Chapter 1133 Phil Jackson's Psychological Shadow

In the visiting team's locker room, Phil Jackson got the starting lineup. His expression was stunned for a moment, and then immediately became solemn.

The Suns' starting lineup was somewhat unexpected, and he began to think about the problem.

He has to consider one thing, and only one thing, and that is Li Ba's positioning in this game.

On the defensive end, Li Ba must be guarding Kobe. Among these five people, he is the only one who can guard Kobe. But what about the offensive end? Will it go low?

Yi should be pulled out to play and take away Artest, while Yao should be in the high position and defended by Duncan. What about Gasol?

Gasol can also be pulled outside the paint area. He scored two points. If he is pulled out, then Li Ba will have space under the basket.

In other words, Li Ba is likely to play the fifth position on the offensive end.

But, how do the Lakers change defense?

Specifically, when Li Ba is in the low post, who should Kobe switch to guard?

No, except for Li Ba, the other three of the Suns' four insiders are all over 210 centimeters tall. No matter which one Kobe switches to guard, it is impossible to guard him. The Suns will definitely get a mismatch advantage, so how can the Lakers defend?

Phil Jackson scratched his head. He knew that in the final analysis, the problem still existed here in Liba.

Such a guy with the speed of a small forward and the flexibility of a guard is actually the most dominant center. He can move in multiple positions, which makes the Lakers' lineup arrangement very passive.

Finally, he decided to put one on.

You can only put one in so that Kobe doesn't have to face those tall people.

Put one and let Kobe double-team the ball handler, so that the disadvantage can be regained.

Not long after, the two teams appeared one after another.

When the away team came on the field, huge boos erupted from the American West Arena.

The home team took the field, and America West Arena erupted in jubilation.

"Defending the title! Defending the title! Defending the title..."

When Li Ba came on the stage, the whole audience cheered.

"dad!"

"Come on, good boy, follow daddy."

Guoguo stood at the exit waiting for Li Ba, and then followed Li Ba like a little tail, jumping and running around along the front row, waving her little hands in a classy way, and chatting with those in the front row. People say hello.

Yu Jia smiled and said: "This little guy is a born star!"

Zhang Lili said with a smile: "Her appearance rate is much higher than that of ordinary Hollywood stars. She has appeared on the covers of many magazines. She has 20 million Facebook fans, which is no less than her mother."

Xu Jicheng asked: "I wonder what kind of career Iron Hammer wants the little guy to do in the future?"

"Tennis." Zhang Lili said firmly.

"Tennis?" Xu Jicheng said in surprise: "There has been news that their company Xianbei Media is going to be listed. I thought they would either enter the entertainment industry or follow the path of a hammer and play basketball?"

Zhang Lijia shook his head and smiled: "I have talked with Tie Hammer about this. Do you know why Tie Hammer plays tennis? It is to pave the way for his daughter."

"My God, this road is so paved. I started with a Wimbledon champion." Yu Jia shook his head and laughed.

At this time, Stern appeared at the American West Arena and presented Li Ba with the MVP trophy.

"MVP! MVP! MVP..." the audience shouted again.

The game started with a jump ball. Gasol beat Gasol and the Suns attacked.

Phil Jackson stared at Li Ba to see where he would play on offense.

"Double stack?" His eyes narrowed.

I saw the Suns' four major insiders. Gasol was in the low post on the left wing, Li Ba was on top near the left elbow, A Lian was in the low post on the right wing, and Dayao was on the right elbow above.

Four people separate the four corners of the paint area, a typical double stacking tactic.

According to the defensive tactics formulated by the Lakers, Gasol defended Gasol Jr., Duncan defended Yao, Artest defended Li Ba, and Kobe went to double-team the ball handler, which was Ginobili.

The Lakers released Ah Lian, because Ah Lian usually plays out. Although he has skills in the low post, he plays less, so the damage is very small.

Seeing this, Phil Jackson knew something was wrong, because the double stacking tactic can be used inside or outside. Yi who was left open could be pulled out, or he could go straight to the basket. But now that he was left open, he would definitely play directly. Go in.

At this time, Ginobili passed the ball to Li Ba in the left elbow area before being double-teamed.

After Li Ba got the ball, Arab League, who was in the low post on the right wing, had already rushed to the basket. He immediately passed the ball to the right side of the basket.

"boom!"

With a two-handed alley-oop dunk, Ah Lian exploded into the Lakers' basket.

"pretty!"

Yu Jia roared excitedly.

The Lakers attacked and after serving, Phil Jackson directly called a timeout.

He also waved toward the bench and called out to Odom.

He had no choice but to increase his height on the field.

But replacing Odom will also be in trouble, because if Li Ba plays an outside fast break during the transition between offense and defense, the Lakers will be in trouble.

Barkley saw the Lakers calling a timeout and said in surprise: "I know Phil's habit. If we call a timeout now, there must be a tactical problem."

Kenny Smith said: "That's because the Lakers' height on the court is too low and they can't defend against this kind of double stacking tactic. They will definitely have to change players and tactics."

After the players came down, Phil Jackson said: "Now we attack, Kobe is the first ball holder, Odom is the second ball holder, Paul and Odom are on the left and right wings, Tim is moving under the basket, Set up a pick-and-roll for Kobe's breakthrough. Tim, try to block the hammer. Kobe, you have to try to kill Yao and knock him down.

During the transition between offense and defense, if Hammer starts a fast break, Ron, you must follow him. Don't go into the low post on the offensive end, stay a little higher.

When others are in the transition between offense and defense, if there is a chance, they must pay attention to stop Hammer from starting. ”

The game resumed and the Lakers attacked.

Seeing that the Lakers replaced Odom and Kobe played as the point guard, Payton immediately shouted: "Hammer, you can do whatever you want on the court. "

Li Ba was speechless. I'm not the head coach.

Gasol was on the left wing, and Gasol was on defense.

Artest was on the left wing near the top of the arc at the three-point line, and Li Ba was on defense below the left elbow.

Odom was on the right wing, and was defended by Yi Jianlian.

Duncan was under the basket, facing Yao Ming.

At this time, Kobe came to the right wing with the ball, and he would launch an attack from here.

Ginobili came up to meet him.

At this time, Odom came up to do a pick-and-roll, and Kobe broke into the wing.

At this time, Yi Jianlian switched defense, and Kobe suddenly changed direction and broke into Yi Jianlian again.

Duncan, who was about to go out for a pick-and-roll, saw it and quickly blocked Yao Ming under the basket to provide offensive cover for Kobe.

But at this time, Li Ba rushed down and threw away Artest.

When Kobe saw it, he immediately stopped and shot + faded back at the edge of the paint area.

"Bang! ”

Two points hit.

As soon as the ball was released, Kobe immediately turned and ran back to defense.

But the Suns did not play a fast break, but still played a positional battle.

Phil Jackson breathed a sigh of relief off the court. In the past few seasons, he was psychologically traumatized by the Suns' fast breaks.