Chapter 27: We've Got This Rebound

The elder Dunleavy was so pleased with the two brothers' cousins that they teamed up to lock up Andrew Bynum.

Bynum, a standard center, has played a much bigger role under Phil Jackson than fans think, and once this little shark plays properly, the Lakers' triangle offensive threat will be multiplied exponentially.

If the Lakers can't have a support point on the inside, the triangle offense can't be talked about, and in the end, eighty percent still depends on the boss to play five alone.

That's why after my sister-in-law came, the Lakers immediately took on a new look and were able to play a truly powerful triangle offense.

In the second quarter, the two brothers sat on the bench and rested until they were reintroduced at 7:05, when the score was 33:32, and the Clippers still had a one-point lead.

Andrew Bynum had been replaced a minute earlier, but the hapless Shark still didn't score, which made the word "impatient" clearly printed on his face.

The Lakers attacked, Kobe Bryant signaled Bynum to come out to cover, but the little shark was actually unwilling to block and dismantle, and he was unwilling to pull it out to make a low-quality cover for the boss.

Bryant first showed off the crossover with a dribble, dazzled Quentin Rose with continuous shaking, and then suddenly activated and burst inside with a screen.

Ji Guoqiu strode sideways and quickly defended Kobe, who distributed the ball to Odom outside the three-point line on the wing in a chic posture, and continued to run without the ball.

At this moment, Bynum has moved to the corner position, Odom holds the ball outside the 45-degree three-point line on the same side, Kobe Bryant passes the ball and circles under the basket, using his teammates to cover and run back, and a triangle for the Lakers is formed.

The Lakers' triangle offense, as long as it is played, there will usually be at least three opportunities, and the best chance for this offense is that Kobe Bryant runs out to get an open opportunity, followed by Bynum to get a one-on-one opportunity on the inside, and finally Odom to play one-on-one on the outside.

The Clippers' outside defense is not very good, Mobley and Cassell's two old arms and legs are still sitting off the court, and defending Kobe Bryant is Quentin Rose, who was blocked by Lakers players under the basket, so that the Lakers' triangle offense got the best result, open shooting opportunities.

Kobe Bryant received a pass from Odom outside the three-point line, shot a three-pointer in the open position, and the basketball drew a beautiful arc and hollowed into the net!

The NBA measures the strength of a team by how many open shots the team can get in a game, and at the same time let the opponent get as few open shots as possible.

Of course, other numbers, such as turnovers, rebounds, and counter-attacking opportunities, are also as good as possible.

The three old guys of the Spurs are getting older and older year by year, but the team's competitiveness is still the same as it was back then, relying on the team's tactical execution ability, they can always play the tactics well and get the best results.

It's the same with the Lakers, and if their triangle offense gets the best results every time like this one, they'll naturally be championship contenders.

Bryant's three-pointer helped the team overtake the score, but they soon discovered that the rebounding scramble was not good and could also make them lose.

The two brothers played for three minutes, relying on tacit cooperation and a pair of long arms under the basket, grabbed two offensive rebounds in a row, and all of them were successful, allowing the Clippers to rely on rebounds to overtake the score again.

The Zen master quickly called a timeout, and the rebounding ball had to be controlled, otherwise he would not be able to win the game at all by relying on the occasional triangular offense.

"It's hard to imagine that Bynum, who is 216cm tall and weighs 275 pounds, has only grabbed two rebounds until now, and I think you can go up and grab more than him." Barkley doesn't have the slightest affection for this little shark, what's wrong with it, you have to call it a shark? Pick up people's teeth, and you can't become a big tool at a glance!

Kenny Smith laughed: "Bynum obviously doesn't use his body, he gives me the feeling on the court, he always makes moves slowly, his body is still very stiff, and I can see that his body coordination is not very good. ”

"Yes, all great players, they do their movements with a light and airy appearance, supple and natural, as if they were using rejoicing. And this little shark feels just stiff and clumsy. Although I watched less than half of the game, the two brothers gave me the impression that they had a lot more potential than Bynum, which is the judgment of a Hall of Fame superstar. ”

"That's right, even if it's a pig, flying gives people a sense of elegance and chic." Kenny Smith seized the opportunity and immediately taunted someone

In the live broadcast room, Charles Barkley's big mouth made the Lakers fans in front of the TV grit their teeth with hatred. On the contrary, Clippers fans felt a sense of gloom.

The Zen master made a change during the timeout, bringing on Ronnie Turyaf for Radmanovic, who was worse than Bynum today, grabbing only one rebound.

