From today on is the king

Chapter 680 679. Destroy the Big Four!
33 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists. This is the data that Kobe has not finished in three quarters. The game rule continues to shine in the Staples Center.

Kobe held his proud head high, his face was full of disdain, only two points left, this attack, he wants to tie the score or even overtake it!
In terms of personal scoring, Kobe's 33 points and Liu Mang's 37 points are obviously slightly inferior, but from the perspective of the impact on the game, Kobe beat Liu Mang today, which made Kobe feel very happy.

The official timeout is coming to an end. The Eagles have arranged tactics, mainly defensive tactics, and sent out the strongest lineup of Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Ratliff.

On the Lakers side, Malone, Fisher, and Fox finally played, and they played long enough. The lineup of Payton, Kobe, Devin George, Wang Zhizhi, and O'Neal.

Back from timeout, the Lakers attack.

The Lakers' offensive tactics were adjusted. After Payton advanced to the frontcourt, he didn't give the ball to Kobe immediately. Kobe didn't ask for the ball to the left middle distance, but attracted the defense there.

O'Neal is active in the interior. Since the first quarter, although O'Neal has been on the court, he has been resting and playing, for now!At the end of the third quarter, after relying on Kobe to close the score to only two points, O'Neal has almost rested, and he is about to start showing off!

Payton moved to the right, O'Neal aggressively stuck Ratliff behind him in the interior, Payton dribbled the ball sideways with his right hand, and pointed to O'Neal with his left, as if he was going to hang the inside.

Payton was about to pass, but was a bit surprised to see the Eagles defending!
It is completely different from the possible problems predicted when the team's tactics are arranged!Even the various situations that the Eagles expected to hinder the inside pass did not appear!

The Eagles defended a zone defense!

It's not the kind of zone defense that defends the inside, but the Eagles, except for Ratliff who is fighting desperately with O'Neal, the other four guard the four outsiders of the Lakers to death!
It wasn’t post defense, but Liu Mang, Raheem, and Rasheed Wallace were all ready to rotate to defend the outside line. Prince was sticking to Kobe alone, and the other three were ready to block air cuts and pinch outside singles. Liu Mang’s point made Payton hate the most, and he took a big step back to double-team Kobe.

Payton can't help it. He averaged 30.00 three-pointers per game, and his shooting percentage was only [-]%. The opponent didn't care at all.

The outside line is completely blocked, and Payton himself has no three-point ability to break through Liu Mang... Last year he was very confident, but this year his state is so bad that he doesn't even have confidence. It seems that the only choice is to play the inside line, and it is the best choice, but Payton always feels that something is wrong. It seems that the pass is a bit too easy.

But Payton still passed in, and what they wanted was O'Neal's singles.

Payton lobbed the ball to O'Neal. After receiving the ball, O'Neal turned around to the left. Ratliff couldn't hold it at all, and was knocked half of his body. After O'Neal turned around and gained space, he raised a small hook!

O'Neal's strongest is actually not hitting the dunk, there are actually only a few in that game, his strongest is the small hook after turning around!
Just when O'Neal turned around and picked up the ball from the bottom up to hook the ball up, Ratliff was stuck at this height and couldn't jump up to block the shot, but Ratliff's prediction of the shot was really good, and he directly hammered O'Neal's right arm with his left fist!

"Beep..."

Even if it was O'Neal, it was impossible to throw the ball under such circumstances. The offense was destroyed by Ratliff, but the whistle came in time. Ratliff fouled and O'Neal made two free throws.

He was punched, although it was only on the arm, but O'Neill immediately became angry, and when he walked to the free throw line, he pushed Ratliff's chest: "Blue collar, you are blocking the way of the superstar."

Ratliff immediately slapped O'Neal's hand away: "All-star substitute, this is not the way you should go!"

Ratliff does not hesitate to face O'Neill!
The two glared at each other, and didn't continue their quarrel. Both of them were stabbed in the sore spot, and it was all true, so they simply shut up.

Small conflicts, no expansion, this kind of small conflict is too common for the Lakers and Eagles, the most star-studded teams in the East and West, this kind of small conflict is normal.

O'Neal walked to the free throw line. This unique man is so different. Others' shooting arms were hurt, which may be affected and lead to abnormal free throws, but this year's free throw percentage is only 40.00%.
It may be that the pain caused O'Neal to shoot the ball instead of throwing it out according to the feeling he thought he could score, but instead scored...

