Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 252
In the first quarter of the game, McMillan and the Blazers players saw the power of the Lakers' small lineup to run and bomb. The biggest threat to the opponent team was Odom.In fact, the interior lines of both sides are very empty now. There is only a false center active in the interior line for a long time. Dom, he was made ashamed instead.

But this cannot be blamed on him, it is because the technical characteristics of the two sides are very different.Aldridge is a regular power forward. Although he is strong offensively and weak defensively, he is also a pure inside player, and he has not played as a guard like some players who have skyrocketed in height. This makes him always use pure inside skills. Deal with the tasks of both offensive and defensive ends.But Odom is different. When he first entered the league, he was known for his versatility. Although he has never hit a quadruple double, his ball handling skills and long-range shooting are all above the average wing, but this guy is on the court. Most of the players are power forwards.

Of course, he played as a center this time, but Aldridge has no advantage in height, and the difference of three centimeters is close to nothing in a basketball game. Any player with a slightly better bounce will not make such a difference Put it in your eyes.And when the Blazers didn't let Camby play, Odom was like a "rebound vacuum cleaner", desperately grabbing rebounds one after another, his flexibility and bounce were not as good as his Aldridge's.Batum originally planned to go inside to help defend, but Walton Jr.'s consecutive shots made him dare not act rashly, and could only watch Aldridge being bullied inside.

It is a terrible thing to be at a disadvantage inside in a basketball game. Among other things, the closer you are to the basket, the less chance you have to take a calm shot, which increases the difficulty of scoring by several levels.Some people will ask if there are still three-pointers?Come on, how is it possible for a team to shoot [-]-pointers as well as [-]-pointers in a single game?Maybe it will be able to do it in a while, but if you want to make the number of three-point shots and hit rate reach the level of two-pointers, then either you are crazy or the world is crazy.A few [-]-point shooters per team would be nice, any more would be a luxury, [-]-point shooting is undeniably lower than [-]-point shooting, it also means there will be a lot of rebounds, and the paint falls It means that rebounding is at a disadvantage, so what else can you use to fight against your opponent?

Of course, Ye Feng and the others still thought of a way, but the effect was not very good.In fact, in the final analysis, their method is very simple, which is to strengthen the breakthrough. After all, the inside space is quite large, and they deliberately let them gallop freely. It may also be replaced by Phil early because of too many fouls.However, although Odom usually defends in general, he is very self-aware. He just uses his advantage of moving speed to closely follow the Blazers' assaulters and cause interference when they shoot.

Odom is also a veteran. Since joining the NBA in 1999, he has played in the league for 11 seasons. He is very clear about his own strengths and weaknesses, and he also knows how to make use of his strengths and avoid weaknesses.Although his character is also a bit lazy, firstly, he was on the court with Kobe, and secondly, he was the only one inside. If he continued to maintain a lazy attitude, the pressure would be very high, and he couldn't help but cheer up.Odom, who remained focused, was terrifying. He alone choked the Blazers' inside offense, forcing them to frequently shoot from mid-to-long distance.

And the other Lakers players are not vegetarians, especially Kobe Bryant and Artest, the two defensive champions, Roy and Ye Feng are also somewhat restrained under their full entanglement.In fact, Ye Feng is better. After all, Artest still has a gap compared to his peak period, but Roy has completely fallen into Kobe's clutches. Open shots have lost sight.Bayless certainly has an advantage against Fisher, but his shooting is not very reliable, and McMillan also asks him to take on more breakthrough tasks, but he has not reached a high level in terms of experience and skills. After getting to the basket, the biggest possibility is to be blocked by Odom. This kind of thing has happened twice in the first half of the first quarter.

In desperation, the Blazers can only pin their hopes on Batum. After all, Walton, who is facing him, is a good supporter, but he is not very good at defense.However, in this game, Walton Jr. seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood. He looked gentle and gentle on the defensive end, like a beast that wanted to eat people. He would rather foul than give Batum an easy shot. This made France People are very depressed.Fortunately, Batum changed his strategy in time and fell to the low post to play Walton Jr., which intermittently helped the team increase points, but this was a drop in the bucket for the Blazers, who fell behind by 12 points in a single quarter.

McMillan could only smile wryly when both sides started to use the bench in the second quarter.The consequence of the Lakers starting with a small lineup is that their bench lineup has a super twin tower composed of Gasol and Bynum. Even though the Blazers still have Camby and Uncle Huo, for the Lakers inside, they are two Not even a dish, and only Camby can cause a little trouble.These two people wanted anything they wanted in the paint, grabbed the rebounds, and Camby was squeezed out of the basket several times. He was a little angry, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Thanks to Miller and Fernandez's backcourt showing a surprisingly high shooting percentage, this allowed the Blazers to keep the score gap at around 10 points and was not further opened by the Lakers.If the shots from the bench lineup are also inaccurate, then there is no need to play this game, and the point difference will soon be [-] to [-] points.It can also be seen from this how important the inside advantage is to professional basketball. The Lakers rely on Gasol and Bynum to turn the inside upside down, while the Blazers can only look at the touch and luck.

But now the Blazers have no way to close the score. If there is no way to close the score, it will be difficult to win the game. This requires McMillan to come up with something different.But there are so many players on the player list, how can we make a dish out of it?
(End of this chapter)