162 It’s Done

Luo Yin passed the ball.

The Lakers' high-intensity defense has indeed put a lot of pressure on him, and the Trail Blazers are already 5 points behind, and there is still a faint momentum to continue to expand. If the bleeding cannot be stopped quickly at this time, the Trail Blazers may be in trouble. Falling behind by a huge margin in the first quarter.

Changing Zhang Jun's offense might really bring about some changes.

Zhang Jun holds the ball, and Odom is guarding him. All other Lakers players on the court turned their attention at this moment.

The two had faced off as early as the regular season, and Odom was beaten badly.

"Assist in defense!"

Odom shouted behind him and took two steps back into the penalty area, leaving Zhang Jun nearly 2 meters of shooting space.

Odom knows very well how to defend Zhang Jun from his breakthrough. Although his three-point shooting is not ridiculously bad, it is less than half of his terrifying breakthrough threat.

In the pre-game preparations, the Zen master also specially arranged defensive tactics against Zhang Jun. As long as Zhang Jun chooses to shoot a three-pointer, it is an extremely successful defense in the eyes of the Zen master.

Of course, in addition to breakthroughs, Zhang Jun's mid-range also requires special attention. His mid-range threat is only a little lower than Kobe's, and he is probably considered a first-class mid-range singles master in the entire league.

Faced with Odom's defensive strategy, Zhang Jun still chose to break through with the ball.

He quickly changed his body forward and quickly connected with his right hand to accelerate. Odom relied on the defensive space of two steps back to get close to him immediately.

boom!

Odom exerted a lot of physical strength when defending. His strength advantage was obvious, and Zhang Jun was blocked.

Turning his back and walking to the left, Zhang Jun observed the position of the Lakers players on the court while turning.

Gasol and Bynum took a small step up at the same time, and were separated on the left and right sides, further reducing the breakthrough space in the penalty area, making it more difficult for Zhang Jun to get to the basket.

Turn around and lean back to shoot directly.

Uh-huh!

Basketball hits steadily!

"Very solid mid-range singles!"

"I feel that Zhang Jun's mid-range is becoming more and more stable, and his technical movements are very similar to Kobe's, except that Zhang Jun's height and wingspan are better, so you can find that when Zhang Jun uses a fadeaway shot in the mid-range, The movements and postures are softer and more graceful.”

Barkley keenly discovered that Zhang Jun's mid-range singles have improved again. For a player of this level, the pressure and performance displayed on the court by a little improvement are very exaggerated.

In the first two rounds of the playoffs, the Rockets and Hornets did not particularly defend Zhang Jun's mid-range, because in their eyes, the breakthrough of the new league's scoring leader is the most terrifying.

In this series, judging from Zhang Jun's mid-range singles action with the ball just now, he is already a huge threat in the mid-range, even more than his teammate Braden Luo Yin.

Throughout the league, Barkley could not find 10 players who were better than Zhang Jun in the mid-range.

"I'm afraid the Lakers need to think carefully about how to limit Zhang Jun's mid-range. This kid has too much advantage in singles against Odom."

Switch offense.

The Lakers still played a triangle tactic in which Gasol attacked with the ball behind his back in the paint. Aldridge struggled to defend.

His offense and shooting are naturally at a very good level, but defense is really not Aldridge's strength.

Gasol hit the basket again.

"The Trail Blazers really couldn't guard Gasol. This scene reminded me of the previous series between the Rockets and Trail Blazers."

Buckley said suddenly.

Kenny Smith was stunned, and then recalled that series. At that time, the Trail Blazers also couldn't guard Yao Ming, so after letting Yao Ming play a few rounds in the first quarter, they immediately launched a double-team defense.

It was precisely because of this defensive change that the Trail Blazers finally successfully eliminated the Rockets.

"So if the Trail Blazers want to defeat the Lakers, they should restrict Gasol in the paint like they did against the Rockets before?"

Barkley neither nodded to admit nor shook his head to deny. In his opinion, this seemed to be the only way the Trail Blazers could solve Gasol's output in the paint. It's just that the Lakers are not the Rockets. They really defended like this. No problems?

On the court.

Zhang Jun once again hit Odom's defensive shot from the mid-range with the ball in his possession.

These two goals also helped the Trail Blazers bite the score with difficulty.

