I’m Really Playing Basketball

On December 20th, Los Angeles, Staples Center, the Los Angeles Lakers ushered in the most important regular season of the season.

Why is it said that the Lakers' regular season game against the Bobcats is the most important game for the Lakers? This is of course because every time the Lakers and Bobcats play, the focus of the United States is on Kobe and Jordan, Kobe and Chen Xiao, Jordan and Phil Jackson, etc. a key person.

Let's put it this way, after the combination of Jordan and Chen Xiao, the regular season game between the Bobcats and the Lakers has become one of the most important games in the entire NBA in the regular season.

The heat of the Kobe-O'Neal match before, with David Stern's hard speculation in the past few years, now it feels like the curtain has come to an end.

Therefore, many people say that maybe it's time for the league to consider the final hype of O'Neal and Kobe, and it's time for the two to reconcile.

But before the reconciliation of the two is played out, it is clear that the regular season between the Lakers and the Bobcats is still the biggest focus of the entire NBA.

If both teams can reach the finals, they will certainly be the focus of the finals, but obviously, it will be difficult for these two teams to reach the finals.

The Bobcats seem to have a chance this season.

But the Lakers...

The Lakers actually have a chance.

The Lakers' record so far this season is 16 wins and 7 losses, ranking third in the Western Conference. However, in the Western Conference, many people say that O'Neal and the Suns will stop the Lakers.

No matter what number the Lakers get, the Suns will keep an eye on the Lakers for ranking.

The Lakers are third, and the Suns are sixth.

The Lakers are second, and the Suns are seventh.

No joke, in the generally average competitive environment in the Western Conference, the Suns are indeed not as strong as the Spurs, Mavericks, Timberwolves, Lakers and Nuggets this season, but they still have an advantage compared to other teams in the Western Conference.

The Suns can choose any of the 6, 7, or 8 positions in the West.

Unless the Lakers take fourth, but how is this possible?

Why should we finish fourth when we can finish third?

Moreover, fourth is not something you can get if you want to.

They lost a lot. The Suns won first place in the division and moved into fourth place, then ranked fourth, and then the Lakers were fifth. Isn’t that crying?

Anyway, it's very interesting this season in the West about O'Neal and the Suns staring at Kobe and the Lakers.

Regarding this rumor, O'Neal has never answered directly, but people around O'Neal continue to break the news: "Shaq has given up on winning his fourth championship with the Suns. He no longer expects to win a championship. Therefore, he The biggest motivation now is to prevent Kobe from winning a fourth championship, and Shaq will do whatever it takes to prevent Kobe from succeeding."

Good guy, I don’t want to succeed, and neither do you.

I want to trick everyone together!

It has that taste.

For Kobe, when encountering such an opponent, Kobe didn't know what to say.

He is not afraid of that damn fat man, but the Lakers were really restrained by the Suns.

The Suns were too strong inside, and the Lakers didn't have the ability to shoot three-pointers from the outside. In the end, they were basically manipulated by the Suns.

Therefore, with O'Neal and the Suns staring closely at them, it is really difficult for the Lakers to break out of the Western Conference.

Before the game started, Chen Xiao went to the boss to ask him about being stared at by O'Neal.

Boss Ke said that it was true, but he didn't care.

Hearing what Boss Ke said, Chen Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

He was really afraid that Boss Ke would be ruined by that damn fat man again.

In the playoffs last season, the fat guy said: "Kobe Bryant hurt the Lakers in singles." This made Kobe so disgusted that Kobe was confused by O'Neal's words throughout the series. His offense was wrong and his pass was wrong. The team was eliminated magnificently.

The Suns have a systematic advantage over the Lakers. O'Neal and the Suns can win against the Lakers however they want, so O'Neal always likes to say something to stimulate the boss.

Anyway, he won in the end, so whatever he said was right, but Boss Ke was going to lose anyway, so whatever he did was wrong.

Boss Ke is a top-notch smart person.

Chen Xiao also often exchanges experiences with Mr. Ke.

Boss Ke shouldn't have been so easily angered by O'Neal.

But as Mr. Ke said himself: "I can't calm down when facing him."

Yes, facing O'Neill, it is indeed difficult for Boss Ke to maintain a calm mind.

Therefore, O'Neill is really quite determined, the boss of Ke.

There are only two opportunities to play the boss in a season, so Chen Xiao cherishes every time he plays the boss.

Boss Joe also knows this, so in this game, Boss Joe specifically said that there is no need to implement the team's tactics this season in this game.

Chen Xiao can play this match however he wants.

After the pre-match warm-ups and greetings of the two teams, the starting lineups of the two teams have also appeared on the court.

The starting players for the Lakers are Gasol at center, David West at power forward, Odom at small forward, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, and point guard Baron Davis.

