I’m Really Playing Basketball

Chapter 516: Evenly matched!

In the first game of the finals, the Bobcats successfully won at home. Chen Xiao scored the highest 41 points in a one-on-one against Kobe.

In addition to Chen Xiao, other Bobcats players, Xiao Pao played in the first game of his finals for 42 minutes, 1 of 3, 4 points, 12 assists and 2 steals. Granger was 6 of 11 and three-pointers. 3 of 6 free throws, 1 of 2 free throws, scored 16 points, Randolph was 7 of 16 free throws, 4 of 4 free throws scored 18 points and 14 rebounds.

As for Bynum, who was miserable by Gasol from the scene of this game, it was 20 minutes of the game, 0 of 2 scored 0 points, 7 rebounds and 5 fouls.

On the whole, the performance of the Bobcats' starting players is quite outstanding except for the small guns and Bynum.

Even the performance of the Cannon is quite outstanding. In this game, facing Byron Davis, who is very similar to Deron, Cannon can be said to have resisted the great power that he wants to spray out. This game is in Focus on defending and delivering the ball to Chen Xiao, as well as organizing teammates.

In addition to offense, the performance of the small gun in this game is actually quite perfect.

Compared with the Bobcats' starting lineup, the Bobcats' bench performance was equally outstanding. In this game, the Bobcats' bench scored a total of 34 points.

Among them, Roy, as the Bobcats bench leader, was 6 of 8, 3 of 4, 2 of 4 free throws, 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 18 points, while Aldridge was 3 of 4, scored 6 points, and Chris Webb 3. 2 in 2, scored 4 points, Gortat was 2 of 2, free throws 2 of 2, scored 6 points, Barnes was 0 of 2, 0 points but 3 steals.

The starting performances of the Bobcats and the Lakers in this game are actually similar.

Chen Xiao is similar to Kobe, and the others are similar.

In addition to Kobe Bryant’s 40 points, other starters, such as Gasol, scored 13 of 20 and scored 30 points. Odom was 11 of 5, 10 points, Byron Davis 9 points, David Way Sturt scored 5 and 10 points in 12.

If only from the starting point of view, the Lakers scored a total of 99 points in the start, 24 points more than the 75 points of the Bobcats.

However, the Lakers used Gasol and other starters in the rotation for a long time in this game, especially Gasol, who is the Lakers' main attack in the second team.

In this game, Phil Jackson's formation, the Bobcats rotation led by Roy withstood the Lakers' rotation, and also gained an advantage, which is the key to the victory of the Bobcats in this game.

If it weren't for Roy and other Bobcats' efficient play of rotation players, Jordan was actually slightly more conservative and slower than Phil Jackson in the formation of the lineup in this game.

Phil Jackson certainly felt that his starting-based rotation could suppress the Bobcats rotation.

But normal people will take this for granted, right?

Who would have thought that Nima's rotation for the Bobcats was so strong? !

Roy, Barnes, Granger, Aldridge and Gortat...

To be honest, if you don’t look at it from the perspective of God, not from the perspective of 2021, but from the environment that Phil Jackson was in at the time, there is no problem with Phil Jackson’s thinking.

Therefore, Jordan, who reacted a bit slower than Phil Jackson in this game, was actually saved by Roy.

Therefore, in the press conference after the game, although Phil Jackson congratulated the Bobcats and Jordan, he was very unwilling to lose in this game.

"Everyone in our team performed very well in this game. Congratulations to Chen and Michael for winning a perfect game, but I think we are worthy of victory in this game."

In the face of Phil's unwilling bitter thoughts, Boss Joe was quite modest this time: "Phil was right. The Lakers are certainly worthy of the victory in this game. The performances of Kobe and Gasol are amazing. They cut 70 times together. Points, the Los Angeles Lakers in this game created a lot of pressure on us. The victory of this game was in an instant. We are the one with better luck. I don’t know if Roy will have another game in the next game. This kind of efficiency, but we won a game, this is the best."