However, O'Neal returned to normal on the second free throw. The thrown ball will rub against the front of the basket, and after hitting the basket, it will bounce vertically to the basket.

Ratliff easily put Wang Zhizhi behind, and Rasheed Wallace easily took off the defensive rebound.

The Eagles strike back!
Rasheed Wallace immediately threw the ball to Liu Mang. Liu Mang rushed forward. Kobe and Payton had already returned to defense. After receiving the ball, Liu Mang rushed across the center line. Kobe was already waiting on the three-point line.

This mad dog!The defense is too hard!Will you get a raise?Didn't you see that other superstar perimeter defenses are better offensively and worse defensively?
After being pressed by Kobe, Liu Mang forced his way forward under the pressure of Kobe, and was forced by Kobe to enter the inside line from the right. However, because Liu Mang was rushing, Kobe forced Liu Mang's breakthrough route to change, but failed to limit Liu Mang's speed. Liu Mang rushed to the right side of the three-second zone and forced a jump. Although the relationship between the two is not good, the cooperation is quite tacit. It is worthy of being a super defensive champion who was selected for the defensive team at the same time a few years ago.

However, Liu Mang didn't shoot after jumping up, but passed the ball back to the middle!

Raheem followed up and caught the ball and smashed into the basket with one hand.

"RiderCharge!" Raheem yelled at Kobe after the dunk landed, the adjective that the Eagles home fans used the most to cheer for the cavalry tactics!
Compared with the original version of cavalry charge, although cavalry tactics are no longer the main offensive option, there are more variables!Because Liu Mang's threats in all aspects are already great!

Obviously, when encountering a team like the Eagles, the opponents are very angry, but they are really used to it. In the past two years, the Lakers only won one regular season game against the Eagles.

After Kobe sent the ball to Payton, he picked up his jersey and ran forward, obviously ready to be fierce. Seeing the Eagles' Ratliff send O'Neal to the free throw line with a rough foul, Kobe thought that the Eagles were going to shrink their defense. This is his chance to score!
Seeing Kobe grabbing his jersey, if it was the past, Liu Mang would definitely be a little apprehensive or even frightened, but now... Liu Mang really wants to give the little blacksmith a good suggestion: Eating too much sweat kills the Y chromosome!

As soon as Kobe arrived in the frontcourt, he was stuck by Prince. He leaned against Prince in the middle distance, and waited for Payton to come over and catch the ball for singles. He couldn't wait!

70 to 73, and the opponent opened the gap by 1 point, Kobe was so angry!I really want to come back!

However, as soon as Kobe stuck to Prince, he saw the bastard who made him angry move a little closer to him, as if he was about to double-team him!
Raheem didn't care too much about Devin George, except Rasheed Wallace blocked Wang Zhizhi's catch-and-shoot route, Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, a three-person defense, focusing on Kobe Bryant, secondary defense on Devin George's air cut and Payton's mid-range shot!

Kobe felt incredible!

Watching O'Neill angrily fight with Ratliff and get stuck in a hand-to-hand position, no one is going to pinch and no one cares, what kind of defense is this!
After Payton pushed forward, he saw that O'Neal had an easy shot. Four of his outsiders were marked to death by the Eagles' four big meat grinders on the outside. Payton's thinking was the same as Kobe's.

What is this for!
Although the Eagles did not press and defend, the four outsiders of the Lakers felt airtight!

The only gap is to hang the inner line in the air!

Payton didn't understand, but he continued to follow the tactics and hung it to O'Neal. O'Neal was ruthless this time. He originally wanted to use a small hook to solve the fight, but he was violently fouled by Ratliff in the last offense and was blocked by an All-Star substitute. O'Neal received the ball and was about to hit Ratliff for a dunk!

Ratliff was indeed unstoppable. No one in the league could block O'Neal's forceful impact. After knocking Ratliff back, O'Neal slapped the ball hard, turned around to catch the ball and took off for a dunk!

It's really unstoppable!It's impossible to cover it, O'Neill's height of [-] meters, plus the jumping that is extremely inconsistent with his figure, Ratliff can't cover it!
However, just as O'Neal raised the ball, another sharp pain hit his right arm. Ratliff slapped O'Neal's right arm with two big hands at the same time, pulling O'Neal down, fouling again!

Another violent foul!

