"Hello all fans and friends, this game will be narrated by me, Jay Williams. Tonight's guest is Mr. Van Gundy!"
"Hello everyone, my name is Jeff Van Gundy."
"I'm Stan Van Gundy."
"Thank you two gentlemen for coming to the live broadcast room despite your busy schedule, but tonight's game may be a little boring." Jay Williams said: "Why do you say that? Because tonight's game is a
In a game with a huge disparity in strength, the Oklahomans have an absolute advantage. If they win, the score will be 4-1 and the Los Angeles people will go home to fish."
"I wonder what you two think?"
"I agree with you, Jay." Stan Van Gundy opened his mouth first and said: "The Lakers are doomed tonight, because whether it is mentality, state or strength, they are far inferior to the Thunder. Just relying on Kobe Bryant, they can survive this year.
I can’t afford the table.”
"What about you, Mr. Van Gundy Jr.?"
"I think the Lakers will win this game and the game will be moved to Los Angeles again." Jeff Van Gundy expressed a different opinion. "Oh, it seems that Mr. Van Gundy has different views from ours!" Jay Williams
He said: "I wonder if you have any specific basis for your judgment?"
"Of.course~" Jeff Van Gundy said: "If I were the head coach of the Lakers, I would play inside first, and gradually open up the offensive feeling from the inside out. The Lakers have two All-Star inside players, which is enough to do this.
The thing is, they just need to play tougher. In the previous few games, the Lakers' twin towers did not kill too many inside players, which was also a major reason."
"Hey~ Jeff, maybe you haven't coached in the NBA for too long, so you don't understand the general trend of the NBA~" Stan Van Gundy said: "Today's NBA, relying on the Twin Towers alone is not enough. The opponent only needs
Using a meat shield inside or a blue-collar inside with good defense can limit the offensive capabilities of the Lakers' twin towers to the greatest extent. On the offensive end, they don't need any opportunities to make shots, so the Lakers' twin towers have lost at least half of their insides.
Efficacy. Looking at the Thunder's perimeter, full of firepower, Kevin Durant + Westbrook, it is simply a nightmare for the Lakers' perimeter players. With this trade-off, it is natural that the Thunder will have the upper hand. Basketball is essentially a game of basketball.
It's a scoring sport, and at this point, Los Angeles is at a disadvantage."
"Okay~ Stan, I know I have left the position of head coach in the league for a long time, but to be honest, your use of centers and interiors is really bad. You have the league's number one center Dwight Howard, and you are in a weak position.
The Eastern Conference is actually in the first round this year. I’m afraid such a result is not very convincing, right?” Even though Jeff Van Gundy and Stan Van Gundy are brothers, the two have never had a good relationship, which was disclosed in the media.
Quarrels happen all the time, and basketball fans across the United States have long been accustomed to them.
Of course, this is one of the reasons why ESPN invited the two of them.
Appropriate contradictions and conflicts are the only magic weapon to increase ratings.
Who at ESPN doesn’t understand this?
When Jeff Van Gundy mentioned this, Stan Van Gundy immediately darkened his face and said in a deep voice: "Our team is short of major generals in the playoffs this year. It is already very difficult to reach this level. Don't be there."
Easier said than done!"
"Having a good relationship with the team's core players is a compulsory course for the team's head coach, right?" Jeff Van Gundy did not answer, but said, "Look at the left and right." Because basketball fans across the United States know that Howard is absent.
In addition to the back injury in the playoffs, the disagreement with the team's head coach Stan Van Gundy is also an important reason. Over the years, although Dwight Howard has been called the boss and the boss of the Magic, all he can do is one
A super blue-collar man, when he was young, he didn't care. He felt that he had a lot of time anyway. Until entering the second decade of the millennium, Howard suddenly felt a panic and aggrieved in his heart. One of the reasons for the panic was because of the team.
The head coach gradually has a tendency to weaken his tactical position, which he cannot accept. The second reason for panic is that his personal ability and physical fitness are gradually declining. Howard knows that he is an athletic center.
Once a center of this type loses his explosive physical functions, his speed of decline is no different from riding a slide. In addition, he has suffered more and more injuries in the past two years, all of which remind him that he has no time to wait any longer.
Let's talk about being aggrieved. First of all, Howard believes that he has no merit but hard work. Leading the Magic to the Finals is the best proof. Unfortunately, Orlando fans and the team's head coach have slowly turned a blind eye. Second,
Deep in his heart, Howard began to blame Stan Van Gundy. Why did he say that? Stan Van Gundy had been coaching Howard since his fourth year. At that time, he was only 21 years old and was being managed by the team.