As the NBA’s famous ‘Qiao Diao’, this game faced Phil’s impolite remarks, and Jordan was able to hold it back. This really made many American reporters who wanted to make trouble on the scene find it incredible.

However, for this time, Jordan did respond more appropriately than Phil.

Even after the American media put together the photos of Phil and Jordan at the press conference after the game, they looked at the unwilling Phil and the smiling Jordan, and even Jordan looked more like a Zen master.

Originally, the post-match press conference ended, and Phil, who was preparing to have a verbal and psychological battle with Michael, did not know why Jordan was suddenly so polite this time.

But seeing the photos in the American media the next day, Phil knew.

"This kid is too overcast!"

This kid is digging his roots!

Not only to win the championship, but also to take away his nickname as a Zen master!

I have to say that although Phil's psychological warfare is really effective against other people, but in the face of several of his proud disciples of psychological warfare, Jordan, Kobe and Shaq, Phil's psychological warfare has always been a little different. Easy to use.

Facing the psychological warfare that Phil tried to initiate, Michael smiled slightly and indicated that he refused to fight, and he roundly cut Phil to hold him uncomfortably.

Of course, it is uncomfortable, but the loss of G1 in the finals did not cause any morale blow to the Lakers. This is the thing that makes Phil the most happy.

In G1 in the finals, Kobe and Chen Xiao's five-to-five draws can be said to give the Lakers a reassurance.

Let's put it this way, before the start of the finals, Chen Xiao was not just a knife hanging on Phil, but also a knife hanging on the heads of other Lakers players.

In the playoffs of this season, Chen Xiao led the Bobcats to constantly create miracles to defeat the strong. Of course, the opponent will always send it, but it is also invincible with Chen Xiao. Everyone has an advantage.

None of the three teams defeated by the Bobcats in the East can solve Chen Xiao's problem.

And if you can't solve Chen Xiao's problem, then Chen Xiao has the opportunity to lead the Bobcats to create miracles.

Therefore, Chen Xiao's problem has always been one of the biggest headaches for the Lakers.

I really didn't expect that their boss Kobe was so strong that he could stand up to Chen Xiao.

Although from the whole game, Chen Xiao is still the stronger one, but there is no doubt that Kobe and Chen Xiao are players of the same level.

Therefore, after the biggest anxiety in my heart landed, the morale of the Lakers players after the loss not only fell, but morale was like a rainbow.

At the same time, I am also full of expectations for the next G2.

And seeing the situation of the Lakers players, Phil Jackson also studied the rotation of the Lakers in the next game with peace of mind.

Definitely can no longer produce a lineup restrained by the Bobcats rotation.

In this G1, if the Bobcats rotate players a little less efficiently, they will win.

For the Lakers, the finals schedule is 232, the Bobcats two home games before and after, and Phil Jackson hopes that the two away games in front of him will win the next game.

If you return to home 0-2, the pressure on the Lakers is still quite large.

This means that the Lakers can't lose a single of their three games at home.

If the Lakers can win one of these two away games, then it is possible for the Lakers to return to home and end the finals at home. In this case, the Bobcats will be under great pressure.

After all, the 232 schedule is beneficial to teams without home court advantage.

Therefore, on the second day after the end of Game 1 of the Finals, that is, the day before Game 2 of the Bobcats and Lakers Finals, Phil Jackson fell into the extreme hectic.

The same goes for the Bobcats.

Jordan is also very busy.

As a rookie head coach, Jordan is not afraid of anyone if he is better than a mouthful. He is not afraid of the timing of the game, but what he is most afraid of is the very complicated player rotation operation.

This requires a lot of experience and is very cumbersome.

In this respect, he is definitely not as good as Phil Jackson.

And most importantly, his two assistants, Cole and Old Curry, are also rookies.

This is a bit miserable.

Logically speaking, the Bobcats' lineup is stronger than the Lakers.

