Godfather of basketball: coach Dayao to win the championship

Kurt Thomas found the right time and completed the double-team defense against Shaquille O'Neal in time.

Faced with the double-teaming of the two, Shaquille O'Neal felt particularly uncomfortable.

Mutombo himself is a very strong defensive center player.

Although he is a little older, his strength is still online.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be hailed by the fans as the veteran of the Knicks' four insider kings.

And Kurt Thomas himself is also an excellent blue-collar player.

He is also very good defensively.

When Karl Malone is not on the court, allowing Mutombo and Kurt Thomas to double-team Shaquille O'Neal can definitely reduce the Lakers' internal firepower by at least 70.00%!

Shaquille O'Neal cannot be guarded alone.

Those two inside stars can always do it, right? !

As for another inside player of the Lakers? !

In terms of the strength of the Knicks' inside players, it really doesn't matter too much.

Seeing Shaq O'Neal who had no chance to complete the offense, he no longer hesitated, and directly threw the basketball in his hand towards the three-point line.

Seeing this, Kobe hurriedly stretched out his hand to catch the basketball.

Mo Williams, however, was quicker to react.

Before Kobe received the basketball, he rushed over and reached out to snatch the basketball.

Immediately afterwards, he flicked the basketball toward the frontcourt.

Jose Calderon and Kyle Korver not far away have launched a fast break.

Jose Calderon receives a pass from Mo Williams.

Then a quick dribble to the frontcourt.

However, Kobe's reaction was also very fast, and he caught up to defend immediately.

Without any hesitation, Jose Calderon slammed the basketball in his hand towards the position outside the three-point line on the right side of the baseline.

Kyle Korver, who had already run to the position, did not make any stop.

Just throw in your hands.

"Shh!"

An open three-pointer scored!

The Knicks take the first three points!

Watching the basketball hit the floor, Kobe suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

He can clearly feel that today's Knicks seem to be different.

Turning heads, the Lakers attack.

After Shaquille O'Neal's offensive failure last time, Kobe decided to attack himself this time.

Slowly dribbled the ball to a position at a 45-degree angle outside the three-point line on the right, and began to observe the situation on the court.

Then, directly against Jose Calderon's defense, he came to the low post and started playing back.

For Bryant, this is one of the most consistent ways of attacking him.

Of course, the most important thing is that it saves more effort to attack with the back to the basket.

The finals with the Knicks is undoubtedly very difficult.

Therefore, being able to save energy as much as possible, the more able to grasp a certain advantage in the final stage of the game.

Therefore, Kobe did not hesitate to choose the way of attacking with his back to the basket.

Once, twice.

After driving Jose Calderon a little distance away, he patted the basketball in front of him with his right hand.

Then the basketball hit the floor and bounced.

After that, Kobe shook his shoulders and didn't touch the basketball with his hands, just letting it fall freely.

Then, suddenly turn to the right.

Both hands took advantage of the situation to catch the basketball.

Quick jump, fade away jump shot.

But just when Kobe finished his backward jump, another figure appeared in front of him!

Mo Williams!

With Jose Calderon, double-teamed Kobe!

"Bang!"

Under the interference of two people, Kobe failed to score this goal.

Even the way of the fadeaway jumper is rarely disturbed by the opponent.

However, the double-team defense of two people still brought some troubles to Kobe.

Dikembe Mutombo was facing Shaq O'Neal under the basket and successfully grabbed the rebound.

Immediately afterwards, he threw the basketball toward the frontcourt again.

After receiving a pass from Mutombo, Kyle Korver dribbled directly to the three-point line in the frontcourt.

Facing the basket directly, take off and shoot directly.

"Shh!"

Another chasing three-pointer!

The Knicks scored 3 points again!

The score became 6 to 0!

At the beginning, the Knicks had a big advantage!

Both Barkley and Smith on the sidelines had sparkling eyes.

"Smith, the Knicks seem to be playing very well today! Although Allen Iverson and Dayao didn't play, the score is leading! It's really unexpected!" Barkley looked around Smith next to him said softly.

Smith on the side heard Barkley's voice and turned to look at him.

Then replied: "Yes!"

"The Knicks' defense against the Lakers today is quite targeted! Whether it's Shaq O'Neal or Kobe Bryant."

"As long as one of them attacks, the Knicks will send two players to double-team defense!"

"This really doesn't take the other players of the Lakers into consideration!"

"However, such a defensive method really works!"

After hearing Smith's words, Barkley couldn't help laughing strangely, and said: "Hahaha! If I were me, I would do the same! The F4 combination of the Lakers is indeed strong. But the level of other players is indeed not good. As expected!"

The meaning of Barkley's words made many fans who were watching the game laugh.

It is not so easy to form an F4 combination.

The Lakers can do this, naturally at the expense of the thickness of the lineup in other positions.

In other words, apart from these four stars, the strength of the other Lakers players is indeed not that strong.

As for what Barkley said just now, he almost pointed out that except for these four stars, everyone else on the Lakers is no good.

Seeing that the Knicks players had the upper hand on the field, many Knicks fans regained a lot of confidence.

However, there are more concerns about whether the current performance of the Knicks will be just a flash in the pan.

But Phil Jackson on the sidelines seemed to see something.

With a heavy face, he paced back and forth in front of the Lakers bench.

Suddenly, he suddenly raised his head and turned to look at Han Ning.

The gritted teeth made Han Ning understand that this little old man really saw his tactical purpose.

I have to say that as a famous NBA coach, this reaction speed is indeed very fast.

but.

Judging from that expression, Han Ning also understood that the tactics he arranged this time were correct.

The lifeblood of the Lakers was caught by him!

Otherwise, Phil Jackson would definitely not have this expression.

Hehe, I like this kind of look that makes you hate but is powerless.

Han Ning, who had been devastated in the previous three games, finally returned this feeling to Phil Jackson again.

And Phil Jackson was secretly cursing in his heart at this time.

This young man is really tough to deal with!