Chapter 137: The Final Victory of the Peak Showdown
() Both sides' lineups have strong points that are difficult for the other side to defend, and at the same time, both sides' lineups also have weaknesses that the other side will inevitably attack. The conditioning of such a game is very clear, as both sides seize each other's weaknesses and attack hard, hoping to rely on them.
His own attack power gives him an advantage in the competition between attack and attack.
The Suns' strength lies in their three-pointers. At the same time, Nash, the top point guard who connects the team, and Leandro Barbosa, a breakthrough player, can suppress the Lakers' defensive space and create space for their three-pointers.
Earn more opportunities to play.
The strength of the Lakers lies in their inside line. Yes, although the Lakers' inside line does not have a superstar, and the only one who can even be called a star is Lamar Odom. But the Lakers' inside line has
There are four of them. Except for Lamar Odom, who is a big man who prefers technical skills, the other three are all standard muscular men. Andrew Bynum, who is said to have unlimited potential, is also a defensive player at this time.
A good rim worker but not much offensive ability.
But it happened that this lineup suppressed the Suns' inside players, even if they had an All-Star-level inside player like Stoudemire. The reason for this situation is more due to Stoudemire himself.
Characteristics, he is an explosive dunk player. When he soars into the sky and receives the basketball passed by Nash for a volley dunk, the destructive power is needless to say, not to mention that it will earn him more money.
Lots of opportunities for penalties.
But today, he didn't have many opportunities to show off his dunks.
Stoudemire's offense stems not only from his terrifying coordination and explosive power, but also from his consciousness. Yes, Stoudemire's consciousness is quite good. Without this consciousness, he would
At most, he is just a jumping man who adds dunks. It is because of this awareness that Stoudemire clearly knows when to appear in the open space, when to cut in, and when to pass the ball.
But today, the Lakers' interior rarely had a chance for him to show his cutting ability, because the Lakers' three seven-foot men almost filled the penalty area. If it hadn't been for Radmanovic during the All-Star Game,
When my head got hot, I ran to Utah to go skiing. As a result, I ended up on the injured list and lost my salary of half a million dollars. The Lakers have another nearly seven-foot big man. That one
At that time, the Lakers' penalty area will be more crowded, and like Odom, he can also play small forward!
This forced Stoudemire to choose the mid-range shot as his offensive method. However, although Stoudemire's mid-range shot is not bad, it is only good. It is far from accurate.
If he can't get inside to cause damage and only relies on his mid-range shot, he will be just an ordinary inside player, and his defense is not very good!
At the same time, the Suns' already weak defense became even more vulnerable under the Lakers' attack targeting weaknesses. The two sides played a super-high score of 97:103 in the first three quarters.
But the Suns have already shown their decline. A very obvious decline.
Phil Jackson looked at the remaining time of the game. Well, there are still eight minutes. Don’t rush, keep waiting. Although the Suns still maintain the lead, their three-point shooting percentage has been almost a full year higher.
After a game, it is impossible to continue at such a high level. The feeling will eventually fade away, and that time is when the Lakers counterattack.
"Shua~~" As if to refute Phil Jackson's idea, Stoudemire, who was completely unable to break into the paint, actually hit a three-pointer from the three-point line, widening the score gap between the two sides to nine points.
This made Phil Jackson couldn't help but wonder whether the Suns' touch in this game would continue to be so hot.
Fortunately, Kobe responded immediately. He also hit a three-pointer and caused a foul from Raja Bell. The score was three plus one and he made a free throw to score four points.
However, it doesn't matter even if you lose...
Through this game, Phil Jackson saw more of what he wanted to see. At least, if the Phoenix Suns don't make big changes, it will be difficult for the Phoenix Suns to stop the Los Angeles Lakers in the playoffs.
In the playoffs, the Suns will no longer be a big obstacle to the Lakers.
Bang~~~~
The sudden sound of iron knocking made Phil Jackson's heart move. He couldn't help but look towards the court. Just now, Nash had completely shaken off Kobe's defense, but the emergency stop jumper hit the basket and Kwame Brown grabbed it.
After receiving the defensive rebound, Adrian passed it to Adrian. After waiting for his teammates to get into position, Adrian singled out Raja Bell, took two steps inward, attracted the defensive attention, and handed the ball to Kobe. Kobe held on
The ball broke through again, and he scored two points with a rebound shot.