But Phil Jackson just used his better rotation ability and skills to make up for the gap in lineup thickness.

Although the Bobcats' rotation in G1 won, from a macro point of view, the Bobcats actually formed a starter with the Lakers in the rotation with the Lakers. This is a failure, his failure.

The rotation was won, but it was the players who won, not him.

Strategically, he lost to Phil.

Let Phil form a superior force, but he was lucky, his soldiers exploded, and eventually defeated the opponent with the weak.

In short, after the end of G1 of the Finals, when the entire NBA was discussing the wonderful one-on-one between Kobe and Chen Xiao, the head coaches of both sides were caught in the busyness of scratching their heads.

On June 9, 2007, the G2 finals between the Bobcats and the Lakers continued at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena, the home of the Bobcats.

This game, the Bobcats backup center Gortat ushered in the happiest moment of his career.

He was in the finals, starting!

In this G2 between the Bobcats and the Lakers, Gortat, who performed very well in the previous game, replaced Bynum, who was almost maxed out by Gasol in the previous game, and became the team's starter.

In this game, Jordan let Gortat be the team's starting center, which is an eclectic talent, and because of the excellent performance of the previous game, even if Bynum is somewhat dissatisfied, he dare not have any objections.

After all, Gortat proved himself.

In short, Gortat, who became the starter of the Finals for the first time, is full of confidence and expectation in himself, and it also makes Jordan also full of confidence and expectation in him.

On the court, Gortat replaced Bynum as the starter. To be honest, this puts a lot of pressure on Phil Jackson on the sidelines.

In the last game in the rotation phase, Gortat's performance against Gasol was really good.

And for Jordan's behavior to change the game, Phil Jackson is also a headache.

Regarding Jordan's preference for drastically changing the winning lineup, Pat Riley is the most embarrassed.

Jordan's behavior is very unethical for traditional NBA coaches.

No temptation at all, just open the posture and just do it.

This time the Bobcats changed their starting center after winning the same situation.

I have to say that as the most special head coach in the NBA, Jordan is indeed bold, and he does have bold capital. After all, his rights on the team are comparable to other head coaches?

For Jordan, he can really do whatever he wants in the Bobcats, as long as Chen Xiao agrees.

But this time, Jordan's boldness and adventurousness did not achieve the results he wanted.

Gortat played well against Gasol in the rotation last game.

But in the first episode, the effect is not very good.

The Bobcats were even beaten 16-10 by the Lakers as soon as they came up!

Once the Bobcats came up, they couldn't help it.

In fact, it's not the first time Gortat played in the finals and the starting lineup was too nervous.

There must be a little nervousness, but the most important thing is that Gortat and Randolph's combination of insiders is really overwhelming.

Yes, Gortat is indeed harder to defend than Bynum, but in the starting lineups of both sides, will the Bobcats take Gortat as the main attack?

Of course not. Gortat may be 1 in 1, 2 in 2, but if he makes 10 shots in one game, he may be 3 in 10, or 4 in 10.

In the starting lineup, because of Chen Xiao, Granger and Randolph, Gortat actually does not need to attack.

The Bobcats have too many offensive methods in the starting lineup.

The Bobcats have too many starting points, and even Gortat's offensive position still affects the shooting space of Chen Xiao and Granger.

But go to the basket to attack, is Gortat easy to use with Randolph?

Tasteless, Gortat's offensive in the starting lineup is quite tasteless!

On the defensive end, Gortat is worse than Bynum.

And besides that, Bynum's tonnage, deterrence in card positions and offensive rebounds are not comparable to Gortat.

It can be said that Jordan's change and sudden attack this time can be described as extremely failure.

Yes, a terrible failure!

Jordan's coaching style is very much believe in his players.

This time, after spending half a quarter of Gortat, he immediately replaced him.

However, the disadvantage of this half of the game is not so easy to catch back.

Jordan's winning changes in this game were actually forced by the Lakers and Phil Jackson.

