() On the sidelines, George Karl frowned fiercely.
Without him, he can't understand the Lakers' tactics now!
Phil Jackson's triangle offense is very famous. Since this season, the Lakers' tactics have been based on the triangle offense. Therefore, the defensive tactics practiced by the Nuggets before the game are also mainly aimed at the Lakers' triangle offense.
But now, the Lakers' tactics on the court are obviously no longer a triangle offense. Although there is still a little bit of the triangle offense, in terms of the speed of movement and position change, it is more like a pick-and-roll offense. Yes, in
For the Jazz, Jerry Sloan has played the pick-and-roll offense for decades, especially after Lamar Odom replaced Turiaf at the power forward position and enhanced the Lakers' interior offensive capabilities.
The focus of this strategy becomes even more obvious.
This left George Karl a little confused, and the targeted defensive arrangement arranged before the game became empty talk. Instead, the Nuggets' defense fell into chaos. The Nuggets' defense, especially the perimeter defense, was inherently weak.
Unfortunately, it fell into chaos again and again, and suddenly became useless.
The trouble is, George Karl is not a head coach who is good at coaching defense. He can feel that there are problems with the Nuggets' defense on the court now. He hopes to make some adjustments, but he can't figure it out.
What adjustments should be made to prevent
How does he know how comfortable Phil Jackson is.
Having a point guard who can easily integrate into any tactics and organize the team's offense in an orderly manner can literally cut the coach's workload in half. Not to mention that this point guard is still a single player.
He is a good defensive player. He can defend almost all swingmen in the league. Phil Jackson deeply feels that he is lucky to get Adrian.
However, in essence, he still feels regretful. Adrian's low-post offensive ability is quite good, and he can be a good low-post scorer. If he can also pass good balls in the low post, he is simply born.
A point forward suitable for the triangle offense.
However, Adrian's field of vision in the low post is not as wide as his in the high post, and the quality of his passing in the low post is not as good as that in the high post. Phil Jackson tried some ways to make up for this biggest shortcoming, but in the end he only
Maybe I had no choice but to give up.
At the beginning of this season, the pick-and-roll cooperation between Adrian, Lamar Odom and Radmanovic was a weapon for Adrian to score and assist. Now, between Adrian and his teammates,
The cooperation between them has become more and more familiar. In addition, Adrian's own offensive power has also made great progress, and the power of the pick-and-roll has been more reflected.
The Nuggets' defense against pick-and-rolls was very poor. Before his injury, Marcus Camby's defensive ability was extremely good, and he was especially good at guarding against pick-and-rolls. However, after the injury, his physical fitness declined drastically, and his speed and explosiveness were not as good as before.
, the effect of preventing pick-and-rolls will naturally decrease.
As for Nene, he is the kind of top defender who plays with Marcus Camby in order to cope with Marcus Camby's shortcomings of being unable to defend. Naturally, his defensive effect on the pick-and-roll is not good.
As for Carmelo Anthony, in one-on-one defense, he can rely on his strong physical fitness and quick footsteps to defend most swingmen. But when it comes to pick-and-rolls, his defensive awareness is obviously not up to par.
Used.
Under the Lakers' sharp pick-and-roll offense, the Denver Nuggets' already thin defensive lineup was riddled with holes. Until the 11th minute of the first quarter, both sides successively replaced substitute lineups to allow
The main players can get ample rest opportunities, Lamar Odom became the leader of the bench, and Trevor Ariza was also substituted.
At this time, the Lakers already had a five-point lead at 27:22.
Trevor Ariza, who was making his debut in the playoffs for the first time, seemed very nervous. He made a mistake as soon as he came on the court and made an extremely low-level mistake of receiving an unstable ball. The Nuggets took the opportunity to steal the basketball.
It became a fast break. But Odom quickly returned one.
Compared with the main lineup, Jamal, the Nuggets' backup forward, is not very effective defensively, and the effect is even worse when replaced by Martin. Martin is a typical American inside man, with strong physical fitness, and at the same time, the effect is even worse.
With a very average defensive awareness, Odom only needs one click to stand on the ground and bypass Kenyon Martin who is flying into the sky to score an easy layup.
After the initial discomfort, Trevor Ariza calmed down. After he calmed down, his explosive physical fitness became very lethal against the Nuggets' bench. On the offensive end, jr
Smith obviously failed to enter artificial intelligence mode today. Now he is not the unstoppable basketball robot, but a super blacksmith. He smashed the Lakers' basket with a bang, but was unable to provide any help to the Nuggets.
