The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 315 314. "Double Devil" Connection: Bombing City! ! (9K words ask for a monthly ticket)

As Howard helped the Magic get the ball first, Su Jiu held the ball through the half court, facing the old fisher Fisher who was defending him, he seemed full of confidence.

Although at this moment, the person standing in front of him is Fisher, the old fish who created a new generation of point guards, but to be honest, Su Jiu really didn't take him seriously...

As for which point guard genre Fisher created, of course it is the well-known "dribbling guard"! !

It can be said that before Fisher became famous, most point guards in the league were mainly organization-oriented, and the rest were mainly offense-oriented, supplemented by organization.

As for the remaining part in the end, it is like Cole who mainly shoots three-pointers. Although he is a point guard on the court, most of the time he plays an off-ball role.

Even at certain times on the court, the coach will arrange some three-pointer tactics specifically for players like Cole.

So no matter what kind of point guard it is, it is not uncommon in this NBA league.

However, with the birth of the old fish Fisher, he abruptly promoted the point guard to the dribbling guard! !

That's right, it is responsible for bringing the basketball across the half court and reducing Kobe's physical exertion when dribbling.

Then after halftime, he passed the ball directly, neither organizing nor attacking. Although he had a three-point shot, the team did not arrange any three-point tactics for him.

The simple and straightforward point is that Fisher only needs to carry the ball across the half court on the court, then pass the ball to Kobe, and then his task is completed.

That's right, his mission is accomplished...

Facing Fisher who was defending him, Su Jiu held the ball to observe the defensive formation of the Lakers on the field.

Su Jiu found that the Lakers still defended a man-to-man defense on the field, basically not much different from the regular season.

At this moment, it is not Kobe Bryant who is in charge of defending Iverson, but the Lakers' defensive sharp knife Trevor Ariza.

As for Kobe, it was to slow down his physical loss on the defensive end, and the Zen Master in this game arranged for him to match up with Pietrus.

Facing the old fish Fisher, Su Jiu didn't intend to use his body to eat alone. After all, although Fisher's height was only 1.8 meters five, his weight reached an astonishing 95.3 kilograms! !

You know, Su Jiu weighs 90 kilograms, so he can already be called strong as a point guard.

In the current league, there are too many shooting guards who may not reach the weight of 95 kilograms, so Fisher's tonnage is definitely the highest when placed on the point guard.

Pooh!

It's a ball guard...

He gestured to Howard to ask for a pick-and-roll. Taking advantage of Howard's pick-and-roll, Su Jiu suddenly accelerated and broke through from the right side.

Since Su Jiu's shooting rate outside the three-point line was too terrifying, Fisher did not dare to stand too far away from Su Jiu on the defensive end.

And this situation will obviously allow Fisher to be easily broken by Su Jiu when defending the pick-and-roll.

After all, you can't have both. For Su Jiu's personal defense, the Lakers must choose a focus, whether to mainly defend Su Jiu's three-pointer, or defend Su Jiu's breakthrough.

If they were greedy and wanted everything, then unless the Lakers arranged for Kobe to match up with Su Jiu on the defensive end.

However, for Zen Master, who relies 120% on Kobe on the offensive end, Jackson obviously will not try to limit Su Jiu on the defensive end, thus wasting more of Kobe's physical strength on non-offensive means.

Using Howard's pick-and-roll, Su Jiu broke into the inside line easily. Although the Lakers did not defend the zone in this game, because the team has the league's top two-tower lineup, it is definitely a big problem for those players who want to challenge the Lakers' penalty area.

But as the saying goes, Lake has Zhang Liang's plan, and Su has a wall ladder. Although Su Jiu's shots from the mid-range position are the most inefficient of all offensive methods, facing such a defensive state where the mid-range is basically emptied, Su Jiu no longer considers whether this is a defensive trap deliberately set by the Lakers for himself.

Instead, after passing the old fish Fisher, he directly chose a mid-range shot that did not interfere with anyone ahead.

"Shu~"

2:0

Following Su Jiu's slightly elegant mid-range goal, he successfully helped the Magic win the first point of the game.