"Bang~~~" The second time, this time it was replaced by Raja Bell. His three-pointer was interfered by Adrian, hit the left side of the basket and bounced directly off the court.
"Finally, the feeling has cooled down." Phil Jackson let out a long breath, and immediately took advantage of the dead ball opportunity to replace Turiaf with Luke Walton and Lamar Odo.
Mu moved to the power forward position. Then, he made a gesture toward the court.
"attack!"
The cold touch seemed to be contagious. As Nash and Raja Bell missed the shot, the rest of the Suns began their own journey of forging. First, Stoudemire made a strange pick-up shot close at hand.
The ball slipped out of the frame, and then Marion missed a mid-range jump shot. Boris went into the penalty area for a layup, but was slapped by Kwame Brown and flew out of the court. The Phoenix Suns, who had been aggressive before, were instantly trapped.
In the scoring drought, only Nash scored two points through breakthrough free throws, but the Los Angeles Lakers took the opportunity to launch a large-scale counterattack.
Kobe was entangled by Raja Bell and could not exert his full strength, but Adrian was firing on all cylinders. Although Adrian also had James Jones in charge of guarding him, the defensive pressure James Jones brought to Adrian was not very heavy, and it was not necessary.
A pick-and-roll can open up a big gap.
The Suns' two major defensive players, Marion had to be distracted by Odom, and Raja Bell would not be able to let Kobe go and double-team Adrian unless he rotated defense, which made Adrian become the Lakers' field.
The perimeter player above is the easiest to face defensive pressure. Steve Nash can do nothing but defend when Adrian breaks through. This makes the Suns seem like four people are defending.
After scoring two points with a hook, Adrian played James Jones in a post-up position. Poor Jones, although he is also 2.03cm tall, is quite different from Adrian in terms of weight, strength and even skills.
This made it extremely easy for Adrian to beat him in isolation. A fake turn and jump shot made James Jones jump up hurriedly. Then Adrian took his time and made a layup and sent the ball into the basket.
When Adrian opened one point, the other points suddenly came alive.
This is the case on the basketball court. Seeing Adrian playing well, the rest of the Suns will naturally shift the focus of defense towards Adrian. In this way, for people like Kobe and Odom,
The defensive pressure he was under was naturally relieved.
When Odom first hit a mid-range shot, and then passed the ball to assist Kobe from outside the three-point line, Kobe took off and hit a pull-up three-pointer over Nash's head. The Lakers finally overtook the Phoenix Suns 110:108.
After almost leading the Lakers for most of the half, the Phoenix Suns began to enter a collapse rhythm. Then Nash and Stoudemire missed consecutive jump shots. Stoudemire's breakthrough dunk was blocked by Kwame Brown, which only caused
He made a foul, but only made one of two free throws when he took the free throw. He missed the best opportunity to bite the score. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Kobe first broke through Raja Bell's defense from the bottom line, slipped to the bottom line and bypassed Star.
Demier scored two points with a backhand slam dunk, and then broke through Raja Bell from the left 45 degrees and then made an emergency jumper, causing a foul on James Jones who was covering the defense. He made two free throws and scored consecutive goals.
Four points successfully extended the point difference to more than one goal.
In the remaining time, the two sides began to see each other in a stalemate. The score rose alternately. The Lakers could no longer expand their lead, and the Phoenix Suns could not reduce the lead.
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The stalemate continued until the last minute. Raja Bell tried to pass the ball to Marion, who had escaped Turiaf's defense, but was rushed to Lamar Odom with his long arm.
With a click, the pass suddenly deviated from its original trajectory and hit the ground.
Adrian and Nash rushed towards the basketball at the same time. Nash was more flexible, but in this short-range burst, Adrian was faster and rushed to the basketball. Adrian also fell to the ground, but before falling to the ground
Before, he threw it towards the Suns' half court with all his strength!
Kobe Bryant rushed towards the basketball thrown high by Adrian like an arrow. By the time Kobe hung high on the rim, the score difference between the two teams had been widened to eight points.
At the last moment, D'Antoni still wanted to fight hard. He replaced Barbosa and signaled the team to shoot three-pointers with the intention of breaking the current unfavorable situation. Unfortunately, after sitting on the court for a while, Barbosa felt better after playing again.
But it cooled down. As he and Marion missed consecutive three-pointers, and although the Lakers did not score, D'Antoni looked at the time left with less than a minute and understood that there was nothing he could do to save the day, so he waved and shouted.
After a timeout, all the main players were replaced. (To be continued.)
