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If the two sides fall into a fast-paced chaos, Li Tuanjie is really afraid that the Lakers can score more than 90 points in the chaos.

"Leave Kobe to me for single defense. For the rest of the positions, Mark, you have to keep an eye on your brother Paul and don't let him get open. Ron, you also keep an eye on Odom. Apart from Kobe, these two are the best." We must not slack off at the main attack points outside!" Li Tuanjie ordered with a serious look on his face.

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Soon, people from both sides began to enter the stadium, and the Bradley Center Arena became a sensation. After more than 30 years, the Bucks' home fans finally saw their home court of the Bucks hosting the Finals.

Especially the entrance of Li Tuanjie brought the atmosphere of the scene to a climax. Countless fans screamed and cheered for Li Tuanjie.

"Beep!" The referee blew the whistle to start the game, and the 2007-2008 season finals officially began.

The lineup sent by the Bucks: center Marc Gasol, power forward Li Tuanjie, small forward Artest, shooting guard Mike Reed, and point guard Rajon Rondo.

The Lakers' starting lineup: center Bynum, power forward Pau Gasol, small forward Lamar Odom, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, and point guard veteran Fisher.

The Lakers' lineup has a big advantage in height. This is the strongest starting lineup the Lakers can come up with.

Throughout the regular season, Odom spent most of his time on the bench, but in the playoffs, he was given the starting position. Judging from the previous rounds of the series, the effect was quite good. .

After the Bucks got the first offensive ball, the horn of the game officially sounded.

After Rondo got the ball, he remembered Li Tuanjie's instructions to slow down the pace of the game and slowly advanced towards the frontcourt. After reaching the frontcourt, he passed the ball directly to Li Tuanjie's hands!

In the previous rounds of the playoffs, Rondo could brush up the statistics as he pleased, but now that it's the finals, Li Tuanjie can't let Rondo brush up the statistics. He has a arduous task to complete.

After Li Tuanjie got the ball, he was not impatient and stared at the timer on the backboard!

The Bucks generals scattered in all directions, opening up space for Li Tuanjie's attack!

When the timer on the backboard showed that there were 7 seconds of attack time left in the Bucks' offensive round, Li Tuan started to move. The player guarding Li Tuan was Lakers power forward Pau Gasol. With his speed, he could keep up. Li Tuanjie is weird.

Li Tuanjie made a huge change of direction, easily shook off Pau Gasol, and rushed towards the basket!

Just as he entered the three-point line, Li Tuanjie grabbed the ball with one hand and started a three-step layup. Since he did not need to control the ball, Li Tuanjie's speed increased even more, and he had already reached the basket with lightning speed.

Bynum saw Li Tuanjie rushing towards him, and immediately swooped over to block the shot, but with his strength, he had no impact on Li Tuanjie's offense. Li Tuanjie easily scored the ball with a small lever.

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From the beginning, Li Tuanjie relied on his super breakthrough ability to score an attack!

Kobe looked at it and shook his head. There was really nothing he could do about the ball. Although the two had a verbal argument before the game, Kobe didn't know that Li Tuanjie currently has the best strength in the entire league!

The ball possession is changed, the side changes and the battle begins again!

After Fisher controlled the ball to the frontcourt, he passed the ball to Kobe's hands without even thinking about it.

This situation is completely normal in Lakers games. Although Kobe plays the shooting guard position, he can control the ball in many more rounds than other shooting guards.

Li Tuanjie immediately met Kobe, and other Bucks players were also looking for their own defensive players.

Li Tuanjie came to defend himself alone. This was not beyond Kobe's expectation. Kobe had already thought of this possibility before the game. During the regular season, the Lakers and Bucks had played against each other twice. The Bucks were also led by Li Tuanjie. Unite to defend Kobe Bryant alone.

What makes Kobe more embarrassed is that Li Tuanjie can guard Kobe alone, but Kobe cannot guard Li Tuanjie alone. The height and strength of the two are not at the same level. It is extremely easy for Li Tuanjie to beat Kobe in singles.

Kobe stopped the ball outside the three-point line and observed the situation on the court. As a top star, it is impossible not to have the ability to analyze the situation on the court. Kobe is currently looking for the best way to take action.

