Chapter 260 I want to try
Kobe Bryant's scoring ability is absolutely second to none in the NBA. Iverson, McGrady, Kobe, these guys are all masters of the post-Jordan era. Once they start to go crazy, it is difficult to be curbed.
The Celtics are now suffering from this tough and abnormal hitting ability. The attack power of 35.4 points per game is not so good to block. What's more, now Kobe Bryant has completely activated his feel.
Once the pitchers enter their own rhythm, it is easy to lose their temper. They may fire from a reasonable or unreasonable angle, and then no matter how you block it, you have to watch the basketball fly over your head.
Even if Sprewell is not the top defensive expert in the league, under Riley's **, with his more than ten years of experience in the NBA, it is difficult for ordinary front-back swingers to escape his deadly blockade.
Even Pierce was often confused by Sprewell's close-fitting pressure during training.
But today it's evil. Sprewell's defense is very fierce. Sometimes even his toughness will cause the dissatisfaction of the fans on the sidelines. Many people are complaining that this guy moves a lot in defense.
In fact, the referee has fouled Sprewell three times in the first five minutes of the first and second quarters, and twice in a row in the second quarter, but this did not affect this guy's stronger performance.
Sprewell is really desperate. At least three times his defense has reached an extreme. Whether it is Kobe's breakthrough with the ball or when he is ready to take action, he is very ferocious.
But Kobe's offensive feel has been completely up, which is really a little insoluble. Even if Sprewell has sealed his hand in his eyes, he still can't stop Kobe's shooting and scoring.
Even Kobe can play a beautiful back shot for you at this time. It feels hot and has a stable mood, which makes Spreeville hate it so much.
This made Spreville and Rivers on the sidelines very angry, and Spreville almost didn't say anything to curse.
The most depressing thing for Rivers on the sidelines was not that Sprewell didn't defend Kobe, but that he had called a timeout and made a special arrangement for the defense of Kobe, but now it seems that it does not work very well.
Bag clips, flank defense, almost all the methods that can be thought of, the Celtics have been used, and even Rivers has signaled Chen Feng to press out a little to compress Kobe's living space as much as possible.
But this not only failed to make Kobe's attack fall into a siege, but also a little disrupted the Celtics' defensive level. Chen Feng pressed out twice, and Kobe almost assisted Bynum.
If it hadn't been for the psychological shadow of Bynum's big hat that Chen Feng put his head around twice, he might have won, but this also made Rivers quickly stop such a rash adjustment.
But if Chen Feng doesn't suppress it, he really can't restrain Kobe Bryant. If he puts it aside, he may let others throw a few. As long as he is not so out of Kobe that he can't control it, it is a very successful defense.
But now this move has no effect at all. Is it really a shot? In this wave of attacks with 13 points in five shots, Kobe scored three three-pointers, and looking at this guy's strength, he obviously didn't plan to stop like this.
What can you do when you meet such a pitcher who feels like a stove? Wait for him to feel cold? Rivers dare not bet on this kind of bet. After all, no one can guarantee that this guy will not repeat the madness of the bloody Raptors.
At the beginning, the Raptors were waiting for this guy to feel cold. In the first quarter, the guy scored 14 points, continued to wait in the second quarter, and then Kobe scored 12 points. They all thought this guy's hand should be cold. What's the result? Kobe almost killed the Raptors with 27 points in the third quarter, and continued to save 28 points in the fourth quarter.
Maybe such a miracle will not appear every night, but Rivers doesn't dare to really gamble like that, unless his head is squeezed by the gate of Staples Arena, and it is still a combo...
Anyway, the chubby Rivers has been in the NBA for many years. He knows how much damage Kobe, who has completely released his firepower in front of him, can cause, but now looking at this trend, it is really difficult for him to curb the other party.
It is not that one person's assault can break through the defense of five people, because when Kobe is holding the ball alone, his teammates around him are also responding, waiting for opportunities, and there is a threat of killing the Celtics at any time.
This is Phil Jackson's transfer and arrangement. He even replaced Smash Parker with the more powerful Jordan Lamar, ready to take over the sprint when Kobe was blocked.
Coupled with the ambush of Ladmanovich on the periphery and Odom, who swam to the top of the arc, the tactical arrangement of the whole Lakers was centered on Kobe's holding singles, and then began to radiate around.
Kobe Bryant scored 13 points in the first five minutes of the second quarter, but his threat also drove the attack of the entire Lakers. In these five minutes, the Lakers frantically robbed 19 points.
The 24-second attack time limit is a point that is ignored in this crazy offensive frenzy. The Lakers' attack will not consider these problems at all. As long as the opportunity comes out, Kobe will come by himself or someone else will take action.