Nerve Knife Jr. Smith, obviously he has a lot of nerves today.
Two minutes into the second quarter, the Nuggets were forced to take the lead in replacing their main player Allen Iverson. Iverson performed well after his appearance, but Jordan Farmar seemed indifferent to Iverson's sharp breakthrough.
There is no way, Jordan Farmar simply can't keep up with Iverson's breakthrough pace, and he always breaks through easily.
However, although Jordan Farmar could not guard Iverson, Iverson's own shooting percentage was not very high.
Born in 1975, he is approaching his thirtieth birthday. Coupled with several injuries, his explosive power and physical strength are no longer what they used to be. And because of his personality, his training has never been as good as before.
Scientific and rigorous. He played for ten minutes in the first quarter and did not get much chance to rest in the second quarter. In the past, this was just the norm for him. At that time, he often played more than 40 games in a game.
minutes, even if there are back-to-back games tomorrow.
But now, he no longer has such sufficient physical strength. Even though he does not think that he is old at all, he has to admit that he already feels tired.
Therefore, when the fourth minute of the second quarter progressed, the Lakers and Nuggets switched to their main lineups. Facing Kobe's defense, his breakthrough was no longer a threat.
In the second half of the second quarter, Iverson almost disappeared from the court. Whether on the offensive or defensive end, Iverson, who was physically exhausted, could not maintain his performance. He only relied on Carmelo Anthony on the outside.
With the support of people, the already tough defense became more and more loopholes.
George Karl had to replace Iverson and let him take a rest to regain his strength. However, the Nuggets' biggest outside threat was only Anthony, and the huge offensive pressure fell on Anthony's shoulders alone.
This made the Lakers' perimeter defense easier. Kobe and Walton frequently let go of their defenders to double-team Anthony. Under the continuous double-teaming, Anthony seemed extremely uncomfortable and made continuous mistakes on the offensive end.
Adrian relaxed on the defensive end, and became more active on the offensive end. He moved from the high position to the low position, handing over the high position organization and distribution work to Luke Walton, who also has organizational ability.
Derian appeared in the low post and continuously beat Carmelo Anthony in singles.
One of three, the success rate is not high, but it also caused a foul on Anthony. After making two free throws, Adrian scored four points. At the same time, the continuous physical contact can obviously further deplete Anthony's physical strength.
Carmelo Anthony spent the second quarter almost alone.
The Lakers also took the opportunity to expand their lead, successfully extending their lead to double digits at 57:45 before halftime, and already took the initiative in this game.
At the beginning of the second half, Adrian sat off the court. He played a little too much time in the first half and needed more rest to recover. The Lakers' backcourt combination was Kobe + Vujacic.
Iverson, who had rested for more than 20 minutes, started charging fiercely as soon as he came on the court. On the contrary, because of their own lead, the Lakers seemed a little too relaxed after the start of the second half. Kobe Bryant's shot by Iverson was meaningless.
He added a foul, allowing Iverson to successfully score 3+1. This goal undoubtedly greatly boosted the morale of the Denver Nuggets. After Iverson made the free throw, he suddenly reached out to steal it on the defensive end.
With the basketball in Kobe's hands, he quickly dunked and scored. While he scored seven points in a row, he also led the Nuggets to an 11-0 shock wave, which immediately wiped out the lead established by the Lakers in the first half.
Seeing that the lead was almost lost, Phil Jackson couldn't help but have a headache. After calling a timeout, he replaced Adrian and Lamar Odom. Before taking the stage, Phil Jackson ordered Adrian
Attack more often in the low post.
Now that Carmelo Anthony is sitting off the court and resting, the Nuggets have deployed Kresa, a three-point shooter, at the small forward position. Although Adrian does not have the height advantage to play against him, he has an even better height.
Strength, the success rate of single-player Cresa is also good.
Kresa is obviously not a good defensive player, and Adrian's flexible steps can easily stun him under the basket. When Adrian passed Kresa twice in a row and scored with baskets, this time it was George's turn -
Karl couldn't help but choose to call a timeout.
After the timeout, Carmelo Anthony appeared on the court again and announced his return with a two-pointer from the three-point line! (To be continued.)