O'Neal almost lost his footing after landing. The referee's whistle came in a timely manner, suppressing O'Neal's anger. O'Neal didn't talk to Ratliff too much. This guy can win the block leader, not the kind of guy who can be affected by verbal threats or even physical threats.

Ratliff also immediately raised his hand in response to the referee's call.

In addition to one foul in the first half, Ratliff has committed three fouls. After the whistle, the Eagles immediately made a substitution and replaced Ratliff with Kwame Brown.

This time O'Neal was not so lucky. His arm was beaten sorely, and he was beaten twice in a row. This time he directly made two free throws.

Rasheed Wallace once again grabbed a defensive rebound, and the Eagles counterattacked again!

This time the Lakers retreated a lot faster. Wang Zhizhi and Devin George didn't get stuck. O'Neal threw the shot and the two immediately retreated. O'Neal immediately retreated after throwing the throw.

Seeing that there was no chance of a strong counterattack, Liu Mang ran back from the center line to catch the ball, pressed the rhythm, and played slowly.

Liu Reck advances to the frontcourt. Kobe is now more motivated to defend against Liu Reck and is more confident than when the Eagles were playing against the Sloan system. The Eagles have a better lineup defensively and rank first in the league in defensive efficiency, but the offensive end is very simple. It is Liu Reck's various singles.

Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, seeing the excitement in Kobe's eyes, he knew the evil thoughts in this guy's heart, and immediately beckoned for a pick-and-roll.

Kwame Brown ran out, and before reaching his position, Liu Mang accelerated from the right!

Kobe is already ready for the pick-and-roll. The pick-and-roll of the rest of the Eagles is far behind Boozer's pick-and-roll. Kobe can keep up with Liu Mang in the pick-and-roll, but Liu Mang is so strong!
Kobe immediately caught up.

Liu Mang took a big step forward, saw that Kobe's movement was slow, and Liu Mang immediately chose to step back. Kobe's reaction and body balance were really strong, his waist was too good, his core strength was stable, and he turned back in time to catch up with Liu Mang, but Kwame Brown just rushed to the right of the top arc at this time, blocking Kobe in front of him!
O'Neal couldn't follow up quickly, Liu Mang popped out from the left back, came outside the top arc three-point line, adjusted a bit, and made an open three-point shot!

Easy hit!

76 is better than 70!

The Eagles once again opened the point difference to 6 points!
It's the Lakers' offense again. Kobe and Payton have guessed what the purpose of the Eagles is now.

Before they attacked twice in a row, the Lakers failed to make it. Ratliff fouled twice in a row and sent O'Neal to the free throw line twice. The key point is that O'Neal only made 4 of 1 free throws!
O'Neal continued to drop down, and O'Neal saw Kwame Brown, who was younger and more irritable behind him, who was making foul moves without even concealing it, and he didn't want to catch the ball anymore!

So obvious!

The Eagles' defensive strategy is to block the outside line and give the inside singles a chance, but they don't let O'Neal actually make a shot. Every time O'Neal wants to make a shot, he hits directly!

This is not a shark hack. When Ratliff fouled O'Neal for the first time, the number of fouls had already reached 4 times, and there was no direct foul. Instead, they waited until O'Neal made a shot and then fouled. It did not disrupt the rhythm of the court, but only destroyed O'Neal's strong dunks and small hooks.

But that's it, O'Neal didn't dare to catch the ball anymore!Today's free throw is too bad!

Moreover, even if O'Neal wants the ball, Payton dare not pass it now!

This time Payton chose to break through!It's just that the speed is really slow enough. As soon as he entered the three-point line, Liu Mang immediately defended in place, and Payton immediately passed the ball to Kobe who was leaning against Prince.

Kobe couldn't bear it anymore, he was going to play singles!
O'Neal actually scored only 1 point in two offenses, and they were both perfect singles opportunities. What made Kobe feel uncomfortable was that O'Neal scored only 4 free throws!
This made Kobe dissatisfied with O'Neal again. It's not that O'Neal's touch can't be practiced. The small hook is so smooth, but he just refuses to spend some time practicing free throws. Kobe's dissatisfaction with O'Neal's laziness once again occupies the main emotion.

Just when Kobe received the ball and wanted to play a high post, Raheem let go of Devin George and double-teamed Kobe!

Quite decisive, without any sloppiness, Kobe was tightly clamped by the two, and the forced mid-range shot made a hollow shot outside the basket and flew directly out of the baseline!

O'Neal is fighting Kwame Brown, who would have thought that he didn't touch the basket!

