Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 282
Powell has almost become a loophole for the Lakers' perimeter defense, but for Phil and other Lakers players, the only good news is that Powell is no longer as frizzy as he was when he first came on the court, at least he started to use his brain instead of muscle defense up.

However, Powell's experience is still very lacking, and it is even more incomparable with Artest. After Ye Feng played against him, the pressure was greatly reduced. Spend [-]% or even [-]% of your energy to match up like Artest.In order to hide Powell in the defensive system, Kobe would sometimes switch defenders with him, which had some effect at first. After all, Kobe is also an expert in perimeter defense, while Batum and Powell are obviously the same, and neither of them can do anything about the other. But strictly speaking, Batum is more comfortable, because Powell's offense is really poor.

But soon Batum regained his sense. He kept letting Aldridge go to the high position to cover himself, and blocked Powell at a relatively safe distance.Batum's three-point firepower was not suppressed for long, and his shooting made the Lakers dare not shrink the defense like they did in the first quarter. Although it did not expand very much, there was still a huge space inside.Miller and Ye Feng keenly seized this opportunity. They kept holding the ball and going inside, and then passed the ball according to the situation.

Under the offensive of the Blazers, the Lakers' defense was somewhat stretched, and the inside and outside lines were under great pressure at the same time.Fortunately, the Blazers' inside players don't have enough firepower, because their offensive focus is obviously on the outside, and Aldridge's shooting rate is not very high under Odom's interference. If it is, the Lakers probably can't resist it at all.In contrast, the Lakers' offense is completely on the inside, because the three-pointers of the outside trio are really inaccurate, so they have to keep scoring inside, at least in the middle distance.

The two sides played back and forth, the Blazers scored more quickly, while the Lakers scored more efficiently.Their offense is a coincidence, and they all conform to the so-called "magic ball theory", but obviously the Blazers have to do better.The content of this theory is very simple. On the basketball court, the most efficient offensive methods are layups or offenses at the basket, and three-pointers.They prefer layups because they have a very high shooting percentage, and they prefer three-pointers because they have a bonus of 1 point more than normal mid-range shots. Therefore, in the opinion of the founder of this theory, it is best for a team not to shoot. What mid-range, basket offense and three-pointers are king.

The Lakers are obviously only halfway there. After all, they have a master of mid-range shooting in their hands. Kobe likes mid-range shooting very much. No one knows why, maybe because he has been imitating and looking forward to surpassing Jordan?After all, the leader of Joe's gang was also a middle-distance master at the historical level of the NNBA after the age of 30.Kobe's finishing efficiency at the basket is very high, but more often he is willing to hold the ball to the position near the free throw line or the elbow area, and then jump straight up.Slightly leaning back and sending the ball to the basket with ease, he is also the Lakers' only and biggest reliance in the case of insufficient firepower.

But the Blazers don't care, in fact, they are not qualified to care about it based on their defensive ability inside.Camby is indeed a good barrier at the basket, but their defense in the area between the three-point line and the basket can only say a bad word, which gives Kobe a lot of opportunities to make easy shots. After all, now Only Batum was guarding against him, not Ye Feng.After all, Ye Feng could only put his energy on one end of the game. Since he chose to attack, he couldn't put in too much effort on the defensive side. If he tried to man-mark, there would only be one consequence: he couldn't make it to the fourth quarter at all. critical moment.

In the face of Kobe's mid-range shot, the reason why the Blazers can still entangle in the score is because of a sudden rain of three-pointers.Miller, Batum, and Ye Feng, these three people all have three-point shooting skills. Even the weakest Batum opened his heart knot in the second quarter, as if he had entered a state of explosion. , and the Lakers' perimeter defense is really unstoppable.Artest is still resting off the court, and Shannon Brown and Powell are guys with physical inexperience. It is difficult for Kobe to take care of the three opponents on the outside. He wants to block the opening, but it will only make him exhausted.

The scores and statistics of the two teams clearly showed the correctness of the "magic ball theory". Before Kobe's 50% mid-range shooting percentage, the Blazers were not at a disadvantage. Three-point shooting, even if the hit rate is only 40%, it can still compete with the Lakers.Aldridge and Camby have completely become rebounding machines, and the cooperation between the two has become more and more tacit. Many times, Aldridge will help Camby block one of the Lakers' inside players, which may be Odom or Canada. Saul, then watched the old guy easily grab offensive rebounds under the Lakers' basket, either scoring himself or going to the perimeter.

Ye Feng's feeling is very good, now he can hardly feel the weakness brought by the flu, of course he still dare not use too much force, short-distance sprints and sudden full-strength jumps will still affect him, for example, The situation is black in front of my eyes.Now he runs very briskly on the field. Although he also needs Aldridge or Camby inside to cover, Ye Feng can already break through to the inside relatively easily, and then use small throws to score.This is also a way for him to save energy. There will be a moment of pause in the middle distance, which will allow defensive players to seize the opportunity, and he does not want to play physical confrontation at the basket for the time being, so throwing is a good way to score. And the hit rate is not low, at least higher than Kobe's mid-range.

Ye Feng, who returned to normal, dealt a fatal blow to the Lakers. Although the points difference between the two sides hadn't widened in the third quarter, the Blazers had become the leading one. Although it only had 2 points, it could be wiped out in one round. Even though the score difference is even, the morale of the whole team is greatly boosted, and there is a lot of ambition to beat the Lakers directly.McMillan smiled on the sidelines. After all, if the Blazers win this game again, they will eliminate the Lakers with a total score of 4 to 1 and enter the finals. This is the best compliment for their perseverance throughout the season. But did the Lakers really not resist?

(End of this chapter)