Reborn My Name Is Kobe

Halfway through the first quarter, however, our Lakers team can be said to be completely overwhelmed by the Jazz, but we actually have nothing more to do. After all, we are playing back-to-back away games at this time. We want to win against the powerful Jazz.

It's really difficult to take advantage of the team's devilish home stadium.

But I am definitely not willing to be beaten by the opponent like this. Just like the last game we played against the Jazz, we were beaten very badly in the first half, but in the second half we still relied on ourselves.

We worked hard to bring the point difference back, so we can't give up so quickly. Even if my teammates plan to give up in advance, I can't be affected by their thoughts.

What I have to do is to persist in my own efforts and continue the game. As long as I don't give up, anything is possible.

In the second half of the first quarter, substitute players came on. Our starting players performed very poorly today, so head coach Silver Fox Harris put substitute players on the field very early. This is actually okay.

It's understandable. After all, with our performance today, we really feel sorry for the playing time. We can look at the status of the substitute players today.

When I was on the bench, I had been carefully observing the game on the court. I discovered a problem, that is, although the Jazz's tactics are quite powerful and their execution is very strong, in fact, their tactics have changed.

There is not much diversity, which means that their tactics are relatively fixed.

If you conduct some special research on their tactics before the game, you might have a chance to find a way to break their pick-and-roll tactics. But what should I say? This method may not be so easy to find.

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In the following time, my concentration was quite concentrated, almost the same as when I was playing on the court. In this state, I was able to discover many details that ordinary people could not discover.

Yes, for a professional player like me, having such qualities is actually quite important.

Because in order to become a truly top player, in addition to having good physical talent and basketball skills, you must also have a certain degree of basketball IQ. In addition to some innate factors, basketball IQ has more

They are all acquired, so in order to continuously improve my own basketball IQ, I will watch the details of these games very seriously.

I spent a lot of games on the bench early in the season and those days on the bench taught me a lot of things, one of the most important things being that you can never give your full attention at any time.

Focus on basketball.

Why do you say that? Because the basketball court is an ever-changing whole. You need to have an overall thinking. If your attention is only focused on basketball, then big problems may arise.

, one of the huge problems is that you can't really notice things other than basketball.

For example, the opponent's players' movements, the overall tactical execution, the movements of your teammates, and your position on the entire court.

Many times, although some players have strong personal abilities, they cannot perform well on the basketball court. One of the most important points is that they lack a clear enough sense of position on the court. Once they go on the court, they do not know who they are.

What should you do? This is really a fatal question for a professional player. Sometimes the fatality of this problem is far beyond your imagination.

In the second half of the first quarter, our Lakers substitute players performed quite well, at least stabilizing the score a little on the court. To be honest, Eddie Jones felt surprisingly good in this game.

Good, and I found that he didn't panic at all when facing Stockton's defense. Not only did he not make any mistakes, he even used his footsteps and dribbling to score several points under Stockton's defense.

And he didn't do it once or twice.

I'm a little surprised by this, because in fact Eddie Jones's personal singles ability is definitely not as good as mine, but his singles effect against Stockton is much better than mine, which has to make me quite surprised, because

So I focused my attention specifically on him, trying to find out why he was able to do all this.

In fact, Eddie Jones's personal singles skills are relatively unpretentious. I think it may be because his playing style is closer to Stockton, so when facing Stockton,

When he is defending, he seems to be more calm and unhurried, unlike me who has difficulty adapting to Stockton's defensive method for a while.

In the second half of the first quarter, our Lakers substitute players stabilized the situation on the court and narrowed the point difference slightly to three points. This is already quite good, and our Lakers substitute players came on early.

At the beginning of the quarter, the starting players can return to the court early. At this time, the players on the Jazz team are basically substitute players. At this time, we will be able to get some better offensive opportunities. If we can seize this opportunity

If so, there is a great possibility to bring the score closer.