The Lakers did put a lot of pressure on the Bobcats in the last game.

Jordan consciously is not as good as Phil Jackson in adjusting the rotation lineup.

In this case, it is understandable that Jordan, who likes to take risks, made such a choice.

Gortat was good to Gasol in the rotation time. What's wrong with starting the game?

It’s just who would have thought that the starting environment and the rotation environment are completely different.

This time Gortat’s failure to start not only affected the Bobcats’ starting lineup, but also affected the Bobcats’ rotation.

After Jordan's changes in this game, the Bobcats played very chaotically throughout the game.

"I often walk by the river, how can I not wet my shoes."

Seeing Jordan's failure in this game, Teacher Zhang and Xiao Su on the sidelines also kept shaking their heads.

In this game, because the Bobcats fell behind so much when they came up, Chen Xiao played more fiercely in this game than in the previous game.

Although Chen Xiao played very hard in this game, Gortat's starter was indeed too undercover.

The starting is useless, and it also undermines the team's rotation. This game loses the belief that Gortat is useless at all. After the Bobcats' rotation lineup loses Gortat, Gasol is somewhat unable to limit it.

Knowing this a long time ago, Jordan felt that it would be better to let Bynum be abused by Gasol in the starting lineup. In other words, when the Lakers' starting lineup was Kobe, how much could Gasol abuse Bynum?

To be honest, the points Bynum lost to Gasol is acceptable, because Bynum is in, the Bobcats' defensive system is complete.

In the end, in G2 of the finals, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Bobcats 103-99 in the away game.

In the first quarter, the Lakers led 38 to 23 by 15 points. In the next three quarters, Chen Xiao led the Bobcats to chase by 11 points, which is really not easy.

Chen Xiao made 14 of 27, 4 of 11 three-pointers, 10 of 12 free throws, and scored 42 points and 8 rebounds.

Bryant contributed 37 points to the Lakers in this game, 13 of 30, 5 of 13 three-pointers, and 6 of 8 free throws.

Chen Xiao still performed slightly better than Kobe in this game.

But the first quarter was too hurt.

Kobe scored 15 points in the first quarter and Gasol scored 9 points. For the Bobcats, the Bobcats' defense in the first quarter can be described as collapsed inside and outside.

Even at the end of the game, TNT's commentator Barkley was joking about Jordan: "If the Lakers who lost the last game had no war criminals, then there is no doubt that Michael must be a war criminal who lost the Bobcats. This is the most normal game for Michael this season."

"Such a Michael, even Wonder Boy can't be saved."

In this game, the Bobcats lost so, how could it be that only Barkley was complaining.

After the end of G2 in the finals, the entire NBA was complaining about Jordan's voice.

This year's playoffs, Jordan's performance is very good.

Whether it's D'Antoni against the Raptors, Pat Riley against the Nets, or Rivers against the Magic, none of them fall behind.

Even the one that seemed more surprised.

But this time in the finals, G2 replaced Bynum with Gortat as the starting point is indeed a failure.

But after the game ~www.NovelMTL.com~, as the head coach of the Nets, Pat Riley spoke for Jordan in an interview: "Michael’s coaching style is like this, and his style helped the Bobcats beat the Bobcats. He defeated the Raptors, defeated the Nets, and defeated the Magic. He has always been a winner. This defeat is just the weight of his style. I don't think Michael needs to be responsible for a defeat. He just needs to stick to his own. The coaching style is just fine.

Because the winner does not need to win every game, as long as he can become the final winner, he can lose. "

I have to say that Pat Riley is still a very high-level head coach in this regard.

By the way, Michael, who was complained by the entire NBA as an amateur, is actually in a good mood.

"At the end of the first quarter, I thought I was going to lose 58 points, but in the end I only lost 4 points, which is great."

Um, Michael, don’t you see that the expression on the small cannon next to him is not that complimented?

Xiao Pao is really smiling now, MMP in his heart.

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