Raheem, Prince, the two defensive giants flanked Kobe in the middle distance!

These three rounds became another turning point in the game!

The Eagles' defense, the Lakers have no way to crack it!

Kobe can't do anything about passing the ball now. Devin George's cut is really bad. Wang Zhizhi is a spot-up shooter and is marked to death. Payton only scored two points today, 7 of 1 shots, and almost has no sense of presence.
The Eagles' defensive strategy may not be useful to other teams, but for the Lakers, a strong team with obvious weaknesses, the Eagles' defense is too incomprehensible!

At least in a short period of time, the Lakers can't think of a way to crack it at all, and may not even be able to think of a way to crack it for a month or two!

And this defense is basically irreproducible!

Other teams have the same single-defense awareness as Ratliff. There are probably only a few players, Duncan, Garnett, and Ben Wallace. Except for these three, after the retirement of the older generation of centers and the aging of the old, it is estimated that there will be no fourth player in the league now. Pushing forward two years, Mutombo is also one, only Olajuwon and others.

However, these players are the inside core of their respective teams, especially Duncan and Garnett, in addition to being the core of defense, they are also the core of offense!They didn't dare to pay so many fouls to play this style of play. They could only fight recklessly, and it was too difficult to fight against OK, stronger than Duncan. After Kobe grew up, they only won once in the past three years.

But the Eagles are different, whether it is Ratliff or Kwame Brown, although they are also very important, but the Eagles will not be able to play without them, because they also have Rasheed Wallace who is also a center!So Ratliff and Kwame Brown can do this in this style of play.

This defensive method is the defensive strategy used by the Pistons to brutally slaughter the Lakers 4-1 in the Finals!

Block the outside and inside to allow O'Neal to play singles, and then use Campbell, Okur, and Ben Wallace to disrupt O'Neal's offense.
The same is true for the Eagles. Ratliff, Kwame Brown, and Boozer come up in turn. As long as O'Neal receives the ball, he is always ready to foul and force Kobe to play singles.

As for the Lakers' outside singles, or the one who can hit the Eagles' outside line, only Kobe is now.

Because the Eagles' perimeter defense is obviously stronger than the original Pistons!

The defense of Liu Mang, Prince, and Raheem is obviously stronger than that of Billups, Prince, and Hamilton!
Especially under the attack of Prince and Raheem, Kobe suddenly went from violent to locked, with only one official timeout!
Playing and playing, Kobe's stubbornness came back again. If he can't make a shot, he will keep shooting, and if he can't make a shot, he will keep shooting.

At the end of the third quarter, Kobe, who originally had a shooting percentage of 40.00%, dropped to 40.00%!

On Liu Mang's side, he constantly borrowed his teammates' pick-and-roll attacks. Kwame Brown's body is really good, and his pick-and-roll awareness needs to be strengthened, but his enthusiasm and physical fitness have made up a lot. Although Liu Mang's whistle became a lot looser after the confrontation with the two teams because of Kobe's increasingly crazy defense, his shooting efficiency was not high, but he was much better than Kobe!
In the last 5 minutes of the third quarter, the Lakers saw that they were going to overtake the score and wanted to fight a wave of anger, but they didn't expect that in these 5 minutes, the Lakers only scored 5 points!
Except for Kobe throwing more and more crazy throwing 7 of 1 plus two free throws to get 4 points, only O'Neal scored 1 point!
老鹰队这边靠着刘莽5投2中拿到6分，还有其他人起反击拿到8分，5分多钟打出了14比5的得分三节收尾表现！
74 to 85, the Lakers not only failed to narrow the point difference, but were stretched to 11 points!
Liu Mang scored 43 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists in three quarters!Assists also caught up with Kobe's 8!
……

In the fourth quarter, it was clear that the Lakers had no good solution. Replace O'Neal?Obviously impossible, then it would really be Kobe's team alone.

Although Malone was able to help others pick and roll without the ball to get some open opportunities after he came up, Kobe's mentality exploded again, and he returned to the state of refusing to take the initiative to help his teammates with the ball in the first half.

The Eagles seized the opportunity, came up in the fourth quarter, scored a 4-13 score in more than 3 minutes, and the point difference came to 21 points, directly sending the game into garbage time.

The Lakers were bewildered by the Eagles' sudden rampage, which became extremely fierce and even completely abnormal defense. They didn't realize why this happened, so they were killed!