While returning to defense, Nate McMillan stood up and came to near the midline. He made a gesture to the players on the field, and then looked at Zhang Jun to signal him to implement this tactical change.

Lakers offense.

After Gasol got the ball inside, he was double-teamed by Zhang Jun. This was the first defensive change in this game.

It's just that Gasol was very calm when he was double-teamed by Zhang Jun, and he even felt like he was waiting for someone to double-team him.

Gasol quickly passed the ball to the right corner, and Odom received the ball in an open position. When he was about to complete the three-pointer, Luo Yin, who was on the right at a 45° angle, pounced in advance.

The Trail Blazers, who have gone through the playoffs, are already very good in overall defense and defensive coordination. Luo Yin's rotation defense destroyed the Lakers' first offensive point.

Odom, who had no chance to shoot, quickly distributed the ball to the right at a 45° angle. Kobe held the ball and went straight to the basket.

After flashing around in the penalty area, he made a very soft pull-up shot for a layup.

Basketball hits steadily.

"This is the Lakers' triangle offense, this is the Lakers' offensive system, this is the greatest significance of the Lakers getting Gasol this year, and it is also the key to their subsequent winning streak."

Kenny Smith said excitedly.

Since the Lakers welcomed the addition of Gasol, they have created the only record in the league of 27 wins and undefeated at home. This record has not been achieved even by the Celtics, who have the best record in the league.

"Too strong, too incomprehensible."

Buckley couldn't help but let out a long sigh and said.

Without double-teaming Gasol, with the Trail Blazers' weak inside line, the Lakers can feed a Yao Ming. Double-teaming Gasol, he has the best passing ability among big players. In addition, the Lakers can With the blessing of the triangle offense, the entire Lakers team was everywhere and the offense was very smooth.

"It's basically an endless loop."

"You can't defend him alone, you can't defend him by double-teaming. No matter how you fight, you'll die."

"For a team that has no defense at all, especially a team that has no interior defense, their ability to reach the Western Conference finals is already the limit, and it is almost impossible to go further."

"Furthermore, the Lakers are a genuine league championship team, and for the Trail Blazers, I am only willing to admit that they are a playoff team."

In the first quarter of the game, the Trail Blazers had absolutely no way to take advantage of the Lakers' offense, unless they were affected by their own shots and missed the attack.

In order to keep up with the Lakers' offensive efficiency, the Trail Blazers put Zhang Jun into offensive mode in advance. He shot 5 of 8 in the first round with extremely high efficiency, but it was a drop in the bucket.

37:27.

After just the first quarter of the game, the Lakers established a double-digit lead.

In the second quarter of the game, Nate McMillan chose to let Zhang Jun take a rest, and Luo Yin and Aldridge, who entered the rotation early in the first quarter, came on to lead the team.

The Lakers' bench is: point guard Jordan Farmar, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, small forward Luke Walton, power forward Ronny Turiaf and center Vladimir Radmanovic .

Kobe did not lead the offense in the first quarter, so he led the team during this period.

Luo Yin once again suffered from Kobe's restrictions on the defensive end. For the first time, he realized that the Kobe in front of him was probably the real Kobe. Kobe in the regular season did not activate the killing mode at all. Today's Kobe is both offensive and defensive. Duan, the pressure on him is extremely strong.

More importantly, at this time, Kobe actually took the initiative to exert physical confrontation, and there was still a lot of physical confrontation. Even Luo Yin, who is famous for confrontation at the shooting guard position, could not take advantage of Kobe's confrontation.

In just two minutes, Kobe made 2 of 2 shots and contributed 4 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 block and 1 steal. He was extremely versatile. He also led the Lakers to an 8:2 offensive high slot.

The score became wider and wider.

Nate McMillan was finally a little restless, and he quickly brought in Zhang Jun, Luo Yin and Aldridge, and at the same time brought up the Trail Blazers' shooters.

"The Lakers should be careful, the Trail Blazers' one-star shooting can kill people."

"The reason why both the Rockets and the Hornets lost by a huge score of 4:1 was all because of the Trail Blazers' lineup in the second quarter."

Game start.

Zhang Jun looked at the score that was already 16 points behind and lifted his elbow pads vigorously.

Qian Ningfu came over and patted Zhang Jun on the head, and James Jones came over and slapped his good brother's butt.

Both of them knew that Zhang Jun was ready to kill everyone, and they were cheering for their brother.

