The Lakers' touch dropped a bit in the fourth quarter. Gasol is really old. In the past, he was relatively stable in critical moments. At least it is rare for his physical fitness to decline so quickly. A decline in physical fitness is a big problem for Gasol.
To put it bluntly, it means a comprehensive decline in offense and defense. He is not Jordan Kobe. Even in terms of mental strength, he is not ranked among the top 50 or 100 in NBA history.
Mental attributes, on the contrary, have always been Gasol's weakness.
So if you expect his "spirit to transcend the body", it is almost impossible.
This will be obvious in the future. Gasol's playoff data has declined across the board. If you are really familiar with him, you will know that starting from the season when the Lakers failed to defend their title for three consecutive years, Gasol's status has always been below
"Expectation". At least on the offensive end, the once stable performance has disappeared. This is definitely not Gasol. If it is only for one season, Tang Qian can still know the history, all the way to the Bulls and Gasol.
The offensive status in the playoffs can only remain around 14+.
At that time, he was still a consecutive Eastern Conference All-Star and entered the league's second team in the 14-15 season.
Looking at the shooting percentage, we can also find that except for Gasol's first playoff trip, the shooting percentage in the other three playoffs can reach more than 50%. As luck would have it, it happened to be the Lakers' three consecutive playoffs.
When I reached the NBA Finals for the first time. Then, it went down all the way, 42%, 43.4%, 48.1%, 48.7%, and never reached 50% again.
You can understand the drop in scoring as a drop in the number of shots taken, and the drop is not obvious, but the drop in shooting percentage can only mean that there is a problem with Gasol's own scoring ability and attack ability. His physical condition is not enough to support his performance.
The scoring energy in the peak era. This is definitely a very realistic thing. As an inside player, or a seven-foot man who makes a living in the low post in the penalty area, if you say that your shooting percentage is less than 50%, this is not true.
past.
The fact is that Gasol has never reached the playoffs again since the 10-11 season.
This kind of hit rate is enough to prove that Spain's personal ability has indeed declined.
In the playoff battle, he can no longer contribute the energy he had in the playoffs at his peak.
After all, the NBA regular season is the regular season playoffs and the playoffs. The difference is quite big.
D'Antoni replaced Gasol to rest and replaced him with Sacre and Tang Qian as an inside partner.
This is also Tang Qian's strong request. He rejects Jordan Hill and the "soft" brother Ryan Kelly. For him, even if these people have offensive ability, it cannot offset their style and attitude.
"stupid".
Thackeray at least has a clear mind and works hard. He knows what he should do and what he shouldn't do. This will make Tang Qian feel comfortable and make him less dissatisfied and irritable. Do you think this is Tang Qian's "personalization"
"? No, no, no, let alone the future, even now, the Lakers' inside line is dominated by him. Since he is the leader, of course he must try his best to ensure that his abilities are maximized, because the outside line is dominated by him.
Each team can only have one core and inside core. It can only be built around one. Even if James of the Heat is known as a dual-core, who do you think is the "real core outside"?
Of course it's James! So this is also Tang Qian's attitude.
The core of the inside must be me, and only maximizing my ability can help maximize the team's combat effectiveness. Don't you agree? Either show your ability and defeat me! Or, just be obedient and cooperate with me!
In the professional golf course, there is not so much to say!
This is right, otherwise the internal structure will be chaotic, which will only reduce the Lakers' internal offensive and defensive capabilities!
Look at Sacre? He helps himself to block people, without hesitation or refusal. This is the most suitable for what the Lakers need most at the moment. Unless you really have such a strong scoring ability, otherwise, you should be more honest.
Good.
It is a sin to just think about "brushing statistics" and destroying the team's overall interior.
However, Tang Qian didn't feel very good during this period. He caused 2 fouls, but missed all 4 free throws and failed to score a single point.
This is really frustrating. It seems that all super centers have this problem, it just depends on the degree.
