Chapter 419: A Slap in the Head
The Magic's strength has plummeted this season, and rumors of infighting have spread across the league, with the media lining up for several games to see no communication between Howard and the team's head coach at all.
The team is like this, and the combat power will definitely not be high.
In the playoffs, such a Magic team is difficult to favor.
Although the Hawks are also involved in trade rumors, they are still very strong.
The Celtics vs. the Knicks are similar, the Celtics are only left to fall apart, Kevin Garnett has already had a trade relationship with several teams, the Knicks are stronger after the trade, and the combination of GuaCameron Anthony and Stoudemire is strong enough offensively.
So in the game in the east, the suspense will not be very big.
There is little suspense for the Bulls to win the Pacers and the Heat to win the 76ers.
On the contrary, it is the Hawks and the Magic, and the game between the Celtics and the Knicks is interesting.
On April 16, the first round of the playoffs began.
The Kings traveled to Los Angeles for Game 1 against the Lakers.
The playoffs are different from the regular season in that they are the real battlegrounds. In the playoffs, players will do their best to win, the intensity of the confrontation will be much higher than in the regular season, and the referee's whistle will be a little bigger than usual.
In such a game, the demands on the players under the confrontation increase.
Before the game, Qin Yang gave pre-game coaching to the Kings.
"When it comes to the playoffs, all you have to do is increase your confrontation and try not to be influenced by the other side. Positioning, tactics and coordination are the most effective ways to score, and if you encounter the right opportunity, just shoot. ”
"If you're not sure, give me the ball and I'll handle it."
During the regular season, Qin Yang tried his best to divide the ball and let his teammates play their strength.
But in the playoffs, it's the opposite.
Kings players have too little playoff experience, and there are only two players on the team who have played more than 100 minutes in the playoffs, Qin Yang and Ray Allen.
Lei Allen was cold and silent.
On the contrary, Qin Yang, the boss who has just gotten rid of the rookie title, is the most experienced in the playoffs. The boss reduces the pressure on the players, and this is no one.
This kind of thing is the task of veterans in other teams.
Veteran experience, that's one of them.
Qin Yang tried his best to reduce the pressure on his teammates and teach the experience of veterans, but even so, the pressure in Qin Yang's heart was huge.
Some of the experience has to be experienced on the pitch.
It's too hard to simply preach.
Number 16.
The game begins.
The Staples Arena was brightly lit, the stadium was filled with fans, and on the front row were many superstars from the film and television and singer circles, who also became the embellishment of the playoffs tonight, more famous as Jessica Alba and others.
CCV Live Room.
Wei Ping Bryant saw two more familiar Chinese and said:
"Here is the live broadcast of the Kings away Lakers game, this game is the first playoff game of the Kings, you can see, the game is ready, in the fan behavior, there are two more familiar Chinese, who are they? Who is it? ”
Teacher Zhengping in the live broadcast hall next to him hurriedly took the note handed by the staff and explained:
"It's the two film and television superstars of Dare Zizhen and Ziyuzhang, they are both fans of Qin Yang."
……
The competition has officially begun.
The referee picked up the basketball and after signaling to both sides, he threw the basketball high, and Cousins instantly jumped up and wanted to pluck the ball.
Qin Yang has never participated in jumping balls, but he also knows that when jumping balls, he has to choose the time to jump and judge the trajectory of the ball and his own bounce.
Cousins jumped early.
Sure enough, Bynum came from behind and flicked the ball back as Cousins fell.
Qin Yang glanced at Cousins and said nothing.
This jump ball is a bit too pitiful.
Normally, Qin Yang would definitely pull Cousins to say the last sentence, if he didn't pay attention to Cousins, he would have to go to heaven.
The Lakers attacked, and the scene was full of cheers.
After dribbling past half court, Kobe Bryant held the ball, the first ball, Kobe Bryant held the ball alone, and it was Ray Allen who defended Kobe.
During the regular season, Qin Yang would not let Ray Allen defend Kobe.
Because Ray Allen is one of the few players in the Kings team who has a sharp offense, defending Kobe Bryant at this time consumes too much physical strength, and the gains outweigh the losses.
But when it comes to the playoffs, Ray Allen's experience is useful.
Let Dent Green or Francisco Garcia defend, most likely send Bryant foul free throws.
Bryant held the ball, lowered his body to dribble, then stopped and accelerated before changing hands to break through, and then turned his back to accelerate the breakthrough.
Ray Allen defended very well, but Kobe Bryant's rhythm was too good.
A breakthrough in weightlifting.
Many people are saying that Kobe Bryant was the strongest offensive when he was young, but in fact, Kobe Bryant has been in the offensive end in the past two years.
This breakthrough rhythm has never been seen in previous seasons.
This is also an inevitability.
When he was young, Kobe Bryant had excellent physical fitness, excellent strength and speed, and he didn't need complicated skills at all, even if he was defended, after he got to the basket, he could easily score points when he shot in the air.
Later, when I got older, I gradually practiced many offensive skills to the point of profundity.
This ball, Kobe Bryant scored beautifully.
The scene was full of cheers.
In the CCV live broadcast hall, Wei Ping Bryant shouted hello:
"Kobe Bryant is still the best basketball player on the planet, and the rhythm of this breakthrough is very smooth, even Qin Yang can't do this."
Kings attack.
Defending Qinyang was Artest.
Bryant defends Ray Allen, and Fisher defends Francisco Garcia.
After half time, Artest hit Qin Yang with his shoulder, constantly putting pressure on Qin Yang and affecting Qin Yang's dribbling feeling.
If you lose your hand, it's easy to shoot an iron.
But after Qin Yang took two steps in the half, he glanced directly at Francisco Garcia, and Garcia stepped forward to make a cover.
Artest is very smart, and he directly bypassed to defend Qin Yang.
Qin Yang pulled the ball back and stepped back, and shot directly with a three-point shot.
Sou!
Three-point shot.
Unreasonable.
After a simple cover, he shot directly, and Qin Yang's shot was crisp and neat.
After scoring, Qin Yang and Garcia high-fived in celebration.
The game continues.
After the first ball, the two sides began to play tactical coordination.
With this tactical cooperation, the gap between the two sides appeared.
Pau Gasol responded high, Kobe Bryant as the point of finishing the attack, Bynum and Artest were strong enough.
The Lakers' offense, the Kings are hard to block.
And that's not even the biggest problem.
The problem is that the Kings' offense can't be opened.
Garcia is just a role player, his offensive ability with the ball is too weak, and he shot 1 of 4 in the face of the old fish Fisher, who was a head low, and directly pitted his teammates in the first quarter.
The absolute misalignment is still this hit rate.
Cousins was bullied by Bynum on the inside, and the two of them made two baskets in the first quarter, pushing the bull, the first time was a warning, and the second time Cousins was blown for a foul, wasting an offensive opportunity in vain.
Darko vs. Pau Gasol was taught to be a man.
More than skill and game experience, Dakko is worse.