It is also the first goal since the start of this year's finals! !

"Beautiful! Haha, Xiao Suzi, you are doing well!"

Seeing that Su Jiu helped the Magic win the first prize after the opening game, Xiao Li jumped up immediately off the court, cheering for Su Jiu in celebration.

After all, although the Magic are playing away in this game, the atmosphere must be much worse, so as a qualified substitute player, what you need to do at this time is to throw up the towel as much as possible! !

As Su Jiu forced his first shot after the opening, Fisher on the defensive end shook his head helplessly, and then turned his head to look at Jackson off the court.

However, after receiving the gaze from Fisher, Zen Master sat on the sidelines unmoved. Although his demeanor looked domineering to outsiders, it made Fisher obviously a little confused.

To paraphrase an Internet discourse, "Although this style of behavior may seem unfathomable to you laymen, it seems to us insiders!! It's also a look of bewilderment..."

The Lakers attacked, although Su Jiu scored the first goal of the game for the Magic, but for Kobe, who had already seen the big scene, it was obviously just the beginning of the game.

Facing Pietrus who was defending him, Kobe's eyes did not waver in the slightest, but were full of firmness instead.

The confidence revealed in this kind of eyes seems to have been engraved in Kobe's bones, without the slightest wavering at all.

Thinking about it, after all, this is a stubborn young man who dared to challenge the god of basketball one-on-one in his rookie period after entering the league.

So even though Pietrus' defensive efficiency in this year's playoffs has been very high, it is only slightly tricky for Kobe.

You know, in the Western Conference semifinals, the Rockets' Battier and Artest's defensive capabilities were all above Pietrus.

But even so, Bryant still averaged 25.6 points, 6.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists in the Western Conference semifinals.

Among them, the three-point shooting rate is stable at 34.7%, so for Kobe in the playoffs, the only thing that can really prevent him is his own touch.

Facing Pietrus, the other players on the Lakers field had already started to run. Fisher and Ariza both consciously opened up to the other side, leaving the weak side to Kobe and the twin towers under the basket, vaguely forming a triangle attack trend.

After all, in Zen Master Jackson's coaching career, his life was completely combined with the triangle offense.

Some people say that Zen Master will not coach the team after leaving the superstar, because the triangle offense has very strict requirements on the personal abilities of the players.

Some people even say that the triangle offense can also be regarded as a tactic? !

Isn't this just pulling everyone apart, and then the superstar will start individual singles on one side, can this be regarded as a fucking tactic? !

But in fact, star singles is the essence of the triangle offense, because according to Zen Master Jackson's personal philosophy, it will be difficult for a superstar to have a truly open shot on the court in such a fiercely confrontational game like the playoffs.

So the essence of the triangle offense is to try to create a comfortable singles space for the star through the running and positioning of other players.

It can be said that in the 90s when it was still dominated by hand-to-hand combat and basically did not whistle for defensive actions, the existence of the triangle offense was definitely of great significance.

The reason why Jordan was able to play such an efficient offensive performance under the hands of Zen Master is that, in addition to Michael Jordan's personal ability is really outstanding, the existence of the triangle offense is also crucial.

Otherwise, no matter how strong Michael Jordan's personal ability is, if he is thrown on the Spurs who play team basketball, then Jordan's career will definitely not be so exciting.

Although it is said that gold will shine no matter where it goes, but what kind of height it can reach has an inseparable relationship with the head coach's usage.

And after Jordan returned from retirement for the first time, Michael Jordan was able to say that to the Bulls:

"If my coach wasn't Phil (Jackson), then I'd rather retire."

Being able to make Michael Jordan say such a sentence in public is enough to show the personal status of Zen Master Jackson in Jordan's heart.

And Kobe and Zen Master are not so much about who is holding whose thigh, but rather a mutual fulfillment relationship.

After all, in the 03-04 season, the Lakers fell apart due to internal reasons, and Jackson resigned voluntarily in the next season.

Even though the Lakers also hired Tang Shuai, a well-known head coach in the league, because the internal affairs of the Lakers are too complicated, although Tang Shuai's coaching ability is very good, he is not enough to calm down the contradictions of the Lakers.

