Chapter 531 Kobe Bryant got his head on the defensive end

   The Lakers lost to the Trail Blazers at home, which became the focus of the media hype the next day. The Lakers and Pharaoh became the targets of many media ridicule.

   It’s the media’s urgency to hold high and step down. Pharaoh has been here for six years, and he has long seen it.

  The G3 game of the Western Conference Finals is on the 22nd. The Lakers will go to Portland on the 21st and can rest in Los Angeles for two days.

   No. 20, the Eastern Finals G2 battle.

   The Knicks still beat the Pacers with absolute strength and won two consecutive home games.

   On this day, the Pacers, Reggie Miller and Ewing replaced the Lakers and Pharaohs and became the target of ridicule by the media.

   A group of Pharaoh and Barkley watched the game and were about to go to sleep when they got to the door of the room when they suddenly received a call from O’Neal.

“shark…”

   “Old K, I’ll be waiting for you in the finals, see you soon.”

   As soon as he opened his mouth, O’Neal roared.

   “Don’t worry, I will take care of the two guys, Da Meng and Duncan, see you in the finals.” He said.

   “I think you’ll miss the appointment, old K, you’re going to be embarrassed this time, haha!” O’Neal smiled smugly.

   “Haha! Shark, hug Jordan’s thigh, do you think you can beat me?” Old Wang sneered twice.

   “Nonsense, who hugs his thigh? Is it…”

   Over there, O’Neal was so angry that he wanted to say that Jordan came to hug his thigh, but Jordan was by his side and didn’t dare to speak, so he hesitated.

   “Anyway, you and him always have a thigh hug. It’s not him, it’s you.” Old Wang continued to stimulate.

   “Aren’t you and Richmond in a group? He’s still in his prime, younger than Michael.” O’Neal countered.

   “You idiot, Shaq, don’t talk nonsense.”

  Pharaoh is not in a hurry, Jordan next to O’Neal is in a hurry.

“Ha ha!”

  Pharaoh heard Jordan’s voice, laughed twice and hung up the phone.

When he entered the bedroom, it was already ten o’clock. Yu Feihong hadn’t slept yet and was still dealing with the affairs of the trading company. This is the normal state after opening a trading company. “Why don’t you invite a few more people?”

“No matter how many people you invite, you have to keep an eye on some things. It’s not like my film and television company, which invests in several plays a year. The trade amount between the two trading companies is too large. What should I do if there is a problem? The company’s affairs have to be dealt with.” Yu Feihong said.

   “Where’s the second sister?”

   “How can she have time to manage these specific things? I do them all.”

“Oh.”

   “Husband, you don’t understand what I mean?”

   “Understood, you can raise your own salary. One day you will give me another daughter, and I will give you 5% of the shares of the domestic trading company and 5% of the daughter.”

   “Pfft! Didn’t you have a son?”

   “Dabao only needs one son, and he will be fined 5% for another son.”

   “You give me a total of 5% of the domestic trading company. If you want to take it back, you don’t need to make excuses. Next time I want to have another son.”

   “Haha, give birth, give birth.”

   “By the way, can you make it to the finals this year?”

“It’s hard to say, the Blazers are very strong. But last night, Momoko broke out from the beginning to the end. It is estimated that the next game will not be in good shape. He is injured. As long as he plays normally in the end, our chances of winning should be better. Big. If we can win two away games, the Western Conference finals will be stable.”

  …

   “Brother Tiejun, here we come.”

   The next day, on the morning of May 21, Liu Wei, Liu Jihua and Du Feng came to Los Angeles, and they also had a holiday.

   “Okay, you guys are training at my house for the time being, and I’ll go back to China after I finish the finals.” Pharaoh said.

All three participated in the NCAA secondary league basketball league, and their performance in the first season was decent. They have established a firm foothold in their respective school teams, and they have guaranteed playing time. three years.

   “Liu Wei, you are here.”

   Dayao, who was training in the training room, heard Liu Wei and the others coming, and immediately ran out and shouted.

   “Dayao, you are famous in America.”

   “Where, for two years, we couldn’t even make it to the finals.”

   “That’s not your problem.”

   Both were born in the Iron Army summer camp. Liu Wei and Dayao were still old teammates. As soon as the three arrived, they immediately mingled with Dayao.

   Lao Wang observed Liu Wei and the three of them, and they were all stronger than half a year ago. They should have completed the first phase of the weight gain plan.

   took the time to check their situation, and he gave each of the three a training plan, which included strength training and technical training.

  The two point guards, Liu Wei and Liu Jihua, added the most basic ball-handling training to them, and then there was also man-ball integration training, which was extremely important for a point guard.

