basketball scientist

Although the Lakers' current record is not bad, the vast majority of fans and media are still more optimistic about the Heat winning.

ESPN radio organized 13 basketball experts to predict the outcome, and 11 experts still chose to be optimistic that the Heat could win the Christmas game, and they did not exclude the two who chose to believe in the Lakers. They were shills arranged by ESPN. After all, it was true

A 13:0 vote would not be conducive to the gambling industry making money.

The Lakers' interior defense is below the league average this season. Anderson is better at assisting defense, blocking shots, and protecting rebounds. His defensive effect is not very good. He has been beaten by interior All-Star players many times during the season. Yao Ming, Gasol, Duncan,

When facing the Lakers, O'Neal Jr. played at a level higher than the average output of the season, let alone O'Neal, who has been hitting hard since the beginning of the regular season this season.

However, the Lakers are not unprepared for O'Neal. The team acquired Diop from the Cavaliers in a previous transaction just to prepare for O'Neal. Facing O'Neal, the battle for the center position is certain. Ke Yan designed a scientific

In the order of the rotation, the three centers in the team, Diop, Mihm, and Anderson, each have their own tasks and defensive methods, so strict that everyone has their own time to persist.

If it doesn't work, you can only use the shark-cutting tactic. Previously, the Lakers beat Howard to death in the game against the Magic. This game can also let O'Neal relive his old dream.

On the afternoon of December 25, the Christmas Day game between the Lakers and the Heat was held at the American Airlines Center in Miami. Fans packed the arena to capacity.

More than 70 TV stations around the world broadcast this Christmas game live, and it even attracted more attention than the Lakers VS Pistons in last season's finals. This is the benefit of the grudge game. Everyone wants to have a fair duel after OK separates!

CCTV's Zhang Lili analyzed the lineups of both sides: "As for the Lakers, the pace of the game this season is very fast. They have a strong sense of offensive and defensive transitions after grabbing rebounds. Their average points per game rank third in the league, and their fast break points rank third in the league."

Second, these are performances that were impossible to achieve when O'Neal was here in the past. At the same time, Kobe's personal data has also skyrocketed without O'Neal this season, which more or less proves that Kobe has made sacrifices for the two of them together. The Lakers

The team's focus today is to play their own speed, which requires them to do better on the defensive end, because without defense it is difficult to launch a sustained counterattack."

"The Heat's advantage is of course positional warfare. The two Joneses (Eddie, Damon) on the outside have very accurate three-pointers, so they are very suitable for this kind of inside-out. Wade is also a very talented young man.

Compared with Kobe, he is more modest and made it clear that O'Neal is here to lead us. This attitude makes O'Neal very happy, so the team's atmosphere is very good, which is also the key to the Heat's good performance in the new season.

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After the warm-up, players from both sides came out, and the Lakers changed their lineup, with the starting five: Atkins, Kobe, Butler, Odom, and Diop.

Heat: Damon Jones, Wade, Eddie Jones, Haslem, O'Neal.

Regarding the lineup, Zhang Lili analyzed: "There is no Birdman that we were optimistic about before. The Lakers reused the team's newcomer Diop because his weight and strength are more suitable for defending O'Neal. However, there are actually quite a few similar blue-collar meat shields in the league.

, but when it comes to real matchups, they can't guard against O'Neal. Let's see how effective Diop can be."

O'Neal won the jump ball. Wade received the ball in the backcourt and dribbled directly across the half court. Facing Kobe's entanglement, he did not stick to the ball and passed it to Eddie Jones, who lobbed it to O'Neal. Facing his old club O'Neal was a great boost.

He was eager to get the ball before he was in a good position. He took the ball behind his back and hit Diop hard, grabbing a favorable offensive position. Then he hit the ball a second time. When he knocked out of the space, he ushered in Odom and Diaw.

Diop's double attack, forced to turn to the baseline, and relied on Diop's defense to dunk with both hands to score. 2:0.

"If you have Joe, choose Joe, if you don't have Joe, choose Shark", this is a famous saying circulated among Chinese fans, which is enough to describe O'Neal's intimidation. His physical fitness is abnormal, not only strong, but also very fast, even if he has passed

At his peak, he was still unstoppable.