After the end of the first quarter

During the inter-quarter break, head coach Silver Fox Harris began to arrange and reorganize the matchups of our starting players. The most interesting thing is that head coach Silver Fox Harris asked me to play against Stowe on the defensive end.

Cotton, just like Stockton faced me on the defensive end, he told me that when facing the opponent's tight defense, I must not have any unnecessary thoughts mentally, just use my strength.

And since Stockton can limit me on the defensive end, he also believes that I also have the ability to limit Stockton on the defensive end as well.

After listening to the words of head coach Silver Fox Harris, I couldn't help but feel that I should do this. Since Stockton can restrict me on the defensive end and make me feel very uncomfortable, then I need to do this too.

However, the real headache for the Jazz is their pick-and-roll tactics. In this era, when defending pick-and-rolls, pick-and-roll switches are not often used because many players lack tactical drills for pick-and-roll substitutions, so there is no way.

Really implement this kind of defensive tactics during the game.

But this does not mean that there is no way to use pick-and-roll defensive tactics. After all, these cooperations between players do not suddenly appear in a day or two. Even if we do not yet have this kind of tacit understanding on the defensive end,

But we can gradually improve our tactical awareness through competition and practice, which is still very important.

I told head coach Silver Fox Harris my thoughts. At first I thought he would object to my thoughts, but this time he rarely supported my thoughts. It seemed that he also wanted to take advantage of this game.

It was used as a trial to see if it was possible for our Lakers players to use a defensive tactic that they usually don't use much.

In fact, the principle of the pick-and-roll defense tactic is very simple, but it may not be so easy to operate in practice. One of the very important reasons for this is actually because it is very difficult to develop a tacit understanding among our players. Some

Sometimes it can't be done in just a few games.

For example, in the later small ball era, the Splash Brothers of the Warriors used the Warriors' unlimited pick-and-roll tactics to have a very terrifying outside deterrent. Later, in order to deal with the Warriors, various teams began to train their players to use unlimited defense.

Ability, this ability to switch defenses infinitely cannot be trained in a day or two.

The second quarter of the game started quickly. At this time, our Lakers naturally replaced all the starting players. In fact, among our starting players today, the mood of many players is relatively low. Maybe it is different from what we had before.

Maybe it has something to do with the psychological shadow left by the Utah Jazz game. After all, the last time we visited the Utah Jazz, it was quite difficult.

Judging from the start this time, it seems that what awaits us will still be a very difficult situation, but I am not particularly worried about this, because we are not determined to win today's game.

We went to play. We knew before the game that this game would be difficult, and we did not insist on victory. For us, as long as we can play our own state, there is no need to worry about other things.

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After the start of the second quarter, I went all out to get into my scoring state, because Stockton finally came off the court to rest. Stockton played the entire first quarter for 10 minutes, and I only

I played 6 minutes, so I got more rest time than him. Although our Lakers are now 12 points behind the Jazz, I believe we can get back the point difference soon.

After the start of the second quarter, our Lakers' scoring mainly relied on my singles, because everyone seemed not very excited, and their movements on the offensive end were not very active. The Jazz's defense was also very oppressive, so I

When I saw that there were not many offensive opportunities from other teammates, I decided to attack myself.

Without Stockton to defend me, there were basically no players on the Jazz bench who could match up with me. The main defensive strategy they used was man-to-man, with few double-teams.

In the past, their starting players were very good at individual defense, so man-to-man was very effective.

However, now that my condition has gradually improved, if they still choose to use man-to-man defensive tactics, I will definitely make them pay for this choice.

The Jazz didn't pay much attention to my singles at first, but when I shot inside and outside and scored more than ten points in a row, the Jazz had to call a timeout. In fact, they had already changed during the process.

Three people came to defend me, but in less than three minutes, I scored all ten points of our Lakers team. Although I knew that my style of play was a bit unique, there was nothing that my teammates could do.

When I want to contribute, it seems that I need to step forward and score.

My scoring efficiency exploded after the start of the second quarter. I hit five out of eight shots, with a hit rate of over 60%, so I think there is no problem for me to be the main attacker.