Finally, in the middle of the season, Tang Shuai took the initiative to submit a resignation report to the Lakers, and the Lakers of that season even missed the playoffs.

And in the 05-06 season, the Lakers had the cheek to invite Zen master Jackson back. In the end, there was the Los Angeles Lakers, who had re-emerged their dominance in the past two seasons.

Therefore, although the triangle offense has a very high threshold for stars, in today's league, this is also Kobe Bryant's favorite offensive rhythm.

After all, he can be called the man closest to God, and Kobe's personal ability on the court is absolutely beyond doubt.

After everyone pulled away, Kobe stood at the horns, facing Pietrus in a three-threat pose.

As for the matter of defending Kobe, Pietrus also felt a lot of pressure, because as long as Kobe stood at the corner and successfully got the ball, then he could choose too many ending methods in the end.

Although in the round of the series against the Celtics, Pietrus' defense against Pierce can be said to be very successful, but there is really some gap in personal ability between Pierce and Kobe.

But fortunately, Stan Van Gundy had expected this situation before the game. After all, the Lakers have always used this offensive method this season. No matter what kind of double-team defense Kobe faces, it will basically not change.

So when Kobe was standing in the horns holding the ball basket and posing in a three-threat pose, Pietrus was already stuck on it immediately, completely on Kobe's body, as if he was not afraid of him suddenly exerting force and passing him in one step.

Faced with Pietrus' close defense, Kobe has obviously gotten used to it. After all, since O'Neal left the Lakers, in the past two seasons, as long as Kobe has the ball on the offensive end, even double-teaming has become a habit.

For Kobe, as long as there are not five people rushing up to defend at the same time, it is basically an open position...

With Pietrus' defense close to his body, Kobe suddenly started to exert force from the right side, directly sticking to Pietrus' body, slipping from the bottom line from the right side and heading straight to the inside.

Since Pietrus was defending Kobe, he completely focused on Kobe.

Although this defensive method can limit Kobe's mid-range shots to the greatest extent, but at the same time it has the disadvantage that if the lateral movement speed is not fast enough, he will face the risk of being passed by Kobe in one step.

However, after Pietrus was passed by Kobe in one step, there was no surprise on Pietrus' face, as if he had expected this situation a long time ago.

Or maybe his purpose is to prevent Kobe from shooting easily, and deliberately force him to start moving inside.

Sure enough, as Kobe slipped past Pietrus, Howard stood completely under the basket.

While reaching out to catch Bynum behind him, he leaned his body forward, and if Kobe continued to choose to go straight to the basket, he would inevitably collide with Howard at the basket.

So after passing Pietrus, Kobe looked at Howard, who was standing under the basket at the moment trying to interfere with him, and directly chose a short-range throw to end the attack.

"Shu~"

With the sound of a basketball hitting the net, this score can only be regarded as a relatively normal score, but it directly caused deafening cheers from the entire Staples Arena.

However, after Kobe hit the bottom line, Stan Van Gundy, the head coach of the Magic off the court, did not have any dissatisfaction.

Instead, he stood on the sidelines and clapped his hands non-stop, cheering and cheering on the players on the field, as if this situation was exactly what he wanted to see.

"Not bad, the defense is good, just defend like this, everyone cheer up, don't be discouraged, after all, the game has just begun."

Pushing the glasses on the bridge of his nose casually, Stan Van Gundy stood on the sidelines with his hands on his waist, looked up at the video playback above his head at this moment, as if this defensive method was deliberately arranged by him before the game.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Before the game, Van Gundy had already made a lot of plans for defending Kobe.

But in the end, Van Gundy was not particularly satisfied with each plan, because in recent years, the league has tried all kinds of defensive methods in order to defend Kobe.

Even the head coach of the Bobcats, Larry Brown, used a three-person double-team on Kobe.

But in the end, the results of the feedback are not too different, that is, as long as Kobe plays smoothly, it is also useless to double-team with three people.

It seems that when it comes to defending Kobe, he can only pray that he doesn't feel good.

