Chapter 386: Net

Chapter 389
Defending Kobe is not a simple technical job, but a systematic project. Just like other teams trying their best to deal with Nash, if they want to defeat their opponents, they have to contain their superstars, and to contain the superstars, it is absolutely impossible to watch the sky and bet that he feels bad, especially against Kobe. The super scorer.
You must conduct targeted defense at the beginning of the game, whether it's double-teaming, setting up defensive traps, sending people to entangle bite fouls or other methods, just like curing a disease, it needs a long process, and the treatment is at least half the game. In order to be effective, sometimes even until the end of the game, or after the end, the effect can be seen.
If it is a series, it is even more important to take a long-term view and develop a set of coping strategies to deal with players like him. This is something every superstar has to face and every coach must think about.
Leon has a set of countermeasures, but now that the game is in the last quarter, it is obviously impossible to implement a set of defensive projects, and even a trap is difficult to dig. The players are not dolls controlled in the game. You can arrange a tactic and manipulate them to achieve the effect. Defense is the same as offense. It also needs to develop a sense in daily training and games. Neither Bell nor Marion have found the sense of defending Kobe tonight.
However, Leon naturally has his way, because he knows that the Sun is the one with superior strength anyway, as long as the strength is superior, he will have a solution.
On the other hand, Phil Jackson also knows that Kobe feels hot right now. In the final period, he wants to win the game. It depends on Kobe’s performance. Of course, it would be better if there is another person who can stand up abruptly. In Jackson’s team, Such a character.
"Keep your attention, there are three points, the defensive end must be bitten, pressure Nash, he attacked a lot tonight. Don't lose position, put pressure, put pressure!"
Jackson yelled at the players. At this time, you must yell. In the second game of the season, the Lakers played pretty well tonight. If they can win this game, the morale of the team will be greatly improved. He laid out the team's defense. He knew that the defense after the timeout was very important. He also saw that Nash's position in the Suns has changed from the past, but there is no response strategy yet.
"Do what you can do, I believe you." Jackson finally exhorted Kobe, and he absolutely trusted Kobe's ability, just like he trusted Michael Jordan back then.
Kobe nodded and didn't say much. He has experienced this critical moment countless times, and he will experience countless times in the future. For him, it is just normal for him, not to mention this is just a regular season, the season has just begun. If there is any change in his heart, he may be thinking about what tricks the guy opposite will do.
Leon is definitely the most cunning coach in the league. There is never a shortage of insidious tricks. Various psychological tactics have emerged one after another. At the beginning, Staples was a lot of trouble for Los Angeles people.
When the timeout was over, the players from both sides returned to the stadium, and the atmosphere at the American Airlines Center reached a culmination. The fans knew that a wonderful moment had arrived. In addition to the fans on the sidelines, professional ball critics, reporters, and Suns managers are all paying attention to this critical period for determining the victory or defeat. They want to see what changes Fox-Leon has made.
Generally speaking, from the point of view of the score and the situation, the performance of the Suns is not satisfactory. Although their offense is very smooth, but the defensive end does not seem to improve, and it even feels a step backward from last season. The Suns' defense was able to enter the league's top ten this season.
The Suns serve from the outside line. At this time, Leon has already sent all the starting lineups. Dior made a throw-in from the outside. Nash mentioned the line. Marion and Stoudemire came over and made a double screen for Nash. Dior passed the ball to Nash , Nash catches the ball and makes a long hang directly inside! Marion has already turned around and hit the inside, while Stoudemire is cutting outwards, leading to the Lakers' defense.
As a result, Marion directly filled the basket with both hands in an aerial relay! At 102:97, the Suns completed a beautiful offensive coordination in less than three seconds. Jackson could only gently support his forehead and sighed. Offense can rely on Kobe alone, defense is always bad, obviously the Lakers need a perimeter player with excellent defensive ability and strong mobility to make up for their defense. Whether it is Radmanovic, Walton or Evans, the speed problem is too big.
Now, we need to look at the defensive strategy of the Suns. The backcourt Lakers served Kobe directly, and Kobe dribbled the ball over halftime. This was a puzzling scene. The person who led Bryant was neither Bell nor the horse. Lyon, but Steve Nash!
