Chapter 266: Killing Two Birds with One Stone
In the second quarter, the Clippers sent in: Blavin. Knight, Mobley, Garcia, Almi. Johnson, Tim. Thomas
Lakers Field: Fisher, Vujacic, Luke. Wharton, Odom, Bynum. $
Dunleavy Sr. didn't feel good when he saw the Lakers' bench lineup, how did the Lakers' bench lineup look better than his own bench lineup? Is it a delusion?
The Lakers played well in the first two rounds of rookie forward Ariza, Phil. Jackson actually turned it on today, opting to use Vujacic and Wharton Jr. to alternate.
The most important thing is that the substitute lineup made by the Zen master actually has three main players in it?
Clippers fans also feel that it is not good, and interested fans can find that Dunleavy Sr.'s rotation is too rigid, even if it is not much better than D'Anthony, and it will basically be replaced at a certain time. In this way, Phil. Jackson could have sent a lineup dedicated to the Clippers for Dunleavy Sr.'s rotation time.
To put it simply, it's like rock-paper-scissors, if the other side knows in advance what you're going to do, then it's a fart, unless he doesn't have fingers and can only get out of the rock.
Andrew. Bynum's playoff table this year has not been good, maybe it has something to do with his injury not fully recovered, or maybe he only has this strength, the latter may be greater, but in the face of Thomas, who can't defend at all, he finally looks like a shark, using his large tonnage to continuously attack in the low post, and burst the defensive black hole Tim. Thomas.
Dunleavy Sr. soon found out that he shouldn't have changed this big brush to the center position, and hurriedly used Paul. Davis replaces Amir. Johnson, move Mr. Brush to the power forward position.
Jeff. Van Gundy saw the Clippers' adjustments. couldn't help laughing: "Old Dunleavy began to passively make substitution adjustments. He was following the baton of the Zen master. It's not the first time we've seen this phenomenon, it happened in the first round against Vicky. β
Clippers fans in front of the TV have slandered: "You bald head is not much better, you are famous for your slow on-the-spot reaction, and you are embarrassed to laugh at others!" β
Kobe Bryant's bench, Vujacic has been excellent in the playoffs this season, averaging nearly 8 points in 20 minutes per game, and is very efficient on the court. Knight also has an advantage. The Lakers played a 10:4 small ** at the beginning of the second quarter, and in a blink of an eye, they had overtaken the score.
At 9 minutes and 40 seconds in the second quarter, Dunleavy Sr. found that their second echelon didn't seem to be able to beat the Lakers, so he immediately replaced the twins, and Billups played with the two brothers, and the Clippers lineup became: Billups, Mobley, Garcia, Ji Guoyi, Ji Guoqiu.
"Famar, go up and break through Billups and see how much he's recovered from his injuries." Zen Master vs. Jordan. Farmar gave the order, and just half a minute after the Clippers substitution, the Lakers also made lineup adjustments after the dead ball. The five people on the court became: Famar, Kobe, Vujasic, Odom, Bynum.
The Lakers unwittingly completed the lineup rotation in the bench period, and they also overtook the score by the way. A qiΔ seems so relaxed and happy.
After Ji Guoyan came on the court, he wanted to provoke Kobe Bryant again, but the two of them were one outside and one inside, and it was difficult to have too much intersection under normal circumstances, and they wanted to talk trash but it was not easy to aim at the target.
Bynum's defense of Ji Guoqiu in the second quarter was a little better, and the Lakers outside line would make a certain amount of dΓΉ wrapping on the Panda brother in time, but this also released Billups, and Mr. Key took advantage of the old fish to trap Ji Guoqiu and hit two three-pointers in a row, so that the Lakers ball in the Staples Arena temporarily stopped.
Jeff. Van Gundy smiled again: "Phil. Jackson took advantage of the rotation, but we see that the strength of the Clippers should not be underestimated, they have strong points inside and outside, and in terms of staffing, the main lineup of the Clippers is obviously better. β
Magic Johnson said: "Billups has always been a point guard that I admire, I like his explosiveness, strong physique, selfless and intelligent play, and Jackson can't relax his defense of the Finals MVP. β
The score was 36:35, and the main team of the Clippers returned to the court and immediately overtook the score.
At 7 minutes and 20 seconds in the second quarter, Kobe Bryant broke through to the basket and finally scored two points, and Peter Pan had already had 6 assists at this time.
Ji Guoyi didn't defend on the inside this time, he followed Odom to the outside; Ji Guoqiu didn't have time to make up for the defense, Kobe Bryant was extremely easy to advance, he had a unique grasp of offensive timing and defensive space, and was one of the superstars who could read defense the most.
