Lin Yu came on the stage, and Kobe Bryant also came on the stage at the same time. Phil Jackson's substitution was obviously aimed at Lin Yu. Even if Lin Yu could explode and lead the Cavaliers to chase points, facing the Lakers with Kobe Bryant on the court, they would only be able to draw a tie.
The Lakers, who already hold an 11-point lead, are now not considering further expanding their lead, but maintaining their lead.
When Mike Brown replaced Lin Yu, he also replaced Darko Milicic for Damien Wilkins, directly matching Lin Yu with a regular five-man team.
Point guard Daniel Gibson, shooting guard Lin Yu, small forward Jared Dudley, power forward Milicic and center Anderson Varejao.
For the Lakers, Jordan Farmar, who performed well at the start of the second quarter, is still on the court. Kobe Bryant is at shooting guard, Luke Walton is at small forward, Radmanovic is at power forward, and Kwame Brown is at center.
The Cavaliers had the ball after the timeout. Lin Yu received the ball and asked for a screen from Anderson Varejao.
In the singles after the screen, the Lakers did not switch defense, but let Radmanovic misplaced Lin Yu. Faced with such a defense, Lin Yu took action directly.
"Facing Radmanovic's defense, China Lin hit this mid-range shot, and the score gap was narrowed to 9 points!"
"Facing the pick-and-roll, the Lakers' defensive choices were terrible. They asked Radmanovic to face China Lin, which was directly equivalent to giving away points!"
Behind the commentary box, Kenny Smith began to question the Lakers' defense.
But Phil Jackson is also helpless. Facing the pick-and-roll attack, the Lakers' defense can only do so much. Substitute center Kwame Brown needs to guard the penalty area. At the third position, they only have one player who is already guarding James.
An exhausted Trevor Ariza.
He really couldn't find any other players to switch to guard Lin Yu, who was now a huge threat.
Or, the Lakers should replace a defensive-oriented fourth position player, but after Radmanovic, who can shoot and pass, is moved to the fourth position, he is a bit of a weakened version of Lamar Odom. This guy is now
He is the tool man, the tool man of the triangle offense. He plays an extremely important role on the offensive end and is considered a key figure in the bench lineup.
Overall, Phil Jackson's formation emphasizes offense and pays little attention to defense. Therefore, even if the Lakers can replace a defensive player at the fourth position, Phil Jackson will not replace him.
As for Lin Yu's scoring, it has not yet threatened the Lakers' lead, so Phil Jackson doesn't care much.
Lin Yu's score reduced the score to single digits. Phil Jackson focused on the offensive end. In his opinion, whether the Lakers can maintain the lead depends on whether Kobe can defeat the Cavaliers' defense.
Kobe was confident in catching the ball in isolation, but the Cavaliers had already prepared a layered zone defense for him.
After he broke through, he was immediately attacked by a double attack, a very aggressive attack by Lin Yu and Darko Milicic.
In the face of a double attack, Kobe acted very brainlessly. He didn't hesitate for a moment and directly took out his hand. The basketball banged and popped out of the frame.
"Facing a double attack, Kobe Bryant failed to hit his fadeaway jumper, and the rebound... was taken by Anderson Varejao... He threw the ball directly to China Lin, do you want to counterattack..."
Lin Yu received Varejao's pass. Immediately, he rushed to the frontcourt at full speed. Regardless of whether there was a chance to counterattack, Lin Yu would look for an opportunity to counterattack.
But obviously, the Lakers retreated faster because on the court at this moment, the Lakers' lineup is a more flexible four-small lineup.
Facing a Lakers who retreated faster, Lin Yu, who rushed to the frontcourt, chose to beat Kobe.
This didn't seem like a reasonable choice, but Lin Yu just took two steps forward, then faced Kobe's defense and shot another mid-range fadeaway jumper.
The basketball shot out, jumped to the highest point, and then suddenly fell, with a swish sound, and got into the net frame!