The starting players for the Bobcats are center Bynum, power forward Zach Randolph, small forward Granger, shooting guard Chen Xiao, and point guard Xiao Pao.

If we look at the starting lineups of these two teams from a historical perspective, the starting lineups of these two teams can definitely be called star-studded.

But in this time and space, at the moment, not to mention Chen Xiao and Shanmao, it was all accumulated by Jordan bit by bit.

On the Lakers side, these Lakers players and Kobe have received a lot of controversy.

Before the formation of the Lakers lineup, the Lakers used to be a combination of Corgi + Boozer Battelle's double super giants + double all-stars.

The team also has players like Braxon who proved himself in the Bucks last season.

At that time, the Lakers were not as star-studded as the current lineup?

For Lakers fans, this lineup will die of "consumption downgrade".

Especially after Kidd, Battelle, Boozer and Braxson left the Lakers, their performances have been overwhelming, and Lakers fans have been looking at the bowl and thinking about the pot.

After the Lakers changed these players, the cooperation between these players and Kobe is indeed more suitable, but the record of the Lakers is still a bit dead.

There is still no way to go to the end. In the past two seasons, the best record in the playoffs is only the Western Conference semifinals.

In this case, why couldn't the original lineup be kept?

If you keep this lineup, please come to Phil Jackson. After Kobe knows the sacrifice, is the Lakers stronger?

It has to be said that the nature of human beings is so interesting.

Distance can always produce beauty.

In this game between the Lakers and Bobcats, both teams want to win. With such a large amount of attention, if the Lakers win, it can reduce some pressure on Kobe and the Lakers players.

As for the Bobcats, they need to win the game and continue to compete for the top three positions in the Eastern Conference.

Facing the Lakers, the biggest problem for other teams is how to solve the Lakers' triangle offense.

But for the Bobcats, the triangle offense is not a problem at all.

Isn't it just to let Kobe play singles?

You can play alone, Chen Xiao, Granger and Xiaopao, you choose yourself, if you kill me, I will lose!

As one of the people who knows the triangle offense best, Jordan knows exactly what the triangle offense is all about.

"The offensive power of the triangle offense is average. The Bulls' victory back then mainly relied on our defense, not Phil's triangle offense. As far as the offensive tactical system is concerned, it is difficult for the triangle offense to bring about an offensive climax. As long as there is no double attack, The triangle offense can't kill anyone simply with offense, and the Bucks' five players can't compare to the Raptors' running and gunning.

The reason why the triangle offense looks so powerful is because we can only score 90 points on the opponent's defense, and then we can score 100 points using the triangle offense, and we win. "

This is what Jordan said to the Bobcats players before the game.

If Phil Jackson knew that his former disciple commented on his "settlement and survival" tactics, Phil would definitely be very sad.

Of course, Phil Jackson didn't know that.

However, although what Boss Qiao said is very absolute.

But this is also the reason why the Lakers were beaten to death by the Suns in the playoffs.

The Lakers' triangle offense can't kill anyone offensively, and the defense can't guard against the Suns' three big men. Isn't this just letting others take advantage of it?

After all, the triangle offense is an offensive tactical system for positional warfare. The hammering ability is definitely not as good as the run-and-gun, but it is not as good as the five small tactics that can also be used for positional warfare. This is true.

And this is where the triangle offense is now awkward.

As long as the opponent does not double-check the singles player, the Lakers' triangle offense will have no chance of three-pointers.

With the three-point trend brought by Chen Xiao and Ray Allen, the NBA's offensive speed is getting faster and faster. If NBA teams want to win and succeed, their offensive sense of space will become larger and larger, and the triangle offense is really It's too traditional.

An offensive system without a large number of three-pointers has fallen behind.

The success of the triangle offense depends not on the offense itself, but on defense.

I have to say, what Boss Joe said is really sobering. Those young people of the Bobcats, those young people who have been brainwashed by the "prestige" of the triangle offense and think that this is the strongest offensive tactic in history, feel that their own three views All reshaped.

So in the end, all that was left in everyone's mind was Boss Joe's last words: "Don't be fooled. The triangle offense is not strong. What is strong is my singles and the Bulls' overall defense. Your opponents in this game, No Michael Jordan, no Bulls defense, so fuck 'em, lads!"

I have to say that Boss Joe is really eloquent and eloquent.

However, the Bobcats have many young players. Before entering the NBA, these young players were full of awe of many mythical things in the NBA. Jordan needs to break their awe of these things.

Even if the opponent is Jordan.

I'm afraid Boss Qiao will use other words to break the awe of these young people.

Only when young people lose their awe can they let go.

And this is also the meaning of the regular season for the growth of this group of young Bobcats.

On the court, the game started, and Bynum jumped to the first offensive opportunity of the game for the Bobcats.

The Bobcats' first attack, after Chris Paul dribbled the ball steadily across the half, the team's first attack was handed over to Chen Xiao.

