In the final stage of the game, the Lakers have two offensive opportunities left, and the Denver Nuggets have one offensive opportunity left. Of course, if we seize the time to attack, it is possible to play four rounds of offense and defense.
Phil Jackson called the last timeout without hesitation, the last short pause of 20 seconds. He wanted to seize this time to quickly arrange the tactics for the next ball.
Now for the Lakers, the most important thing is to score the next goal, and then defend the Denver Nuggets' offense and force the Denver Nuggets to adopt foul tactics. As long as the Lakers' next offense is successful, in
In the final stages of the game, the Lakers took the initiative.
To be honest, Phil Jackson did not expect that this game would be delayed to this extent. In his expectation, with the Lakers' overall strength advantage, they should be able to win in the middle of the fourth quarter.
The winner will be decided. In fact, before the middle of the game, the Lakers did have a certain advantage, but Jr. Smith suddenly broke out without any warning!
With two consecutive big three-pointers, Jr. Smith scored eight points in a row, which greatly dampened the Lakers' arrogance. The most terrible thing is that it also forced Phil Jackson to use up the 100 points he had specially reserved.
Seconds long pause.
Phil Jackson did not expect this change before the game, and in fact it was impossible to predict it. Since entering the late season, Jr. Smith has experienced an injury, which has seriously affected Jr. Smith's state. Phil Jackson
When making arrangements before the game, I didn't think much about Jr. Smith's problem, so naturally I didn't make any specific arrangements.
In fact, in the third quarter of the first quarter of today's game, Jr. Smith's performance was always poor when he came on as a substitute. He made only one of seven shots and scored six points with free throws. No one expected that at the last moment of the game, this
The whole crowd looked like blacksmiths suddenly bursting out with such astonishing lethality.
Although Jr. Smith didn't score many points today, it was indeed Jr. Smith's explosive performance that dragged the Lakers into the quagmire at the end of the game.
The tactical arrangement at the last moment is actually very simple. Because of critical moment tactics like this, any NBA team will basically practice it several times in every training. They basically have a set of how to move and how to pick and roll.
A very mature routine.
There are only three things the coach needs to decide at this moment. First, whether to attack quickly or delay. Second, whether to make a two-pointer or a three-pointer. The third and most important point is, who will take the shot.
Taking into account the remaining time of the game, it is enough to take three shots. The Lakers' strategy is of course to try to play for 24 seconds and compress the Denver Nuggets' offensive time. Force them to choose to attack quickly or choose foul tactics. The second point
, the question of two-pointers or three-pointers is more difficult to decide. Two-pointers are undoubtedly a safer choice, but if you choose two-pointers, if the Nuggets follow up and hit a three-pointer, the Lakers will fall into
Behind the passive state, judging from the performance of the Denver Nuggets today, their three-point shooting percentage is quite good! But choosing three-pointers is a bit unsafe. The Lakers only have one candidate who is sharp in three-pointers.
, that is Kobe Bryant, Vujacic also has the ability to shoot three-pointers, but the beauty of his shooting posture is inversely proportional to his stability. At such a critical time, Phil Jackson did not dare to put his treasure on him.
On Vujacic's body.
Except for Kobe, Adrian's three-pointers are average, and Odom's three-pointers are not very good either. Kwame Brown was substituted on the court again. This was just in case. If he missed,
, Phil Jackson can also count on his ability to fight for offensive rebounds with Odom!
As for the last point, who will take action?
On the contrary, this is easier to decide. First of all, Kobe is the Lakers' first shot point. This point does not need to be emphasized by Phil Jackson. The second shot point is when Kobe is pressed and cannot find a good shot.
Given the opportunity, Phil Jackson arranged for Odom to replace Kobe. At this point, Adrian was arranged as the third shooting point. Although the three-point shot is more difficult, Adrian's mid-range shooting
His shooting percentages for back-turn layups and back-turn layups are both good. Since he decided to play a two-point shot, of course he had to take Adrian's offensive ability into consideration.
At the same time, Phil Jackson emphasized how to play the ball!
With only such a little time left in the game, there is no doubt that the Denver Nuggets will choose to press in the half-court, and it is impossible for the Lakers to easily have the opportunity to send inbounds. It should be noted that the Lakers have no timeouts now. Once forced,
The basketball was unable to be released for five seconds. At that time, when the foul ball was violated and the offense and defense switched, the Lakers would be in a huge disadvantageous situation.
At this point, Phil Jackson not only arranged for Odom to serve as the server, but also arranged a series of pick-and-rolls and reverse runs to ensure that Odom could successfully deliver the basketball!
Phil Jackson arranged things as quickly as a machine gun. Twenty seconds was too short. The Lakers players didn't have time to take a few breaths. The timeout was over. Although some Phil Jackson still felt that he
I couldn't make it completely clear, but I had no choice but to hold on to the timeout, so I could only signal the Lakers generals to play.
As soon as he came on the field, Odom's throw-in was interfered by the Nuggets' full strength. Camby waved his long arms to block Odom's sight. Although Odom tried his best to move his upper body, he was unable to move his upper body.
With Camby's entanglement, he couldn't find a safe passing route at all.
Everyone else is also trying their best to pester their opponent.
Seeing this, Adrian took a step back, then ran back, trying to get rid of Anthony and go to meet Odom, but failed. On the other side, Kobe and Vujacic were also entangled by Iverson and Jr. Smith.
inseparable.
Odom's head was sweating anxiously, and he saw that five seconds were coming...
"Beep beep~~~~"
The referee blew the whistle, but the basketball in Odom's hand still didn't come out. Just when the Nuggets players were about to cheer, and the Lakers players looked ugly, something unexpected happened.
The referee pointed at Iverson, who looked confused, and made an illegal hand gesture.
Iverson fouled?
The referee awarded Iverson a foul!
It can be seen from the big screen that Iverson's elbow did hit Kobe's face. Not only that, Iverson also made an action of stretching his feet under his feet. Although these actions may be unintentional, they may
It was just a collision due to entanglement. But there is really nothing wrong with the foul that the referee called. If you insist on saying it, at the last moment, the referee called such a foul, which was a little biased.
But the Nuggets didn't do it at all. They gathered around and put pressure on the referee. The referee's face suddenly became very ugly. He was holding the whistle tightly with one hand. He was
Considering that it is not good to call a technical foul at the last moment of the game, otherwise based on the actions of the Nuggets players, he should have been called for a foul under the zero-tolerance rule.
Considering that this was the end of the game, the referee ultimately did not call a technical foul or change the penalty. He waved his hand to signal all the Nuggets players to move away, and then the referee signaled that the Lakers could serve a throw-in.
There is nothing wrong with this whistle according to the rules, but it obviously affected the mentality of the Nuggets players. They seemed a little discouraged after pressuring the referee to no avail, and the press was not too intense, allowing Odom to relax
The basketball was passed out and came to Kobe's hands.
This undoubtedly made George Karl very dissatisfied. He stood on the sidelines and roared loudly, asking the Nuggets players to cheer up and defend attentively.
Kobe did not rush to take action, but chose to control the ball at the three-point line and press time. The Lakers players also spontaneously gave Kobe space for offensive breakthroughs.
Time passed by minute by second, and it was almost six seconds before Kobe seemed to be ready to take action. Adrian's head moved, and he immediately understood that Kobe was not going to take a safe two points, but wanted to take a gamble.
