Godfather of the NBA: Cutting Curry and creating a dynasty

Seeing that the Lakers were about to be overtaken by the Clippers, Phil Jackson quickly called a long timeout.

In the last 2 minutes, he has to arrange his tactics on the field.

More importantly, he can buy some valuable rest time for Bryant.

Just after the timeout here, Phil Jackson applied to the referee for the last long timeout of the field.

In other words, the Lakers now only have a 15-second short timeout.

No matter how big a problem the Lakers had in the last 2 minutes, they could only deploy one tactic.

But this is also a time when there is no way, who made Kobe so tired that he was about to dehydrate.

In the auditorium, a 183-year-old retired player nodded thoughtfully when he saw Master Zen's operation.

At the critical moment at the end of the game, two timeouts were called in a row to restore the strength of the leading star.

This operation is wonderful!

The second timeout ended, and the two sides were finally about to start the final duel.

The Lakers did not make substitutions, but Yang Li made lineup adjustments to the Clippers.

He brought in Ibaka and Ginobili, and substituted Millsap and Leonard.

Millsap has been trying his best to protect the Clippers' basket in the fourth quarter, and now his physical strength has been exhausted.

As for Ginobili, his ability to handle the ball at critical moments is actually not much weaker than Kobe.

He has rested long enough, and now he has enough physical strength to play the last 2 minutes,

The Lakers attack.

Gasol served in the backcourt and handed the ball directly into Kobe's hands.

At the critical moment, the ball is still most reliable in Kobe's hands.

Of course, that doesn't mean Paul is unreliable in handling the ball.

It's just that at this time, if the tactics can't be played out, Kobe can still use his personal ability to fight hard.

But if you switch to Paul, you also have individual singles ability, but it's not enough compared to Kobe.

After Kobe came to the frontcourt, he motioned for Paul to step forward and play a pick-and-roll.

Paul stepped forward decisively to cover Kobe, but Kobe didn't give the ball to Paul after the break.

Instead, he "called" Curry to the flank and prepared to single Curry.

Whether Curry can withstand Kobe's singles is crucial to the current Clippers.

But why must Curry defend Kobe alone?

Ginobili rushed forward with a whoosh, and Curry double-teamed Kobe.

Kobe had to quickly give the ball to Paul, so as not to miss the ball by mistake.

After Paul received the ball, he immediately wanted to pass the ball to Butler who was emptied.

But Pickle immediately blocked Paul's passing route, in order to prevent Paul from easily passing the ball to Butler.

Paul once again observed the positions of Gasol and Bynum inside, and found that Bynum was almost squeezed behind the backboard by Ibaka.

Gasol, on the other hand, was on the other side of the paint.

This kind of large-scale transfer of the ball is very risky, especially the Clippers' overall defensive ability is still so strong, they will definitely prevent this kind of cross pass.

The reason why Paul is called the "God of Point Guards" is because Paul's ball control is too stable.

His assist-to-turnover ratio is at a historical level. On the one hand, he passes the ball very steadily, and on the other hand, he passes the ball too steadily.

Rarely do you see Paul pass as creatively as "White Chocolate" Williams.

More is to steadily deliver the ball to teammates and help them score.

So Paul did not choose to force the ball to the unmarked Gasol, but chose to play it himself.

Break through the inside of the Clippers!