Therefore, in this case, the coaching staff of the Magic team watched a lot of replay videos before the game, and finally gave up the original tactic of Su Jiu and Pietrus double-teaming Kobe.

After all, it’s no secret that Fisher’s offensive ability is mediocre on the Lakers’ court, so most teams in the league will use double guards to double-team Kobe when defending Kobe, so as to let go of Fisher as much as possible to complete the pressure to the greatest extent.

In fact, the Nuggets also used such a defensive method in the Western Conference Finals, but the final feedback effect was only average.

Because Kobe this season has not diminished his personal offensive firepower, but his passing awareness has risen to a higher level.

So for the Lakers, who basically don't play fast breaks, always play a slow pace on the court, and use the triangle offense to complete the finish, this defensive method really consumes the defender's physical energy.

For a very competitive playoffs, few teams can complete this kind of tight double-teaming in the full four quarters.

What's more, this season's Su Jiu is also very important to the overall offensive end of the Magic, so after weighing, in the end Van Gundy still didn't use this method of killing 1000 enemies and losing 800.

After all, although Su Jiu's performance in the playoffs this season can be said to be eye-catching, he has even played a superstar performance for a certain period of time.

But if Van Gundy really wanted to use Su Jiu as Jordan, and he had to invest in both offense and defense, then it would be somewhat impolite, because with Su Jiu's personal physical fitness, it was impossible to fully support the entire game.

What's more, even if he is as strong as Michael Jordan, after the fierce playoffs, he also tries to avoid the opponent's main offensive point in most cases.

Only at the critical moment of the fourth quarter will he take the initiative to ask for a matchup with the strongest offensive point on the opposite side.

So for various reasons, in the end Van Gundy chose another plan, which is to force Kobe to score in areas he is not good at as much as possible.

That's right, the focus is to pinch Kobe's mid-range shots. For Kobe's throw shots after going straight to the basket, and shots from outside the three-point line, it is to release a little space.

Because according to big data, about 70% of Kobe's personal shot choices this season are mid-range shots from both sides.

Although the shooting percentage from beyond the three-point line also reached 35%, but the proportion of average shots per game is much smaller.

And for throws that are closer to the basket, it is even worse, and the shooting percentage is even lower than that of the mid-range, only a poor 33.1%.

So with Howard, the league's No. [-] center on the inside, Van Gundy's strategy in this game is to resolutely not let Kobe shoot from the mid-range position.

Try to force Kobe to leave his shooting comfort zone, and when a player can't use his best way to end the offense on the court, then his offensive efficiency is very likely to decline.

It can be said that in order to defend Kobe, the coaching staff of the Magic can be called painstaking. Similarly, the reason why Van Gundy chose such a defensive method in the end, the main confidence did not come from Pietrus, but Howard who sat under the basket.

Because as long as Howard can stand in the penalty area for timing, there are only a handful of players in the league who will really challenge Howard with the whole game.

In addition, this is currently a playoff competition, so the referee will not deliberately whistle for some non-serious defensive actions. At least the star whistle will never be reflected in Howard.

After all, an offensive player is a star, but Howard is also a star, so in this respect, the two are absolutely equal.

And this is the defensive confidence that Howard brought to Van Gundy, although the pair of master and apprentice have always been at odds off the court.

But as the current team has reached the finals, those personal grievances have been put aside for the time being. After all, everyone is an adult, and it is still clear which is more important.

The Magic team attacked, and Kobe hit a shot in the first offense after the opening, which seemed to be a bad signal for the Magic team.

However, after the team successfully entered the finals, the generals of the Magic have already forgotten the sense of oppression brought by Kobe.

Although Kobe is well-known in the league, why not Howard of the Magic? !

The most important thing is that if it is really about popularity, then Allen Iverson in the team is not in vain. Therefore, with Iverson on the team, the momentum of the Magic after the start of the game has not been suppressed at all.

And this point also made many experts and the media look at each other with admiration. After all, the Magic met the Zijin Army led by Kobe in the finals.

So in this case, the cohesion within the team will become more important. Fortunately, the Magic got Allen Iverson through a trade in the middle of this season.

