The rest is just noise

The Lakers' "whale swallowing" tactic mainly relies on "whale positioning" to conduct mismatched attacks.

Through pick-and-rolls and running positions, Paul and Webber clear the offensive line. If they get a direct opportunity to eat, they will pass the ball and assist. If there is no opportunity to eat, they will let the star dislocate in the whale position and force it.

As the most powerful player on the team, Kobe is the only reason why the "swallowing" system is driven.

At the beginning, Kobe first used tactics to catch and shoot.

Later, when facing Yao Yue in a mismatched position, he succeeded in using his signature lateral step-back jumper through a change of rhythm.

When the Celtics flanked him, Kobe used the pass to help his teammates cause damage under the Celtics' basket.

The Lakers got off to a 6-0 start.

Louis stood on the sidelines and had no intention of calling a timeout.

With the Celtics' offensive capabilities, there is no need for a timeout unless they get off to a 10-0 start, because sometimes the players themselves can find a way to respond. If the coach overcoaches, the players will subconsciously react when they encounter problems.

Want to ask for help instead of trying to figure it out on your own.

As expected, the Celtics changed their style of play in the next round under the command of Lu Wuxia.

Lu Wuxia's previous pick-and-roll calls failed to break the Lakers' defense, because even if they relied on pick-and-rolls to get rid of Artest, the quality of the Lakers' defensive switches was still too high.

Therefore, Lu Wuxia remembered his father's teachings.

If you can't defeat your opponent with the ball, try switching to without the ball.

Just after halftime, Lu Wuxia passed the ball to Ginobili on one side, then ran to the right corner, switching positions with the latter.

When it comes to one-on-one defense, Artest is obviously biased.

If he plays against those ball-handling aces, Artest's effectiveness will be magnified. Once he changes to playing without the ball, an overly strong body will also have negative effects.

Seeing Lu Wuxia motionless in the bottom corner, Artest lowered his guard.

But unexpectedly, Lu Wuxia suddenly made a forward movement towards the top of the arc, and then made a sudden stop and turn to cut back to the basket, successfully throwing away Artest's defense.

Ginobili was like a magician playing cards, throwing the ball into the basket like a dart, and Lu Wuxia caught the ball and made a layup, all in one go.

2 to 6…

Louis saw Wu Xia's development potential on the off-ball side in this goal, and the team also needs Wu Xia to play more off-ball offenses.

Therefore, Louis hopes that the Lakers' defense will be tougher.

Louis hopes Wuxia understands that increasing off-the-ball movement is not a compromise on the team's technical and tactical balance, but a ladder that allows him to climb to a higher level.

After that, the Lakers continued to call for pick-and-roll mismatches to hit Szczerbiak, but Kobe couldn't find the touch and missed the shot.

Yao Yueban grabbed the defensive rebound. If it was Gasol, he would have directly passed it long to Ginobili who was about to go down. But Yao was not confident in his passing, so he passed the ball to nearby Lu Wuxia.

Coordination requires talent, whether it is for inside or outside lines. Some people are born with organizational skills, while some people remain ignorant until old age.

Louis does not expect Yao Yueban to become a master of coordination. This is an unrealistic wish. God cannot give it to him, and he cannot practice it himself.

But the long pass just now was not passed, so it had nothing to do with coordination, it was simply due to poor passing skills.

It seems that Yao Yueban's skills are not mature enough to be flawless... Louis already knows the skills that Yao Yueban needs to focus on strengthening in the future.

Although there was no quick counterattack due to the Lakers' missed shots, after arriving in the frontcourt, Ginobili replaced Lu Wuxia and launched a systematic pick-and-roll attack, and Gasol came to the high post to handle the ball.

Lu Wuxia used Szczerbiak's off-ball screen to get rid of Artest again, received the ball and went straight to the basket, facing Mourning's help defense, he switched hands and picked the basket to score.

Half a minute later, Lu Wuxia grabbed the defensive rebound that popped up after Paul's pull-up jumper missed, held the ball alone and went to the frontcourt to shoot a chasing three-pointer.

7 to 6…

Lu Wuxia, who scored seven points in a row, forced the Lakers to take a timeout.

