D'Antoni had to call a timeout. Adrian scored 11 points in a row, shattering the Suns' previously established lead in just three minutes, and he did it all by himself. This timeout,
He had to shout, otherwise the generals of the sun would definitely fall into chaos.
"Calm down, everyone. Don't worry about Lakers No. 1. Although he scored a lot of points, he can't change anything. Our offensive power is much stronger than theirs. Don't disrupt our offensive tactics just because of him."
The main players gathered around them, and D'Antoni shouted loudly: "We have defeated the Lakers twice in a row, and there is no change this time. As long as you stay calm and show your strength, the Lakers have nothing to fear.
If we win this game and return to our home court, we can easily defeat them and advance to the Western Conference Finals."
D'Antoni did not make any offensive or defensive arrangements. The Suns' defense did not have any new problems, but their defense has always had problems. Although it is better this year, the injury of Raja Bell has seriously affected their defense.
Back to the original shape. On the offensive end, there is no problem with tactics. The only problem is impatience... It can be seen from the few attacks just now that, stimulated by Adrian's continuous scoring, the Suns' offense is obviously not as good as
In the past, I was calm and composed, but I actively took action whenever I got the opportunity. Yes, those were opportunities, but they were definitely not the best opportunities.
Therefore, he does not need to make any adjustments to the offensive personnel, because there is no problem with the tactics. What he needs to adjust is the mentality, which is the mentality of the Suns generals who are eager to win. From ancient times to the present, people who are eager to win. The final
The results were not very good.
Watching the expressions on the faces of the generals around him gradually calm down, he realized that his words had an effect. D'Antoni couldn't help but nodded proudly, very satisfied with his adjustment, and followed up with a big hand.
Wave to signal the players to come on.
Regarding Adrian's defense, D'Antoni did not make any adjustments. He just signaled Boyce Diaw to defend hard, without arranging double teams or even assisting defense!
D'Antoni saw Adrian's purpose. It was to use his constant scoring to break the Suns' defensive arrangement against the Lakers.
"So what if I let you score, who do you think you are, Jordan?" D'Antoni thought with disdain, but to be fair, D'Antoni's attitude toward Adrian was a bit like the way the Detroit Pistons Bad Boys used to treat Jordan.
Defend Jordan's teammates and let Jordan score alone, ultimately losing the game.
After Adrian came on the court again, he felt the changes in the Suns' defensive strategy. As Adrian had guessed, he did not strengthen his defense because of his outstanding performance so that he could use the pass to open up the situation. Instead, he targeted himself
His defense seems to be slightly relaxed. On the contrary, his defense against his teammates, especially Odom, tends to become stronger.
This left Adrian a little confused and tried to play one by himself. Although it missed the basket due to Boisdio's interference, he really did not feel any strong defensive pressure. Then he passed the ball again.
He passed the ball several times and had several pick-and-roll cooperations with Odom. Marion was like a piece of dog-skin plaster, clinging to Odom, denying him any chance to perform. Watching Odom holding the ball in his hands,
Marion looked distressed under his tight defense, and Adrian immediately understood.
This is an attempt to isolate him and cut off the connection between him and his teammates. In short, D'Antoni's attitude is to let himself score and only let himself score...
Jordan's Rules!
The root of Jordan's Law, in short, is to isolate Jordan. It is essentially a kind of tactical isolation. While guarding the other four players, it turns Jordan's team into Jordan's team alone. No matter how strong Jordan is
, but when the situation becomes that he faces a team alone, the fate of failure is almost irreversible. And after the Pistons, when some relatively balanced teams face one and only one super
When a team is led by a superstar, they will more or less implement the 'Jordan Rules'!
However, D'Antoni seems to have overlooked some problems. First of all, Adrian is not Jordan. He does not have as strong a scoring ability as Jordan, but if he wants to use a pass to open up the situation, he needs much less space than Jordan. Secondly...
...The Detroit Pistons' defense is very dirty and tough. To put it bluntly, the Detroit Pistons' defense is very dirty even in the long run.
Even if you are not careful, you can throw the Suns, who are going all out, a block away. In addition, Boyce-Dio is not Dumas. Even if Dumars is guarding Jordan alone, he can still achieve passable defense.