For Iverson, no matter what kind of performance he contributed to the team in the regular season, at this moment, this slightly green Magic team has successfully entered the finals, so Iverson's role has finally been revealed.

Because in addition to Iverson's real experience in the finals, the most important thing is that there is a player like Iverson behind him, so the young players of the Magic can completely let go.

At least in terms of the team's momentum, it has not fallen in the slightest. Perhaps this is exactly the spiritual effect that stars can bring to the team in the playoffs.

Facing the old fisher Fisher with the ball, Su Jiu, who had successfully scored over Fisher's head in this game, appeared calmer at this moment.

Because with Su Jiu scoring in the first attack, Su Jiu has roughly figured out Fisher's defensive ability.

That is, although the tonnage is very good, and even Su Jiu may be at a disadvantage, Fisher is obviously at a disadvantage in terms of speed.

In the case of not defending the zone defense on the defensive end, facing Su Jiu and Howard's two-person pick-and-roll, Fisher's ability to defend and break through was greatly reduced when he was afraid of Su Jiu's three-point shooting.

So on the next offensive end, Su Jiu also asked Howard for a pick-and-roll. Using the pick-and-roll, Su Jiu broke through directly from the right side, his sneakers stepped on the floor hard, and his thigh exploded with amazing strength.

Facing Su Jiu's personal breakthrough, Fisher, who had already suffered a loss once, adjusted his center of gravity in time. The whole person completed the lateral movement to the right as soon as Su Jiu's body tilted to the right.

After all, he must be the one who knows him best, so he knew that he couldn't compare with Su Jiu in terms of speed.

While trying to ensure that he can interfere with Su Jiu's shooting, Fisher quietly tilted his center of gravity to the right so that he could catch up with Su Jiu's breakthrough immediately on the defensive end.

Even if he could only follow behind and eat ashes in the end, at least Fisher had worked hard enough to defend.

As for why Fisher concluded that Su Jiu would most likely start to break through from the right side, because according to the pre-match coach Phil Jackson’s reminder, the Lakers coaching staff went through a lot of video clips and found that Su Jiu attacked from the right side in most cases except for a few left-handed breakthroughs during the regular season.

After entering the playoffs, all of Su Jiu's breakthrough routes basically started from the right side.

And even the scout report clearly stated that Su Jiu is a completely right-handed player on the offensive end. Although his left hand is not completely incapable of attacking, it is rarely used on the field.

Therefore, in the case that the players themselves have offensive defects, through the analysis of big data, it is obviously possible to greatly reduce the defensive pressure of the Lakers players on the field.

Similarly, this is exactly what a team's coaching staff needs to prepare before the game.

After all, an excellent coach, in addition to having the ability to respond to changes on the field, his ability off the field cannot be ignored.

However, at the same time that Fisher's center of gravity moved to the right, Su Jiu on the offensive end suddenly pulled the basketball to the left, and his shoulders moved accordingly, making a deceptive crossover! !

Following Su Jiu's attack, it could be called a false crossover, and Fisher, whose center of gravity had been completely adjusted to the right, was immediately deceived.

Although Fisher knew in his mind that he had been fooled when Su Jiu made this move, but within a short period of time, although Fisher said badly in his heart, his body couldn't keep up with Su Jiu's footsteps again.

So although Fisher on the defensive end saw everything in his eyes, what he could do at this moment was to witness Su Jiu swaying away, and then went straight to the basket inside.

Facing Su Jiu's breakthrough, Bynum, who was also going down to the basket at the moment, reacted immediately.

The whole person sticks to Su Jiu directly from the side, trying to ensure that there is enough excellent interference when Su Jiu ends the attack.

Facing Bynum's sudden defense from the flank, Su Jiu didn't panic at all, and his brain was clear enough at the moment.

After glancing around with the corner of his eyes, Su Jiu immediately accelerated with all his strength, and went straight to the basket.

Finally, after breaking through and entering a position closer to the basket, Su Jiu first used his right elbow to support Bynum next to him, and then made a skyhook posture with his left hand, throwing the ball high towards the basket.