Anderson on the sidelines saw Diop being "easily" knocked away by O'Neal, and his expression was strange. He was very aware of Diop's brute strength.

As arrogant as a birdman, he also felt that if he had been defending O'Neal on the court at this moment, he would have been knocked to the ground by O'Neal in the first blow.

The Lakers attacked, and Atkins slowly passed half the court and passed to Kobe.

Diop and Atkins were outside the three-point line on the left, Butler went to the right corner, and Odom was in the right corner. The formation was completely open. Kobe held the ball in the middle and singled out Wade, dribbling to the right.

After the ball was passed, his posture suddenly changed. Almost everyone did not see clearly and turned sideways to Wade's right side.

Wade subconsciously took a step back, tilted his body, and blocked Kobe's breakthrough route. However, Kobe turned around, jumped up, raised his hand and shot. The ball passed through the net with strong friction and made a sharp sound.

The Heat attacked with a similar pattern just now. Diop pushed hard to get O'Neal to catch the ball in an uncomfortable position. However, O'Neal's physical fitness was beyond Diop's ability to handle. O'Neal still ended the offense with a dunk.

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He completed dunks on two consecutive offenses. On the way back to defense, O'Neal took a "dominating step" to interact with the fans. But this time the home fans were not in the mood to interact with him, because before O'Neal dunked the ball in and before turning around, Dior

Pu had already served, and the Lakers quickly advanced past halftime. They took advantage of O'Neal's failure to defend and the Heat's foothold was not stable before launching a blitz.

Eddie Jones is very experienced, and he fouled Kobe in advance, preventing Kobe from completing his shooting action and cheating for a free throw.

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The Lakers served the ball at halftime, and Atkins caught the ball through a screen. Kobe Bryant shouted and stretched out a finger. Atkins immediately understood and passed the ball to Odom. The latter shook it and threw it hard.

He carried the ball inside, and after attracting the attention of two defenders, he suddenly passed the ball out again. Atkins caught the ball, without pausing, and passed it to Kobe who was standing outside the left three-point line.

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Kobe took two steps outside, caught the ball, turned around, and strode towards the bottom line. Wade followed closely behind and entered the paint. Under the fierce confrontation, Kobe did not squeeze into the paint and slowed down.

Speed ​​and take a step back.

Just when everyone thought Kobe was going to pass the ball, because if it continued like this it would be a 24-second timeout, and variables appeared again.

Kobe suddenly swatted the ball, then hugged the ball with both hands, jumped in with a step, jumped over Wade, straightened his body, raised the ball and shot, the ball went in, 4 to 4.

The Heat's next attack was still launched through O'Neal. This time O'Neal was in a very deep position. As soon as he took a step after receiving the ball, Odom retreated to help defend, with his arms raised high, while Diop continued to play.

Dead head behind you.

O'Neal felt the pressure and passed the ball to Haslem who was cruising to the free throw line. He took aim and hit the ball from mid-range.

The scary thing about O'Neal is not only the damage inside, but also one of the reasons why he can "make stars" by attracting double teams and then passing the ball. Both outside shooters and inside partners can benefit from this.

Even if Ke Yan is a reborn person, has done enough psychological construction, and even knows that what he sees now is no longer the peak O'Neal, he still feels that the destructive power of this fat man is really too strong!

Of course, the current strategy of the Lakers is also very obvious, which is to use Diop's hard top and Odom's occasional flanking to consume O'Neal's physical strength to the greatest extent. He will be 33 years old in two months, and his athletic ability is as good as

It was incomparable when I was young, and I could no longer make air cuts. Following these technical moves, I mainly rely on cutting inside. It is very physically demanding to fight hand-to-hand with a coolie like Diop who knows nothing but can push people.<

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Atkins dribbled the ball across half court, and Kobe ran up from the left corner. Odom made an off-ball screen for Kobe, blocked Wade, and then received the ball and cut inside. Wade and Hasler

Tom switched defenses, Kobe caught the ball and hit Haslem in a single, and after shaking away his opponent, he missed the mid-range shot.

The tactics have been worked out, and Kobe failed to make the ball. However, Ke Yan still praised this attack.

If you insist on playing like this, you will have a great chance. In addition to Kobe's advantage in singles against Haslem, Odom and Wade should also have the upper hand in blocking rebounds.