The Jazz called a timeout for this. At this time, it was only more than three minutes before the start of the second quarter, and the point difference between our two sides had already been narrowed.

There were only five points left, which was indeed enough to make Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan unable to sit still. He has always been known for his strict discipline, so it was naturally very uncomfortable to see his players in such a situation.

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I looked at the Jazz bench on the bench and found that Jerry Sloan was really furious now. On the other hand, on our Lakers side, the players finally had a smile on their faces, despite their own game.

In fact, the state has not been restored yet, but after all, someone can lead our Lakers team to score, which is a very important thing.

The timeout ended soon. I knew that the next game would become more intense. The Jazz would never let me maintain such an efficient scoring state so easily. They would definitely try their best to stop me.

The next score might even bring the starter in early, allowing Stockton to defend me again.

But I really hope that they will bring all the main players on the field. Bullying their substitute players is really not a skill. I am not afraid of them. When I have shown my competitive state, Stoke

It's not that easy for Dun to defend me anymore.

In fact, when we played against the Jazz in the last game, they were so defensive in the first half that we wanted to cry. However, after gradually entering the rhythm of the game, we still proved the strength of our Lakers team and reduced the 30-point difference.

We were much closer, which may be the reason why the Jazz continued to attack us so fiercely after this game.

They must know that the strength of our Lakers team is good, so they are going to take advantage of our shortcomings of slow entry into the state at the beginning, and defeat the morale of our entire team in one go. In this way, they gain

With a huge point difference advantage, they could naturally easily win the game early.

Because in back-to-back away games like ours, we generally don’t go all out because our bodies are too tired. If we exert too much force, it is likely to cause injuries. It is for this reason that we are facing

They must have had some reservations. After all, this is not a playoff game where every game is contested. Our Lakers' overall record is very good, ranking among the top three in the league, with the Bulls first and third.

The two of them are their Jazz team.

So in this case, we are likely to give up the game early. We replaced the starting players early, which actually made the Jazz take it lightly, which later gave us a chance to catch up.

At this moment, they are afraid that they will use terrible defensive pressure to deal with us again.

After all, I am the only player on the Lakers team who has truly recovered, and their tactics will most likely become to block me alone.

Then let the player with the worst touch in our team be directly released and let him shoot. In this way, it is likely that we can gain an advantage in the game for them.

After returning from the timeout, the Jazz's game rhythm suddenly became much faster. Their starting players had returned to the court at this time, but then again, their starting players' rest time was really a bit

It's short-lived, but compared to the fatigue of our players, their extra playing time actually has little impact.

The Jazz's passing has become much faster, and the ball is not only in Stockton's hands. In fact, when I went to face Stockton, I was trying to prevent him from catching the ball.

He also did a very good job, which actually made it difficult for him to easily get the chance to catch the ball. If Stockton couldn't get the ball, the Jazz's offense would not be as smooth as before.

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However, obviously I was wrong, because even if Stockton does not hold the ball, the Jazz can still play a very smooth offense. What I have to say is that the Jazz players’ tactical execution is really excellent.

In place, their head coach Jerry Sloan must be a very strict head coach in normal training.

Under his coaching, all Jazz players have maintained a very high competitive state. They are like a whole. When some of them are not in good condition, others can step forward. Faced with this

With powerful opponents, we must think carefully about what we should do to avoid losing too badly in the confrontation with them.

Although Stockton did not hold the ball, Karl Malone became a ball-holding point. Their tactics changed quickly. Before, I felt that the Jazz's tactics did not change enough when I was off the court, and the on-the-spot changes were even worse.

It is very single. It seems that their tactics are not single, but because they only need to use a single tactic to win the game, so there may be no need for them to use too complicated tactics.

This is obviously not good news for us. Not only are their tactics changeable, but they also have strong execution capabilities. This change in tactics is not random, it is completely targeted. It is possible that they originally intended to retain their true strength.

, so they have not fully used many real tactics.

This is an extremely terrifying thing.