The person guarding Chen Xiao was Boss Ke.

Although the relationship between Chen Xiao and Boss Ke is very good, but when he played against the Lakers, Boss Ke didn't defend with all his might?

Faced with such a desperate defense by the boss of Ke, Chen Xiao felt that it was a waste of time to cooperate and run tactics.

Chen Xiao is no longer who she was when she was in the Nets, nor is she who she was when she was in Cavaliers.

In the current NBA, standing there, Chen Xiao is the most threatening player on the court.

You can take half a step against Xiao Zhan, but against Chen Xiao, you can't wait for the opponent to pile up all the defensive players in front of Chen Xiao.

In this case, no matter what Chen Xiao does on the court, it is very difficult for him to have an absolute good chance.

Singles is the best opportunity for Chen Xiao or Qiao, Ke and Du in history!

Even if the opponent in singles is Boss Ke.

Chen Xiao's attack on Kobe was quite clear. After leaning on Kobe at the free throw line, Chen Xiao didn't even dribble after receiving a pass from Chris Pao.

Turn around, take off, lean back, and shoot, all in one go!

Although there is no dribbling adjustment, Chen Xiao's take-off height is not high, but because of his height and wingspan, there is still nothing he can do. He can only use his short hands to watch the basketball thrown by Chen Xiao. Flying to the basket through a wonderful arc.

Looking at the basketball flying in the air, Boss Ke sighed in his heart.

Sure enough, defending against players like Chen and TMC is too difficult.

Historically, Boss Ke said when he retired that he didn't know how to defend Durant until he retired.

As for Chen Xiao, he is definitely more Durant than Durant now.

When fighting Durant, Boss Ke can still harass him with strength, but against Chen Xiao, the harassment of Boss Ke's strength is useless. It all depends on Chen Xiao's own touch.

A swipe!

Mid-range hit, 2 to 0, the Bobcats in the away game took the lead.

Following Chen Xiao's very difficult singles hit, the Lakers coach Phil Jackson on the sidelines also frowned. Chen Xiao felt good in this game, which is not a good sign.

And just when Phil Jackson lamented that Chen Xiao's game was good and difficult to handle, on the court, Boss Ke had already started to attack.

The Lakers' official offense is now the triangle offense.

This tactic is mainly for Ke Boss to create good singles opportunities.

No matter how you pass or how you run, you just need to create good singles opportunities for Ke Boss in the end.

So after Baron Davis dribbled the ball through halftime, he specially asked Odom to come out for a pick-and-roll, Odom caught the ball, Baron Davis took Granger away, facing Odom, Xiaopao didn't dare to be careless , posted it directly, and at this moment, the running boss used Odom's cover to quickly take away the small cannon, while Odom dribbled the ball in reverse and pulled it outside the three-point line. Xiao can only follow out.

In this way, there was a situation where Kobe played a small shot with his back in the middle distance on the court.

Xiaopao's defense is also very strong, just like the previous Ke Boss.

But this time the boss of the department beat the boss, no doubt it was a replica of Chen Xiao's fight with the boss of the department before.

But this time, Boss Ke's turnaround jumper made the same hit.

2 to 2!

In just one round, the Lakers tied the score.

The Bobcats and the Lakers' first offense, the key players of both teams were very successful.

But when the Bobcats attacked for the second time, Xiaopao couldn't find Chen Xiao.

Because under the signal of Phil Jackson next to him, the Lakers directly flanked Chen Xiao.

"Good guy, attack from the flank at the beginning!"

Seeing Kobe defending Chen Xiao desperately on the court, while Odom stepped between Granger and Chen Xiao, looking as if Chen Xiao would immediately attack as soon as Chen Xiao received the ball, let Xiaopao just glanced at it, He could only give up looking for Chen Xiao immediately.

Xiaopao then signaled Granger to come over to pick and roll, but Odom was unmoved and didn't follow at all.

Odom looks like you can play as you want outside the three-point line. The appearance of us not accompanying him makes Xiaopao very uncomfortable.

I'm not good at three-pointers, so is the pick-and-roll without human rights?

Of course, in the history of the Hornets, even when the three-pointer is not good, Xiao Cannon can still play pick-and-roll with West and Chandler. Of course, it depends on his own strong breakthrough ability.

As long as he uses cover, Xiaopao can go straight to the basket. At that time, whether to pass or attack depends entirely on himself.

Whether it's Chandler's follow-up dunk or the pass back to West for a shot, it's fine.

Only this time, Xiaopao miscalculated.

Granger is a bit slender, so it doesn't matter if he can't block Baron Davis. Baron Davis has such a strong body, such fast speed and dexterity. When he goes straight to the basket, he can actually stick so well good.

At this time, Xiaopao even thought of the man named Delong in his mind.