In addition, there is some step training content. He gave the two of them the training video of the basketball version of the plum blossom footwork. Kobe also practiced according to the video. Putting it into practical use, there is even a chance to join the NBA in the future.

   In addition to these trainings, he also asked them to receive lightning training in addition to training. He has asked Lightning to help.

   These three little guys have great offense in terms of physical fitness and technology. He believes that after another two or three years of training, even if they can’t play in the NBA, there is still hope for going to Europe to play basketball.

   He felt that instead of being a fringe in the NBA, it was better to play other professional leagues.

   If he can’t make it in the NBA in the future, he will also suggest to play in other leagues, and the development may be better.

   At 11 am, Pharaoh went to the team headquarters, and then the Lakers rushed to Portland. The two places are only 800 kilometers away, and they arrived at their destination at more than 2 o’clock noon.

   On this day, many media speculated that the Blazers would win their second game with home-court advantage, and the Lakers had a smaller chance of winning.

   No. 22, the game day of the Western Finals G3 match.

   In the afternoon, the Lakers came to the Rose Garden Arena.

  This arena can accommodate up to 19,980 seats and has 650 TV sets. Even if fans go to pee, they can keep track of the progress of the game at any time through the ubiquitous TV sets.

   In the middle of the arena, there is a circle of luxury private rooms, a total of 70 rooms, each of which can accommodate 22 people. Now these private rooms are full, and the attraction of the western duo showdown is still great.

   “Old K, how is your basketball hall better than this?” Kobe asked.

  Pharaoh looked at the rose garden and said, “It’s not worse than here, I have photos at home, you can see it yourself.”

   “Will the league arrange for us to play preseason games at your arena?” Kobe suddenly asked excitedly.

  Pharaoh was startled, this, seems to be really possible, the league’s preseason games are not necessarily played in the United States, and sometimes they go to Europe, where they can sell tickets and play them.

   But I’m afraid it won’t be possible next season. The sports center has not been built yet, so we can only wait for the future.

   “Old K.” Big Dream’s voice sounded from behind.

  Pharaoh and others turned around and saw the pioneers also coming.

   “Da Meng, you guys come here to train too?” Pharaoh asked.

   “Yes, there was a problem with the training base today, there was a power outage.” Da Meng said helplessly.

   “Haha, this is an omen for you to lose.” Pharaoh smiled happily.

   “You want to be beautiful!” Da Meng said angrily.

   After a few chats, the Blazers went to another basketball court.

The Rose Garden Center is a multi-functional gymnasium, which can be used not only for basketball games, but also for many activities. There are three courts in total, one for competitions and two for training grounds, which can be used not only for basketball training, but also for many use.

   At 7:30, the two sides announced the starting lineup. Like the G2 battle, there was no change.

  Lakers: Wang Tiejun, Danny Fortson, Richmond, Kobe, Mark Price

   Trail Blazers: Olajuwon, Duncan, Walter Williams, Isaiah Ryder, Damon Stoudemire

   At eight o’clock, the game officially started. After the jump ball, the Blazers attacked.

  Duncan ran to the front court, Pharaoh followed, the former fell directly on the free throw line and did not move, making it clear that he still had to play the high-level pick-and-roll tactics that made great achievements in a game.

   According to the requirements of the defensive tactics, Pharaoh stood half a step away from Duncan.

   At this time, Momonga held the ball close to the top of the arc, Kobe was highly focused, and defended and retreated.

  Wang Tiejun stared at the two people a few steps away from Duncan’s head. Suddenly, a thought flashed in his heart. He felt that Kobe’s defense was too passive, so he immediately shouted: “Kobe, take the initiative to force him.”

   Kobe was startled, but he reacted immediately and went up to press immediately.

   He used the big to force the small, and he took the initiative. The sudden pressing behavior made Momo get a little confused.

   Momonga quickly took a step back, but Kobe immediately followed and took a step forward, forcing the former to turn back (left) to protect the ball, then turn around to break through, and Kobe immediately chased after the defense.

   Momonga took the ball to the top of the arc, and Kobe chased him to the right, squeezing out with his body.

  Duncan hurriedly took a small step to the left, made a pick-and-roll, and blocked Kobe.

   But almost at the same time, the well-prepared Pharaoh also reacted defensively, striding to the left behind Duncan, and half-patched in front of Momonga.

   “Boom!”

   Momonga was caught off guard, slammed his head into him, and fell to the ground under the rebound, losing control of the ball.

   Kobe reacted very quickly, jumped over Momo, jumped on the floor to grab the ball, then turned over and threw it to Pharaoh.

   “Beautiful! Kobe made a proactive press, forcing Momonga to break through, cracking the Trail Blazers’ high-post pick-and-roll tactics, and Old K also completed a beautiful interception.” Su Qun shouted excitedly.