Lakers fans shouted loudly, and as soon as Kobe Bryant scored, the whole audience immediately sounded the shout of "MVP", which made Ji Guoshi feel extremely unhappy.
The reason for the upset is simple, he has only scored 5 points now, and he has not scored so far in the second quarter, so he turned his head and used a Kobe-style play on the offensive end, forced a shot against Odom's defense, and hit a difficult three-pointer.
After Ji Guosha scored, he secretly called luck in his heart, and then deliberately provoked Kobe Bryant, stretching out three fingers to point at Peter Pan.
However, Kobe Bryant may have taken the wrong medicine today, and it can be seen that his face is cold, and he must be extremely unhappy in his heart, but in the next attack of the Lakers, Kobe Bryant broke through again and distributed the ball to his teammates. He attracted three Clippers players this time, and Odom was unguarded and easily scored two points from close range under the basket.
"Hell, Kobe Bryant is really difficult to deal with, otherwise, we just don't want to trap him, and he won't make a move anyway." Ji Guosha has leaked more than once today, and now he feels that his team's use of heavy troops to defend Kobe Bryant is a bit more than worth the loss, and people don't make a move, so many people surround it to have a fart?
"The coach didn't give an order, don't come nonsense, we don't cover it, he should make a move." Ji Guoqiu said in his heart.
"Strange, I think our defensive tactics were wrong from the beginning, since we want him to play alone, wouldn't it be better to let Kobe Bryant shoot?"
"This ...... Let him go, what if he gets the right shot? β
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It may sound like an unsolvable proposition, but the Clippers focused most of their attention on Kobe Bryant before the game, and now this guy doesn't play by the routine. It made the Clippers players have their own ideas in their hearts. Even the twins began to have different opinions.
4 minutes and 15 seconds. Bryant made a delicate ground-and-pound pass from beyond the three-point line on the wing to send the basketball to Gasol at the free-throw line.
The Spaniard didn't stop the ball and immediately pushed the basketball, and Famar, who had just come on the court, hit the basket from the baseline direction, received the basketball in the low post on the left side, and immediately went to the basket......
The Lakers only needed two passes to break through the Clippers defense, and Farmar jumped up to get the basketball up before Ji Guoqiu's defense, and also made Ji Guoqiu a foul. This is the second foul by Brother Panda.
The score was 42:41, and the scores of the two teams were deadlocked.
The Lakers lineup has become: Famar, Kobe, Odom, Gasol, Bynum.
Clippers lineup: Billups, James. Posey, Artest, Ji Guosha, Ji Guoqiu.
During this time, Farmar scored consecutive points on the offensive end, and the sophomore rookie used his impact to frequently break through Billups, who did not recover from his injury, and was used by Farmar to score six points in the first half of the game, and now he is about to score seven points.
The elder Dunleavy is not really that bad, and he also used Ji Guoqiu to attack Bynum as a counterattack, and the Panda brother became the core of the Clippers' offense today, contributing nearly 20 points in less than half a game.
Ji Guoqiu had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Ji Guoyi had 8 points and 4 rebounds, and Billups had 10 points and 3 assists. Artest has 2 points and Mobley has 4 points.
Bryant had 2 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, Gasol had 7 points and 5 rebounds, Odom had 3 points and 3 rebounds, Radmanovic had 7 points, Wharton Jr. had 5 points, Famar had 11 points and Fisher had 6 points.
"Little fox, do you want me to score?" Kobe Bryant looked at the time and suddenly said to Ji Guoyi.
Ji Guoyan was stunned when he heard this, he had already given up using trash talk to provoke Kobe, but he didn't expect Kobe to suddenly take the initiative to communicate with him at this time.
Kobe Bryant looked at him stunned and said with a smile: "I will break through in a while, and I will get two points on your head when the time comes." β
Ji Guoyi was furious, and pointed his finger at the forbidden area: "Then you will lie here with your back on your back in a while, I promise it will hurt a lot!" β
Phil. The corners of Jackson's mouth on the sidelines raised slightly, no one knew that his team of psychologists had not only studied Kobe's psychology in the past few days, but also been studying Ji Guosha. This little fox has been trying to provoke Kobe Bryant since a few days ago, what is the purpose, Phil, who is the best at psychological warfare in the NBA. Jackson naturally knew very well that this cunning little guy wanted Kobe Bryant to lose his cool and fall into a solo fight, and this little trick could not be hidden from the Zen master.
Ji Guoyan didn't know that when he was about to provoke Kobe, he had unknowingly fallen into Phil. Jackson's calculations.