Even Zen Master has nothing to do. He really can't find a way to deal with the Eagles' iron bucket formation. This kind of defense is completely suicidal. If O'Neal's free throws are slightly on time and have a stable shooting rate of more than 60.00%, the Eagles will not dare to play like this. For example, Duncan last season had a [-]% free throw percentage in the second half of the season.

However, O'Neal really doesn't have that free throw ability!
Moreover, the most important thing is that apart from the Big Four plus Fisher, Fox, and Wang Zhizhi, the Lakers have no other useful people. Devin George is the second small forward, and there are only 8 players in the rotation. There are not many better choices!

Zen master adjusted several times in the second half of the third quarter and the first half of the fourth quarter, but the Eagles defended as determinedly, and Zen master really couldn't think of a way.

This is the Larry Brown iron barrel formation that he didn't think of a solution for the entire finals. How can he think of a solution in one game?

After the Lakers called a timeout, they announced their surrender, replaced all the main players, and replaced them with a drinking fountain lineup.

The Eagles did not continue to start, and sent Jason Terry, who was very tired today, to hold the lineup, with Korver, Barnes, Muhammad, and Kwame Brown.

For the remaining 7 minutes, both teams had no defense, and kept shooting. Jason Terry was so sad and angry, because he was the one who was injured every time...

最终，刘莽拿到37投17中拿到46分4板10助攻，帮助老鹰队以112比95轻取湖人队，拿下全明星周末之后的第一场胜利！
Three consecutive victories, the record has improved to 44 wins and 8 losses, the Eagles continue to triumph!
……

Liu Mang wants to win this game, although because of the early exposure of the defensive strategy this time, the Lakers may come up with a solution. Any defensive strategy, there is always a way to break it, otherwise it will just build the team towards the deadly play of the Pistons or Spurs.

This is something you have to pay to get something.

Moreover, the timeliness of this defensive system is only this season. After the defense fails to get started, nine out of ten defenses against Kobe by Raheem and Prince in the second half today will be directly called fouls.

Let’s expose the tactics ahead of time. Liu Mang didn’t feel bad about it too much, because he wanted to establish a psychological advantage in the regular season and not be scared by the Lakers’ giant lineup like other teams.

Kobe's nerves are different from ordinary people's. He really hates O'Neal, which is no problem, but he is more proud of the invincible dominance of the combination of himself and O'Neal.

Therefore, even if this tactic has several months left and the Lakers have enough time to study this defensive strategy, Liu Mang must win this game in order to make Kobe no longer have confidence in OK and make Kobe want to do it alone.

Liu Mang has a vague feeling that because of his own influence, the trend of OK’s disintegration is not as violent as imagined. If they are really united, suppress the contradictions, and do not disband, even if they don’t get along well. It's not that difficult to reach the top of the NBA.

The salary space of the Lakers is relatively poor now. It is completely restricted by the mid-level contract that was given out for three consecutive summers after winning the championship. The mid-level contract will inevitably turn into a garbage contract in the end. This has basically become a law in the NBA. Most of the role players come here are veterans, and they have no room, so they can still only give exceptions to the middle class.

However, the Spurs have Duncan, they can carry it through, and they will win the championship in a year. The Lakers can theoretically rely on the strength of the OK combination, and they are in Los Angeles, which is very attractive to many players.

But now, because the Eagles are getting more irritable every year, except for the most intuitively feeling the pressure in the Eastern Conference, the two strongest teams in the Western Conference, the Spurs and the Lakers, are also starting to be afraid. Although OK's conflicts continue to increase, judging from today's game, at least when playing against the Eagles, OK is willing to continue to cooperate.

This is not a good thing for the Eagles.

Now Kobe is obviously dissatisfied with O'Neal again. After the game, he publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with O'Neal's laziness and refusal to practice free throws. The contradiction between the OK combination has escalated again.

After the game, when the Eagles were undergoing physiotherapy in the visiting team's locker room, Liu Mang couldn't help but smirk when he heard about this incident. His teammates who were talking about the escalation of the Lakers' OK combination couldn't help shivering.

The teammates obviously felt a chill coming from their backs. The youngest boss of the team must have something bad in his mind!
Fortunately, they are teammates!

Liu Mang will never admit that it was the pressure from the OK game that made him want to crash the Lakers, absolutely not!Liu Mang absolutely does not admit this, he just wanted to see Kobe's carnival years alone, definitely not out of jealousy...

(End of this chapter)