  Mark Price and Richmond quickly got down. Ryder, who was retreating, defended one and two. Under the dilemma, he finally chose to defend with his eyes because of his weak defensive ability, and watched Richmond complete a dunk.

  2:0, the Blazers attacked.

   “Kobe, good job, just guard him like this.” Harris shouted from the sidelines.

   Kobe was also very happy. He failed to defend Momo in two consecutive games. Although this time he succeeded in blocking the last block, it was also an opportunity created by his active pressing.

   Now he knows that, through proactive defense, to exert pressure on the opponent, let the opponent act according to their own wishes, at least force the opponent to do whatever they want. Even if the defense is successful, it is much stronger than passive defense.

   This time, he again took the initiative to defend and pulled the mouse to the left wing with a big push, and lost the opportunity to play a high pick-and-roll with Duncan.

   Momonga pulled to the left wing and still used Williams’ pick-and-roll to break through, but Richmond’s reaction was very fast.

  He and Kobe are both shooting guards and are about the same height. In this case, there is only one reaction. Immediately switch defenses, catch up with Momo, and also squeeze the opponent out through physical confrontation.

   Momonga failed to break through and could only pull to the bottom left corner, then turned around and forcibly shot on Richmond’s head.

   “Kobe!”

   Pharaoh, who was back to the basket, received a pass from Momonga. Seeing that Kobe had turned around and was about to go down, he hurriedly shouted and passed the ball.

   “Another time, great job!” Su Qun said excitedly.

   “Rock’s defense is very tough, and Kobe’s defense is also very good today, as if he was enlightened.” Zhang Lili said.

“boom!”

   Kobe went into the paint and smashed the Blazers’ basket with a tomahawk-style dunk.

   Zhang Lili said with a smile: “Actually, the Lakers’ perimeter defense is indeed stronger than that of the Blazers, and the Rock is a strong point, so the Blazers generally don’t play from his side, but play Kobe and Price’s side.

   If Kobe Bryant continues to play such a defense today, the Blazers’ perimeter will definitely be suppressed. Especially through Kobe’s defense, it’s important to crack the high pick-and-roll tactics. ”

  4:0, the Blazers attacked and called a timeout.

  Dun Levy used his brains, but he couldn’t come up with any good solution for a while, because the continuous offensive failure was caused by the Lakers’ active defense. The initiative was in the hands of others, and he belonged to the passive side.

  How he won the game, of course, he knows very well. Now that the Lakers have made it clear that they will not let Momo and Duncan perform pick-and-rolls in high positions, how can he crack the opponent’s defensive tactics?

  The timeout ended, Momo took the ball in the frontcourt and pulled it to the top of the arc. Duncan raised the high position again. At this time, the former grabbed the ball before Kobe was pressing, and suddenly passed the ball to the latter, then immediately bypassed the latter and ran to the high post.

   Momonga plans to cut into the paint area from the right elbow. This cutting position can avoid being blocked by the old K. If the old K dares to make up for it, Duncan will rush directly to the basket.

   At this time, Duncan passed the ball back to Momonga, and Momonga took the ball straight to the basket.

  Wang Tiejun, who was below the free throw line, immediately returned to the basket, but Fortson still had a big dream and had no intention of returning to the basket.

  The coaching staff has only one defensive requirement for Fordson today. Resist the big dream and try not to let him get close to the basket. If Old K is in the paint area, he doesn’t need to make up for the basket immediately.

   At this time, Momonga broke through to score the ball. When dribbling with his left hand, he pushed back and hit the ground to pass the ball.

But in the next instant, when the ball hit the floor, Pharaoh, who was returning to defend the basket, also quickly stopped and turned, and then stepped out with a ferocious stride, and the basketball bounced to the ground and fell into Duncan’s hands. When he jumped up.

   He didn’t believe that Momonga dared to force a layup under his back defense, so there was room for the back defense. Now the back defense is well prepared and very fast.

   As soon as Duncan received the ball, he saw that Old K had already rushed in front of him. Where there was still room, he could only push forward with his left elbow and hit a sideways hook with one hand with his right hand.

  The ball flew over the big hand covered by Pharaoh, was rubbed by the tip of the middle finger, shorted, banged, and bounced on the basket.

   Momonga hurriedly took off and grabbed the rebound. Unexpectedly, Kobe was already chasing the basket and grabbed on top of him to win the backcourt rebound.

   “Beautiful! This should be considered a block. Old K’s hand obviously touched the ball, and the arc of the ball changed.” Su Qun shouted excitedly.

   “Today’s defense is too hard. The Lakers have defended the Blazers’ offense three times in a row. If they continue like this, they will have to call a timeout again.” Zhang Lili laughed.