Chapter 16 The most deadly weapon in the world VS the singles king
The Lakers organized their first offense. Atkins dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and passed it to Kobe in the middle, and ran to the left.
Kobe did not use any tactics. After his teammates pulled away, he forced Leonard to break through to the penalty area. After breaking through to the penalty area, he welcomed Kenyon and Martin's attack and passed the ball to Grant. The latter forced a layup on Camby's head and was disturbed. Camby stuck Anderson, protected the rebound, and handed the ball to Andre Miller to organize the attack.
The assisted King Miller, who looks like Karen Mok, is very average in speed, and he is also a little bit of a fast break. He is better at positional battles and pick-and-roll. He advances to the frontcourt and holds the ball outside. Kenyon Martin lifts it up to play pick-and-roll. At the same time, Camby comes near the paint area of the bottom line and is ready to respond at any time.
In order to open up space for outside players to break through, an inside player proposed to play outside pick-and-roll, and an inside player is ready to take the support at any time. If the ball holder uses the pick-and-roll to break through to the free throw line, it depends on whether the opponent chooses to double-team. If the ball holder does not double-team, that is, the ball holder attacks by himself. Although Miller is the assisting king, he has excellent static confrontation and his skill in playing back is excellent. He will be active in the league in the future and is still attracted by the Spurs who are trying to attack the ultimate five little Warriors in the last year of his career.
Once the opponent chooses to double-team, Miller's passing awareness is enough to deliver shells to his inside partner. This is how his assist king comes from.
The Lakers had already made preparations for the Nuggets before the game. Atkins resolutely filled the pick-and-roll after being picked-and-roll by Martin, and Grant also had to delay. Anderson needed to fill up Miller's breakthrough route, and Odom also needed to retract in time and protect the basket.
Miller's best shot is when Atkins hadn't gone around the pick-and-roll after the pick-and-roll, but his ability to shoot from a long distance is average. In Ke Yan's opinion, on the basketball court, it is not a successful defense that completes blocking or stealing. Compared with gambling steals and blocking shots, he prefers his players to force the opponent to complete the attack in a way that he is not good at.
"Very complete defense!" Miller read the Lakers' defense, but did not choose to be strong, but passed the ball to Anthony on the weak side in time. At this time, Odom's defense had already returned to the position, but it was still a little late. Anthony played a time difference, clicked Odom's defense, broke a step, and then easily shot from the middle distance.
Odom is a small forward and will definitely lose some mobility while increasing the team's height. After all, he is not a freak like Antetokounmpo!
The Lakers are offensive, the team plays triangular offensive tactics, Kobe needs the ball at a low post, and Anthony directly faces him. Both of them are top singles players, intending to compete.
Kobe leaned against Anthony on the right side, turned around and jumped up to the baseline, leaned against Anthony's back with both hands and pulled the ball and played cricket.
In one round, it can be seen that Anthony's defensive end is not enough, which makes Kobe turn too easily. He has a body, but his defensive consciousness is really not good. A swaying shoulders slightly distracts his attention.
The Nuggets attacked, the players pulled open, Anthony took the ball frame in the middle, and Odom was still here to defend.
Camby reached the high post to cover Anthony. Anthony moved the ball horizontally and got rid of Odom. The first step was very fast. He passed Grant, pulled the ball and took two steps to take off.
Anderson put down Camby, who was defending himself, and came to assist in the defense. At this moment, as long as Anthony passed the ball, Camby could easily score. However, Anthony did not have this sense of passing the ball at all. He directly pushed Anderson away. Under the impact, he did not control the strength of the attack, and only received two free throws.
The Lakers attacked, the ball was passed on the outside, Atkins ran out of the three-point line through the counter, received a pass from Odom, turned around and made a 70-degree shot from the left, 5-4.
The Nuggets attacked, Miller passed Anthony through half the game, and the latter singled Odom in the frame, using his three threats to find the space to take action, but he failed to hit it.
To be honest, Kobe's passion for singles is enough to make Ke Yan a headache. Anthony on the opposite side has a ball-right black hole, and he basically doesn't take the ball out of his hands.
The rebound was taken down by Grant and passed to Atkins to launch a counterattack. There was a misalignment on the field. Atkins passed Kobe, who attracted the defense and passed it to Anderson who was inserted. The Birdman took off directly to receive the ball and completed the dunk!
Compared with the "negative textbook" Anthony, Kobe was still restrained today. After attracting defense, he shared the ball continuously. The Lakers completed two consecutive attacks, widening the gap to 11:4, which also made Staples' Lakers fans happy. Nuggets head coach Jeff Buzderick was forced to call for a timeout.
After returning from the timeout, the Nuggets changed their tactics and no longer allowed Anthony to play singles, but returned the ball to Andre Miller. The latter seized the opportunity and sent out a second pass from the crack of the man, assisting Kenyon and Martin to complete a dunk on Anderson's head, causing the Birdman's second foul!
"..." Anderson, who returned to the bench, was speechless, always feeling that all this shouldn't have happened.
"It's pretty good~, keep going, this is a good thing!" Ke Yan did not say "pay attention to the timing of the jump" at this time, "If you can't stop the ball, let him detonate it" to hit the birdman's enthusiasm, but insisted on using encouragement to affirm Anderson.
Anderson came out, and the team's substitute center was white insider Chris Meim, a blue-collar worker with relatively mediocre technical abilities. Compared with Anderson, his stronger part is that he has a little technical attribute when defending the penalty area and attacking the box at close range, and he is much weaker in other aspects. Considering that Camby and Kenyon Martin are not the type of back-on-single-style insider, Meim is really not as good as Anderson!
Taking advantage of the team's inside advantage, the Nuggets launched a counterattack. Kenyon and Martin scored several free cuts and received the ball to score. He gained the upper hand in the confrontation with Grant, and scoring was easy. The Nuggets' advantage in the situation became increasingly obvious under Miller's orderly management.
The game entered an official timeout, and the score between the two sides had reached 16. Tom Janovic replaced Grant, Atkins replaced Butler, and Terry Brown, pushing Odom to the power forward position to help defend in the inside.
This adjustment was immediate. Butler, who is sufficiently sized and powerful and confrontational, is obviously ideal to limit Anthony's players. He insists on sacrificing the rationality of the lineup for the position conflict in the power forward position. Ke Yan never agrees with this decision. Moreover, Butler and Odom themselves have no conflict in their playing styles. Last season, the Heat's Wade Butler Odom's forward-guard combination had a good effect!
Butler, who was pressed on the bench for most of the quarter, effectively restricted Anthony after appearing. The latter failed to hit two consecutive offenses and was replaced by the head coach to rest. At the same time, Butler and Kobe also made consecutive shots in chaos at the end of the first quarter. At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers ended with a 5-point lead over the Nuggets 29:24.
Chapter completed!