As soon as Stan Van Gundy arrived, he decided to position him as a "super blue-collar" and then "coaxed and deceived" him into believing that this was the best position for his career.
In a short period of time, Howard believed in Stan Van Gundy's words. He had no doubt that when he led the Magic to the NBA Finals in 2009, it was the sweetest period for the "mentor and apprentice" duo. Howard said that Stan Van Gundy was the best.
The best head coach, Stan Van Gundy, claimed that Howard should win the MVP that year.
But the good times didn't last long, and gradually Howard's heart became bigger. He also longed for the title of Super Giant, and he also longed for the MVP award. He slowly began to feel that it didn't matter to DPOY, who had long been weak. As for Stan Van Gundy,
But they still want Howard to play the role of the best defensive player in the league, and don't want him to increase his offensive role. In this way, the seeds of contradiction are sown. As Howard gets older, his physical function
Going downhill, he began to feel that the offensive end was becoming more and more difficult and weak. In the past, it was not a big problem to barely get 20+10 All-Star statistics, but in 2010, this became more and more of a problem. So for him,
In the next two seasons, he increased his inside shots without authorization. Looking at the basic data, it is clear that Howard's career-highest number of shots per game was achieved in these two seasons, averaging 13+ shots per game. But like this,
The overall effect on the Magic was not good. Too many offenses distracted Howard's energy on the defensive end, causing him to lose his former enthusiasm and efficiency on the defensive end.
This basic data may not be reflected, but if you look at the high-level data, it is clear that Howard's defensive efficiency and defensive activity, as well as the average shooting score he limits his opponents, are declining rapidly. Don't look at Howard's average blocks per game, which does not exceed 3
+, but compared to Ibaka and Marcus Camby, who are the top shot-blockers, his role is the core of the team's overall defense. The significance of the two cannot be generalized at all. Although just looking at the number of blocks, Howard is not
Not very impressive, but no NBA coach would choose the first two, because the power of the defensive core is far greater than the power of the block numbers.
In short, Howard can support a team, but the two shot-blocking leaders cannot.
Stan Van Gundy also saw this, so he didn't let Howard take more shots, because compared to offense, his defensive significance is more helpful to the team. Otherwise, how could the Magic's 2009 lineup
Maybe break out of the siege and destroy the little emperor? Enter the finals?
Finally, and the most important point is that Stan Van Gundy sees the potential limit of this "big boy". He is enough to be a superstar, because defensive superstars are also superstars, but when have you ever heard of the term defensive superstar? Want to
To become a defensive superstar, he once made a statistic, averaging at least 20+ rebounds and 5+ blocks per game, because partiality is a taboo for superstars, and it is not that simple to make up for it. Even Stan Van Gundy
I feel that there will never be a super giant in the NBA who specializes in offense + defense + organization. He must occupy at least two of the three to be qualified to be considered a super giant. How many can Howard occupy? The answer is self-evident.
And it’s not like Stan Van Gundy hasn’t been tested. Howard’s singles under the basket are really unreliable. If he encounters a slightly experienced insider, he will be defeated and disgraced immediately. Let’s take a bloody statistic.
The total number of players who have played more than 200 times in isolation is between 40 and 50. And what is the post-up efficiency of our "Warcraft" Howard? The answer is the last in the league!
Yes, you read that right, he is ranked last. As the league's top center, he is ranked last in post-up efficiency. When Stan Van Gundy got this data, he decisively gave up the idea of cultivating Howard's personal offense.
The reason is very simple. This guy has no talent in this area and relies on his superhuman body. His score of 20+ is his limit, and he can't even go up to 23+.
If Tang Qian knew Stan Van Gundy's idea, he would definitely agree with it with both hands and feet, because history has proved that Howard has indeed never averaged 23+ points per game in a season. Attacking from the basket will sooner or later be weakened by Father Time. But this
Howard doesn't think so. He even resents Stan. Why didn't Van Gundy arrange more individual singles tactics for himself when he was a rookie? Otherwise, he wouldn't be so entangled now.
As time went by, the contradiction deepened and eventually broke down and became a reality.
"You don't need to worry about this. Anyway, I'm in Orlando and can't take him with me for a few days." Stan Van Gundy said sulkily. After all, no one would feel very happy if he fell out with his proud disciple.
"Well, even on the outside, the Lakers are not without their strengths." Jeff Van Gundy said: "Kobe and Durant can at least form a matchup. It depends on how the defenders on both sides perform. If Kobe can match up with the former
Several games are the same, if Westbrook is completely blocked and Ci Shiping can restrain Durant, then the Lakers still have a good chance of winning this game."