Barkley saw that most of the Lakers players on the court were careless and not in the mood of facing a powerful enemy, and couldn't help but whisper.

"The Lakers haven't played against the Trail Blazers in the playoffs, so they are not very wary of their second team. I'm afraid they will suffer a big loss."

Zhang Jun holds the ball at the top of the arc, and his defender is Luke Walton.

Luke Walton is a very smart player and a good blue-collar player. Although his body is not outstanding, he can always see the details in the game, has a high basketball IQ, and is always smart on the court. Able to stay calm.

This kind of player is suitable for guarding rhythm players who use their brains to play. Now, Zhang Jun is naturally not afraid of guarding him.

With a sudden acceleration, it was easier for Zhang Jun to pass Luke Walton than to pass Odom.

At this time, the Lakers did not have the defensive frame protection of Gasol and Bynum inside. Ronny Turiaf and Vladimir Radmanovic, two short inside players who are only 208cm tall, Zhang Jun didn't take it seriously at all.

boom!

After passing the ball, Zhang Jun's battle ax was delivered with a snap.

Kobe stared at Zhang Jun, who dunked on his head, with eyes that seemed to kill, and at the same time glared at Luke Walton.

Luke Walton looked at Kobe helplessly, spreading his hands, his body language full of helplessness.

"Let me guard against him!"

In the next round, Kobe defended Zhang Jun.

Dig back, attack the opponent forward, and defend closely.

Kobe's confrontation and actions on defense were not small. His aggressiveness on the defensive end almost caused Zhang Jun to make a dribbling error. It is no wonder that Luo Yin had such difficulty scoring under Kobe's defense.

Zhang Jun dribbled the ball and took a step back to open up space. Kobe quickly lifted up to keep up, but with this step, Zhang Jun quickly started to accelerate the breakthrough.

Kobe, who was originally excited, was frozen in place by this breakthrough, and could only watch Zhang Jun pass him silently.

"Damn it! This little brat!"

Kobe rarely talks trash when he's on defense. He's very focused, so focused that it makes people feel a little scary, but after the defense, he talks a lot of trash.

Zhang Jun, who passed Kobe, broke into the basket again, and the Lakers' two big men Ronny Turiaf and Vladimir Radmanovic returned to double-team defense at the same time.

Zhang Jun did not choose to break through. After reaching the penalty area, he passed the ball to Qian Ning Fulai, who was wide open on the outside.

Raise your hand, move your wrist, and shoot.

Uh-huh!

Basketball hits steadily.

"The Trail Blazers chased for 5 points in a row! The score difference was reduced to 11 points!"

"Channing Fletcher's three-point shooting is like a work of art. You can't see any deformation in his shooting hand and movements, no matter at any time."

Just when Zhang Jun was about to strike while the iron was hot and continue to attack to help the team even the score difference, the Lakers suddenly called a timeout.

Phil Jackson, a taciturn Zen master, stood up and chewed bubble gum. At the same time, he took the tactical board handed over by the assistant coach and arranged the tactics very calmly.

"Good game, man."

Nate McMillan rubbed Zhang Jun's head excitedly.

"Keep it up, the Lakers let their guard down on our second unit, they don't know we are a strong team with a strong starting and bench unit."

"Use three-pointers and breakthroughs to break down their defense and let them know how good we are!"

"We have every chance to win this game tonight!"

Nate McMillan's emotional words also helped the players regain their confidence.

The game starts again.

Kenneth Smith shouted excitedly: "The Lakers requested a substitution. They took off Ronny Turiaf and replaced him with Bynum, the little shark."

"Master Zen wants to increase interior defense and reduce Zhang Jun's breakthrough success rate, in order to curb Zhang Jun's personal offense and passing."

On the court.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Jun showed no fear.

The Trail Blazers attacked, and Zhang Jun once again singled out Kobe from the outside, making drastic changes in succession.

Kobe was dazzled by Zhang Jun. He felt more and more that Zhang Jun's breakthrough was a bit like Iverson. No matter how focused and defensive you were, you couldn't limit the opponent's breakthrough.

Zhang Jun reached the basket again, and Shark Bynum took a step forward to block Zhang Jun's breakthrough route.

Zhang Jun suddenly took off from the free throw line, and Bynum, the little shark, took off at the same time.

"It's done!"

"Is this going to be a dunk from behind or a block?!"