() The game is still going on, but Phil Jackson's good mood at the beginning is almost exhausted.
The Lakers are still leading and are constantly expanding their advantage. Pau Gasol has integrated into the Lakers very well. He has adapted to his new role almost instantly. To be precise, what he does on the court is the same as what he does on the court.
Grizzly Bear did the same thing, except that the people around him changed, became stronger and more efficient, and became much better than Grizzly Bear. But Adrian...
On the court, Adrian was holding the ball in the low post and beating Stephen Jackson in singles. Jackson was very powerful, and Adrian was not too sure of a hard hit, so he chose to use a more clever way to rely on Stephen Jackson.
Jackson and Adrian first tried to turn to the left. After feeling the change of center of gravity of Stephen Jackson behind him, Adrian suddenly turned to the right and cut in.
Jackson was startled, and the alliance abruptly pulled his center of gravity back to the right, barely keeping up with Adrian's sudden change of direction. At this moment, Adrian stepped back lightly and opened a gap.
From a short distance, he jumps up and shoots. Adrian's shot is very fast. After constant training, he has become accustomed to this kind of low-height fast shot. In addition, when he shoots, he still leans back a little, although the amplitude is not high.
Big, but it makes it more difficult for defenders to block shots.
Although he barely stretched his arm, Adrian had already shot the basketball in his hand before Jackson pounced on it. Almost touching the backboard, the basketball drew a wonderful arc and simply fell into the hoop, except for 'swish'
' There was no other sound other than the sound of wiping the net.
This goal was very beautiful. Not only did it go in, no one could find any fault with the entire offensive process. Moreover, this goal also showed that Adrian is more proficient in singles offense in the low post and has more diverse methods.
More difficult to defend. But Phil Jackson still frowned.
Because when Adrian was shooting, he could clearly see on the sidelines that Pau Gasol had got rid of Al Harrington with the help of Bynum. As long as Adrian passed the ball, Paul
-Gasol immediately had an open shot and no one could defend him.
Didn't Adrian see it?
impossible!
Adrian's vision has always been broad. Even in the low post, he must have seen Pau Gasol's movements. If it was the previous Adrian. No, if it was the Adrian of last season, even if he was very sure
He can score goals in that kind of isolation, but in this case he will definitely choose to pass the ball. His selflessness on the court has always been praised by the media, and Phil Jackson also knows that Adrian is more important than personal scoring.
What he cares about is the team's victory. Although he has a few big-scoring games, these were all helpless actions after his teammates were strictly guarded.
Was it an accident? He just accidentally decided to be selfish. Maybe because he has been practicing hard on the back attack this summer, so he decided to take the opportunity of the preseason to test it out?
Maybe so?
Phil Jackson couldn't confirm his guess. He suddenly found that Adrian had become so strange in his eyes. He felt that he had to have a good talk with Adrian, and as soon as possible. As for what happened today
In each preseason game, Phil Jackson no longer cared much. He had seen everything he wanted to see. At the same time, he had also seen the things he didn't want to see.
After all, the strength of the Warriors is much worse than that of the Lakers. After this summer's trade, the Lakers acquired Pau Gasol. Although the Lakers lost Kwame Brown and Turiaf, their defensive strength in the interior has declined.
, but at the same time, the Lakers' interior offense with Pau Gasol began to become extremely powerful. At the same time, although Pau Gasol lacks some tough factors, his footsteps and quick movements allow him to become an excellent player.
As a defender, his defensive area is larger than Turiaf.
The Lakers suppressed the Golden State Warriors for almost the whole game. Although during the bench time, the Golden State Warriors were able to gain some advantages with their constant impact, but once they returned to the main lineup, the Warriors immediately became unable to compete with the Lakers.
In the end, the game ended with a huge victory for the Lakers, and the game entered garbage time at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
Pau Gasol played 32 minutes in the game and scored 20 points, eight rebounds and six assists. He almost scored 20+10 in his first game on behalf of the Lakers. Kobe Bryant scored 32 points and Andrew Bynum
13 points, 7 rebounds. Although Fisher only scored 9 points and 4 assists, his performance on the defensive end was very good, which gave fans more confidence in the returning veteran. Adrian 18 points.11
He scored a double-double with 3 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 2 steals, almost 20+10, which was also a good performance. But compared with last season's game, Adrian's performance obviously lacked something.
Assist!
For the first time since he landed in the NBA, he had no assists.
Even in the beginning, he played very little time, and even if he didn't score, he would have a few assists. But in this game, there was none. There was not even a pass that intentionally guided the assist, as if there was no pass at all.
The consciousness is as if last season and this game are two completely different people.
However, the media did not notice this. They only saw the strength of the Lakers, which easily defeated the Golden State Warriors who completed the eight-point feat last season. Apart from lamenting the overall strength of the Lakers, the media did not write anything.
Something valuable. The Lakers players did not notice that although Adrian did not pass the ball in the entire game, according to the Lakers' new tactical positioning, Adrian is a terminator like Kobe in offense.