Soon, Kobe moved and rushed towards the penalty area. Breakthrough is also an offensive method that Kobe is very good at.

Li Tuanjie smiled. He had played against Kobe many times and he had figured out a defensive method that was very suitable for defending Kobe!

I saw that Li Tuanjie did not care about Kobe's breakthrough, but quickly retreated without any physical contact with Kobe. With Li Tuanjie's physical fitness, no matter where Kobe shot, he was confident that he would be able to do it without physical contact. down, interfering with Kobe's shot.

Once there is physical contact, the situation will be difficult to predict. Kobe's ability to draw fouls is also top-notch in the league.

Kobe had a headache. He saw that he had broken through to the free throw line. If he continued to rush forward, he would reach the basket. As long as he reached the basket, not only would his shooting space be blocked by Li Tuanjie, but also the passing space would be blocked by Li Tuanjie. The ball route may also be completely cut off.

After thinking about it, Kobe gritted his teeth and jumped directly into the air, looking like he was preparing to use a mid-range shot to complete this offensive round.

Li Tuanjie took off directly one meter away from Kobe. He had full confidence. As long as Kobe dared to take action in front of him, he would definitely reward Kobe with a big hit.

But the next scene made Li Tuanjie a little crazy, because Kobe did not take the shot himself, but directly distributed the ball in the air and passed the ball to Bynum's hands under the basket!

Li Tuanjie has already taken off. There is definitely no way to turn around and defend Bynum. He can only watch helplessly as Bynum scores the ball!

It was not until this moment that Li Tuanjie realized that he seemed to have thought too simply of Kobe. It was true that he could greatly limit Kobe's offense, and he was even absolutely confident that he could limit Kobe's score to 20 points in this game. below, but Kobe's organizational ability left Li Tuanjie powerless.

Kobe has always given the impression that he is a lone wolf on the court, but in fact his organizational skills are absolutely top-notch among shooting guards, and he averaged more than six assists per game in three seasons.

Obviously, Kobe was fully prepared for today's game. Knowing that Li Tuanjie's defense posed a great threat to him, he was determined to use his organizational skills to contribute to the team.

"Haha, is this still Kobe?! In the first offensive round, he actually chose to pass the ball!" Charles Barkley grinned and laughed.

"It's really rare. It stands to reason that Kobe and Li Tuanjie had such a fierce argument before the finals. I thought Kobe was going to be tough on Li Tuanjie in this game! I didn't expect that such a scene would happen!" Ken Nismith also laughed.

When being single-handedly defended by his opponent, Kobe also chose to pass the ball. This situation was very uncommon in Kobe's entire career. It's no wonder that the two gold medal commentators on TNT were surprised.

"Hey, there is nothing we can do. Li Tuanjie's defense is too strong. Although Kobe likes to work alone, he is not stupid. His shots will obviously be blocked by his opponents. He will definitely not take risks..."

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"Reasonable, really reasonable! Li Tuanjie's defense is extremely reasonable, and Kobe's passing choices are also extremely reasonable. This is a duel between the league's top stars. In the first offensive and defensive round, Kobe and Li Tuanjie played evenly. Neither of them has any advantage!" Teacher Zhang Lili said with a face of surprise in the domestic commentary room.

Zhang Weiping is considered a domestically recognized Komi. Now that his favorite star is facing off against Li Tuanjie, the pride of Chinese players, he is still quite distressed...

In the first offensive and defensive round, the two teams tied!

Li Tuanjie was thinking in his mind. Before the game started, he seemed to have overlooked Bynum. In fact, Bynum's offensive threat under the basket this season is already sufficient, not even weaker than Paul's. Gasol.

Just now, Marc Gasol went to guard Pau Gasol, leaving Bynum unattended, allowing him to easily succeed!

Without any hesitation, Li Tuanjie made a gesture directly to Stotts on the sidelines and asked for a timeout. The Bucks' starting lineup must make some changes, otherwise Bynum will be a bit of a threat!