The Heat are attacking. James has just tried to pass a few more balls, but they all have no effect. One ball was even directly intercepted by the Lakers. You don't have any offensive threats, so of course we won't help defend or double-team.
If you don't help defend and double-team, if you try to score like this, it will be easy for the Lakers to destroy the line and intercept the pass.
The Heat also need James to step up.
Seeing this, Heat No. 6 could only "bite the bullet" and charge in.
Defending one's own Lakers players is not a problem, the main thing is...
"James breaks through. He wants to attack the Lakers' basket. This ball... is a block!" Bill McDonald said: "The tyrant gave KING a big block!"
The Lakers' offense was not going well, but Kobe came on his own. He played a post-up single, deceived Wade with a fake move, and then switched to a breakthrough shot, but the basketball "weirdly" slipped out of the basket.
.
During this period of time, the Lakers' offensive state has fallen into a "low ebb" as a whole.
This situation is not uncommon on the basketball court, it happens to every team, no matter whether you are strong or not, so this is also a good opportunity for the Miami Heat to chase points. If they can seize it.
The Heat opened up singles for James, and he still easily broke through his opponent, but he "hesitated" between making a sudden mid-range shot and continuing to drive to the basket. James was greatly affected by Tang Qian's intimidating power inside.
, he hesitated, and the mid-range shot missed the basket again.
When the Lakers attacked, Kobe also knew that he was not feeling good in this period, so he directly chose to go inside, causing a personal foul on Chris Bosh. He made 2 free throws, swipe~, none fell, and all of them went into the net.
The Lakers' lead finally expanded to double digits.
Fortunately for the Heat, Battier made a three-pointer from the corner, which temporarily relieved the Heat's "urgent need."
But Battier's offense cannot be regarded as a "routine operation". The Heat still need someone to score steadily. Otherwise, the score difference will still be widened. Kobe's next ball caused another kill to the Heat, even if Wei Wei
Dedao appealed to the referee, claiming that he did not block the shot from behind, but the referees were not blind, and the slow-motion replay also proved that the referees in this game had good eyesight.
It's a pity that he only made 1 of 2 free throws and "only" led by 8 points.
James breaks through with the ball, but there's nothing he can do about it. Now that he can cut in easily and at will, he can't do it without hitting.
The Heat entered the Lakers' inside on the 6th, but failed to shoot again. His offensive state tonight was a bit "scary" in the sluggish state. Here is some science, why is James scoring so steadily? To a large extent, it is because
The reason why a large number of his end points appear at the basket, taking this season as an example, is that he takes 39.9% of the shots in a game, which is 40% of the shots. Wait, do you think it is really only 40%? No! It can’t be done like this.
calculate.
Because James still has inside kills and free throws that are not counted.
Why can free throws show their lethality? Because foul shots from outside shooting account for a very small proportion according to comprehensive statistics, so basically in a game, both sides take 20 to 30 free throws, and there are only a few times when the outside kills and goes to the free throw line. Calculated this way
, James averaged 9+ free throws per game in his playoff career and 8+ free throws this season, and most of them are shots that hit the inside.
After doing this calculation, you will know why James is the king of finishing outside the basket.
The closer you are to the basket, the less you rely on the touch. This applies to any era. When the touch is worse, if you get to the basket and get closer to the basket, your shooting percentage will increase significantly. This is not a problem, because James
With a super physique like "Wolverine", this is the most reasonable way to maximize his advantages and strengths. But... unfortunately, Tang Qian's existence is like a click on James' "cover", making him
He was almost half disabled due to his martial arts skills.
And James himself knows that if he cannot break through, it will be difficult for him to make a shot.
He needs someone who can drive his shooting touch through breakthroughs, otherwise he won't be able to be an intermittent shooter.
James started right away and entered the penalty area. With his super weight and super physique this season, few people can resist him.