Rick Carlisle regarded Lu's flawless performance as a major threat, but he did not choose to leave the problem to the players like Louis did.

Louis simply replaced Szczerbiak.

Szczerbiak's performance just now can be said to be terrible in all aspects.

Especially when Lu Wuxia was not holding the ball, he and Ginobili did not have any chemical reaction. In addition to providing space as a shooter, he could not make other valuable contributions on both ends of the court.

Perhaps the intensity of the matchup given by the Lakers was too high, and Louis would not use his performance in these few minutes to kill everyone with one stroke, but substitution was necessary.

Louis replaced Szczerbiak with Andrei Kirilenko and gave the Russians the following instructions:

"When you choose to help defend and flank, if the opponent gets an open Ron Artest, don't worry about him; if Chris Paul gets an open three-pointer, just interfere symbolically; if Kobe holds the ball

, be sure to stick to him. After Kirilenko came on the court, the Celtics' defensive matchup also changed. Lu Wuxia finally no longer has to defend Kobe. He now has to deal with Paul and Ginobi.

Lee faced off against Kobe, while Kirilenko faced off against Artest.

The Lakers did not make substitutions because the game only started for less than five minutes and there was no physical problem in the starting lineup.

But it is obviously the Celtics who took advantage of the timeout to make adjustments and reap results.

Kirilenko's defense injected vitality into the Celtics' defensive end. Because Lu Wuxia and Ginobili are both role player-type defenses that can control their opponents when they are successful.

Furthermore, with the support of Kirilenko, a superstar on the defensive end, it had a greater impact on the Lakers' defense.

In the first round after Kirilenko's return, the Lakers were forced to force a three-pointer in the final seconds.

Naturally, such a ball will not be scored.

In the frontcourt, the Celtics' defensive counterattack was textbook-like (7 seconds or less).

Lu Wuxia grabbed the rebound and swung Ginobili with one hand the moment it landed. Ginobili made a back pass from outside the three-point line in the frontcourt and cleverly assisted Kirilenko for a follow-up dunk.

The Lakers' outside shooting performance was poor. Except for Kobe, Artest and Paul failed to respond to the Celtics when needed.

This gave the Celtics the confidence to surround Kobe and, through analysis of Kobe's data, comprehensively cover the offensive radius of his sweet spot.

If they want to get Kobe out of his current situation, the Lakers need someone to step up and help him out.

Weber took advantage of the situation.

But when he got the ball from Kobe and came to the inside, he had to face Yao Yue's wall of sighs.

Weber's layup was blocked out of bounds.

Tom Heinsohn, who traveled with the team to the away game, said loudly: "Chris Webber's expression was just like Willie Nauls (illie NaullsPF/C) when he made a major mistake. His confidence was completely shattered!

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Hearing this explanation, Louis could only shake his head.

This is why NBA teams should avoid having anyone over the age of 50 dominating the broadcasts because they will always come up with confusing examples. It’s been almost 41 years since Gnarls retired. Not one generation, not two generations, but

Three generations of viewers may not understand this metaphor.

But what does it matter? Sometimes this kind of "although I don't understand, but I am shocked" metaphor is needed to make people realize what is happening in front of them.

After finding that they could not use normal tactics to solve the Celtics' defense, the Lakers gave up their regular routines.

Just like Kobe did, he no longer relies on tactics, nor does he dwell on sweet spots and whale positions. Since the goal is to score, the process is not important.

The moment the team lost its offensive rhythm, Kobe held the ball to break the Celtics' double-team. Facing Kirilenko's defense, he made a huge fadeaway shot and hit the ball off the board.

"Oh, look at this, Kobe is in Hannibal mode!"

The so-called Hannibal Mode is a state imagined by the Los Angeles media through Kobe's use of meditation to calm himself down - when the Lakers need Kobe to break his inner peace and do something wild, he enters

It's Hannibal mode. Just like the line in "Silence of the Lambs": "I took broad beans and wine and ate his liver."

Kobe went into this mode and calmed his teammates down.

Paul also played a role, and several pull-up jump shots in the face of defense effectively punished Kirilenko who paid too much attention to Kobe.

At the end of the quarter, neither side gave in. 28 to 26, the Celtics only led by 2 points.