"Aren't you foxes good at psychological warfare? Then I'll play with you. β
Before the game, the Zen master not only calculated Ji Guosha, but also calculated with Kobe, he asked Peter Pan to join in, study Ji Guosha's psychology together, and find a way to deal with the dead fox, the purpose of which is to keep Kobe Bryant from losing control in the game. Just like he let Kobe Bryant be the captain at the beginning of the season, the purpose was to use the captaincy position to let Kobe learn how to lead his teammates. Now it is also a truth, let Kobe Bryant study how to target Ji Guosha, is to let him learn to control the situation.
General player, Phil. Jackson can teach him how to do it directly, just like Famar just now, just let him play on the court. But Kobe Bryant can't, he has his own goals and is extremely paranoid + perverted and narcissistic, and won't listen to other people's opinions, so he wants Kobe to play according to his own arrangement, Phil. Jackson often had to make a big turn to achieve his goal. It can be said that in order to find a way to control Kobe, the Zen master did not think less than dealing with the Clippers. Jackson is equivalent to dealing with both Kobe Bryant and the Clippers, which is really not easy......
This can also understand why no matter how provoked Ji Guosha is today, Kobe Bryant is not fooled, Peter Pan now feels that he is calculating Ji Guosha, where will he be fooled.
Ji Guoyan didn't know that he fell into the other party's calculations, in fact, his previous three-point shot was already very reluctant, and he was considered a good character if he could throw it. The Clippers attacked this time, and the basketball was passed to Ji Guozhi again, and he didn't pass it out again, but shot it directly......
"Bang!"
It is impossible for Ji Guoyi to shoot such a shot every time, this time he shot decisively, and his posture is as picturesque as Kobe, which can be called the boss's possession.
The Lakers attacked, Kobe Bryant advanced with the ball, and it seemed that he was really going to attack on his own, but after breaking through to the restricted area and being trapped, Peter Pan passed the ball again......
Ji Guoyi was shocked in his heart, in order to block Kobe, he let go of his defender again this time, and when he looked back, Odom was the same as last time, hitting the board from close range and scoring a goal.
"Damn, you liar, you kind of hit me?" Ji Guo was furious, and the little fox who felt deceived shouted at Kobe.
"I'm lying to you, you're kind of beating me, idiot!" Kobe Bryant seemed to be sharp at this time, and he learned from Ji Guosha. Kobe, nicknamed the repeater, can't talk trash-talk, his stunt is to repeat the opponent's provocation to fight back, but it can be seen that Peter Pan is really happy now, he didn't repeat it completely, he also changed it, and trash talk has improved a lot.
Ji Guoqiu frowned, and said in his heart: "Calm down, he's provoking you, can't you see it?" β
Ji Guozhi responded in his heart: "Why can't I see it, this bastard wants to provoke me and affect my shooting, but he underestimates me too much, I just shoot the next goal, and hit him in the face when the time comes." β
"But if you can't get in, you'll be slapped in the face."
"Nonsense, how could I not throw in!"
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The authorities are fascinated, Ji Guoyan usually calculates others like this, and when it is his turn to be calculated, at this moment he is no different from those who have been calculated by him, the same loss of mind, and the same does not feel that he is being calculated.
Ji Guozhi felt that he could shoot, in fact, it was really his illusion, he was now like the previous Kobe, he didn't notice that his style of play had wandered outside the team system, and the basketball stopped as soon as he arrived, because this guy shot directly.
The score was 48-55 in the first half, and the Lakers led by seven points into the second half.
After provoking Ji Guosha, Kobe Bryant was still not in a hurry to attack, and he shot very little, shooting 2 of 4 in the first half and only scoring 4 points, but Peter Pan Gong contributed 8 assists in the half and led the whole team with his balls.
The Lakers shot 48% from the field in the first half, which is an extremely high shooting percentage.
The Clippers' shooting rate is only 42%, as for the reason, of course, it is a certain fox dragging his hind legs, Ji Guozhi shot 3 of 12 in the first half, and just 25% of the shooting rate made the Lakers fans laugh at him to their heart's content.
Ji Guoqiu had 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists in the first half, Ji Guoyi had 10 points and 5 rebounds, Billups had 10 points and 3 assists, Artest had 6 points, and Mobley had 4 points.
Bryant had 4 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, Gasol had 11 points and 8 rebounds, Odom had 9 points and 6 rebounds, Radmanovic had 7 points, Wharton Jr. had 5 points, Famar had 13 points and Fisher had 6 points. (To be continued......) R527