Their attack was basically completed in 10 seconds. At this time, Phil Jackson was not using gestures to tell his players to be more stable. He was even condoning Kobe Bryant to lead the Lakers to start speeding up.
The Los Angeles people are simply copying the storm bombardment of the Suns. They may not play as cleverly and finely as the Suns, but it seems more efficient to be supported by Kobe's divine shooting.
Rivers is most melancholy about this problem now. He is not afraid of Kobe's breaking out alone. What he is afraid of is that the whole Lakers begin to find their feelings again and finally suppress the other side, but now it is a little collapsing.
Especially when the other side suddenly changed from slow to fast, which would make the Celtics adapt for a long time. Rivers' tactical arrangement even began to require the players to slow down and control the crazy projection of the Los Angeles people.
This is completely like the loss of a position in the first quarter of the game. The change is fast and slow, but it has reversed a lot of things. The morale, the score, including the mentality of the two teams at this moment, have begun to become unpredictable.
Rivers is not Auerbach. He is not that old enough. In the face of Phil Jackson's continuous moves, his coping speed is far less fast, and he even seems a little hesitant.
Sprewell was annoyed that he couldn't kill Kobe. Rivers was annoyed that he was confused by Phil Jackson's move again. The rhythm he finally mastered began to get out of control again.
The Lakers are completely an offensive posture of high-intensity and large-scale bombing, especially Kobe's strong attack on the offensive end, which completely eliminates the Celtics' hard-earned advantage.
It not only reversed the score, but also reawakened the mood of all Los Angeles fans. This feeling of scoring at home is simply the time when the loyal fans enjoy it most, and they are roaring.
This is the Lakers playing in the way he is best at. Although it looks a little reckless, no one can deny its efficiency and practicality, because the damn score is really reversed.
And every Lakers fan has fallen into a crazy mood. They love such a bombing. When Kobe's shooting gets into the basket again and again, their shouts are even crazier.
This emotion began to breed and spread, and the pressure began to tilt like the Celtics. They dominated in the second half of the first quarter. Now it seems that the mood in Staples Arena has begun to explode again.
When Rivers called a timeout for the second time, seven minutes passed in the second quarter, but the score was rewritten to 53:49 by the Lakers. After the bombardment, the Lakers have taken the lead.
Both Siberdu and Rivers frowned. Although this is the opponent's home court, they don't want to be defeated by one person. In terms of strength, the Celtics still have a slight advantage now.
But how to curb Kobe's crazy scoring is not an ordinary difficulty. At least now Sprewell is a little tired, and he has committed three fouls, but there are still more than two quarters left in the game.
Although Rivers can't expect a 36-year-old veteran to keep an eye on Kobe Bryant, now the defensive player on the swing man, Sprewell is the best, and Tony Allen may be weaker.
But the problem to be solved now is in front of us. How to limit the opponent's playing style, how to make the team regain control of the rhythm, and the most important thing is how the players should play in the face of this impact.
And the game lasted almost 20 minutes, and now it has entered an adjusted time period. People like Rondo and Pierce have to go back to the bench to rest for a while in case they are prepared for a more fierce match in the next two quarters.
However, it's really a little risky to do this now. After all, the morale of the other side has just come up. If there is a fierce wave, the Celtics are likely to be stunned by the other side, and the consequences will outweigh the losses.
If you don't rotate, these players in the starting lineup will consume a lot of physical energy. If they are consumed in the last two quarters and can't fight again, it will also cost Rivers, so this is a very troublesome problem.
But before Rivers could think about how to adjust his lineup, there was a guy who spoke first.
"Head, if you want to change people, don't change me. There are still five minutes to end in the second quarter. I want to try to get the score back." In the rest area where no one has been silent, the sound seemed a little abrupt.
not only did the sound a little abruptly, but also because of the content of this sentence, Rivers and the bandits around him turned their heads and looked at the talking guy.
"Don't look at me like that. I just want to equalize the score, or overtake. There are still five minutes left. I just have such a suggestion. They can let go and concentrate on the attack. In fact, we can."
Chen Feng looked at the teammates around him and continued without any hesitation. He didn't expect to decide many things alone. It's just that the game in these few minutes made him feel stuffy. Now that he wants to rotate and adjust, it's better to give him these few minutes. Now he wants to talk to the almost insoluble department. Compared with arm wrestling, let's see who can lead this damn game and who can take back the initiative on the field!
Aren't you a one-on-one master? Well, when I was on the street, I specialized in this!
Halfway through the game in the second quarter, Chen Feng couldn't hold back his anger...