: 143. Kobe VS James inside advantage

"Kobe, we will win today, wash your neck and wait!" Wade interjected.
Kobe curled his lips: "I'll wait and see."
Soon the game started.
The Lakers have changed a lot from before, starting with Nash, Kobe, Wesley Johnson, Gasol and Thackeray.
Nick Young and McCollum returned to the bench. This is the lineup structure planned at the beginning of the season. As long as Liu Ren and Green return, the lineup will be alive.
The Heat's starting lineup has not changed, Chalmers, Wade, James, Shane, Bosh.
Bosh beat Thackeray by jumping the ball to win the first attack for the Heat.
The Heat opened up the whole team, and James held the ball again.
Not to mention, the Lakers really can't find someone who can deal with Bosh in this lineup. After Bosh pulled out, he ran back to the basket and received a pass from James to make a layup.
Thackeray couldn't keep up with Bosh's footsteps and could only watch the opponent layup.
The Heat took the lead, leading 2-0.
The Lakers attacked. Thackeray sat in a low position and used his height and weight to put Bosh, who was a lap smaller than himself, into a reasonable collision zone.
Nash passed the ball to Thackeray, Thackeray pressed Bosh and turned to make a small hook.
Thackeray has become more confident in one-on-one singles, and is getting more and more stable.
Bosh's thin body can be bullied by any big center. Thackeray, like Hibbert, starts playing Bosh while eating and sleeping.
Immediately after Bosh used Thackeray's slow pace to defend, he made a hit on the right side of the free throw line.
Thackeray immediately returned another strong insider to cause Bosh to foul and stand on the free throw line.
The scene is strangely transformed into a confrontation between Thackeray and Bosh!
Thackeray free throw!
"Look, this is your Big Three? God, LeBron, it's really hard for you to win two championships with a center like this."
Kobe said to James, standing on his left.
Before James had spoken, Bosh's grieving voice came: "Kobe, don't you know if you say bad things behind your back? I'm by your side."
Thackeray made a free throw. Battier and Gasol were standing in the three-second zone and preparing to grab rebounds. On the other side were James, Kobe, and Bosh. Kobe stood between James and Bosh.
Kobe was a little embarrassed. He forgot that Bosh was next to him, just thinking about trash talking to James.
"Didn't you guys also fail to guard Chris." Although James is a little dissatisfied with Bosh's repeated blows, he is also a teammate and his own friend.
"Don't worry, you can prevent it next." Kobe smiled.
So confident? James is a little confused. Don't look at Bosh's always getting blown up, but Bosh is really good offensively. The two-meter-one-one big man with stable outside scoring ability is not as many as in the future.
Thackeray made two free throws and Battier protected the rebound.
James advanced to the frontcourt and originally wanted to pass the ball to Bosh. After all, Bosh played well on the offensive end and should make good use of the advantage of the matchup.
But James found that the defender of Bosh had changed! Replaced by Wesley Johnson! Just follow Bosh's side, and the big guy with some brute force on the opposite side can't come out on the inside!
Wesley Johnson's original defensive Wade was vented outside the three-point line!
More than 20% of Wade's three-pointers this year have become a black hole for the Heat's outside shooters!
Compared with Bosh, the power forward who has a stable outside shooting ability, Wade is like a "power forward", with extremely unstable shooting from outside, and outside shooting depends on the sky.
When Kobe returned to defense just now, Wesley Johnson and Thackeray switched defenses, and Thackeray would just keep guarding inside.
I have to say that Kobe has made adjustments this time, James really dare not pass Wade to shoot three points, Wade's three-point ability is not as good as his.
In this case, James is ready to play singles, and Kobe is defending him.
Kobe retreated to within the three-point line, giving James a lot of shooting space.
James tried to shoot a three-pointer, but he didn't make a good touch!
Gasol protected the rebounds, the Heat retreated quickly, and did not give the Lakers a chance to counterattack.
The Lakers attacked.
Kobe also wanted to pass the ball to Thackeray, but found that the Heat had also switched defenses. James went to defend Thackeray!
James really can't stand Bosh being crushed by a backup-level center in the interior, so he just went on his own, defending Kobe and became Wade.
Don't say it, although James is ten centimeters shorter than Thackeray, his weight is not much worse than Thackeray. Thackeray really can't get in.
Bosh has good agility and can barely keep up with Wesley Johnson.
That being the case, Kobe decided to single Wade.
Kobe has a lot of experience playing Wade, and his height advantage is obvious.
Wade was afraid of Kobe's shooting, close to Kobe, Kobe speeded to the right and stopped, then went to the left to pass Wade into the three-point line, and made a shot from the free throw line.
This is exactly the same as a ball played by Kobe Bryant in the 09-10 season.
Although Kobe is much older now, Wade is aging faster.
This season, Wade averaged only 18 points per game, a career low. His potential has been squeezed out by Pat Riley. Like the previous stars of the Heat, he has entered a period of rapid decline.
The Heat have always been a well-known star crushing agency. When O'Neal came to the Heat, Riley's devil training method caused repeated injuries. In the end, O'Neal fell rapidly in the 2006-07 season, the defending championship season, because of the first two. The year was squeezed dry.
Wade and James are now also entering that stage. Wade has always been the target of being squeezed by the Heat. His injuries have not been interrupted, and after 30 years of age, he began to decline sharply.
The downside is that James is still young, and the potential is strong enough, only reflected in the problem of physical fitness, otherwise he would have been injured.
Just look at Pat Riley sending away one after another with slightly more expensive substitutes in order to save money~EbookFREE.me~The Heat just want to squeeze the value of the Big Three.
5 to 4, the Lakers led by 1 point.
Switch offense and defense. Heat offense.
James didn't make a shot last time, this time he chose to break through.
Kobe didn't go to fight with James, and retreated. He kept following James and retreated into the three-second zone.
Kobe is definitely unable to prevent James from breaking through now. He guided James to the inside and formed a pincer with Thackeray!
This defensive strategy is Kobe's inspiration from the Pacers. The Pacers deal with the Heat like this, use Paul George to put James in the post, and then play against James with Hibbert.
Thackeray's defensive skills learned from Whiteside are now shown. He raised his hands high and didn't jump, just blocking James. Once James hits him, he will fall. If James makes a strong shot , He just jumped up without blocking the cover, just blocking James' view. (To be continued.) To find this site, please search for "" or enter the URL: