Three giants rose into the sky and pounced on the basketball in the sky.
Relying on his speed advantage, Dwight Howard took the lead in approaching the basketball. At this time, Marcin Gortat, who was lagging behind, suddenly swerved and bumped into Dwight Howard. This kind of collision, especially in the competition,
This kind of collision when grabbing a rebound is definitely within the scope allowed by the rules. And it is not clear whether such a collision is intentional or not.
But the effect was very obvious. After Marcin Gortat's collision, Howard's little lead was immediately lost. Kevin Love, who arrived first, easily grabbed the rebound.
The Amway Center stands suddenly burst into fierce applause. To be honest, there is nothing particularly praiseworthy about this rebound. But Kevin Love grabbed the rebound from Dwight Howard.
, this reason alone is enough for Orlando Magic fans to cheer for him.
Dwight Howard's facial expression made it hard to tell what was going on in his mind.
Taking over the basketball from Kevin Love, Adrian slowly entered the frontcourt. Looking at Derek Fisher, who was staring at him nervously and seriously, Adrian looked at what was already going on.
The teammate who started to spread out the formation to create space for himself, without saying a word, directly made a pull-up jumper.
In order to be able to shoot as quickly as possible, Adrian usually uses a jump shot that does not take off at full strength. He takes off with a slight tap of his toes, and then shoots the basketball in his hand. The advantage of such a jump shot is that the shot is very fast.
It is fast, and has high concealment and suddenness. This kind of jump shot has become one of Adrian's main weapons for independent offense in the game.
But when facing Fisher, he didn't need to choose a weapon that required sudden "sexuality" and concealment. He held the basketball with both hands, and his slightly bent knees were straight due to the violent force. It brought
The reaction force lifted Adrian high into the sky, and then...he easily threw the basketball in his hand.
"Shua..."[
Although he tried his best to take off, Derek Fisher, as a standard point guard with a height of six feet one inch, could not make up for the seven-inch height gap, not to mention that Derek Fisher was strong and powerful.
, but physical fitness has never been Fisher's strong point. Derek Fisher, who was not known for his jumps and speed when he was young, now has no speed or jumps worthy of praise at the age of thirty-five.
After Adrian jumped high, Derek Fisher's only choice was to hold his head high. He tried to stretch his arms, but was embarrassed to find that the arms he tried to stretch were not even connected.
Adrian's shoulders can't be reached, let alone cover Adrian's shooting sight or block Adrian's shot.
Without any hindrance, Adrian easily threw the basketball in his hand. After the basketball flying in the air slid through an almost perfect curve, he plunged into the hoop without any hesitation, flipping up a burst of white.
spray.
"It doesn't feel bad." Adrian smiled slightly, and then saw Kobe Bryant staring at him.
Smiling, Adrian raised his thumb and index finger, and clenched the other three fingers. He aimed at Kobe and gave him a slight shake.
"Crack!"
"You damn bastard should really be crushed by an armored vehicle ten thousand times! Ten thousand times!"
Adrian seemed to hear the roar in Kobe's heart. As for whether the ominous black air rising from the top of his head and filling the surroundings was real or fake, Adrian could not tell at all.
"But it should be considered a success."
Adrian thought to himself as he slowly withdrew his defense.
The current Los Angeles Lakers can be said to be extremely powerful in terms of offensive power. Especially when the Los Angeles Lakers use Pau Gasol as the axis to run through the triangle offense, allowing everyone on the court to participate in the offense.
when.
Players like Pau Gasol can be said to be born as the axis of the triangle offense. Whether it is independent offense, organized offense or cover offense, while his abilities are quite good, the most valuable thing about Pau Gasol is his ability to attack independently.
You can make the most correct judgment among so many choices.
This is what guaranteed the Lakers' triangle offense to be as powerful as last season. The key reason why they lost against the Celtics was because Kevin Garnett did so well defensively.
The Celtics, who form the Big Three, have Kevin Garnett, the most important player among the Big Three. In order to defend Paul Pierce, they almost completely gave up their own independent offense and devoted all their energy to attacking Paul Pierce.
Pierce defended the key point of the Los Angeles Lakers' offense, and this led to the Celtics' final victory.
This is difficult for the Orlando Magic to do. Marc Gasol is an excellent defender, but compared to stars like Pau Gasol and Kevin Garnett, Marc Gasol
The experience is really too poor.[
Not enough to be believed.
However... if you can anger Kobe and make Kobe madly emphasize personal offense, to a certain extent, it can be regarded as preventing Pau Gasol from dying.
Adrian has such a plan, so he doesn't care about angering Kobe. In this case, it is almost certain that Kobe will choose to attack independently, but only God knows whether this method will succeed.
Sure enough, after receiving Adrian's provocation, Kobe made the next shot without hesitation.
Adrian did not participate in the defense of Kobe Bryant. The person who defended Kobe was still Pietrus. This time, Kobe did not choose to stop for a jump shot, but chose to use a sudden stop to accelerate to get rid of Pietrus.