"You are all self-conjecture, Jeff." Stan Van Gundy said disdainfully: "Let's not talk about whether Kobe can guard Westbrook. Even if he can barely guard him, the consumption on himself will not be ordinary.
, apart from Kobe, are there any other stable scoring points on the outside for the Lakers? Not at all! And I think Ci Shiping can’t defend Kevin Durant at all! Not to mention the Thunder’s bench.
There is James Harden, the best sixth man in the league, who is enough to provide further fire support to the Thunder!"
"Best Sixth Man?" Jeff Van Gundy curled his lips and said: "I also said that the Lakers have the league's shot-blocking leader on their bench!"
"That Chinese center? What can he do? It's not that I look down on him, he is far from Serge Ibaka!"
"Stan, you still look down on Asian players so much," Jeff Van Gundy said.
"This is the truth, I don't like telling lies!"
"Really? What do you think of Yao? Is he Asian? Did he blow up your precious apprentice?" Jeff Van Gundy opened up old scars again. "I admit that the healthy Yao is indeed good, but
Now Howard has surpassed him. Besides, do you think No. 29 of the Lakers can compare with Yao Ming?"
"Maybe~" Jeff Van Gundy said: "You can't say for sure. Orientals are slow to warm up to the NBA~"
"Nonsense! If he can surpass Yao, I will retire from the NBA coaching world and never coach in the NBA again!" Stan Van Gundy has a short temper, so he shouted loudly. "Okay, I don't have it anyway.
What kind of loss is not? I made a bet with you." Jeff Van Gundy didn't care and answered easily and happily.
Under this situation, the Lakers began their fifth game.
It has to be said that the Thunder are indeed very impressive this season, from the players to the fans, everyone is without exception.
And after getting the match point, Chesapeake Energy Stadium was already shouting like thunder.
Under the pressure of nearly 20,000 people, every Lakers player felt full pressure.
Kobe became less talkative than usual. This season, he has not yet adapted to the departure of "Old Fish", so he did not take the initiative to take over the locker room. This made the atmosphere within the Lakers team very depressing and very tense.
Dignity, not everyone is like Kobe, who can withstand pressure and perform. Without the leader of the locker room to ease the mood, the entire Lakers team is enveloped in a dull atmosphere, and Tang Qian is no exception.
No wonder the Lakers players, the big score is already 1-3. If they lose another game, they will be out of the game. Who can take it easy?
Of course, there is still someone who is "swimming against the current", and he is Andrew Bynum. Since the Thunder invited the famous American female singer Taylor Swift to perform live tonight, he was in a surging mood and acted very eagerly.
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The nunnery seems to have always liked Taylor Swift, but he was just a small player in the past, so he felt very inferior in his heart. But this season is different. He has turned around and become the starting All-Star in the Western Conference. Therefore, he feels that he can compete with
Taylor was on equal footing, talking intimately, oh no, cordially.
Taylor was coming to Chesapeake Energy Stadium to perform tonight, and Tang Qian also knew about it, but tonight, his mind was all on avoiding elimination, so he did not go over and talk to Taylor who was preparing to perform.
This actually gave the nunnery owner an "opportunity". Under the eyes of more than a dozen pairs of Lakers players, the nunnery owner stood up, with a smile on his face, and then swaggered to the center of the field.
"Hello, are you Miss Taylor Swift? I am the core player of the Lakers and the starting center of the Western Conference All-Stars. My name is Andrew Bynum. You should know me, right?"
He thought he was cool and talked to Taylor, but in exchange, Taylor Swift just rolled her eyes and said: "I'm sorry, I don't know you, I'm very busy now, please don't disturb me."
Just kidding, you ugly guy has such a big personal grudge against Tang and you still want to chat with me?
Give up this attachment as soon as possible!
The nunnery master did not expect that his goddess would not give him face so much, and his face suddenly turned red and he was a little at a loss.
When Taylor saw that the guy hadn't moved, he immediately said rudely: "Why don't you leave? You're blocking my way to perform! If you don't leave, I'll call someone!"
Being so embarrassed by the "goddess", the nunnery owner retreated angrily, but he didn't know that his behavior had offended the public.
What time is it now? The Lakers are on the verge of elimination! How on earth do you still have the thought to strike up a conversation? To pick up girls? This situation is simply intolerable!
Kobe was the first to stand up and said: "If you don't perform well tonight, then practice all night long and don't let me sleep! You have more energy anyway, right?" After saying that, Kobe turned around and said to all the Lakers players.
: "Everyone treats this game as a war, either victory or sacrifice!!!"
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