' construction of the Blazers relies too much on Lillard's touch.
Kobe figured this out, and he was going to work hard on Lillard.
Returning to the court in the third quarter, the Lakers and the Blazers switched sides to fight again, and Ge Feng took over the right to fire from the Lakers from Davis.
Ge Feng scored a three-pointer from beyond the three-point line by running without the ball.
On the defensive end, the Lakers began to adjust according to Kobe's halftime break, frantically double-teaming Lillard, making every shot Lillard made seemed like he was playing in the playoffs.
However, Lillard is the best point guard in the new era. Even in the defense of Schroeder and Bo Yang, Lillard still retreated and made an Anserball to Ge Feng!
This wonderful 1V2 three-pointer instantly ignited the passionate fans of Moda Center.
The Lakers still maintain a slight 2-point advantage.
Lillard's domineering three-pointer gave the Blazers fans a lot of confidence at home.
The camera was given to Kobe at this time.
Kobe became the new coach of the Lakers. His every move, in any team in the world, has attracted the attention of fans.
At this time, Kobe pursed his lips tightly and nodded, seemingly approving of Lillard's three-pointer.
The Lakers continued to insist on double-teaming Lillard.
Kobe didn't panic at all, because Kobe knew that Lillard could make two or three three-pointers like the domineering three-pointers just now, which is already very impressive.
Sure enough, after Lillard made this unreasonable and domineering three-pointer, he was defenseless by the Lakers for a long time.
On the contrary, Ge Feng suddenly rained three-pointers in the third quarter and hit 6 three-pointers in a single quarter, becoming the Lakers' strongest secret weapon to kill the Blazers.
Last night, Ge Feng was still thinking about whether the Lakers' winning streak was all due to Kobe.
But on the second day, Ge Feng ushered in a full-scale explosion, scoring 23 points in a single quarter, helping the Lakers in one fell swoop, leading the Blazers by 12 points at the end of the third quarter.
With the help of Ge Feng's fanatical touch, the Blazers, who had been stalemate with the Lakers, finally had a tendency to collapse.
CJ McCollum and Anthony are under a lot of pressure.
When Lillard was double-teamed by the Lakers and couldn't score, the Blazers' scoring tasks all fell on Anthony and CJ McCollum.
In the fourth quarter, the Blazers took the lead in starting the counterattack mode.
Ariza predicted the passing route of the Lakers and sacrificed himself to defend.
After stealing the ball, Ariza immediately gave the ball to Carmelo Anthony in a roll.
Anthony went straight to the basket, and Ge Feng stood in front of Anthony.
At this time, Anthony showed his brilliant attacking kaleidoscopic skills.
Dribbling behind the back during the rush, Anthony first transferred the ball from his left hand to his right hand, and then his body completed the rotation by the way, and he immediately took a big step away from Ge Feng.
No one in the league can defend Anthony's attack.
With a set of smooth operations, Anthony easily put the basketball into the basket.
92 is better than 82!
The Blazers narrowed the point difference to 10 points!
The Moda Center cheered.
Anthony, a veteran who is the same age as LeBron, has a second career in the Trail Blazers.
Last season, Anthony averaged 15.4 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game (the Blazers' overall assists were poor).
Although this is already the third-worst data in Anthony's career, compared with the downturn in the Thunder and Rockets in the previous two years, Anthony finally regained his confidence in the Trail Blazers.
(End of this chapter)