Sri Lanka's defense rushed into the inside and jumped up. When Marcin Gortat jumped up and tried to block the shot, Kobe made a large pull in the air to avoid Marcin Gortat's block.
The basketball in his hand went into the basket.
After landing, Kobe immediately looked towards Adrian, only to see Adrian running to the baseline to catch Marcin Gortat's serve without even looking at him.
Taking over the basketball from Marcin Gortat, Adrian once again reached the three-point line. From the top arc, Adrian leaned back twice with Fisher on his back. He didn't
Thinking of hitting from the three-point line to the basket, according to the restrictions of Barkley's rules, no one can do this in the current league. Adrian, who leaned back and hit two or three times, turned around sharply.
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The huge stride allowed him to turn around in a large way, trapping half of Derek Fisher's body behind him. After completing the turn, Adrian did not take the opportunity to break through to the basket, but suddenly pulled up.
The height difference, the jump difference, and Adrian also stuck Derek Fisher in an unfavorable defensive position. Under Derek Fisher's defense, Adrian once again had almost no hindrance.
threw the basketball in his hand.
"Shua..."
"It feels really hot!" Adrian thought to himself. Although Derek Fisher put almost zero defensive pressure on him, being able to hit jump shots one after another from the beginning of the game still made Adrian himself.
They were all slightly surprised.
So once again, Adrian smiled at Kobe and rubbed his hands, indicating that his hands felt hot.
"Give me the ball!" A sulky Kobe asked Fisher directly for the ball.
In the fourth minute of the first quarter, Phil Jackson's brows were already frowning.
The score on the court was 13:6, and the Los Angeles Lakers fell behind in the away game. From the first quarter to the present, neither the Lakers nor the Magic implemented any tactics. It was completely a one-on-one star duel between Kobe and Adrian.
Although they fell behind in the score, the Los Angeles Lakers did not fall behind on the field. Kobe's offensive choices seemed to have no problems. Every time Kobe was able to successfully get rid of Michael Pietrus and find a better shooting opportunity.
It seems as if Kobe's lagging behind in the Biao points is entirely due to a problem with his hand.
But this is not the case at all.
Fisher's defensive efficiency against Adrian and Pietrus' defensive efficiency against Kobe are at completely different levels. In terms of various qualities, Fisher is completely suppressed by Adrian. Kobe is completely different.
, Kobe does not have much advantage in terms of speed, and Kobe even has a considerable disadvantage in terms of height. All he can rely on is his skills.
In this case, Adrian can easily suppress Fisher to fight, but it is much more difficult for Kobe to fight Michael Pietrus in isolation. He can only rely on his skills to get rid of Pietrus time and time again. Such a fight
The physical exertion of the law is huge. And more importantly, in a one-on-one battle between such stars,
In the middle, the most important link in the Lakers' offensive triangle, Pau Gasol, was completely wasted, but the Magic did not have such a problem. As a single-core team, Adrian is the ball
The team's tactics, all tactics, all changes, are decided by Adrian on the court.
"This kid is a bad learner." Phil Jackson saw clearly Adrian's various provocative actions against Kobe on the court. In this regard, Phil Jackson was quite depressed.
In the past, Adrian was a very smart player, always understanding how to gain an advantage on the field in an easier way. But in the past, this method was only limited to the tactical level, using one's own advantages to play.
To target the opponent's disadvantages. But obviously, Adrian has made great progress at this point. He is becoming better at using methods other than tactics to gain advantages.
From a fundamental point of view, this is not a question of 'bad' or 'not bad', but a question of whether the player is mature or not. Obviously compared to Kobe, who is 30 years old this year, Adrian, who is only 22 years old, seems
More mature.
Phil Jackson decided to respond.
Although he didn't want to make adjustments so early, he was not sure if he made adjustments later, what kind of bad things could come out of this amazingly growing little guy.
As for the adjustment method, it's very simple, just replace it.
Phil Jackson called someone off the bench, asked him to warm up, and then replaced Derek Fisher.
Zijin Lakers No. 3, a person that Adrian is very familiar with.
Trevor Ariza.
This summer, the Los Angeles Lakers' pursuit of Michael Pietrus failed in the competition with the Magic. Under the tight deadline, there is no one on the free market who can be signed by the Lakers, but who can meet the Lakers' defense of the small forward position.
The player they requested. In desperation, the Lakers could only re-sign Trevor Ariza, whom they sent away, with a one-year contract worth 2.8 million.
This was already the best player the Lakers could get under the circumstances. At least in the 2007-08 season, Trevor Ariza once showed good defensive potential at the small forward position during his short experience with the Lakers.
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The purpose of the Los Angeles Lakers acquiring him was to defend strong second- and third-position swingmen such as Paul Pierce and Ron Artest to relieve the pressure on Kobe Bryant on the defensive end.
But obviously, Adrian should be included in this list now. Although he is the No. 1 position, whether in the league or outside the league, it is estimated that only the truly stupid will regard him as a pure No. 1 position.
This is a monster that can swing three... no, at least four positions while staying in position 1! (To be continued...)