In this game, in addition to vigorously reducing the offensive rhythm of both sides, Li Tuanjie must also ensure that the Lakers cannot provide smooth offensive coordination. Otherwise, it will not be difficult for them to score more than 90 points in a single game. !

Of course, Li Tuanjie never thought about the possibility of the Lakers winning!

What a joke, even if Li Tuanjie doesn't have so many strong teammates, with Li Tuanjie alone, the Lakers' chance of winning this series will not exceed 10%!

But now the key is that Li Tuanjie has a task, which is to limit the Lakers' overall scoring, which is definitely not possible with Li Tuanjie's ability alone.

After Stotts received Li Tuan's gesture, he immediately called a timeout!

The timing of this pause was somewhat inexplicable, leaving fans and commentators at the scene a little confused. They had no idea what Stotts was up to...

The game has just begun, and the Bucks are not at a disadvantage, so this timeout call is completely unreasonable!

After the timeout, the fans at the scene only saw the Bucks' lineup being arranged. Rondo, who had an incredible performance in the Eastern Conference finals, was put off the court. The Lakers put the tough inside man Gortat on the court!

In this way, the original height advantage of the Lakers is gone, and the lineup the Bucks have put up is extremely slow. This is also what Li Tuanjie wants to see!

The current Gortat, after such a long period of training, is very tough at the basket. As soon as he came on the court, he and Bynum got entangled under the basket. The two seven-foot men were stuck under the basket extremely fiercely!

Gortat also knows that he is likely to be traded by the Bucks next season, and this finals round may be the last time he plays in the finals in his entire career, so he works extremely hard as soon as he appears on the court, maybe because of his physical strength. Compared with Bynum, he has some disadvantages, but with his fierceness, he is not inferior in the position with Bynum!

Seeing that Bynum was effectively controlled by Gortat, Li Tuanjie finally breathed a sigh of relief!

Although Marc Gasol has some disadvantages against Pau Gasol, the disadvantage is not particularly big. Marc's current defense is still very good. Pau Gasol cannot easily defeat Marc.

Odom's side is defended by Artest, and Li Tuanjie is also extremely relieved.

The last old fish, Fisher, is not the main offensive point in the Lakers' lineup. He averages few shots per game. Even if Reid's defensive ability is not good, there is still no pressure to defend the old fish.

Next, whether Li Tuanjie can successfully complete this task depends on whether Li Tuanjie can limit Kobe's performance!

In the first few offensive rounds of the Bucks, Li Tuanjie was all responsible for executing the offense. Every time, Li Tuanjie stared at the timer on the backboard and waited until there were about seven seconds left before launching an attack. Try to significantly reduce the offensive rhythm of both sides.

Of course, the Lakers can also see that Li Tuanjie deliberately lowered the tempo, but they did not make any response plan. The Lakers' lineup is their strength in positional warfare. If they play fast breaks, they will not win. ball of hope.

Therefore, Li Tuanjie's approach of reducing the offensive rhythm is playing into the Lakers' intentions. This is a scene they are happy to see!

But what gives them some headaches is Li Tuanjie's shooting rate. It has been five minutes since the start of the game. Li Tuanjie has made seven breakthrough singles under the basket, and almost every offensive round has taken more than 20 seconds. Minutes of time, and every goal was scored!

It doesn't matter if the ball is scored, Li Tuanjie made two more fouls by Bynum. In just five minutes, Li Tuanjie has already scored 16 points!

As for the Lakers, when Li Tuanjie made crazy hits, Jackson also called a timeout, allowing Pau Gasol and Kobe to start a pick-and-roll!

Jackson gave up the triangle offense and turned to a pick-and-roll tactic. It sounds extremely ironic, but this is the only tactic the Lakers can use now that they have no other choice.

The triangle offense has made a huge contribution to the Lakers' record this season. In fact, this tactic is very suitable for a player with strong personal ability like Kobe.

The essence of the triangle offense is to open up space and create space for singles for the absolute core of the team. When playing against other teams, relying on Kobe's strong singles ability, this tactic is indeed unfavorable!

But it really didn't work for the Bucks. Kobe's strong singles ability was completely suppressed by Li Tuanjie, which also led to the complete failure of the triangle offense.