The effect, when using all possible means, is to make Jordan afraid. As for Diaw, to put it bluntly, Adrian did not feel the defensive pressure from him!
"If you want me to score alone, then I will do as you wish and score as much as I want!" Having grasped D'Antoni's thoughts and the Suns' tactical philosophy, Adrian's eyes glowed with fighting spirit.
Except for that time with the Knicks, he never regarded scoring as his first priority on the court, although he
He believes that his scoring ability is also very strong, at least not worse than James, but with Kobe by his side, he always consciously puts his position as an organizer. Even if Kobe is accidentally defended
, he dropped low to break the deadlock, and immediately returned to the position of organizer after the deadlock was broken.
After Kobe was injured, he and Odom used pick-and-roll cooperation in three games. Although there were some individual singles, they mostly cooperated with Odom to score. In the pick-and-roll cooperation between Adrian and Odom,
Odom also plays more of a terminator role!
Because essentially, Adrian doesn't want to be a scoring maniac, because fundamentally, Adrian prefers to use passing to control the game.
But now, he doesn't mind using points to solve everything!
Adrian, who once again controlled the ball at the three-point line, this time just brought the ball to the three-point line. Without waiting for his teammates to get into position, he did not hesitate at all and directly chose to break through. The sudden breakthrough start made Boyce Diaw
He didn't have time to react. After all, he was used to Adrian always waiting for all his teammates to be in position before making a move. This sudden attack really left him defenseless.
In two steps, Adrian threw away Diaw, made a mid-range jumper, and the basketball hit the board and hit the frame.
Adrian scored two more points, but the Suns didn't care and quickly launched a fast break. This time Adrian failed to stop Nash and sent a long pass across the half court directly into Marion's hands. Sports
The monkey with extremely good nerves soared into the sky and immediately caught Nash's pass and made an alley-oop!
The ball was passed a little close. If it were an ordinary person, he would have to land and jump again after catching the basketball, but Marion didn't need to. His long arm advantage allowed him to dunk farther away from the basket.
This pass can be said to be full of Nash's awareness of passing and his understanding of his teammates!
But Adrian quickly retaliated. Now Adrian no longer thinks about cooperating with his teammates. The Suns clearly set up a trap in the hope that he would jump, and Adrian's choice was without hesitation.
Crush it down. Playing Diaw singles with the ball behind his back from a high position, Adrian bumped backwards several times, pushed hard to near the free throw line, and then suddenly turned to the left. Since it was a singles game, he had to give full play to his strengths.
Adrian's turn was like this. He turned around hard and directly stuck Diaw, and hit Diaw's chest hard in a corner where the referee could not see. Diaw's face suddenly turned red from holding back, and he was almost knocked out of breath. And Adrian
Anze made a strong inside layup without any interference.
The basketball hit the rim twice and then fell into the net!
After returning from the timeout, Adrian's state became hot again after a slight setback twice at the beginning.
On the bench of the Lakers, Phil Jackson also frowned. After thinking for a moment, a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "Sasha, warm up and get ready to play."
After receiving the signal from Phil Jackson, Sasha Vujacic immediately stood up and started to warm up. After seeing Sasha Vujacic stand up, although it was a substitution from the Lakers, the Suns players couldn't help but relax a little.
Let's take a breath. Are we finally going to replace Adrian? That's fine, if they let this guy keep scoring on the court, they will have a headache.
Then, everyone saw Phil Jackson pull Vujacic to explain for a while, and then signaled the fourth official to make a substitution.
Sasha Vujacic replaced Trevor Ariza.
This substitution was completely unexpected. No one expected that the person under Sasha Vujacic would actually be Trevor Ariza. Although this enhanced the Lakers' outside three-point ability, it also weakened the Lakers' outside three-point ability.
The ability to defend is simply unreasonable when facing a strong team like the Suns that weakens perimeter defense.
However, the position that Vujacic played after coming on the court was really surprising. Because after playing on the court, Vujacic obviously assumed the responsibility of point guard. After taking over the basketball from Odom, Sasha Vujacic led
Walked into the frontcourt.
This undoubtedly makes more people unable to understand. Vujacic often appears in the point guard position. But that is more of a tactical arrangement under extraordinary circumstances and a helpless choice. Now, Ah
Derian is still on the court, why do you need Vujacic? (To be continued...)