Baron Davis does look similar to Deron, but Baron Davis's golf intelligence is not as good as Deron's, and his skills are not as good as Deron's.

However, although it is not possible to eat, sleep and play small cannons like Deron, Deron is indeed a very good defender of small cannons.

This time, the small cannon failed to change the defense of the Lakers. He couldn't pass the ball, and he killed very deeply. In the end, he couldn't kill all the way to the sidelines, so he could only attack directly.

Although Xiaopao made a sudden stop and turned around to deceive Baron Davis, but because of the loss of rhythm, the ball was hit at the front and missed, and the backcourt rebound was accepted by David West.

With this ball, Xiaopao could actually return the ball to Granger immediately.

But he was too confident in his speed and breakthrough, and felt that he could create better offensive opportunities for Granger.

For a traditional point guard like Xiaopao, a three-pointer is not a good opportunity.

Alley-oops, mid-range shots are the way to go.

So after giving Xiaopao a pick-and-roll, Granger immediately followed up.

Granger is a very versatile offensive player. He can do alley-oops, mid-range shots, and three-pointers, and he is quite stable.

It's just that, in Xiaopao's eyes, no one in the Bobcats is such a stable player except Chen Xiao.

Let's just say that Xiaopao still has a little pride in his heart.

And he is still a little clingy now, and doesn't have that much trust in his teammates except Chen Xiao.

Xiaopao is still unable to adapt to the rhythm of his teammates, but needs his teammates to adapt to his rhythm.

You can eat whatever he feeds you.

Instead of what you want to eat, I will feed you.

It is true that Xiaopao has not yet reached Kidd's level.

This is also normal, Xiaopao is only so big now.

What's more, in the NCAA, Xiaopao was also evaluated as a point guard who was not good at passing.

So say it.

"Except for Chen, this lynx is immature everywhere."

Rick Carlisle, the head coach of the Heat and also Chen Xiao's former head coach, looked at the TV thoughtfully and said.

How to deal with every attack and defense in the game, so that every attack and defense is the best choice, it takes time.

Chen Xiao's success in the Nets and Cavaliers was not because he handled every offensive and defensive choice well, but because of his unreasonable offenses, all of them were hit!

When he led the Pistons to play against the Nets, Chen Xiao was driving him crazy.

In the series between the Pistons and the Nets, Hamilton represented what was reasonable, and every offense and defense was reasonable.

But in the end, the Pistons still lost.

So, if you can cheat, you really don’t need experience.

But obviously, Xiaopao didn't cheat, and the other Bobcats players didn't have a system, so it was hard for them to be like Chen Xiao. With the experience of QNMD, what I do is experience!

"Phil Jackson's defense tonight was very targeted!"

"Start flanking Chen Xiao so early and let other Bobcats players handle the offense. After Chris Paul was blocked by Baron Davis, the Bobcats' offense was very jerky."

There was no offensive cooperation outside. In the end, the Bobcats could only rely on Randolph at the basket, but David West behind him was quite tough. To add to the chaos, this high school rookie was running wildly. Not only did he not take Gasol away, but he always let Gasol come to defend him.

Randolph originally lacked O'Neal's height and needed space on the offensive end, but all this space was blocked by Bynum.

It can be said that the Bobcats' first quarter was so ugly!

"It turns out that the Bobcats' offense without Wonder Boy and Chris Paul to sort it out is so chaotic!"

On the court, the Bobcats encountered huge difficulties and obstacles after Chen Xiao's strong singles attack on Kobe.

To be honest, the Bobcats really didn't expect that they would encounter such great difficulties in this game.

It is conceivable that Chen Xiao was flanked.

But Xiaopao was a little caught up in Baron Davis, which Jordan didn't expect.

Without Chen Xiao and Xiaopao to sort out the situation, the Bobcats' offensive performance was indeed quite poor.

Seeing that the Bobcats were going to collapse in the first quarter, Boss Qiao didn't dare to be a "Zen Master" anymore, and quickly made adjustments to the personnel on the court.

After the official timeout, Jordan replaced Granger and replaced him with Roy.

Phil Jackson smiled when he saw this substitution by the Bobcats.

"Michael, you are still too young."

Obviously, what the Bobcats need to replace most at this time is Bynum.

A Roy matchup substitution cannot save the Bobcats' offense.

What's more, he is still a younger rookie than Granger.

Hmm, that looks pretty mature.

ps: Today is still a chapter. Today, the fisherman is crying when breastfeeding his baby. He ate 600ml all day. These days, the baby eats less and less. A week ago, he could still eat 800 or 900ml every day. I don’t know. Is it because the weather is too hot and I don’t eat, or I’m tired of milk, I don’t like to eat recently, and I still vomit after taking complementary food, it’s too uncomfortable, is it about teething? But it's only been 6 and a half months, it shouldn't be. (┬＿┬)