Chapter Forty-One: The Battle of the Rose Garden Five
Chapter 41: Battle of the Rose Garden (5)
At the ninth minute of the game, the Lakers applied for a timeout. The timeout was for substitutions. Kobe and Bynum were replaced, and Odom and Turiaf were replaced.
On the other side, McMillan replaced Roy and Randolph, replacing Jerrytta and rookie Aldridge who were dismissed earlier.
The Lakers' substitution is a normal rotation process, but McMillan replaced Rose to protect Rose. The Trail Blazers are very optimistic about Rose's potential, especially McMillan. At present, the Blazers management has intended to train Rose into the new generation of Trail Blazers.
The core players were demolished and rebuilt, completely getting rid of the bad team image of Portland Prison in the past. It’s just that it’s not easy to trade Randolph, which is why this matter has been delayed. McMillan also likes Roy as a player, and has
He has strength, potential, and is humble and courteous. He has a mature and steady mind and a good personal style. There is not much off-field news, and he works hard to improve himself in training and competitions.
But no matter how mature Roy is, he is still a rookie after all. At this time, the big screen in the arena was still showing the block shot. After receiving such a blow, McMillan was worried that Roy would be affected. In McMillan
It seems that the Blazers' record does not need to be too concerned. Anyway, they have entered the reconstruction phase and are basically in a bad situation this year. Young people like Roy and Aldridge are the Blazers' top priority.
This is also the reason why he gave Roy so much playing time. Although Aldridge's playing time is small, it is because of other reasons.
Randolph is the core of the team, and Aldridge and Randolph's positions overlap. If Randolph is not injured, Aldridge will not have much playing time. At the same time, in order to sell Randolph to a newer player,
In view of the high price, the Blazers' management also requested to give Randolph more playing time so that he could improve his statistics.
The two teams made substitutions at the same time, which was a good thing for Adrian. With Kobe gone, there were no other privileged players on the field, and the person defending Adrian became Jerryta again. This is also useless.
As for methods, if Jerrytta is asked to defend Odom, the height difference will be even more obvious, and Odom has many more scoring methods than Adrian. Which is the lesser of two evils.
What? Put in another swingman to defend Adrian? Come on, not every swingman in the NBA can play point forward.
So, after Kobe left the game, Adrian opened up again. With a stable and efficient scoring weapon, Adrian, who no longer insisted on getting into the paint, had greater power. The game began to belong to Adrian.
An rhythm.
On the offensive end, Adrian first hit two points with a turnaround jumper, and then with the help of Turiaf's pick-and-roll, he passed a pass to Kwame Brown under the basket, and Kwame Brown scored with a dunk.
On the defensive end, Jerrytta, who was hit by Adrian continuously, was obviously holding back his anger and attacked Adrian with the ball. Although he successfully broke through Adrian, it might as well be that this was Adrian.
The trap laid by Ann was that when Jerryta broke through for a layup, he chased and blocked the shot and slapped the basketball away. Bill Walton grabbed the basketball from the crowd and quickly launched a fast break. Although Martel caught up with Walton
With his fast-break steps, Walton suddenly passed the ball to Odom who was passing down. Odom scored an alley-oop layup, which also caused a blocking foul by Martel. Although Mi made the free throw, Turiaf
However, he miraculously grabbed the offensive rebound under the attack of two opponents. Unable to find a second offensive opportunity, he passed the ball back to Adrian.
Adrian pretended to break through and lay up to attract the attention of the Trail Blazers' defense, but handed the ball to Bill Walton, who was pulled to the three-point line in the corner. There was no one within one meter of Walton, and he took aim seriously.
After touching the basket, Walton took the shot.
The basketball hits with a swipe.
After the substitutions between the two sides, the game did not enter chaos. Instead, the Lakers launched a wave of offensive chaos under Adrian's management, scoring nine points in a row in just two minutes, while not allowing the Trail Blazers to score a point.
, a 9:0 shock wave also allowed the Lakers to lead the Trail Blazers 22:27 for the first time in this game at the Rose Garden.
McMillan quickly called a timeout, and Randolph, who had just rested for three or four minutes, went into battle again. As soon as he came on the court, he singled out Turiaf and successfully hit a mid-range shot. Although Turiaf could keep up with Randolph,
Randolph was able to rely on his advantages in strength and tonnage to defeat Turiaf in isolation, coupled with his skillful shooting, and this guy is still a left-handed general, and Turiaf's defensive quality against him is not high.
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But Randolph can solve the offensive problem, but he cannot solve the defensive problem. Don't be fooled by Randolph's average of 20 plus 10 per game, although he can grab close to ten rebounds in every game.
But that's purely statistics, as if all his enthusiasm for defense is devoted to rebounding. If you expect him to be able to defend anyone one-on-one, I advise you to give up this unrealistic belief as soon as possible.
idea.
The evidence is that when Turiaf suddenly ran away from Randolph to receive an alley-oop dunk from Adrian, Randolph remained motionless as if he hadn't seen anything.
Randolph solved the Trail Blazers' offensive problem, but was unable to solve the Trail Blazers' defensive problem. Under Adrian's dispatch, the Lakers' internal and external lines showed signs of being completely opened up. When the first quarter ended,
The score on the court had reached 28:37, and the Lakers entered the second quarter with a nine-point lead.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Adrian sat off the court, and Parker came on the bench. Perhaps he was in a hurry on the bench, or perhaps he was stimulated by Adrian's performance. After coming on the court, Parker was particularly active, shooting as soon as he came on.
He hit a three-pointer and then got inside and caused Randolph to foul.
The score was tense for a moment. Five minutes later, Kobe replaced Parker and came on. Without the point guard on the court, Kobe completely took control of the ball. His offensive desire became more and more intense. He quickly scored ten points from inside and outside to tie the score of the two teams.
The gap further widened to fifteen points.
McMillan was forced to make a substitution, replacing Jerryta, who had been completely beaten, and replacing him with Roy, who had better defense. Although it is strange to say this, Roy, as a rookie, is indeed one of the Trail Blazers' perimeter players.
He is the one with the best defense. A strong body and a serious attitude. Roy has these two elements. The only thing he lacks is experience.
However, the lack of only one of the three defensive elements did not prevent Roy from being beaten by Kobe. Roy's current defense against Kobe still seems too immature.
Adrian immediately replaced Odom, who had a mediocre performance in this game, allowing Kobe to return to his more familiar shooting guard position. And Kobe, after Adrian came on the court, seemed to have some kind of tacit understanding and changed.
In my own style of play, I no longer frequently played singles with the ball but started to move around.
Adrian was really shocked at first when Kobe, the boss, gave him such a favor. But he quickly came to his senses and seriously organized the Lakers' on-court offensive, while also reciprocating the favor. When Kobe and everyone else had a chance,
Give the ball to Kobe first.
In such a game, Adrian played until the end of the third quarter. Adrian did not play in the fourth quarter because there was no need to play. 97:70, the Lakers entered the fourth quarter with a 27-point advantage. The Lakers changed
With the entire main lineup out, it is almost impossible for the Blazers to make a comeback in this form.
