The game went very quickly. The Nuggets head coach George Karl was not a good coach at coaching defense. Although he had the best defensive player and league block leader Marcus Camby and Nene on his hands.
Defensive champion, perimeter player Carmelo Anthony is also a great defensive player as long as he is willing to defend seriously. With his physical fitness and size that can overwhelm most people at the small forward position.
But George Karl is really not a coach who is good at training defensive players, and his defensive tactics are lackluster.
From a player's perspective, with Allen Iverson on the court you'd better not expect the team's perimeter defense to be any better.
Although it is a bit insulting to say this, the six-foot Allen Iverson is a natural colander when facing most defenders in the league. This is not a problem of his attitude, but because of his height.
Limitations, completely irreparable limitations.
What's more, Adrian is 203 centimeters tall. Even if the person guarding Adrian is not him but Carmelo Anthony, the shortest player on the Lakers court he faces, Kobe Bryant, is also 198 centimeters tall.
The height difference of at least six inches allows everyone on the Lakers to easily shoot jumpers when facing Iverson's defense without having to worry about being blocked.
Although his career steals data is as high as 2.2, which at first glance is a top-level perimeter defender, Allen Iverson, in addition to occasionally using his fast hands to get some steals when defending, also
There is not much he can do on the defensive end, and it is difficult for him to put any defensive pressure on offensive players.
However, George Karl obviously also understands the shortcomings of himself and the team. He does not want to coach a strong defensive team. In this regard, his philosophy is similar to D'Antoni of the Suns and Nelson of the Warriors.
If the defense is not good, then use offense to solve it. Anyway, as long as I score more points than you in the end, I can win the game. Just leave two solid backcourt rebounds inside and rush to grab the offensive rebounds to tip-in.
Adrian's defensive effect on Carmelo Anthony is not very good. After all, he is known as one of the most comprehensive small forwards in the league. Whether it is inside or outside, his offensive methods are too rich, and his range is as far as three.
Branch line. Even if Adrian is not afraid of Carmelo Anthony in terms of strength and footwork, his defense can only provide certain restrictions to Carmelo Anthony more often.
However, for a player of Anthony's level, it is enough to restrict him. Making him uncomfortable every time he takes a shot and reducing his shooting rate is already a good job. No one expects anyone to be able to completely
It's impossible to guard players of this level, especially now that the NBA is becoming more and more perimeter-oriented and offensive-oriented.
It is obviously not easy for Kobe to defend Iverson's offense. Although his height destined him to be a colander on the defensive end, on the offensive end, it is really difficult to find someone more lethal than Allen Iverson.
Breakthrough hand
However, on the offensive end, Adrian's performance is not inferior to Carmelo Anthony's dazzling performance. Although he is not as courageous in singles as Anthony, Adrian has organized the Lakers' offense in a clear and well-organized way.
From the beginning of the game until now, Kobe Bryant's singles that the Lakers are used to seeing have not appeared once, but the Los Angeles Lakers' scores are constantly rising.
Although the scores of the two teams were rising almost continuously, the atmosphere of the game was not very tense. On the contrary, it went very smoothly. From the beginning of the game to the present, the referee only stopped the game four times, twice because of fouls.
One was due to walking, and the other was due to an out-of-bounds pass error. However, the game did not become more heated due to the referee's indulgence. In fact, the referee's behavior could not be called indulgence at all...
Because the defensive intensity of the two teams is not high, they obviously focus more energy on the offensive end compared to the non-defensive end. Regardless of how the commentators evaluate such a game, the defensive intensity of this kind is relatively high.
I don’t know what I thought about the game, but the fans were fascinated by it.
Because the defensive intensity was relatively low and the offensive firepower of the two teams was extremely strong, the score never stopped rising from the first minute. But at that time, on the sidelines of the Nuggets, head coach George Karl couldn't help but
frowned repeatedly. Because the score on the court was 31:22, the Nuggets were already 9 points behind. Among the 22 points scored by the Nuggets, Anthony alone scored nine of them. Iverson
Then they scored seven points, and the two of them had already scored 16 of the 22 points. On the other hand, for the Lakers, Kobe had nine points, Turiaf had six points, Bynum had eight points, and Luke Walton had eight points.
, the scores are very scattered, it can be said that it is fully blooming.
The game has just begun, and the 9-point gap is a shock wave. It seems that it may be reversed at any time. And more importantly, there is no problem with the team's offense. The problem is that the Lakers' shooting rate is too high. This way
The high shooting percentage is obviously abnormal. After waiting for the game to proceed for a period of time, the Lakers' shooting percentage will definitely drop.
However, George Karl is not convinced!
He has no way of determining when the Lakers' feel will cool down, and he can't be sure that the Nuggets' feel will not change after the Lakers' feel cools down. Therefore, adjustments and changes are necessary.
In the eighth minute of the game, the Nuggets took control of the ball. George Karl stood up and called a 100-second timeout.
He must make adjustments to his on-court form, otherwise the Nuggets may lose their best opportunity to resist before the Lakers feel declines.
George Karl understands that there is no problem with the Nuggets' offensive power, and the team's offense is also playing well, but their defense is just that... Want to change the situation on the court, George-
Karl has two options, one is to strengthen defense and reduce the Lakers' offensive success rate, and the other...continue to strengthen offense!
While George Karl was arranging tactics for the players on the court to ask for the ball, he called out Jr. Smith on the bench. This rookie acquired from the Hornets this season has deep trust in George Karl, whether it is offense or defense.
Jr. Smith can effectively strengthen the Nuggets. His passion and hard work on the court can inspire his teammates to perform at a better level.
But...it would be better if he could stay calm.
Sure enough, Jr. Smith, who had just appeared, received a pass from Iverson, jumped up and shot an unreasonable three-pointer in the face of Luke Walton's defense.
The basketball shot straight towards the basket like a cannonball!