He is no longer an organizer. Therefore, they don't think there is anything wrong with Adrian being so 'alone', and Adrian has scored many goals when he is alone, which makes most people think that Adrian is
I was very confident in my low-post attack power, so I made such an offensive choice.
Two days later, it was still Hawaii, and the Lakers and Warriors had another battle. The Warriors performed much better in this game than in the previous game. At least they scored crazy three-pointers. They also gave the Lakers a chance in the middle of the game.
It caused a lot of trouble, but as the Warriors' feeling gradually cooled down in the second half, the game returned to the same track as the previous two days. The Lakers' offense was unstoppable by the Warriors' weak defense. Although the Lakers' defense, although from the inside and outside,
In terms of defensive hardness, the Lakers' defense can only be considered above average in the league, but the Warriors, who can still force it, can only frequently try three-pointers from the outside.
In the first half, the Warriors felt hot, and the sharp three-point rain once made the Lakers embarrassed. However, when the game entered the second half, the cooling feeling made the Warriors hit the iron frequently, and the Lakers took the opportunity to hit a sharp 18:3 shock wave, in one fell swoop.
Turned the game around.
Gasol still performed very well, which proved that his performance in the first two days was not a flash in the pan. Instead, he really had a good chemical reaction with the Lakers and the triangle offense. Adrian also scored a lot of points throughout the game.
In the game, he made five out of ten shots and seven out of seven free throws, scoring a total of 17 points. At the same time, he grabbed 16 rebounds, breaking his own NBA history record.
In addition to the fact that the Warriors had too many irons in the second half, because they were closer to the inside when defending, it became easier for Adrian to grab rebounds. Coupled with his excellent athletic ability and the advantages of height and long arms, as long as he can get stuck
Due to his position, he can still have a certain advantage even when competing for rebounds with big men inside.
After their trip to Hawaii, the Lakers returned to their home court and ushered in their third preseason game two days later. They faced the Seattle SuperSonics at home. This summer, the SuperSonics not only changed their owners. They also cleaned up their teams continuously.
The team's stars, Ray Allen and Sharad Lewis, were completely overthrown and began to rebuild around Durant, the second overall pick they picked up in the draft market this summer. This was undoubtedly a very correct decision, but the subsequent Thor was still a fledgling at the moment.
The immature rookie.
Adrian was holding his breath in his heart, and he didn't have any good impressions of the second overall pick who was said to be very humble. Therefore, in this game, Adrian gave Kevin Durant a miserable performance in a way that he was not used to.
lessons.
In the game, he only made 6 of 20 shots, 1 of 4 three-pointers, and 0 of 2 free throws. He only got 13 points. In addition, Adrian blocked six shots from the field. Four of them were free throws.
For Kevin Durant. Under Adrian's guard, Kevin Durant is like a young child who has just learned to play basketball, trying to shoot clumsily again and again, but either hitting or being blocked.
Finally, at the end of the game, the Sonics lost this preseason game by a huge score. Kevin Durant was tortured by Adrian and almost cried.
However, Adrian's statistics are not very good, with 14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals and 6 blocks. His points and rebounds have dropped a lot compared to the first two games. To be honest, it is not good to defend Kevin Durant.
Easy. Although he is still young and has just sprouted, his shooting is indeed beautiful. Kevin Durant's official height is only 206 centimeters, but in actual confrontation, Adrian felt that Durant was at least 208 centimeters.
, coupled with those long arms, he would not look short standing next to Pau Gasol, if it weren't for the fact that Adrian would force Kevin Durant every time, and Durant is too thin.
His body prevented him from fully taking off under the pressure of Adrian's strength, and he was unable to block so many shots for Durant.
And if Durant had other offensive methods besides shooting, Adrian wouldn't be able to force him so unscrupulously.
Defensively, the only one he can bully is the current Thor.
After the game against the SuperSonics, many media wanted to interview Adrian, but he was really not in the mood right now. After dealing with it for a while, Adrian rinsed himself off and prepared to leave.
At this time, a person stopped Adrian in the empty player tunnel.
"Ed, how's it going? Is there something urgent?"
"That's not true. I'm just rushing home. Coach, if nothing else happens, I want to go home and have a good sleep now. I'm a little tired from tonight's game." Adrian said calmly, pretending.
I didn't understand the meaning of Phil Jackson's words.
"Then can you wait a moment? I have something else I want to talk to you about. It's about tactics." Phil Jackson had a warm smile on his face, which made Adrian stop in his tracks.
Come down.
"Not in the future?"
Seeing Phil Jackson gently shake his head, Adrian sighed inaudibly: "Okay, just for today."
"Go to my office, where you have your favorite Blue Mountain coffee."
The two went to Phil Jackson's office at Staples together. Phil Jackson took out his treasured Blue Mountain coffee, Adrian asked for a cup of sugar and nai, and Phil Jackson made it for himself.