However, No. 29 of the Lakers does not belong to this category. He jumped up and gave James a big block, and you can see that Tang Qian's defensive state began to be "fed" due to continuous defensive successes.
.Kobe Bryant of the Lakers cut in, stopped suddenly, leaned back and shot, brush~, and the basketball hit the basket.
James took a breath and reached the basket again. This time... he still failed.
Although he didn't score any shots, he couldn't hit the Lakers' basket either.
Tonight, let alone close to 80% of his finishing shooting percentage at the basket, if he could achieve 30%, thank God and pray to God.
"Hey~ If it weren't for this damn 'heart...', forget it, you're lucky." What left James speechless the most was that the Oriental center didn't seem to be very satisfied with the defensive result. He seemed to want to block it directly.
You are the one who should do it.
It should be??? To deal with my LeBron James' drive to the basket, some people would actually think that it should be blocked directly??? This guy...
In this case, James played three more times, of which only one barely managed to put the basketball into the basket. The other two times, one was blocked, and one bounced directly off the board. The Lakers' basket failed.
Can bear it.
The Lakers' home commentator also helped out and cheered: "Aha~ Look, look, our tyrant is indeed the Emperor. For the first time, I felt that what that guy Alonzo said was so vivid.
It’s a vivid nickname. I’m personally very satisfied and like it.”
"I also think, old man, this is just tailor-made for this duel! It's so vivid! I feel like I'm going to fall in love with this Chinese guy!"
"Everyone loves Chinese perms, Stu, isn't it obvious?"
"Are we being too cruel and cynical to some people? You know, we still have to talk about human rights in the United States~"
"It's okay. We didn't give this nickname anyway. I remember it was the retired star of their own team who first created it, right? We just used it. If you want to find trouble, you shouldn't look for us, you should look for Aaron.
Zuoah~"
"Haha~ It makes sense. I used to think that I would have a headache when I met the Cavaliers. Oh, no, I would have a headache when I met the Heat. I was afraid that our Lakers would be exploded under the basket. Since our Dongfang boy came, I suddenly
My head no longer hurts and my legs are no longer sore. I just hope that the Lakers will play against the Heat every day. Do you think this feeling is amazing? Oh~ Look, James is here again??? This ball... again
Didn’t go in!!! Didn’t go in again!!! I love you so much, so hot!!!”
James himself felt humiliated when he was blocked from making consecutive breakthroughs under the basket. Hearing these "jokes" made his face even hotter. However, he was indeed at a loss. He had to admit that this Oriental center was better than the one he encountered back then.
No. 11 of the Rockets is even more terrifying! His biggest offensive advantage and feature are completely suppressed by his opponents!
It happened that at this time, No. 29 of the Lakers was still throwing "trash talk": "Hey Mr. KING, do you want to continue? I don't mind if your shooting percentage is less than 30% tonight."
This bastard!!! is so abominable!!! I really want to smash his face with a basketball!!!
But if James thinks this way, he has already lost, because if he had the advantage, he would never have such an idea in his mind. The reason why he thinks this way is because he has nothing to do and nothing to think about.
James' slump caused the entire Heat team to collapse. Whether it was Wade using the pick-and-roll to attack, or others attacking the basket or attacking the inside, there was almost no good fruit to be gained. Tang Qian's state tonight was a bit getting worse as he played.
Good idea. This gave the entire Heat team a taste of the feeling of "an iron wall behind the basket in the penalty area".
After blocking another Wade shot, the Heat finally gave up. The Lakers led the game by 15 points, 95-80, and once again defeated the defending champion Heat.
The big score in the finals was a huge 2-0.
The Lakers are two games away from the NBA championship, Larry O'Brien.
Kobe shook his fist and said secretly, there are still 2 games left, just win 2 more games.
Must win!
PS: Xiao Zi has been working hard on writing. Although Xiao Zi only has one chapter, she has paid 7k in the past few days. Isn’t this chapter called a big chapter? Xiao Zi is really bursting with tears~~~