Seeing the shooting action on Su Jiu's left hand, Bynum immediately took off to block the shot, but before Su Jiu threw the ball, his right elbow had a movement to support Bynum's abdomen.

Therefore, while the center of gravity moved backward subconsciously, Bynum, who took off with all his strength again, still failed to block the ball in the air.

Even though Bynum could already feel his fingertips, and even vaguely touched the trajectory of the basketball, but it was a little bit close, after all, it was still a little bit close.

Just when Bynum's body began to descend from the air, he suddenly felt a gust of wind behind him.

After landing, Bynum turned around and found that the monster Howard behind him had already jumped with all his strength and caught the ball thrown high into the air by Su Jiu.

Afterwards, he directly contributed a heavy dunk with both hands, and completed a beautiful aerial connection with Su Jiu! !

Barkley: "My God! Beautiful goal, this is really a beautiful alley-oop!!"

"Whether this ball is Su's pass or Dwight's follow-up, it can be said that there is a very tacit understanding."

"Before, the crossover that Su made through Dwight's pick-and-roll was also extremely exciting. All in all, this was really a beautiful offensive round!!"

Kenny Smith: "Haha, indeed, this alley-oop is really beautiful. I really didn't expect that the tacit understanding between the two on the field would be so good."

"You know, since entering the playoffs, when facing the Magic, other teams will focus on guarding against the air connection between Sue and Dwight."

"So this has led to the fact that since the Magic entered the playoffs, the team has contributed less and less alley-oops on the offensive end."

"And this goal was so exciting that we even found the "Bombing City" team that flew into the sky and escaped from the ground during the regular season!!"

Barkley: "That's right, because during the regular season, the Magic will always stage this wonderful aerial connection, so many fans have already called this Orlando Magic "Bomb City".

"Haha, I just didn't expect that just after the first game of the finals, the Magic team directly used such a goal to ignite the atmosphere of the game!!"

Following the alley-oop between Su Jiu and Howard, the entire Staples Arena fell into silence in an instant.

Except for the occasional scattered Magic fans who were having a carnival, most of the fans chose to be silent at this time, holding the back of their heads with their hands, looking at the replay above their heads as if they couldn't believe it for a long time.

I can't believe that the Magic played so vigorously after the opening game, and there is even a sense of anti-customer in terms of momentum? !

And after the ball was dunked, Howard, who has always liked to be funny, opened his hands while retreating. He opened his mouth wide and looked at his palms, showing an incredible expression.

However, when returning to defense to halftime, Howard, who gradually transformed from a jogging state to a walking state, showed off his biceps excitedly to the audience, and even shouted a few times to match the smile on his face.

Seeing these celebrations made by Howard on the field, the fans in the entire Staples Arena immediately booed sporadically.

Obviously feeling a little dissatisfied with Howard's behavior.

This fucking "match face" ah this! !

However, facing the waves of boos coming from the Lakers' home court, Howard still had a smile on his face, and then high-fived Su Jiu who was retreating.

After the high-five, the two touched their right arms tightly, and then showed off the biceps on their right arms to each other, as if they were facing some kind of signal. Many Lakers fans were very upset.

But following Su Jiu and Howard's wonderful aerial connection, everyone in the Magic team showed a slightly excited expression at this moment.

It was as if a certain fighting spirit had been inspired between each other, and even the body began to tremble with excitement unconsciously.

At the same time, the Magic's bench also jumped up immediately, and everyone raised their hands off the court, celebrating exaggeratedly.

It can be said that the wonderful aerial connection of this ball not only aroused the enthusiasm of Magic fans in the first place, but also aroused the enthusiasm of other Magic players.

And in the "Double Devil Connection", behind Howard overpowering Bynum to complete the alley-oop, the fans seemed to have seen the "Bombing City" quietly rise during the finals.

After all, the "Bombing City" composed of "Blue Devil" Su Jiu and "Warcraft" Howard this season can be said to be well-known.

It is no exaggeration to say that when the connection between Su Jiu and Howard is completely opened, then it can be said that "wherever the two demons pass, the stadium will not grow"! !

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(End of this chapter)