The genius of the basketball madman is on the left

Changes on the basketball court are always beyond people's expectations.

If it is a little surprising that the Lakers, the third in the West, cannot resist the Spurs, the No. 2 in the West, then the Knicks, who led 0-2 but were tied to 2-[-], are even more surprising.

Yes, you might want to say that the score gap in the Western Conference Finals next door is even bigger. The Spurs have taken a 3-1 lead after four games, and the Lakers are on the verge of elimination.

But this is actually not very surprising. Putting aside the filter of the Lakers and Horses war, the Lakers this season are indeed far inferior to the stability and strength of the Spurs.

Although the Lakers were once the biggest favorites to win the championship this season, Kobe, Artest, Gasol, Howard, and Anthony's five-man team once made many people think that the Western Conference is about to end. It only depends on the player's reputation, and it is fine to award awards directly. The lineup is even more terrifying than the Big Four of the Heat.

But all of this disappeared with the start of the game, and the Lakers' lineup was even more problematic than the Heat's Big Four.

Although relying on the efforts of Zen Master and Howard's timely adjustments, the Lakers finally avoided the tragedy of the previous life, but there are still many problems that have not been resolved.

The first is the distribution of the ball. Kobe and Anthony are very strong, but they are both players who need the ball. A good point guard will organize, so playing depends purely on personal ability.

Although Howard has stabilized a lot, he is still obsessed with the low post, does not play much pick-and-roll, and his defensive strength has dropped a lot.

The most important thing is that this kind of pure star lineup makes Gasol a little bit at a loss, and it is difficult to play what he is best at.

Relying on pure personal ability, the Lakers still made it to the Western Conference Finals, but they were really hard to parry when they encountered the phenomenal Spurs.

The Spurs this season not only maintained the strength of last season, but even went further and further on the road of team basketball. In the team, not only GDP can be seen-of course, they are still the mainstay of the Spurs, and Parker has reached the level of his personal ability. At the peak, and Duncan also had a second spring because of weight loss and changes in his style of play, but the abilities of players such as Neil, Diaw, Leonard, etc. were brought into full play.

In these four games, you can see that the Lakers finally scored a goal and then were easily scored by the Spurs after a wave of smooth conduction.

If it weren't for Kobe in the third game, Anthony felt too hot, maybe the Spurs are already waiting for their opponents in the Eastern Conference in the finals.

In this state, it is only a matter of time before the Spurs advance to the Finals.

The Knicks are different to the Heat.

Although they are No. [-] in the Eastern Conference and No. [-] in the Eastern Conference, the regular season records of the two teams are very different. The Knicks also have a crushing lead in the head-to-head record, not to mention the record of the past five years. The Knicks are completely one-sided.

As ESPN said after G4, the Heat's previous seasons combined have not won as much as this time.

In fact, this is also the first time James has won two games in a row with the Knicks since he came to the Heat.

So the surprise from the outside world is obvious, and the Heat fans are extremely crazy.

On the website, for the first time, they did not fall behind when they faced the Knicks' huge fan base...and even took advantage, because many people felt that the Heat had figured it out.

Of course, the score is still tied at this time, and at most they have returned to the same starting line, so there are still a few brothers like Lao Zhan who claim to return to the home court to win the cup. After all, it is still 2013 at this time, and Jamie is still relatively conservative.

However, with the start of Tianwang Mountain, their self-confidence has once again increased.

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On June 6, the Eastern Conference Finals G1.

The importance of Tianwang Mountain does not need to be repeated. As long as you are not Rivers, the probability of advancing after winning Tianwang Mountain is as high as 80%.

Well, if it weren't for the existence of Rivers, the reversed essence of human beings, this statistic could be even higher.

Madison Square Garden is naturally ready for battle. Although Knicks fans were a little surprised and disappointed by the tie, the self-confidence accumulated over the past few years will not be easily broken, and it is at home. The referee will not be ordinary for the fourth game. so outrageous—

Yes, many Knicks fans pointed the finger at the referee on duty after Game 4, and his decision at the last moment was quite controversial.

So Knicks fans think that they have a high probability of winning this game.

In the orange sea, many stars and celebrities came here to cheer for the Knicks and Zuo Li, and Aomei finally made time to come.

However, the scenery on the sidelines did not attract the attention of the Knicks. After losing two games in a row, they need to win the lead singer to regain their advantage.

D'Antoni changed, Zuo Li, Battier, Danny Green, Klay Thompson and Curry started.

"It was a small lineup at the beginning, and it seemed that D'Antoni still felt that their lineup was fine." Barkley said.

Yes, this lineup is also the longest lineup in these two Knicks losses.

"As long as you play the rhythm ... some play." O'Neal said.

It's just not easy to hit the rhythm...

Ao Pang added in his heart.

Regardless of referees, mentality, and touch in these two games, the biggest problem with the Knicks' loss is actually that they can't play rhythm.

In other words, the Heat seem to have found the key, the key to dealing with the Knicks' smaller lineup.

That is, the pick-and-roll frantically finds misplacements, constantly creating opportunities for James and Wade to single-play Curry, or Klay Thompson, and creating opportunities for Bosh to face David Lee, Anderson, and Battier instead of left-handed.

If one pick-and-roll doesn't work, then two, always creating a dislocation before taking the shot.

Zuo Li is too good to guard, so just leave him alone and let him score in singles instead of connecting teams.

This tactic worked wonders in the third or fourth game. You can see that Zuo Li's data is exaggerated as always, but other Knicks players are not good, and their data has been cut by more than half.

Especially Curry, his stats can basically be explained by appalling. Being constantly named made him spend too much energy on the defensive end, which also made him completely unable to open the three-pointer he is famous for.

In the next two games, he made 5 of 1 three-pointers in one game and 7 of 1 shots in one game.

And at the beginning of this game, Curry really became the target of the Heat.

James misplaced Curry on the first ball, stood up on the left to make up the defense, James immediately split the ball, Wade caught the ball and broke through and scored.

Zuo Li fought back, and the Heat immediately followed suit, and Curry was singled again.

"The Knicks can't do this. The Heat already know how to play. They just keep going around the pick-and-roll to find Curry. James takes turns to break through. Once the left double-teams, he immediately divides the ball." Barkley said.

"Even if Zuo Li can persist and keep scoring, the Knicks are not easy to play, so Curry can't stand it." Kenny Smith said: "Maybe the Knicks need to change. Curry is obviously a weakness. It might be more appropriate for Foley to let Zuo Li play alone."