Chapter 290: Jackson's countermeasures

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The Los Angeles Lakers have always been a symbol of talent. Even in the dark years when they were suppressed by the Celtics in the 1960s, people’s evaluation of the two teams was often that the Lakers were more talented, but the Celtics People are more team and stronger.
In the 1980s, the Lakers formed an unprecedented triple champion lineup. Many times they faced Western teams, they didn't need any special tactics, they only needed talent to crush their opponents. One crush was ten years.
By the beginning of the 21st century, the Lakers searched for perhaps the most talented center in league history, and a talented high school student to create a dynasty in one fell swoop. Therefore, the Los Angeles Lakers have always been a symbol of talent, just as Hollywood means superstars and talented filmmakers. Here, diligence and team will always be the terms behind.
After acquiring Karl Malone and Payton in the summer, the Lakers’ talents on paper have already exploded, but only Phil Jackson knows that this is not the peak four-man group. In fact, everyone except Kobe is declining. Come to the end of career. Even so, Jackson still feels confident that this is the best talented team in the league. In many cases, he does not need to intervene and the players can solve the problem by themselves.
This night against the Celtics allowed Jackson to re-examine the possible gap between the two sides. When Arenas and Michael Reid kept breaking through and tearing the Lakers' defenses, when Kevin Garnett recovered his offensive feeling in the third quarter and stormed the interior, when Pierce used his one-on-one ability When the important stage took over the game, Jackson didn't see Fox Leon making any special tactical arrangements.
The humiliating defeat at Staples last year made Jackson think that Leon must have some conspiracy, so he was so low-key before the game that he did not give Leon a chance to attack. Unexpectedly, the opposite side was equally calm, and did not use any sideways in the game, but head-on with the Lakers for strength, internal strength, and depth. The Celtics have a normal rotation from start to finish, with a fixed time to get on and off.
The super defensive lineup that the Celtics have appeared in the previous few games has not appeared, and some of the targeted arrangements that Jackson has made for this purpose are completely useless.
When the game progressed to the end of the third quarter, the Celtics still led the Lakers by 7 points, and began to enter the lineup rotation, Jackson realized that Fox-Leon in this game really wanted to test, the current Kyle Compared with the Lakers, who has the stronger hard power? Undoubtedly so far, green has overwhelmed yellow. The Lakers have more destructive weapons, but the Celtics are more balanced and united. Their offensive tactics are changeable but firm, and the defense is tough and persevering.
But Jackson has experienced many battles. He knows that there is only one factor that affects the Celtics' performance at this time, and that is mentality.
"!" Jackson called a timeout. The 7-point gap began to make the Lakers feel a little anxious. This is not what Jackson wants to see. What he wants to see is the Celtics' impatience.
On the other side, the Celtics began to enter the rotation. Leon insisted on the regular nine-man rotation in this game. Outside Alstom and Posey were substituted, and the inside line Anderson and Dalem Porter topped the cylinder, while Arenas and Pierce were both. There is always one outside holding point on the field, and the inside guarantees that Pj-Brown and Garnett have a seat, which can be described as a very regular and stable rotation.
"Let’s rest for a while, pj, Dalem, ready to play. Everyone did a good job, keep the status quo, especially your mentality. Stable, stable, no matter who the opposite is, no matter where it is, you want to kill them Or they want to kill you, the coolest person can get to the end." Leon told the players to maintain a good attitude.
Full of enthusiasm before the game, calm response during the game, Hu Tianhaidi after the game, this is the requirement and philosophy that Leon has been instilling the players
. More importantly, Leon also smelled a different taste. He knew that in this case, the cunning Jackson would not just give up like this.
"Jackson must have seen it too. The Celtics' hard power now surpasses the Lakers, unless Kobe can get out of the troublesome lawsuit and recover 100% of the state. This guy must still be thinking about the game last year. And that cigar." Leon thought to himself that the Celtics were able to win at that disadvantage last year, which really made the Lakers faceless.
Tonight Leon also spotted that Kobe's recent state is not 100% good, which caused the Lakers' perimeter defense to have a lot of loopholes, and if Payton is on the court, their offense will not work.
After the timeout, the Celtics' lineup changed to Dalemport, Garnett, Pierce, Alston and Reid, and Arenas and Brown went off the court. On the Lakers' side, O'Neal also sat on the bench and replaced Medvidenko on the inside line. It seems that Jackson is going to let the outside line dominate the pursuit.
In the third quarter, the Celtics have been on the inside. Although the scoring efficiency is not as high as the three-pointer in the first half, they are steady and have maintained the lead. Now it is the Lakers' turn to bet on the outside and use quick counterattack and defense to chase points. Don't want to fall behind and enter the fourth quarter.
Sure enough, once the timeout was over, Kobe received the ball, faced Reid's defense, relied on Malone's pick and roll to bypass, and suddenly pulled up a jumper outside the three-point line in a small gap, and the ball passed through like a knife. The basket, a life-saving three-pointer, the score became 74:70, the point difference was suddenly reduced to four points!
This three-pointer undoubtedly ignited the fire of hope for the fans on the scene. They saw the Lakers blowing the counterattack horn and the pressure on the Celtics increased sharply.
But Paul Pierce was on the court, the native Los Angeles native, a die-hard Lakers fan, and he was already a Celtics at this time. After Kobe made a three-pointer, he immediately responded with a step-back jumper in the offense. The point difference was stretched to six points.
"Pierce feels that he has improved again this season. He has become less and less soft at critical times, and his shot selection is always just right." Dick Stockton couldn't help but comment after seeing this goal. Pierce has been in these two seasons. Moving steadily under Leon, he has already entered the ranks of first-class players from the second-rate All-Star in people's minds in the past.
Coming back to the head, Kobe once again held the ball and fired from the outside, but the ball hit the front of the basket, Kevin Garnett grabbed the rebound, and the Celtics had to launch a counterattack.
Just as Leon expected, although Kobe broke out in the previous game against the Nuggets and hit the key to winning, Leon, who was also caught in the lawsuit, knew that at this time Kobe must be subject to lawsuits and public opinion. Suffering ~EbookFREE.me~ And Kobe's pain is much greater than his own, and he is morally condemned far greater than himself. In this case, no matter how strong the will, no matter how fierce the desire to win, the poor state due to insufficient training and mental instability is also inevitable.
Kobe, who averaged 30 points per game last season, has dropped to 23 points per game this season. As long as Kobe is in bad condition, the Lakers will not be able to beat the Celtics under normal circumstances. This is the most useful information Leon has got in this game.
At this point, Garnett has passed the ball to Alstom, Alstom launches a fast attack not as fast as Arenas, and he can not attract the opponent's defense. However, he was very stable and gave the ball to Pierce after halftime. Pierce took the ball and looked at the left three-point line. He was waiting.
At this point, Garnett has reached the three-second zone. He has a beautiful card position to drive Medvedenko behind him. Pierce decisively passes the ball to Garnett. Garnett receives the ball and turns and shoots the fake action. Medvedenko looked like an open dunk with both hands.
"Garnett... Malone is defending... Oh... my god, Garnett fell to the ground... Karl Malone, his elbow was resting on Garnett’s head, I don’t know if he is okay. To be continued.)