There were some boos amidst the exclamations at Staples Center. Lin Yu on the court waved his arms to celebrate the goal.
Charles Barkley, who was behind the commentary box, was already shouting: "Another fadeaway jumper. Facing Kobe Bryant, China Lin quickly shot the hottest shot!"
"Now, the score has been further reduced to 7 points. If you ask me, Mike Brown should have let China Lin play long ago!"
Lin Yu, who scored four points in a row and made a hot shot, led his team to chase points. Phil Jackson on the sidelines frowned, seeming to realize something, but he made no move.
The Lakers counterattacked for a round. Facing the double defense, Kobe still didn't pass the ball. He took a direct shot and failed to score.
The Cavaliers grabbed the rebound and launched another forceful counterattack.
Although they didn't score many goals, Daniel Gibson and Jared Dudley still created some threats from beyond the three-point line.
Therefore, the Lakers still only used one person to defend Lin Yu. This time, Lin Yu was faster. He found Dudley, who also counterattacked to the frontcourt, and borrowed a screen.
After passing the screen, just take one step and shoot directly!
Whoosh!
The crisp sound of the net being wiped was like a mantra, causing the entire Staples Center, which was originally shouting "Defense", to become silent for an instant.
Only Charles Barkley was left shouting: "After scoring 6 points in a row, China Lin stepped up after coming on as a substitute. The 11-point difference has been closed to 5 points by his own efforts!"
At this moment, Phil Jackson finally couldn't sit still. He realized that in his latest appearance in the second quarter, he first made a mid-range shot with a simple pick-and-roll attack, then he hit a fadeaway jumper against Kobe's defense, and finally
During the counterattack, Lin Yu hit a two-pointer over the screen and stepped on the three-point line. His hand was already feeling hot!
"Chinese Lin, who was making consecutive shots, successfully matched up with Kobe, but Kobe misfired in the face of a double team at the critical moment when the Lakers needed to score the most!"
"Phil Jackson stood on the sidelines and seemed to be shouting something!"
Lin Yu heard Phil Jackson's courtside instructions clearly. In the next Cavaliers' offensive round, he would encounter the Lakers' flanking defense.
Finally, Phil Jackson used the defensive treatment Kobe received on Lin Yu.
In one of the Lakers' offensive rounds, Kobe had another single. The Cavaliers' double attack was a step slower. Kobe passed the ball instead, but Kwame Brown, who was receiving the ball, seemed to have a little shaking hands. Facing a half-empty basket, his layup
deviation.
Anderson Varejao followed up and grabbed the rebound.
"Give me the ball!"
Lin Yu received the ball after shouting. He paid special attention to the score. There was a 5-point difference. If the Cavaliers scored, they would reduce the score difference to one goal.
So, an extremely important offensive round is here again!
Lin Yu rushed forward with the ball, and the Lakers' defense quickly retreated...
Facing a defense that was closely guarded by Kobe Bryant and with Luke Walton eyeing him on the flank, Lin Yu, who rushed to the frontcourt, paused surprisingly, causing the offense to enter a positional battle.
After that, he restarted and broke through the screen, forcing the Lakers to double-defense him.
But in the middle of the defense, Lin Yu, who still seemed to be attacking the Lakers' defense, suddenly passed the ball directly to Darko Milicic, who was quickly sprinting on the other side.
Boom!
The next second, Milicic hung directly on the basket!
"Beautiful pass-and-cut coordination, China Lin assisted Darko Milicic and dunked!"
After the goal, the score gap was reduced to 3 points. Lin Yu turned his head and looked at Kobe. The difference between him and Kobe was already reflected.
One made all kinds of strong shots when he needed to pass the ball, but passed the ball when he didn't need to pass. The other made various goals when he needed to make strong shots, and when facing the defense, he used the pass to open up the defense.
The opponent's defense line.
The point difference narrowed from 11 points to 3 points, just one goal difference.
This Halloween battle is immediately full of suspense!