Nash directly defended Kobe close to the center line. This time even Kobe didn't expect that this is not a change of defense after a pick-and-roll, nor is it a tactical dislocation, but the two are directly on match! That's how the sun is arranged!
Even Kobe paused for a while and adjusted the dribble nearby. Obviously he didn't expect Nash to come to defend.
Jackson didn't understand even more, frowned, thinking that Leon wanted to let Kobe score and block other people? This trick doesn't work for Kobe. If you let him score, he can keep scoring until he kills you. He is one of the few scorers in the NBA who can kill a team on his own.
But those commentators or experts sitting higher should be able to see that the Suns did not let Kobe defend the others, but used Nash as a bait to give Kobe a small encirclement. They defended a 1-4 formation. False joint defense, Marion and Bell are on standby at any time.
Kobe is not stupid. He saw the Sun's intentions. This was to set a long gate to let him through. Nash just clung to it directly, just letting you out. But at this time, with such a comparison of strengths, Leon has set a long line, even if Kobe Bryant will definitely rush!
Leon knew this more clearly!
Sure enough, Kobe made a cross dribble, and the left side accelerated and broke through Nash! He used a dexterous change of direction dribble to try to avoid Marion and Bell's double double team, but the two of them had been prepared and encircled early. Kobe can choose to pass the ball. There was a chance at Walton, but Kobe didn't pass the ball. He chose to dribble and turn out, walk 45 degrees to the left, and dribble the ball horizontally.
Marion tried his best to block, but Kobe still hit a two-pointer, a board, luck is really good. After the goal, Kobe pulled his trousers, obviously he started to get excited.
But once he got excited, he almost entered the net set by Leon. Because the Suns' offensive efficiency began to exert their power, Nash and Stoudemire started to pick and roll, but Kobe was only one person.
Throughout the game, Nash and Stoudemire basically didn't cooperate, but this doesn't mean they won't. On the contrary, the pick-and-roll cooperation that hasn't been carried out before. At the critical moment, the Lakers can't stop it.
Nash made an extremely tricky pass to Stoudemire who was inside. Stoudemire easily dunked with one hand, and once again opened the gap to five points.
Back on the offense, the Lakers, who can only rely on positional offenses, have only Kobe as their weapon. The three-person team facing the sun again. This time Kobe, who forced a shot from outside the three-point line, did not succeed. The ball fell out of the basket. Stoudemire, who couldn't get out of the basket, got a backboard rebound. The Suns did not counterattack quickly, but slowed down the ball to Nash.
Slowing down at this time is good for the leader. Time is the best weapon to kill the opponent. At the same time, they also have sharp pick-and-rolls on offense. It is also the pick-and-roll of Nash and Stoudemire. This time the beneficiary is Marion. The pick-and-roll tore the Lakers defense from the middle, Marion cut into the inside from the flanks, Nash was another tricky hit, Marion got the ball back to the basket, 106:99, the point difference came to seven points, also directly to the Lakers Stop it.
Although Phil Jackson called a timeout, he already shook his head slightly. Less than two minutes before the end of the game, he has no cards in his hand. Unless Kobe can use his power to hit the fairy ball continuously, otherwise this is There is no hope anymore.
Leon also breathed a sigh of relief. Although he couldn't see ~EbookFREE.me~ on the surface, he was still very nervous. In general, the final period was exactly the same as his deduction. After watching for a while, the Lakers had no players. Identify the points of defense against Nash and Stoudemire pick-and-rolls, and use them at critical moments, and the defense is naturally riddled with holes.
After coming back from the timeout, Kobe tried to pass the ball to his teammates, but Fisher missed a three-pointer from the outside. After getting the rebound, Nash was still slow and time-consuming. When the offensive time was five seconds away, he used Dior's single. Block, a direct three-point shot hit a three-pointer, completely killing the game.
In the end, 110:101, the Suns beat the Lakers by 9 points at home and achieved two consecutive victories. Nash scored a game-high 27 points and sent 6 assists. Kobe scored 33 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds. But it still couldn't bring a victory.
At the end of the game, Kobe was obviously very disappointed. He left the court without shaking hands with his opponent. Leon and Jackson hugged each other. Phil patted Leon on the shoulder, as if to say: I lose to you. It's just that the card is not as good as you.
Leon thought that there were still not enough cards in his hand.
I was sick recently, and I am better today.
(End of this chapter)