On the live TV, the numbers of the two brothers were listed separately, Ji Guoqiu got 4 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block, Ji Guoqiu 9 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block, and the two brothers contracted the rebounds today.

When the Lakers returned to the court, Bynum got a single chance at the waist position, which was already close to the basket, and the Lakers players immediately pulled away and created space for him to attack.

Ji Guoqiu gritted his teeth and resisted Bynum, he still remembered Bynum's malicious foul on him in the first quarter, he couldn't do malicious revenge, his revenge was to let the other party score as little as possible.

Bynum relied on his only dominant strength, and arched into the three-second zone with his ass, at this time he couldn't continue to arch in, and the alliance had to hurry up to shoot in order to deal with the attack generated by the "big shark" for three seconds.

The same small hook hand, the same slightly stiff, which shows that Bynum's hook hand is not very good.

Ji Guoqiu's long arms stretched as high as possible, and his body also jumped high, only a fingernail away from touching the basketball. However, unless he has a physical element as good as Chamberlain, it is basically impossible to block a one-on-one hook shot, and his block still does not cover the opponent in the end.

But that's enough, Bynum had to adjust the arc of the shot in order to avoid the block, with his skills, such an adjustment, the shooting percentage immediately dropped, and the basketball didn't even touch the basket in the end, and it rebounded on the rebound to the other side.

The ball was ridiculously off, and neither side expected that Ji Guozhi let the hard-working Turiaf push away under the basket and lose the rebound.

Ji Guoqiu turned around to make up for the defense, but it was too late, and Turiaf dunked under the basket.

It was the first time the Clippers lost a frontcourt rebound today, and although it was an accident, no one could have imagined that Bynum's shot would be deflected so much? But this goal has inadvertently exposed Ji Guoyi's weakness, that is, when facing the beast in the forbidden area, especially the kind of pure blue-collar who is full of vitality and tenacious style, his thin body will become a weakness.

This is also applicable to Ji Guoqiu, who is also in the center position, and has low strength and confrontation ability.

Bynum is not capable enough, and if he encounters the main center of other teams, he will suffer a physical loss.

"For a rookie, Ji Guoqiu in the center position is physically good enough. In his first season, he had to learn from Garnett before he started his strength training, and that guy had only bones in his body in previous seasons, but it didn't affect his defense in the slightest. Barkley commented.

The loss of this rebound did not affect the morale of the Clippers, and Margeti and Kobe Bryant were on the court in the second quarter, staging a scoring battle. Magetti's shooting touch is good today, coupled with a sharp breakthrough, in this quarter alone, Margeti looks not inferior to the black mamba.

Of course, no one would think that Margeti could play against Kobe Bryant for a whole game, and if he could withstand the boss for a quarter, he would be considered a bull.

Ji Guoqiu and the two did their jobs in the second quarter, one was responsible for defense and rebounding, and the other was responsible for outside projection and basket defense.

Margeti passed Ji Guoyi several breakthrough points in the second quarter, the former has felt the benefits of having a reliable turret on the outside, the most obvious is that the number of assists has increased greatly, Ji Guoyi hit Margeti's breakthrough points one after another, and the latter has also increased the number of assists Jù. (http://.)。

The Lakers' triangle tactics feel like they are not working from time to time, especially after Turyaf comes on the court, their triangle offense is more difficult to play, the blue-collar has almost no understanding of triangle offense, and he comes up to grab rebounds and defend. Defending a big man who has always floated on the perimeter has exhausted Turiaf. He felt that this kind of work was not for him, and he should fight the inside, not behind a small flea running around outside the three-point line.

Old Dunleavy's eyes lit up, Margeti and Ji Guoyi's cooperation in the second quarter surprised him, the relationship between the two has not been good in the past few months, but today they complement each other well. In the past, Margeti broke through with his head and was limited once he encountered the pocket formation arranged by the opponent, his shooting was not stable, and it was almost useless to be on the court if he was not on time.

Margeti's several breakaways today allowed Ji to get several shooting opportunities on the outside. The two complement each other, and with such an excellent shooter on the outside, the opponent will not dare to invest too much in the inside to cover Margeti, which makes his breakthrough even more threatening.

Coupled with Ji Guoqiu under the basket, he can shoot from mid-range, compete for frontcourt rebounds, and can also pass threatening balls in the restricted area, and the Clippers' offense suddenly became three-dimensional.

"The combination of these three people, maybe there is more potential to be tapped?" Dunleavy Sr. thought to himself, but despite this, Dunleavy Sr. did not change his mind to trade Margety.

In the NBA, when a team is going to go into a rebuild, the process is going to be emotionless, almost heartless!